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FXUS62 KTBW 310129
AFDTBW

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
929 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2014

.DISCUSSION...
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS STALLED ACROSS THE AREA GENERALLY ACROSS
MANATEE AND POLK COUNTIES. SOME DRIER AIR HAS FILTERED IN ACROSS
THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THIS EVENING BEHIND THE FRONT WITH
DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. A FEW SHOWERS LINGER ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA AND SHOULD DISSIPATE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. LOWS ARE ON TRACK TO FALL INTO THE MID 60S-AROUND 70
NORTH...LOWER TO MID 70S CENTRAL EXCEPT AROUND 80 ALONG THE
COAST...AND MID TO UPPER 70S SOUTH. WILL UPDATE TO ADJUST THE RAIN
CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...OTHERWISE FORECAST
IS ON TRACK.

&&

.AVIATION...
JUST A FEW SHOWERS INLAND OF THE SOUTHERN TERMINALS THIS EVENING.
HAVE WINDS BECOMING LIGHT AND SKIES CLEARING OUT OVERNIGHT. THE
SEA BREEZE WILL TURN WINDS ONSHORE FOR THURSDAY LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON WITH A FEW VICINITY TSTMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
TERMINALS AFTER 18Z.

&&

.MARINE...
A COOL FRONT IS DISSIPATING OVER SOUTHERN FLORIDA AND A FEW
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE LINGERING SOUTH OF CHARLOTTE
HARBOR. WINDS AND SEAS ARE SUBSIDING AND WILL REMAIN AROUND
10 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH NORTHWEST. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT
FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE
REGION. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ALSO DECREASE UNTIL THE
WEEKEND WHEN A SOUTHEAST FLOW DEVELOPS ALLOWING FOR AFTERNOON
AND EVENING STORMS TO DEVELOP OVER LAND AND MOVE WESTWARD OVER
THE COASTAL REGION.

&&

.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GULF WATERS...NONE.

&&

$$

UPDATE/AVIATION...24/HUBBARD
MARINE...74/WYNN
DECISION SUPPORT...05/CARLISLE