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GMZ830 Tampa Bay Waters- 735 Pm Edt Fri Apr 26 2024
.small craft exercise caution tonight - .
Tonight - East winds 15 to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy. Saturday - East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Saturday night - East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy. Sunday - East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters choppy. Sunday night - East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy. Monday - Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Monday night - Northeast winds around 10 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, becoming east after midnight. Bay and inland waters light chop. Tuesday - East winds around 10 knots, becoming west in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop. Tuesday night - Northwest winds around 10 knots, becoming east after midnight. Bay and inland waters light chop. Wednesday - Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop.

GMZ800 Synopsis For The Coastal Waters From Bonita Beach To Suwannee River- 735 Pm Edt Fri Apr 26 2024
Synopsis - High pressure continues over the region with generally easterly winds and gusty evening surges with periods of exercise caution level winds and choppy seas on the waters tonight through the weekend. Winds decrease a bit early to mid next week with the afternoon seabreeze returning.

FXUS62 KTBW 262317 AFDTBW

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 717 PM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024

New UPDATE, AVIATION

UPDATE
Issued at 715 PM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024 Fairly typical late April weather across the region with high pressure surface and aloft over the Florida peninsula, which will hold over the area through Monday. The large scale subsidence associated with the ridge will continue to create mostly clear skies and temperatures several degrees above normal. A weak progressive U/L trough will ride across the southeast U.S. and Florida on Tuesday, however dry conditions will continue. The U/L ridge will build back over the forecast area in the wake of the trough on Wednesday and will persist through the remainder of the week.

DISCUSSION
Rain free forecast continues with ridging aloft from the NW Carib Nward up the Eastern Seaboard through the weekend. W Atlantic high pressure is becoming reinforced as well to tighten the pressure gradient over the FL Peninsula with occasionally gusty easterly winds and warm above normal temps.

An upper trough is expected to move through the N Gulf Coast region early next week suppressing the upper ridge while the Bermuda high weakens and the sea breeze returns to coastal areas through mid to late next week.

AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 715 PM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024 VFR conditions will prevail for the next 24 hours with FEW- SCT050-060 this evening, becoming mostly clear a few hours after sunset.

MARINE
High pressure continues over the region with generally easterly winds and gusty evening surges with periods of exercise caution level winds and choppy seas on the waters tonight through the weekend. Winds decrease a bit early to mid next week with the afternoon seabreeze returning.

FIRE WEATHER
High pressure continues over the region with the warm and dry conditions remaining in place through the weekend. Minimum humidities are expected to be at or just below critical values each afternoon. Easterly winds become occasionally gusty each afternoon into evening with high dispersions in some areas. Fuel moistures remain just moist enough to prevent red flag conditions though.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
TPA 68 86 69 86 / 0 0 0 0 FMY 66 88 68 87 / 0 0 0 0 GIF 65 84 66 84 / 0 0 0 0 SRQ 66 90 68 89 / 0 0 0 0 BKV 60 86 62 86 / 0 0 0 0 SPG 70 86 71 85 / 0 0 0 0

TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...None.
Gulf waters...None.

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Fri -- 12:14 AM EDT     0.00 knots Slack
Fri -- 03:13 AM EDT     1.06 knots Max Flood
Fri -- 06:54 AM EDT     Sunrise
Fri -- 07:04 AM EDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Fri -- 08:24 AM EDT     Moonset
Fri -- 08:53 AM EDT     -0.35 knots Max Ebb
Fri -- 10:44 AM EDT     0.00 knots Slack
Fri -- 01:56 PM EDT     1.05 knots Max Flood
Fri -- 04:26 PM EDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Fri -- 08:01 PM EDT     Sunset
Fri -- 08:14 PM EDT     -1.53 knots Max Ebb
Fri -- 10:55 PM EDT     Moonrise
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