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Marine Weather and Tides Bradley Junction, 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 6:52AM

Sunset 8:14PM

Thursday August 6, 2020 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)

Moonrise 9:27PM

Moonset 8:29AM

Illumination 91%

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 Bradley Junction, FL

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Area Discussion for - Tampa Bay, FL

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FXUS62 KTBW 062221 AFDTBW

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 621 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2020

UPDATE. Upper trough from the Great Lakes into the SW Gulf of Mexico as seen in water vapor imagery and upper air plots with S-SW flow over the E Gulf and FL Peninsula. At the surface a weak front has stalled over the N Central Gulf Coast region with weak W Atlantic high pressure extending over the C-S FL Peninsula this evening. These features are keeping the warm and humid summertime conditions in place with light S-SW steering flow pushing the afternoon convection well inland and into E Florida areas. Have updated grids and forecasts to reduce rain chances based on latest radar and satellite trends.

AVIATION. Mainly VFR conditions rest of this evening through overnight hours with light winds. Friday expect SHRA/TSRA to dev mid-late morning near the coastal then inland areas in the afternoon.

Prev Discussion. /issued 205 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2020/

DISCUSSION . Ample moisture resides across the Peninsula this afternoon with PWATS at or above 2 inches. Slightly cooler temperatures aloft are in place today as exhibited from TBW's 12Z sounding showing -7.2C temps at 500mb compared to -5.2C this same time yesterday. This is due to a a weakening/stalling upper level trough that has worked its way into the Central Gulf. We have already seen continuous and sometimes intense thunderstorms all morning over our coastal waters in response to this trough. Along with moderate southerly low-level flow, expect scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms to form across the interior this afternoon. Due to the cooler temperatures, would not be surprised to see some of the more intense updrafts to produce a lot of lightning activity in addition to a strong wind gust or small hail. Forecast soundings indicate decent instability will persist after sunset in locations which have not been previously by earlier convection. This will allow storms to last a few hours after sunset before calmer conditions return overnight.

Moving into tomorrow through the remainder of the period, relatively weak flow in the lowest 10k feet will reside over the state as subtropical ridging extends westward into the Gulf. With deep tropical moisture in place, diurnal heating and related sea breeze boundaries will help to initiate scattered/numerous afternoon showers and thunderstorms each afternoon. Conversely, a late overnight into early morning land breeze will initiate isolated storms out over the eastern Gulf waters each day. Afternoon high temperatures will continue to run 2-3 degrees above normal. Muggy/oppressive dewpoints in the mid to upper 70s will result in afternoon triple digit heat indices that flirt with heat advisory criteria. Regardless if one is issued, please remember to exercise caution if you plan on spending a lot of time outdoors during this Florida summer heat.

MARINE . High pressure will keep relatively light winds and seas across the region for the next several days with the sea breeze developing and enhancing the flow near the coast each afternoon. Associated with the land breeze, late overnight through mid morning showers and thunderstorms will be possible over the Gulf waters each day, especially tomorrow. No headlines are expected through the period, but of course winds and seas will be locally higher near any showers and thunderstorms.

FIRE WEATHER . Daily afternoon showers and thunderstorms will be capable of frequent lightning and gusty winds from outflow boundaries. Otherwise, ample low-level moisture will preclude any major fire weather concerns through the period.

Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs. TPA 78 93 79 94 / 20 50 10 60 FMY 76 93 77 94 / 20 60 20 60 GIF 76 93 76 93 / 30 80 10 70 SRQ 78 92 77 93 / 20 50 10 60 BKV 75 93 74 94 / 30 60 10 60 SPG 78 93 80 94 / 30 40 10 50

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

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
EBEF1	23 mi	112 min			89°F		1015.6 hPa
TSHF1 - 8726667 - East Bay Causeway, FL	23 mi	58 min	SSW 5.1 G 8
SKCF1	24 mi	70 min	SW 9.7 G 14
TPAF1 - 8726694 - TPA Cruise Terminal 2, Tampa, FL	24 mi	52 min	SW 5.1 G 7
GCTF1	28 mi	52 min		87°F			1016.3 hPa	76°F
OPTF1 - 8726607 - Old Port Tampa, FL	29 mi	52 min	W 7 G 8.9	87°F	89°F		1016.5 hPa
PMAF1	33 mi	52 min		86°F			1016.2 hPa
MTBF1	34 mi	52 min	W 8 G 9.9	86°F			1016 hPa	75°F
SAPF1 - 8726520 - St. Petersburg, FL	34 mi	52 min	W 8.9 G 11	86°F	88°F		1016.5 hPa
CLBF1	37 mi	76 min	WSW 6 G 7	86°F			1015.2 hPa
CWBF1 - 8726724 - Clearwater Beach, FL	45 mi	52 min	WSW 5.1 G 7	86°F	92°F		1016.5 hPa
FHPF1 - Fred Howard Park, FL	48 mi	76 min	W 8 G 9.9	86°F			1016.3 hPa

Wind History for East Bay Causeway, FL

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Lakeland Regional, FL	10 mi	25 min	N 0	10.00 mi	Clear	84°F	75°F	74%	1016.9 hPa
Plant City, Plant City Municipal Airport, FL	14 mi	15 min	N 0	10.00 mi	Fair	82°F	82°F	100%	1017.6 hPa
Bartow Municipal, FL	14 mi	15 min	N 0	10.00 mi	Thunderstorm in Vicinity	86°F	73°F	66%	1016.6 hPa
Winter Havens Gilbert Airport, FL	20 mi	17 min	NNE 4	10.00 mi	Thunderstorm in Vicinity	85°F	75°F	72%	1017.2 hPa
Tampa, Vandenberg Airport, FL	22 mi	15 min	N 0	10.00 mi	Fair	84°F	78°F	84%	1016.9 hPa
Tampa, Peter O Knight Airport, FL	24 mi	15 min	WSW 3	10.00 mi	Mostly Cloudy	86°F	80°F	84%	1016.9 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KLAL

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Tide / Current Tables for Hillsborough Bay, Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay, Florida

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Wind Forecast for Tampa Bay, FL (20,4,5,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Tampa Bay Area, FL

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