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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
520 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

TXZ012-211000-
AMARILLO-POTTER TX
35.23N 101.70W ELEV. 3585 FT
520 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

DATE           05/20/13      TUE 05/21/13            WED 05/22/13            THU
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07

MIN/MAX TEMP                 50          79          54          90          57
TEMP             82 66 58 53 50 63 73 79 76 65 59 56 54 70 83 89 86 71 64 59 57
DEWPT            24 35 39 38 39 37 37 35 33 35 39 41 44 41 38 38 37 40 43 46 49
MAX/MIN RH                   66          19          69          15          74
RH               12 32 49 57 66 38 27 21 21 33 47 57 69 35 20 16 18 32 46 61 74
WIND DIR          W  N NE  N  N  N  N NW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S SE  S  S
WIND SPD         18  9 14 17 17 13  9  8  8 11 12 12 13 20 17 12 11 12 12 12 12
CLOUDS           SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        48 55 62 54 47 45 42 35 27 35 39 37 34 35 35 35 34 35 37 39 41
POP 12HR                     10          10           5          10          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS                                                                   SC
TSTMS                                                                        SC
LAL 6HR                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
HAINES 6HR              5     3     3     4     4     4     5     5     5     6
MIX HGT          15  2 <1  1  1  6 10 12 13 <1 <1 <1 <1  4 15 18 15 <1 <1 <1 <1
VENT RATE       210 42  8 15 12110152168143  3  6 <1 <1 95232228150 <1 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR        W NE NE NE  N  N NW  W  W  E SE  S  S SW  W  W SW SE  E SE  S
T WIND SPD       16 24 17 17 13 23 18 16 12  5 13 10 11 31 18 14 11  9  8  9 10
RFTI              2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/23 FRI 05/24/13 SAT 05/25/13 SUN 05/26/13 MON 05/27/13
UTC 6HRLY     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MAX/MIN TEMP       93      61      89      60      89      61      91      64      90
TEMP          86 89 68 61 83 85 66 60 83 86 67 61 85 88 70 64 85 87
DEWPT         48 52 57 56 56 52 55 55 52 47 54 54 52 47 51 52 50 45
MIN/MAX RH         23      84      29      84      25      78      24      65      23
RH            27 28 68 83 39 32 67 83 34 26 63 77 32 25 51 65 30 24
PWIND DIR           S      SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           30      20      20      20      20      20      20      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS         SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ016-211000-
BOOTLEG RAWS-DEAF SMITH TX
34.82N 102.78W ELEV. 4103 FT
520 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

DATE           05/20/13      TUE 05/21/13            WED 05/22/13            THU
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07

MIN/MAX TEMP                 51          80          53          91          56
TEMP             80 65 58 53 51 64 74 80 77 64 59 55 53 70 83 90 87 71 63 59 56
DEWPT            19 24 36 37 38 37 37 34 32 35 37 38 40 37 35 30 24 29 35 40 45
MAX/MIN RH                   61          19          61          10          66
RH               10 21 44 54 61 36 26 19 20 33 44 53 61 30 18 12 10 21 34 50 66
WIND DIR          W  N NE  N  N  N NE NW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD         17  9 14 18 17 12  5  9 11 10  6  8 10 17 14 14 13 11  6  9 10
CLOUDS           SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        47 49 52 49 47 45 43 34 25 30 32 34 36 32 29 28 28 32 36 37 38
POP 12HR                     10          10           5           5          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS                                                                   IS
TSTMS                                                                        IS
LAL 6HR                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES 6HR              6     3     3     4     4     4     5     6     6     6
MIX HGT          15 <1  2  1  1  6 11 12 15 <1 <1 <1 <1  3 15 17 17 <1 <1 <1 <1
VENT RATE       285 <1 21 12 10 88105144189  3 <1 <1 <1 72189221198 <1 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR        W  N NE NE NE  N NW  W  W  S  S  S SW SW  W SW SW  S  S  S  S
T WIND SPD       21  6 16 13 11 18 11 13 14  5  5  8  9 27 14 14 13  5  5  8 10
RFTI              3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  3  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/23 FRI 05/24/13 SAT 05/25/13 SUN 05/26/13 MON 05/27/13
UTC 6HRLY     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MAX/MIN TEMP       94      59      89      59      91      59      92      58      91
TEMP          87 90 66 59 83 85 65 59 85 87 66 59 86 88 65 58 85 87
DEWPT         43 46 56 57 57 52 56 55 54 48 53 53 53 48 50 51 47 43
MIN/MAX RH         19      92      31      87      25      80      24      77      20
RH            22 22 68 91 41 32 72 86 35 26 63 80 33 25 58 77 27 21
PWIND DIR           S      SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     15>     15>     15>     <15     15>     <15     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           20      20      20      20      20      20      20      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS         IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ008-211000-
BORGER-HUTCHINSON TX
35.71N 101.40W ELEV. 2762 FT
520 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

