NWS Dallas/Fort Worth Public/Media Guide - State Forecast for North Texas

State Forecast for North Texas

(SFP, FPUS64)

The SFP provides a general public forecast of hydrometeorological conditions over a NWS Weather Office's forecast area of responsibility for the next 5 days. It is issued at least twice daily around 5:00 am/pm and is updated when needed. The forecast area typically includes an entire state or part of one or more states. (The forecast area for NWS Fort Worth/Dallas are at right.) The 5-day SFP uses the discrete period format that is separated into a 1 & 2 day forecast section and a 3-5 day extended forecast section.

The SFP will be in the discrete period format similar to the Zone Forecasts. For the morning issuance, the periods begin with .TODAY... and for the evening issuance the periods begin with .TONIGHT....

The SFP will concentrate on the most significant hydrometeorological conditions expected to affect major parts or all of the forecast area to keep the forecast from becoming unnecessarily complicated. In general, more detail will be found in the 1 & 2 day forecast section than in the 3-5 day section of the forecast.

When significant conditions are expected in only part of the forecast area, this will be specified. Approximate divisions used at NWS Fort Worth/Dallas are as follows...

Northwest / Southeast half		North / South half		Northeast / Southwest half
West / Central / East			Northwest / North Central / etc.

Example

FPUS64 KFWD 170931
SFPTX 
TXZ083>162-165>167-174-175-172200-

STATE FORECAST FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
500 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2000

.TODAY...SUNNY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90.
.TONIGHT...CLEAR WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S TO NEAR 60.
.MONDAY...SUNNY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S.

.EXTENDED FORECAST...
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S
TO MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S.