000 WWUS82 KTAE 022024 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 324 PM EST WED JAN 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...A COLD AND VERY DRY AIRMASS HAS SPREAD OVER THE AREA TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD CLOSER TO THE AREA ON THURSDAY KEEPING WINDS CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT WARMER...CLIMBING INTO GENERALLY THE MIDDLE 40S. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH DEW POINTS CONTINUING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RED FLAG CONDITIONS FROM THE LATE MORNING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. DESPITE THE SLOW INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AT THE END OF THE WEEK...THE WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL STILL ALLOW LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY IN CASE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BECOME MORE CERTAIN. FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-030330- /O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0002.080103T1400Z-080104T0200Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080103T0300Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 324 PM EST WED JAN 2 2008 /224 PM CST WED JAN 2 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY... THE RED FLAG WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST/9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING DUE TO ONGOING LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. 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. $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-030330- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080103T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0002.080103T1600Z-080104T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 324 PM EST WED JAN 2 2008 /224 PM CST WED JAN 2 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THURSDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING DUE TO LOW VALUES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THURSDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ 14-MROCZKA