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... FLZ063-066-100100- /O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0048.090509T1700Z-090509T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.FW.A.0038.090510T1700Z-090510T2300Z/ GLADES-HENDRY- 401 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY 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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 355 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT TODAY FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS OF HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR POLK AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES... .WARM AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION TODAY RESULTING IN ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS INTERIOR CENTRAL FLORIDA. FLZ052-057-100000- /O.UPG.KTBW.FW.A.0046.090509T1700Z-090510T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0063.090509T1700Z-090510T0000Z/ POLK-HIGHLANDS- 355 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BOTTOM OUT BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOME AREAS MAY SEE UP TO 6 HOURS OF CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BEFORE 8 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. && $$
Fire Weather Watch
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... FLZ063-066-100100- /O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0048.090509T1700Z-090509T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.FW.A.0038.090510T1700Z-090510T2300Z/ GLADES-HENDRY- 401 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY 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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 354 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-101100- GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE- METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH- COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 354 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: ONSHORE WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH LOW TIDE WILL PRODUCE A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ONSHORE FLOW ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST WILL PRODUCE SOME RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES INTO NEXT WEEK. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK IN THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND POSSIBLY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA BY THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. $$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 937 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-090900- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 937 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. $$ JDS/PP