000 WWUS82 KJAX 080936 RFWJAX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 431 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2005 FLZ020>025-030>033-036-037-082300- ALACHUA-BAKER-BRADFORD-CLAY-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-HAMILTON-NASSAU-PUTNAM- ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION- 431 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2005 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS NEAR 25 MPH... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP NEAR 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWING A FRONTAL PASSAGE....WITH DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 2 TO 4 HOURS. IN ADDITION...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WITH SPEEDS NEAR 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. AS A RESULT...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. 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 WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX/FIREWX.SHTML. $$ ZAPPE  000 WWUS82 KJAX 080937 CCA RFWJAX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL...CORRECTION 437 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2005 FLZ020>025-030>033-036-037-082300- ALACHUA-BAKER-BRADFORD-CLAY-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-HAMILTON-NASSAU-PUTNAM- ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION- 437 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2005 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS NEAR 25 MPH... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP NEAR 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWING A FRONTAL PASSAGE....WITH DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 2 TO 4 HOURS. IN ADDITION...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WITH SPEEDS NEAR 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. AS A RESULT...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS. FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX/FIREWX.SHTML. $$ ZAPPE  000 WWUS82 KTAE 081104 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 558 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2005 FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-082030- BAY FL-CALHOUN FL-DIXIE FL-FRANKLIN FL-GADSDEN FL-GULF FL-HOLMES FL- INLAND WALTON FL-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL-LEON FL- LIBERTY FL-MADISON FL-TAYLOR FL-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEINHATCHEE...CRAWFORDVILLE...VERNON... TALLAHASSEE...ST. MARKS...PORT ST. JOE...PERRY...PANAMA CITY BEACH... PANAMA CITY...MONTICELLO...MAYO...MARIANNA...MADISON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...CROSS CITY...CHIPLEY...CARRABELLE...CALLAWAY... BONIFAY...BLOUNTSTOWN AND APALACHICOLA 558 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2005 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND FROM AROUND NOON UNTIL AROUND SUNSET DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... STRONG SURFACE WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE FLORIDA EASTERN PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...EXCEPT THE IMMEDIATE COAST...FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE FL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...FROM AROUND NOON UNTIL AROUND SUNSET DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 15 MPH AND HIGH DISPERSION VALUES OF 75 OR GREATER. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN FLORIDA...WALTON... HOLMES...WASHINGTON...BAY...JACKSON...CALHOUN...GULF...GADSDEN... LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...MADISON... TAYLOR...DIXIE...AND LAFAYETTE. .DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND USHER IN A VERY DRY AIRMASS...AND STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH FLORIDA. ALTHOUGH IT WILL NOT BE QUITE AS DRY OR WINDY ON WEDNESDAY...RED FLAG CONDITIONS MAY STILL BE MET IN FLORIDA...EXCEPT ALONG THE COAST. ALSO OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER CLOSE TO CRITICAL LEVELS AS WELL AS THE WINDS WILL BE STRONG. 7-TREXLER $$  000 WWUS84 KMOB 081057 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 500 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2005 FLZ001>006-008-082300- A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT TODAY OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW SURFACE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED OVER THE SAME AREA THROUGH LATE MORNING TODAY. INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE: ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...AND COASTAL WALTON. DISCUSSION: A DRY AIRMASS WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. $$  000 WWAK67 PAJK 082113 RFWAJK SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 1145 AM AST TUE MAR 8 2005 AKZ018-019-020-021-022-023-024-025-026-090800- 1145 PM AST TUE MAR 8 2005 ...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... A DEVELOPING LOW...CURRENTLY 1000 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAWAII...IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY INTO A STRONG 965 MB STORM ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SOUTHEAST STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND SPREAD NORTH ACROSS ALMOST ALL OF THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AN AREA OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF THIS LOW BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND TRACK NORTHWARD ALONG 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHERE IT MAKES LAND FALL NEAR YAKUTAT THURSDAY EVENING. SOUTHEAST HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OF 65 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS SHOULD BE EXPECTED IN THIS PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS. COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 20 FEET IN THE SOUTHEAST GULF WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND TO AROUND 25 FEET IN THE CENTRAL COASTAL WATERS BY EARLY THURSDAY. AN AREA OF 35 FOOT SEAS IS POSSIBLE IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF THE EASTERN GULF THURSDAY MORNING THAT SPREAD INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF AND FAIRWEATHER GROUNDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED ROUGE WAVES IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS COULD TOP 50 FEET ON THURSDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE INSIDE WATERS OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. MARINERS IN THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA NEED TO MONITOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION CLOSELY AND MAY NEED TO ALTER TRAVEL PLANS ACCORDINGLY. $$ MM MAR 05  000 WWUS82 KMLB 081716 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1212 PM EST TUE MAR 8 2005 FLZ041-044>047-053-141-144-147-082200- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY FL-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY FL- NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY FL-ORANGE FL- OSCEOLA FL-SEMINOLE FL-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL- SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY FL- 1212 PM EST TUE MAR 8 2005 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 500 PM FOR THE COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED WINDS WELL ABOVE 15 MPH COUPLED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT. RAPID DRYING IS TAKING PLACE AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH CENTRAL FLORIDA...RESULTING IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...IN ADDITION TO STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. $$  000 WWUS82 KTBW 081713 RFWTBW RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1212 PM EST TUE MAR 8 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048-049-051-052-056-057-082100- ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG 20-FOOT WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... FIRE WEATHER COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE: INLAND PASCO...SUMTER...LEVY...INLAND CITRUS...INLAND HILLSBOROUGH...INLAND HERNANDO...POLK...HIGHLANDS AND HARDEE. DISCUSSION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES JUST BELOW 35 PERCENT AND 20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DRY AIR HAS QUICKLY FILTERED IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THRU THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER 30 PERCENTS AND STRONG SURFACE WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH 4 PM TODAY. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD. && FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW/TAMPABAYFIREWEATHER.SHTML $$ RJS