Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
230 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
TXZ012-171000-
AMARILLO-POTTER TX
35.23N 101.70W ELEV. 3585 FT
230 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
DATE 06/16/13 MON 06/17/13 TUE 06/18/13 WED
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 66 88 64 84 66
TEMP 92 89 77 72 68 66 76 84 88 85 74 69 66 64 73 80 84 82 74 70 67 66
DEWPT 60 58 61 62 63 62 63 61 60 61 62 63 62 62 63 63 62 62 63 64 64 63
MAX/MIN RH 87 39 93 48 90
RH 34 35 58 71 84 87 64 46 39 45 66 81 87 93 71 56 48 51 69 81 90 90
WIND DIR S S S S S S SE NE NE E E E E E E E SE S S SE SE SE
WIND SPD 13 11 12 12 9 5 11 14 14 13 13 11 11 10 11 11 10 9 14 20 12 4
CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
CLOUDS(%) 52 56 57 57 51 45 44 43 53 62 65 67 65 62 59 56 57 57 61 65 56 47
POP 12HR 30 20 30 30 40
QPF 12HR 0.06 0.08 0.48 0.41 0.06
RAIN SHWRS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR 4 3 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
HAINES 6HR 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 5
MIX HGT 14 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 8 7 2 <1 1 2 2 1 5 2 <1 <1 1 1
VENT RATE 238204 <1 <1 <1 <1 33 30 48 91 21 9 13 23 32 20 25 32 7 7 13 11
T WIND DIR SW SW S S S S S SE E SE SE SE SE NE E SE N SE SE SE SE SE
T WIND SPD 19 19 13 12 12 6 12 6 6 14 16 19 14 17 18 23 5 18 16 14 14 12
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
RFTI CATEGORY NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO
DATE 06/19 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13 SUN 06/23/13
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 67 97 70 96 66 95 67 94
TEMP 89 91 73 67 91 94 76 70 91 93 73 66 90 92 73 67 89 91
DEWPT 61 54 57 58 53 47 54 56 54 49 56 57 55 50 56 57 55 50
MIN/MAX RH 27 73 19 61 21 73 23 70 23
RH 39 29 57 73 28 20 46 61 29 22 55 73 31 24 55 70 32 25
PWIND DIR S S SW S S SW S S S
WIND CHAR <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15>
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 5 10 5 10 5 5 5 10 5
$$
TXZ016-171000-
BOOTLEG RAWS-DEAF SMITH TX
34.82N 102.78W ELEV. 4103 FT
230 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
DATE 06/16/13 MON 06/17/13 TUE 06/18/13 WED
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 65 90 63 86 62
TEMP 93 90 77 71 67 65 77 85 90 87 75 69 65 63 74 82 86 83 72 67 64 62
DEWPT 56 52 57 60 61 61 63 60 57 57 61 63 63 63 65 64 62 61 64 64 63 61
MAX/MIN RH 86 33 100 45 100
RH 29 27 50 68 81 86 61 43 33 36 62 81 93100 74 55 45 48 75 90 97 97
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW W W N NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SW
WIND SPD 13 13 12 11 8 4 8 11 11 10 12 13 10 6 8 9 12 13 14 16 12 8
CLOUDS SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
CLOUDS(%) 50 55 55 54 48 41 40 39 50 61 64 66 64 62 61 59 59 58 60 61 53 44
POP 12HR 20 20 40 30 40
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.11 0.38 0.13 0.02
RAIN SHWRS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR 3 3 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
HAINES 6HR 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6
MIX HGT 17 16 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 16 12 <1 <1 1 <1 3 4 5 3 2 1 1 1
VENT RATE 281256 6 6 <1 <1 18 55 31 35 9 5 16 5 39 72 68 63 24 11 9 8
T WIND DIR W W S SW SW W N NE S SE E SE SE S E SE E SE SE SE SE SE
T WIND SPD 19 18 12 12 9 4 10 12 2 3 20 11 18 10 14 20 17 24 18 12 10 9
RFTI 0 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 NO
DATE 06/19 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13 SUN 06/23/13
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 95 65 98 64 92 64 93 65 93
TEMP 89 92 72 65 92 94 71 64 87 89 70 64 88 90 71 65 88 90
DEWPT 59 52 57 57 53 48 56 57 56 50 57 57 56 52 55 56 53 49
MIN/MAX RH 24 77 19 78 25 78 27 74 24
RH 36 26 60 77 27 21 59 78 35 26 62 78 35 28 58 74 31 25
