and just to prove russell rhodes this this guy's been working oh, no. no. remember that one russell. >> yes, i do. probably about 20 years there's russell rhodes doing morning segment. >> what was i wearing? >> looks like you're wearing a sill shot. i can't believe you had do a live shot on tv with silly shirt. who does that. so 1999. i'm sorry i can't hear you your shirt's too loud. when we and back the latest in >> definitely well. lot of christmas trees under the bridge there, right? [ laughter ] >> take it down. that's enough. that is enough. that's enough. see you later. >> lot of you are buying from amazon on this cyber monday. so this morning we're look looking at the process of getting that gift to your front door. ken live at the amazon redistribution center ruskin. ? think of your fellow man. ? ? lend him a helping hand. ? ? put a little love in your heart. ? ? take a good look around... ? ? ...and if you're lookin' down, ? ? in your heart. ? (avo) the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety million dollars laura/ p

i'm russell rhodes.. i'm laura moody.. roim it's thursday, november 17. i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and it's chilly but starts off beautifully. dave will >>dave: it's beautiful and that's the thing. you have 40's and 50s outside. temperatures are very, very similar to where you left them yesterday, but we also have this and we have the clear skies and the beautifulness of our november weather around here. as you're getting kids ready for the bus stop, get that light jacket out. but they're not going to need it this afternoon because, you know, we're starting at 58 degrees in tampa but we'll go back to 79 for later today. inland. we are expecting a significant schooldown for the second half of the weekend. i do want to touch on that in a little bit. vanessa? >>vanessa: see you in a couple of minutes. thank you. on the roads, our majors are looking clear. we'll start off with a live look here along 275 near gandy in pinellas county. you'll probably be spending about 17 minutes or so coming from this point, travelling along 275 all the way up to i-4. we want to remind drivers

((russell 2shot) good morning, i'm russell rhodes ((laura)) >>russell: welcome. i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm laura moody. good morning. long morning for cubs fans. alcides segui is checking out some local connections. first we need the forecast with dave osterberg. >>dave: i have a lot of mid to upper 60s for temps. 64 in brandon, 69 in tampa. back to few lower 70s continue. st. petersburg, sarasota and venice. we -- you know, just like yesterday, that northeast wind, we've got a few little sprinkles that have worked toward the east coast of the state and eventually work their way west. one or two isolated sprinkles mixing in with some cloud cover today but you know, we're still going to get back well above normal. high temperatures in the mid 80s for today. vanessa, good morning. >>vanessa: we're getting word from the polk county sheriff's now. they're working a crash that involves a semi truck and a second vehicle. this is about two miles east of state road 60's intersection with highway 630. and the good news is, this is not involving any serious injuries but we do hear t

i'm russell rhodes. outside. very nice morning. isn't that, a cloud cover, a little streaming through the area. we're what? 36 hours away from some dryer

i'm russell rhodes.. and i'm jen epstein. happy friday.. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with jim weber.. in for dave.. some stories making healdines florence henderson -- the actress best known for her role as "carol brady".. on the brady bunch -- has died. according to her manager, the actress was taken to cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles on wednesday for heart problems. she died last night surrounded by friends and family. henderson starred in every single episode of all five seasons of the 'brady bunch' -- which first aired in 19-69... "carol brady" and the rest of her brood returned in various forms over the decades. another one of the shows biggest starts "maureen marcia.. reacted to florence's death on twitter.. posting this picture of the two of them.. with the caption, "you are in my heart forever".. henderson earned a star on the hollywood walk of fame in 19-96. she was 82 years old.. closer to home.. crews were on scene of a bus fire in riverview this morning.. hillsborough county fire says the fire could

