The Manatee Viewing Center in Apollo Beach opens for its 2026 through 2027 season Sunday, marking the free attraction's 40th anniversary, FOX 13 Tampa Bay reports. 40 years of free manatee watching is a local bargain. Turning to election night, WUSF/NPR says vote counting will start Tuesday night and could take days or even weeks, and Florida will be pivotal when returns begin around 8 o'clock; here's Chloe with your forecast. Showers are possible before 4 in the afternoon, then scattered storms; mostly cloudy, high near 81, low 69. East winds near 12 miles per hour, gusting to 21, 60 percent chance of rain. Iris is out on location for us. Elsewhere, Raymond James Stadium lists Ed Sheeran Saturday, November 7, show start 6 o'clock in the evening. I'm Iris — thanks for joining us.
Stories and sources
- Manatee Center Reopens [NEWS] — fox13news.com
https://fox13news.com/news/teco-manatee-viewing-center-opens-new-features-visitors-apollo-beach - Election-Night Guide [NEWS] — wusf.org
https://wusf.org/2026-11-01/heres-how-to-watch-election-night-as-the-polls-close-hour-by-hour - Tampa Forecast [NEWS] — weather.gov
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=27.9505&lon=-82.4572 - Ed Sheeran Concert [EVENT] — raymondjamesstadium.com
https://raymondjamesstadium.com/upcomingevents/
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- https://fox13news.com/news/teco-manatee-viewing-center-opens-new-features-visitors-apollo-beach — 2 quote-grounded, 0 provider-cited
- https://wusf.org/2026-11-01/heres-how-to-watch-election-night-as-the-polls-close-hour-by-hour — 2 quote-grounded, 0 provider-cited
- https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=27.9505&lon=-82.4572 — 0 quote-grounded, 1 provider-cited
- https://raymondjamesstadium.com/upcomingevents/ — 2 quote-grounded, 0 provider-cited
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- “The Manatee Viewing Center in Apollo Beach opens for its two thousand twenty-six through two thousand twenty-seven seaso…” — grounded in “The Manatee Viewing Center in Apollo Beach is opening for its 2026-27 season Sunday, marking the free attraction’s 40th …” fox13news.com
- “Turning to election night, WUSF/NPR says vote counting will start Tuesday night and could take days or even weeks, and F…” — grounded in “Vote counting will start Tuesday night but could go on for days or even weeks.” wusf.org
- “Showers are possible before four in the afternoon, then scattered storms; mostly cloudy, high near eighty-one, low sixty…” — grounded in “National Weather Service forecast for Tampa, Florida: Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then a ch…” weather.gov
- “Elsewhere, Raymond James Stadium lists Ed Sheeran Saturday, November seventh, show start six o'clock in the evening. I'm…” — grounded in “show start: 6:00 PM” raymondjamesstadium.com
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