000 FNUS52 KTBW 151930 FWFTBW FIRE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA FL 330 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2003 .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND. TYPICAL AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EACH DAY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPING. THIS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COAST SPREADING INLAND BY AFTERNOON. FLZ039-042-043-048-161130- CITRUS-HERNANDO-LEVY-SUMTER- 330 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2003 TONIGHT SAT SAT NIGHT SUN CLOUD COVER PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 30 50 20 40 TEMP 71 91 71 92 RH% 99 51 100 51 AM WIND/(20FT MPH) SE 4 SW 4 PM WIND/(20FT MPH) E 4 SE 4 S 4 SW 4 PRECIP AMOUNT T TO 0.25 T TO 0.25 T TO 0.25 0.25 TO .50 PRECIP DURATION 0 2 0 2 PRECIP BEGIN 8 PM 2 PM 8 PM 8 AM PRECIP END 11 PM 8 PM 11 PM 8 PM LAL 2 2 2 3 MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 500 5000 300 5000 TRANSPORT WIND(MPH) E 6 SE 6 S 5 S 7 DISPERSION INDEX 3 39 4 46 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .MONDAY THROUGH WEDENSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE EVENING. $$ FLZ049>052-055>057-060-061-161130- DESOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK- SARASOTA- 330 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2003 TONIGHT SAT SAT NIGHT SUN CLOUD COVER PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 30 50 30 40 TEMP 72 90 73 90 RH% 97 52 98 50 AM WIND/(20FT MPH) E 4 S 4 PM WIND/(20FT MPH) E 4 SE 4 SE 3 S 4 PRECIP AMOUNT T TO 0.25 0.25 TO .50 T TO 0.25 0.25 TO .50 PRECIP DURATION 0 2 0 2 PRECIP BEGIN 8 PM 11 AM 8 PM 8 AM PRECIP END 11 PM 8 PM 11 PM 8 PM LAL 2 2 2 3 MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 500 5000 300 5000 TRANSPORT WIND(MPH) E 6 E 6 SE 5 S 6 DISPERSION INDEX 3 42 4 38 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .MONDAY THROUGH WEDENSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. HIGHS NEAR 90. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE EVENING. $$ FLZ062-065-161130- CHARLOTTE-LEE- 330 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2003 TONIGHT SAT SAT NIGHT SUN CLOUD COVER PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 30 50 30 40 TEMP 74 91 73 91 RH% 97 52 97 53 AM WIND/(20FT MPH) SE 4 S 4 PM WIND/(20FT MPH) NE 4 SE 5 E 4 S 4 PRECIP AMOUNT T TO 0.25 0.25 TO .50 T TO 0.25 0.25 TO .50 PRECIP DURATION 0 2 0 2 PRECIP BEGIN 8 PM 11 AM 8 PM 8 AM PRECIP END 11 PM 8 PM 11 PM 8 PM LAL 2 3 2 3 MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 500 5000 300 5000 TRANSPORT WIND(MPH) NE 7 E 7 SE 6 S 6 DISPERSION INDEX 4 38 3 41 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .MONDAY THROUGH WEDENSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE EVENING. $$