{"id":144658,"date":"2026-02-05T12:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/144658\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:20:17","slug":"morning-briefing-tampa-february-5-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/144658\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Tampa February 5 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Another cold front will come through on Thursday morning with showers moving from west to east across the area.<\/p>\n

We will be dry by midday with gradual clearing, but winds will pick up out of the northwest.<\/p>\n

Temperatures will be in the upper 50s in the morning, then will fall to near 50 late in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

It will feel colder as winds stay elevated.<\/p>\n

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Highs:\u00a056<\/p>\n

Lows:\u00a043<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a050% early<\/p>\n

Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Safety measures in place as Florida State Fair kicks off in Hillsborough County<\/a>
The Florida State Fair will welcome more than 400,000 visitors through February 16.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Commissioners agree to move Rays’ Hillsborough College stadium talks forward<\/a>
But some commissioners expressed more enthusiasm than others.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Johns Hopkins All Children’s shares latest on $7.5 million pediatric cancer research grant<\/a>
The state initiative was designed to advance pediatric cancer research and care in Florida.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Former lumber yard site to offer affordable housing in St. Petersburg<\/a>
City leaders say a state law designed to speed up housing development helped make it possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Agriculture Commissioner says cold caused up to $1.5 billion in crop damages<\/a>
Blumemberry Farms officials said about half of their\u00a0green beans were lost to the recent cold weather, along with 80% of her tomatoes.
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Around the Nation & World<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Lawmakers talk safety standards for autonomous vehicles<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Trump amplifies call for federal government to get more involved in elections as lawmakers react fiercely<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Still no suspect in disappearance of ‘Today’ host Savannah Guthrie’s mother<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Washington Post cuts a third of its staff in a blow to a legendary news brand<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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Fans from across the globe, high-ranking government officials and, of course, some of the world\u2019s most elite athletes are descending on Italy this week for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

The largest ever U.S. Winter Olympic team<\/a> will seek to leave its mark on this year\u2019s Games, with more than 230 American athletes, ranging from 15 years old to 54 and\u00a0hailing from 32 states,\u00a0set to compete in northern Italy over the next few weeks,\u00a0according to Team USA.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s American squad will feature nearly 100 returning Olympians, 18 of which are champions. But it will also see new faces as several expected stars make their Olympic debuts.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Another cold front will come…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-144658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-morning-briefing","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}