It will be partly sunny to start today with a breeze out of the northeast.
Winds could gust over 20 mph at times.
Expect a chance of afternoon scattered showers and thunderstorms.
These will move from east to west and cover around half of the area.
Rain chances drop overnight with lows in the low to mid 70s.
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1. Feeding Tampa Bay preparing to help federal workers
Local non-profits are gearing up for an extended government shutdown if law makers can't find a budget-compromise this week.
2. Report highlights Tampa's affordable housing crisis as new complex adds 354 units
The city's 2025 Housing Needs Assessment revealed Tampa is short more than 26,000 affordable homes for low-income households.
3. Under One Roof Gateway South: New women's shelter opens in Bradenton
What was once a Manatee County Sheriff's Office is now serving the community in a new way.
4. Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz,' where detainees must wear color-coded uniforms based on criminal history
Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands and then segregated based on their criminal history and whether they're considered a flight risk, according to a handbook given to detainees.
5. Downtown Tampa interchange to close this weekend
There are major closures happening this weekend at Downtown Tampa Interchange.
1. Walmart to remove food dyes and additives from store brands by 2027
2. Republicans, Democrats race to define government shutdown as White House says layoffs 'imminent'
3. 'Pay in hell if they don't sign': Trump gives Hamas 3-4 days to accept Gaza plan as world leaders cautiously back it
4. AOL's dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era
Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be "pro-life."
Leo, a Chicago native, was asked late Tuesday about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to give a lifetime achievement award to Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin for his work helping immigrants. The plans drew objection from some conservative U.S. bishops given the powerful Democratic senator's support for abortion rights.