Sunday begins with patchy dense fog in parts of the area and scattered showers along an incoming cold front before dry air brings an elevated fire risk to Tampa Bay.
Scattered rain will largely clear away by the early afternoon, leaving the Bay area with around 1/2 inch of rainfall accumulations, with isolated areas seeing slightly more.
Gusty winds and very dry air settle in behind the cold front, prompting a Red Flag Warning and a Fire Weather Watch including all of Tampa Bay’s counties. Brush fires will be quick to spark and spread due to drought conditions, extremely low humidity and wind gusts up to 30 mph…