Good morning, Tampa Bay. Here’s what you need to know today.
Your Weather Planner
Most of Wednesday will be partly to mostly sunny with highs ranging from the upper 70s to low 80s.
A cold front will approach the area late in the day and will bring a broken line of showers after 6 p.m..
Showers won’t last long as the front is quick moving.
Some clouds will linger behind the front with lows in the low to mid 60s near Tampa with mid 50s north.
Highs: 81
Lows: 64
Rain Coverage: 30% Late
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Around Tampa Bay
1. Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa is a powerful Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean Sea. It’s one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record as it made landfall along the southwest coast of Jamaica today.
2. Social Security payments to slightly increase in 2026
If you’re receiving Social Security benefits your check will be slightly larger in 2026.
3. Organization looks to prevent fatal traffic accidents through ‘Polk Vision Zero Action Plan’
Polk County leaders are launching an initiative aimed at cracking down on deadly crashes.
4. Tampa Bay businesses weigh health care costs amid government shutdown
With the government shutdown approaching the four-week mark, time is running out to extend enhanced health care tax credits before open enrollment begins for Affordable Care Act health plans on Nov. 1.
5. Hurricane-damaged home demolished in Indian Rocks Beach
The owners of an Indian Rocks Beach home damaged during Hurricanes Helene and Milton recently made the decision to tear it down and start over.
Around the Nation
1. Kingston residents avoid the worst impacts as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica
2. SNAP set to go unfunded and air traffic controllers miss paychecks as shutdown frustrations grow
3. Trump administration shakes up ICE leadership across the country in major overhaul
4. 25 states and D.C. sue Trump administration over SNAP benefits funding
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Quote of the Day
President Donald Trump’s musings about a potential third-term bid for the White House have run up against at least one obstacle: House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Johnson, the Republican leader who has built his career by drawing closer to Trump, said they have discussed the issue, but the speaker held the line against a Constitution-bending third term.