DATE           05/20/13      TUE 05/21/13            WED 05/22/13            THU
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07

MIN/MAX TEMP                 53          80          58          91          59
TEMP             84 68 60 56 53 65 75 80 77 67 63 60 58 73 85 91 87 73 66 61 59
DEWPT            35 39 40 39 39 38 36 33 33 36 39 41 44 41 38 38 38 41 44 48 51
MAX/MIN RH                   59          19          58          16          74
RH               18 35 47 54 59 37 25 19 20 31 42 50 58 31 19 16 18 32 45 61 74
WIND DIR          N NE NE  N  N  N  N  E  S SE  S  S  S SW SW NW SE SE SE  S  S
WIND SPD         11  6  9 14 11 10 10  8  6  8  9 13 10 16 13  8  9  9  9  6  4
CLOUDS           B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        51 56 60 54 48 46 44 37 30 36 40 36 33 32 31 31 31 35 39 44 49
POP 12HR                     10          10           5          10          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS                                                       SC
TSTMS            IS IS                                                       SC
LAL 6HR                 2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
HAINES 6HR              4     3     3     3     4     4     4     5     5     6
MIX HGT          15 <1 <1  1  1  5 10 13 13 <1 <1 <1 <1  4 15 17 16 <1 <1 <1 <1
VENT RATE       155  6 <1 15 10 79124125100  3  6 <1 <1 98247234124 <1  3 <1 <1
T WIND DIR       SW NE  N NE  N  N NW NW  W SE  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  E  E  E SE
T WIND SPD       11 12  6 17 11 17 14 11  9  6 12 10  9 32 19 16  9 11 10  8  5
RFTI              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/23 FRI 05/24/13 SAT 05/25/13 SUN 05/26/13 MON 05/27/13
UTC 6HRLY     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MAX/MIN TEMP       90      63      90      64      91      64      92      66      89
TEMP          84 87 69 63 85 87 70 64 86 88 70 64 87 89 72 66 84 86
DEWPT         52 54 57 57 57 54 58 58 56 52 55 55 54 52 53 53 52 49
MIN/MAX RH         29      81      31      81      28      73      27      64      26
RH            34 33 67 80 39 33 67 81 36 29 59 72 33 28 52 64 33 28
PWIND DIR           S      SE      SE       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           30      30      20      20      20      20      20      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS         SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ008-211000-
CEDAR RAWS-HUTCHINSON TX
35.68N 101.57W ELEV. 3103 FT
520 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

DATE           05/20/13      TUE 05/21/13            WED 05/22/13            THU
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07

