000 WWUS82 KTAE 012314 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 614 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ON WEDNESDAY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING 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...IN THE WAKE OF A REINFORCING COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... A MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA. DEW POINT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND 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. FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-021300- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080101T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0001.080102T1500Z-080103T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0001.080103T1700Z-080103T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 614 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 /514 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING FROM TUESDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE 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. $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-021300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0001.080102T1600Z-080103T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0001.080103T1700Z-080103T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 614 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 /514 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST/10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL VALUES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ BLOCK