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FNUS52 KTBW 250925
FWFTBW

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
525 AM EDT THU SEP 25 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
BELOW 35 PERCENT IN LEVY...CITRUS...HERNANDO...PASCO AND SUMTER
COUNTIES...

.DISCUSSION...MUCH DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE REGION THIS
MORNING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY FALL TO BELOW 35 PERCENT
THIS AFTERNOON. DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

FLZ039-252030-
LEVY-
525 AM EDT THU SEP 25 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      FRI

CLOUD COVER           MCLEAR       PCLDY        PCLDY
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0
WEATHER TYPE          NONE         NONE         NONE
TEMP                  83           57           84
RH %                  32           93           34
20FT WIND MPH(AM)     N  9                      NW  6
20FT WIND MPH(PM)     N 10         N  8         W  9
PRECIP DURATION
PRECIP BEGIN
PRECIP END
PRECIP AMOUNT         NONE         NONE         NONE
LAL                   1            1            1
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    4000         500          4000
TRANSPORT WIND (MPH)  N 15         N 10         NW 14
DISPERSION INDEX      55           6            62
MAX LVORI                          6

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID
80S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. EAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

$$

FLZ042-043-048-049-252030-
CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-
525 AM EDT THU SEP 25 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      FRI

CLOUD COVER           MCLEAR       PCLDY        PCLDY
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0
WEATHER TYPE          NONE         NONE         NONE
TEMP                  84           57           86
RH %                  31           100          35
20FT WIND MPH(AM)     N  8                      NW  5
20FT WIND MPH(PM)     NW  9        NW  5        W  8
PRECIP DURATION
PRECIP BEGIN
PRECIP END
PRECIP AMOUNT         NONE         NONE         NONE
LAL                   1            1            1
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    4500         300          4500
TRANSPORT WIND (MPH)  NW 13        NW  8        W 12
DISPERSION INDEX      63           3            58
MAX LVORI                          9

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID
80S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. EAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

$$

FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-252030-
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
525 AM EDT THU SEP 25 2008

...1 TO 3 HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT TODAY...

                     TODAY        TONIGHT      FRI

CLOUD COVER           MCLEAR       PCLDY        PCLDY
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0
WEATHER TYPE          NONE         NONE         NONE
TEMP                  86           61           87
RH %                  31           97           35
20FT WIND MPH(AM)     NE  9                     NW  4
20FT WIND MPH(PM)     NW  8        N  6         W  8
PRECIP DURATION
PRECIP BEGIN
PRECIP END
PRECIP AMOUNT         NONE         NONE         NONE
LAL                   1            1            1
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    4500         300          4500
TRANSPORT WIND (MPH)  N 14         NW  8        W 12
DISPERSION INDEX      68           3            58
MAX LVORI                          8

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 80S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

$$

FLZ052-056-057-061-252030-
POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DE SOTO-
525 AM EDT THU SEP 25 2008

...1 TO 3 HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT TODAY...

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      FRI

CLOUD COVER           MCLEAR       PCLDY        PCLDY
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0
WEATHER TYPE          NONE         NONE         NONE
TEMP                  86           61           87
RH %                  32           97           34
20FT WIND MPH(AM)     N  8                      NW  4
20FT WIND MPH(PM)     N  8         N  5         W  6
PRECIP DURATION
PRECIP BEGIN
PRECIP END
PRECIP AMOUNT         NONE         NONE         NONE
LAL                   1            1            1
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    4500         300          4500
TRANSPORT WIND (MPH)  N 12         N  8         W 10
DISPERSION INDEX      58           3            49
MAX LVORI                          8

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 80S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE AFTERNOON. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

$$