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FNUS72 KTBW 092144
FWSTBW
SPOT FORECAST FOR HILLSBOROUGH RIVER S.P. HR-5...FLORIDA PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
544 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON JULY 10.
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 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
SOME MORE MOISTURE WILL RETURN DURING FRIDAY LEADING TO SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL REMAIN
LIGHT OUTSIDE OF ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT) IN THE MORNING,
THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) IN THE
AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 97.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 62 IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........20 20 15 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55
WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ ISO ISO SCT SCT
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 30 30
TEMP............77 77 79 82 87 90 93 95 96 97 97 96
RH..............88 90 89 83 72 65 57 51 47 45 44 44
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 3 3 5
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 5 5 5 6 8 9 9 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.1 2.2 3.3 4.2 5.0 5.6 5.9 6.2 5.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8
DISPERSION IDX..2 3 4 8 13 20 29 39 48 57 62 59
LVORI...........6 6 6 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) BECOMING PARTLY
CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) LATE IN THE EVENING,
THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT)
OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN BECOMING
LIGHT IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6
TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO
THE SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH OVERNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....43 DECREASING TO 2.
LVORI...............4.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........60 65 60 50 45 40 30 25 20 15 10 5
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCT SCT ISO ISO
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............96 93 89 86 84 82 81 80 79 78 78 77
RH..............45 52 61 67 71 74 77 79 84 84 86 89
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S SW NE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 2.0 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SW SW SE S SE SE SE SE SE S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 6 5 5
DISPERSION IDX..43 22 4 0 0 2 2 3 3 2 2 2
LVORI...........1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) IN THE MORNING,
THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT)
IN THE AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MID TO LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 96.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....3 INCREASING TO 50 IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN
DECREASING TO 40 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 5 5 10 15 20 25 30 40 50 55 60
WEATHER COV..... NUM NUM NUM NUM
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCT SCT SCT SCT
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 60 60 60
TEMP............77 77 78 83 87 89 92 93 94 95 94 93
RH..............89 91 89 80 73 67 60 56 53 52 53 56
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S S S S S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.3 5 5 5 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.7 2.6 3.5 4.3 5.1 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SE S S S S S S S S S SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 6 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
DISPERSION IDX..2 3 7 14 22 31 39 46 49 50 47 40
LVORI...........6 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
FORECASTER...CLOSE
REQUESTED BY...CHERYL METZGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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