Sunny and dry in Tampa through the weekend, with highs easing to near 80 by Sunday
The first rain chance in the forecast doesn't arrive until late Tuesday night.
TAMPA - Tampa is in for a run of sunny, dry days, with highs drifting down from the mid-80s to around 80 by Sunday, according to the National Weather Service forecast issued early Thursday, Nov. 5.
Thursday looks sunny with a high near 85 and a light east-southeast breeze, followed by a mostly clear night with a low around 71. Friday is also sunny with a high near 85, though temperatures are expected to fall to around 81 in the afternoon as the wind turns westerly. Friday night's low is forecast around 70.
The cooler air settles in over the weekend. Saturday is forecast sunny with a high near 83 and a low around 63 Saturday night. Sunday is sunny with a high near 80, then partly cloudy overnight with a low around 63.
Monday looks mostly sunny with a high near 79, and Tuesday mostly sunny with a high near 77. The forecast's first rain chance is a 20% chance of isolated showers after 1 a.m. Tuesday night, with a low around 62.
That's a small shift from Wednesday's forecast, which had Sunday's high near 79. No weather alerts were in effect for Tampa early Thursday.
Source: NWS gridded forecast, Tampa (updated 4:16 a.m. EST Nov. 5, read 6:15 a.m.); National Weather Service forecast for Tampa; NWS active alerts for Tampa (none, read 6:15 a.m. EST Nov. 5); NWS Tampa Bay office.