>>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. let's get to dave for the all important thanksgiving eve forecast. >>dave: it's a little warmer outside this morning and nicer. dew points are up so we're getting back to normal. and how pretty is this? tampa net cam, 58 degrees with a northeast wind hour. now i'm going to head you over to lakeland. first time we've seen clouds but still a beautiful start to the day. we're at 54 and they were in the lower 40s yesterday so big difference in temps. end result will be the same, though. back to upper 70s under mostly sunny skies. >>vanessa: wonderful, dave. thank you. 6:30. we're checking back in, in the st. pete crash. 22nd avenue north and 28th street, starting to see some cleanup now in the area and it looks like they're getting a of the directions that were affected so plan extra time and please be careful as the cleanup continues here. live look here at 275 north end of the bridge. southbound lanes are heading away from us and all the tampa bound traffic is picking up. travel times s

i'm russell rhodes..((laura >>russell: welcome. i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm laura moody. let's start off with a look at the forecast the way we always do and dave osterberg. >>dave: good tuesday morning. beautiful outside. i'm looking at the lakeland net cam now and you can see a little cloud cover. what you can't see is it's a lot warmer and a bit muggier than it was yesterday at this time. a lot of us, a lot the coastline. we have mid 60s for you inland and that will translate as temperatures get back in the lower 80s this afternoon. i'm thinking 82 degrees with a mixture of clouds and sunshine. okay? >>vanessa: all right. thank you. and everything seems to be moving along quite nicely on the roadways right now. 275 in the area of bearss is where we're checking out and just a couple of cars on the roadways. ideal travel time southbound and only taking nine minutes from the interchange up to the area where we're looking live. it's nine minutes between fowler avenue and the selmon along 75 and one minute longer, 10 minutes along westbound i-4 between 75 and the interchang

i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm laura moody. it's tuesday, november 22. we'll start with a check on the chilly forecast with dave osterberg. >>dave: top 'o the morning. it's cold to the north. 34 in brooksville, 44 in leesburg and 42 in wesley chapel. you have this real cold start. let me tell you, the sun just

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>>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. first let's get to dave and the weather. >>dave: very mild start to our wednesday. petersburg, clearwater, all spots still in the lower 70s. a lot of upper 60s. look at the sprinkles. citrus county, you may get a few sprinkles this morning as quick, tiny showers move from east to west across the state but in general, mostly sunny skies are anticipated again today. seasonably warm temps. that means we're going back to the mid 80s this afternoon. >>vanessa: right now we're watching north bound area of kennedy boulevard. we have reports, and this is a new report from fhp that there is a crash blocking at least a lane or two in the area. i haven't seen anything yet but we're going to be watching this one so stay tuned. six minutes still. that's not bad at all northbound to get from fourth street to kennedy boulevard and as i promised before, we'll update you once we see yes or no, crash with lane blocks.

good morning, i'm russell rhodes. i'm laura moody. let"s check in w >>russell: welcome. i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm mad mood. we'll look at the forecast. >>dave: good morning on this our temperatures, at least along the coastline, are well above normal. 70 degrees in clearwater. 71 in st. petersburg. upper 60s in sarasota, tampa, there are still a couple of spots in the upper 50s. enjoying the sunshine, enjoy the warmth. we're back up in the mid 80s for today. as we talked about yesterday, a cold front just a few days away. so we'll discuss that in a little bit. >>vanessa: see you in a few minutes, the roadways. we have a new crash that's reported. doesn't look like the actual crash site is going to be in the road blocking lanes but f.h.p. is reporting some debris here at bruce b downs boulevard. keep your eyes pealed as you make your way through that intersection and we're watching u.s. 19. we have southbound lane blocks, two lanes blocked at fox hollow drive. an island in the alafia river. it's been more than 12 hours since he was reported missing and authorit

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good morning, i;m russell rhodes and i'm laura moody. >>russell: welcome. i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm laura moody. check in with dave osterberg for a look at the forecast. >>dave: 56 degrees. in many spots we're at the 50s. coastline are still in the 60s but it's pretty outside and the sun will be up in a little bit. gorgeous as we continue this lovely, lovely stretch of weather. the lakeland net camera, 57 degrees. again, there are a few 60s sprinkles in there along the immediate coastline, even 40s in citrus county. very similar, though. i think what we're going to do is literally go back to 81 for a high temperature today. 78 tomorrow. much cooler for sunday after this front comes through tu will be felt monday morning and i'll talk about those temperatures in just a few minutes. okay? >>vanessa: looking forward to it. thanks, dave. it's 6:30. we want to take a look at our interstate drive times and we don't have anything major happening on the interstates, crashwise or constructionwise so it should be a smooth ride for you. take a look southbound 275. drivers, com

