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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
525 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

TXZ012-162200-
AMARILLO-POTTER TX
35.23N 101.70W ELEV. 3585 FT
525 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

DATE             SUN 06/16/13            MON 06/17/13            TUE 06/18/13
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                 92          68          88          63          83
TEMP             67 79 87 92 89 78 73 70 68 77 84 88 85 74 69 65 63 72 79 83 81
DEWPT            63 61 59 58 57 59 60 61 61 60 59 59 58 60 61 61 61 61 61 61 60
MIN/MAX RH                   33          87          42          97          46
RH               84 56 42 34 35 56 71 81 87 62 49 42 44 66 81 90 97 68 54 46 49
WIND DIR         SE  S  S  S  S SE  S SW NW  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD         10 13 12 13 13 13 16 10  9 13 13 12 13 10  8  6  6  9 11 12 13
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
CLOUDS(%)        44 46 48 49 49 50 51 51 50 53 56 59 62 63 63 66 69 70 70 73 75
POP 12HR                     20          20          20          40          30
QPF 12HR                   0.06        0.02        0.15        0.18        0.06
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS IS IS             IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS                  IS IS IS IS             IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR                 1     3     4     3     1     3     4     4     4     4
HAINES 6HR              3     3     4     4     4     4     3     3     3     3
MIX HGT          <1  4  7 14  9 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  4  9  7  3 <1 <1 <1  4  1  6  5
VENT RATE         7 49 85149111 <1 <1 <1  2 39  4 81 98  6  8  3  3 25 13 55 80
T WIND DIR        S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  W  N SE SE SW  S  E NE  E SE SE  S
T WIND SPD       16 16 14 12 14 11 10 10  4 14  1 10 16  2 18  5  6  8 14 11 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          WED 06/19/13 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13
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       66      93      66      95      67      94      66      95
TEMP          70 66 88 90 72 66 90 92 73 67 89 91 72 66 90 92
DEWPT         63 62 59 54 57 57 52 47 54 57 54 50 57 58 55 51
MAX/MIN RH         90      27      70      20      65      22      73      23
RH            76 90 35 28 53 70 27 20 46 65 28 23 51 73 30 24
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S      SW      SW      SW      SW       S
WIND CHAR         <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           30      10      10       5       5       5      10       5
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC
TSTMS         SC SC

$$

TXZ016-162200-
BOOTLEG RAWS-DEAF SMITH TX
34.82N 102.78W ELEV. 4103 FT
525 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

DATE             SUN 06/16/13            MON 06/17/13            TUE 06/18/13
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                 92          62          90          62          87
TEMP             64 77 87 92 89 75 69 64 62 75 85 90 87 74 68 64 62 74 82 87 85
DEWPT            62 59 56 55 54 57 60 61 62 60 57 57 57 59 61 61 60 61 62 61 60
MIN/MAX RH                   28          87          36         100          44
RH               93 56 38 29 30 50 71 81 87 60 46 38 39 64 84 93100 68 49 44 48
WIND DIR         SE  S SW SW  S  S  S  W  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  S SE SE
WIND SPD          8 11 11 13 12 11 13  8 10 13 12 11 12 10  9  8  6  8 10 12 13
CLOUDS           SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
CLOUDS(%)        42 44 47 54 60 54 48 47 46 49 51 56 61 64 66 68 69 71 72 65 58
POP 12HR                     20          20          30          40          30
QPF 12HR                   0.05        0.01        0.12        0.15        0.07
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS IS IS             SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS                  IS IS IS IS             SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR                 1     3     3     3     1     3     4     4     4     4
HAINES 6HR              5     4     4     5     5     5     3     3     3     3
MIX HGT          <1  3 13 13 13 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  6 12 11  2  1  1  1  3  4  5  7
VENT RATE         8 51143150188  6  6  6  3 23 24 48105 38 20 10  7 33 60 85119
T WIND DIR        S SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW  W  N  S  S  E SE SE SE SE  E  S SE
T WIND SPD       18 19 12 13 17 13 13 13  6 10  4  4 11 28 23 11  8 14 19 19 19
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          WED 06/19/13 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13
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      92      64      95      64      94      63      94
TEMP          70 65 87 89 70 64 89 92 71 64 88 91 70 63 88 91
DEWPT         64 62 59 53 58 58 52 47 53 57 55 50 55 56 53 50
MAX/MIN RH         93      23      68      17      70      21      75      23
RH            78 93 33 24 49 68 24 18 44 70 27 24 53 75 29 25
PWIND DIR           S       S       S      SW       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           30       5      10       5      10       5      10       5
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC
TSTMS         SC SC

$$

TXZ008-162200-
BORGER-HUTCHINSON TX
35.71N 101.40W ELEV. 2762 FT
525 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

