612
FNUS72 KTBW 230808
FWSTBW
SPOT FORECAST FOR WAWA2 FIRE...USWFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
408 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 EDT ON MAY 23.
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
MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING, PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 53.
LVORI...............4.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........49 39 28 25 25 27 28 35 37 41 42
WEATHER COV..... ISO SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ ISO ISO ISO ISO
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 30 30 30
TEMP............73 76 82 86 88 91 92 93 93 92 90
RH..............95 90 73 64 59 52 48 45 45 47 50
20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 15 16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.8 2.2 3.3 4.1 5.3 6.0 6.4 6.3 6.1 4.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 9 10 9 8 8 7 7 8 9 9
DISPERSION IDX..5 9 19 31 42 46 48 49 52 54 51
LVORI...........6 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SCATTERED
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS
LATE IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 14 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....39 DECREASING TO 6.
LVORI...............5.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........40 39 48 54 57 62 63 64 62 55 50 39
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 40 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 0
TEMP............89 86 82 79 77 76 75 74 74 73 73 73
RH..............53 60 70 77 81 85 88 91 93 95 98 98
20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 7 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 14 12 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 2.5 1.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 14 14 13 10 9 8 8 8 7 7 7
DISPERSION IDX..39 23 9 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 3
LVORI...........1 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 9 9
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 14 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 14 EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 29 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO 46 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 62
INCREASING TO 74 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
DECREASING TO 57 DECREASING TO 43 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........40 41 29 30 29 27 25 37 44 48 52 46
WEATHER COV..... SCT SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ ISO ISO ISO ISO
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 40 50 50 30
TEMP............73 73 77 81 85 87 89 90 90 91 89 88
RH..............98 98 87 73 64 59 54 52 51 50 53 55
20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 1.2 2.6 3.3 4.1 5.2 5.8 6.1 4.8 2.9 2.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 9 12 13 13 13 12 12 14 14 12
DISPERSION IDX..4 7 14 29 46 62 72 78 78 70 57 43
LVORI...........9 7 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
FORECASTER...OGLESBY
REQUESTED BY...MIKE GAWRONSKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 05/23/26
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