>>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. let's get to dave for a look at weather. >>dave: good morning. yesterday was nice. today is almost near perfect. i mean, look. the beautiful blue sky we have and the sun will be up in 15 minutes or so. 62 degrees the brookdale, bayshore camera. north-northeast winds at three miles per hour and how beautiful overlakeland and lake mirror where it's 59 degrees this morning. so not only a little cooler but sunshine, looking at high temperatures getting up close to 80 degrees. a beautiful november day weatherwise. >>vanessa: thank you. overall looking nice on the roads. don't have any big incidents reported and a look at bridges, you can see that everything is running up to speed between pinellas and hillsborough county. selmon expressway, we want to see how the toll road is fairing. looks good here as well. crash-free and looks like we're still slowdown free in the get between 75 and gandy either way you're going. >>laura: from new york to chicago to oakland, thousands of demonstrators protest donald trump's victory in tuesday's election. protestors

>>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. happy black friday, everybody. >>laura: that was spunky. >>russell: i know. wasn't it? what are you doing? you're in for dave. how are you? >>jim: i'm doing pretty good. talking, doing a little trick here. we're actually starting off we had a nice start, a lot of clouds around first thing this morning, starting to see the sun breaking through the clouds. really a nice view over lakeland right now with scattered clouds and it's going to be another warm afternoon. we're starting out pretty mild in tampa. right now it's 68 degrees. sarasota, 68 degrees. st. petersburg currently sits at 67 degrees. we continue that warming trend. in fact, you can see most areas right now sitting between about, say, four to seven degrees yesterday. yesterday we had a daytime high of 83 degrees and we're going to be in the 80s for this afternoon. by lunchtime, we're heading into the mid and upper 70s. we top out into the 80s for this afternoon. we're looking at a couple of cold fronts heading our way, slightly drier air and cooler air over the weekend. we'll talk

good morning, i'm russell rhodes and i'm laura moody. >>russell: welcome. i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm laura moody. we'll check back in with dave for a look at the forecast. >>dave: good morning. there's enough moisture around that we've had a couple of sprinkles but also some fog. i know brandon, the visibility has dropped below a mile. also near brooksville, we have a little bit of it's not widespread and it's not a huge deal but you may notice it as you walk out the door this morning. temps low to mid 60s and one of the reasons is because of all the cloud cover that we've had so i do expect mostly cloudy skies to continue today. a slow warmup. we'll get back in the mid 70s. it should be a decent day overall. let's see if any of the fog impacts our roadways this morning. >>vanessa: traffic is certainly i don't know. we do have to check in on to mean of the visibility concerns right now, dave. you mentioned you're seeing that in the eastern hillsborough county area. this is the camera along i-4 closer to county line road which, by the way, apologize. they keep moving

i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm laura moody. first the friday forecast from absolutely gorgeous. but i will tell you this, especially north of tampa, grab a jacket. it is much cooler this morning. look at the 40s crystal river at 46, brooksville at 47. wesley chapel 55. tampa 60 and 59 in bradenton. need the light jackets this morning. rest of the veterans day forecast, stunning. highs in the upper 70s. good morning. >>vanessa: we want to touch on trouble spots this morning. some are carrying over from the last ho vehicle fire on northbound 75. no reports of any lane blocks here but fhp cautioning drivers may see smoke in the area so please be careful. pinellas county, we had a crash blocking the exit ramp off 275 southbound at mlk. looks like that is completely cleared out as is this crash on i-4 westbound at 75. seeing no lingering delays here. still waiting for this one to clear out of pinellas in the area of belleair, delays still we have one lane blocked in the southbound direction. >>laura: thank you. trump administration

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i'm russell rhodes. outside with dave. it's so nice. so nice outside right now. yes. anything you want to do outdoors today. its great. it's dropping. we need rain but that's not going to happen. let's just enjoy sunshine we're lucky we're not like tennessee and other georgia and all of those other places. drier and dr southeast has quiet 59 in crystal river. 62 in brooksville. 66 in tampa and 68 degrees in sarasota. it will be a nice mild day. we're not surprise me in the least bit to get back up close to 80 degrees this afternoon. but, cooler air by sunday, yanukovych. we will discuss that in a few minutes. all right can't wait action dave thank you. 9:0 one biggest concern on delay on westbound busch boulevard following it. this is earlier screen shot when skyfox was overhead. as you can see garbage truck on fire. fire is out completely at this point we're still seeing pretty big back up from area 275 nebraska towards the area of 22nd street along westbound busch boulevard. still haven't gotten update on tpd lanes are open we wil assume they are closed because dela

