showers this morning are light. a huge batch approaching the coast that pretty much fell apart. what is left of is t is happening right now. showers over st. Pete, hillsboro and a sprinkle over parts of southeast tampa. the Northern County showing a couple of other isolated hours west of Hernando County. here is what is headed our way a stronger complex of storms moving very quickly from west to east and by midday in our coastal counties, we will see the first chance of any heavier storms. temperatures this morning are high. cloud cover high as well. 63 in wauchula, 70 in tampa. 72 in st. Pete. brooksville at 66. crystal river, 6 had. and leesburg at 68. here is the deal, round one moving through now. just spotty showers. but round two, a stronger complex of storms as you get this little impulse of energy in the atmosphere raging from west to east. this complex will bring us the storms but possible strong to severe storms. i think the time frame will be 11 a. M. To noon in our coastal counties first and ending from north to south by 5 p. M. During the chunk of the afternoon we have plans but stay weather aware today as there is that risk of Severe Weather. officially a moderate risk of viewing area. 71 degrees by 9 a. M. only a few showers, but by lunchtime, that rain chance ran to 40 especially right along the coast. by 5 p. M. , if you live in our southern counties, you will be dealing with heavy possibly stronger storms but early this evening, i think we will catch a little lull in the rain and tomorrow spring officially begins but believe it or not, the last gasps of winter on the sevenday. i will time out the futurecast. rainfall totals and severe threats coming up in a few minutes, guys. anjuli thank you, lindsay. 737 crashes into the ground in southern russia. that train was flying to dubai trying to land. it was making a second landing approach in windy conditions and you can see in the video it burst into flames. alcides it is believed that 60 people were on board. 55 passengers and seven crewmembers. a flight dubai flight. the airline released a statement saying they are investigating. the focus is on the Family Member who died in the crash. the government of dubai is doing everything they can to help those affected. they are calling the crash an accident and investigators are headed to the site and joined by boeing officials who are provided technical assistants searching for answers. the plane circled the airport two hours between landing attempts. the wreckage of a mall plane is on the runway at the Peter Oknight runway. two people died in the crash but we dont know what went wrong. federal investigate left the the airport completely closed down. people in the area watched in horror as the small plane fell to the ground. caused windows and doors to shake all around the area. all they said was the crash happened during takeoff. they wont rule out there could be a second plane involved. the plane is registered to a nonprofit in south tampa headed to pensacola. we do not know the names of the people who died inside that plane. we, of course, will let you know when their names have been released and when that airport has reopened. all right, also happening overnight, a pedestrian is hit and killed at dr. Martin luther king, jr. Boulevard and 16th street. for several hours this morning, all of mlk boulevard was shut down, so, of course, tampa police can investigate. officers are not releasing the persons name or if any charges are pending. and the search is on for a driver involved in a deadly crash in plant city. deputies say a green nissan pole on old mulberry near marion. it happened just before 9 00. witnesses said they saw a driver run away from the scene. when deputies arrived they found one person dead inside that car. these are the messages left by fellow Law Enforcement officers for the family of deputy john kotfila, jr. they signed this banner yesterday at his funeral. it will now be presented to deputy kotfilas loved ones this thousands of Police Officers and deputies attended the funeral to pay their respects. nearly all Law Enforcement agency in the state of florida sent a delegation of officers. alcides the funeral began early in the day as deputy kotfilas casket arrived that the church. quite an emotional is lute. deputies who knew him well describe him as a hero, a good the church was filled in capacity and overflowed into the parking lot. a riderless horse with his flag draped could have close behind draped could have close behind. a 21gun salute and helicopters flew overhead and the missing Man Formation and then the final call. radio dispatch called hillsborough unit 4258 three times and announced to all units that deputy kotfila, unit 4258 was end of watch. he died one week ago on the selmon expressway by a wrong selmon expressway by a wrongway driver. in a final act of herism, a woman said he put his cruiser between her and that wrongway driver saving her life. kotfila will be pure ed in his home state of massachusetts. the International Space station is filled once again. an american and two russians blasted off for the sixmonth a successful launch from kazakhstan on board a soyuz spacecavity. an hour and a half, the hatch opened, the astronauts and cosmonauts entered their new home. astronaut Jeff Williams will set several stays. the new american recordholders for overall days in space beating scott kellys oneyear mission. the support for a local woman and her pet alligator continues to grow this morning. we met mary thorn and rambo earlier this week. mary and rambo have been together for ten years. now they are getting too big. the florida fish and wildlife said that she doesnt have enough land to keep him and she is fighting back saying he is her pet. a Facebook Page to support her, support rambo, the alligator. and a change. Org and once it hits 1,000 signatures it will wildlife asking them to make an exception for