000 WWUS82 KTAE 220009 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 709 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...THE COLD AND VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL. AS A RESULT...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA AGAIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. DISPERSIONS WILL RANGE FROM 40 TO 60 ACROSS THE AREA DURING THIS TIME. FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THE WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA AND A WEAKENING COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN BIG BEND ON FRIDAY BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED ANYWHERE OVER THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-221200- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090122T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0014.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY- CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 709 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 /609 PM CST WED JAN 21 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THURSDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THURSDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-221200- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0014.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 709 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ BLOCK