...RED FLAG WARNING FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT 35% OR LESS FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM EST... COOL AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY WITH A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTH FLORIDA FALLING TO AROUND 35% RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND NOON TODAY. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO A NORTH TO NORTHEAST DIRECTION DRAGGING IN A LIMITED AMOUNT OF ATLANTIC MOISTURE. THIS COMBINED WITH MOISTURE DOWN WIND OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE MAY LIMIT THE DURATION OF SUB 35% RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 4 HRS ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE EAST COAST COUNTIES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. &&
...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA ARE EXCEEDING CRITICAL LEVELS...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A COOL...DRY AND STABLE AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH SOME LIMITED MOISTURE COULD MAKE IT INTO THE COASTAL ZONES AND THE INLAND PORTION OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA. THEREFORE...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT ON SATURDAY FOR THE COASTAL PORTION OF COLLIER COUNTY...MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF MIAMI DADE...BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS OF BELOW 35 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. 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. &&Note: In order to comply with National Weather Service safety tests, occasionally this product will display test alerts, which are normally conducted during calm, quiet weather.
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