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Spot Forecast for Weeki Wachee SP Rx...Florida Park Service
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
928 AM EDT Thu Apr 25 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...
A large area of high pressure continues to be the dominant
weather feature. Minimum humidities are expected to be at critical
levels each afternoon while fairly light easterly winds prevail with
an afternoon seabreeze near the coast.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 12 to 13 mph becoming around 12 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....26 increasing to 45 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 63 late in the morning increasing
                    to 77 in the afternoon decreasing to 66.
LVORI...............2.

TIME (EDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........0      9      11     22     43
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     85     87     86
RH..............67     47     40     38     41
20 ft wind......SE 6   SE 8   E 8    E 7    NE 6
20 ft wind gust.9      10     13     13     12
Mix hgt (ft)....1400   4200   5800   6000   5000
Transport wind..SE 13  E 13   E 12   E 12   E 12
Dispersion idx..26     63     79     81     66
LVORI...........2      1      1      1      1

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 7 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 15 mph.
Dispersion index....47 decreasing to 8.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........40     32     25     26     36     47
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............84     80     75     70     67     65
RH..............44     51     59     68     82     85
20 ft wind......E 8    E 9    E 10   E 10   E 9    E 8
20 ft wind gust.13     14     15     15     14     12
Mix hgt (ft)....3600   900    800    700    600    600
Transport wind..E 13   E 14   E 15   E 14   E 13   E 9
Dispersion idx..47     10     7      10     8      6
LVORI...........1      2      3      3      4      5

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 7 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 18 mph increasing to 18 to 20 mph
                    late in the morning.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 17 early in the morning, then
                    increasing to 44 late in the morning increasing
                    to 75 late in the morning increasing to 97
                    decreasing to 87 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........54     60     52     50     53     50
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............65     65     75     82     86     85
RH..............88     89     63     49     42     42
20 ft wind......E 7    E 7    E 9    E 12   E 12   E 13
20 ft wind gust.10     10     15     18     18     18
Mix hgt (ft)....700    900    3700   5600   6700   6000
Transport wind..E 10   E 14   E 18   E 20   E 18   E 20
Dispersion idx..5      17     75     101    84     89
LVORI...........5      4      1      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...RDavis
Requested by...Michael Faustini
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412438.0/TBW
.DELDT 04/25/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Michael.Faustini@FloridaDEP.gov