105  
FNUS72 KTBW 181541  
FWSTBW  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR GATOR HOLE 6/18/26...LEE COUNTY PARKS & REC  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL  
1141 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON JUNE 18.  
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  
 
DANGEROUS HEAT WILL BE AROUND THIS AFTERNOON WITH FEELS LIKE  
TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY  
OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AROUND 10 MPH.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.  
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 12 MPH.  
LVORI...............1.  
 
TIME (EDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........44 48 45  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10  
TEMP............91 91 91  
RH..............64 62 61  
20 FT WIND......S 9 SW 10 SW 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 15 16  
MIX HGT (FT)....4000 4300 3700  
TRANSPORT WIND..S 10 S 10 S 12  
LVORI...........1 1 1  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.  
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING  
BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE  
EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....32 DECREASING TO 3.  
LVORI...............4.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........38 45 56 56 63 59 59 49 44 43 43 32  
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............91 90 87 85 84 83 81 81 80 79 79 79  
RH..............63 66 71 74 79 82 85 86 89 90 92 92  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S SW S S S S SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 12 9 7 6 6 5 5 6 6 7 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 2.3 1.2 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 9 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6  
DISPERSION IDX..32 17 5 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 3  
LVORI...........1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6  
   
JUNETEENTH  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.  
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE  
MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 8 TO 10  
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST  
AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 20 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 39 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING  
TO 53 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 40.  
LVORI...............4.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........38 29 26 30 34 40 45 49 47 56 53 52  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 20 20 20 20  
TEMP............79 79 80 84 87 90 91 92 92 92 91 91  
RH..............92 92 89 81 71 65 62 60 59 60 61 62  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW W  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 8 9 9 12 13 14 15 15 15  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.8 2.3 3.3 4.0 4.5 4.7 4.9 5.0 3.8 3.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE S S S S S SW SW W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 8 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 10  
DISPERSION IDX..3 4 8 15 24 34 43 51 56 54 49 40  
LVORI...........6 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2  
 
 
FORECASTER...SHIVELEY  
REQUESTED BY...TYLER MARZELLA  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2615767.0/TBW  
.DELDT 06/18/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL TMARZELLA@LEEGOV.COM  
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