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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
344 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

TXZ024-151100-
CAPROCK RAWS-BRISCOE TX
34.41N 101.05W ELEV. 2561 FT
344 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

DATE           05/14/13      WED 05/15/13            THU 05/16/13            FRI
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                 63          93          62          91          65
TEMP          90 88 77 72 68 65 76 86 92 90 78 72 67 64 74 85 90 88 79 73 69 67
DEWPT         43 43 46 52 54 56 55 50 52 46 54 56 58 59 59 57 54 53 55 58 57 56
MAX/MIN RH                   74          22          81          28          68
RH            20 21 33 49 61 73 48 29 26 22 43 57 73 84 59 39 30 30 44 59 66 68
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SW  S SE  E  E NE  E  E SE SE SE  E  N NW
WIND SPD      17 14 13 18 16 12 14 13 11  5 13  8  4  3  4  8 10 11  9  5  4  3
CLOUDS        FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)     24 37 33 35 33 30 35 38 46 58 50 41 38 35 38 42 48 54 44 33 31 29
POP 12HR                     10          20          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                      0        0.02        0.01        0.02        0.01
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS             IS IS IS IS                IS IS IS
TSTMS            IS IS             IS IS IS IS                IS IS IS
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  3  3  3  3  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  1  1
HAINES         3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  5  4  4  5  5  4  5  5  3  5  5  6  6
MIXING HGT    13 14 <1  1 <1 <1  3 15 18 14 <1 <1 <1 <1  2  4  5  4  2 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR    SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SE SE  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE  E SW
T WIND SPD    18 18  9 27 27 21 19 14 13  6 23 16  5  5  6  9 12 17 21 11  2  2
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           05/17 SAT 05/18/13 SUN 05/19/13 MON 05/20/13 TUE 05/21/13
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       97      68      94      61      92      58      88      57      85
TEMP          90 94 77 70 88 91 72 64 85 89 69 61 81 85 67 59 79 82
DEWPT         52 22 43 54 48 35 35 28 26 27 29 30 27 26 35 46 46 45
MIN/MAX RH          8      57      14      27      10      32      11      60      25
RH            27  7 30 57 25 14 26 25 12 11 22 31 14 12 30 62 31 27
PWIND DIR           W      SW       S      SW       W       W       W      NW      NE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
POP 12HR            5       5      10      10       5       5       5       5       5

$$

TXZ026-151100-
CHILDRESS-CHILDRESS TX
34.43N 100.28W ELEV. 1952 FT
344 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

DATE           05/14/13      WED 05/15/13            THU 05/16/13            FRI
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                 64          91          64          92          64
TEMP          90 88 78 73 69 66 75 85 90 88 78 73 69 66 76 86 91 89 79 73 69 66
DEWPT         48 48 51 54 56 58 59 56 55 56 57 58 60 61 61 60 58 57 59 61 60 60
MAX/MIN RH                   75          31          84          33          80
RH            24 25 39 51 63 75 58 37 31 34 48 59 73 84 60 42 33 34 50 66 73 81
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E SE
WIND SPD      19 17 14 17 13 11 16 18 16 16 11 11  8  5  6  8 12 13 10  6  5  6
CLOUDS        FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)     25 46 56 59 43 32 37 40 55 52 48 44 44 45 50 55 50 46 42 38 37 36
POP 12HR                     20          30          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                      0        0.02        0.01           0        0.01
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS IS IS       SC SC IS IS                IS IS IS
TSTMS            IS IS IS IS       SC SC IS IS                IS IS IS
LAL            1  2  2  2  2  1  1  3  3  3  3  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  1  1
HAINES         4  3  3  3  3  4  4  3  3  4  4  4  4  5  5  3  5  6  4  4  5  6
MIXING HGT    11 12 <1 <1 <1 <1  3 12 17  1  1  1 <1 <1  3  4  4  4  2 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR     S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E
T WIND SPD    21 20 13 24 21 14 20 23 16 28 29 17 11 13 11 10 14 16 24 12  6  4
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           05/17 SAT 05/18/13 SUN 05/19/13 MON 05/20/13 TUE 05/21/13
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       99      67      98      66      93      60      90      59      88
TEMP          91 96 77 70 91 95 76 69 87 90 71 63 83 87 69 61 82 85
DEWPT         56 30 45 54 54 49 52 44 37 32 35 39 34 30 38 47 48 46
MIN/MAX RH         10      58      21      44      12      41      13      59      25
RH            31 10 32 57 29 21 43 40 17 13 27 41 17 13 32 60 31 26
PWIND DIR           S      SW       S       S       W       W       W      NW      NE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR           10      10      20      20       5       5       5       5       5
RAIN SHWRS                   IS IS
TSTMS                        IS IS

$$

TXZ043-151100-
JAYTON RAWS-KENT TX
33.23N 100.57W ELEV. 1905 FT
344 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

