AFDTBW

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
937 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE IS SITUATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL
LIMIT RAIN OVER THE AREA TODAY. THE PRECIPITATBLE WATER FROM THIS
MORNINGS SOUNDING IS 1.56 WHICH IS SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH
EASTERLY FLOW FROM THE SURFACE TO THE UPPER LEVELS. THE WEST COAST
SEA BREEZE WILL PUSH SLOWLY INLAND THIS AFTERNOON.

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.AVIATION...
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES EARLY THIS MORNING.  SCT CU 020-030 DEVELOPING
MID TO LATE MORNING WITH BASES INCREASING TO 040-050 LATER IN THE
DAY.  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MVFR CIGS/VSBYS OVER WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT PREDOMINATELY DRY
CONDITIONS AT ALL TERMINALS WITH VFR CONDITIONS NEXT 24
HOURS.

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.MARINE...WEAK GRADIENT FLOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. WINDS WILL REMAIN WEAK...EXCEPT ALONG THE COAST DURING
THE AFTERNOONS DUE TO THE SEA BREEZE...AND WAVES WILL REMAIN IN
THE 1 TO 2 FT RANGE.

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FIRE WEATHER...THE DRY AIR MASS WHICH WAS OVER THE AREA YESTERDAY
WILL PUSH WESTWARD TODAY. THUNDERSTORM STORM CHANCES WILL BEGIN
INCREASE BY TOMORROW.


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.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GULF WATERS...NONE.
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