RED FLAG WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 428 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
THIS EVENING.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. THESE WINDS WILL BRING MUCH DRIER AIR INTO
THE CENTRAL PENINSULA TODAY...ALLOWING AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES TO FALL BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS FOR GREATER THAN
SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICAL LOW RH
VALUES. WHICH CAN CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
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