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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
315 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
NMZ112-032200-
QUEEN RAWS-EDDY NM
32.20N 104.69W ELEV. 5605 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 82 62 78 47 63
TEMP 64 63 69 78 81 80 70 68 64 63 68 75 78 75 60 56 51 48 52 60 62 61
DEWPT 34 37 38 38 37 35 35 35 36 36 36 35 31 29 29 30 28 26 26 27 27 28
MIN/MAX RH 20 38 17 44 26
RH 33 38 32 23 20 20 27 30 34 36 31 23 18 18 31 36 41 42 36 28 26 28
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW N N NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 12 13 18 23 23 21 18 16 14 16 23 29 31 27 19 14 21 32 31 27 23 18
WIND GUST 41 43 37 44 46 37
CLOUDS CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
CLOUDS(%) 3 6 8 9 10 10 13 16 11 6 5 3 3 4 9 13 14 15 10 4 6 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 2 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2
FREE WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W
FREE WIND SPD 31 25 25 32 27 35 29 25 21 13
MIXING HGT <1 <1 2 7 9 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 9 6 <1 <1 2 2 3 4 5 <1
T WIND DIR W W W SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W NW N NE NE NE NE E
T WIND SPD 13 14 18 25 23 20 19 17 14 16 24 26 28 21 20 14 23 23 20 16 8
SMOKE DISP PR PR PR EX EX GD PR PR PR PR PR VG EX VG PR PR PR PR FR FR PR
FOSBERG 27 28 39 54 64 52 40 36 29 31 49 70 78 66 39 28 38 55 59 57 44
RFTI 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 4 1 0 1 1 4 4 1 0
RFTI CATEGORY NO NO NO LO LO EL NO NO NO NO LO LO LO LO EL NO EL EL LO LO EL 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 42 64 49 73 51 77 56 76
TEMP 48 43 60 62 53 50 69 70 57 52 72 74 62 57 73 74
DEWPT 26 23 22 21 20 20 19 19 21 24 25 27 31 35 33 30
MAX/MIN RH 46 19 32 13 34 15 45 19
RH 41 45 22 20 27 31 15 14 24 33 17 17 31 43 23 20
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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