Good morning, Tampa Bay. Here's what you need to know today.

Your Weather Planner

Today starts out warm with lows in the mid 60s for Tampa Bay to mid 50s for the Nature Coast.

Winds will be out of the east and light for most of the day. Wind speeds will increase late in the day into the evening.

High temperatures will be above normal, but the humidity will be decent, for maybe the last day for a while. 

It's Opening Day for the Tampa Bay Rays at Steinbrenner Field and temperatures will be in the mid 80s at the start of the game. Temperatures will drop to the upper 70s at the end of the game.

Skies will be mostly sunny.

Tonight will drop to the mid 60s in Tampa Bay with some mid to upper 50s in northern counties.

Highs: 84

Lows: 66

Rain Coverage: 0%

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Around Tampa Bay

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Quote of the Day

A county clerk in New York refused Thursday to file a more than $100,000 judgment from Texas against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, setting up a potential challenge to laws designed to shield abortion providers who serve patients in states with abortion bans.