FXUS62 KTBW 051442
AFDTBW

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
942 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009

.DISCUSSION...WIND SHIFT AND CLEARING LINE IS IN PLACE ACROSS
PINELLAS/NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH/EASTERN PASCO/SOUTHERN SUMTER THIS
MORNING. GETTING SOME FOG ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WITH VISIBILITIES IN
THE 2-4SM RANGE. WINDS ARE GUSTING UP TO 30MPH BEHIND THE FRONT AS
WELL. WILL BE UPDATING THE ZONES TO REMOVE RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE
NATURE COAST AND ADJUST SOME WIND WORDING. OTHERWISE THE FORECAST
IS ON TRACK FOR TEMPS TO REACH TO AROUND 60 NORTH...MID TO UPPER
60S CENTRAL...AND LOWER 70S SOUTH. HAVE ALSO CANCELLED THE FLOOD
WATCH AS MOST OF THE RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WATCH AREA. 

&&

.AVIATION...AREA OF RAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL PUSH EAST
OF THE TERMINALS BY MID MORNING. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY
MOST OF THE DAY WITH MVFR CIGS BETWEEN 015-025. GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL DEVELOP AT ALL TERMINALS BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR MID TO LATE AFTERNOON WITH
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND VFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT.

&&

.MARINE...WINDS ARE 20-25KTS BEHIND THE BOUNDARY AND SEAS OFFSHORE
ARE UP TO 7FT THIS MORNING. THE 20+KT WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE
WATERS THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO
PUSH SE THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE
REST OF THE DAY AND THEN SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. WILL KEEP THE SCA
AS IS FOR NOW AND ADJUST WINDS TO THE STRONGER AFTERNOON WORDING.

&&

.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GULF WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR BONITA 
     BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM-BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 
     20 TO 60 NM-ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM-ENGLEWOOD 
     TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM-TARPON SPRINGS TO 
     SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER 
     OUT 20 TO 60 NM.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...24/COLSON
LONG TERM/AVIATION...13/OGLESBY