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Marine Weather and Tides Vamo, FL Version 3.4

What's New / NOTES 6/25/2017 - NOAA is having a major issue that impact the 7 day forecast load times. Many users are reporting problems. The issue has been reported. 5/23/2017 - Worked with NOAA again to speed up the 7 day forecast load times. Thanks to them for being responsive. 5/19/2016 - There were issues with the 3 day airport observation history. I switched to another data source. Let me know if you see any issues with the data feeds.

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Sunrise 7:32AM

Sunset 6:57PM

Friday October 20, 2017 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)

Moonrise 7:12AM

Moonset 6:51PM

Illumination 0%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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Marine Forecasts

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GMZ853 Coastal Waters From Englewood To Tarpon Springs Fl Out 20 Nm- 919 Am Edt Fri Oct 20 2017 This afternoon..Northeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Tonight..East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Bay and inland waters choppy. Saturday..East winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to around 20 knots late in the morning, then diminishing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Bay and inland waters choppy. Saturday night..East winds around 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Bay and inland waters choppy. Sunday..East winds around 15 knots then becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots late in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Scattered showers in the afternoon. Sunday night..Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to around 15 knots in the late evening and overnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Scattered showers in the evening. A slight chance of Thunderstorms. Monday..South winds around 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. A chance of Thunderstorms. Monday night..South winds around 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Thunderstorms likely. Tuesday..West winds around 15 knots then becoming northwest in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Thunderstorms likely in the morning, then a chance of Thunderstorms in the afternoon.

GMZ800 Synopsis For The Coastal Waters From Bonita Beach To Suwannee River- 919 Am Edt Fri Oct 20 2017 Synopsis..Strong high pressure to the north will be the dominant surface feature influencing the weather over the coastal waters with gusty east-northeast winds reaching small craft advisory level at times over the next couple of days. A cold front approaches the area next week shifting winds and seas from the south by the Monday ahead of the front and rain/storm chances will be on the increase. Winds will further shift to the north-northwest by the middle of next week in the wake of this front. Drier air and decreasing rain chances expected into next week.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Vamo, FL

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Area Discussion for - Tampa Bay, FL

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Fxus62 ktbw 201310 afdtbw area forecast discussion national weather service tampa bay ruskin fl 910 am edt Fri oct 20 2017 Update Water vapor imagery showing upper ridging building over the region from the gulf while large surface high pressure holds over the eastern u.S. With breezy ene low level flow off the atlantic. Expect similar day as yesterday with warm and humid conditions but low measurable rain chances. Aviation Vfr conditions all sites all day with ene gusty winds. Marine Pressure gradient slightly relaxed over the E gulf this morning but easterly surges to again bring winds and seas into SCA conditions tonight. Latest buoy and coastal sites showing winds in the 10-15kt range and seas 2-4 ft near shore up to 5 ft well offshore. Prev discussion issued 318 am edt Fri oct 20 2017 short term (today - Saturday)... the upper level trough has moved eastward over bermuda and extends southwest over the bahamas. Upper level ridging extends from the central gulf of mexico northward over the southeast u.S. This ridge will slowly shift east through the weekend and will be the dominant upper feature through the period. On the surface, the main influence to the weather over florida will be from strong high pressure to the north over the mid-atlantic states. This will keep an east-northeast wind flow over the region through the end of the week and into the weekend with minimal rain chances between 10-30 percent each day. Winds will generally be below 15 knots, however some gusts near 20 knots will be possible over the coastal waters. Long term (Sunday through next Thursday)... the forecast for the florida peninsula beyond Sunday will be highly dependent on the evolution of an expected high amplitude pattern forecast to develop over the central eastern conus through the middle of the week. There is a very strong signal in the ensemble guidance that we will be seeing our first significant cold frontal passage during the first half of next week... With Tuesday being the most probable time period. There is however still some questions around just how "significant" the replacing airmass will be. Generally speaking, nwp tends to have a cold bias in the days 4-8 period for our area, especially with early season cold frontal passages. Make no mistake, it appears likely that we will see quite a refreshing airmass here for the middle and later portion of next week when compared to what we have seen the past 3-5 months, it is just more uncertain whether areas of the nature coast will see 40s, or tampa will see temps drop into the 50s. These are plausible solutions, however, will have to see if the typical biases begin to show themselves in the next couple of model runs. Ahead of this system, the pattern begins to really amplify into the eastern half of the nation Sunday and Sunday night as large scale troughing digs through the central plains toward the ms valley. Already strong mid upper ridging over the eastern seaboard and florida will further amplify in response to the height falls to its west. The strength of this downstream ridging looks to cause this troughing to close off and slow down over the deep south during Monday. A

