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FNUS72 KTBW 281137  
FWSTBW  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR WAWA 2...USWFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL  
737 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 EDT ON MAY 28.  
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
 
 
SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL HOLD OVER THE REGION THROUGH  
THE PERIOD WHICH WILL KEEP MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY  
VALUES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS EACH DAY.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). NUMEROUS SHOWERS  
AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91.  
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE  
LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING  
TO THE SOUTHWEST 6 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.  
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST  
AROUND 9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
DISPERSION INDEX....16 INCREASING TO 33 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 40 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON  
DECREASING TO 26 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
 
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........52 49 53 53 58 61 67 74 76 70  
WEATHER COV..... ISO SCT NUM NUM NUM NUM  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 20 30 60 70 70 70  
TEMP............76 81 84 86 88 89 89 90 88 86  
RH..............94 83 75 70 64 62 59 58 62 66  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 5 6 7 6 6 6 7 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 8 10 13 13 13 14 14 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 2.0 2.6 3.1 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.0 1.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 9 9 8 8 8 10 9 9  
DISPERSION IDX..11 20 29 37 41 43 41 37 30 22  
LVORI...........5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD  
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
EVENING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING  
BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE  
EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR  
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....12 DECREASING TO 2 EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
LVORI...............7.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........70 71 76 72 65 73 64 59 53 46 36 39  
WEATHER COV.....WID NUM SCT SCT ISO ISO  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO ISO  
CHC OF PCPN (%).80 70 50 40 20 20 10 10 10 10 0 0  
TEMP............84 81 78 76 76 75 74 74 73 73 72 71  
RH..............70 78 86 91 93 94 95 95 97 98 98 100  
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 8 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 5  
DISPERSION IDX..15 8 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
LVORI...........3 4 5 6 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 10  
   
FRIDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91.  
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 17 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 27 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING  
TO 40 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 58  
DECREASING TO 47 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON  
DECREASING TO 35.  
LVORI...............6.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........40 53 47 45 40 31 30 47 51 51 60 66  
WEATHER COV..... ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 50  
TEMP............71 72 74 80 83 85 87 89 90 90 90 89  
RH..............100 100 96 83 74 70 64 59 56 55 54 57  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W W W W W W NW W NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 2 3 5 5 6 6 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.3 5 5 5 6 7 9 10 12 12 12 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.2 2.2 3.0 4.0 4.7 5.5 5.9 4.2 3.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 9  
DISPERSION IDX..2 3 5 10 17 27 40 54 61 57 47 35  
LVORI...........10 9 7 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1  
 

 
FORECASTER...PEARCE  
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL GAWRONSKI  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2614596.0/TBW  
.DELDT 05/28/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL MICHAEL_GAWRONSKI@FWS.GOV  
 
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