Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jan 19, 2009, 6:37 AM EST (11:37 UTC)

In effect from

Jan 19, 2009, 2:00 PM EST

Expired

Jan 19, 2009, 6:00 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

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RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
537 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR MARGINALLY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES COMBINED WITH EXPECTED HIGH DISPERSION VALUES...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A LONG DURATION OF
CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH HIGH DISPERSION
VALUES...

.A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND MIDDAY TODAY BRINGS A RETURN TO DRIER
CONDITIONS WHICH PERSISTS INTO TUESDAY. NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THE
FRONT. A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WIND IN THE MIXED LAYER
WILL RESULT IN HIGH DISPERSION VALUES. THIS COMBINED WITH THE LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY RESULTS IN AN INCREASED RISK OF AND SPREAD OF FIRE.

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INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
537 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH THIS AFTERNOON TO A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO
5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 30 TO 35
PERCENT ALONG WITH DISPERSION VALUES FROM 75 TO 85 THIS AFTERNOON.

ON TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH DEWPOINTS COULD LOWER INTO THE UPPER
TEENS...THE DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S
MITIGATES EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS. THE CURRENT FORECAST CALLS
FOR LOWEST HUMIDITIES TO BE AROUND 30 PERCENT WITH DAYTIME DISPERSION
LEVELS REMAINING HIGH. 

THE RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION
OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE
GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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

$$

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RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
253 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR MARGINALLY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COMBINED WITH EXPECTED HIGH DISPERSION
VALUES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A LONG DURATION OF
CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH HIGH DISPERSION
VALUES...

.A COLD FRONT THAT PASSED TODAY WILL BRING A RETURN TO DRY CONDITIONS
WHICH WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHWESTERLY
WIND IN THE MIXED LAYER WILL BRING HIGH DISPERSION THROUGH TUESDAY
WHICH COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED
RISK OF...AND SPREAD OF...FIRE.

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INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
253 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
PRIMARILY DUE TO HIGH DISPERSION VALUES BUT COMBINED WITH MARGINALLY
LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAY
AFTERNOON IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...BUT HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG
WARNING DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH DISPERSIONS COMBINED WITH LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. 

ON TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH DEWPOINTS COULD LOWER INTO THE UPPER TEENS...
THE EXPECTED DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S WILL
MITIGATE EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS. THE CURRENT FORECAST CALLS
FOR LOWEST HUMIDITIES TO BE AROUND 25 TO 30 PERCENT. DAYTIME DISPERSION
LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH HOWEVER...GENERALLY BETWEEN 70 AND 75.

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 MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

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