DATE             SUN 06/16/13            MON 06/17/13            TUE 06/18/13
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                 94          70          88          65          86
TEMP             71 82 90 94 91 80 75 72 70 78 84 88 85 75 70 67 65 75 82 86 84
DEWPT            64 62 61 60 59 60 62 62 62 60 58 58 58 60 61 61 61 61 61 61 61
MIN/MAX RH                   32          87          41          88          46
RH               74 52 41 33 34 56 71 81 87 62 48 41 45 64 76 82 85 63 51 46 49
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S SE SE SE  E NW  N NE NE  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD          8 10 10 12 12 13 14  6  6 13 13 12 12  9  4  5  4  6 10 12 13
CLOUDS           B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
CLOUDS(%)        55 52 49 49 49 52 55 49 42 49 56 59 62 64 66 66 66 66 65 69 72
POP 12HR                     20          20          20          30          30
QPF 12HR                   0.06        0.03        0.10        0.15        0.05
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS IS IS IS IS       IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS                  IS IS IS IS IS IS       IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR                 1     3     4     3     1     3     4     4     4     4
HAINES 6HR              4     4     4     4     4     4     3     3     3     3
MIX HGT          <1  4  6 14  2 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  4  8  9  4  1  1 <1  2  1  7  5
VENT RATE         6 39 81152 27 <1 <1 <1  2 11 27120 77 42 12  2  5 16 12 42 72
T WIND DIR        S  S  S SW  S  S  S  E SE  W NE SE SE SE SE SE NE NE  S  E SE
T WIND SPD       13 12 14 12 12  9  8  3  3  4  6 18 10 13 11  1 10  8 12  6 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          WED 06/19/13 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13
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       69      94      69      96      72      96      71      96
TEMP          73 69 89 91 75 69 91 93 77 72 92 93 77 71 91 93
DEWPT         62 62 61 58 59 59 55 52 56 59 56 54 59 60 57 55
MAX/MIN RH         87      29      63      20      59      20      66      24
RH            73 87 37 31 53 63 26 21 42 59 25 22 47 66 31 25
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S      SW      SW      SW      SW      SW
WIND CHAR         <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           40      10      10       5       5       5      10       5
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC
TSTMS         SC SC

$$

TXZ008-162200-
CEDAR RAWS-HUTCHINSON TX
35.68N 101.57W ELEV. 3103 FT
525 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

DATE             SUN 06/16/13            MON 06/17/13            TUE 06/18/13
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                 94          70          88          64          85
TEMP             69 81 89 94 91 80 75 72 70 78 85 88 85 74 69 66 64 74 81 85 83
DEWPT            63 61 59 59 58 60 61 61 61 60 58 58 57 59 61 61 61 61 61 61 61
MIN/MAX RH                   32          86          42          91          46
RH               78 53 41 33 34 55 72 81 86 61 48 42 45 65 78 85 88 64 52 46 49
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S SE SE SE  E NW  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD          8 10 10 12 12 13 14  6  6 13 13 12 12  9  5  5  4  8 10 12 13
CLOUDS           B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
CLOUDS(%)        52 51 49 49 49 51 54 48 42 49 56 60 63 64 66 66 67 66 65 70 74
POP 12HR                     20          20          20          40          30
QPF 12HR                   0.06        0.01        0.11        0.16        0.05
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS IS IS             IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS                  IS IS IS IS             IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR                 1     3     4     3     1     3     4     4     4     4
HAINES 6HR              3     3     4     4     4     4     3     3     3     3
MIX HGT          <1  4  7 14  5 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  4  8  8  4  1  1 <1  2  1  7  5
VENT RATE         6 42 95154 64 <1 <1 <1  2 12 28113 83 51 10  1  3 18 12 49 80
T WIND DIR        S  S  S SW  S  S  S SE SE  W NE SE SE SE SE SE NE NE  S SE SE
T WIND SPD       13 13 16 12 14 10  9  3  3  4  8 17 11 13 11  1  5 10 13  8 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          WED 06/19/13 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13
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       69      94      68      95      72      96      71      96
TEMP          73 69 89 91 74 68 90 92 77 72 92 93 77 71 91 93
DEWPT         62 62 60 57 58 59 54 50 55 58 56 53 58 59 56 54
MAX/MIN RH         89      28      66      19      60      21      68      23
RH            77 89 35 29 50 66 25 20 43 60 26 22 47 68 30 24
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S      SW      SW      SW      SW      SW
WIND CHAR         <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           40      10      10       5       5       5      10       5
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC
TSTMS         SC SC

$$

TXZ006-162200-
DALHART-HARTLEY TX
36.03N 102.55W ELEV. 3913 FT
525 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

