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WWUS82 KTAE 011006
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
506 AM EST TUE JAN 1 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...
AND HIGH DISPERSION INDEXES...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG
BEND...AND FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS
AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES...

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR TO
THE TRI STATE REGION. ON WEDNESDAY...A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL SETTLE
OVER THE AREA...AND DEW POINT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

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INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
506 AM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 /406 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008/

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO
6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND BIG BEND DUE TO A COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35
PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS 15 MPH OR HIGHER...AND DISPERSION INDICES
ABOVE 75...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 10 PM
EST /9 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY
BELOW 35 PERCENT...

THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FROM THE EARLY
THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. THE LOW HUMIDITY...COMBINED
WITH WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 15 MPH (WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS)
AND DISPERSION INDICES IN EXCESS OF 75...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE
FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

ON WEDNESDAY...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MORNING
THROUGH THE EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS
OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT.

$$

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COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-
TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-
MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-
GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
506 AM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 /406 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE
HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSION
INDICES WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

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