Fire Weather Watch/Red Flag Warning issued

[ColdFront77]

FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
243 PM EST WED NOV 19 2003

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED FOR THURSDAY...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY FOR LAKE...INTERIOR
VOLUSIA...SEMINOLE...ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES FOR RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES AT OR BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR ONE TO THREE HOURS WITH
SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS NEAR 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA BY THIS
EVENING. A COOL AND DRY AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER
SUNRISE THURSDAY AND WILL GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHERLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON. THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL OCCUR OVER
THE NORTHERN INTERIOR COUNTIES...WITH GRADUAL MARINE MODIFICATION
CAUSING HUMIDITIES TO LEVEL OFF OR RISE CLOSER TO THE EAST COAST BY
THE TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING.

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SPRATT

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
300 PM EST WED NOV 19 2003

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE SUWANNEE
VALLEY INTO NORTH-CENTRAL FLORIDA...

THIS WATCH INCLUDES BRADFORD...UNION...HAMILTON...SUWANNEE...
ALACHUA...GILCHRIST...BAKER...COLUMBIA...AND MARION COUNTIES.

DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA
TODAY AND BEHIND IT...COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE
REGION. RH VALUES THURSDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD BOTTOM OUT AROUND 30%
WITH 2 TO 4 HOURS OF RH VALUES BELOW 35% EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS.

FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT
http://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX/FIREWX.SHTML.

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[weatherlover427]

Let's hope no fires break out...