Spring Hill, Florida Area
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10-05-2009, 01:34 PM
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Spring Hill, Florida Area
Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL Current Version | Previous Version | Text Only | [url=jwindow.print()]Print[/url] | Product List | Glossary Off Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 000 FXUS62 KTBW 051731 AFDTBW AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 131 PM EDT MON OCT 5 2009 .SYNOPSIS...ALOFT NORTH AMERICA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON - ONE LOW IS OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES - RIDGING REACHES FROM THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO NORTH OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS - AND A SECOND LOW IS OVER WESTERN QUEBEC. AT THE SURFACE - HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES RIDGES SOUTHEAST TO THE OHIO VALLEY - A LOW OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES HAS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ARCING SOUTH TO TX AND THEN EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST - AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC EXTENDS OVER FL TO THE GULF. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - WEDNESDAY)...UPPER RIDGE SLIDES EASTWARD ...GENERALLY PROVIDING WARM TEMPERATURES AND SOME SUBSIDENCE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WED. HOWEVER...A WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH SLIDING INTO THE EAST GULF TONIGHT AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TUE WILL ADD ENOUGH ENERGY FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TUE WITH POPS 50-40-30 TONIGHT AND 50-40 TUE...FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. AFTER TUE...AS THE UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES EAST THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTHWARD AND ALLOWS THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS... INITIALLY ACROSS SOUTH FL...TO SLOWLY MOVE NORTH TO CENTRAL FL BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. WEST AND SW LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL GRADUALLY BACK TO SW TO SE AS THE RIDGE AXIS MOVES BY AND HELPS TO MAINTAIN ENOUGH MOISTURE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED CONVECTION DESPITE THE UPPER RIDGE. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD ALTHOUGH THEY WILL DIP A DEGREES OR TWO FOR TONIGHT AND TUE BEFORE WARMING WED. .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT-MONDAY)...OVERALL MID TO LATE WEEK RIDGING PATTERN TO CONTINUE WHILE MODELS HAVING CONSISTENCY PROBLEMS LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING HOLDS DIRECTLY OVER THE REGION THEN SLOWLY MOVES EAST INTO THE W ATLANTIC SUN/MON AS FAST MOVING UPPER TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SURFACE RIDGE AXIS TO REMAIN TO THE N KEEPING E THEN SE LOW LEVEL FLOW AND MOISTURE OFF THE ATLANTIC. WITH DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA AND SUBSIDENCE ALOFT EXPECTED ONLY ABOUT A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG SEA BREEZE INTERACTIONS EACH DAY IF AND WHEN THE CAP BREAKS INTO THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM WELL ABOVE NORMAL NEARING RECORDS MAINLY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MODELS HAVING HARD TIME WITH TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF POSSIBLE COLD FRONT WITH SOME BLASTING THE FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATE SUN/MON AND SOME NOT EVEN MAKING IT TO THE FL PENINSULA BY WED. IT ALL DEPENDS ON STRENGTH OF FAST GREAT LAKES TROF DOWN INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. SO WILL KEEP GENERIC CLIMO END OF EXTENDED PERIOD FORECAST GOING. && .AVIATION...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHRA THIS EVENING...OVERNIGHT AND THRU TUESDAY MORNING WITH BRIEF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS NEAR THE COAST MAINLY AROUND THE TAMPA BAY AREA NWARD. && .MARINE...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WILL BEGIN TO MOVE NORTH TUESDAY...REACHING CENTRAL FLORIDA MIDWEEK...AND THEN NORTH FLORIDA FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. A FRONT MAY APPROACH SATURDAY AND SHIFT THE RIDGE BACK TO THE SOUTH. WIND AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW HIGHLIGHT CRITERIA. && .FIRE WEATHER...RH VALUES STAY ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 76 89 76 91 / 40 40 20 30 FMY 75 91 75 93 / 30 20 20 30 GIF 73 91 73 93 / 30 50 20 30 SRQ 73 88 73 91 / 40 20 20 30 BKV 70 89 70 91 / 40 50 20 30 SPG 78 88 78 90 / 40 20 20 30 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && $$ SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...09/RUDE LONG TERM/AVIATION...25/DAVIS Twitter updates we will follow you back http://twitter.com/Hardcoreweather Now on Facebook We will like you back http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hardcorewe...466?v=wall |
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