000 WWUS82 KTAE 182010 RFWTAE FIRE WEATHER WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 310 PM EST FRI JAN 18 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCHES ARE EXPECTED TO BE UPGRADED TO RED FLAG WARNINGS LATER TONIGHT... .DISCUSSION...ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF BY SATURDAY BEFORE CROSSING THE NORTH FLORIDA PENINSULA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA...EXITING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. UNTIL THEN...RAIN WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. IN ITS WAKE...STRONG AND COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY BUILD IN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY USHERING IN A MUCH COLDER...DRIER AND BRISK AIRMASS. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ALONG WITH GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION ON SUNDAY. THIS HIGH WILL PUSH RAPIDLY EAST TO THE CAROLINAS DURING THE EARLY WORK WEEK AND INTO THE ATLANTIC BY WEDNESDAY. THUS...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ON MONDAY AS RELATIVELY MOIST EASTERLY FLOW RETURNS PUTTING A QUICK END TO RED FLAG CONDITIONS. FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-191230- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0005.080120T1500Z-080121T0100Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 310 PM EST FRI JAN 18 2008 /210 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2008/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-191230- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0005.080120T1700Z-080121T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 310 PM EST FRI JAN 18 2008 /210 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2008/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ BLOCK