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Marine Weather and Tides Charlotte Park, FL Version 3.4

NOTICE 12/16/2019 NOAA is having trouble with requests that include wind gusts. I am posting graphs without wind gusts until it gets fixed. 10/9/2019 Updated the Marine Zones. 9/4/2019 Fixed the weather maps due to NOAA moving them. 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports.

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Sunrise 6:40AM

Sunset 8:27PM

Thursday July 9, 2020 4:39 AM EDT (08:39 UTC)

Moonrise 10:56PM

Moonset 9:47AM

Illumination 85%

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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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Charlotte Park, FL

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Area Discussion for - Tampa Bay, FL

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FXUS62 KTBW 090752 AFDTBW

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 352 AM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020

SHORT TERM. As an area of low pressure continues to propagate off to the NE just off the coast of the Mid-Atlantic states, light synoptic flow remains over the FL peninsula with a strong ridge across the desert SW. This upper-level ridge is reinforcing surface high pressure over the central Gulf of Mexico. Anticyclonic (clockwise) flow around the high is leading to WNW winds across West Central and Southwest Florida, continuing to advect surface moisture from the Gulf across the state. While not a textbook case of climatological norms for this time of year, this sort of pattern will continue to favor coastal showers and, perhaps, a couple isolated thunderstorms in the morning hours. The deepest moisture is situated across our northern coastal waters and Lee and Citrus county. As such, the greatest chance for storms early will be along the Nature Coast. However, the flow is conducive for storms and subsequent moisture to drift further southward, so points near the coast all the way down to Tampa Bay will have a chance to see a few showers and thunderstorms through the morning hours. As the day progresses, rain chances shift inland as daytime heating promotes more widespread destabilization across the interior. These storms should move off to the ESE and exit our area late in the afternoon to early evening.

With temperatures remaining generally in the 90s, a very moist airmass (dewpoints in the mid-70s), and only modest rain chances across our area today, heat indices will most certainly climb into the triple digits. Today's setup favors heat indices climbing above 108 for many of our counties, prompting the need for a Heat Advisory for part of the area for the afternoon hours. If spending any prolonged periods of time outdoors today, remember to take precautions to protect yourself from heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

LONG TERM. We will have to continue to monitor this pattern over the coming days, too. Westerly flow will continue to bring a similar setup each afternoon into the middle of next week, with subtle changes. While the ridge builds today, a weak trough axis will begin to take shape on Friday, causing heights to fall slightly across the Florida peninsula as early as late tomorrow. This will provide an environment conducive for ascent across the parts of the peninsula. Unfortunately, shower and thunderstorm activity will generally remain on the fringes of our area during the afternoon. Heat indices will continue to be on the edge of Heat Advisory criteria for the next few days during the afternoon hours.

There is some hope on the horizon, however. Southwest flow should return late in the weekend, increasing the rain chances for Sunday and Monday. This WSW flow should persist into the middle of next week before, at last, the subtropical high builds back over the peninsula, and easterly flow may return at the very end of the forecast period. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will again be most likely in the afternoon to evening hours across our area, a welcome change from the pattern we have found ourselves in for the last few weeks.

AVIATION. VFR conditions prevail with surface high pressure situated off to the West. Some coastal showers (possibly thunderstorms) may form near the coast through the morning hours and drift towards KTPA, KPIE. Rain chances shift inland as the day progresses, keeping coastal terminals dry for the afternoon. KLAL could still see showers or thunderstorms lasting into the afternoon before all sites return to dry conditions with light flow overnight.

MARINE. Outside of some coastal showers early each day, overall conditions remain benign for coastal waters over the next few days with high pressure off to the West leading to westerly flow.

FIRE WEATHER. Fire weather concerns remain low for the next several days as high pressure remains in control, leading to westerly winds, coastal showers early that shift inland, and plenty of moisture to keep RH values well above critical thresholds.

Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs. TPA 92 79 91 80 / 30 30 50 40 FMY 94 79 93 79 / 10 20 30 20 GIF 94 76 93 77 / 30 20 60 20 SRQ 92 79 91 79 / 10 20 40 30 BKV 91 76 91 76 / 30 40 50 40 SPG 92 79 91 79 / 20 20 50 30

TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. FL . Heat Advisory from noon today to 6 PM EDT this evening for Coastal Hernando-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee- Coastal Pasco-Coastal Sarasota-DeSoto-Hardee-Highlands- Inland Hernando-Inland Hillsborough-Inland Manatee-Inland Pasco-Inland Sarasota-Pinellas-Polk-Sumter.

Gulf waters . None.

SHORT TERM/AVIATION/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER . 97/Flannery MID TERM/LONG TERM/DECISION SUPPORT . 99

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
FMRF1 - 8725520 - Fort Myers, FL	22 mi	52 min	WNW 2.9 G 4.1	83°F	90°F		1014 hPa
VENF1 - Venice, FL	23 mi	40 min	NW 12 G 13	85°F	89°F		1013.4 hPa (-1.6)	75°F
BGCF1 - Big Carlos Pass, FL	38 mi	106 min	NNW 5.1 G 7	85°F			1014.5 hPa
42013 - C10 - Navy-2	48 mi	70 min	NW 12 G 18	85°F	88°F		1013.7 hPa

Wind History for Naples, FL

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Punta Gorda, Charlotte County Airport, FL	4 mi	47 min	NW 5	10.00 mi	Fair	80°F	75°F	85%	1013.8 hPa
Venice Municipal Airport, FL	22 mi	45 min	NW 11	6.00 mi	A Few Clouds with Haze	84°F	73°F	70%	1013.5 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KPGD

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Tide / Current Tables for Punta Gorda, Charlotte Harbor, Florida

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Tide / Current Tables for Boca Grande Pass, Charlotte Harbor, Florida Current

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Weather Map

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Wind Forecast for Tampa Bay, FL (4,6,7,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Tampa Bay Area, FL

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Gulf Stream Current

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