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RED FLAG WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

250 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2003



...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH WINDS THROUGH

7 PM TONIGHT...



AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS EAST TODAY AND

TONIGHT. OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY...THE WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAVE

INCREASED AND WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS

BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY...HOWEVER WIND GUSTS OVER

25 MPH WILL OCCUR ON THE RIDGES.



...DISCUSSION...



AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER

VALLEY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. ADDITIONALLY...HIGH

PRESSURE AND ABUNDANT SUNSHINE HAVE ALLOWED THE TEMPERATURES TO RISE

INTO THE 60S AND 70S. WITH LIMITED MOISTURE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES

WILL DROP TO BELOW 25 PERCENT...ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGES.  THE FUEL

MOISTURE AT SEVERAL OF THE AUTOMATED FIRE STATIONS HAVE DROPPED TO

BELOW 8 PERCENT. NO RAINFALL AND CONTINUED WARM TEMPERATURES WILL

KEEP THE FUEL MOISTURE BELOW 10 PERCENT FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON

AND INTO THE EVENING.



AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES

WILL DROP...AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT

TO THE NORTH AND CONTINUE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT...

BEFORE DECREASING.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.