Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL

An area of low pressure is expected to develop along the front later today and traverse eastward toward Florida. This will be the next big weather producer for the area late Thursday through early Saturday. This area of low pressure will bring in soggy weather with scattered to numerous showers and storms with the highest rain chances Friday morning through Friday evening. Rainfall amounts between 1-2 inches will be possible from late tonight through Saturday morning. Some lingering showers will stick around through early Saturday before the area of low pressure lifts out to the northeast. 

As the upper trough and surface low moves northeast into the western Atlantic, upper ridging and surface high pressure builds into the region late Sunday into Monday. Pleasant weather is expected from Sunday through the middle of next week. As far as temperatures go, near average temps are expected today before a cool down to below average for Friday through Monday.