


Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
743 FNUS72 KTBW 181145 FWSTBW Spot Forecast for ASP 9a...CELM National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 745 AM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on July 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. .DISCUSSION... Lower rain chances today and tomorrow as relatively drier air is over the region. Winds will start out southeast each day but will become light and rather variable with the sea breeze in the afternoon. Relative humidity values are expected to remain above critical levels through the next several days. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Scattered showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. Max temperature.....Around 96. Min humidity........50 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 12 mph. Dispersion index....9 increasing to 19 late in the morning, then increasing to 31 late in the morning increasing to 45 late in the morning decreasing to 36. LVORI...............5. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........33 35 37 39 36 Weather cov..... SCTTRD SCTTRD Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ SCTTRD SCTTRD Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 30 30 Temp............77 85 91 93 92 RH..............94 77 61 55 55 20 ft wind......SE 6 SE 7 SE 7 SE 7 SE 6 20 ft wind gust.10 10 12 12 10 Mix hgt (ft)....700 2000 3400 4400 4200 Transport wind..SE 9 SE 12 SE 12 SE 9 SE 7 Dispersion idx..9 31 46 48 43 LVORI...........8 4 3 1 1 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). Scattered showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. Min temperature.....Around 75. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the west early in the evening, then becoming light early in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 6 mph shifting to the southwest around 5 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the northeast 5 to 7 mph in the late evening and overnight shifting to the southeast around 7 mph overnight. Dispersion index....25 decreasing to 2. LVORI...............6. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........34 31 30 31 20 13 Weather cov.....SCTTRD Weather type....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........SCTTRD Chc of pcpn (%).30 10 10 0 0 0 Temp............91 86 82 80 78 76 RH..............57 70 79 85 93 97 20 ft wind......SE 5 SW 3 NW 2 NE 3 E 3 E 3 20 ft wind gust.9 7 7 7 7 7 Mix hgt (ft)....3500 600 400 400 400 500 Transport wind..SE 6 S 5 N 5 NE 6 SE 7 SE 7 Dispersion idx..25 2 0 2 3 3 LVORI...........3 4 6 6 6 7 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Isolated showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Max temperature.....Around 96. Min humidity........49 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph in the late morning and early afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 3 to 8 mph. Dispersion index....6 increasing to 27. LVORI...............5. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........6 7 3 6 12 16 Weather cov..... ISOLTD ISOLTD Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ ISOLTD ISOLTD Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 20 20 Temp............75 77 84 90 93 93 RH..............100 97 77 62 52 51 20 ft wind......SE 3 SE 3 SE 5 SE 5 E 3 E 3 20 ft wind gust.6 6 7 7 7 7 Mix hgt (ft)....400 700 2200 3500 4600 5100 Transport wind..SE 7 SE 8 SE 6 SE 7 E 5 E 3 Dispersion idx..3 8 22 29 27 26 LVORI...........8 8 4 3 2 2 $$ Forecaster...Carlisle Requested by...Nick Alfano Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2518206.0/TBW .DELDT 07/18/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL alfanon@hillsboroughcounty.org