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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
600 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

TXZ012-242200-
AMARILLO-POTTER TX
35.23N 101.70W ELEV. 3585 FT
600 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

DATE             FRI 05/24/13            SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3HRLY     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN TEMP                 82          60          85          61          90
TEMP             63 72 78 82 79 69 65 62 60 71 80 85 82 71 66 63 61 74 84 90 87
DEWPT            60 60 59 59 58 59 59 59 59 59 59 58 57 58 60 60 60 59 58 55 52
MIN/MAX RH                   44          96          39          97          29
RH               90 66 52 46 49 70 81 90 96 66 49 40 43 64 81 90 97 59 41 31 30
WIND DIR         SE  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD         12 21 19 21 21 21 14 14 14 21 19 20 19 17 13 14 13 13 14 18 20
CLOUDS           B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        83 70 57 58 60 61 62 57 53 51 49 49 49 48 48 45 43 42 41 42 43
POP 12HR                     30          20          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                   0.06        0.04        0.03        0.02        0.02
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS            IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 6HR                 3     4     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
HAINES 6HR              3     3     3     3     3     4     5     5     3     3
MIX HGT           2  2  1  3  4  2 <1 <1 <1  5  3  5  4 <1 <1 <1 <1  2 10 16 13
VENT RATE        21 38 19 60112 38  5  5  9 99 69 99 84  5  6 <1  5 36140295312
T WIND DIR       SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S
T WIND SPD       16 28 21 27 32 21 11 11 19 25 26 25 27 10 13 10 10 20 16 21 27
RFTI              0  1  0  1  2  1  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
RFTI CATEGORY    NO EL NO EL EL EL NO NO NO EL NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL


DATE          MON 05/27/13 TUE 05/28/13 WED 05/29/13 THU 05/30/13
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       62      92      62      89      62      84      60      85
TEMP          68 62 86 88 68 62 84 86 68 62 80 81 65 60 80 82
DEWPT         55 57 52 47 52 56 52 49 54 58 55 51 51 52 48 44
MAX/MIN RH         84      22      81      26      87      33      75      25
RH            63 84 31 24 57 81 33 28 61 87 42 35 60 75 33 26
PWIND DIR           S      SW       S       S       S       S       S      SW
WIND CHAR         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           20      10      10      10      20      20      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS                      IS       IS IS
TSTMS         IS                      IS       IS IS

$$

TXZ016-242200-
BOOTLEG RAWS-DEAF SMITH TX
34.82N 102.78W ELEV. 4103 FT
600 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

DATE             FRI 05/24/13            SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3HRLY     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN TEMP                 85          59          86          58          90
TEMP             62 72 80 85 82 70 65 61 59 71 81 86 83 70 64 60 58 72 84 90 86
DEWPT            58 57 56 54 53 55 58 58 58 57 56 55 55 57 59 58 57 55 54 50 46
MIN/MAX RH                   35          96          35          96          24
RH               87 59 44 35 37 59 78 90 96 61 42 35 38 63 84 93 96 55 36 26 25
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW  S
WIND SPD         10 18 19 20 20 20 14 11 12 18 16 18 18 17 13 13 10 13 14 18 21
CLOUDS           B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        83 69 54 56 58 59 60 56 51 49 47 49 50 49 48 45 41 40 39 40 41
POP 12HR                     30          20          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                   0.02        0.06        0.02        0.05        0.02
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS            IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 6HR                 3     4     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
HAINES 6HR              3     3     3     3     3     4     5     5     5     5
MIX HGT          <1  4  2  7  6  4 <1 <1 <1  4  8  4  5  2 <1 <1 <1  2 14 17 17
VENT RATE         4 70 40163144 81  3  3  5 80112 77110 38  6  5  4 32238314363
T WIND DIR       SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
T WIND SPD        9 23 23 28 27 26  5  6 10 23 16 25 25 21 12 10  9 18 19 21 25
RFTI              0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL


DATE          MON 05/27/13 TUE 05/28/13 WED 05/29/13 THU 05/30/13
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       59      92      58      89      59      86      58      86
TEMP          66 59 86 88 65 58 83 85 65 59 81 83 64 58 81 83
DEWPT         51 55 45 36 43 50 43 36 45 55 50 46 46 45 42 39
MAX/MIN RH         87      15      75      16      87      26      62      20
RH            58 87 24 16 44 75 24 17 48 87 34 27 51 62 25 21
PWIND DIR           S      SW       S       S       S       S      SW      SW
WIND CHAR         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     15>
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
POP 12HR           20      10      10      10      10      20      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS                               IS IS
TSTMS         IS                               IS IS

$$

TXZ008-242200-
BORGER-HUTCHINSON TX
35.71N 101.40W ELEV. 2762 FT
600 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

