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Tropical Storms Shouldn’t Wreck Clearwater's Weekend
While storm activity heats up in the Gulf and Atlantic, the Tampa Bay area is looking at sunshine, blue skies and only a small chance for rain.
By Associate Regional Editor Sherri Lonon
Just because a conga line of storms is kicking around in the tropics doesn’t mean Clearwater's weekend is a loss.
Forecasters at the National Weather Service’s Ruskin office say Tampa Bay area residents should plan for a hot, sunny weekend with only a slight chance of isolated-to-scattered thunderstorms. With highs expected to climb into the low to mid-90s, meteorologist Rodney Wynn says the weekend “should be pretty nice.”
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He does, however, warn it could get kind of hot out there without a huge chance for rain to cool things down. The forecast calls for about a 20 percent chance of afternoon storms on Saturday, Sept. 14, and about a 30 percent chance on Sunday.
Meanwhile in the tropics, four systems, including Hurricane Humberto, are kicking around. None of these systems poses a threat for Tampa Bay at this time, Wynn said.
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