Warm and mostly dry through Veterans Day in Tampa, then a cooler weekend near 66
Wednesday's rain chance has dropped to 3 percent. Friday turns breezy and cooler, Saturday tops out near 66 and Saturday night dips to about 48.
TAMPA - Tampa's warm stretch holds through Veterans Day, with highs in the low 80s and little chance of rain, before cooler air arrives for the weekend, according to the National Weather Service forecast issued early Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Tuesday is partly sunny with a high near 83 and an east-southeast wind around 5 mph. Tuesday night is mostly cloudy with a low around 69.
Veterans Day, Wednesday, is mostly cloudy with a high near 82 and a light west-northwest wind. The forecast puts the chance of rain at 3 percent, down from the 20 percent chance of afternoon showers in Monday's forecast. Wednesday night is mostly cloudy with a low around 67.
Thursday stays mostly cloudy with a high near 79, and Thursday night drops to about 63.
The cooldown starts Friday, which is mostly sunny with a high near 70 and a north-northwest wind of 8 to 12 mph, gusting as high as 20 mph. Friday night is mostly clear with a low around 50. Saturday is sunny with a high near 66, and Saturday night falls to around 48.
Temperatures climb again after that: Sunday is sunny with a high near 72, and Monday is mostly sunny with a high near 75.
No weather alerts were in effect for Tampa early Tuesday.
Source: NWS gridded forecast, Tampa (updated 1:26 a.m. EST Nov. 10, read about 5:15 a.m.); National Weather Service forecast for Tampa; NWS active alerts for Tampa (none, read about 5:15 a.m. EST Nov. 10); NWS Tampa Bay office.