scottobear ([identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] scottobear 2006-05-18 01:53 pm (UTC)

http://www.weather.gov/alerts/fl.html#FLZ072.MFLRFWMFL.092300
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING.

CLEAR SKIES AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TODAY WILL RESULT IN
CONVECTIVE CURRENTS THAT WILL...IN TURN...MIX DRY AIR ALOFT DOWN TO THE
SURFACE. THIS WILL RESULT IN MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING BELOW
35 PERCENT FRO MORE THAN FOUR HOURS THIS AFTERNOON OVER INLAND
SECTIONS OF PALM BEACH...BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES. THE EAST
COAST SEA BREEZE WILL PREVENT THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM FALLING
BELOW CRITICAL VALUES BY INCREASING THE DEWPOINTS ACROSS COASTAL
SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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