i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm laura moody. it's ahead and a whole lot more. first your holiday forecast from dave osterberg. >>dave: up and at em and the best holiday. just my opinion. 63 degrees in the tampa net cam, showing us how gorgeous it is. sun came up a couple of minutes ago. maybe you're going for a walk along the beach this morning. that looks stunning with a temperature of 64 57. everybody is mild. it's going to be a nice, warm afternoon. clouds and sunshine and high temperatures today around 80 degrees. enjoy it. >>laura: thank you, dave. new this morning, pinellas county detectives identify the man they fatal the shot during a confrontation last night. >>russell: william beavers told him. he deputies were responding to a fight between beaver and his girlfriend. deputy green has been put on routine, paid leave until the investigation is done. >>laura: police are charging johnny moore with second degree murder. he's accused of killing his friend, randall wright. wright was found after reports of a gunshot. neighbors say moore was living in a campe

((russell 2shot) good morning.. it's friday.. november eleventh.. i'm russell rhodes..((laura)) i'm laura moody.. let's get this half hour started with dave. >>laura: i'm laura moody. let's get this half hour started with the way we always do. >> it is. >>dave: around the water we'll science center. it's the mid 60s in pinellas county. anybody close to those main bodies of water. but the second you get away from those, it's in the 50s and the 40s. citrus and hernando county are starting in the 40s. i'm looking at tampa's temperature right now in the lower 60s and we'll get to the upper 70s for today. mostly sunny, low humidity, a in pinellas county and it's going to be blocking what appears to be the exit ramp off 275. we'll show you that live picture right now. this is at mlk. pinellas county, 275 at mlk and it appears to be southbound the exit ramp that's going to be blocked here. we did see a few minutes ago some cars coming down that ramp and they were able to just barely squeak by around the crash site, on the shoulder there. it letting folks do that. it may be slo

>>russell: welcome to the 7:00 hour of "good day." i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm laura moody. we have all that ahead and more. dave osterberg. >>dave: sun is up. we do have a lot of cloud cover around. the clouds will give way to sunshine later today. 61 degrees in the tampa area. look at the 50s we have. crystal river, wesley chapel, lakeland, bartow, frost proof and then 60s near the coastline. we will break out of sunshine later today. as we do, the 70. >>vanessa: we have a big crash along 75 northbound. sky fox showing us the area near i-4. a crash blocking all but two lanes so we have delays as all that traffic is reduced to two lane heading towards that i-4 area. backups all the way to the selmon expressway and use 301 instead. a whole lot of red on the map. accident at east lake road, southbound right lanes blocked at trinity boulevard. plan extra time here and we're still following this crash out of wimauma. shut down due to a potentially serious injury crash. medical chopper is in route so it could be a mess for a little while. >>laura: t

. >>> hey everybody eighths 8 o'clock i'm russell rhodes. i'm laura moody. good morning we thank you for waking up with us on monday morning november 14th we need to get look at the forecast with dave osterberg. morning. a lot of cloud cover around right now. and the visibility its beginning to get better we did have fog but i'm show you lakeland net camera 64 degrees and cover cast skies. really not a big deal. i mean brook dale bay shore you and there at 65. an then out toward the beach where we of mostly cloudy skies and 64 degrees. so keeping with that cloudy or mostly cloudy theme for today. i think we should still manage to make it back up into the mid 70s. i think decent overall vanessa. >> yeah, absolutely no complaints with that. >> all right dave, thank you. it's 8:0 one on roadways we want to get back to i-4 good news for folks even though still reporting lane blocks westbound i-4 polk county parkway number 27 exit, looks like you might want to plan few extra minutes still if you have to head this way other than i don't see a big need to take any

