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Spot Forecast for Catfish CR 26...FLDEP
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
518 AM EST Sat Dec 13 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EST on December 13.
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...
Moisture slowly increasing today as the cold front that pushed through
on Thursday will slowly start to drift north. Winds will remain out
of the east and southeast between 5 to 10 mph with dispersions increasing
to the mid 40`s in the afternoon.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 9 mph.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 17 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 29 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 42 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 30.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........46  47  52  52  42  42  48  42
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............65  69  73  74  75  76  76  74
RH..............78  72  65  63  62  58  58  63
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   6   7   7   6   6
20 FT wind gust.7   9   10  13  12  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.4 2.5 3.5 3.8 4.0 3.8 1.3
Transp wind dir.E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E
Transp wind spd.6   7   9   9   9   9   9   7
Dispersion idx..6   17  29  39  44  44  40  30
LVORI...........4   3   2   1   1   1   1   2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Areas of fog
                    after 3 am.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 3 to 9 mph shifting to the northeast
                    around 3 mph early in the morning.
Dispersion index....17 decreasing to 4.
LVORI...............7.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........47  44  43  52  61  50  46  50  36  29  29  24
Weather cov.....                                        ARS ARS
Weather type....                                        FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
Temp............72  68  66  65  64  63  62  62  62  62  62  61
RH..............69  79  85  86  90  90  92  93  96  94  95  96
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  N
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   5   5   3   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.9   9   8   7   6   5   5   5   3   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  E   NE
Transp wind spd.8   9   9   8   8   7   6   6   5   3   3   3
Dispersion idx..17  6   3   3   4   3   3   2   2   2   2   2
LVORI...........3   4   5   6   6   6   7   8   9   9   10  10

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Areas of fog
                    early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph late
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 2 to 10 mph increasing to around 12
                    mph in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 24 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 40 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 51 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 39 decreasing to 28 late in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........29  43  39  40  40  37  35  32  28  24  20  16
Weather cov.....ARS ARS ARS
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............61  61  63  66  71  74  76  77  78  77  76  74
RH..............96  95  96  89  79  70  65  62  59  57  58  61
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   3   3   5   7   8   9   9   10  9
20 FT wind gust.3   3   3   5   6   8   12  14  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.2 2.1 2.9 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.2 2.3
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.2   3   3   5   6   8   10  12  12  12  12  12
Dispersion idx..2   4   3   5   10  24  40  52  53  48  39  28
LVORI...........9   8   7   5   4   3   2   1   1   1   1   2

$$
Forecaster...Shiveley
Requested by...David Grimm
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2527586.0/TBW
.DELDT 12/13/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL david.grimm@floridadep.gov