{"id":194792,"date":"2026-03-17T11:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/194792\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:09:11","slug":"tampa-march-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/194792\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa \u2014 March 17, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

It will be a chilly start to Tuesday with morning lows in the 30s for the Nature Coast and upper 40s around Tampa.<\/p>\n

Wind chills as low as 30 are possible for the Nature Coast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Get the full forecast here.<\/p>\n

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Highs: 60<\/p>\n

Lows:\u00a044<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a00%<\/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.\u00a0Tampa Police update immigration enforcement policy after Florida AG’s letter<\/a>
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said the city\u2019s police department has updated its policies on immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Latest Tampa area airport delays and cancellations due to weather<\/a>
If you have a flight out of the Tampa Bay area today, it could be affected by weather. Several airports are showing multiple cancellations\/delays.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Citrus County braces for spring break and cooler temperatures as cold weather shelter opens overnight<\/a>
Spring break has arrived in Tampa Bay, along with some cooler weather.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Bay area swim school works to bridge gaps in getting more Hispanics into lessons<\/a>
Drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages one to four, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0More than 7,000 military and commercial targets have been struck in Iran, Trump says<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Judge blocks US government from slimming down vaccine recommendations<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Senate will debate SAVE Act this week: What you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Snow and wind hit Eastern U.S. and Midwest, blocking roads and grounding more than 2,000 flights<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t Miss This<\/p>\n

Two new fire stations under construction in North Port<\/a>
\nJax Taylor helps homeless and needy people with food at her Gulfport cafe<\/a>
\nSpaceX to launch nearly 30 Starlink satellites<\/a>
\nChina warns Trump’s latest tariff moves could damage trade ties<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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The leaders of America\u2019s top airlines launched a fresh push for Congress to end the more than one-month-old shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security, warning that the \u201cstakes are especially high\u201d this spring.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner It will be a chilly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-194792","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\/194792","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=194792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}