{"id":190043,"date":"2026-03-13T11:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190043\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:08:25","slug":"morning-briefing-tampa-march-13-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190043\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Tampa March 13 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Since the daily weather story page is not available, I will type it here:<\/p>\n

We will see a mix of clouds and sun today with highs in the low to mid 80s.<\/p>\n

East to northeast winds will be breezy through the morning, with lighter winds in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Expect a small chance of an afternoon or evening shower, but most stay dry.<\/p>\n

Mostly cloudy skies come in for tonight with lows falling to the upper 60s. It will be a bit cooler north.<\/p>\n

Check Klystron 9<\/a><\/p>\n

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Highs: 83<\/p>\n

Lows: 68<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a020%<\/p>\n

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

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Cruise travel surges at Port Tampa Bay as spring break begins<\/a>
Port Tampa Bay officials said the port is expected to see 1.8 million cruise passengers this year, up from 1.66 million last year.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Free phones are being given to Florida veterans to help them claim benefits<\/a>
The Florida Veterans Coalition is giving out 10,000 free cell phones and service to connect veterans to their local Veterans Affairs offices.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Lakeland couple travels through Middle East trying to escape war and return home<\/a>
After days of working to get his parents to safety, Nick Poucher can finally breathe a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Sarasota airport TSA checkpoints unaffected by partial government shutdown<\/a>
Unlike airports nationwide that are seeing hours-long waits because of the government shutdown, SRQ does not have lengthy lines even during the peak of spring break.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Around the Nation & World<\/p>\n

1. FBI: Attack at Michigan synagogue was a \u2018targeted act of violence against the Jewish community<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Oil jumps to $100 per barrel and stocks sink worldwide with no clear end in sight for the Iran war<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0AARP report highlights increasing costs of long-term care<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0ROTC students at Old Dominion University subdued and killed shooter who left 1 dead, 2 hurt<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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President Donald Trump\u00a0said he did not think it would be \u201cappropriate\u201d for the Iranian soccer team to attend this year\u2019s\u00a0World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, and cited safety concerns as a reason on Thursday while the countries remained embroiled in a war<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Iran, one of 48 teams in the tournament, is scheduled to play in Inglewood, California, against New Zealand on June 15 and Belgium on June 21 before finishing group play in Seattle against Egypt on June 26. The U.S. is hosting the tournament with Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19.<\/p>\n

Since June, Iran has been subject to a travel ban into the U.S. as part of the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown. But athletes and coaches from the target nations are exempt, which means the Iranian team would be allowed to enter the U.S.<\/p>\n

But there are also likely fears from Iranian soccer players about playing in a tournament abroad where they could be feted by an anti-regime diaspora while their families face threats back home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Since the daily weather story…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-190043","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\/190043","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=190043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}