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The Port Aransas Point Forecast Matrix
27.82N 97.08W ELEV. 5 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 86 79 87 79 86 TEMP 80 79 81 85 86 84 81 81 80 79 82 86 87 85 82 81 80 79 82 85 86 81 DEWPT 74 74 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 74 73 75 74 74 74 74 73 73 73 RH 82 85 77 67 65 70 77 77 79 82 74 65 65 67 79 79 82 85 77 67 65 77 WIND DIR S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE E E WIND SPD 14 12 10 13 14 16 16 14 12 9 6 10 12 13 14 13 11 9 6 6 12 12 CLOUDS SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC POP 12HR 20 5 10 5 10 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 RAIN SHWRS S S S S TSTMS S S HEAT INDEX 82 87 92 94 90 87 86 82 88 93 95 92 89 87 85 87 93 94 86 MAX HEAT 87 94 95 89 86 95 97 90 87 95 95 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 70 77 71 81 72 84 74 85 TEMP 80 70 77 75 73 71 80 78 75 72 82 81 77 74 84 83 DEWPT 70 60 57 52 52 51 51 53 58 60 63 65 69 68 70 70 PWIND DIR NE N N NE E E SE SE WIND CHAR GN BZ GN GN LT LT GN GN AVG CLOUDS B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC POP 12HR 30 20 0 0 0 0 5 5 RAIN SHWRS S C S 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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