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Tampa fog forecast

Florida · bay or sound · updated Thu, Oct 8, 10:25 PM EDT

The chance of fog at Tampa is 22% tonight, 15% tomorrow and 4% on Saturday. The best chance is tonight (fog possible). Fog here means visibility of a mile or less.

Chance of fog, next 3 days

  1. Tonight

    Thursday, October 8, rest of the day

    22%

    Fog possible

  2. Tomorrow

    Friday, October 9

    15%

    Fog unlikely

  3. Sat 10

    Saturday, October 10

    4%

    Fog unlikely

Each number is the chance that fog (visibility of a mile or less) happens at some point that day in Tampa local time. The first day counts only the hours still to come. Under 20% is unlikely, 20 to 39% possible, 40 to 69% likely and 70% or more very likely.

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Where fog is most likely today

The highest chance of fog today, out of 292 places:

  1. 1Morro Bay, CA95%
  2. 2Santa Maria, CA95%
  3. 3Lompoc, CA94%
  4. 4Quillayute, WA93%
  5. 5Arcata / Eureka, CA92%

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About fog at Tampa

Tampa is on a bay, sound or harbor. Moist air over cool water can form low cloud and fog that spreads over the shoreline and nearby airports, often overnight and into the morning, and can linger when there is little wind to move it.

In the last two years of airport weather reports here, fog (visibility of a mile or less) was reported in about 1.4% of hours. It showed up most often in December, and most often between 6 and 9 AM local time.

Tampa fog forecast questions

Will it be foggy tomorrow in Tampa?

Tomorrow the chance of fog at Tampa is 15%: fog unlikely. That is the chance that visibility drops to a mile or less at some point that day. It is a chance, not a promise, and it can change as new forecasts arrive (this one was updated Thu, Oct 8, 10:25 PM EDT).

How likely is fog in Tampa today?

Tonight the chance of fog at Tampa is 22% (fog possible). That covers the rest of the day in local time, from now until midnight.

What time does fog usually clear in Tampa?

Fog near the water often thins in the late morning or around midday once the sun warms the air, but marine layer can stay through the afternoon on cloudy, calm days. Airport reports show fog most often between 6 and 9 AM local time. Exact fog start and clearing times, hour by hour, are part of the full forecast in 4070 Pro.

Why does Tampa get fog?

Tampa is on a bay, sound or harbor. Moist air over cool water can form low cloud and fog that spreads over the shoreline and nearby airports, often overnight and into the morning, and can linger when there is little wind to move it. In the last two years of airport weather reports here, fog (visibility of a mile or less) was reported in about 1.4% of hours. It showed up most often in December, and most often between 6 and 9 AM local time.

How far ahead can I trust a fog forecast for Tampa?

Fog is hard to forecast. The first several hours are the most reliable. Further out the forecast leans on how often fog happens at Tampa at that time of year, so read the second and third day as a chance, not a prediction. The chance combines several weather models with the place's own fog history and is updated every hour.

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