second piece of northern stream energy will then begin to rapidly amplify into the eastern CONUS and finally propel the initial shortwave eastward the across our region Monday night Tuesday. Our best rain chances of the long term forecast period... Along and ahead of an associated surface cold front will accompany this shortwave passage. Warm and humid conditions Sunday into Monday will be pushed south with the front, as a cooler and much drier airmass begins to invade the fl peninsula by later Tuesday and especially Tuesday night. Many model members are suggesting an initial surge of drier air later Tuesday, with a secondary push arriving Wednesday with the deepest amplification of the eastern CONUS trough. Showers and storm will push south of the region by later Tuesday (as it appears now), and leave the remainder of the work week with a dry forecast. Temperatures are currently forecast to drop below average for the second half of the work week, especially Wednesday night through Thursday night... With the driest dewpoints we have seen here in the fl peninsula in many months. Marine... strong high pressure to the north will be the dominant surface feature influencing the weather over the coastal waters for the next several days. Storm rain chances will be very low, but the main marine concern will be gusty east-northeast winds reaching small craft advisory level at times over the next couple of days. The weather pattern will change by the beginning of next week as a cold front approaches the area. Winds will shift to the south by the Monday ahead of the front and rain storm chances will be on the increase. Winds will further shift to the north-northwest by the middle of next week in the wake of this front. Drier air and decreasing rain chances expected into next week. No other marine impacts expected. Fire weather... high pressure will influence the weather over the region for the next few days will minimal rain chances expected. A cold front will move through the area by the beginning of next week with increasing rain chances expected. Drier air will move into the area in the wake of this front, but still expected to remain below any critical fire weather threshold. No other fire weather impacts expected. Preliminary point temps pops Tpa 88 72 89 74 0 0 0 10 fmy 87 73 88 74 20 10 20 10 gif 87 69 87 72 10 0 10 10 srq 88 72 89 74 10 0 10 10 bkv 88 66 88 71 0 0 0 10 spg 86 74 87 74 0 0 0 10 Tbw watches warnings advisories Fl... None. Gulf waters... Small craft advisory from 8 pm this evening to 11 am edt Saturday for waters from bonita beach to englewood fl out 20 to 60 nm-waters from englewood to tarpon springs fl out 20 to 60 nm-waters from tarpon springs to suwannee river fl out 20 to 60 nm. Update aviation marine fire weather... 25 davis upper air... 69 close decision support... 72 noah

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
VENF1 - Venice, FL	11 mi	63 min	ENE 14 G 19	84°F	81°F		1018.2 hPa (-0.8)	69°F
PMAF1	29 mi	45 min		83°F	79°F		1017.7 hPa
MTBF1	31 mi	45 min	E 15 G 18	81°F			1018.7 hPa
CLBF1	37 mi	69 min	ENE 7 G 18	85°F			1017.8 hPa
SAPF1 - 8726520 - St. Petersburg, FL	38 mi	51 min	ENE 8.9 G 16	84°F	80°F		1019.1 hPa
OPTF1 - 8726607 - Old Port Tampa, FL	44 mi	45 min	NE 9.9 G 15	84°F	80°F		1018.8 hPa
MCYF1	48 mi	45 min			80°F
TPAF1 - 8726694 - TPA Cruise Terminal 2, Tampa, FL	49 mi	57 min	NE 11 G 15
TSHF1 - 8726667 - East Bay Causeway, FL	49 mi	51 min	NE 8.9 G 13

Wind History for C-Cut, FL

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Airport Reports

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Venice Municipal Airport, FL	11 mi	68 min	ENE 12 G 18	10.00 mi	A Few Clouds	86°F	69°F	59%	1018.3 hPa
Sarasota / Bradenton, Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, FL	13 mi	70 min	ENE 12 G 23	10.00 mi	Fair	86°F	69°F	57%	1017.8 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Venice Inlet (inside), Florida

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Venice Inlet (inside) Click for Map Fri -- 12:26 AM EDT     1.95 feet High Tide Fri -- 07:32 AM EDT     Sunrise Fri -- 07:35 AM EDT     0.16 feet Low Tide Fri -- 08:11 AM EDT     Moonrise Fri -- 02:01 PM EDT     1.67 feet High Tide Fri -- 06:56 PM EDT     Sunset Fri -- 07:21 PM EDT     1.06 feet Low Tide Fri -- 07:51 PM EDT     Moonset Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION

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Tide / Current Tables for Sarasota, Sarasota Bay, Florida

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Sarasota Click for Map Fri -- 12:37 AM EDT     2.19 feet High Tide Fri -- 07:33 AM EDT     Sunrise Fri -- 08:11 AM EDT     Moonrise Fri -- 08:13 AM EDT     0.25 feet Low Tide Fri -- 02:06 PM EDT     1.83 feet High Tide Fri -- 06:56 PM EDT     Sunset Fri -- 07:49 PM EDT     1.07 feet Low Tide Fri -- 07:51 PM EDT     Moonset Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION

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Weather Map and Satellite Images

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Wind Forecast for Tampa Bay, FL (14,3,4,5)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Tampa Bay Area, FL

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Gulf Stream Current

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