Forecast: Tampa Bay hot weather

4:56 PM, Aug 9, 2012   |    comments
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Rain has been over north Florida and over the Bahamas but very limited in the Bay Area. This will change as the trough over north Florida sags south and a tropical wave moves north this weekend.  Moisture will be drawn up from the tropics a upper disturbance kicks off T-storms Saturday and Sunday.

The tropical wave will bring up our rain chance to near 50% over the weekend.  

Until then look for 40% rain chance Friday. Highs will stay in the low 90s.  With nights in the upper 70s.

A disturbance in the middle of the Atlantic West of the Cape Verde Islands has become Tropical Depression 7 Thursday evening. It will be named Gordon probably Friday as it takes a track through the Caribbean Sea just like Ernesto.  Ernest made landfall in Mexico Thursday.  

Also complex of thunderstorms emerging off of Africa's coast could emerge as a tropical storm Helene this weekend.

Meteorlogist Bobby Deskins