Dry conditions are triggering more brush fires than usual and authorities are trying harder to alert motorists to the smoky hazards after last year's deadly pileup on Interstate 4. ...more

March 14, 2009

Dry conditions are triggering more brush fires than usual and authorities are trying harder to alert motorists to the smoky hazards after last year's deadly pileup on Interstate 4. ...more

March 11, 2009

Fog is affecting visibility along the Interstate 4 corridor as well as in Lakeland and between Plant City and downtown Tampa, News Channel 8 meteorologist Jennifer Hill said. However, lingering smoke from a brush fire was affecting drivers on I-4 and Old Polk City Road earlier this morning but had dissipated by 6 a.m., TBO.com traffic reporter Alicia Roberts said. ...more

March 10, 2009

After days of carbon-copy weather, things may actually change toward the middle of this work week as a chilly front heads our way and even brings a chance for rain, something that's been scarce lately with less than 1.25 inches recorded at TIA in December. ...more

January 4, 2009

Forecast models seem to pretty well agree that the next noticeable cool front will show up Thanksgiving Day. The holiday will start out in the middle 40s around the Tampa Bay area and upper 30s in Hernando. Pasco might start the morning in the low 40s. ...more

November 23, 2008