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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
It will be slightly cooler for Friday with highs in the low 80s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Expect a mix of clouds and sun with more clouds the farther south you go.<\/p>\n
A stray shower will be possible later in the day south of Tampa.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lows will fall to the 60s at night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Highs:\u00a083<\/p>\n
Lows:\u00a067<\/p>\n
Rain Coverage:\u00a010%<\/p>\n
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Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n Today’s Big Stories<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0St. Pete Beach could raise parking to $7 an hour at times<\/a> 2.\u00a0Disney World reveals opening dates for Bluey experience, Buzz updates and more<\/a> 3.\u00a0Gunman who shot 2 people at Old Dominion University in Virginia is dead, college says<\/a> 4.\u00a0Armed man who rammed vehicle into Detroit-area synagogue dead<\/a> 5.\u00a0SpaceX pushes back Starlink launch; no jellyfish effect to be seen<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n Featured Social Post<\/p>\n Your Notes for Tonight and Tomorrow<\/p>\n BOLTS vs. RED WINGS |\u00a0The Tampa Bay Lightning, who have lost six of their last seven games, are back on the ice tonight against the Detroit Red Wings. The puck drops at 7 p.m. National Notes<\/p>\n Friday, March 13<\/p>\n Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes revised GDP data for the fourth quarter of 2025, after last month’s advance data said that real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 1.4% in Q4, following annual growth of 4.4% in Q3 Carol Roes is a volunteer at the Peace River Wildlife Center in Punta Gorda.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is Athena. She\u2019s a barn owl,\u201d Roes said while holding the wild animal on her arm.\u00a0<\/p>\n The people at the wildlife center care for dozens of animals that cannot survive in the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good evening, Tampa Bay. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[834,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-189256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-evening-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\/189256","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=189256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The city of St. Pete Beach is considering raising parking costs to up to $7 an hour for certain times of the day, under a new proposal.<\/p>\n
Disney World today announced opening dates for some of its new attractions and updates, including the Bluey\u2019s\u00a0Wild World experience, Buzz Lightyear\u2019s Space Ranger Spin and more.<\/p>\n
A gunman is dead and two people are hurt after a shooting at Old Dominion University this morning, the Virginia school said.<\/p>\n
Police say a man armed with a rifle who rammed a vehicle into a Detroit-area synagogue today was killed. That’s according to a source who spoke to the Associated Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now that SpaceX pushed back its Friday Starlink launch to later in the morning, there is no chance to see the jellyfish effect.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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ATTRACTIONS |\u00a0Universal Orlando announced this week that its\u00a0Volcano Bay Nights<\/a>\u00a0after-hours event will return for summer 2026.\u00a0The popular waterpark\u2019s \u201cexclusive party after dark\u201d will take place on the following select nights from May 3 through Aug. 21.\u00a0Guests can look forward to special in-park experiences, an exclusive menu, access to popular Volcano Bay attractions and more at the limited-capacity event, Universal Orlando stated.
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PINELLAS ADOPTION CAMPAIGN | Pinellas County Animal Services is launching a new \u201cSpring Free from the Shelter\u201d adoption campaign to get its longest-waiting pets a fresh start. From now through May 31, it will waive adoption fees for dogs and cats who have been in the shelter\u2019s care for more than 60 days. All adoptable animals are spayed\/neutered and come with a microchip with free lifetime registration, age-appropriate vaccinations, a one-year Pinellas County pet license, a bag of pet food and a toy or treat. All adoptions will require its usual screenings for adopters. To see our full list of adoptable dogs, visit pinellas.gov\/dogs<\/a>. For cats, visit pinellas.gov\/cats<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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