Red Flag Warning 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL

000 
WWUS82 KTAE 200752
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
352 AM EDT FRI MAR 20 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/
THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE... 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE AS WELL AS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

.A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION EARLY
THIS MORNING...BRINGING A SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS TO THE
REGION. DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO FALL
TO LOWER LEVELS BOTH AFTERNOONS. DAYTIME DISPERSION VALUES WILL
BE HIGH EACH DAY AS WELL...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST
FLORIDA.

FLZ007>019-026>029-034-201930-
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INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-
CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
352 AM EDT FRI MAR 20 2009 /252 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2009/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/
THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COINCIDENT WITH
DISPERSION INDICES ABOVE 75. 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. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
AND HIGH DISPERSION VALUES 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.

$$

ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-201930-
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MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-
GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
352 AM EDT FRI MAR 20 2009 /252 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2009/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG
DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT.

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

$$

18-WOOL

000 
WWUS82 KTAE 201907
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
307 PM EDT FRI MAR 20 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND FOR LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION... 

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /12 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM
EDT /7 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR THE SAME AREA FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING FAIR WEATHER
AND DRY AIR INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

FLZ007>019-026>029-034-210300-
/O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0037.090321T1700Z-090322T0000Z/
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INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-
CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
307 PM EDT FRI MAR 20 2009 /207 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2009/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /12 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM
EDT /7 PM CDT/ SATURDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...IN EFFECT FROM 1
PM EDT /12 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED SUNDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-210300-
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COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-
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MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-
GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
307 PM EDT FRI MAR 20 2009 /207 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2009/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. 

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

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
920 AM EDT THU MAR 19 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
AS EXPECTED...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE HAS MOVED OFF THE CAROLINA
COAST. CURRENT COLD FRONTAL POSITION SHOWS IT LOCATED ALONG THE NEW
ENGLAND COAST EXTENDING DOWN INTO EASTERN TENNESSEE ALMOST RIGHT
ALONG THE BORDER WITH NORTH CAROLINA...AND THEN WESTWARD INTO
NORTHERN TEXAS. RIDGING IS BUILDING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST FROM
SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. STRATUS AND FOG BLANKETS MUCH OF NORTH FLORIDA
EXTENDING WESTWARD INTO MADISON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...AND EVEN
EXTENDS OUT INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO 20 OR SO MILES. ELSEWHERE IN THE
CWA...THERE IS ONLY SOME SCATTERED CLOUDS. TEMPS AT 13Z WERE MAINLY
IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 50S.

LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE ACROSS CONUS THIS MORNING SHOWS RIDGING
IN THE WEST AND TROUGHING IN THE EAST. A TROUGH EXTENDS DOWN FROM
NORTHEAST CANADA ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. A WEAKER TROUGH IS SITUATED
ALONG THE SOUTHEAST U.S. ATLANTIC SEABOARD WITH ASSOCIATED
WEATHER... MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AND INTO THE BAHAMAS. WV
IMAGERY SHOWS A LOT OF DRY AIR ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDING
DOWN INTO THE CARIBBEAN.

&&

.UPDATE...ANOTHER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DAY EXPECTED. TEMPS...
DEWPOINTS AND WINDS ARE PRETTY MUCH RUNNING AS EXPECTED. ANTICIPATE
NO CHANGES TO ANY PACKAGE.

&&

.MARINE...
WINDS ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS THIS MORNING ARE NORTHEASTERLY...
MAINLY LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. OFFSHORE...WINDS ARE EAST NORTHEAST AT
AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS ARE 2-3 FEET. WEBCAMS SHOW NEARLY FLAT
CONDITIONS AT PANAMA CITY. AT ST. GEORGE...SURF IS A LITTLE HIGHER
BUT NOT MORE THAN A FOOT. THE NOCTURNAL SURGE THIS MORNING WAS
SOMEWHAT WEAKER THAN I EXPECTED...BUT WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO
DECREASE EVEN MORE IN THE LATE MORNING HOURS.

&&

.AVIATION...SOME FOG WAS EVIDENT IN SATELLITE IMAGERY EARLY THIS
MORNING WEST INTO THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA. HOWEVER THE FOG
DISSIPATED BEFORE REACHING ANY OF THE AERODROMES. LIGHT WINDS WILL
BE SHIFTING AROUND THROUGH THE DAY FROM EAST TO SOUTHEAST TO
SOUTHWESTERLY. SOME SCATTERED MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A
SEABREEZE FRONT IN THE PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON.  AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...A DRY COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA WITH
SCT-BKN HIGH CLOUDS AND LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS. WINDS WILL BECOME A
LITTLE BREEZIER FROM THE NORTH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON RANGING 5 TO 10
KTS. SKY CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY WILL BE SUNNY WITH FEW CLOUDS.
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...AS DISCUSSED EARLIER...WE ARE LOOKING FOR ABOUT 3-HR
DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND OR JUST BELOW 35 PERCENT
TODAY. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS.

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
GA...NONE.

FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES...DIXIE...CALHOUN...GADSDEN...HOLMES...JACKSON...
     JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...TAYLOR...
     INLAND WALTON...WASHINGTON AND WAKULLA.

GM...NONE.

&&

AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...LANIER
PUBLIC/MARINE...WATSON

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
545 AM EDT THU MAR 19 2009

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GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-201000-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-
IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
545 AM EDT THU MAR 19 2009 /445 AM CDT THU MAR 19 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST OF THE REGION TODAY
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. WARM
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY BRINGING A
DRIER AND COOLER AIRMASS TO THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND. DRY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO THE FIRST OF THE
WEEK WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS RETURNING TO THE
FORECAST BY WEDNESDAY.

STRONG EASTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE AREA
BY SATURDAY MORNING YIELDING A PERIOD OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.

38-GODSEY