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Marine Weather and Tides Lake Sarasota, 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 7:19AM

Sunset 6:01PM

Sunday January 19, 2020 8:25 AM EST (13:25 UTC)

Moonrise 2:27AM

Moonset 1:45PM

Illumination 31%

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 Lake Sarasota, FL

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Area Discussion for - Tampa Bay, FL

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FXUS62 KTBW 190732 AFDTBW

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 232 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2020

. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK .

DISCUSSION. Areas of showers are developing over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico early this morning in the warm sector ahead of an approaching cold front, currently just reaching the western tip of the Florida Panhandle. This front is on track to move southeast into the forecast area this afternoon and evening, with scattered to numerous showers and a few thunderstorms impacting the area along and ahead of the frontal boundary. Cold air advection behind this front will allow temperatures tonight to drop into the mid to upper 30s across the Nature Coast, although wind speeds are likely a bit too high to lead to widespread frost developing.

A couple of mid level shortwave troughs will dig into the southeastern US Monday and Tuesday, resulting in even stronger pushes of cold air advection across the Florida Peninsula, and perhaps the strongest cold snap of the year so far. Cool and breezy days are expected Monday through Wednesday, with afternoon highs forecast to top out only in the 50s and 60s. Tuesday morning low temperatures will drop into the low 30s over much of the Nature Coast counties, with parts of Levy County expected to touch freezing for a couple of hours. Additionally, wind chills will drop to below 35 as far south as northern Hillsborough and Polk counties, although wind speeds may not be quite high enough to meet advisory criteria. Wednesday morning is forecast to be the coldest morning of the week, with freezing temperatures forecast as far south as Brooksville, and lows in the mid to upper 30s expected away from the coast throughout west central and southwest Florida. Wind speeds will also be high enough to drop wind chills to be below freezing across virtually the entire forecast area early Wednesday morning.

Surface high pressure will build in from the north during the second half of the week, allowing temperatures to quickly rebound back to above normal by Friday. A weaker cold front will approach from the west Friday and Friday night, with another round of showers expected, and slightly cooler temperature expected for the weekend.

AVIATION. Mostly VFR conditions are expected to hold through around 15z, then isolated to scattered showers, along with MVFR or possibly IFR ceilings will move southeast into the Tampa Bay area terminals, generally around KTPA, KPIE, KLAL, and KSRQ. These ceilings will begin to lift out around 00-03z. Farther south, the showers are expected to mostly dissipate before reaching KPGD, KFMY, and KRSW, but MVFR or IFR ceilings are expected to move in after sunset, and could hold overnight.

MARINE. A cold front will move southeast through the waters today, bringing scattered showers and a few thunderstorms. Winds and seas will increase behind the front, with cautionary level winds expected over the Gulf waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River by late this afternoon, and advisory level winds and seas expected to develop over the Gulf waters north of Englewood tonight and continue into early Monday morning. Cautionary level winds will hold through Tuesday, when winds are expected to increase again to advisory levels in response to a weak surface wave developing east of Florida. Winds will gradually subside again Wednesday and Thursday as high pressure builds in from the north.

FIRE WEATHER. Slightly drier air will fill into the region Monday behind a cold front, with relative humidity percentages dropping into the mid 30s for a few hours Monday and Tuesday afternoons. However, wind speeds are not expected to be high enough to trigger Red Flag conditions.

Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs. TPA 76 48 60 42 / 60 20 0 0 FMY 80 56 67 45 / 10 30 0 0 GIF 78 48 62 41 / 40 30 0 0 SRQ 78 51 63 44 / 40 30 0 0 BKV 75 42 60 36 / 60 10 0 0 SPG 76 50 61 44 / 60 20 0 0

TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. FL . None. Gulf waters . Small Craft Advisory from 9 PM this evening to 10 AM EST Monday for Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM-Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 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.



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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	18 mi	86 min	SE 11 G 14	69°F	70°F		1019.7 hPa (-0.4)	64°F
PMAF1	26 mi	56 min		63°F	71°F		1020.5 hPa
MTBF1	28 mi	56 min	SSE 7 G 8.9	65°F			1020.5 hPa	60°F
GCTF1	34 mi	56 min		65°F			1020.6 hPa	61°F
CLBF1	35 mi	92 min	ESE 1 G 2.9	66°F			1019.5 hPa
SAPF1 - 8726520 - St. Petersburg, FL	35 mi	56 min	S 6 G 8	67°F	70°F		1020.8 hPa
42098	38 mi	56 min			68°F	3 ft
OPTF1 - 8726607 - Old Port Tampa, FL	40 mi	56 min	SSE 8 G 11	66°F	70°F		1020.5 hPa
MCYF1	42 mi	56 min			70°F
TPAF1 - 8726694 - TPA Cruise Terminal 2, Tampa, FL	43 mi	56 min	SSE 4.1 G 5.1
TSHF1 - 8726667 - East Bay Causeway, FL	43 mi	62 min	ESE 5.1 G 6

Wind History for C-Cut, FL

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Sarasota / Bradenton, Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, FL	14 mi	33 min	E 5	10.00 mi	Mostly Cloudy	64°F	62°F	93%	1019.8 hPa
Venice Municipal Airport, FL	18 mi	31 min	ESE 4	7.00 mi	Fair	66°F	62°F	88%	1020.7 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KSRQ

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Tide / Current Tables for Sarasota, Sarasota Bay, Florida (2)

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Tide / Current Tables for Sarasota, Sarasota Bay, Florida

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Weather Map

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Wind Forecast for Tampa Bay, FL (8,2,3,4)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Tampa Bay Area, FL

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