Good morning, Tampa Bay. Here's what you need to know today.
Your Weather Planner
We have mostly sunny to partly sunny skies today.
An east wind is around 10 to 15 mph and a sea breeze will develop this afternoon.
This leads to a chance of isolated showers this afternoon and this evening but most of the area will stay dry.
If you're going out for a run or a walk today, it will be a warm afternoon.
High temperatures will reach the mid 80s near the coast to around 90 degrees inland.
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Highs: Near 90 Lows: 60s Rain Coverage: 10% |
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Around Tampa Bay
1. Largo family's search for affordable housing ends in success
Sunday was the day Carolyn Ballinger has been praying about for months. That's when she started moving into her new apartment with her family.
2. Supreme Court praying coach case reverberates nationwide, including in Bay area
The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments about prayer in school on Monday. The case involves Joseph Kennedy, a former football coach at a Bremerton High School in Washington who was reprimanded for a post-game prayer on the football field.
3. Local Ukrainians dance to raise money for humanitarian aide
They're dancing with fire. It's an annual performance about spreading love called “The Tribal Burn Show."
“We do this as a benefit for sacred land for education and preservation,” said show executive producer Joanna Krynytzky.
4. Pacing operations will slow I-75 traffic Sunday
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will be scheduling traffic pacing operations along northbound and southbound I-75 between Gibsonton Drive and SR 674 (College Blvd./Sun City Center Blvd.) from 10 p.m. Sunday, April 24, to 2 a.m. Monday, April 25, if weather allows.
5. Florida seeks 100% renewable electricity by 2050
Florida utilities would gradually increase their electricity to 100% renewable by 2050 under a proposed rule unveiled Thursday by the state's agriculture commissioner.
6. Family of Tyre Sampson expected to file lawsuit on Monday
Attorneys for the family of Tyre Sampson are expected to file a lawsuit in Orange County on Monday. Sampson, 14, died on March 24 after falling from the 430-foot Orlando FreeFall ride at ICON Park6.
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French President Emmanuel Macron comfortably won reelection to a second term Sunday, triggering waves of relief among allies that the nuclear-armed European Union nation won’t abruptly shift course from EU and NATO efforts to punish and contain Russia’s expansionist military attacks on Ukraine.
The second five-year term for the 44-year-old centrist spared France and Europe from the seismic upheaval of having firebrand populist Marine Le Pen at the helm, Macron’s presidential runoff challenger who quickly conceded defeat but still appeared on course for her best-ever electoral showing.