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i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm laura moody. it's ahead and more. jim web ser in for dave osterberg. >>jim: we've been looking at a little patchy fog in a few areas but overall, not that thick. it will be burning off quickly. just a beautiful view over sunrise there. we're starting out actually pretty mild. here in tampa we're at 67 degrees. lakeland, cooler at 67. 57 for bartow. down in sarasota, 67 degrees. across the northern counties, brooksville 54 along with crystal river. we're all heading into the upper 70s and low 80s for this afternoon. partly cloudy skies. by lunchtime, we're in the mid to upper 70s and topping out in the lower 80s as we go through the afternoon. a working across the state as we go through the weekend. we'll usher in maybe a little drier air that will clear out the skies some and drop the temperatures just a couple of degrees. we'll talk more about that in a little bit. but time right now is 7:01. let's check on the roads with courtney bright. >> we're in good shape. take a look at i-75 and state road 60 through the brand

welcome to the 7:00 hour of >>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. we'll start with traffic. >>vanessa: this is the crash. particularly we're seeing the blockage on the exit ramp. this is exit 27 in the westbound direction. you can see they have most of this completely -- or most of this blocked off but folks are actually trying to skirt by here on what is now the left shoulder that's available and it is causing some concerns. i want to show you not only the lanes that are leading up afterwards so this is a shot we'll show you here. i'm just going to switch cameras, before you go to the crash site, backups are reported to about the area of memorial boulevard and polk county. and it takes a little while for those speeds to recover. you can see this is the camera shot a little bit to the west of county line road. we finally start to see relief. looking slow and enough that you'll want to avoid the area. u.s. 92 is going to be the best road. we'll let you know once we hear more about lane blocks. we'll keep you posted on those. >>dave: thank you. we do have mostly cloudy skies a

i'm russell rhodes. >>jennifer: and i'm jep jep filling in for laura moody. first you might want to avoid 56th street and hillsborough avenue. we have more on that. >>vanessa: it looks like we have a pretty serious motorcyclist involved crash here at north 56th street and hillsborough avenue. we have the intersection mostly blocked here and we have delays building in all directions. now, we do know there's some injuries of some sort that are reported here at last check b nature and we might deal with an extended closure in the area. we would avoid this area if you can. we do have work arounds for you. instead of 56th, take harny -- harney or 40th street. >>dave: we have a little fog in the middle of polk county. that's where it seems to be concentrated, that plus eastern citrus and sumter. you're getting ready to walk out the door. temperatures, there are a lot of us still in the lower 70s. not to mention it's humid as well. high temperatures today should easily make it back to the lower 80s with a mixture of clouds and sunshine. let me tell you, off to the n

>>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. have you looked outside? you been outside yet? it's cold. hey, dave. >>dave: it's pretty, though. >>russell: it is. >>dave: the sun just came up. it is a beautiful day. but it is a cold start. 46 in six miles per hour but then you look around the area and you see scattered 30s there. brandon at 37, lakeland at 39. wauchula, arcadia at 39. freezing at brooksville. the big difference. you go to the coastline, st. petersburg at 53 degrees. cold but drier air and sunshine equal a lovely afternoon. in fact, our temperatures should easily get back to the upper 60s

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hey everybody welcome it's 8 o'clock i'm russell rhodes. i'm laura moody. good morning we thank you for waking up with us thursday november 17th. and we need to get straight to vanessa this morning a garbage truck caught fire in middle of road. this is creating big mess, right? >> definitely, laura and russell westbound busch boulevard will be area of concern at 275. we have skyfox showing us this as we just told you. it does involve a garbage truck and you have firefighters here on scene trying trying to put that out really dealing with a little bit of smoke at this point. that's good news. we've scenery duction in that smoke over the past couple minutes or so. but unfortunately, it is going to be a full shut down as i mentioned in westbound direction. you have all of those lanes blocked. and earlier when we zoomed out i could see a left turn lane in eastbound direction might be affected. drivers probably want to stick with waters or linebaugh if you're heading usually along busch boulevard. that's going to be your best work yeah going to be that left turn

>>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. let's start with the weather and dave. >>dave: it's gorgeous outside. granted for most of us, you need just that light jacket, especially inland and north. you will not need it by about 10:00 this morning so a very similar setup running out the door. close to 60 in tampa but as you go further north, parts of hernando and citrus the 80s. big cooldown for sunday. we'll discuss that in a few minutes. >>vanessa: we have two big trouble spots on the roadways right now, and we want ta start with the latest crash northbound at the sunshine skyway bridge. live look here, close to the top. this is south of the south tower where actually for several minutes, we watched as there was a temporary stoppage of all the north bound lanes. just recently they reopened the left lane to drivers. so definitely some delays to be seen in the area. so take that into account, whether you decide to take 75 or just give yourself that extra 15 minutes at the very least to make it over the northbound lanes of the bridge. sky fox is checking out what wa

