Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
554 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010
...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST
TODAY FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF CRITICALLY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY OVER
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
.HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE DEEP SOUTH BRINGS MUCH DRIER
CONDITIONS TO THE GULF COAST TODAY AND AN INCREASED RISK OF FIRE
DANGER.
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INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
554 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
LOWEST DAYTIME HUMIDITY TODAY IS FORECAST TO DIP TO AROUND 25
PERCENT OVER THE INLAND WESTERN FLORIDA COASTAL COUNTIES FOR SEVERAL
HOURS. OVER THE COASTAL ZONES...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10...LOWEST
HUMIDITY FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT IS EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY GRASSES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.
&&
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
527 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010
...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 7
PM EST /6 PM CST/ TODAY FOR NORTH FLORIDA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS
OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COUPLED WITH HIGH TRANSPORT WINDS...
...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM
EST /5 PM CST/ TODAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG
DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COUPLED WITH HIGH WIND
GUSTS...
...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR NORTH FLORIDA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES...
...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...
A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT EXISTS ACROSS OUR LOCAL AREA AS A STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS ALONG THE EASTERN U.S. COASTLINE AND HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST BEHIND IT. THIS PRESSURE GRADIENT
IS KEEPING WINDS ELEVATED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA TODAY. THESE STRONG WINDS...COUPLED WITH
VERY DRY AIR...HAVE PROMPTED RED FLAG WARNINGS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA TODAY. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHTER ON
THURSDAY AS THE LOW LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST...HOWEVER...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS FOR
LONG DURATIONS FOR BOTH SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA.
DUE TO THE DRY AIR...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE
AREAS.
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/O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0016.100211T1700Z-100212T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-
CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
527 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 /427 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010/
...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...
...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.
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