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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
456 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

TXZ024-222215-
CAPROCK RAWS-BRISCOE TX
34.41N 101.05W ELEV. 2561 FT
456 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                 89          62          86          63          83
TEMP             57 69 81 88 86 76 71 67 64 72 81 85 84 75 70 67 65 71 79 82 81
DEWPT            44 46 43 41 40 48 52 55 56 59 61 61 60 61 63 61 60 61 62 61 60
MIN/MAX RH                   18          75          43          83          47
RH               62 44 26 19 20 37 51 65 75 64 51 45 44 62 78 81 84 71 56 49 49
WIND DIR         SW  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE
WIND SPD          5 10 13 13 13 12 13 10  8 11 13 18 20 21 21 17 13 13 13 17 19
CLOUDS           FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1
CLOUDS(%)        23 23 23 27 31 35 40 46 51 51 50 60 70 72 73 72 71 60 49 50 52
POP 12HR                      5          10          50          50          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.21        0.11        0.08
RAIN SHWRS                                     SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC
TSTMS                                          SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC
LAL               1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  4  4  4  4  3  3  2  2  2  2  3
HAINES            3  4  4  3  3  4  4  5  6  6  5  3  4  4  3  2  3  3  3  3  2
MIXING HGT       <1  4  7 13 14 <1 <1 <1 <1  3 17  3  3  1  1 <1 <1  2  7  7  9
T WIND DIR       SW  S  S SW SW SE  S  S  S SW SW  E SE SE  S  S SE SE  S  S  S
T WIND SPD        9 18 20 20 19 13 14 10  9 26 11 35 42 32 34 23  3 14 24 21 23
RFTI              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE          SAT 05/25/13 SUN 05/26/13 MON 05/27/13 TUE 05/28/13
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      87      65      91      65      90      65      91
TEMP          70 66 82 85 72 67 85 88 73 67 84 88 73 67 85 88
DEWPT         60 62 60 56 59 60 59 56 57 57 59 53 56 58 55 50
MAX/MIN RH         87      38      80      33      69      30      73      26
RH            71 87 47 37 64 78 41 34 57 70 43 30 55 73 36 27
PWIND DIR           S       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           30      20      20      20      20      10      10      10
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC    IS IS       IS IS
TSTMS         SC SC    IS IS       IS IS

$$

TXZ026-222215-
CHILDRESS-CHILDRESS TX
34.43N 100.28W ELEV. 1952 FT
456 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                 91          63          88          65          85
TEMP             57 70 83 90 87 78 72 68 65 73 82 87 86 77 72 69 67 73 81 84 83
DEWPT            45 48 44 44 45 50 54 57 58 61 63 63 62 63 63 61 60 62 65 64 62
MIN/MAX RH                   20          77          45          78          49
RH               64 45 25 20 23 37 53 68 78 66 53 45 45 62 73 76 78 68 58 51 49
WIND DIR         SW  S  S  S  S SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE  S  S
WIND SPD          4  8 11 13 13 13 13 10  8 10 13 18 21 23 21 17 13 11 12 14 18
CLOUDS           SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1
CLOUDS(%)        39 32 25 28 32 36 40 48 56 55 54 63 71 72 73 72 71 60 48 49 51
POP 12HR                     10          10          60          60          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.24        0.27        0.07
RAIN SHWRS                               IS IS NM NM NM NM SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                    IS IS NM NM NM NM SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
LAL               1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  2  2  3
HAINES            3  3  4  4  3  3  3  4  5  6  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3
MIXING HGT       <1  4  8 10 12 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  8  6  5  1  2 <1 <1  4  7  8  9
T WIND DIR        W  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SW SE SE SE SE  S SW  E SE  S  S  S
T WIND SPD        4 13 18 19 19 16 21  9  8 21 12 26 29 26 28 12 12 19 24 20 24
RFTI              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  3  2  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE          SAT 05/25/13 SUN 05/26/13 MON 05/27/13 TUE 05/28/13
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      89      66      94      67      92      66      93
TEMP          72 68 84 87 73 68 88 91 76 69 86 90 74 68 87 90
DEWPT         63 64 61 58 60 61 61 57 56 59 61 56 57 60 58 52
MAX/MIN RH         88      38      78      30      70      32      76      26
RH            73 87 46 38 64 78 40 32 50 70 43 32 55 76 38 27
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           20      20      20      20      20      10      10      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS IS    IS IS       IS IS
TSTMS         IS IS    IS IS       IS IS

