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The Alice Point Forecast Matrix
27.73N 98.02W ELEV. 192 FT 318 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2013 DATE THU 10/03/13 FRI 10/04/13 SAT 10/05/13 CDT 3HRLY 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 MAX/MIN 94 72 94 73 92 TEMP 74 73 82 92 94 88 79 77 74 72 82 92 94 89 80 77 74 73 81 90 92 84 DEWPT 74 73 74 71 70 72 73 73 72 71 73 71 69 70 73 72 72 72 72 70 69 70 RH 100100 77 51 46 59 82 87 93 97 74 51 44 54 79 85 93 97 74 52 47 63 WIND DIR S SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E WIND SPD 6 4 8 12 16 14 10 8 4 3 9 9 11 13 10 8 5 5 8 6 11 13 CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 POP 12HR 10 5 5 5 5 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 RAIN SHWRS C TSTMS S OBVIS PF HEAT INDEX 89 99100 96 87 99 99 94 86 96 97 88 MAX HEAT 99 100 90 99 99 89 96 97 DATE SUN 10/06/13 MON 10/07/13 TUE 10/08/13 WED 10/09/13 CDT 6HRLY 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 MIN/MAX 65 78 56 84 54 89 64 89 TEMP 75 65 77 70 60 56 81 76 61 54 86 83 70 64 87 85 DEWPT 68 51 46 45 43 41 41 43 49 51 59 63 65 63 66 68 PWIND DIR NE N N NE SE E SE SE WIND CHAR GN GN LT LT LT LT LT GN AVG CLOUDS B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC POP 12HR 40 30 0 0 0 0 5 5 RAIN SHWRS C C C TSTMS S S THE TABLE OF CODES BELOW DESCRIBE THE PFM PRODUCT:
THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS APPEAR DAILY... MAX/MIN = DAYTIME HIGH AND NIGHTTIME LOW TEMPERATURE TEMP = TEMPERATURE AT 3 HOURLY INTERVALS DEWPT = DEWPOINT AT 3 HOURLY INTERVALS RH = RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT 3 HOURLY INTERVALS WIND DIR = WIND DIRECTION AT 3 HOURLY INTERVALS WIND SPD = WIND SPEED IN MPH AT 3 HOURLY INTERVALS CLOUDS = CLOUD COVER AT 3 HOURLY INTERVALS CL = CLEAR SKIES (0-5% CLOUD COVER) FW = MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES (6-25% CLOUD COVER) SC = PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES (26-50% CLOUD COVER) B1 = MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES (51-69% CLOUD COVER) B2 = MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES (70-87% CLOUD COVER) OV = CLOUDY SKIES (88-100% CLOUD COVER) POP 12HR = PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION FOR DAY AND NIGHT QPF 12HR = PRECIPITATION AMOUNT IN INCHES FOR DAY AND NIGHT THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS APPEAR AS NEEDED... WIND GUST = WIND GUST IN MPH AT 3 HOURLY INTERVALS MAX QPF = MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRING AT ANY ONE LOCATION SNOW 12HR = SNOWFALL AMOUNT IN INCHES FOR DAY AND NIGHT WIND CHILL = HOW IT FEELS BASED ON TEMPERATURE AND WIND EACH 3 HOURS MIN CHILL = LOWEST WIND CHILL OVER LAST 6 HOUR PERIOD HEAT INDEX = HOW IT FEELS BASED ON TEMPERATURE AND RH EACH 3 HOURS MAX HEAT = HIGHEST HEAT INDEX OVER LAST 6 HOUR PERIOD RAIN = PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR EACH 3 HOUR PERIOD IS RAIN RAIN SHWRS = PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR EACH 3 HOUR PERIOD IS RAIN SHOWERS SPRINKLES = PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR EACH 3 HOUR PERIOD IS SPRINKLES TSTMS = PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR EACH 3 HOUR PERIOD IS THUNDERSTORMS DRIZZLE = PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR EACH 3 HOUR PERIOD IS DRIZZLE SNOW = PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR EACH 3 HOUR PERIOD IS SNOW SNOWSHWRS = PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR EACH 3 HOUR PERIOD IS SNOW SHOWERS FLURRIES = PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR EACH 3 HOUR PERIOD IS FLURRIES SLEET = PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR EACH 3 HOUR PERIOD IS ICE PELLETS FRZG RAIN = PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR EACH 3 HOUR PERIOD IS FREEZING RAIN FRZG DRZL = PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR EACH 3 HOUR PERIOD IS FREEZING DRIZZLE EACH PRECIPITATION PARAMETER IS CLASSIFIED AS FOLLOWS... IS = ISOLATED (10-20% COVERAGE) S = SLIGHT (10-20% PROBABILITY) SC = SCATTERED (30-50% COVERAGE) C = CHANCE (30-50% PROBABILITY) NM = NUMEROUS (60-70% COVERAGE) L = LIKELY (60-70% PROBABILITY) O = OCCASIONAL (80-100% PROBABILITY) D = DEFINITE (80-100% PROBABILITY) EC = EXTENSIVE COVERAGE (80-100% PROBABILITY) PA = PATCHY (<25% COVERAGE) AR = AREAS (25-50% COVERAGE) WD = WIDESPREAD (>50% COVERAGE) OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY (OBVIS) ARE CLASSIFIED AS FOLLOWS... F = FOG PF = PATCHY FOG F+ = DENSE FOG PF+ = PATCHY DENSE FOG H = HAZE BS = BLOWING SNOW BD = BLOWING DUST AF = VOLCANIC ASH K = SMOKE ADDITIONAL EXTENDED FORECAST PARAMETERS ARE CLASSIFIED AS FOLLOWS... PWIND DIR = PRIMARY WIND DIRECTION FOR EACH 12 HOUR PERIOD WIND CHAR = WIND CHARACTERISTIC FOR EACH 12 HOUR PERIOD LT = LIGHT (< 8 MPH) GN = GENTLE (8-14 MPH) BZ = BREEZY (15-22 MPH) WY = WINDY (23-30 MPH) VW = VERY WINDY (31-39 MPH) SD = STRONG (>40 MPH) AVG CLOUDS = AVERAGE CLOUD COVER FOR EACH 12 HOUR PERIOD MM = MISSING DATA IF A HURRICANE IS EXPECTED THEN THE FOLLOWING APPLIES... 0-24 HOURS BEFORE LANDFALL...THE ACTUAL WIND SPEEDS WILL BE USED. 25-60 HOURS BEFORE LANDFALL...THE CODE "HU" WILL BE USED FOR WINDS AND "HG" FOR WIND GUSTS. 61-120 HOURS BEFORE LANDFALL...THE CODE "HU" WILL ONLY BE USED.
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