Fire Weather Watch

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO EXPECTED RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW
30 PERCENT COINCIDENT WITH SURFACE WIND SPEEDS 10 MPH OR GREATER
AND THE KEETCH BYRAM DROUGHT INDEX ABOVE 500...

.DISCUSSION...DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY...WITH A REINFORCING SHOT OF MUCH COOLER AND DRIER
ARRIVING BEHIND A COLD FRONT ON MONDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
AT SEVERAL DAYS OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING
TODAY.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.