i'm russell rhodes. outside with dave. i didn't get lot of sleep nice to come outside and. fresh air. fresh air. wake up a little bit. you know it's not bad. i know we have clouds. and we're not as much sunshine as we had yesterday. but still >> nice. you get up in citrus county. levy coun. but other than that, we're good today. right now we're about 71 degrees. dew point of 62. let me tell you when this whole little weak system moves through, tomorrow those dew points are going to kickback into the 50s. going to be even nicer out. i think today with the cloud cover we'll get back to the upper 70s. and wait until you see our weekend outlook which we will have in few minutes i think you're logging going to like it vanessa. looking forward to it 9:0 one. on couple crashes that really have been causing most concern throughout more than apologize about picture this best look we have of this crash along 275 in pinellas. this is northbound direction, north of 38th avenue north. and we do have a just a little bit of lingering congestion here. good news you can see this donald trum

. >>> hey everybody's it's akt o'clock i'm russell rhodes. i'm laura moody. tuesday, november 29th. we need to get over to dave for look at the forecast. how about 70 degrees at 8 o'clock in the morning. i mean just yeah, we're actually 5 gross away from our normal high for this time of the year. so let's go on a limb and say it's going to warmer than normal dew point's run thing 65 at southeast wind eight let's see anybody else at 70. you may feel that mugginess in air. that's because of southeasterly wind. easily going back into the lower 80s for high temperatures today. vanessa. all right. thanks, dave. >> right now we have a skyfox checking out a crash in tampa. this is reported on nebraska near 122nd. so between fouler and fletcher. southbound lane blocks we're seeing mostly you can see that that center turn lane is also going to be taken up with this crash. we do have i'd say maybe just minor delays in area please take care as you head once again more of that crash is. we've watching this one for a little while now dale mabrey highway. a last check we had single lane blocked i

>>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. first we have to start with

i'll russell rhodes. i'm laura moody. good morning we thank you for waking up on this veterans day. we want to say thank you to all men and women who serve. friday november 11th. we will get straight to dave. >> wait. did you say they are already here. they are going to be i'm not >> oh. 62 degrees outside. you just can't doesn't matter chocolate lab puppies, beagles you can't go wrong with a puppies. it is a coolish morning out there you start winds at 6 miles per hour. i got lower 50s in crystal river. brooksville, mid 50s, wesley chapel these are coming off the 40s. which they had just an hour ago. really beautiful start to the day. veterans day forecast. absolutely gorgeous. sunshine, and 70s. all right. dave. and looks like a roads are pretty good right now if you're heading oh the door really, really quiet number of events we're seeing congestion as well. right now we want to show you 275 and fowler southbound and northbound seems to be trucking along smoothly. both of those directions. if you're travel in pinellas county on 275 maybe coming up to fletcher area. bayway to that

i'm russell rhodes. i'm laura moody. it is friday, november 25th. it is the day after thanksgiving. >> we got a warm weekend coming up. a lot of family hanging around the house today. right now. he's got a look at the forecast. we started the week really pretty cool outside. we really had a pretty big warm up as we've gone through the week. we're seeing just scattered clouds overhead. alleges patchy fog and few areas first thing this morning. that is pretty much done with. and we will continue to see really a nice afternoon. there you see some of those clouds over downtown tampa right now. and as far as temperatures really pretty mild. tampa 67 degrees. still looking a 50s to our north currently at 56 degrees. bradenton 65. down in sarasota currently at 68 agrees. thanksgiving's over we've got family heading back home, the airports actually in pretty good shape across the north really no weather to speak of that's going to slow things down. just heavy volume as we go that you the day. in fact, from coast

. >>> hey ekdz it's 8 o'clock i'm russell rhodes. laura moody has morning off thanks for waking on wednesday november 30th. is dave outside? he's not right there. i am assuming he is. where did he go in that was in break room. sorry we got to talk about this. yeah. no. unfortunately, 5 people have been killed in this storm moving across southeast three of them in this tornado in northeastern alabama. in town of ross lee happened late last night even this severe weather. this is one of those systems it's helping some and absolutely hurting others. because i take you to skytower radar. you can see the big line of showers and thunderstorms. and thing is, is the worst of the weather has been in alabama down through portions of manny ramirez. you see the tornado watches that continue at this hour. the way it's helping is the beneficial rain that they are getting in eastern tennessee. they desperately need that rain to put out these fires or take care of all of those hot spots they are getting but at the same time you're getting severe wea