$$

TXZ043-222215-
JAYTON RAWS-KENT TX
33.23N 100.57W ELEV. 1905 FT
456 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                 93          67          91          68          90
TEMP             59 72 85 92 89 81 75 71 69 77 86 90 89 80 75 72 70 77 85 89 88
DEWPT            47 52 47 48 46 56 57 62 63 64 64 60 56 59 63 65 65 64 63 61 60
MIN/MAX RH                   22          81          33          85          38
RH               64 49 27 22 23 42 54 73 81 64 48 37 33 49 66 79 84 64 48 39 39
WIND DIR         SW  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S SW  S SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD          4  6 12 13 13 12 13 11 10 13 14 18 20 18 16 13 12 13 13 16 17
CLOUDS           CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)         5  7  9 17 24 29 33 41 50 50 50 50 51 61 70 66 62 56 49 49 50
POP 12HR                      5          10          20          40          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.08        0.08        0.06
RAIN SHWRS                                     IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                          IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
LAL               1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  3  3  4  4  3  3  2  2  2  2  2
HAINES            4  4  4  4  3  2  3  5  5  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  4  4  3  4  4
MIXING HGT       <1  3  8 12 13 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  9 16 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  7  7  8
T WIND DIR        W  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SW SW  S  E  E NE SE SE  S SE  S  S
T WIND SPD        5 13 18 19 19 14 16 12 10 25 17 18 24 24 18  4  8 16 17 21 21
RFTI              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE          SAT 05/25/13 SUN 05/26/13 MON 05/27/13 TUE 05/28/13
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       67      89      67      95      67      93      64      92
TEMP          74 69 84 87 74 69 89 92 76 69 87 90 73 66 86 89
DEWPT         63 64 61 56 61 61 60 55 58 62 62 56 58 62 58 51
MAX/MIN RH         84      35      76      28      80      31      87      26
RH            69 84 46 35 64 76 38 29 54 78 43 32 59 87 39 27
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       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           20      20      20      20      20      10      10      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS IS    IS IS       IS IS
TSTMS         IS IS    IS IS       IS IS

$$

TXZ035-222215-
LUBBOCK-LUBBOCK TX
33.67N 101.82W ELEV. 3280 FT
456 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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          89          66          86
TEMP             57 70 82 89 87 78 72 68 66 75 84 88 87 78 73 70 68 74 82 85 84
DEWPT            44 46 42 40 34 40 47 55 59 60 60 55 52 56 61 62 62 62 61 59 57
MIN/MAX RH                   15          77          30          81          38
RH               62 42 24 18 15 26 41 63 78 60 44 33 30 47 66 76 81 66 49 41 40
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SW  S SE SE  E SE  S  S  S SE SE
WIND SPD          5 12 13 14 13 12 13 12 12 13 14 17 20 21 21 17 13 14 17 18 19
CLOUDS           CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1
CLOUDS(%)         3  4  6 13 20 21 22 35 48 49 50 55 60 63 66 65 64 57 49 51 52
POP 12HR                      5          10          20          40          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.13        0.07        0.11
RAIN SHWRS                                     IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC
TSTMS                                          IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC
LAL               1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  3  3  4  4  3  3  2  2  2  2  3
HAINES            4  4  5  3  4  5  5  5  6  6  6  4  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  4  2
MIXING HGT       <1  3  8 14 15 <1 <1 <1 <1  2 14 20 17  1  1 <1 <1  3  6  6  7
T WIND DIR        S  S SW SW SW SE  S  S  S SW SW SW  S SE SE SE  S  S  S SE  S
T WIND SPD        5 20 18 19 19 10 13 12 14 24 17 14 14 39 42 28  9 19 21 26 18
RFTI              0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE          SAT 05/25/13 SUN 05/26/13 MON 05/27/13 TUE 05/28/13
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      88      63      90      63      90      62      89
TEMP          72 67 83 86 71 65 84 87 72 65 84 87 71 64 83 86
DEWPT         59 62 60 56 59 59 58 54 56 56 57 48 54 58 54 46
MAX/MIN RH         85      36      81      32      73      25      81      25
RH            64 84 46 36 66 81 41 32 57 73 40 26 55 81 37 25
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           30      20      20      20      20      10      10      10
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC    IS IS       IS IS
TSTMS         SC SC    IS IS       IS IS

