000 WWUS82 KTAE 090903 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 403 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST UNTIL 5 PM EST FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE REGION TODAY AND COMBINE WITH WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTH FLORIDA. THE AIRMASS WILL MOISTEN INTO SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-092300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0004.090109T1600Z-090109T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY- CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 403 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2009 /303 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT LATER TODAY AND LIKELY REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR FOUR TO SIX HOURS ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA. 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. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-092200- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0004.090109T1700Z-090109T2200Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 403 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL VALUES FOR FOUR TO FIVE HOURS TODAY. THE LOWEST VALUES WILL BE SEEN ALONG THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR IN THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ 38-GODSEY