700
FNUS72 KTBW 122027
FWSTBW
SPOT FORECAST FOR HILLSBOROUGH RIVER S.P. HR-16...FLORIDA PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
427 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON AUGUST 13.
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.
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE WEATHER ON THURSDAY WITH HOT
TEMPERATURES AND LOW RAIN CHANCES. NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS
EXPECTED.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 95.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 37.
LVORI...............5.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........22 24 22 22 23 27 29 23 28 21 22 21
WEATHER COV..... ISO
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........ ISO
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 20 10 10
TEMP............76 76 77 81 87 90 92 93 94 95 93 92
RH..............96 97 96 89 75 67 62 59 56 54 56 58
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.2 2 3 3 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.5 2.7 3.4 3.8 4.0 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 7 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 7
DISPERSION IDX..2 2 5 14 25 35 40 41 41 40 37 32
LVORI...........8 8 7 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....23 DECREASING TO 2.
LVORI...............5.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........19 24 34 22 18 18 23 23 26 31 27 36
WEATHER COV..... ISO
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........ ISO
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............91 88 85 83 81 79 79 78 77 77 77 76
RH..............59 65 75 78 82 86 89 90 92 93 93 95
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW W NW NW NW N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 9 7 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9 1.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW W NW NW NW NW W W NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
DISPERSION IDX..23 12 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
LVORI...........2 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 95.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 3
TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 23.
LVORI...............5.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........29 29 41 59 37 15 21 27 33 34 34 35
WEATHER COV..... SCT SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCT SCT SCT SCT
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 50 50 50 50
TEMP............76 76 77 82 86 90 93 94 94 94 93 91
RH..............95 95 95 85 75 67 61 57 56 56 58 62
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NE NE N NW W W NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.1 1 1 2 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.2 2.0 2.8 3.6 4.4 5.2 4.6 3.9 3.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE N SE SW W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
DISPERSION IDX..2 2 3 6 9 12 18 23 26 26 24 20
LVORI...........7 7 7 6 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
FORECASTER...WYNN
REQUESTED BY...CHERYL METZGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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