High Wind Watch issued March 9 at 3:06AM CDT until March 10 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND

Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report EOC Activation Level:  Level 2 Meteorological Summary: Warm and dry conditions can be expected to persist across the Sunshine State today as high pressure over the western Atlantic holds in place (near-zero chance of rain). Ongoing dry conditions will allow for relative humidity values throughout the western Peninsula and along the I-75 corridor to fall near and below critical thresholds this afternoon (30-35%)  creating sensitive to elevated wildfire conditions. Wind gusts throughout the Peninsula will  increase to 15-20 mph by the late morning hours and continue through the afternoon, with stronger wind gusts