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WTVT Good Day Tampa Bay 6AM September 17, 2016

80 in st. Petersburg. I have 73. In crystal river. Wauchula 74 degrees this morning and any rain to show you because of a light northeast wind is being maintained to our offshore water. A tiny little sprinkle 60 miles west. We are dry. We are dealing with the wind flow around the back side of still tropical depression julia that is churning to the east that will fall apart later today. With the light northeast winds, afternoon heating gives us a 40 rain showers may be sliding south and west, kind of an unusual flow later on this afternoon and evening. Most of that rain is after 2 p. M. By lunchtime, clouding up. We are at 87. Still hit 90 which is above average and we will keep that rain chance at 40 today. A look to the week ahead see what is changing in our Weather Department and talk tropics. A few areas in the atlantic coming up. And new this morning, Port Richey Police arrest a woman after finding a homeless man dead. Dead next to a business on ridge road. As investigators were looking at a stab wound on the body his longtime girlfriend Angela Garrett arrived on the scene. She admitted to stabbing glisic at her house. She is charged with aggravated domestic battery but more charges could follow. Heads up south tampa drivers, you cant drive through macdill and barcelona avenue. A brok of the road to cave in there. Both the southbound and northbound lanes are closed. The city does not know how long physical take to neighbors hole. Earlier this week another section of mack chill a partial cavein or depression as the city call it is. That one is at macdill and azeele. Street crews hope to have that one fixed some time next week. People who live around the Mosaic Fertilizer plant will be they are outraged it took the Company Three weeks to say millions of gallons of water spilled into the aquifer after a sinkhole developed on t property. Neighbors will be at mull burry city hall. They were not told about the ground Water Pollution until the media broke the story. The department of protection said the mosaic did the right thing and told them right away but the company was not obligated to tell the community. The sinkhole opened up spilling 215 into the aquifer. The contaminated water has not moved beyond the mosaic property. Why wasnt anybody transparent enough to say sinkholes happen, we dont know what is going on. We are working to see an active evident instead of a massive coverup because thats what this looks like. Anjuli mosaic are out pumping the contaminated water out of the ground and it could take years. Public because under the deps jurisdiction. Pasco county deputies are looking for a man who left his family and dogs behind to escape a house fire caused by cooking marijuana wax. Deputies say steven brown is a drug dealer who should be considered armed and dangerous. They say he has been on the run for two weeks after he started a fire at his home in port richey. They say he caused the fire by trying to makes wax in the form of marijuana. His 1yearold baby, his girlfriend a t inside at the time. But deputies say brown chose to save the drugs and run. He actually left the house and left two dogs to die in the house that were caged up. Instead what he wanted to do instead of saving these dogs is save the drugs. If you are hiding him we will charge you also. Everybody will go to jail associated with steven brown that are trying to protect him. Alcides deputies say br browns child is unharmed and in state custody. Gsxy 18. If you know where he is at, contact the pasco county sheriffs office. A jury has sided with George Zimmerman in a road rage incident. They found matthew aperson guilty of trying to kill zimmerman when he fired his weapon into zimmermans truck. The second time the two had crossed paths. Aperman thought zimmerman flashed his gun but in selfdefense he shot him through the truck apersons attorney tried to use selfdefense and they tried to demean zimmermans character. The arguments were that mr. Zimmerman was a practiced and perpetual liar, and, of course, i would say that in my experience its somewhat difficult to base a verdict on the testimony of a witness that be inconsistent and is replete with halftruths and outright lies. Reporter still the victim in the case. Think what you may about George Zimmerman, he almost was killed in this case. Anjuli aperson faces a minimum of 20 years in prison and his sentence something scheduled for next month. Since lawmakers in washington still havent approved a bill to fight the zika virus, governor rick scott is putting up state money. The governor approv money to help deal with zika. Scotts office said the states money will be spent as needed in getting rid of mosquitoes, training workers and the treatment of kits. The number of cases of mosquito borne virus has grown and up to 835. Zika is particularly dangerous to pregnant women because it can cause severe birth defects. A Manatee County man is fishing accident. Cory williams was fishing with his friends off of lido beach and he went to reel in the line when a catfish jumped out of the water and pierced his eye with its spine. Williams was rushed to the hospital and underwent emergency surgery. That catfish actually ripped his retina. Williams is on his fourth surgery. Doctors say he wont lose his sight but wont be as strong as it was before. Wont be the bad situation becaus with the eyes of a 60yearod. It is what it is but at least i will be able to see. I will have to get glasses. Williams has one more surgery left to remove cataracts that now form on his eye. He faces selfmonths of recovery. St. Pete, clearwater airport is getting upgrades thanks to a nearly 5 million in federal grants. The airport plans to use that money to make improvements to air field and the baggage system. Will speed up the screening of checked baggage. Airport Officials Say the improvements will help accommodate the growing number of passengers. A sarasota pals for is thanking Police Officers after they saved his life during a