Red Flag Warning 44, NWS Mobile, AL

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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
221 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA
ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO
LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...AN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE HAS INCREASED THE HUMIDITY NEAR
THE COAST AND THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THOSE
AREAS. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE COASTAL SECTIONS HAS BEEN
CANCELLED FOR SATURDAY DUE TO AN EXPECTED AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE. 

HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. A GENERAL WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND WILL BRING SOME HIGHER
DEW POINTS TO THE COASTAL AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOONS. THE INTERIOR
SECTIONS WILL SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR
OVER THE WEEKEND. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SATURDAY FOR THE INTERIOR
PANHANDLE.

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COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
208 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED
FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

$$

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INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
221 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING 
FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON 
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A SUSTAINED PERIOD 
OF LOW SURFACE HUMIDITY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. 

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
CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
342 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2006

.SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...DEEP LAYER RIDGING REMAINS OVER
THE AREA.  INCREASING SUBSIDENCE WILL RESULT IN MOSTLY CLEAR
CONDITIONS AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONABLE LEVELS. /29

&&

.LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...A SURFACE TO 850 MB RIDGE
REMAINS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH THURSDAY.  THE OMEGA BLOCKING
UPPER PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS BREAKS DOWN ON MONDAY WITH ENERGY IN
THE 500 MB TROF OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC EJECTING INTO THE WESTERN
STATES...WEAKENING THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS.  THE 500 MB LOW
OVER THE NORTHEAST STATES MEANWHILE MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC
LEAVING A WEAKNESS BACK ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES.  DESPITE
THIS...LOW LEVEL RIDGING IS JUST TOO STRONG TO SUPPORT THE ADDITION
OF POPS TO THE FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY.  A RESPITE MAY COME ON
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE SURFACE-850 MB RIDGE GRADUALLY
WEAKENS ITS GRIP ON THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND A SHORTWAVE SYSTEM
AFFECTS THE AREA.  WILL KEEP SMALL POPS IN FOR THESE DAYS DESPITE AN
OTHERWISE DUBIOUS CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL IN MODEL SOUNDINGS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM AND NEAR SEASONABLE LEVELS. /29

&&

.MARINE...A MODERATE TO STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN
GULF MOVES EAST. A LIGHT TO MODERATE WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW
WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER
MOSTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS DUE TO SEABREEZE EFFECTS NEAR THE
COAST. /32

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...SUBSIDENCE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DEW POINTS DROPPING
BELOW GUIDANCE TODAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY AS DRIER AIR ALOFT IS MIXED
DOWNWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  IN ADDITION...A HIGH MIXED
LAYER AND MODERATE TRANSPORT WINDS WILL RESULT IN HIGH DISPERSION
VALUES.  WILL GO WITH A RED FLAG WARNING TODAY AND A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH TOMORROW FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. /29

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      88  68  91  65 /   0   0   0   0
PENSACOLA   87  70  90  68 /   0  10   0  10
DESTIN      84  70  87  70 /   0  10   0  10
EVERGREEN   89  64  93  60 /   0  10   0   0
WAYNESBORO  90  63  92  60 /   0   0   0   0
CAMDEN      90  64  92  62 /   0  10   0   0

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 7 PM FRIDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: ESCAMBIA...OKALOOSA...SANTA ROSA...AND
     COASTAL WALTON.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 7 PM SATURDAY FOR
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ESCAMBIA...OKALOOSA...SANTA ROSA...AND
     COASTAL WALTON.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

29 EVERSOLE/32 ESBENSEN

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
500 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2006

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BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH-
COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-GEORGE-
GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE-
WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX-
500 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO SEVERE OR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO SEVERE OR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.