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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
315 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
NMZ112-032200-
DUNKEN RAWS-CHAVES NM
32.83N 105.18W ELEV. 5500 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 83 58 79 43 64
TEMP 61 52 61 76 82 80 68 65 62 59 65 74 77 75 57 52 48 45 50 59 63 61
DEWPT 30 33 35 36 34 32 32 33 34 35 33 30 27 26 28 29 26 23 24 26 27 27
MIN/MAX RH 17 41 15 46 24
RH 31 47 37 23 18 17 26 30 35 40 30 20 16 16 32 41 42 43 36 28 25 27
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW N N NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 11 12 18 24 23 19 16 12 10 12 18 24 23 19 16 13 17 21 21 19 16 12
WIND GUST 33 34 33
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 4 4 4 7 10 10 10 6 3 3 3 3 4 9 15 15 14 12 10 8 6
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 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 2
FREE WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW W W SW W W
FREE WIND SPD 41 27 31 37 44 40 33 21 16 17
MIXING HGT <1 <1 3 7 9 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 8 10 8 <1 <1 2 2 3 4 5 <1
T WIND DIR W W W W W SW SW SW W W W W W W E N NE NE NE E E
T WIND SPD 12 13 23 23 21 20 16 13 11 12 18 23 17 6 5 9 17 13 13 6 3
SMOKE DISP PR PR GD VG EX GD PR PR PR PR FR EX VG FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FOSBERG 25 26 39 55 60 48 35 28 22 24 39 58 60 41 32 32 33 35 41 43 36
RFTI 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
RFTI CATEGORY NO NO NO LO LO EL NO NO NO NO NO LO LO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL 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 37 68 45 77 49 79 51 79
TEMP 44 38 61 65 51 47 70 74 56 50 72 76 59 53 72 76
DEWPT 25 22 22 22 20 18 19 20 20 21 22 25 29 31 30 28
MAX/MIN RH 55 17 33 11 33 12 46 16
RH 47 52 22 19 28 31 14 13 24 31 15 15 32 44 21 17
PWIND DIR E SE S SW SW SW 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 0 0
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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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