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Spot Forecast for NC-6A...U.S. Air Force
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
647 AM EDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on April 17.
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 dry air mass will remain over the region today especially, with
several hours of critically low relative humidity values expected.
Winds will remain below Red Flag criteria, however, and then moisture
gradually increases for Friday and the weekend.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 12 mph.
Dispersion index....7 increasing to 61.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........3      0      2      3      2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0
Temp............56     73     80     85     86
RH..............86     48     33     28     27
20 ft wind......NE 5   NE 6   NE 7   E 7    E 7
20 ft wind gust.9      12     14     14     14
Mix hgt (ft)....400    2900   4600   5900   6400
Transport wind..NE 7   E 12   NE 8   NE 8   NE 8
Dispersion idx..7      33     49     50     64
LVORI...........5      1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........95 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening and
                    overnight becoming light, then becoming east
                    around 5 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 15 mph.
Dispersion index....49 decreasing to 7.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........1      3      3      2      2      4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............85     74     68     64     61     60
RH..............30     48     64     77     86     90
20 ft wind......E 8    E 10   E 7    E 6    E 5    E 3
20 ft wind gust.15     17     14     12     9      9
Mix hgt (ft)....5200   500    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..E 9    E 15   E 13   E 10   E 8    E 9
Dispersion idx..49     10     4      4      4      3
LVORI...........1      2      3      4      5      6

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 16 mph.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 31 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 57 late in the morning increasing
                    to 78 late in the morning decreasing to 68.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........5      6      2      8      8      6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............60     62     76     83     85     85
RH..............93     92     63     47     41     41
20 ft wind......E 5    E 6    E 9    E 12   E 13   E 13
20 ft wind gust.9      12     16     20     22     22
Mix hgt (ft)....400    400    3300   4700   5600   5500
Transport wind..E 8    E 9    E 16   E 16   E 16   E 15
Dispersion idx..2      9      57     80     70     70
LVORI...........7      6      1      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Carlisle
Requested by...Joseph Bruner
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2510832.0/TBW
.DELDT 04/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL joseph.bruner@us.af.mil