DATE             SUN 06/16/13            MON 06/17/13            TUE 06/18/13
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                 94          62          88          62          85
TEMP             64 78 88 94 90 76 69 65 62 74 83 88 85 73 68 64 62 73 81 85 83
DEWPT            58 56 54 52 51 53 56 56 55 55 54 54 54 56 58 59 60 60 59 59 59
MIN/MAX RH                   29          93          38          93          43
RH               89 52 35 29 31 55 73 87 93 62 46 39 41 64 81 90 93 65 51 43 44
WIND DIR          E  S  S SE  S SE NE  N  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
WIND SPD          6  8 10 13 11 11 13 12 11 13 13 12 12  9  8  8  4  8 11 13 13
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
CLOUDS(%)        48 48 49 49 50 51 51 48 44 49 54 59 65 68 71 69 67 62 57 65 73
POP 12HR                     20          20          30          40          30
QPF 12HR                   0.04        0.01        0.15        0.18        0.05
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS IS IS             SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS                  IS IS IS IS             SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR                 1     3     4     3     1     3     4     4     4     4
HAINES 6HR              5     4     4     4     4     4     3     3     3     3
MIX HGT          <1  3  7 14 11 <1 <1 <1  1  2  4 12  8  1  1  1  1  2  3  6  7
VENT RATE         5 30 72154 95 <1 <1 <1 12 15 56121 90 18  9  2  7 18 60 77112
T WIND DIR        S  S  S SW  S SE  S  N NE  N NE  E  E SE  S SE NE  E  S  S  S
T WIND SPD       11 11 12 12 10  9  8  5 13 11 16 11 13 19 10  2  8 13 23 16 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          WED 06/19/13 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13
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       63      93      62      95      64      98      64      95
TEMP          68 63 87 90 69 62 89 92 71 64 92 94 71 64 89 91
DEWPT         61 59 55 49 54 54 49 43 50 54 51 46 53 55 50 47
MAX/MIN RH         97      22      72      14      67      19      74      20
RH            75 97 31 23 53 72 20 15 41 67 25 21 49 74 27 22
PWIND DIR           S      SW      SW      SW      SW      SW      SW      SW
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           40       5      10       5      10       5      10       5
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC
TSTMS         SC SC

$$

OKZ002-162200-
GUYMON-TEXAS OK
36.69N 101.51W ELEV. 3100 FT
525 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

DATE             SUN 06/16/13            MON 06/17/13            TUE 06/18/13
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                 90          64          88          62          83
TEMP             65 77 85 90 87 75 70 66 64 75 83 88 85 73 68 64 62 72 79 83 81
DEWPT            61 59 58 58 57 60 62 62 61 60 59 59 58 60 61 61 60 60 59 59 59
MIN/MAX RH                   32          92          40          87          44
RH               90 56 40 32 34 57 75 86 92 63 49 41 43 63 76 84 87 64 51 44 47
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S SE NE NE  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S SE SE
WIND SPD          5  6 11 13 11 11 13 11 12 13 13 11 12  6  5  6  4  8 12 13 13
CLOUDS           B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
CLOUDS(%)        58 54 49 50 51 56 61 51 42 46 49 55 62 65 69 68 66 60 54 56 58
POP 12HR                     20          30          20          40          30
QPF 12HR                   0.06        0.08        0.02        0.11        0.03
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS SC SC IS IS       IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS                  IS IS SC SC IS IS       IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR                 3     3     4     3     1     3     4     4     4     4
HAINES 6HR              3     3     4     4     4     4     3     3     3     3
MIX HGT           1  2  8 11 12 <1 <1  1  2  2  4  7  8  1 <1  1  1  4  4  3  4
VENT RATE         9 17144137168  4 <1 17 18 12 46112 83 13  4  7  9 35 39 22 52
T WIND DIR       SE SE  S  S SW  S  N NE NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE NE SE SE  E SE
T WIND SPD       10 12 20 14 16  9  5 19 13  6 14 18 12 14  8  8 10 10 12  9 14
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          WED 06/19/13 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13
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      93      66      98      68      98      66      98
TEMP          68 64 88 90 72 66 92 95 75 68 92 94 73 66 92 94
DEWPT         60 59 59 56 58 58 53 49 54 58 55 52 55 57 55 53
MAX/MIN RH         97      27      70      17      62      19      66      21
RH            78 97 36 28 55 70 23 18 43 62 24 21 45 66 27 23
PWIND DIR           S      SW      SW      SW      SW      SW       S      SW
WIND CHAR         <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           40      10      10       5       5       5      10       5
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC
TSTMS         SC SC

$$

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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