rambo. mary believes if rambo is removed they will die because their bond is so tight. anjuli and i were talking about this, and it was a wild story. anjuli a wild story. better you than me. it went viral on jimmy kimmel and nightly news. over 300,000 people saw that Facebook Live that day. anjuli crazy. alcides it was a crazy story. admit it, your prac ket is busted. you might as well start all over again. anjuli one of the biggest upsets in ncaa history. we will look at airfest 2016 and the highlights from todays big show. hey, lindsay. lindsay good morning, guy lindsay good morning, guys. unfortunately i wish i could give you 100 dry saturday but will not be the case today. yes, dry periods but also stormy periods by midafternoon stormy periods by midafternoon. sky tower only showing a couple of showers this morning. not a big deal. a stronger batch of not only showers but thunderstorms racing from west to east. here is a sneak peek at future cast that show them arriving as of about midday along the coastline. we will time out Severe Weather threats this afternoon and look ahead to a cooler late sunday from your all you want is a peaceful moment to stream your show. And you need enough bandwidth to share with a full house of hungry users. Lightning internet from bright house networks. The speed you need. And now connect to. Standard tv and 50 megabit lightning internet. Only 94 a month one tiny little sprinkle. again, that is not amounting to much rain. into Hernando County we go. a couple more spotty showers quickly moving from west to east. i say quickly because the batch of showers and storms right here. you see those lightning strikes you see those lightning strikes, there is rain and heavy thunderstorms and they are racing our direction. so i think it is elie. at about 11 a. M. , citrus, hernando parts of pasco county you will be the first to see storms. we will not be dealing with the threat of sunshine. not the threat. we would like to see sunshine today. clouds are expected all day long. it is 70 degrees. an eastsoutheast wind at 6 miles per hour. and muggy. got a lot of moisture to not only see the thunderstorms but any rain around could be briefly heavy. if you have allergy problems, this is your chance. a few hours to feel a little better. 65 sun city center. 72 in st. Pete. 62 in palm harbor. 64 in inverness. dade city at 66. but our average low is still in the upper 50s and we are running above that. 68 in venice. 65 in myacca city. 63 in arcadia and 67 in haines city. here is round one, that weakening batch of showers. round two, this complex of upperlevel energy that will move across the area. midday, early afternoon rain event. this front is actually going to move through some time mid afternoon on sunday and behind it even though tomorrow is the first day of spring, it will a few strong storms. the primary threats in the storms will be primary storms will be primarily straightline gusty winds. 40 to 50 miles per hour. an isolated shower this morning but by midday, the storm chance ramps up and by 6 p. M. If you live north of the way your rain chance also be dropping. futurecast, slow to bring in the rain. 11 a. M. , there it is in the coastal counties not south of the bay but mainly north. by 1, 2, 3 00 when the threat for the stronger storms moved in. locally heavy for the time being but drying out from north to south. we are still waiting on the actual cold front. not to say that the evening will be dry or your sunday will be dry. i will keep the rain chance 6 today. down to 40 sunday ending from north to south and by monday morning, we will see warm temperatures in some locations in the 40s. it will be breezy as well. here is our storm threat. high winds in the medium range. heavy rain for sure. again it is not going to rain midday to mid afternoon time frame. possibility of hail and mainly a wind threat today. we could use some rain. actually a dry month for us so far and adding up the rainfall totals possibly by sunday midday. upwards of half an inch in a few locations. the concern is a threat for heavier downpours. 70 in tampa. 541 nashville. 49 in little rock. cooler air knocking on our doorsteps. 73 tomorrow. ful an then monday closer to 80 degrees. we have rain, part of the system will aid in Winter Weather as early as tomorrow night for parts of the midatlantic and northeast. look at this low racing out to sea. boston could be dealing with snow at some point sunday night and monday morning and ahead of places like d. C. Could see a little as well. so spring ending tomorrow. winter, they will hang it around in some sort of fashion. our last gasp of winter means by Tuesday Morning, our coolest of the week with lows for many today, 79 degrees. while that rain chance, 50 to 6 . again not all day but mainly in the chunk of the afternoon. watch a few stronger storms and alert you if there are any warnings. alert to you fox 13. cloudy skies. 68 for the overnight low, and the steady rain as much as we are breaking it up, it will not go away completely. sunday in the afternoon turning breezy and cooler but showers first half of the day. lighter and a little more spotty. 