000 FNUS52 KTBW 051200 FWFTBW WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA FIRE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 730 AM EST WED FEB 05 2003 .RED FLAG... TODAY...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL SUNSET FOR THE COUNTIES OF LEVY...CITRUS...HERNANDO AND SUMTER FOR RH VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS. ...ELSEWHERE...RH VALUES MAY DROP TO AROUND 35 PERCENT...BUT ONLY FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. TUESDAY...NONE REQUIRED. .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH OUT OF THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND IT USHERING IN DRIER AIR TODAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURNING ALONG WITH A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN ZONES. .SMOKE DISPERSION DISCUSSION...DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE FAIR TODAY...POOR TONIGHT...AND FAIR TO AVERAGE ON THURSDAY. .EXTENDED FORECAST...FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY ACCOMPANIED BY MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS THE PENINSULA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY KEEPING SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL GENERALLY REMAIN 10 MPH OR LESS. FLZ039-052030- LEVY- 730 AM EST WED FEB 05 2003 PARAMETER... TODAY TONIGHT THURSDAY CLOUD AMOUNT........PARTLY SUNNY MOSTLY CLOUDY CLOUDY CHANCE PRECIP(%)....NONE NONE 30 PERCENT PRECIP TYPE.........NONE NONE SHOWERS MAX/MIN TEMPS.......66 42 71 WIND DIRECTION......NORTHEAST EAST SOUTHEAST WIND SPEED MPH......8 5 7 PRECIP AMOUNT.......NONE NONE T TO 0.25 PRECIP BEGINS.......NONE NONE 2 PM PRECIP ENDS.........NONE NONE CONTINUING PRECIP DURATION.....NONE NONE 1 LIGHTNING FREQ......NO TSTMS NO TSTMS NO TSTMS REL HUMIDITY %......28 92 50 MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 600 3100 CEILING HEIGHT......NO CEILING 25000 8000 TRANSPORT DIR.......NORTHEAST EAST SOUTHEAST TRANSPORT SPEED.....10 6 10 DISPERSION INDEX....32 4 24 $$ FLZ042-043-048-052030- CITRUS-HERNANDO-SUMTER- 730 AM EST WED FEB 05 2003 PARAMETER... TODAY TONIGHT THURSDAY CLOUD AMOUNT........PARTLY SUNNY MOSTLY CLOUDY MOSTLY CLOUDY CHANCE PRECIP(%)....NONE NONE 20 PERCENT PRECIP TYPE.........NONE NONE SHOWERS MAX/MIN TEMPS.......69 47 76 WIND DIRECTION......NORTH EAST SOUTHEAST WIND SPEED MPH......10 5 8 PRECIP AMOUNT.......NONE NONE T TO 0.25 PRECIP BEGINS.......NONE NONE 2 PM PRECIP ENDS.........NONE NONE CONTINUING PRECIP DURATION.....NONE NONE 1 LIGHTNING FREQ......NO TSTMS NO TSTMS NO TSTMS REL HUMIDITY %......30 96 50 MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 600 3600 CEILING HEIGHT......NO CEILING 25000 10000 TRANSPORT DIR.......NORTHEAST EAST SOUTHEAST TRANSPORT SPEED.....12 7 10 DISPERSION INDEX....36 5 35 $$ FLZ049>052-055-056-060-052030- HARDEE-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA- 730 AM EST WED FEB 05 2003 PARAMETER... TODAY TONIGHT THURSDAY CLOUD AMOUNT........BCMG PTLY CLDY PARTLY CLOUDY MOSTLY CLOUDY CHANCE PRECIP(%)....NONE NONE NONE PRECIP TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE MAX/MIN TEMPS.......72 53 77 WIND DIRECTION......NORTH EAST SOUTHEAST WIND SPEED MPH......10 6 8 PRECIP AMOUNT.......NONE NONE NONE PRECIP BEGINS.......NONE NONE NONE PRECIP ENDS.........NONE NONE NONE PRECIP DURATION.....NONE NONE NONE LIGHTNING FREQ......NO TSTMS NO TSTMS NO TSTMS REL HUMIDITY %......35 92 55 MIXING HEIGHT.......3200 700 3700 CEILING HEIGHT......NO CEILING NO CEILING 25000 TRANSPORT DIR.......NORTH EAST SOUTHEAST TRANSPORT SPEED.....12 8 10 DISPERSION INDEX....39 3 42 $$ FLZ057-061-062-065-052030- CHARLOTTE-DESOTO-HIGHLANDS-LEE- 730 AM EST WED FEB 05 2003 PARAMETER... TODAY TONIGHT THURSDAY CLOUD AMOUNT........BCMG PTLY CLDY PARTLY CLOUDY MOSTLY CLOUDY CHANCE PRECIP(%)....NONE NONE NONE PRECIP TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE MAX/MIN TEMPS.......75 55 80 WIND DIRECTION......NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH WIND SPEED MPH......10 7 7 PRECIP AMOUNT.......NONE NONE NONE PRECIP BEGINS.......NONE NONE NONE PRECIP ENDS.........NONE NONE NONE PRECIP DURATION.....NONE NONE NONE LIGHTNING FREQ......NO TSTMS NO TSTMS NO TSTMS REL HUMIDITY %......40 93 55 MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 800 4000 CEILING HEIGHT......NO CEILING NO CEILING 25000 TRANSPORT DIR.......NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH TRANSPORT SPEED.....10 9 10 DISPERSION INDEX....34 4 44 $$