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Spot Forecast for FFS-CR 2/3...Florida Forest Service
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
507 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 26.
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 conditions continue as high pressure remains over
the state. Higher dispersions likely during the afternoon, along
with a few hours of near-critical minimum RH values accompanied by
winds in the 10-15 mph range. Gradient tightens this weekend,
favoring an uptick in winds on Saturday that will continue the
likelihood of higher dispersions during the afternoon hours.
Additional fire weather concerns expected to remain low, with
minimum RH values remaining above critical thresholds.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 6 to 13 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......7600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 13 mph increasing to 12 to 15 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Dispersion index....21 increasing to 40 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 57 late in the morning increasing
                    to 72 early in the afternoon increasing to 85
                    decreasing to 69 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.

TIME (EDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........1      0      8      22     47
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............70     81     86     88     87
RH..............66     46     39     36     37
20 ft wind......E 3    E 7    E 9    E 12   E 13
20 ft wind gust.7      10     13     14     16
Mix hgt (ft)....1100   4800   6600   7400   7000
Transport wind..SE 8   E 10   E 12   E 12   E 15
Dispersion idx..21     57     83     88     69
LVORI...........3      1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........95 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 18 mph.
Dispersion index....51 decreasing to 4.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........49     21     12     16     11     25
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............86     80     74     70     67     65
RH..............39     48     60     72     81     88
20 ft wind......E 13   E 13   E 10   E 8    E 6    E 6
20 ft wind gust.15     17     16     10     10     8
Mix hgt (ft)....6400   900    600    400    400    400
Transport wind..E 16   E 16   E 16   E 13   E 10   E 10
Dispersion idx..51     14     8      8      5      4
LVORI...........1      2      3      3      4      6

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 16
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 10 mph increasing to 18 to 22 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Dispersion index....7 increasing to 86.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........36     33     56     61     54     60
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............64     65     76     81     84     84
RH..............91     89     63     52     45     43
20 ft wind......E 6    E 7    E 13   E 15   E 16   E 15
20 ft wind gust.8      9      18     22     23     23
Mix hgt (ft)....400    500    3700   5100   5000   4800
Transport wind..E 9    E 10   E 20   E 21   E 22   E 22
Dispersion idx..2      11     64     85     86     87
LVORI...........6      5      1      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Hurt
Requested by...Brad Weller
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/26/24
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.EMAIL Bradley.weller@fdacs.gov