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GMZ830 Tampa Bay Waters- 815 Pm Edt Tue Oct 3 2023
.small craft exercise caution...
Rest of tonight..Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy. Hazy.
Wednesday..Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Hazy in the morning.
Wednesday night..Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop.
Thursday..Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop.
Thursday night..Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop.
Friday..Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop.
Friday night..Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming northeast 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop.
Saturday..Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop.
Saturday night..North winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters light chop.
Sunday..North winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters light chop.

GMZ800 Synopsis For The Coastal Waters From Bonita Beach To Suwannee River- 815 Pm Edt Tue Oct 3 2023
Synopsis.. High pressure north of the waters is favoring breezy northeast winds, continuing to run to exercise caution levels through late tonight. Wind speeds will improve Wednesday, but an easterly surge will bring windspeeds back up to cautionary levels Wednesday night. Winds will turn to northerly Friday through the weekend, with minimal rain chances. Otherwise, hazy conditions will limit visibilities to as low as 2 miles at times through the next couple of days.

FXUS62 KTBW 032351 AFDTBW

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 751 PM EDT Tue Oct 3 2023

New UPDATE, AVIATION, MARINE

UPDATE
The main weather concern today has been the haze caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires reducing visibilities at times to less than 2 miles in some spots. Regional METAR observations and sky cameras have been showing an improvement in visibilities across the area during the last few hours, and HRRR Near-Surface Smoke model runs are showing that the smoke should continue to improve through Wednesday morning as the ridge to the north shifts to the east. However, those same HRRR runs are showing another mass of smoke over the western Atlantic advecting southwest to Florida, so additional rounds of haze could be a threat through the next few days.

The forecast looks on track, with limited rain chances overnight, and no significant forecast changes are planned for the evening update.

AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
Hazy conditions have been improving over the last few hours, although some MVFR visibilities are lingering over southwest Florida, and some brief periods of MVFR conditions cannot be ruled out overnight further to the north as well. Haze will continue to be a threat through Wednesday, although changes in the wind pattern are giving some hope that vis restrictions will not be as bad on Wednesday. Otherwise, mainly rain free conditions are expected through the next 24 hours, with just a slight chance of showers in the forecast over the interior Wednesday afternoon.

MARINE
High pressure north of the waters is favoring breezy northeast winds, continuing to run to exercise caution levels through late tonight. Wind speeds will improve Wednesday, but an easterly surge will bring windspeeds back up to cautionary levels Wednesday night. Winds will turn to northerly Friday through the weekend, with minimal rain chances. Otherwise, hazy conditions will limit visibilities to as low as 2 miles at times through the next couple of days.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
TPA 72 89 73 91 / 0 10 0 0 FMY 72 90 73 90 / 0 10 0 0 GIF 72 87 71 90 / 0 20 0 0 SRQ 71 91 72 91 / 0 10 0 0 BKV 67 89 68 91 / 0 10 0 0 SPG 75 87 76 89 / 0 10 0 0

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

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Indian Rocks Beach (inside)
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Tue -- 02:47 AM EDT     2.93 feet High Tide
Tue -- 07:25 AM EDT     Sunrise
Tue -- 10:11 AM EDT     0.03 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 11:52 AM EDT     Moonset
Tue -- 04:44 PM EDT     2.34 feet High Tide
Tue -- 07:15 PM EDT     Sunset
Tue -- 09:35 PM EDT     1.42 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 10:20 PM EDT     Moonrise
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Indian Rocks Beach (inside), Florida, Tide feet

Old Tampa Bay Entrance (Port Tampa)
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Tue -- 02:40 AM EDT     1.05 knots Max Flood
Tue -- 05:22 AM EDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Tue -- 07:23 AM EDT     Sunrise
Tue -- 09:22 AM EDT     -1.47 knots Max Ebb
Tue -- 11:51 AM EDT     Moonset
Tue -- 01:42 PM EDT     0.00 knots Slack
Tue -- 04:37 PM EDT     1.06 knots Max Flood
Tue -- 07:14 PM EDT     Sunset
Tue -- 08:18 PM EDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Tue -- 10:04 PM EDT     -0.34 knots Max Ebb
Tue -- 10:19 PM EDT     Moonrise
Tue -- 11:56 PM EDT     0.00 knots Slack
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