000 WWUS82 KTAE 011834 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 134 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST/5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...AND HIGH DISPERSION INDEXES... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS 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 MOVED THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR TO THE TRI STATE REGION. ON WEDNESDAY...AN EVEN DRIER AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA...AND DEW POINT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. THESE VERY LOW DEWPOINT LEVELS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DESPITE AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 40S. NORTHWEST WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL. ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-012330- /O.EXA.KTAE.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080101T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0001.080102T1600Z-080103T0000Z/ 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- 134 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 /1234 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. RAPIDLY FALLING DEWPOINTS WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO REACH OR FALL BELOW CRITICAL VALUES FOR BETWEEN 2 AND 4 HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST/10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-012330- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080101T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0001.080102T1500Z-080103T0300Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 134 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 /1234 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS DROPPED BELOW 35 PERCENT AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...COMBINED WITH WIND SPEEDS OVER 15 MPH (WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS) AND DISPERSION INDICES IN EXCESS OF 75...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ 14-MROCZKA