PWIND DIR SW S SW S S SW S S S
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 15> <15 15>
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR 5 10 5 10 5 5 5 10 5
$$
TXZ008-171000-
BORGER-HUTCHINSON TX
35.71N 101.40W ELEV. 2762 FT
230 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
DATE 06/16/13 MON 06/17/13 TUE 06/18/13 WED
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 67 91 68 86 69
TEMP 95 92 79 73 69 67 78 86 91 88 78 73 70 68 76 83 86 84 76 73 70 69
DEWPT 61 61 63 64 63 63 64 63 61 62 63 63 63 62 63 63 62 63 64 64 64 64
MAX/MIN RH 87 37 81 45 82
RH 33 36 58 73 81 87 62 46 37 42 60 70 77 81 63 52 45 50 65 72 80 81
WIND DIR S S S S SE E E NE NE E E E E E E SE SE S S S SE E
WIND SPD 12 12 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 11 10 10 10 10 9 13 17 11 4
CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
CLOUDS(%) 52 56 58 59 51 43 43 42 52 62 65 67 65 62 58 54 55 55 61 67 57 47
POP 12HR 40 20 30 30 40
QPF 12HR 0.09 0.07 0.26 0.63 0.07
RAIN SHWRS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR 4 4 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
HAINES 6HR 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 6
MIX HGT 14 13 <1 <1 <1 1 3 5 7 9 4 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 <1 <1 <1 1
VENT RATE 210208 7 7 4 17 30 27 64128 39 26 21 30 38 42 23 35 4 2 4 8
T WIND DIR SW SW SE S S E SE E E SE SE SE SE NE E SE NE SE SE E SE SE
T WIND SPD 17 18 16 16 8 19 13 6 10 17 12 19 14 23 17 23 6 16 9 4 9 9
RFTI 0 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 NO
DATE 06/19 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13 SUN 06/23/13
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 98 71 100 71 98 71 97 72 95
TEMP 93 95 77 71 95 97 77 71 93 95 77 71 92 94 78 72 91 92
DEWPT 63 59 59 59 56 52 56 58 57 53 57 58 57 54 57 58 56 53
MIN/MAX RH 28 66 21 63 23 63 24 61 25
RH 37 30 54 66 27 22 48 63 30 24 49 63 31 26 48 61 31 27
PWIND DIR S S S SW S SW S S S
WIND CHAR <15 <15 15> <15 15> 15> 15> 15> 15>
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 10 10 5 10 5 5 5 10 5
$$
TXZ008-171000-
CEDAR RAWS-HUTCHINSON TX
35.68N 101.57W ELEV. 3103 FT
230 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
DATE 06/16/13 MON 06/17/13 TUE 06/18/13 WED
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 67 90 67 86 69
TEMP 94 91 79 73 69 67 78 86 90 87 77 72 69 67 76 82 86 84 76 73 70 69
DEWPT 60 60 62 63 63 63 64 62 61 61 63 63 63 62 63 63 62 62 64 64 64 64
MAX/MIN RH 86 38 84 45 84
RH 33 36 56 71 81 86 61 45 38 42 61 73 81 84 65 53 45 48 66 73 81 84
WIND DIR S S S S SE E E NE NE E E E E E E SE SE S S S SE SE
WIND SPD 12 12 13 14 12 9 12 14 14 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 10 9 13 18 11 4
CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
CLOUDS(%) 52 56 58 59 51 43 43 42 53 63 65 67 65 63 59 54 55 55 62 68 58 48
POP 12HR 40 20 30 30 40
QPF 12HR 0.08 0.07 0.32 0.61 0.06
RAIN SHWRS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR 4 3 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
HAINES 6HR 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 6
MIX HGT 15 14 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 7 9 3 1 1 2 3 2 4 3 <1 <1 <1 1
VENT RATE 232216 6 7 4 7 33 30 63126 33 16 12 40 35 41 27 35 5 2 4 8
T WIND DIR SW SW SE S S E SE E E SE SE SE SE NE E SE NE SE SE E SE SE
T WIND SPD 18 18 13 16 9 14 12 6 10 16 12 18 13 23 16 23 8 16 10 4 9 9
RFTI 0 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 NO
DATE 06/19 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13 SUN 06/23/13
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 98 70 100 71 97 71 97 71 95
TEMP 93 95 76 70 94 97 77 71 92 94 77 71 92 94 77 71 91 92
DEWPT 62 57 59 59 55 50 55 57 56 52 57 58 57 53 57 58 55 52
MIN/MAX RH 27 68 19 62 22 64 24 63 24
RH 36 28 55 68 27 21 47 62 30 24 50 64 31 25 50 63 30 26
PWIND DIR S S SW SW S SW S S S
WIND CHAR <15 <15 15> <15 15> 15> 15> 15> 15>
