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...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.

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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.

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...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.

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