{"id":660738,"date":"2026-04-03T12:41:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/660738\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:41:53","slug":"tampa-april-3-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/660738\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa \u2014 April 3, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

It’s a warm day with highs in the upper 80s.<\/p>\n

Winds are out of the east, except for an afternoon sea breeze at the coast.<\/p>\n

The collision of the sea breeze and east wind will bring a few scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n

Tonight’s lows will be in the upper 60s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It will stay warm through Easter.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Highs: 88<\/p>\n

Lows:\u00a069<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a030%<\/p>\n

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

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Possible use of CIT funds questioned at latest Rays public meeting<\/a>
Attendees told CEO Ken Babby CIT funds could better be spent on other improvements. He says team doesn’t want to negatively impact local priorities.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0No place like home: The Tampa Bay Rays return to Tropicana Field. Here’s what’s new<\/a>
When Rays\u2019 fans settle into their seats at Tropicana Field on Monday for the team\u2019s home opener, it will have been more than 560 days since the team and its faithful were together in their comfy confines.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0City of Tampa approves Zion Cemetery land swap<\/a>
Built in 1901, Zion is the oldest African-American cemetery in Tampa. Over the years, it was replaced by businesses in public housing, with hundreds of people left buried underneath.\u00a0<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Stetson Law School alums want Pam Bondi’s honors revoked<\/a>
The Stetson Law School alums who were calling for the school\u2019s leadership to denounce Pam Bondi after a February congressional hearing and her handling of the Epstein case are speaking out after her\u00a0removal as attorney general<\/a>.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Will St. Petersburg and Clearwater leave Duke Energy?<\/a>
For the last 30 years, St. Pete has been in what’s called a “franchise agreement” with Duke Energy. But that agreement ends in August 2026. The city can either re-sign with Duke, or get into the power game themselves.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Artemis II crew adjusts to life onboard Orion as it races toward the moon<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0National Capital Planning Commission approves Trump ballroom plan after judge halts construction<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0One year after ‘Liberation Day,’ Trump administration adds fresh tariffs, finalizing refund system<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Hegseth asks Army’s top uniformed officer to step down while U.S. wages war against Iran<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t Miss This<\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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Tiger Woods expressed astonishment as he was handcuffed after crashing his SUV last week in Florida, according to body camera footage released Thursday that also shows deputies removing two pills from the golfer’s pocket.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do believe your normal faculties are impaired, and you\u2019re under an unknown substance, so at this time you\u2019re under arrest for DUI,\u201d Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Tatiana Levenar told Woods after conducting a sobriety test on him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner It’s a warm day with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[51085,5,4,297,562,295,2550,68,2551,2549],"class_list":{"0":"post-660738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-rays","8":"tag-app-morning-briefing","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-rays","12":"tag-spectrum-news-staff","13":"tag-tampa","14":"tag-tampa-bay","15":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","16":"tag-tampabay","17":"tag-tampabayrays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116340834623739821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}