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FNUS72 KTBW 261126
FWSTBW
SPOT FORECAST FOR RADIO TOWER WF...SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
726 AM EDT WED AUG 26 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 EDT ON AUGUST 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
RAIN CHANCES INCREASE AFTER 2 PM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE.
RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND A HALF TO ONE INCH AREAWIDE TODAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
DEEP MOISTURE WILL HOLD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE
WEEK, WITH SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING EACH DAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94.
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6 TO
8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....3 INCREASING TO 13 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 25 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO 34 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 25
DECREASING TO 16 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........11 12 8 16 21 32 49 52 59 66
WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO SCT SCT NUM NUM
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ ISO ISO SCT SCT NUM NUM
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 20 10 20 40 50 60 70
TEMP............77 81 86 88 90 91 92 92 90 87
RH..............91 84 73 68 63 61 60 59 64 69
20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE S S S S SW S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 1.3 2.7 3.5 3.9 4.3 4.1 3.2 2.7 1.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE S S S S SW SE S
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 8 7
DISPERSION IDX..3 13 25 35 37 35 31 27 22 16
LVORI...........6 5 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 3
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN
THE EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LATE IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....7 DECREASING TO 2 IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.
LVORI...............5.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........77 80 76 71 54 47 35 40 29 23 15 15
WEATHER COV.....NUM SCT SCT SCT ISO
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........NUM SCT SCT SCT ISO
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 50 30 30 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 0
TEMP............86 81 79 79 78 77 77 77 76 76 76 75
RH..............71 81 85 87 88 89 88 90 91 91 92 93
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E NE E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE E E E E E E E SE SE SE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
DISPERSION IDX..11 6 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
LVORI...........3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6 TO
7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 22 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 35 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
DECREASING TO 20 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........20 16 14 17 14 16 20 35 37 40 49 56
WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT ISO SCT SCT NUM SCT
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT ISO SCT SCT NUM SCT
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 20 30 30 30 20 30 50 60 50
TEMP............75 75 76 81 84 86 89 89 89 91 89 87
RH..............94 94 95 85 79 75 69 67 66 63 67 69
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E SE SE SE S S S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.9 2.9 3.8 4.5 4.7 4.7 2.6 2.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E SE SE SE SE S S S S SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 6
DISPERSION IDX..2 2 5 11 18 25 32 37 37 33 24 16
LVORI...........7 7 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
FORECASTER...RDAVIS
REQUESTED BY...TAYLOR L SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/26/26
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