National Weather Service: Fire Weather Watch

West Palm Beach, FL

Current Conditions

Light Rain

62 °F

Light Rain

Calm

61 °F

29.94 in

96%

10.0 miles

Pompano Beach, FL

Updated — 7:53 PM EST on January 07, 2009

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Forecast for Coastal Palm Beach County (33401)

Wednesday
chancerain
Chance of Rain
H 83° / L 52°
Thursday
clear
Clear
H 74° / L 52°
Friday
clear
Clear
H 74° / L 58°
Saturday
partlycloudy
Partly Cloudy
H 77° / L 58°
Sunday
chancerain
Chance of Rain
H 74° / L 59°
Tonight

Mostly cloudy with isolated showers in the evening...then partly cloudy after midnight. Cooler. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 10 percent.

Thursday

Mostly sunny. Not as warm. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night

Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds around 10 mph.

Friday

Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. East winds around 5 mph.

Saturday

Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.

Sunday

Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.

Statement as of 2:28 PM EST on January 7, 2009

Fire Weather Watch


... Fire Weather Watch in effect from 11 am EDT until 8 PM EDT
Thursday for the interior and east Metro areas of South Florida...

The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a Fire Weather
Watch... which is in effect from from 11 am EDT until 8 PM EDT
Thursday for the interior and east Metro areas of South Florida.

A cold front will move through South Florida this evening allowing for
much drier air to work in to the area from the north tonight into
Thursday. This will allow for the dew points to fall into the mid
to upper 30s over the interior areas... to the mid to upper 40s
over the Metro areas. Temperatures will also be in the mid 70s
over most of South Florida on Thursday... except along the east
coastal areas and the West Coast Metro areas where they will be
in the lower 70s.

Therefore... the relative humidities will be able to fall below 35
percent for 4 hours or more on Thursday over most of South
Florida... except along the east coastal areas and the West Coast
Metro areas where they will remain near the 35 percent.

So a Fire Weather Watch has been issued for all of South Florida
from 11 am EDT until 8 PM EDT Thursday... except for the east
coastal areas and the west Metro areas of South Florida.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
red flag warnings.



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