000 WWUS82 KTAE 140901 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 401 AM EST WED JAN 14 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND OF FLORIDA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND OF FLORIDA DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...A SERIES OF STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR ACROSS THE TRI-STATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...WELL BELOW CRITICAL RED FLAG LEVELS...ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- 142115- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0007.090114T1700Z-090114T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0006.090115T1700Z-090115T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 401 AM EST WED JAN 14 2009 /301 AM CST WED JAN 14 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ BLOCK