Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 401 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES AND INTERIOR SECTIONS OF COLLIER COUNTY FROM 1 PM THROUGH 7 PM TODAY FOR 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES FROM 1 PM THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY FOR 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... FLZ070-092300- /O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0048.090509T1700Z-090509T2300Z/ INLAND COLLIER- 401 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... AIR TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S ACROSS THE WARNING AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL RESULT IN DEEP MIXING AND THE TRANSPORT OF A DRIER AIRMASS TO THE SURFACE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... AND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY DRY FUELS TO CREATE DANGEROUS RED FLAG CONDITIONS EARLY THIS EVENING. A SEA BREEZE FROM THE GULF COAST IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INLAND AND LIMIT THE DURATION OF MOST OF COLLIER COUNTY TO LESS THAN 4 HOURS OF SUB 35%, HOWEVER FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS MAY STILL REACH AROUND 4 HOURS OF 35% RH. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA SUNDAY, HOWEVER THE SEA BREEZE MAY MOVE INLAND SLIGHTLY EARLIER AND THEREFORE LIMIT THE DURATION OF SUB 35% RH TO AROUND 3 HRS OR LESS IN COLLIER COUNTY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 354 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-101100- GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE- METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH- COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 354 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: ONSHORE WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH LOW TIDE WILL PRODUCE A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ONSHORE FLOW ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST WILL PRODUCE SOME RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES INTO NEXT WEEK. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK IN THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND POSSIBLY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA BY THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. $$
Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 352 PM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 FLZ066-067-070-071-073-075-092200- HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD- INLAND MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE- 352 PM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 .NOW... ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE SHOWERS DRIFT INLAND AS THE SEA BREEZES PUSH INLAND. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WILL BE BETWEEN HALF AN INCH TO ONE INCH. $$