FIRE WEATHER WATCH
Issue Date: 304 PM EST FRI NOV 27 2009
Expiration: 600 PM EST SUN NOV 29 2009

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE DUE TO
EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM
EST /5 PM CST/ SATURDAY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE
EXCEPT GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS
OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS
OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
.DISCUSSION...A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE
REGION CREATING RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND ON SUNDAY IN
ADVANCE OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM. SOME DRY AIR WILL STILL BE IN
PLACE OVER THE FLORIDA EASTERN BIG BEND ON SUNDAY WHICH
NECESSITATES A FIRE WEATHER WATCH OVER JEFFERSON...MADISON...
DIXIE...LAFAYETTE AND TAYLOR COUNTIES ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
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JEFFERSON-MADISON-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
304 PM EST FRI NOV 27 2009
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH
IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.
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