Lots of heat, with scattered pm storms on tap today. High temps will be in the lower 90s, with rain chances around 40 . Tonight will be warm and muggy, with lows temps in the upper 70s. Another steamy day will greet us on thursday, with 40 rain chances in the afternoon. High temps in the lower 90s. wally come look at the screen, if you can. Bradenton police are looking for this man. In connection with the death of a . Baby. Detectives say they got a call yesterday about a 10monthold that was brought to manatee memorial hospital, and died. The infant was last seen in the custody of 21year neri. They say he was supposed to be babysistting the baby, and a threeyearold. Its not clear if neri is related to them. Now there are warrants for his arrest. On charges of child abuse and child neglect. If youve seen him, please call bradenton police. vanessa were also following a developing story overseas this morning. wally an earthquake rattled central italy late last night. And at least 11 peopl
Lets head to leigh spann for the latest on the work week weather. Were in the last week of the summer and summer has a good grasp. Looking out, were seeing temperatures that have climbed to 85 degrees in most places. Im having trouble going to the next graphic. What well see throughout the day today , storms will develop along the coast in the next hour or so and push inland as we head through the afternoon. Its going to be about a 40 rain chance. I hope you enjoy the sunshine. Its going to transition. 88 degrees, 77 degree dew point. The higher the dew point, the more humid outside. Well talk about the tropics coming up. Breaking news at 11 00, this man, Ahmad Khan Rahami, is wanted by the fbi as a suspect york citys chelsie neighborhood. Federal officials claimed the explosion chelsie was not the work of international terrorists, nor connected to a pipe bombing in new jersey. Now this morning, the fbi is linking the two as well as the finding of five more explosive devices on a train
Shelter in a gazebo when the lightning hit. Steve joins us live in the forecast center. This can happen in the summer storms that crop up almost every day. Lightning is a danger we take for granted every day. I dont know the exact circumstances that happened here, but the line of thunderstorms did pass off shore in a pretty solid line from sarasota to Pinellas County. As best we can tell according to reports we is likely when the strike would have occurred which is just north of the downtown area. And that Lightning Strike would actually have occurred after the main line of thunderstorms had moved off shore. This one almost occurred farther east of where the thunderstorm line was. So the lightning danger remains really anytime youre hearing thunder and especially near thunderstorms that have recently occurred. Right now you can see theres a few Lightning Strikes on the map despite the fact that a lot over the same area. Lightning is definitely a huge danger and we still see thunderstor
Area. Thats great news. Higher wind shear in place for now. That played a part in weakening the system with the exposed center, lower wind shear, longer term as it gets into the gulf of mexico and the warm gulf waters. It does have some potential to strengthen. So as we look at the spaghetti models. The trend has been to the west. They have been all over the place largely because this has not been a tropical system. But, the best thinking today is a little bit further west. Also, we thunderstorms moving across Pinellas County. Moving offshore. We will talk more about this is a little later on. All right, steve jerve thank you for that. We will check back with you again in just a little bit. Okay. Terrified and alone. An eightyearold girl dropped off more than 30 minutes from her bus stop. Her family turned to 8 on your side to figure out how this happened. Well, the eightyearold i was lost, confused, crying when a substitute bus driver dropped not by a stop or two, but a long way off.
Taking this through the Florida Strait then entering the gulf of mexico. The good news if you are us most of the models take this back to the west closer to the central gulf. It is maintained as a very weak system overall. A lot of good news we are seeing this morning in regards to the tropical disturbance. Heres our forecast model as we go through the day. Inland showers and thunderstorms developing. Theyll start to push back towards the coast. Think well see a better coverage of rain than we are the best chances, just like yesterday, will be south of i4. The rain chance starts to climb as we get an influx of tropical moisture from that tropical wave. Well break down that forecast track and show you exactly what to expect for the entire weekend ahead. Thats coming up in a few minutes. Thank you very much. New overnight a man is injured after a mobile home fire in lakeland. Firefighters responded to the home on new tampa highway just before 11 00 last night. The man has burns on his ha