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According to the 1 pm Forecast Discussion, the Tampa Mets are forecast this wave to come through and then get caught up in a frontal boundary coming down. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - SATURDAY)...UNLIKE YESTERDAY MODELS THIS AFTERNOON ARE NOW IN SOMEWHAT BETTER AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE HANDLING OF THE TROPICAL WAVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SO WILL USE A BLEND DURING THIS TIME FRAME. BLEND OF NAM/GFS TAKES THE AFOREMENTIONED TROPICAL WAVE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...THEN IT GETS ABSORBED AND PULLED NORTH AND NORTHEAST INTO A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE (PW`S > 2") AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH THE TROPICAL WAVE WILL SUPPORT HIGH RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT (POPS 30-40% RANGE TONIGHT AND 60-70% ON FRIDAY) AND FRIDAY. IN ADDITION SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY SUPPORT SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS |