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Lake Wind Advisory


URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
310 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON...

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-072015-
/O.NEW.KTBW.LW.Y.0001.090107T1400Z-090107T2200Z/
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...CHIEFLAND...CRYSTAL RIVER...
INVERNESS...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...
NEW PORT RICHEY...ZEPHYRHILLS...CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG...
BRANDON...TAMPA...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...BRADENTON...
WAUCHULA...SEBRING...AVON PARK...SARASOTA...VENICE...ARCADIA...
PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA...CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS
310 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.

A SURFACE STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY AND
THE COLD PASSING OVER THE REGION WITH PRODUCE A STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENT WITH BREEZY SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY WINDS OVER THE AREA
TODAY.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST
TO BE 20 TO 29 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR OR ABOVE GALE
FORCE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS.  WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL
CREATE ROUGH CONDITIONS ON LARGER AREA LAKES WHICH COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGE TO...OR FLIP...SMALL PLEASURE CRAFT.

 OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS MAY WISH TO POSTPONE LAKE RELATED ACTIVITIES
UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.


ALL CURRENT ADVISORIES:
Hazardous Weather Outlook
Lake Wind Advisory

NWS Forecast

Today

Chance Thunderstorms. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 40%
Chance
Tstms
Hi 75°F
Tonight

Decreasing Clouds
Decreasing
Clouds
Lo 52°F
Thursday

Sunny
Sunny

Hi 71°F
Thursday
Night

Mostly Clear
Mostly
Clear
Lo 56°F
Friday

Sunny
Sunny

Hi 75°F
Friday
Night

Mostly Clear
Mostly
Clear
Lo 57°F
Saturday

Sunny
Sunny

Hi 73°F
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Tropical Activity


National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)

Active tropical cyclones in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico

 


There are no tropical cyclones at this time.
No tropical cyclones as of Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:43:51 GMT

Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook


000
ABNT20 KNHC 010358
TWOAT 
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
700 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008

CORRECTED SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE HEADER TO READ MIADSAAT

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

AS THE 2008 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON APPROACHES ITS CONCLUSION...
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS.

ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT WILL RESUME ON 1 JUNE 2009.  SHOULD ANY
SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCES DEVELOP DURING THE OFF-SEASON...SPECIAL
TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENTS WOULD BE ISSUED...AS NEEDED.
SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENTS CAN BE FOUND UNDER WMO
HEADER WONT41 KNHC...AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIADSAAT.

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FORECASTER STEWART