MIN/MAX TEMP                 53          80          58          91          58
TEMP             83 67 60 55 53 65 75 80 77 67 63 60 58 73 84 90 87 72 65 60 58
DEWPT            32 39 40 39 39 38 36 34 32 36 39 41 44 41 37 37 36 39 43 47 50
MAX/MIN RH                   60          19          60          14          76
RH               16 36 47 55 60 38 25 20 20 32 42 51 60 32 19 15 16 31 46 62 76
WIND DIR         NW NE NE  N  N  N  N  E  S SE  S  S  S SW SW NW SE SE SE SE  S
WIND SPD         11  6 10 14 12 10  9  8  6  9 10 13 10 16 13  6 10  9  8  6  5
CLOUDS           B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        51 56 61 55 48 46 44 38 31 37 40 37 34 33 32 31 30 34 37 41 45
POP 12HR                     10          10           5           5          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS                                                                   SC
TSTMS                                                                        SC
LAL 6HR                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
HAINES 6HR              4     3     3     3     4     4     4     5     5     6
MIX HGT          16  1 <1  1  1  7 10 13 13 <1 <1 <1 <1  4 15 17 16 <1 <1 <1 <1
VENT RATE       186 14 <1 15 10103120125113  3  7 <1 <1112232221135 <1 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR       SW NE  N NE  N  N NW NW  W SE  S  S  S SW  W  W SW  E  E  E SE
T WIND SPD       13 16  6 17 11 17 13 11 10  6 14 11 10 32 18 14  9 10  9  8  4
RFTI              1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/23 FRI 05/24/13 SAT 05/25/13 SUN 05/26/13 MON 05/27/13
UTC 6HRLY     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MAX/MIN TEMP       91      62      90      63      91      64      92      65      89
TEMP          84 87 68 62 84 87 69 63 85 88 70 64 87 89 71 65 84 86
DEWPT         51 52 57 57 56 53 57 57 55 50 55 55 53 50 52 52 50 47
MIN/MAX RH         27      83      30      81      27      73      25      64      24
RH            32 30 67 82 38 32 66 81 35 27 58 72 32 27 51 64 31 26
PWIND DIR           S      SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           30      30      20      20      20      20      20      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS         SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ006-211000-
DALHART-HARTLEY TX
36.03N 102.55W ELEV. 3913 FT
520 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

DATE           05/20/13      TUE 05/21/13            WED 05/22/13            THU
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07

MIN/MAX TEMP                 45          77          48          90          55
TEMP             75 59 52 47 45 59 71 77 73 60 54 50 48 67 82 89 86 70 62 58 55
DEWPT            32 36 37 38 38 39 36 32 33 33 37 38 39 34 30 30 30 33 37 41 45
MAX/MIN RH                   75          20          72          12          69
RH               21 42 55 67 75 47 28 20 23 36 53 64 72 30 15 12 13 26 39 54 69
WIND DIR          N NE NE  N  N  N  N  E  S SE  S SW SW  W SW  S  S SE  E NE  N
WIND SPD          9  5 13 14 18 10  2  5 10  9  9  5  6  8 11 10 12 13 13 10  6
CLOUDS           B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        53 57 61 54 48 46 43 41 38 40 39 35 32 30 28 30 32 34 37 38 40
POP 12HR                     20          10           5           5          10
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS             IS IS                                     IS
TSTMS            IS IS                                                       IS
LAL 6HR                 3     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES 6HR              4     3     3     3     4     4     4     5     6     6
MIX HGT          11 <1 <1  1  1  5 11 13 12 <1 <1 <1 <1  2 13 17 16 <1 <1 <1 <1
VENT RATE        42  4 <1 14 10 60104141144 <1 <1 <1 <1  9143165144 <1  6 <1  1
T WIND DIR       NE NE  N NE  N NW NW  W  W SE  S  S NW NW  W  W SW  E  E NE  N
T WIND SPD        4  8  6 16 11 11 10 11 13  6  6  3  5  5 12 11 10  8 13  8  6
RFTI              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  2  1  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/23 FRI 05/24/13 SAT 05/25/13 SUN 05/26/13 MON 05/27/13
UTC 6HRLY     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MAX/MIN TEMP       90      55      89      58      91      58      94      57      92
TEMP          83 86 62 55 82 85 65 58 85 87 65 58 87 89 65 57 85 88
DEWPT         43 42 54 53 53 49 54 54 52 46 51 52 49 45 49 49 44 39
MIN/MAX RH         19      93      26      86      23      79      19      74      17
RH            24 22 74 93 36 29 68 85 32 24 60 79 27 21 56 74 24 18
PWIND DIR          NE      SE       S       S      SW       S      SW       S      SW
WIND CHAR         <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           20      20      20      20      20      20      20      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS         IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS

$$

OKZ002-211000-
GUYMON-TEXAS OK
36.69N 101.51W ELEV. 3100 FT
520 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