DATE             FRI 05/24/13            SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3HRLY     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN TEMP                 83          64          87          65          91
TEMP             64 73 79 83 81 72 68 65 64 74 82 87 84 74 70 67 65 77 86 91 88
DEWPT            60 60 60 59 59 59 60 60 60 60 60 59 59 60 60 60 61 59 58 56 55
MIN/MAX RH                   44          87          39          87          31
RH               87 64 52 45 47 65 76 84 87 62 47 39 43 62 71 79 87 54 39 31 32
WIND DIR         SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD         12 18 19 19 21 20 14 14 13 18 18 19 17 16 14 14 13 13 14 17 19
CLOUDS           B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        84 69 55 57 58 59 60 56 51 49 47 48 49 49 48 46 43 42 41 42 43
POP 12HR                     30          20          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                   0.07        0.04        0.03        0.02        0.02
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS            IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 6HR                 3     4     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
HAINES 6HR              3     3     3     3     3     5     5     5     3     3
MIX HGT           2  2  2  3  4  3  1 <1 <1  5  5  6  4 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  6 16  7
VENT RATE        23 39 31 69 86 54 17  9  8125110141 89  5  6  5  5 45108326174
T WIND DIR       SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S
T WIND SPD       17 21 23 26 27 24 19 20 17 28 25 27 27 10 13 11 11 20 20 24 27
RFTI              0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE          MON 05/27/13 TUE 05/28/13 WED 05/29/13 THU 05/30/13
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       65      91      65      90      65      84      60      86
TEMP          71 65 86 88 71 65 85 87 71 65 80 81 65 60 81 83
DEWPT         56 57 52 47 51 55 53 51 54 57 54 51 52 52 48 44
MAX/MIN RH         75      24      71      27      75      33      75      25
RH            59 75 31 24 49 71 33 29 56 75 41 36 63 75 32 25
PWIND DIR           S      SW       S       S       S       S       S      SW
WIND CHAR         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           20      20      20      20      20      20      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS       IS IS       IS IS       IS IS
TSTMS         IS       IS IS       IS IS       IS IS

$$

TXZ008-242200-
CEDAR RAWS-HUTCHINSON TX
35.68N 101.57W ELEV. 3103 FT
600 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

DATE             FRI 05/24/13            SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3HRLY     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN TEMP                 83          62          86          63          91
TEMP             65 73 79 83 80 71 66 64 62 73 81 86 83 73 68 65 63 76 86 91 88
DEWPT            59 59 59 59 58 59 59 60 60 59 59 58 58 59 60 60 60 59 57 55 53
MIN/MAX RH                   44          92          39          90          29
RH               83 62 50 44 47 66 77 87 92 62 47 39 43 62 76 84 90 56 37 30 30
WIND DIR         SE  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD         11 19 19 19 21 20 14 14 13 19 18 19 17 16 14 14 13 13 13 17 19
CLOUDS           B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        84 70 56 58 59 60 61 57 52 50 48 48 49 49 48 45 43 42 41 42 43
POP 12HR                     30          20          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                   0.07        0.04        0.03        0.02        0.02
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS            IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 6HR                 3     4     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
HAINES 6HR              3     3     3     3     3     5     5     5     4     4
MIX HGT           2  2  2  3  4  2 <1 <1 <1  5  5  6  4 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  6 16 12
VENT RATE        23 42 36 69 91 44 13  8  8108115132 96  5  6  5  5 45102310265
T WIND DIR       SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S
T WIND SPD       17 24 26 26 29 25 18 17 17 27 26 27 27 10 13 10 11 20 19 23 26
RFTI              0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE          MON 05/27/13 TUE 05/28/13 WED 05/29/13 THU 05/30/13
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       64      91      64      91      64      84      60      86
TEMP          70 64 86 88 70 64 86 88 70 64 80 81 65 60 81 83
DEWPT         55 57 51 46 50 55 52 50 53 57 54 50 51 52 48 43
MAX/MIN RH         77      23      73      25      77      32      75      24
RH            59 77 30 23 49 73 31 27 55 77 40 34 60 75 32 24
PWIND DIR           S      SW      SW       S       S       S       S      SW
WIND CHAR         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           20      10      10      10      20      20      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS                      IS       IS IS
TSTMS         IS                      IS       IS IS

$$

TXZ006-242200-
DALHART-HARTLEY TX
36.03N 102.55W ELEV. 3913 FT
600 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

