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Spot Forecast for CMR 5A Rx...Sarasota County
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
551 AM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on April 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (813) 645-2323 if you have questions or
concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Warm and dry for the next few days as high pressure
continues across the area. While moisture will be slowly moderating
with moderate easterly flow in place, afternoon minimum humidities
will fall in to the lower 30 percent range for a few hours today
and Wednesday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 10 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 15 to 16 mph.
Dispersion index....50 increasing to 96.
LVORI...............1.

TIME (EDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........7      1      1      2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1
Temp............75     81     85     89
RH..............58     47     38     32
20 ft wind......E 10   E 10   E 12   E 12
20 ft wind gust.14     16     17     17
Mix hgt (ft)....2700   3900   5100   5700
Transport wind..E 15   E 15   E 16   E 15
Dispersion idx..50     70     67     65
LVORI...........1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........94 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 14 mph.
Dispersion index....80 decreasing to 6.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........4      6      15     23     23     21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............85     81     78     75     72     68
RH..............37     45     51     60     70     78
20 ft wind......E 10   E 8    E 9    E 8    E 7    E 6
20 ft wind gust.14     13     14     13     10     9
Mix hgt (ft)....5000   600    500    400    400    400
Transport wind..E 14   E 12   E 12   E 10   E 9    E 8
Dispersion idx..80     8      8      7      4      4
LVORI...........1      2      2      3      3      4

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 10 mph shifting to the
                    south 8 to 9 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 15 mph.
Dispersion index....8 increasing to 51.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........19     20     21     7      12     14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............65     68     76     83     87     91
RH..............88     82     62     49     40     34
20 ft wind......E 6    E 7    SE 10  E 10   SE 10  S 9
20 ft wind gust.10     10     13     14     14     12
Mix hgt (ft)....400    500    2400   3700   5300   5500
Transport wind..E 10   E 12   E 15   E 12   SE 9   SE 8
Dispersion idx..5      12     46     52     55     50
LVORI...........6      4      1      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Hubbard
Requested by...David Cavanaugh
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411028.0/TBW
.DELDT 04/16/24
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.EMAIL dcavanaugh@scgov.net