DATE           05/20/13      TUE 05/21/13            WED 05/22/13            THU
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07

MIN/MAX TEMP                 47          80          49          88          53
TEMP             77 61 54 49 47 62 73 79 76 62 56 51 49 66 80 87 84 68 60 56 53
DEWPT            39 39 39 39 39 37 34 32 32 36 38 40 42 41 41 40 40 42 45 48 51
MAX/MIN RH                   74          17          75          19          93
RH               26 44 56 67 73 40 24 18 20 38 51 64 75 39 25 19 22 40 56 76 93
WIND DIR          N NE  N  N  N  N  N  E SE SE  E SE SW SW  N NE  E  E NE NE  E
WIND SPD          8  5 12 18 13 11  6  6  6  6  6  6 10  8  9  6 11 10  9  9  9
CLOUDS           B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
CLOUDS(%)        58 55 53 51 49 47 45 40 35 39 40 33 26 27 28 31 34 42 49 51 53
POP 12HR                     20           5           5           5          10
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS                                                       SC
TSTMS            IS IS                                                       SC
LAL 6HR                 3     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
HAINES 6HR              4     3     3     4     4     4     3     3     4     6
MIX HGT           8 <1 <1 <1 <1  5 11 14 14 <1 <1 <1 <1  2 11 14 13  1 <1 <1  1
VENT RATE        53  3 <1  3  3 84198230140  3 <1 <1 <1  6 95140 38 20  9  8 16
T WIND DIR       NW  N  N  N NW  N NW NW  W SE  E NE NE  W  W  W SW  E  E  E  E
T WIND SPD        8  6  9  6  5 18 20 19 11  5  4  4  5  2 10 11  3 23 20 18 18
RFTI              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/23 FRI 05/24/13 SAT 05/25/13 SUN 05/26/13 MON 05/27/13
UTC 6HRLY     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MAX/MIN TEMP       83      59      89      60      91      62      93      61      91
TEMP          77 80 64 59 83 85 66 60 85 87 68 62 87 89 68 61 85 87
DEWPT         51 52 57 56 55 53 56 56 55 51 54 54 53 50 51 51 50 47
MIN/MAX RH         34      90      30      87      27      75      24      70      23
RH            40 38 78 90 38 33 70 86 36 29 60 75 31 26 56 69 30 25
PWIND DIR           E      SE      SE       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           30      30      20      20      20      20      20      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS         SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS

$$

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
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
LAL(CAT)............................LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL
HAINES(CAT).........................HAINES INDEX
MIX HGT(THOUSANDS OF FT AGL)........MIXING HEIGHT
     EXAMPLE: 6 = 6000 FEET; 12 = 12000 FEET; <1 = LESS THAN 1000 FEET
VENT RATE(THOUSANDS OF KT-FT AGL)...VENTILATION RATE
     EXAMPLE: 12 = 12,000 FEET; 120 = 120,000 FEET; <1 = LESS THAN 100 FOOT
T WIND DIR(8 POINT COMPASS).........TRANSPORT WIND DIRECTION
T WIND SPD(MPH).....................TRANSPORT WIND SPEED
RFTI................................RED FLAG THREAT INDEX
     CATEGORY...
       HS............HISTORICALLY CRITICAL
       EX............EXTREMELY CRITICAL
       CH............CRITICAL - HIGH
       CL............CRITICAL - LOW
       EL............ELEVATED
       NO............NONE
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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