Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
242 PM CST THU JAN 15 2009

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TODAY ACROSS THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR A MARGINAL DURATIONS OF RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WELL BELOW 20 PERCENT...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
BELOW 25 PERCENT...

.A COLD AND VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL FLOW INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE
OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. VERY COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW
FOR TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT WITH TEENS INLAND AND LOWER TO
MIDDLE 20S CLOSER TO THE COAST. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW
CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A MARGINAL DURATION OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TODAY...BUT THEN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO BELOW 20
PERCENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON FRIDAY. GULF MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY
RETURN TO THE REGION ON SATURDAY...BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL STILL
DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

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INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
242 PM CST THU JAN 15 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM
FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR A MARGINAL
DURATION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON TODAY. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING...AND WILL
REMAIN BELOW 20 PERCENT FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. THE RELATIVE
HUMIDITY ON FRIDAY WONT LIKELY RISE ABOVE 35 PERCENT UNTIL THE LATE
EVENING HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT DURING
SATURDAY MORNING THEN LATER RETURN ABOVE 35 PERCENT LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL MAKE FOR AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR FIRE GROWTH.

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

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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-
242 PM CST THU JAN 15 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST
FRIDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM
CST FRIDAY. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON FRIDAY WILL FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT IN
THE MID MORNING HOURS...AND WONT LIKELY RISE ABOVE 25 PERCENT
UNTIL THE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY NIGHT.  RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP
BELOW 25 PERCENT AGAIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING THEN LATER RETURN ABOVE
35 PERCENT LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL MAKE FOR AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR FIRE GROWTH.

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

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