TAMPA, Fla. — If the pirates stick with their plan to invade the city of Tampa, it'll be a warm one!
As people across the Tampa Bay area head to Bay to Bay and Bayshore boulevards to celebrate the Gasparilla Parade, they can expect favorable weather.
The morning lows for Saturday, Jan. 27 will be in the mid-60s with the high expected to be at 80 degrees. Another thing that will keep people at the parade happy is that there is only a 10 percent chance of rain for a stray shower.
There will be a stalled cold front near north Florida through the first half of this weekend, helping to keep temperatures warm and some humidity around. However, by Sunday, the front will finally push through. This will allow Sunday to give us the best chance of rain before temperatures cool down by early next week.
The invasion is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday along Bayshore Boulevard. A celebratory parade will then occur at 2 p.m. starting at Bay to Bay and Bayshore.
This year, the parade will be led by the grand marshal, comedian Bert Kreischer, and the community hero, 101-year-old World War II US Army “Buffalo Soldier” Roy J. Caldwood.
Kreischer and Caldwood will lead more than 115 parade floats, 53 krewes, seven marching bands, and the infamous Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla pirates down a four-and-a-half-mile parade route.
10 Tampa Bay's Andrea Chu and Natalie Ferrari contributed to this report.
