000 WWUS82 KTAE 012015 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 315 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 REMAINS 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... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES... .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 WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL. DRY AIR AND SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY ARE ONCE AGAIN ANTICIPATED TO RESULT IN LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA. ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-012330- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0001.080103T1700Z-080103T2300Z/ /O.CON.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- 315 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 /215 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 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST/10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-012330- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0001.080103T1700Z-080103T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080101T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0001.080102T1500Z-080103T0300Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 315 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 /215 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ 14-MROCZKA