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Author Bill GabbertPosted on Categories Uncategorized1 Comment on Red Flag Warnings, December 30, 2016 The National Weather Service has posted Red Flag Warnings for areas in Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri.
The map was current as of 11:35 a.m. MT on Friday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts and maps.
Author Bill GabbertPosted on Categories Uncategorized3 Comments on Red Flag Warnings, November 20, 2016 The National Weather Service has posted Red Flag Warnings or Fire Weather Watches for areas in Florida, Georgia, Virginia, and Maryland.
VIRGINIA: Relative humidity minimums ranging in the upper 20%s to low 40%s. NW wind 10-20 mph, gusts to 40. High wind advisory for the Southern Blue Ridge: NW Gusts 30-60 mph.
GEORGIA: RH minimums low teens to low 20%s, NW winds 10-20 mph, gusts to 25.
FLORIDA: Western Panhandle: Long duration teens to low 20%s RH mins. Wind moderately gusty to 18 mph. A few Central and Southwest Coastal Counties: Min RH low 20%s, North wind 8 to 12 mph. lowering during the day. Similar conditions expected Monday.
The map was current as of 9:05 a.m. MT on Sunday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts and maps.
Eight states expected to have enhanced wildfire danger.
The National Weather Service has posted Red Flag Warnings or Fire Weather Watches for areas in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and California.
Following the passage of a cold front in the southeast the relative humidity is expected to fall into the upper 20s to the low 40s, along with increasing northwesterly winds gusting at 25 to 42 mph.
The map was current as of 8:15 a.m. MT on Saturday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts and maps.
The National Weather Service has posted Red Flag Warnings or Fire Weather Watches for areas in California, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, and Kentucky.
The map was current as of 9:45 a.m. MT on Thursday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts and maps.
Above: Red Flag Warnings for November 4, 2016
The National Weather Service has posted Red Flag Warnings or Fire Weather Watches for areas in Alabama and Georgia. Miraculously, Mississippi and Tennessee escaped the Red Flag Conditions.
The map was current as of 10:25 a.m. MDT on Friday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts and maps.
Above: The numbers indicate sustained wind speeds. The solid red areas are Red Flag Warnings. The lines show fronts. Reported at 12:40 p.m. MDT, October 31, 2016.
(UPDATED at 12:58 a.m. MDT October 31, 2016)
As weather fronts move across the Great Plains they are bringing strong winds today. Behind the trough (dashed yellow line) relative humidities are in the teens and twenties.
The National Weather Service has posted Red Flag Warnings for areas in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Colorado.
Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts and maps.