community meeting. This is an update to a story we brought you back in july. The naacp and police were homelanding a Community Conversation when Bishop Stanford perkins clutched his chest and fell unconscious when officers sprung into action. Perkins didnt have a pulse his heart started beating ag again. After some recovery, perkins visited the Department Wednesday thanking the officers for saving his life. You may remember video we showed you last week of a High School Football team laying roses at the feet of a cheerleader in indiana last week. It happened of a the team was diagnosed with leukemia. Well, it long like that good deed has spread here to the bay area. Check this video from the the daughter of Deputy Dale Johnson had a cancerous brain tumor removed. Citrus county High School Football team honored kaley before last nights game against crystal river. And you can see what they are doing. They are laying the roses right there at the seniors feet. The small act of kindness led kale tow tears. That is good stuff. She begins treatment on monday and good luck to her, and, you know, how neat is that. That is awesome. Alcides gave her a big ol hug. Good luck with her on the treatment. A look at the weather across the bay area across the globe. I will say that again. Anjuli closer to home damage from Tropical Storm julia in georgia and bucs try to build on the momentum of their big week one win. Fox 13s Kevin Odonnell show us what the team is up to ahead of their showdown with the cardinals this weekend. At 6 09, we kick off our local weather. I would expect dry radar this morning. Plenty of heat this afternoon. I know it sounds familiar. We will wait for the first cold front. 77 in sebring. 78 in tampa. 80 in st. Petersburg, and spelling out your afternoon and evening rain chances, 40 chance in tampa. If you were headed down to ft. Myers, slately higher moisture today. We will look at futurecast because the arrival of the rain foster farms presents appetites. Even a small one can throw you off your game. They can happen anywhere. And they only get bigger as time goes on. Serve foster farms corn dogs, a delicious plump frank wrapped in a honey crunchy coating. A corn dog with 7 grams of protein makes a big appetite go away. Foster farms corn dogs. For monster appetites. Hes a racebaiting, xenophobic, apreligious bigot. E. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. Hes not a serious adult. I cant vote for donald trump given the things that he said. Trump should not be supported. I believe hes disqualified himself to be president. You are watching good day southeastern china are picking up the pieces after a deadly typhoon move through the country. At least 11 people have been killed and another nine people are still missing. Officials say more than 1,000 homes were destroyed when that storm hit. An additional 30 Million People were relocated immediately following the storm. Parts of southern australia are left under water after heavy rains caused flooding. Homes in Adelaide Hills remain threatened as water there continues to rise. Rivers in the region are sw swelling after the storm dumped several inches of rain. Land slides were even reported in parts of victoria. And closer to home, people in georgia cleaning up after Tropical Storm julia leaves behind a path of destruction. That storm ripped trees, downed power lines throughout st. Simons island. The Tropical Storm first formed tuesday over florida which forecasters say is quite rare. The National Hurricane center says it is the first time that Tropical Storm has formed over the sunshine state. Weeks . It seems like it was very quiet and all of a sudden these storms started popping up everywhere. Lindsay we expect that peak of Hurricane Season september 10. We have julia which will fall apart. Tropical storm karl and another area mary africa we are watching. Three systems. None will impact our area too. We will point that out. Starting off the day quiet. We love to get out early in the wokeend before the heat builds good visibility overlooking downtown tampa and sure is w warm. 78 degrees. And this is kind of an unusual wind flow for us. A northeast wind which typically drags in drier air that makes us feel a little more comfortable i dont think so much today. This helps our showers slowly glide south and west into the evening hours. Waking up out the door. Nice and toasty for you. 78 in sun city center. 80 in st. Petersburg. 79 in clearwater. By the way a really good beach off until the second half of the day. 37 in inverness, wesley chapel. 77 in angelwood. Few 80s this morning. 75 in bartow. 77 in sebring. On the lookout for a little bit of shallow moisture. No fog this morning yet. Visibility coming in good and radar coming in quiet. Actually look for that east coast sea breeze to be our primary rainmaker today. With that northeast wind, showers and storms will slowly slide south of us. And the offshore is moving away because we dont have that onshore push of wind. We are battling two different types of airaloft. Drier air to the east with weak tropical depression julia. You can see that work into the eastern part of the state. Moisture ahead of a cold front, and despite the fact that the rain will be delayed. I will still keep coverage overall at 40 . Here is tropical depression julia. You are saying what tropical depression . And not moving and will be d downgraded to a remnant low later on today. Stationary, 30mileperhour winds. No impact for the carolinas and hanging off near shore. Offshore, this low wont move much into much of the workweek and we will be monitoring that to guide our wind at times. Today, despite the fact that our average high is now 89. We are going to go for 90. Rain chances building after 2 p. M. They will favor our inland areas first and kind of bui 6 00 our best rain chance throughout the afternoon and evening hours. Here it is on futurecast. Check out the wind arrows. Look how dry until lunchtime. With the light winds i expect that sea breeze to pop. 4 00, scattered showers developing. They will be slow moving and gliding south and west. Some may linger between 10, 11 he clock. Some start off dry and rain starts a little earlier on sunday with more of an onshore wind flow. Tropical storm carl on its way of being a hurricane but not until the middle of the week and should impact bermuda and stay out to sea. Invest 9 7 l and models hook this north and west as well. No immediate concerns as alcides said it is busy out there. Everything is running at fox13news. Com. Check back in. 94 today. Scattered afternoon and evening storms dry until 2 00. Warm this evening storms. 