URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
535 AM CDT SUN SEP 5 2010
...A RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE
TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...
.A NORTHERLY WIND WILL BRING A DRIER MASS INTO THE REGION TODAY.
LOWEST AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TODAY ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM
THE LOWER 20S INLAND TO THE MID 30S ALONG THE COAST...WITH RED FLAG
CRITERIA BEING MET FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL THEN GRADUALLY INCREASE BY TUESDAY...WITH LOWEST
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES STAYING ABOVE WARNING CRITERIA THROUGH
THURSDAY.
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INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
535 AM CDT SUN SEP 5 2010
...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...
LOWEST AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TODAY ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM
THE LOWER 20S INLAND TO THE MID 30S ALONG THE COAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL BRING A HIGH RISK
OF EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH.
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