Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Miami, FL

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
147 PM EST SUN MAR 7 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR GLADES...HENDRY...MAINLAND
MONROE...INLAND AND FAR SOUTH DADE AND ALL OF COLLIER COUNTIES
THROUGH 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR FOUR OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS
OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GLADES...HENDRY...MAINLAND MONROE AND
ALL OF COLLIER COUNTIES FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MONDAY FOR FOUR OR MORE
CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

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MAINLAND MONROE-
147 PM EST SUN MAR 7 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

A DRY AIR MASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS INTERIOR AND GULF COAST PORTIONS
OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...WITH AMPLE SUNSHINE AND MIXING OF DRY
AIR ALOFT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RELATIVE
HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY ON MONDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM AT A
FASTER CLIP AND LEAD TO RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT ONCE AGAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 EXPLOSIVE 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.

&&

$$

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INLAND MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
147 PM EST SUN MAR 7 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

A DRY AIR MASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND GULF
COAST PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...WITH AMPLE SUNSHINE AND
MIXING OF DRY AIR ALOFT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD
OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THREE TO
FOUR HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT HAVE ALREADY
BEEN RECORDED...WITH ANOTHER ONE TO THREE HOURS LIKELY ACROSS FAR
INLAND LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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GLADES-HENDRY-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-
147 PM EST SUN MAR 7 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST
THIS EVENING. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE BEEN HOLDING BELOW 35 PERCENT SINCE MID
TO LATE MORNING ACROSS THESE AREAS...AND WILL CONTINUE BELOW 35
PERCENT UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SO FAR
HAVE BEEN AROUND 20 PERCENT...AND THESE VALUES SHOULD NOT DROP
MUCH FURTHER. WHILE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY ON
MONDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM AT A FASTER CLIP AND LEAD TO
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT ONCE AGAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 EXPLOSIVE 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.

&&

$$

STRASSBERG/RGH

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WWUS82 KMFL 072327
RFWMFL

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
627 PM EST SUN MAR 7 2010

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GLADES...HENDRY...MAINLAND MONROE AND
ALL OF COLLIER COUNTIES FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MONDAY FOR FOUR OR
MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

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GLADES-HENDRY-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-MAINLAND MONROE-
627 PM EST SUN MAR 7 2010

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA CONTINUE TO RISE.

LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY ON MONDAY, HOWEVER
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM AT A FASTER CLIP AND LEAD TO
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT ONCE AGAIN FOR MULTIPLE
HOURS FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO THE GULF COAST, THEREFORE, A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

$$

FLZ073-174-080030-
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INLAND MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
627 PM EST SUN MAR 7 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA CONTINUE TO RISE.


$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
353 AM EST SUN MAR 7 2010

.DISCUSSION...
NEARLY STATIONARY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE
ACROSS MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE U.S. AND EXTENDS ACROSS THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA AND ADJACENT WATERS. A MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
ALSO EXTENDS ACROSS THE REGION.

FOR TODAY...DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. LATEST
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A MORE NORTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS
THE REGION LATER TODAY...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA TODAY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER 70S.

DURING THE EARLY PART OF THIS WEEK A SURFACE LOW AND ACCOMPANYING
FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE
COUNTRY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY MID- WEEK
AS SOUTHERLY FLOW IS ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL
BRING MOISTURE ACROSS FLORIDA AND ADJACENT WATERS. AS A LARGE AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION
OF THE U.S. BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THIS SCENARIO WOULD CONTINUE
TO BRING ADDITIONAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB THE EARLY
PART OF THE WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S...THEN BY MID WEEK
AND THROUGH FRIDAY MAX TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH THE
LOWER 80S AS THE AFOREMENTIONED SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS
THE REGION.

&&

.MARINE...
A MORE NORTHERLY FLOW THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS WILL
CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH THE GULF STREAM AND ELEVATE THE SEAS.
ALTHOUGH WINDS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
MORE NORTHEASTERLY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...BY TONIGHT A LONG
PERIOD NORTHEAST SWELL IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE ATLANTIC
WATERS...WITH THE GREATEST IMPACT EAST OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. FOR
THIS MORNING A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN EFFECT
FOR THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS. BUT BY THIS AFTERNOON THE
POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL MAINLY BE EAST OF PALM BEACH
COUNTY...WITH A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT INTO MONDAY.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. BY THIS
AFTERNOON A MORE NORTHEASTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED AND SHOULD BRING
MOISTURE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA AND SHOULD KEEP
THE MINIMUM RH'S ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF
THE PENINSULA...EXCLUDING MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY...MINIMUM RH'S
ARE EXPECTED TO GO BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS
AND A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA. LOCAL
GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT DEW POINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S COULD
OCCUR IN THIS AREA WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE MINIMUM RH'S GOING
BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH  71  53  75  59 / -  0 -  10
FORT LAUDERDALE  72  58  75  61 / -  0 -  10
MIAMI            72  56  75  61 / -  0 -  10
NAPLES           70  47  74  54 / 0 0 -  -

&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS
     EVENING FOR COASTAL COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND COLLIER.

AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
     AFTERNOON FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN
     REEF, FL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN
     REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF
     THE BAHAMAS.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 1 PM EST MONDAY
     FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH,
     FL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH,
     FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.

GM...NONE.
&&

LONG TERM...60/BD
SHORT TERM/AVIATION...70/DD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
539 AM EST SUN MAR 7 2010

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-081100-
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-
INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-
METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-
COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
539 AM EST SUN MAR 7 2010

...COLD TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...
...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ATLANTIC COAST...
...HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS CONTINUE IN THE ATLANTIC...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: A NORTHEAST SWELL WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET IN THE
PALM BEACH WATERS, AND 1 TO 3 FEET IN THE REMAINDER OF THE
ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY. THIS SWELL, WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 10 MPH, WILL LEAD TO A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
ALONG ALL ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES.

TEMPERATURES: COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH MID MORNING, WITH LOWS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 35 TO 40
DEGREES ACROSS ALL AREAS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE IMMEDIATE
SOUTHEAST COAST. PATCHY FROST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING
IN THE REGION WEST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

WAVES: THE BUILDING NORTHEAST SWELL AND A NORTH WIND AROUND 15
KNOTS WILL RESULT IN SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET IN THE GULF STREAM
WATERS TODAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL
ATLANTIC WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY IN THE
ATLANTIC WATERS, BEFORE BOTH THE SWELL AND ASSOCIATED SEAS
SUBSIDE. THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH
THE WEEK ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE PENINSULA, AS SOUTHEAST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN BY MID WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI
WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.

70/DD