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Spot Forecast for Batten Road RX...Florida Forest Service
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
404 PM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1700 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 in the region will keep the dry and warm
conditions over the area for the next few days, with some areas RHs
dipping to around critical values, but sustained winds will remain
below 15 mph.

The west coast seabreeze will develop on Wednesday afternoon and move
inland to near the fire area around 1600 with winds becoming SW-W
before weakening by 2000.

Fog potential...No fog is expected.

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........29     27     21     19     9      4
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............61     63     74     82     87     89
RH..............93     91     60     46     38     34
20 ft wind......SE 6   SE 6   SE 9   SE 9   SE 9   S 8
20 ft wind gust.8      9      13     14     14     12
Mix hgt (ft)....400    500    2200   3200   4500   5500
Transport wind..SE 10  SE 12  SE 14  SE 10  SE 9   SE 8
Dispersion idx..5      11     32     47     49     50
LVORI...........6      5      1      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...RDavis
Requested by...Farley
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411134.0/TBW
.DELDT 04/16/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL christopher.farley@fdacs.gov