URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
405 AM CST SUN JAN 10 2010
...DRY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA MONDAY...
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FAYETTE-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-
TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-
405 AM CST SUN JAN 10 2010
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON.
A SLOWLY MODIFYING HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL
ALABAMA THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL KEEP DEW POINTS IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO WARM UP INTO THE 40S FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT IN THE
WATCH AREA. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE DURATION OF THESE DRY
CONDITIONS MAY WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.
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