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Artesia AWOS
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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
315 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
NMZ112-032200- ARTESIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AWOS-EDDY NM 32.85N 104.43W ELEV. 3540 FT 215 AM MDT THU OCT 3 2013 DATE THU 10/03/13 FRI 10/04/13 SAT 10/05/13 UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 MDT 3HRLY 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 MAX/MIN 92 60 88 46 67 TEMP 62 58 69 85 91 89 75 70 65 62 70 82 87 84 65 60 53 48 54 63 67 65 DEWPT 35 39 39 38 35 33 36 39 40 41 39 36 33 29 29 30 30 30 28 27 26 26 MIN/MAX RH 13 48 13 51 21 RH 36 48 33 19 14 14 24 31 40 46 32 19 14 14 26 33 41 48 37 25 21 22 WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W NW N N N N NE NE NE WIND SPD 6 5 8 10 14 16 13 9 5 5 9 12 12 11 12 14 16 16 12 10 8 5 HEAT INDEX 91 CLOUDS CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CLOUDS(%) 3 5 5 5 6 8 10 13 8 4 3 3 3 4 8 13 15 17 14 10 9 8 POP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES 2 3 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 FREE WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW W W SW W W FREE WIND SPD 35 25 26 32 31 34 25 27 24 17 MIXING HGT <1 <1 <1 10 11 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 8 11 8 <1 <1 3 <1 3 6 6 <1 T WIND DIR SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW NW W W NE NW N NE N NE NE NE T WIND SPD 8 6 1 20 23 20 12 9 6 6 8 11 11 5 11 18 19 12 16 6 3 SMOKE DISP PR PR PR EX EX VG PR PR PR PR PR GD VG PR PR PR FR PR FR PR PR FOSBERG 14 11 18 30 34 37 28 18 11 11 18 24 19 16 25 38 32 20 22 24 20 RFTI 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI CATEGORY NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO DATE SUN 10/06/13 MON 10/07/13 TUE 10/08/13 WED 10/09/13 UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 MDT 6HRLY 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 MIN/MAX 39 70 41 82 48 85 51 86 TEMP 48 40 64 68 51 43 74 79 59 50 77 82 62 52 79 83 DEWPT 26 26 24 23 24 24 21 19 22 25 25 26 33 39 36 31 MAX/MIN RH 60 17 50 10 40 11 63 15 RH 42 57 22 18 35 48 14 10 23 37 14 13 34 59 21 15 PWIND DIR E S S S S S SW SW WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 $$ BELOW IS A WEATHER ELEMENT KEY FOR THIS PRODUCT DAY 1 THROUGH 3... MAX/MIN TEMP OR MIN/MAX TEMP (F)....MAXIMUM/MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE TEMP (F)............................AIR TEMPERATURE DEWPT (F)...........................DEW POINT TEMPERATURE MIN/MAX RH OR MAX/MIN RH (%)........MAXIMUM/MINIMUM HUMIDITY RH (%)..............................RELATIVE HUMIDITY WIND DIR (8 POINT COMPASS)..........20 FT. WIND DIRECTION WIND SPD (MPH)......................20 FT. WIND SPEED WIND GUST (MPH).....................20 FT. WIND GUST WIND CHILL..........................WIND CHILL TEMPERATURE HEAT INDX...........................HEAT INDEX CLOUDS (CAT)........................CLOUD COVER CATEGORY EXAMPLE: CL = CLEAR; FW = FEW; SC = SCATTERED; B1 = MOSTLY CLOUDY; B2 = CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS; OV = OVERCAST CLOUDS (%)..........................CLOUD COVER AS A PERCENTAGE POP 12HR (%)........................PROBABILITY FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION QPF 12HR (IN).......................LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION AMOUNT WEATHER... TYPE... RAIN...........RAIN RAIN SHWRS.....RAIN SHOWERS TSTMS..........THUNDERSTORMS DRIZZLE........DRIZZLE SNOW...........SNOW SNOWSHWRS......SNOW SHOWERS SLEET..........SLEET FLURRIES.......FLURRIES FRZG RAIN......FREEZING RAIN FRZG DRZL......FREEZING DRIZZLE COVERAGE... IS.............ISOLATED SC.............SCATTERED NM.............NUMEROUS O..............OCCASIONAL S..............SLIGHT CHANCE C..............CHANCE L..............LIKELY WD.............WIDESPREAD D..............DEFINITE AR.............AREAS PA.............PATCHY OBVIS............................OBSTRUCTION TO VISIBILITY TYPE... F..............FOG PF.............PATCHY FOG F+.............DENSE FOG H..............HAZE BS.............BLOWING SNOW K..............SMOKE BD.............BLOWING DUST AF.............VOLCANIC ASHFALL LAL (CAT)...........................LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL HAINES (CAT)........................HAINES INDEX 10K WIND DIR (8 POINT COMPASS)......10000 FOOT WIND DIRECTION 10K WIND SPD (MPH)..................10000 FOOT WIND SPEED MIXING HGT (1000 FT AGL)............MIXING HEIGHT T WIND DIR (8 POINT COMPASS)........TRANSPORT WIND DIRECTION T WIND SPD (MPH)....................TRANSPORT WIND SPEED SMOKE DISP (CAT(KT-FT)).............SMOKE DISPERSION CATEGORY EXAMPLE: PR = POOR; FR = FAIR; GD = GOOD; VG = VERY GOOD; EX = EXCELLENT FOSBERG.............................FOSBERG FIRE WEATHER INDEX RFTI................................NUMERICAL RED FLAG THREAT INDEX RFTI CATEGORY (CAT).................CATEGORICAL RED FLAG THREAT LEVEL EXAMPLE: NO = NONE; EL = ELEVATED; LO = LOW; HI = HIGH; EX = EXTREME; HS = HISTORICAL WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY... EXAMPLE: W = WARNING; Y = ADVISORY; A = WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE INDICATED HOUR DAY 4 THROUGH 7... MAX/MIN TEMP OR MIN/MAX TEMP (F)....MAXIMUM/MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE TEMP (F)............................AIR TEMPERATURE DEWPT (F)...........................DEW POINT TEMPERATURE RH (%)..............................RELATIVE HUMIDITY WIND SPD (MPH)......................20 FT. WIND SPEED EXAMPLE: <15 = LESS THAN 15 MPH; 15> = 15 MPH OR GREATER AVE CLOUDS (CAT)....................AVERAGE CLOUD COVER CATEGORY POP 12HR (%)........................PROBABILITY FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION WEATHER... SEE DAY 1 THROUGH 3 WEATHER DESCRIPTIONS

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