DATE           05/14/13      WED 05/15/13            THU 05/16/13            FRI
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                 63          93          64          97          67
TEMP          89 87 77 72 68 65 76 86 92 90 79 73 69 66 78 90 96 94 83 77 72 69
DEWPT         52 51 54 58 59 61 62 57 53 53 54 57 60 61 60 58 55 54 57 59 56 52
MAX/MIN RH                   86          27          83          26          57
RH            28 29 45 61 73 87 62 37 27 28 42 57 73 84 54 34 25 26 41 54 57 55
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE  S SW
WIND SPD      17 17 14 16 13 12 19 18 17 12 16 17 12  4  4  5  6  9 10 10  9  8
CLOUDS        SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)     38 53 68 54 42 36 38 39 43 58 49 39 30 21 32 44 42 41 36 31 30 28
POP 12HR                     20          30          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                      0        0.03        0.01           0        0.01
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS IS IS       SC SC IS IS                IS IS IS
TSTMS            IS IS IS IS       SC SC IS IS                IS IS IS
LAL            1  2  2  2  2  1  1  3  3  3  3  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  1  1
HAINES         3  3  3  3  4  4  4  3  3  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  5  5  6  6
MIXING HGT    12 12 <1 <1 <1 <1  2 12 15 14  1 <1  1 <1  3  4  5  5 <1 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR    SW SW  S  S SW  S  S SW  W SW  S  S  S SE  S SE SE SE  E SE  S SW
T WIND SPD    21 20 14 17 19 10 24 20 19 24 28 24 18  6  9  6 11 14 23 16  8  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           05/17 SAT 05/18/13 SUN 05/19/13 MON 05/20/13 TUE 05/21/13
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      100      68      96      66      96      61      93      61      90
TEMP          93 97 78 71 90 93 76 68 89 93 72 64 86 90 71 64 84 87
DEWPT         50 28 48 60 57 48 57 59 45 30 39 48 38 28 38 52 51 47
MIN/MAX RH          9      69      22      72      11      56      10      66      25
RH            23  9 35 68 33 22 52 73 22 11 30 56 18 11 30 65 32 25
PWIND DIR          SW      SW       S       S      SW       W       W      NW      NE
WIND CHAR         <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
POP 12HR            5      10      20      20       5       5       5       5       5
RAIN SHWRS                   IS IS
TSTMS                        IS IS

$$

TXZ035-151100-
LUBBOCK-LUBBOCK TX
33.67N 101.82W ELEV. 3280 FT
344 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

DATE           05/14/13      WED 05/15/13            THU 05/16/13            FRI
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                 61          93          63          98          64
TEMP          87 85 75 70 66 63 74 86 92 90 79 73 68 65 78 90 97 95 82 75 70 67
DEWPT         41 41 44 52 56 55 53 45 44 43 41 46 50 53 52 45 37 33 42 50 50 48
MAX/MIN RH                   75          19          65          12          51
RH            20 21 33 53 70 75 48 24 19 20 26 38 52 65 40 21 12 11 24 41 49 50
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  E SE NE  N  N NE SE SW  S  E  S  W
WIND SPD      16 16 13 18 13 13 16 13 16 11  6  4  4  4  3  3  4  8  8  8  5  4
CLOUDS        SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUDS(%)     35 34 41 32 37 34 33 32 35 46 41 36 28 20 23 25 28 31 26 21 22 23
POP 12HR                     20          20          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS             IS IS IS IS                   IS IS
TSTMS            IS IS             IS IS IS IS                   IS IS
LAL            1  2  2  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  1  1
HAINES         3  4  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  5  6  6  6  6
MIXING HGT    14 15 <1 <1 <1 <1  2 16 16 14 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 14 18 17 <1 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR    SW SW  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  S  S  S NW  N  W  W SW  E  E NE  W
T WIND SPD    18 18 11 24 21 12 20 19 23 20  8  6  6  3  6 11 12 16 14  9  3  4
RFTI           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  2  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/17 SAT 05/18/13 SUN 05/19/13 MON 05/20/13 TUE 05/21/13
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       99      67      95      60      93      59      91      57      88
TEMP          91 96 77 70 89 92 71 63 86 90 70 62 84 88 68 60 81 85
DEWPT         45 20 45 54 40 19 22 29 27 23 26 30 24 21 33 46 45 42
MIN/MAX RH          7      58       7      27       9      30       8      60      21
RH            20  6 32 57 18  7 16 27 12  9 19 30 11  9 27 60 28 22
PWIND DIR           W      SW      SW      SW       W       W       W       N      NE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR            0       5       5       5       5       5       5       5       5

$$

TXZ031-151100-
MATADOR RAWS-COTTLE TX
34.13N 100.42W ELEV. 1900 FT
344 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

