SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 134 PM EST FRI NOV 27 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST SAT NOV 28 2009

...COLD TEMPERATURES LIKELY SATURDAY MORNING...
MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR RAPID COOLING
AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL ONLY BE
IN THE 60S...AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR 40 NORTH AND 50
SOUTH BY MIDNIGHT. BY MORNING...TEMPERATURES SHOULD BOTTOM OUT
NEAR FREEZING FOR THE NORMALLY COLDER AREAS OF THE NATURE
COAST...AND IN THE MID 30S FOR THE COLDEST AREAS OF OUR CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN ZONES. LEE COUNTY MAY ESCAPE THE 30S THIS TIME WITH
LOWS MAINLY IN THE 40S.
PATCHY FROST IS ONE CONCERN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE GROUND
IS STILL WARM...SO MOST LIKELY THE FROST WILL BE CONFINED TO THE
ROOFTOPS OF HOUSES AND CARS. NORTH OF TAMPA BAY...WE MAY SEE
TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR FREEZING BEFORE SUNRISE. THESE AREAS
COULD SEE FROST ON THE GROUND AND DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION IS
LIKELY WHERE FROST DOES OCCUR.
RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS
BY THIS EVENING. PETS IN FLORIDA ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THE COLD
AND SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS FOR THE NIGHT.
$$
JILLSON

FIRE WEATHER WATCH
Issue Date: 134 PM EST THU NOV 26 2009
Expiration: 600 PM EST SAT NOV 28 2009

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS...
.MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BEHIND A COLD
FRONT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS
OVER INLAND PORTIONS OF THE AREA FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS
AGAIN ON SATURDAY IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 4.
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134 PM EST THU NOV 26 2009
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM
EST FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY
MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON NORTHERLY WINDS.
THIS WILL RESULT IN 4 OR MORE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35
PERCENT LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS OF 10
TO 15 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE ARRIVAL OF THIS DRY AIRMASS AND WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. VERY SIMILAR
CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AGAIN ON SATURDAY IN AREAS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 4.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR
THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN
24 HOURS.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD.
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