000 WWUS82 KTAE 071005 RFWTAE FIRE WEATHER WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 505 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND INLAND PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COINCIDENT WITH HIGH DISPERSIONS... .DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY WITH MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. STRONG TRANSPORT WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE HIGH DISPERSIONS ON THURSDAY...WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO FALL JUST BELOW 35 PERCENT OVER MOST INLAND AREAS. FLZ009>011-013-016>019-026>029-034-072100- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0001.090108T1800Z-090108T2200Z/ HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON- LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 505 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 /405 AM CST WED JAN 7 2009/ ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ 17-GOULD