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Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
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605 FNUS72 KTBW 291145 FWSTBW Spot Forecast for CI30...Fl Forest Service National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 745 AM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on August 29. 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... A lingering frontal boundary will remain in the vicinity into next week with gradually increasing rain chances and scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developing over the weekend. RH values are expected to remain above critical thresholds with winds remaining light, with no significant fire weather concerns anticipated. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Isolated showers and thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Scattered showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......50 percent. Max temperature.....Around 90. Min humidity........66 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 2 to 3 mph shifting to the west 5 to 9 mph late in the morning. Dispersion index....5 increasing to 37. LVORI...............6. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........52 32 47 58 60 Weather cov..... SCTTRD SCTTRD Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ SCTTRD SCTTRD Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 10 40 40 Temp............74 82 87 89 88 RH..............99 83 71 66 68 20 ft wind......S 2 SW 2 W 3 W 6 W 6 20 ft wind gust.3 6 7 8 10 Mix hgt (ft)....300 2200 3800 4000 3500 Transport wind..S 2 SW 3 W 5 W 7 W 9 Dispersion idx..2 13 25 34 38 LVORI...........9 4 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Scattered showers and thunderstorms early in the evening, then isolated showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 3 am. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. Min temperature.....Around 72. Max humidity........99 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 6 mph shifting to the north around 5 mph early in the evening, then becoming light in the late evening and overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after 3 am. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 9 mph shifting to the east 5 to 7 mph early in the evening, then shifting to the southeast 5 to 6 mph overnight. Dispersion index....26 decreasing to 3. LVORI...............6. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........60 56 44 36 39 38 Weather cov.....SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE RNSHWR Tstm cov........SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD Chc of pcpn (%).40 20 20 10 10 20 Temp............86 81 77 76 74 74 RH..............70 81 90 95 97 97 20 ft wind......NW 6 N 5 E 3 E 3 E 2 E 2 20 ft wind gust.10 9 8 7 6 6 Mix hgt (ft)....2600 500 600 600 400 400 Transport wind..NW 9 NE 7 E 6 E 5 E 6 SE 5 Dispersion idx..26 4 1 2 2 2 LVORI...........3 5 7 7 8 8 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then widespread showers and numerous thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......80 percent. Max temperature.....Around 88. Min humidity........71 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 7 mph late in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the morning. Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 5 to 6 mph shifting to the west 6 to 12 mph late in the morning. Dispersion index....6 increasing to 43. LVORI...............6. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........54 62 60 66 69 70 Weather cov..... SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WIDSPD WIDSPD Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ ISOLTD ISOLTD SCTTRD NUMRUS NUMRUS Chc of pcpn (%).10 50 50 50 80 80 Temp............73 74 81 86 87 87 RH..............98 98 85 74 72 72 20 ft wind......E 2 SE 2 SW 3 W 6 W 6 W 7 20 ft wind gust.5 5 7 8 9 10 Mix hgt (ft)....400 300 1900 3000 3700 3400 Transport wind..S 5 S 5 SW 6 W 7 W 8 W 10 Dispersion idx..2 4 14 27 38 47 LVORI...........9 8 4 3 3 3 $$ Forecaster...Pearce Requested by...Cody Sikes Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2520929.0/TBW .DELDT 08/29/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Cody.Sikes@fdacs.gov