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<\/p>\nGood morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n
Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n
Most of Wednesday will be partly to mostly sunny with highs ranging from the upper 70s to low 80s.<\/p>\n
A cold front will approach the area late in the day and will bring a broken line of showers after 6 p.m..<\/p>\n
Showers won’t last long as the front is quick moving.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some clouds will linger behind the front with lows in the low to mid 60s near Tampa with mid 50s north.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Highs: 81<\/p>\n
Lows: 64<\/p>\n
Rain Coverage:\u00a030% Late<\/p>\n
Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica<\/a> 2.\u00a0Social Security payments to slightly increase in 2026<\/a> 3.\u00a0Organization looks to prevent fatal traffic accidents through ‘Polk Vision Zero Action Plan’<\/a> 4.\u00a0Tampa Bay businesses weigh health care costs amid government shutdown<\/a> 5.\u00a0Hurricane-damaged home demolished in Indian Rocks Beach<\/a> Around the Nation<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Kingston residents avoid the worst impacts as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica<\/a><\/p>\n 2.\u00a0SNAP set to go unfunded and air traffic controllers miss paychecks as shutdown frustrations grow<\/a><\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Trump administration shakes up ICE leadership across the country in major overhaul<\/a><\/p>\n 4.\u00a025 states and D.C. sue Trump administration over SNAP benefits funding<\/a><\/p>\n Don’t Miss This<\/p>\n Girgensons scores twice as Lightning down Predators 5-2<\/a>
Hurricane Melissa is a powerful Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean Sea. It’s one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record as it made landfall along the southwest coast of Jamaica today.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re receiving Social Security benefits your check will be slightly larger in 2026.<\/p>\n
Polk County leaders are launching an initiative aimed at cracking down on deadly crashes.<\/p>\n
With the government shutdown approaching the four-week mark, time is running out to extend enhanced health care tax credits before open enrollment begins for Affordable Care Act health plans on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n
The owners of an Indian Rocks Beach home damaged during Hurricanes Helene and Milton recently made the decision to tear it down and start over.<\/p>\n
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\nWATCH: Hurricane Hunters fly into Category 5 Hurricane Melissa<\/a><\/p>\n
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