77 through the overnight. 89 on sunday. Another day where we are dry to start with afternoon storms. These will probably shift a little inland throughout the day tomorrow. On the water today, it looks good. Light winds, light shop. Our wave at about a foot. Enjoy that. Sevenday forecast show the rain is kicking. Still hanging on. How about that fall officially starts on thursday and we need to wait until late october for i know. Alcides you got to love that fall to begin and still 88 degrees. Florida taking on syracuse. Here is fox 13s Kevin Odonnell. Kevin good morning the bucs are up against a super bowl contend they are sunday and tough odds this weekend out west. Only one team in the last five years that won on the road the first week and had to go on the road the next week actually won, and the bucs arizona. On friday morning, the bucs went through their final workout before heading to arizona. Jameis winston and joe holly and the rest of the team put finishing touches on game plan for the cardinals. They flew the team out to get everybody used to the th threehour time difference. This game plan will be a lot difference like last week wednesday the falcons. They will try to force jameis last week. Last week it was a checked down game. This week more of a get it out on time game. Less of a check down game and more of a be on time where with you got to go with the ball. That is how the defense makes it. They are not afraid to bring all five of those runs. They try to make it five one on one blocks and man to man coverage with the free safety. They have a lot of stuff, but thats the main thing. For the usf bull, he began a year ago. Willie taggert put the squeeze on the orange men. It is the turning point where the bulls won 7 of their last 8 exams and went to the bowl in miami. Bulls have been rolling since off to the first 20 start since 2012. The first gulf coast offense has been lighting up the score board averaging 52 points. The quarterback for usf. Whether throwing the ball or running it. The bulls are in syracuse at oclock and come to ray jay next week. The coach said they are not caught in the trap of looking ahead. Basically saying if you lose, then we will call it a trap game. If you win, then what is it. So so we dont look at it like that, and, again, we we locked in our best football game. Rays are trying to cause havoc in the al east race. They jump over the os. Evan longoria for the record books. The 34th homer of the season. Alltime personal best for longo and a 20 lead for the rays. Rookie shaver match hills with very own shot. The rays take the lead to the 7th inning and os load the backtoback. And chris davis to end the threat. The os load the bags again in the 8th and kim delivers the sac fly. Baltimore rallies to win 54 snapping the rays threegame winning streak. That is a look at sports. Have yourself a great day. Looking for something fun to do this weekend . Anjuli a bunch of hot happenings around the bay area including your chance to enjoy the day outside with your fourelected best friends. Bok tower gardens is holding their dog day of summer event. We will tell you all about it coming up next. Having a birthday, you are in good company. A look at some of the famous faces that share your big day. More details after the break. . Well when i shop, my coupons are in a neat little stack, and my weekly ad is folded like this. Ready to go. Thats how i save a lot at publix. How bout you . Publix. Where shopping is a pleasure. Marco. Polo. Marco. Polo. Marco. But its not a game when our senator doesnt show up. Im Patrick Murphy. Solving problems means showing up. Showing independence. And working together. Its why i worked to protect Womens Health care and worked with both parties to stop cuts to medicare. Im Patrick Murphy and i approve this message because florida needs a fulltime senator. Marco . Marco . You know, some people, they shop all over town to save money. When you add it all up. Its a lot. Thats how i save at publix. How bout you . Looking to get out of the publix. Where shopping is a pleasure. Looking to get out of the hou. Looking to get out of the house this weekend . Well, we have just the thing for lindsay so much going on in the bay area starting with something adorable for animal loves. Get this. Bok tower gardens is going for the dogs. Holding a dog day of summer today. Dog days of summer hanging on. Gardens to go to the for good cause. People are encouraged to bring their fourlegged friends to splash. Pictures with santa. I love it. Dog day will be from 9 to 2 and runs at 12. This is the first weekend you can enjoy halloween horror nights at universal studios. Have you ever gone ever b been. Anjuli i am too scared for that. Alcides i went a couple of years ago. It was so much fun. Leatherface will turn the park into a living version of the texas chainsaw massacre. New this year parkgoers can try to escape the wrath in a maze. If you didnt know what that is do little research. Costumes, makeup and masks are not allowed and tickets start not allowed and tickets start at 44 for florida residents . We built this city on rock and roll . . Built this city . . Built this city . . We built this city on rock and roll . Anjuli you go the to love jefferson starship, Rick Derringer and classic hits from the 60s, 70s and 8s. Shows start at 7 30. Show starts at 35. How fun. When that plane leaves the ground and you are not with them, you will regret it, maybe not today, maybe not tom

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