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04-09-2013, 12:05 PM | #1 |
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Tampa Bay Spearfishing Challenge weather policy
The officers of the Tampa Bay Spearfishing Club (TBSC) wanted me to post the weather policy for the Tampa Bay Spearfishing Challenge. Last year there were a few shooters that did not know how the final decision is decided. Here it is...
First, we have to make decisions on official weather predictions. We use the printed version for the NOAA National Weather Service Marine forecast. Since, we have shooters who are pre-registered from as far away as the East coast of Florida, the Keys, and as far West as Mississippi, and local shooter who have to plan and prepare on Friday, we must make the call within a timely manner. With this in mind, we need to make the call close enough to the dive day to garner as much accuracy with the weather forecast from the our official government weather site. Therefore, the TBSC tournament committee will make the call after 5pm on Thursday April 11th. As long as the NOAA National Marine Service Weather printed prediction DOES NOT call for small craft advisories for Saturday April 13th, the tournament is a GO! We will post the decision in this thread and pre-registered shooters and all others can also call (727) 344-3483 on Friday from 11am to 7pm to get the final weather decision. The location for the final call is: TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- The Website is: NOAA WEATHER As of today the forecast is improving for Saturday: GMZ850-853-856-092030- TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- 1024 AM EDT TUE APR 9 2013 THIS AFTERNOON SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE. SEAS 2 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. TONIGHT NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS...BECOMING EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. WEDNESDAY EAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. THURSDAY SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. THURSDAY NIGHT SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. FRIDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. FRIDAY NIGHT WEST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS THEN BECOMING NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. |
04-11-2013, 04:09 PM | #2 |
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Re: Tampa Bay Spearfishing Challenge weather policy
The weather committee has reviewed the latest forecast - The tournament is a go!!
NOAA WEATHER TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRIDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. FRIDAY NIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY NIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS THEN BECOMING EAST AROUND 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. |
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