000 WWUS82 KTAE 081949 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 249 PM EST THU JAN 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL KEEP RED FLAG CONDITIONS GOING IN FLORIDA INTO LATE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AN EVEN DRIER AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS A DRY COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH IT WILL NOT BE WINDY BEHIND THIS FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME WARMING AND DRY AIR WILL CAUSE THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-091230- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0002.090109T1700Z-090109T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0004.090109T1600Z-090109T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090108T2200Z/ INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY- CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 249 PM EST THU JAN 8 2009 /149 PM CST THU JAN 8 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ FRIDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL END LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT LATE FRIDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM VALUES REACHING 25 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. STRONG WINDS AND/OR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-091230- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0004.090109T1700Z-090109T2200Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 249 PM EST THU JAN 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW 25 PERCENT EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FOURNIER