DATE           05/14/13      WED 05/15/13            THU 05/16/13            FRI
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                 64          91          65          93          66
TEMP          91 89 79 73 69 66 75 85 90 88 79 73 69 67 77 87 92 90 80 75 71 68
DEWPT         48 48 51 55 57 59 59 56 54 56 56 58 60 61 62 60 58 57 59 62 60 59
MAX/MIN RH                   76          30          81          31          72
RH            23 24 38 53 66 78 58 37 30 34 45 59 73 81 60 40 32 33 49 64 68 73
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E SE
WIND SPD      17 17 16 17 14 12 17 18 16 13 13  8  5  4  5  8 10 10  9  6  5  4
CLOUDS        FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)     24 45 61 61 43 32 37 37 54 59 51 42 41 39 45 52 48 45 41 37 36 35
POP 12HR                     20          30          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                      0        0.03        0.01           0        0.01
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS IS IS       SC SC IS IS                IS IS IS
TSTMS            IS IS IS IS       SC SC IS IS                IS IS IS
LAL            1  2  2  2  2  1  1  3  3  3  3  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  1  1
HAINES         4  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  4  4  6  6
MIXING HGT    11 12 <1 <1 <1 <1  2  8 17 <1  2  1 <1 <1  3  4  4  4  2 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR     S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE  E
T WIND SPD    21 20 14 24 24 17 21 24 18 14 32 17  9  9 10 10 14 16 24 12  5  3
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           05/17 SAT 05/18/13 SUN 05/19/13 MON 05/20/13 TUE 05/21/13
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       99      68      97      67      93      60      90      60      89
TEMP          92 96 78 70 91 94 77 69 87 90 71 63 83 87 70 62 83 86
DEWPT         55 26 45 56 55 49 52 47 38 30 35 40 34 29 38 48 49 48
MIN/MAX RH          8      60      22      46      12      42      12      59      26
RH            29  8 31 61 30 22 42 45 18 12 27 43 17 12 31 60 31 27
PWIND DIR           S      SW       S       S      SW       W       W      NW      NE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR           10      10      20      20       5       5       5       5       5
RAIN SHWRS                   IS IS
TSTMS                        IS IS

$$

TXZ029-151100-
PLAINVIEW-HALE TX
34.18N 101.71W ELEV. 3372 FT
344 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

DATE           05/14/13      WED 05/15/13            THU 05/16/13            FRI
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                 59          91          60          96          62
TEMP          86 84 74 68 64 61 72 84 90 88 76 70 65 62 75 88 95 92 80 73 68 65
DEWPT         39 38 41 49 53 54 52 43 44 44 42 49 52 53 54 49 42 39 46 53 52 49
MAX/MIN RH                   76          20          73          15          57
RH            19 19 30 51 67 78 49 24 20 22 30 47 63 72 48 26 16 16 30 49 57 56
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W SW SE  E NE NE NE  E SE  S SE SE  S SW
WIND SPD      17 14 12 17 14 12 16 13 12  8 10  5  4  4  4  4  6  9  8  6  4  4
CLOUDS        FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUDS(%)     25 32 33 26 33 30 30 41 41 50 44 38 34 29 30 31 36 41 32 23 24 25
POP 12HR                     10          20          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                      0        0.01           0           0        0.01
RAIN SHWRS                         IS IS IS IS                IS IS IS
TSTMS                              IS IS IS IS                IS IS IS
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  1  1
HAINES         3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  5  6  6  5  6
MIXING HGT    13 14 <1 <1 <1 <1  2 17 17 15 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  9 17 15  2 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR    SW SW  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W SE  E  E NE NE  W SW SW SE SE SE  W
T WIND SPD    16 17  8 24 24 13 19 16 18 14  3  6  5  4  5  2 11 16 21 12  2  4
RFTI           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/17 SAT 05/18/13 SUN 05/19/13 MON 05/20/13 TUE 05/21/13
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      62      92      57      90      56      88      55      85
TEMP          90 94 74 65 86 89 68 60 83 87 67 59 81 85 66 58 78 82
DEWPT         45 17 41 51 38 22 25 30 27 22 25 28 24 21 32 43 43 41
MIN/MAX RH          6      60       8      33       9      31       9      58      22
RH            21  6 30 60 18  9 20 32 13  9 20 30 12  9 28 57 29 23
PWIND DIR          SW      SW      SW      SW       W       W       W       N      NE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
POP 12HR            5       5      10      10       5       5       5       5       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
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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