Fire Weather Warning, Fire Weather WatchIssued by the National Weather Service at 4:15 am EDT on March 15, 2010
... Red flag warning in effect from 3 PM this afternoon to 7 PM EDT this evening... ... Fire Weather Watch in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening...
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a red flag warning due to a combination of relative humidity around 35 percent... 20 foot winds around 15 mph and high dispersion indices. A Fire Weather Watch has also been issued for Tuesday due to long durations of low relative humidity.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now... or will shortly. Low relative humidity will enhance fire growth potential.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are possible. Listen for later forecasts and possible red flag warnings.