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Spot Forecast for Andrews WMA Unit 5...Florida Fish and Wildlife
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
324 PM EDT Tue Aug 26 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on August 27.
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 brief reprieve from widespread shower and thunderstorm activity
is expected on Wednesday as a weak front pushes into southwest
Florida. Wednesday will be the driest day of the week, both in
terms of RH values and actual thunderstorm activity. This will
quickly increase again on Thursday and last into next week.
No significant fog is expected.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast around 5 mph
                    late in the morning, then becoming light in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 9 mph.
Dispersion index....11 increasing to 49.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EDT)      4 AM   6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON
Sky (%).........17     7      12     17     14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      10     10     10     10
Temp............69     79     85     89     92
RH..............82     64     52     45     42
20 ft wind......N 3    NE 3   NE 3   N 3    N 3
20 ft wind gust.13     12     10     9      8
Mix hgt (ft)....300    1200   3400   5600   6600
Transport wind..N 7    NE 9   N 6    N 7    N 6
Dispersion idx..7      14     30     48     51
LVORI...........4      3      2      1      1

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 71.
Max humidity........95 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 5 to 7 mph shifting to the east 5 to 9
                    mph early in the evening.
Dispersion index....32 decreasing to 2.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT
Sky (%).........12     26     24     20     12     18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     10     0      0
Temp............89     83     78     76     73     72
RH..............47     59     71     79     87     90
20 ft wind......N 3    N 2    N 3    E 3    E 2    E 2
20 ft wind gust.9      9      12     13     12     12
Mix hgt (ft)....5100   600    600    500    400    400
Transport wind..N 5    NE 7   E 9    E 7    E 6    E 5
Dispersion idx..32     3      1      3      3      2
LVORI...........1      3      3      5      6      7

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Isolated showers
                    early in the morning. Isolated thunderstorms
                    late in the morning, then scattered showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the morning.
Mixing height.......6300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 6 mph shifting to the west 5 to 7 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 40.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      2 AM   4 AM   6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON
Sky (%).........22     23     27     33     42     34
Weather cov.....       ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD
Weather type....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                     ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD
Chc of pcpn (%).0      20     20     20     30     30
Temp............71     72     80     86     88     89
RH..............94     93     75     62     57     55
20 ft wind......E 2    E 2    E 3    SE 3   S 2    SW 2
20 ft wind gust.12     10     9      8      7      8
Mix hgt (ft)....400    500    2500   4400   6300   5300
Transport wind..E 5    E 6    E 5    NE 5   W 5    W 6
Dispersion idx..2      5      14     25     35     44
LVORI...........6      6      4      3      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Wynn
Requested by...Teri Graves-Mckinstry
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 08/26/25
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