73 is cooler obviously. boating is tough this week, but the rains are okay and rains moving into the storms. winds coming out the south at 10 and tomorrow winds go northwest and pick up quite a bit. low tide 7 a. M. On st. Pete pier. briefly cooler. Tuesday Morning, 47 degrees, but by late week back in the low 80s and by the upcoming friday which is actually good friday, we bring in a 40 chance of storms. alcides all right, Lindsay Alcides all right, lindsay. airfest 2016 starts at 8 00 and you will want to get out traffic and security to get on base is always a challenge. anjuli i think a it is worth the rate. fox 13s kelly cowan gives us a preview what we will see. reporter going on display for the planes at airfest will be a real thrill for airplane bluff. but for a few men and women the biggest will be outside the aircraft. once the door opens the adrenaline comes kicking in. reporter the parachute team takes the adrenaline rush to the next level spur putting complete trust and confidence in the person who packed your parachute. in my case me. only one in 10,000 chutes doesnt open. any time there is that little second of fear that makes this rough. reporter from the jumper flying throughout air. to the team on the ground guiding them to their target. the par Para Commandos give you a look at the world of special op. unseen warriors. never gets told and a way to show appreciation for what they do day in and day out. reporter they take their craft to air shows across the country paying homage to the men and women, and hope to inspire the next generation of thrillseekers. to encourage young people in the audience to aim for the special operations lifestyle and want to become one of us. reporter the Para Commando also have four demonstrations, two on saturday and two again on sunday. reporting live from Macdill Air Force base, kelly cowan. alcides i am bringing the boys to that. anjuli how fun. alcides they are so excited. you talk about the next generation. the bark in the park is taking place in fort brook park. alcides live music, food trucks and wine and beer and starts at 11 00 and run through 3 p. M. Rain or shine. very own Lindsay Milbourne who by the way is working hard on that forecast as well as walter allen. go out there and have some fun. anjuli yes, rain or shine, i like it. coming up at 6 30, the kid that shows the boss, whos boss. the note he got from Bruce Springsteen to give to his Elementary School teacher. forget march madness, march mayhem. a huge upset that busted everyones bracket. having a birthday today, you are in good company. a look at some of the famous faces that share your big day. much more good day after the good morning. a lot of winners and losers two days into the ncaa tournament but no bigger winner than las vegas falling in a motherload last night as Michigan State 2 seed and vegas favorite to win the National Title suffered arguably its worst lost in program history. the blue razors of Tennessee State taking it to the spartans state taking it to the spartans. Michigan State would eat up at some point, but that never happened. harris gets the hoop and the foul. harris again showing off some of that range. up. yeah, they led the entire game. raymond, first layup, and the just the seventh 15th seed to ever win. Michigan State was 7 and a half point favorite. they fall. spartans in the state of shock afterwards. i feel bad for my guys. they have given me, this university, this program and the city a lot of stuff, but but the Better Team Won today. they really did. and we got to take that like men, and be class about it like i think they are. so thats it. how about another upset. hawaii and cal. head coach likes what he sees out of you guy, Roderick Bobbitt step back. hawaii up half a dozen. going into the half and they come out the second half bobbit t with a nice reverse layin. hawaii pulls up the upset. the schools first ever tournament win. the rays looking for the bull pen. a major flow as Brad Boxburger will miss 8 weeks with a tear in his abdominal muscle. he visited a specialist in philadelphia. a big hole now to fill. he was an allstar last year with an al best 41 saves. now the rays will look to to see who can handle the 9th inning. kalama or others. meanwhile, the rays back in Port Charlotte facing the red sox. no evan longoria. a nice little rbi single to tie things up. bottom of the 5th, brad miller. first home run of the spring. this is a solo blast to center field. rays take a 31 lead. later dannyfork arqua, audition later dannyfork arqua, goes one and a third. gives up one hit. trikes out one as the rays win 5 5 51. talking about the chance to be the closer. i just want to make the team more than anything. you know, and if things fall into place and, you know, somebody would be lying to you if they dont want to close out games because the number one job in the bull pin. fox 13 is making that historic trip to cuba. Craig Patrick and i will cover everything about the game and the president obama the president s visit. coverage petition begins on monday. family and friends of cornerback tray walker are grieve grieving the death of the 23yearold. walker died at 5 p. M. From injuries sustained in a dirt bike accident thursday night outside of miami. at the time of the collision he was not wearing a helmet in this accident. a secondyear player considered a quiet and humble player. just lost his father to a heart he has dedicated his rookie season to his dad. ravens teammate steve smith wrote, a mother lost her son today and a family lost their brother including us, his extended family. on that note, that is sports this morning. send it back to you. and at 6 27, only a few sprinkles around to start out the day. they are quickly moving along from west to east which are means our bigger batch of showers and storms, its approaching. it will be here as early as late morning Pinellas County north along the coast. stay alert. some rain could be heavy, some storms could be strong, but in the meantime, cloudy, muggy, 68 Brookdale Bayshore and the rain chance by 5 p. M. , a lot of that rain shifting into the southern county. a cooldown from tampa bays number one news station, this is good day tampa bay. lindsay good saturday morning. 6 30 and a cloudy start to the day as we start the weekend with midday thunderstorms. the satellite picture explain it well, weakening light showers. as early as late morning and a nasty round of showers and thunderstorms. that is what we are watching and impact us around 11 a. M. and 4 p. M. And exit to north and south. this morning you can squeeze in outdoor plans as the rain is spotty and quickly moving and pretty light. we have a steady but light manatee coun