Fire Weather Watch

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
140 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
ON WEDNESDAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35
PERCENT AND WINDS OF 15 MPH OR GREATER...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT ON GUSTY NORTH
TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ON WEDNESDAY.

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140 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT OVER
THE INTERIOR AND BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PERCENT NEAR THE COAST
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL
CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREADING OF WILD FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD.

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