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Spot Forecast for Chass 01F...Florida Fish and Wildlife
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
841 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on August 01.
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...
High pressure continues across the region with westerly
winds today around 5-10 mph. While a few isolated showers
or storms may occur this morning into early afternoon, it
should be a mostly dry day with precipitation chances
around 20 percent. Relatively low mixing heights below
4000 ft will generally support poor to fair dispersion
conditions, particularly during periods of low wind speeds.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Isolated showers
                    and thunderstorms late in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 9 mph late in
                    the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the morning.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 10 mph.
Dispersion index....31 increasing to 41 in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON
Sky (%).........37     44     33     32
Weather cov.....       ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
Weather type....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........       ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
Chc of pcpn (%).10     20     20     20
Temp............88     91     92     92
RH..............71     64     62     62
20 ft wind......W 3    W 6    W 8    W 9
20 ft wind gust.6      9      13     14
Mix hgt (ft)....3200   3800   3600   3300
Transport wind..W 7    W 8    W 9    W 10
Dispersion idx..26     39     41     42
LVORI...........3      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 78.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 10 mph.
Dispersion index....29 decreasing to 5.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT
Sky (%).........31     46     48     39     44     45
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     0      0      0
Temp............90     86     83     81     80     79
RH..............65     72     81     84     87     90
20 ft wind......W 8    W 6    W 3    W 2    SW 2   SW 2
20 ft wind gust.14     10     7      6      5      5
Mix hgt (ft)....2800   1500   700    500    500    400
Transport wind..W 10   W 10   W 8    W 8    W 7    W 6
Dispersion idx..29     7      3      3      3      3
LVORI...........2      3      5      5      6      6

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Scattered showers
                    and thunderstorms early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 9 mph late in
                    the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the morning.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 12 mph.
Dispersion index....4 increasing to 42.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      2 AM   4 AM   6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON
Sky (%).........43     39     40     40     37     39
Weather cov.....       SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
Weather type....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........       SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
Chc of pcpn (%).10     40     40     40     50     50
Temp............78     80     88     91     92     91
RH..............92     88     71     63     61     62
20 ft wind......S 2    S 2    SW 3   W 6    W 9    W 9
20 ft wind gust.5      5      7      10     14     15
Mix hgt (ft)....400    700    2500   3200   3200   3100
Transport wind..SW 5   W 5    SW 7   W 8    W 10   W 12
Dispersion idx..2      5      20     34     41     45
LVORI...........6      5      3      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Giarratana
Requested by...Melisa Thompson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 08/01/25
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.EMAIL melisa.thompson@myfwc.com