The rain chances will go up some over the next couple of days along with the humidity and temperatures. I will time it out for you and let you know when it will feel steamy again. You havent been missing steamy, have you, janelle. Not at all. A beautiful weekend. Gorgeous. Outside it was so nice. The drive is better as well. We had a couple of serious crashes overnight that cleared. We are starting off with a clean slate. I have been checking dozens of no crashes or break downs. We are looking great on i4 at the polk parkway. About 22 minutes from county line road to downtown tampa. The drive on the veterans expressway is looking great as well. 17 minutes from 54 down to 275. Just 12 minutes from van dyke to 275 and a tad slow, nine minutes from waters to 275. Thank you. Early voting starts today before some of the first ballots are cast, a religious group is making a point to encourage bay area voters to get out and vote. James tully is live at a polling sight in Hillsborough County.
First at 9 00, democracy 2016. Ballots are being cast. Early voting has started in most bay area counties. James tully joins us at a polling sight in Hillsborough County. What kind of turnout are you seeing . Remember. Anyone registered to vote can vote early. We are here at the jimmy b. Keel library. This is where the supervisor of Elections Office told us would be one of the busier sites. Since 7 00 a. M. We have seen a steady stream of voters in and out. We havent done a head count but its steady. No secret that both president ial candidates have been suffering from low Favorability Ratings the last 12 months. While we wait to see how the early voting turnout compares to the last election, christian leaders are concerned. Its estimated 25 million same could happen this year. Almost everyone we spoke with this morning thinks turnout will be high with good reason. I cant think of an election in the recent past that i have been more concerned about in making sure my involve is cast and
Just thought made for prettier sunrise. Its not going to stop us from getting back to the 80s for High Temperatures. We did squeeze out 80 on the dot yesterday afternoon. I think today, a little bit warmer. Were at 64 degrees now at Tampa International. 67 in st. Petersburg. Still some 50s inland. And to the north. But well go clouds, sunshine and 83 degrees for a high today. And 85 for a high tomorrow, vanessa. All right. Dave right now were still watching southbound delays on 49th street north in south of roosevelt boulevard. We have those back up still toward southern half bay side bridge. Were still urging folks to take uni19 running a lot clicker completely green id saw about 5 minutes or so if you take that. More updates on that to come watching this crash on Manatee County area this is parish. 1 in avenue east at eerie road in lane blocks will be reported on eerie itself. Instead. And like i mentioned we will keeping an eye on this and what what we learned in a couple of minutes
Now we have a change in the weather. We are still looking at warm temperatures this afternoon. Outofstate pee beach 82 degrees out at saint pete each beach 82 degrees. Our temperatures are sitting in the 80s. And radar imagery to see it is pretty quiet. We cannot rule out any stray showers. Our rain chances are not huge. Temperatures will be in the mid likely not see much in the way of rainfall. After we had passed 7 30 were looking dry, light breeze with a few clouds around. Overnight temperatures will drop back into the 60s. Rain chances are staying the same. They are staying low through the extended period but the cold front doesnt look like it will be quite as cool as we a giant sinkhole at the mosaics plan reopens. Now they want the state to stop issuing phosphate mining permit. The sierra club one army corps of engineers to do an environmental study and to stop new mining permits until it is completed. Fix the sewer system. Improvements include lining the pipes and fixing the man
The mother of the boy cused of killing his little sister in court this afternoon. An update happening right now, in the courtroom just a short time ago as the judge ing a high bond for the bout mother. The judge saying it may not be enough, why is that . Reporter Kathleen Steele was a Financial Advisor for raymond james. She may be wealthy enough to post bail on this really high 100,000 judge set these additional conditions including being banned from interacting with any children including her own. She is accused of locking all three children and a hot van earlier this week while she spent over half an hour in a Cell Phone Repair shop in pinellas county. During that time her sixyear old boy allegedly beat his. Yesterday the sheriff described Kathleen Steele as emotionless when told of her little babys death. Today after the hearing her attorney disputed that account. I found her to be certainly devastated by this. You can only imagine the shock and difficult time it is. It doesnt take