FNUS72 KTBW 291131 FWSTBW SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKELAND LINDER AIRPORT...WFO TAMPA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 731 AM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL RIDGE WEST ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A SLOW INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. A FEW HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR OF JUST BELOW 35 PERCENT WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER INLAND LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WEAK 20 FOOT WINDS AND TRANSPORT WINDS THROUGH THE MIXING LAYERS WILL YIELD POOR DISPERSION INDICES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN WINDS ON FRIDAY WILL BRING BACK SLIGHTLY HIGHER DISPERSION VALUES. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM ----------------------------------------------------------------- SKY.............MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR CHC PRECIP (%)..0 0 0 10 20 20 TEMP............63 60 72 78 84 86 HUMIDITY........94 94 68 55 41 37 20 FT WIND......S 0 S 0 S 5 SW 5 SW 6 SW 5 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....200 500 1500 3200 5500 5500 TRANSPORT WIND..S 6 S 7 S 7 SW 4 SW 4 W 4 DISPERSION......3 7 13 15 22 22 LVORI...........9 6 3 2 2 2 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM ----------------------------------------------------------------- SKY.............PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE CHC PRECIP (%)..20 10 0 0 0 0 TEMP............81 75 72 69 66 62 HUMIDITY........45 58 67 78 88 99 20 FT WIND......W 4 W 3 W 2 SE 2 E 2 E 3 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....4100 1200 500 200 200 200 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 4 NW 4 SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 SE 6 DISPERSION......18 2 2 2 2 3 LVORI...........2 3 3 4 6 9 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 .FRIDAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM ----------------------------------------------------------------- SKY.............MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR CHC PRECIP (%)..0 0 10 20 20 20 TEMP............59 58 72 79 85 87 HUMIDITY........100 100 70 55 41 38 20 FT WIND......SE 0 S 2 SE 5 S 7 S 8 SW 8 20 FT WIND GUST. 12 12 MIX HGT (FT)....200 400 1400 3200 5500 5500 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 6 S 8 S 10 S 10 S 10 SW 10 DISPERSION......3 8 18 37 56 56 LVORI...........9 8 3 1 1 1 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...MCMICHAEL REQUESTED BY...JCM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120329.LAKEL.01/TBW