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<\/p>\nGood evening, Tampa Bay. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.<\/p>\n
Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n
We will start Saturday morning in the 50s with a few isolated showers, then temperatures drop through the day.<\/p>\n
Winds could gust out of the northwest at over 40 mph at times during the afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n
A few sprinkles are possible through Saturday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Very cold and dry air will come in late Saturday night.<\/p>\n
It may get cold enough to support brief flurries after 10 p.m. near the coast, but we may not have enough moisture.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For the\u00a0Gasparilla\u00a0parades, temperatures will be in the 40s, but it will feel like the 30s with the wind chill.<\/p>\n
Lows on Sunday morning fall to the low 20s in areas well inland and north. Wind chills could fall to the low teens there.<\/p>\n
It will not be quite as cold closer to the coast, but wind chills in the 20s are still likely.<\/p>\n
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Low:\u00a032<\/p>\n
Rain Coverage:\u00a030%\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n Chilly Gasparilla This weekend will be even colder than we’ve already seen this week.<\/p>\n Another cold front is on the way Saturday morning. This one will be even stronger than the last.<\/p>\n Expect a batch of fast-passing showers Saturday morning, followed by windy, cold conditions Saturday afternoon into Sunday.<\/p>\n Wind gusts could top 30 mph by midday Saturday during the time of the Gasparilla Invasion. For the parades from 2 to 6 p.m., winds could gust over 40 mph.<\/p>\n Read more about this chilly weekend ahead.<\/a><\/p>\n Today’s Big Stories<\/p>\n 1.\u00a029th Annual Kumquat Festival in Dade City postponed to March 2.\u00a0Catherine O’Hara, Emmy-winning actor who starred in ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone,’ dies at 71<\/a> 3.\u00a0Justice Department says it’s releasing 3 million more pages as part of final Epstein files release<\/a> 4.\u00a0Senate leaders scramble to save bipartisan deal and avoid partial shutdown<\/a>
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<\/a>The festival has been rescheduled to March 8\u00a0“due to high winds and unsafe weather conditions” forecast for Saturday, officials with the Greater East Pasco Chamber of Commerce announced on Friday.<\/p>\n
Catherine O’Hara, Emmy-winning actor and comedian who starred in “Schitt’s Creek,” “SCTV” and “Home Alone,” has died at 71.<\/p>\n
The Justice Department on Friday said it was releasing the final trove of files related to its investigation into convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, as required under the\u00a0Epstein Files Transparency Act.<\/p>\n
Senate leaders were scrambling on Friday to save a bipartisan spending deal and prevent a partial government shutdown this weekend as Democrats demanded new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country.<\/p>\n
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