Warm water spreading across the tropical Pacific Ocean has provided a major benefit for Florida by blunting the hurricane season. ...more

November 7, 2009

After having survived what was the eighth or ninth hottest October in Florida's recorded history (dating back to the 1890s), it looks like there is some cooler weather on the horizon, according to the National Weather Service in Ruskin. ...more

November 3, 2009

Talk about a breath of fresh air - literally. The season's first cold front - or perhaps we should call this a cool front - breezed through the Tampa Bay area early Wednesday, sending temperatures dipping to levels they haven't been at in months. ...more

October 1, 2009

You may want to grab a sweater or light jacket before heading out to work this morning. ...more

September 30, 2009

A tropical disturbance 600 miles east of the Lesser Antilles could form into a depression during the next day or so and could strike the United States or Cuba, meteorologist Richard Rude of the National Weather Service said today. ...more

August 31, 2009

Jennifer Hill, the early morning meteorologist for News Channel 8, will headline the 2009 Hurricane Expo, set for Saturday. ...more

May 30, 2009

The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down in southwestern Kentucky as part of a line of severe weather moving across parts of the Midwest and the South. ...more

April 10, 2009

Dry conditions are triggering more brush fires than usual and authorities are trying harder to alert motorists to the smoky hazards after last year's deadly pileup on Interstate 4. ...more

March 14, 2009

Dry conditions are triggering more brush fires than usual and authorities are trying harder to alert motorists to the smoky hazards after last year's deadly pileup on Interstate 4. ...more

March 11, 2009

Fog is affecting visibility along the Interstate 4 corridor as well as in Lakeland and between Plant City and downtown Tampa, News Channel 8 meteorologist Jennifer Hill said. However, lingering smoke from a brush fire was affecting drivers on I-4 and Old Polk City Road earlier this morning but had dissipated by 6 a.m., TBO.com traffic reporter Alicia Roberts said. ...more

March 10, 2009