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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
124 PM EST THU FEB 10 2011
TO: FEDERAL...STATE AND LOCAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...
NEWS MEDIA AND OTHER USERS
SUBJECT: CHANGE TO (FIRE WEATHER) RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER
WATCH ISSUANCE CRITERIA EFFECTIVE MARCH 3 2011
IN COOPERATION WITH THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF FORESTRY...THE US FOREST
SERVICE AND OTHER FIRE WEATHER USERS THE CRITERIA FOR RED FLAG
WARNINGS AND FIRE WEATHER WATCHES WILL CHANGE AT 1200 AM EST MARCH 3
2011.
THE NEW CRITERIA FOR RED FLAG WARNINGS AND FIRE WEATHER WATCHES WILL
BE AS FOLLOWS:
1. 4 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF FORECAST RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35
PERCENT AND
2. FORECAST ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC) 35 OR GREATER OR
1. FORECAST RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT AND
2. FORECAST 20 FOOT SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IN EXCESS OF 15 MPH. OR
1. FORECAST RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT AND
2. FORECAST LAVDAS DISPERSION INDEX 75 OR GREATER.
IN ADDITION..."FIRE DANGER STATEMENTS" /MIARFDMLB/ FOR FORECAST FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS APPROACHING BUT NOT EXCEEDING RED FLAG WARNING
CRITERIA WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
1. 4 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF FORECAST RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35
PERCENT AND
2. FORECAST ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC) 30 TO 34 OR
1. FORECAST RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT AND
2. FORECAST 20 FOOT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 15 MPH.
WMO HEADER/AWIPS ID OF THE FIRE DANGER STATEMENT WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
PRODUCT NAME: WMO HEADER AWIPS ID
FIRE DANGER STATEMENT FNUS64 KMLB MIARFDMLB
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE:
SCOTT SPRATT JOHN PENDERGRAST
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST FIRE WEATHER PROGRAM MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
421 CROTON RD. 421 CROTON RD.
MELBOURNE FL 32935 MELBOURNE FL 32935
321-255-0212 321-255-0212
SCOTT.SPRATT@NOAA.GOV JOHN.PENDERGRAST@NOAA.GOV
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