Critical Fire Weather Conditions…

By Harmony Mendoza Meteorologist
Source: National Weather Service
January 03 2008 | text size: small medium large
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RED FLAG WARNING


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA


A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.


THE WARNING AND THE WATCH ARE FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS.


DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON.


A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.


A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A RED FLAG EVENT IN 12 TO 72 HOURS. LISTEN FOR
LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.


For more information: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/

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