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Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
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586 FXUS62 KTBW 070725 AFDTBW Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 325 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024 ...New DISCUSSION, AVIATION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER... .DISCUSSION... Issued at 325 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024 High pressure at the surface and aloft remain over the area this morning with another afternoon of heat advisory conditions expected along with showers and storms developing along the W FL sea breeze during the afternoon and pushing inland through the evening. Lingering drier air aloft over the eastern half of the peninsula may limit overall convective development this afternoon therefore have capped today`s PoPs at 60 percent, which may be generous, particularly in areas further away from the coast. Surface ridge axis shifts south across the area early in the week with flow gradually shifting from southerly today to southwesterly through much of the work week before perhaps returning to more easterly late week into next weekend. An upper-low currently over the W Atlantic will drift W-SW across the state early to mid week, which coupled with gradually increasing moisture over the state will support chances for scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms, with highest chances coastal during the morning before shifting inland during the afternoon and evening given the expected southwesterly flow, then shifting to highest coastal chances in the PM hours into next weekend as flow shifts more easterly. Afternoon highs today in the lower to mid 90s with heat indices in the 108-111 range for the Heat Advisory, however guidance suggests a slight moderation in temps early to mid week with highs in the lower 90s for most of the area, perhaps offering at least a short-lived break from the recent daily heat advisory conditions. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 145 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024 Overnight VFR continues into the morning before afternoon showers/storms develop impacting coastal terminals with potential for cig/vsby restrictions for a few hours before pushing inland and east of terminals into the evening. Light/variable winds increase out of the S during the morning then turn onshore during the afternoon as the sea breeze advances inland. && .MARINE... Issued at 325 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024 High pressure to remain over the waters through the week with no headlines expected. Showers and storms will be primary hazard with locally winds and seas in/near storms. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 325 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024 No fire weather concerns expected through the week with abundant moisture in place keeping relative humidities comfortably above critical thresholds. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 92 80 91 80 / 60 40 50 20 FMY 93 79 92 78 / 60 40 50 10 GIF 96 77 94 77 / 60 40 60 10 SRQ 92 79 91 79 / 60 40 50 20 BKV 94 75 93 76 / 60 40 60 20 SPG 92 82 91 83 / 60 40 50 20 && Sea Breeze Thunderstorm Regime For Sunday: 1 Sea Breeze Thunderstorm Regime For Monday: 4 For additional information on sea breeze regimes, go to: https://www.weather.gov/tbw/ThunderstormClimatology && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...Heat Advisory from noon today to 6 PM EDT this evening for Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Citrus-Coastal Hernando-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Lee-Coastal Levy-Coastal Manatee- Coastal Pasco-Coastal Sarasota-DeSoto-Hardee-Highlands- Inland Charlotte-Inland Citrus-Inland Hernando-Inland Hillsborough-Inland Lee-Inland Levy-Inland Manatee-Inland Pasco-Inland Sarasota-Pinellas-Polk-Sumter. Gulf waters...None. && $$ DISCUSSION/AVIATION/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...Hurt DECISION SUPPORT/CLIMATE...Oglesby