135  
FXUS62 KTBW 200129  
AFDTBW  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL  
929 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013  
   
UPDATE
 
 
CONVECTION HAS DIMINISHED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS  
EVENING...BUT LINGERING POCKETS OF INSTABILITY FROM AREAS THAT  
WEREN/T WORKED OVER EARLIER IN THE DAY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN  
ADDITIONAL SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WILL CARRY 20 POPS  
ACROSS INTERIOR LOCALES PRIMARILY EAST OF I-75 WHERE SHOWERS/STORMS  
ARE ONGOING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT THAT  
WITH FURTHER LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING THAT SHOWERS/STORMS WILL END BY  
MIDNIGHT...SO WILL KEEP THE FORECAST RAIN FREE DURING THE OVERNIGHT  
HOURS. INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS QUITE A BIT OF DENSE CIRRUS  
OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF APPROACHING THE FORECAST  
AREA...SO SKIES SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH THE  
REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. CAN/T RULE OUT SOME PATCHY FOG IN THE  
NORMALLY FOG PRONE AREAS TOWARD DAYBREAK MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN  
AREAS THAT RECEIVED RAINFALL TODAY. THAT SAID...GIVEN THE INCREASE  
IN DENSE CIRRUS ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...ANY FOG DEVELOPMENT  
SHOULD REMAIN HIGHLY LOCALIZED. THEREFORE...WILL NOT MENTION FOG  
IN THE FORECAST. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT IN  
THE MID 60S ACROSS THE NATURE COAST...AND IN THE UPPER 60S TO  
LOWER 70S ELSEWHERE. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ALL TERMINALS OVERNIGHT WITH SOME LCL  
PATCHY GROUND FOG POSSIBLE TOWARDS MORNING IN NORMALLY FOG PRONE  
AREAS OR AREAS THAT RECEIVED RAIN EARLIER TODAY. MORE SEABREEZE  
CONVECTION MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
TPA 72 87 71 87 / 0 40 20 50  
FMY 71 90 70 90 / 20 50 30 50  
GIF 70 88 69 88 / 20 50 30 50  
SRQ 70 87 69 87 / 0 30 20 50  
BKV 66 88 66 88 / 0 40 20 50  
SPG 74 87 72 87 / 0 30 20 50  
 

 
   
TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
FL...NONE.  
GULF WATERS...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...JELSEMA  
LONG TERM/AVIATION...DAVIS  
 
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