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WWUS82 KTAE 182004
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FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
304 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2009

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR
INLAND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS INLAND
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO POSSIBLE BRIEF
DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT AND HIGH
DISPERSION INDICES ABOVE 75...

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING
BRINGING A DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIRMASS BACK TO THE REGION. WITH
INCREASING TRANSPORT WINDS AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE 
REGION...DISPERSION INDICES WILL INCREASE COMBINING WITH A DRIER
AIRMASS TO POTENTIALLY PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS
ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA MONDAY AFTERNOON.

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INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-
GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY-
304 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2009 /204 PM CST SUN JAN 18 2009/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

AN INCREASE IN TRANSPORT WINDS WILL RESULT IN HIGHER DISPERSIONS
ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. WITH A DRIER AIRMASS FILTERING IN DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SHORT DURATION RED
FLAG EVENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA IF RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON FOR TWO TO THREE
HOURS. 

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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