Lat: 30.55N, Lon: 85.68W
Wx Zone: FLZ010
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FIRE WEATHER WATCH Issue Date: 237 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 Expiration: 600 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE
TO THE COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MILES PER HOUR
OR HIGHER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 28
PERCENT AND ERC VALUES OF 26 OR HIGHER...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR OUR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA COUNTIES DUE TO POSSIBLE
LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WIND
SPEEDS AT OR ABOVE 10 MPH AND KBDI VALUES AT OR ABOVE 500...
...VERY HIGH DISPERSION ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA TODAY AND AGAIN FRIDAY...
.A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS WILL BE FILTERING INTO THE REGION OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS. TODAY THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHOULD STAY
ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS BUT IS FORECAST TO DROP AT OR JUST BELOW 28
PERCENT OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND
WESTERN BIG BEND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH ELEVATED ERC
VALUES AND SUSTAINED WINDS AT OR ABOVE 15 MPH WILL POSSIBLY MEET
RED FLAG CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED AND MAY
BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING LATER TODAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR OUR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA COUNTIES FRIDAY DUE TO
A COMBINATION OF LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...SUSTAINED
20 FOOT WINDS AT OR ABOVE 10 MPH AND KBDI VALUES AT OR ABOVE 500.
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS OUR GEORGIA ZONES
FRIDAY BUT THE 10-HOUR FUEL MOISTURE SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 6
PERCENT. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH FLORIDA AND OUR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA COUNTIES AGAIN ON
SATURDAY. ON TOP OF ALL THIS...DISPERSIONS WILL BE VERY HIGH
ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY WITH
FORECAST VALUES APPROACHING 120.
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...AREAS OF FOG THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...
A LOW POTENTIAL FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS.
FLZ007-009>011-013-016-026-231930-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0014.130524T1600Z-130524T2300Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LIBERTY-
337 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 /237 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013/
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR...
* WIND...NORTH AROUND 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
* HUMIDITY...AROUND 25 PERCENT
* ERC...26 OR GREATER
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.
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