[Cisco Kid]

Fire Weather - NOAA's National Weather Service



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE



URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1131 AM EDT THU MAR 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PINELLAS...POLK...SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE AND
LEE COUNTIES TODAY...

.A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. GIVEN THE LOW HUMIDITIES AND ELEVATED ERC VALUES...RED FLAG
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON FOR PINELLAS...POLK...
CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. ELEVATED WIND SPEEDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES
ARE EXPECTED IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

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CHARLOTTE-
1131 AM EDT THU MAR 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...CHARLOTTE.

* WIND...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH...DECREASING LATE AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR UP TO 9 HOURS WITH
LOWEST HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 18 AND 25 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR
THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN
24 HOURS.

&&

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PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-LEE-
1131 AM EDT THU MAR 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR...

* AFFECTED AREA...PINELLAS...POLK...SARASOTA...LEE.

* WIND...NORTH AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR UP TO 9 HOURS WITH
LOWEST HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 18 AND 25 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR
THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN
24 HOURS.

[pooh]

When we moved from CA, I thought I was through with wildfires.....ah little did I know that Florida burns, too! We've had so many fire weather alerts this winter.....feel like I'm back in the Golden state.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Cisco - Those counties aren't real close to TV.

Bill

[BogeyBoy]

Originally Posted by pooh

When we moved from CA, I thought I was through with wildfires.....ah little did I know that Florida burns, too! We've had so many fire weather alerts this winter.....feel like I'm back in the Golden state.

I thought the same thing, and believe me I witnessed some pretty bad ones over the years in Santa Barbara.

[rubicon]

Gosh they predicted great golf weather