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Spot Forecast for Tricias Peak...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
837 AM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 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...
High pressure remains in full control with dry and warm
conditions continuing across the region. Winds will be out
the east-southeast today around 9-13 mph and occasional gusts
close to 20 mph. Very deep mixing heights will be in place with values
approaching 5700 ft later today and with steady easterly transport winds,
very good dispersion conditions are expected but caution is advised as
control problems could occur. In addition, minimum RH values will fall
to the mid 30s later this afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (EDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........8      9      7      7      4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1
Temp............68     78     81     85     84
RH..............71     51     43     36     36
20 ft wind......E 7    E 10   E 13   E 14   E 13
20 ft wind gust.10     16     20     21     20
Mix hgt (ft)....1000   3300   4500   5600   5500
Transport wind..E 12   E 16   E 17   E 16   E 15
Dispersion idx..15     65     68     70     64
LVORI...........3      1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........6      5      1      16     23     19
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............82     76     73     71     68     65
RH..............41     53     62     71     79     85
20 ft wind......E 13   E 10   E 9    E 6    E 6    E 6
20 ft wind gust.20     16     14     10     8      8
Mix hgt (ft)....4600   500    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..E 16   E 14   E 14   E 12   E 9    E 8
Dispersion idx..64     9      9      5      4      4
LVORI...........1      2      3      3      4      5

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........22     23     20     12     19     16
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............63     66     75     81     85     89
RH..............94     88     64     49     40     34
20 ft wind......E 6    E 6    SE 9   E 10   E 10   E 9
20 ft wind gust.8      9      14     14     16     14
Mix hgt (ft)....400    500    2500   3800   4800   5600
Transport wind..E 10   E 10   E 15   E 14   E 12   SE 9
Dispersion idx..5      10     47     63     65     58
LVORI...........7      5      1      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Giarratana
Requested by...Adam Peterson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411099.0/TBW
.DELDT 04/16/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL apeterson@tnc.org