$$

TXZ031-222215-
MATADOR RAWS-COTTLE TX
34.13N 100.42W ELEV. 1900 FT
456 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                 91          64          88          66          85
TEMP             57 70 83 90 87 78 73 69 66 74 83 87 86 77 73 70 68 74 81 84 83
DEWPT            45 48 44 44 44 52 55 58 58 61 63 62 61 62 64 63 62 64 66 64 62
MIN/MAX RH                   21          75          43          81          50
RH               64 45 25 20 22 40 53 68 75 64 51 43 43 60 73 78 81 71 60 51 49
WIND DIR         SW  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD          5  8 11 14 13 13 13 10  8 11 13 18 20 21 21 17 12 11 12 14 18
CLOUDS           SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1
CLOUDS(%)        35 28 21 26 31 35 40 47 54 54 54 60 67 70 73 72 71 59 48 49 51
POP 12HR                      5          10          50          50          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.17        0.20        0.07
RAIN SHWRS                               IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                    IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
LAL               1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  2  2  3
HAINES            3  4  4  4  3  3  3  4  5  6  5  3  3  3  3  3  3  4  3  3  4
MIXING HGT       <1  4  7 11 12 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  9  6  3 <1  1 <1 <1  4  7  7  9
T WIND DIR       SW  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW  S SE SE SE  S SW  E SE  S  S  S
T WIND SPD        6 13 19 19 20 14 16 10  8 26 10 32 33 23 35 17 12 17 23 21 24
RFTI              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE          SAT 05/25/13 SUN 05/26/13 MON 05/27/13 TUE 05/28/13
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      89      67      94      68      93      66      93
TEMP          72 68 84 87 74 69 88 91 76 70 87 91 75 68 87 90
DEWPT         63 64 61 58 60 61 60 56 56 59 61 56 57 61 58 51
MAX/MIN RH         88      37      76      30      69      31      78      26
RH            73 87 46 38 62 76 39 31 50 68 42 31 54 78 38 26
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       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           20      20      20      20      20      10      10      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS IS    IS IS       IS IS
TSTMS         IS IS    IS IS       IS IS

$$

TXZ029-222215-
PLAINVIEW-HALE TX
34.18N 101.71W ELEV. 3372 FT
456 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                 89          61          87          64          84
TEMP             55 68 81 88 85 76 70 66 63 72 81 86 84 76 71 68 66 72 80 83 82
DEWPT            44 45 41 36 34 40 45 52 56 57 58 56 55 58 61 61 59 59 59 57 56
MIN/MAX RH                   16          77          36          80          40
RH               66 43 24 16 16 27 41 61 78 59 46 36 37 54 71 78 78 64 49 41 41
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SW  S SE SE  E SE  S  S  S SE SE
WIND SPD          5 12 13 13 12 11 12 11 10 12 13 16 17 19 20 17 13 14 17 18 18
CLOUDS           FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1
CLOUDS(%)         6  6  7 15 23 25 27 39 50 50 50 58 67 69 70 67 65 57 50 52 53
POP 12HR                      5          10          30          40          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.15        0.08        0.12
RAIN SHWRS                                     SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC
TSTMS                                          SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC
LAL               1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  3  3  4  4  3  3  2  2  2  2  3
HAINES            4  4  5  3  4  5  5  6  6  6  6  5  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  3  2
MIXING HGT       <1  3  7 14 15 <1 <1 <1 <1  2 18 20  2  2  1 <1 <1  4  7  7  7
T WIND DIR        S  S  S SW SW SE  S  S  S SW SW SW  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S
T WIND SPD        8 21 19 20 20 10 13 13 14 26 13 13 39 42 35 29 11 17 21 25 20
RFTI              0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE          SAT 05/25/13 SUN 05/26/13 MON 05/27/13 TUE 05/28/13
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      87      62      89      61      89      62      89
TEMP          70 65 82 85 70 64 83 86 70 63 83 86 71 64 83 86
DEWPT         58 60 60 56 57 59 57 53 55 55 55 45 54 56 52 45
MAX/MIN RH         85      37      84      31      75      24      75      24
RH            66 84 47 37 63 84 41 32 59 75 38 24 55 75 34 24
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         15>     <15     <15     <15     15>     <15     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           30      20      20      20      20      10      10      10
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC    IS IS       IS IS
TSTMS         SC SC    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
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
MIXING HGT(THOUSANDS OF FT AGL)........MIXING HEIGHT
     EXAMPLE: 6 = 6000 FEET; 12 = 12000 FEET; <1 = LESS THAN 1000 FEET
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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