>>charley: good morning to you, russell rhodes. you know, every friday i wear my red, white and blu jersey because it's fox colors to have a fox 13 "good day" pep rally. but zephyrhills high school is involved in the nine mile war tonight with pasco high school and pasco happens to be red. so i i've got wear orange today. i will tell you, however, i'm not taking off my shoes. i'm not taking off the shoes. but i wear orange. go, bulldogs. victoria, fire up that marching band! stick around, everybody. we have the band. we have the cheerleaders, we have the varsity bulldogs in the building. we have a pep rally going and students haven't even gotten here yet. i alone can fix it! bomb the [bleep] out of 'em. i'd like to punch him in the face. i like people that weren't captured, okay? he's a mexican! she ate like a pig... i moved on her like a [bleep] i did not say that... i love war. yes, including with nukes. blood coming out of her... they're rapists... wrong. there has to be some form of punishment. such a nasty woman. i wanna be un

i'm russell rhodes outside with dave. there's no reason to, you get to polling place you have to stand in line there's no reason not to enjoy it today, right? >> i mean, this is gorgeous. this is why we live here. yes, it is. yes, it is i mean you. i mean you and the weather. enjoy. we just bumped to 71 degrees outside. and that lovely, lovely dew point at 59. just makes it extra so special. it really does. 72 in brandon. in fact most areas from tampa south are already in lower 70s. struggling behind just a bit of upper 60s hi citrus hernando. election day forecast, folks we are looking at temperatures back in the lower 80s. a lovely start, no weather issues. not of the country is going to be above normal and lovely today. >> all right. good to hear. no excuses not to get out there. thanks, dave. 9:01. as promise we want update you earlier crash spots we were seeing in last report. first one hillsborough east of veterans expressway lane blocks were reported eastbound and westbound delays. looks like the delay are still th

i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm laura moody. all that ahead and more. first the forecast from dave sun up in 2 1/2 minutes and we have 69 degrees the current temperature but it's the second number, that dew point in the mid 60s. because of that southeasterly wind, we started to raise that humidity up a bit. it's not going to be oppressive but definitely uncomfortable in a few spots where the dew point is in the mid 60s. temperatures now, i think this afternoon and tomorrow for that matter, our high temperatures should sneak back in the lower 80s. maybe, tiniest bit of a rain chance on thursday which i'll talk more about in a little bit. vanessa? >>vanessa: all right. the st. pete police are warning drivers to use caution at these intersections in the st. pete area. there's a power outage so that's causing some signals to be out here and you can see generally focused around the first avenue, second avenue area near 20th street north and also beach drive and fifth avenue northeast. treat that as a four-way stop county area could be causing some concerns.

i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm laura moody. it's tuesday, november 22. we'll start with a check on the chilly forecast with dave osterberg. >>dave: top 'o the morning. it's cold to the north. 34 in brooksville, 44 in leesburg and 42 in wesley chapel. you have this real cold start. let me tell you, the sun just and we'll warm things up very quickly and yesterday we hit 70 degees. today we'll do better. bring it up to about 75. >>vanessa: thank you. take a look right now at the howard frankland bridge north end where things are looking good northbound and southbound. by the way, this is going to be the northbound direction and that will be heading into tampa where you have an eight minute drive once you get to the north end of the bridge all the way to the interchange. nine minutes driving northbound. 75 selmon to fletcher and we do building westbound on i-4 heading to the interchange. >>russell: this morning out of tennessee, a horrible tragedy just before the holidays. a school bus crashed, killing at least five children. dozens of other kids taken to th

