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Spot Forecast for Andrews Unit 5 Rx fire...FWC
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
851 PM EDT Wed Sep 3 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EDT on September 04.
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...
Drier air on the north side of a stationary frontal boundary stretched
across south Florida will limit shower and storm activity over
your area for Thursday. Minimum RH values remain well above
critical levels. No significant fog is expected.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 6 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon, then becoming light
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 7 mph.
Dispersion index....8 increasing to 40.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      3 AM   5 AM   7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM
Sky (%).........12     13     15     25     33     38
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      10     10
Temp............69     75     84     89     91     90
RH..............98     85     66     53     49     50
20 ft wind......NE 1   E 3    E 6    E 6    E 5    NE 3
20 ft wind gust.10     10     10     9      9      10
Mix hgt (ft)....400    1100   3000   5100   5900   5400
Transport wind..E 6    E 7    E 7    E 6    E 6    E 6
Dispersion idx..4      12     26     31     37     39
LVORI...........7      4      2      1      1      1

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 71.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 6 mph shifting to the west early in
                    the evening, then shifting to the southeast 5
                    to 8 mph early in the evening shifting to the
                    east around 5 mph after 3 am.
Dispersion index....28 decreasing to 2.
LVORI...............6.

TIME (EDT)      2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT
Sky (%).........37     35     22     13     7      9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     0      0      0      0      0
Temp............89     84     79     76     74     72
RH..............53     64     77     85     91     96
20 ft wind......NE 3   SE 2   E 2    E 2    E 2    E 2
20 ft wind gust.10     9      10     10     9      8
Mix hgt (ft)....4600   500    500    400    400    400
Transport wind..E 6    SE 5   SE 7   E 8    E 6    E 5
Dispersion idx..28     2      1      3      3      2
LVORI...........2      3      4      5      6      7

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 6 mph in
                    the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 9 mph.
Dispersion index....3 increasing to 73.
LVORI...............6.

TIME (EDT)      2 AM   4 AM   6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON
Sky (%).........10     9      10     14     21     24
Weather cov.....                            CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            CHANCE CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).0      10     10     10     30     30
Temp............71     72     81     88     92     92
RH..............100    98     77     60     51     48
20 ft wind......NE 2   NE 2   NE 3   NE 5   NE 6   E 6
20 ft wind gust.8      8      9      10     12     13
Mix hgt (ft)....400    400    2300   4300   6100   6900
Transport wind..E 5    E 5    NE 7   NE 9   E 9    E 8
Dispersion idx..1      4      23     47     68     76
LVORI...........10     9      3      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Wynn
Requested by...Teri Graves-Mckinstry
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2521284.0/TBW
.DELDT 09/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Teri.graves@myfwc.com