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Red Flag Warning/Fire Weather Watch Information
FNUS52 KTAE 051942
FWFTAE

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR NORTH FLORIDA...SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA...AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
242 PM EST THU FEB 5 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/
THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA
BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 
PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING
FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LONG
DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING
FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE 
HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ UNTIL
7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE 
HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST UNTIL 6 PM EST 
FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS
OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST UNTIL 5 PM CST FOR
ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY
BELOW 25 PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR INLAND AREAS OF THE EASTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND SATURDAY AFTERNOON
DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.DISCUSSION...A VERY COLD AND DRY AIRMASS REMAINS ENTRENCHED ACROSS
THE REGION TODAY AND THOUGH THIS AIRMASS WILL GRADUALLY WARM INTO
FRIDAY...IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE DRY. A WEAK ONSHORE FLOW WILL
DEVELOP ON SATURDAY AS THE HIGH MOVES INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. WHILE
THIS INCREASE IN MOISTURE WILL END RED FLAG CONDITIONS IN GEORGIA AND
ALABAMA...PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA WILL POTENTIALLY SEE ANOTHER DAY OF
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. INCREASING MOISTURE THROUGHOUT THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST OF THE WEEK WILL PUT AN 
END TO RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN 
CHANCES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 

ALZ065>069-060945-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-
142 PM CST THU FEB 5 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST FRIDAY...

                      TONIGHT      FRI          FRI NIGHT    SAT          

CLOUD COVER           CLEAR        CLEAR        CLEAR        MCLEAR       
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            0            
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         NONE         
TEMP                  20           63           32           70           
RH %                  80           21           87           28           
20FT WND MPH(AM)                   S  1                      SE  3        
20FT WND MPH(PM)      CALM         S  5         CALM         S  8         
PRECIP DURATION       0            0            0            0            
PRECIP BEGIN                                                              
PRECIP END                                                                
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
LAL                   1            1            1            1            
CEILING               NO CIG       NO CIG       NO CIG       NO CIG       
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    100          2800         100          4900         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   S  2         SW  6        SE  3        S 13         
DISPERSION INDEX      2            27           4            81           
MAX LVORI             3            4            5            3            

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...

.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH. 
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID
60S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. 

$$

GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-060945-
QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-
TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-
BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
242 PM EST THU FEB 5 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY...

                      TONIGHT      FRI          FRI NIGHT    SAT          

CLOUD COVER           CLEAR        CLEAR        CLEAR        MCLEAR       
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            0            
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         NONE         
TEMP                  18           59           29           69           
RH %                  78           16           89           25           
20FT WND MPH(AM)                   S  1                      S  2         
20FT WND MPH(PM)      CALM         S  4         CALM         S  7         
PRECIP DURATION       0            0            0            0            
PRECIP BEGIN                                                              
PRECIP END                                                                
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
LAL                   1            1            1            1            
CEILING               NO CIG       NO CIG       NO CIG       NO CIG       
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    100          3200         100          5200         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   S   2        SW  5        S  3         S 12         
DISPERSION INDEX      3            26           2            73           
MAX LVORI             3            4            6            4            

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...

.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S. LIGHT WINDS. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. EAST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH. 
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. WEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH. 

$$

FLZ007-009>011-013-060945-
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-
142 PM CST THU FEB 5 2009

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

                      TONIGHT      FRI          FRI NIGHT    SAT          

CLOUD COVER           CLEAR        CLEAR        CLEAR        MCLEAR       
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            0            
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         NONE         
TEMP                  18           62           33           70           
RH %                  83           21           86           30
20FT WND MPH(AM)                   S  1                      E  2         
20FT WND MPH(PM)      CALM         S  4         CALM         S  7         
PRECIP DURATION       0            0            0            0            
PRECIP BEGIN                                                              
PRECIP END                                                                
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
LAL                   1            1            1            1            
CEILING               NO CIG       NO CIG       NO CIG       NO CIG       
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    100          2700         100          4700         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   SE  3        SE  3        SE  3        S 12         
DISPERSION INDEX      2            20           2            68           
MAX LVORI             3            4            6            3            

REMARKS...UNUSUALLY LOW DISPERSION INDICES ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. 

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...

.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH. 
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. 
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. 

$$

FLZ016>019-026>029-034-060945-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
242 PM EST THU FEB 5 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

                      TONIGHT      FRI          FRI NIGHT    SAT          

CLOUD COVER           CLEAR        CLEAR        CLEAR        MCLEAR       
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            0            
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         NONE         
TEMP                  15           62           28           71           
RH %                  85           15           95           27           
20FT WND MPH(AM)                   S  1                      SE  2        
20FT WND MPH(PM)      CALM         SE  4        CALM         SE  7        
PRECIP DURATION       0            0            0            0            
PRECIP BEGIN                                                              
PRECIP END                                                                
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
LAL                   1            1            1            1            
CEILING               NO CIG       NO CIG       NO CIG       NO CIG       
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    200          3000         200          4600         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   SW  3        E  5         S  3         S 10         
DISPERSION INDEX      3            26           2            58           
MAX LVORI             4            4            6            4            

REMARKS...UNUSUALLY LOW DISPERSION INDICES ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...

.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S. LIGHT WINDS. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 70S. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH. 
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS AROUND 70. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. 

$$

FLZ008-012-014-015-060945-
COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN-
242 PM EST THU FEB 5 2009 /142 PM CST THU FEB 5 2009/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY...

                      TONIGHT      FRI          FRI NIGHT    SAT          

CLOUD COVER           CLEAR        CLEAR        CLEAR        MCLEAR       
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            0            
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         NONE         
TEMP                  21           61           34           70           
RH %                  84           26           93           37           
20FT WND MPH(AM)                   E  1                      E  3         
20FT WND MPH(PM)      CALM         S  5         CALM         SE  8        
PRECIP DURATION       0            0            0            0            
PRECIP BEGIN                                                              
PRECIP END                                                                
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
LAL                   1            1            1            1            
CEILING               NO CIG       NO CIG       NO CIG       NO CIG       
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    200          2500         200          3900         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   E  3         SE  5        E  4         S 12         
DISPERSION INDEX      2            23           2            56           
MAX LVORI             5            5            7            4            

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...

.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70.
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. EAST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH. 
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID
60S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. 

$$

GODSEY