DATE             FRI 05/24/13            SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3HRLY     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN TEMP                 84          59          87          57          92
TEMP             60 71 79 84 81 70 64 61 59 72 81 87 83 70 63 59 57 73 85 92 88
DEWPT            58 57 56 54 53 55 58 58 57 56 54 53 52 54 57 56 55 53 51 47 43
MIN/MAX RH                   36          93          31          93          20
RH               93 61 45 36 38 59 81 90 93 57 39 31 34 57 80 90 93 49 31 21 21
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
WIND SPD         11 19 21 21 23 21 14 16 13 19 19 19 19 16 13 13 11 13 16 18 20
CLOUDS           B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        85 70 54 56 58 59 60 56 51 49 47 49 51 50 49 45 42 41 40 41 42
POP 12HR                     30          20          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                   0.03        0.04        0.02        0.03        0.02
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS            IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 6HR                 3     4     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
HAINES 6HR              3     3     4     4     3     3     4     6     6     6
MIX HGT           1  2  4  6  7  2  1  1 <1  4  7  9  7  3 <1 <1 <1  2 15 17 18
VENT RATE         8 56 95156162 52 26 24  6100140178175 72  5 <1 <1 34305380420
T WIND DIR        E SE  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
T WIND SPD        9 26 31 29 27 29 28 27 12 28 23 23 28 27 10  8  9 19 24 26 27
RFTI              0  0  1  2  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO EL EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL


DATE          MON 05/27/13 TUE 05/28/13 WED 05/29/13 THU 05/30/13
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       57      93      56      91      57      86      53      86
TEMP          64 57 86 89 64 56 84 87 64 57 80 82 60 53 80 82
DEWPT         47 52 43 35 41 48 44 39 45 52 48 44 44 44 40 36
MAX/MIN RH         83      14      74      17      83      25      70      17
RH            55 83 22 15 44 74 25 18 51 83 33 27 55 70 24 19
PWIND DIR           S      SW      SW       S       S      SW      SW      SW
WIND CHAR         15>     15>     <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           20       5       5      10      10      20      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS                               IS IS
TSTMS         IS                               IS IS

$$

OKZ002-242200-
GUYMON-TEXAS OK
36.69N 101.51W ELEV. 3100 FT
600 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

DATE             FRI 05/24/13            SAT 05/25/13            SUN 05/26/13
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3HRLY     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN TEMP                 83          62          89          61          93
TEMP             60 70 78 83 80 71 66 64 62 74 84 89 86 73 67 63 61 75 87 93 89
DEWPT            58 58 58 58 57 58 59 59 58 58 57 56 56 57 58 58 58 56 55 52 48
MIN/MAX RH                   42          87          33          90          23
RH               93 66 51 43 45 64 79 84 87 57 40 33 36 57 73 84 90 53 34 25 24
WIND DIR         SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD         11 21 21 21 23 21 16 16 13 21 20 20 19 16 14 13 12 13 16 18 20
CLOUDS           B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        86 70 54 56 57 58 59 55 50 48 46 47 48 48 47 45 42 41 40 41 42
POP 12HR                     30          20          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                   0.06        0.04        0.02        0.02        0.02
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS            IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 6HR                 3     4     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
HAINES 6HR              3     3     3     3     3     5     5     5     5     5
MIX HGT           1  2  3  4  5  3  2  1 <1  5  7  7  6  2 <1 <1 <1  3 12 18 15
VENT RATE        10 29 53 74135 65 35 17  9122168175120 34  6  5  5 53219414348
T WIND DIR       NE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
T WIND SPD       11 21 24 24 34 29 26 19 19 31 27 28 23 25 13 11 11 24 21 26 27
RFTI              0  1  1  1  2  1  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
RFTI CATEGORY    NO EL EL EL EL EL NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL


DATE          MON 05/27/13 TUE 05/28/13 WED 05/29/13 THU 05/30/13
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       61      94      61      93      62      86      58      85
TEMP          68 61 88 90 68 61 87 89 69 62 81 83 64 58 80 81
DEWPT         51 54 47 40 46 52 51 49 53 57 54 50 49 49 46 42
MAX/MIN RH         77      17      72      23      85      30      72      23
RH            54 77 24 17 45 72 29 25 57 85 39 32 59 72 30 25
PWIND DIR           S      SW      SW       S       S       S      SW      SW
WIND CHAR         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           20      10      10      10      20      20      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS                      IS       IS IS
TSTMS         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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