Fire Weather Watch, Fire Weather Warning
... Red flag warning remains in effect from 11 am this morning to
8 PM EDT this evening...
... Fire Weather Watch in effect from Wednesday afternoon through
Wednesday evening...
The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay area - Ruskin FL has
issued a Fire Weather Watch... which is in effect from Wednesday
afternoon through Wednesday evening. A red flag warning remains
in effect from 11 am this morning to 8 PM EDT this evening.
A very dry airmass will remain in place over the forecast area
t0day resulting in long durations of critically low humidity values
with minimum values between 20 and 25 percent over most of the
region.
The airmass will begin to modify on Wednesday... but inland areas
will still have the potential for 4 or more hours of relative
humidity values below 35 percent.
A red flag warning is issued when very favorable conditions for
the spread of wildfire are occurring now... or will occur within
24 hours.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the
field.