>>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. thank you for being here. first the forecast from dave. good morning. >>dave: good morning. it's grab a jacket again. hours because then we're going to warm up very quickly thanks to that drier air that's sitting in place so the dew point may be 52. air temperature is 58. east-northeast winds at three miles per hour. look at the 40s. brooksville at 40 degrees. crystal river, 43. brandon 48. lakeland 48. bartow 48 and mild temperatures today should bring us back up close to 80 later this afternoon. vanessa? >>vanessa: thanks. and we're still dealing with a handful of crashes. most of them are not going to be blocking any lanes. this is impactful one we're dealing with and it's continuing from the last hour. haines city, u.s. 27, crashes reported at county road 546. northbound lanes are going to be blocked and we're hearing all the northbound traffic is going to be passing by in the left-turn lane. it will be slower than normal for that area. if you can avoid, please do so. take 10th street which is going to be off to the east. we want to up

i'm russell rhodes outside with dave. laura. hello. it's incredible. it looks beautiful. it looks incredible. a breeze. it's cool. it's nice. i love it. warmer than normal again today. 98th day since july 1st. that is great. great right now. it is beautiful outside. you know what it is, those dew points. we got back to upper 50s. ands long as they can stay there, it will be like this. we're at 73 degrees. that's our 9 o'clock temperature at the airport. lower 70s couple of spots are still straggling along in the 60s. as russell mentioned breezy 10 to 18 mile per hour indz with. a warm wind. will get us back likely into the mid 80s for today. another lovely day tomorrow. election day, no weather problems in our entire state. high of about 82. all right. dave, thanks. we want to check roads right now. it's 9:01. we want to update some previous crashes which were larger ones pinecrest we do have improvements to delays we were seeing here northbound direction we still have single lane blocked near stearns road instead of a delay back to fishhawke they are out in back to lithi

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i'm russell rhodes. >>laura: and i'm laura moody. we'll check in with dave for a look at the forecast. >>dave: a little over 15 minutes until a gorgeous sunrise today. as we're getting ready to walk out the door and head on our morning commute, it's lovely. it we're current until tampa at 65 degrees. decent amount of sunshine as well. by the way, we get to the afternoon hours, we're going to be very similar to yesterday. we get up to around 82 degrees. mixture of clouds and sun, a bit breezy along the coastline. it gets even better as we head into this veterans day weekend. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. >>vanessa: and right now sky fox is checking outed howard direction. you can see it looks like one of the remaining vehicles is about to be moved away. you still have the right lane blocked. good news, i guess you could say, delays are now holding fairly steady at five minutes or so. so give yourself at least five extra minutes or possibly more because we're starting to get toward the busier part of the commute now. take tha

>>russell: and i'm russell rhodes. welcome. a lot going on this morning but it's also ask a lawyer day. number to call for free legal advice will be at the bottom of breaking news. there's been an accident involving a bus. let's get to vanessa for that. >>vanessa: good morning. we have sky fox on scene at fowler and nebraska. we're hearing it's a reported school bus crash. we have some lane reductions here. it looks like they cleared out one lane so now we have a left lane blocked and this might involve a pedestrian. this is the bus we see. there's a school bus that's in a parking lot nearby. a few minutes ago we saw a person in the roadway loaded onto seems like this is a school bus involved crash and a pedestrian involved crash. it could be slow. this is westbound fowler near nebraska. as we get more information, particularly about the extent of injuries to that pedestrian, we'll definitely let you know. meantime, we do have another serious crash that's working and it's going to be in the lake wales area. it's a point of refe

. >>> hey eshdz it's 8 o'clock i'm russell rhodes p.m. i'm laura moody good morning. it friday november 4th we thank you for waking up with us. we need to get day of the way we always do look at the friday how about this shot from brook dale bay shore camera. we're sitting there about 62 degrees. no, just bumped to 64 as it was switching to graphic. that's cool. 64 with light winds. it's beautiful out there. over tarred usf marine science camera 69 degrees with north wind at six miles per hour. we're anticipating our highs today to go back to lower 80s which is awesome. front comes through tonight. and we dry it out a little bit for tomorrow. plus knock temperatures back a few degrees. literally just a few minutes from now. >>> 8:0 one. we're seeing some improvements here along 275 southbound approaching i-4. more particularly approaching sligh where we would an earlier crash which now cleared out center lane and probably going to be in shoulder at this point. we have some big improvements as i mentioned down from about 40 minutes in our last check on the stretch betw

i'm russell rhodes outside with dave. there's no reason to, you get to polling place you have to stand in line there's no reason not to enjoy it today, right? >> i mean, this is gorgeous. this is why we live here. yes, it is. yes, it is i mean you. i mean you and the weather.