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1
POP 12HR 10 10 5 10 5 5 5 10 5
$$
TXZ006-171000-
DALHART-HARTLEY TX
36.03N 102.55W ELEV. 3913 FT
230 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
DATE 06/16/13 MON 06/17/13 TUE 06/18/13 WED
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 62 89 62 84 64
TEMP 93 90 75 69 64 62 75 84 89 86 74 68 64 62 72 80 84 82 73 68 66 64
DEWPT 56 53 58 61 61 59 60 58 56 57 60 61 61 60 61 61 60 60 62 62 62 61
MAX/MIN RH 92 33 92 44 91
RH 29 28 56 76 89 90 60 41 33 37 62 77 89 92 67 52 44 47 68 80 87 91
WIND DIR SE SW W N N NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE SE S S S S S
WIND SPD 13 8 8 8 10 11 12 13 13 14 16 17 13 9 11 13 13 12 13 14 10 4
CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
CLOUDS(%) 51 56 54 52 48 44 44 43 54 65 67 68 64 60 57 53 55 56 62 67 56 44
POP 12HR 30 20 40 30 40
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.09 0.49 0.33 0.04
RAIN SHWRS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR 4 3 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
HAINES 6HR 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 6
MIX HGT 15 16 <1 <1 1 1 2 3 12 11 <1 <1 <1 2 2 4 3 4 2 <1 <1 1
VENT RATE 193181 2 <1 16 13 17 33 38 68 4 5 3 27 22 29 39 42 20 4 4 9
T WIND DIR SW SW SW N NE NE NE NE E S SE SE E E SE SE E SE SE SE S S
T WIND SPD 13 12 3 9 18 14 12 12 3 6 9 10 6 20 16 8 14 13 14 8 9 10
RFTI 0 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 NO
DATE 06/19 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13 SUN 06/23/13
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 96 63 99 64 97 63 96 64 95
TEMP 90 92 70 63 92 95 72 64 91 93 70 63 90 92 71 64 89 92
DEWPT 55 48 52 53 46 41 51 53 53 48 54 56 53 49 54 55 51 47
MIN/MAX RH 20 70 14 67 19 77 20 73 20
RH 31 22 53 70 21 16 47 67 28 22 57 77 28 23 55 73 27 21
PWIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15> 15>
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 5 10 5 10 5 5 5 10 5
$$
OKZ002-171000-
GUYMON-TEXAS OK
36.69N 101.51W ELEV. 3100 FT
230 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
DATE 06/16/13 MON 06/17/13 TUE 06/18/13 WED
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 65 89 65 86 66
TEMP 93 90 77 71 67 65 76 84 89 86 75 70 67 65 75 82 86 84 75 70 68 66
DEWPT 59 61 63 63 63 62 62 61 61 61 62 62 62 61 61 62 61 61 63 63 63 63
MAX/MIN RH 90 40 87 43 90
RH 32 38 62 76 87 90 62 47 40 44 64 76 84 87 63 50 43 46 66 78 84 90
WIND DIR S SE E NE E E E NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE S S S SE
WIND SPD 13 17 17 17 13 9 11 12 13 14 14 13 12 10 12 13 13 12 16 19 13 9
CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC
CLOUDS(%) 52 56 59 61 53 44 44 43 53 62 65 67 65 63 58 52 54 55 63 71 59 47
POP 12HR 50 5 30 30 40
QPF 12HR 0.16 0 0.24 0.52 0.08
RAIN SHWRS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR 4 4 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
HAINES 6HR 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 6
MIX HGT 12 12 <1 <1 1 2 3 4 7 6 5 <1 3 1 3 7 3 5 2 <1 <1 1
VENT RATE 184205 5 11 20 24 20 28 78 84 72 8 43 15 28 65 33 63 14 3 2 8
T WIND DIR S S SE NE E E SE E E SE S E E E SE SE S SE SE S S SE
T WIND SPD 18 19 10 24 23 17 9 8 13 16 18 17 19 16 12 11 12 16 10 5 4 9
RFTI 0 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 NO
DATE 06/19 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13 SUN 06/23/13
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 65 100 67 99 66 99 66 97
TEMP 89 91 71 65 94 96 74 67 93 95 73 66 93 95 73 66 91 94
DEWPT 61 57 57 56 53 49 54 55 56 52 58 58 57 54 56 57 56 53
MIN/MAX RH 30 73 18 65 21 75 22 73 23
RH 39 32 61 73 26 20 50 65 29 24 58 75 30 25 55 73 31 25
PWIND DIR S S SW SW SW S SW S S
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15>
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 10 10 5 10 5 5 5 10 5
$$
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