Fire Weather Watch
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
246 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL SOUTH FLORIDA FIRE WEATHER
ZONES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COASTAL COLLIER AND FAR SOUTH MIAMI-
DADE FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR FOUR
OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...
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GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER-
INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-
MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
246 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL SOUTH FLORIDA FIRE WEATHER
ZONES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COASTAL COLLIER AND FAR SOUTH MIAMI-
DADE FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR FOUR
OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA FOLLOWING THE
PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ABUNDANT
SUNSHINE ON WEDNESDAY WILL ALLOW AIR TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE
MID TO UPPER 60S. THE MILD TEMPERATURES...WHEN COMBINED WITH THE
VERY DRY AIR...WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL BELOW
35 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE HOURS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH
FLORIDA...PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.
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GS/DD
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
234 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
.A MUCH COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH
THURSDAY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT.
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INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-
OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD-
234 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION ON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND POSSIBLY
AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO PRESENT
PROBLEMS FOR FIRE SENSITIVE ACTIVITIES ON WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR
THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR
THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 TO
96 HOURS. PLEASE MONITOR UPCOMING FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST FIRE
WEATHER INFORMATION.
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
118 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR ALL COUNTIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR 4 OR
MORE HOURS OF HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT AND WINDS OF 15 MPH OR
GREATER...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR
LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT...
.A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. MUCH DRIER AIR
WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT ON GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY
WINDS ON WEDNESDAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR
THURSDAY WITH WINDS DIMINISHING.
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LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
118 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM
EST WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL
HOURS...BOTTOMING OUT TO AROUND 25 PERCENT OVER THE INTERIOR AND
BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PERCENT NEAR THE COAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE CONDITIONS
FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREADING OF WILD FIRES.
DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH
SEVERAL HOURS OF HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT POSSIBLE. MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED AROUND 25 PERCENT
INLAND...WITH 30 TO 35 PERCENT ALONG THE COAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR
THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN
24 HOURS.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD.
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