FLUS42 KTBW 110855 HWOTBW HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 455 AM EDT SAT OCT 11 2008 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-111430- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 455 AM EDT SAT OCT 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER INLAND SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE GULF WATERS WITH NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET LIKELY IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS BEYOND 20 NM...AND 15 TO 20 KNOT WINDS AND SEAS OF 3 TO 5 FEET IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS. THESE INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS WILL MAKE FOR ROUGH BOATING CONDITIONS OVER THE GULF AND INLAND WATER WAYS THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. $$ MCMICHAEL