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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 12:24 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 124 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT - WED)...GFS/NAM/ECMWF/UKMET ALL IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH AN UPPER LOW NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS TRACKING SOUTHWEST ACROSS FL THROUGH THE PERIOD...WHILE A SURFACE WAVE APPROACHES EAST FL TUE AND MOVES OVER THE STATE WED. HOWEVER...THE NAM IS THE ODD MODEL OUT WITH THE WAVE DEEPENING INTO A LOW AND MOVING ACROSS FL ABOUT 6 TO 8 HOURS SOONER. WHILE THE NAM HAS BEEN HANDLING THE MOISTURE FIELD BETTER THAN THE GFS WILL FAVOR THE GFS/ECMWF/UKMET FOR THE SHORT TERM. THIS AFTERNOONS CONVECTION SHOULD END LATE EVENING ON SHORE AS ISOLATED TSTM CONTINUE ON THE GULF. TUE WILL SEE SCATTERED POPS FOR THE BULK OF THE AREA WHILE THE NORTH...UNDER SOME LINGERING DRIER AIR...HAS ISOLATED POPS. AS THE WAVE AXIS MOVES THROUGH WED...ALONG WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM THE UPPER LOW MOVING BY SOUTH OF THE AREA...POPS WILL BECOME HIGH END SCATTERED CWFA WIDE. WED MAY REQUIRED SOME HIGHER ODDS BUT AM COMFORTABLE WITH 50 % RIGHT NOW. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY CLOSE TO CLIMO BUT WILL ALLOW MAXES TO DROP 1-2 DEGREES WED. .LONG TERM (WED NGT-MON)...UNUSUALLY STRONG L/W TROUGH FOR JULY WILL DIG OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND PUSH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA BY SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE THE SURFACE HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC TO SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA WITH INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE MID ATLANTIC OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH SOME DRY AIR ALOFT ADVECTING OVER NORTH FLORIDA. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DISSIPATE SUNDAY ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH SURFACE WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PENINSULA. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA...WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MAINLY SOUTH OF TAMPA. SURFACE HIGH WILL MOVE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST MONDAY WITH THE RIDGE AXIS REMAINING WELL NORTH OF FLORIDA. INCREASING EASTERLY FLOW WILL GRADUALLY ADVECT DEEP LAYER MOISTURE BACK OVER THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA...WITH TYPICAL EASTERLY FLOW AND SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .MARINE...AN APPROACHING TROPICAL WAVE WILL BACK AND INCREASE WINDS SOME TUE AND THEN ALLOW WINDS TO DIMINISH AND VEER WED AS THE WAVE MOVES OVER FL AND INTO THE THE GULF. THE RIDGE AXIS THAT HAS BEEN NORTH OF FLORIDA WILL MOVE SOUTH AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION... .AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE LOCAL MVFR/IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY...AND PATCHY IFR CIGS/VSBY POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO LOW CIGS AND FOG. BUT VFR CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY PREVAIL. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 74 91 75 90 / 10 30 10 50 FMY 74 92 74 91 / 20 40 20 50 GIF 73 91 74 91 / 10 40 10 50 SRQ 73 91 74 90 / 10 30 10 50 BKV 70 92 70 91 / 10 30 10 50 SPG 77 89 77 90 / 10 30 10 50 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE...09 LONG TERM/AVIATION...13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 501 AM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-031515- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 501 AM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND MOVE WESTWARD TOWARD THE GULF COAST BY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WHERE MOISTURE CONTENT IS HIGHER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ISOLATED IN NATURE IN LEVY COUNTY AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. ALL THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING. WHEN SKIES DARKEN... MOVE INDOORS. IF THERE IS TIME...UNPLUG APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. WAIT UNTIL THE STORM ENDS BEFORE USING THE TELEPHONE OR RUNNING WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DRIER AIR WILL RESULT IN LOWER OVERALL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY...BUT STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS. A TROPICAL WAVE WILL BRING INCREASED MOISTURE AND HIGHER RAIN CHANCES ON WEDNESDAY...THEN BACK TO NORMAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH MINOR URBAN FLOODING AS WE TRANSITION FROM EASTERLY FLOW ON WEDNESDAY TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ON THURSDAY. THE FOCUS FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT FROM THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY TO THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH MORNING HOURS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DUE TO THE ONSHORE WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 404 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 FLZ051-032045- HILLSBOROUGH- 404 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWEST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT LUTZ... CARROLLWOOD...TEMPLE TERRACE AND WEST PARK...UNTIL 445 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL. RJS
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:34 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Tampa Police Department reported downed tree limbs and power lines near Armenia and Interstate 275.
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