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Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
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684 FXUS62 KTBW 060658 AFDTBW Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 258 AM EDT Fri Jun 6 2025 ...New DISCUSSION, AVIATION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER... .DISCUSSION... Issued at 221 AM EDT Fri Jun 6 2025 Remnant mid level moisture convergent boundary remains across west central Florida...and combined with weak onshore flow may allow a few showers to develop over the coastal waters during the next couple of hours which could advect locally onshore around sunrise. Any showers that manage to push onshore will likely dissipate rather quickly as they push inland. The remainder of today, high pressure surface and aloft will build over the region. However, the main phenomena to impact sensible weather today and through the weekend will be a SAL that will be move over the region. This will advect much drier air aloft over the forecast area which will significantly inhibit convection each day through the weekend. POPs will likely run significantly below NBM guidance with only slight chance to low end chance pops each day. Also, increased the max temps a degree or two each day as the NBM high pops/cloud cover likely held temps down a bit. Could even be a bit conservative with max temps as they could be even a bit warmer than currently forecast should the dry air aloft mix down during the afternoon hours...with this most likely happening on Saturday and Sunday. Early next week, the SAL will begin to give way on Monday with deep layer moisture gradually recovering. The surface ridge axis will remain well south of the forecast area with onshore west to southwest boundary layer flow. This will allow the west coast sea breeze boundary to push inland rather quickly...with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms developing over the coastal counties during the morning/early afternoon hours, pushing inland and increasing slightly in areal coverage over the interior during the mid/late afternoon. The surface ridge axis will begin to lift north across the central Florida peninsula on Tuesday. This will likely cause the west/east coast sea breeze boundaries to collide over the interior during the late afternoon with showers/thunderstorms being enhanced along the boundary collision/highest pops. On Wednesday, the surface ridge axis will continue to lift north with southeast boundary layer flow developing across west central and southwest Florida. This will aid in holding the west coast sea breeze boundary closer to the coast...with the east coast sea breeze colliding with the west coast sea breeze during the late afternoon enhancing shower/thunderstorm activity over the coastal counties late in the day. Although deep layer moisture will increase, trend below NBM POPs all of next week as overall moisture profiles suggest generally climo pops area wide. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 221 AM EDT Fri Jun 6 2025 Predominately VFR conditions will prevail today. Slight chance of a shower vcnty PIE/TPA/SRQ around sunrise this morning with LCL MVFR CIGs/VSBYs. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will develop this afternoon with best chance vcnty LAL with LCL MVFR CIGs and IFR VSBYs. && .MARINE... Issued at 221 AM EDT Fri Jun 6 2025 High pressure will hold over the waters through the period with winds below cautionary levels each day. Main hazard through the weekend will be isolated to scattered mainly late night/early morning showers and thunderstorms. Next week, timing of shower/thunderstorm activity will shift to the evening hours. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 221 AM EDT Fri Jun 6 2025 No fire weather hazards are expected as sufficient moisture will keep minimum afternoon relative humidity values above critical levels for the next several days. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 92 79 92 79 / 30 10 20 10 FMY 94 76 94 76 / 30 10 20 10 GIF 94 75 95 75 / 30 10 20 10 SRQ 91 77 90 77 / 20 10 20 10 BKV 93 71 93 72 / 30 10 20 10 SPG 89 78 89 79 / 30 10 20 10 && Sea Breeze Thunderstorm Regime For Friday: 4 Sea Breeze Thunderstorm Regime For Saturday: 4 For additional information on sea breeze regimes, go to: https://www.weather.gov/tbw/ThunderstormClimatology && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. Gulf waters...None. && $$ DISCUSSION/AVIATION/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...Oglesby DECISION SUPPORT...Oglesby UPPER AIR/CLIMATE...Oglesby