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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
451 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

TXZ024-182215-
CAPROCK RAWS-BRISCOE TX
34.41N 101.05W ELEV. 2561 FT
451 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

DATE             SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13
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                103          61          94          60          92
TEMP             69 82 95102 99 83 74 68 64 75 87 93 91 78 71 66 63 73 85 91 89
DEWPT            51 44 35 30 30 33 31 28 33 40 29 27 29 32 35 40 45 46 43 29 18
MIN/MAX RH                    8          32          10          51           7
RH               53 26 12  8  9 16 20 22 31 28 12  9 11 19 27 38 52 38 23 11  7
WIND DIR         SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N NW SW
WIND SPD         11 10 16 20 20 13 13 14 13 18 21 21 20 16 12  8  5  3  3 11 20
CLOUDS           B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
CLOUDS(%)        51 44 34 30 25 26 21 13  7  8  8 17 26 33 41 37 33 21 10 12 15
POP 12HR                     10          10           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
TSTMS
LAL               1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES            6  5  5  5  5  6  6  6  6  5  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  3  5
MIXING HGT       <1  2 20 20  9 <1 <1 <1 <1  9 15 16  5 <1 <1 <1 <1  4  7 13 16
T WIND DIR       SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  N NE NE NE SE  E SE  S SW
T WIND SPD        8 12 20 23 24 14 14 16 16 24 26 25 13  4  5  3  5 19 13 19 20
RFTI              0  0  2  5  4  0  0  0  0  0  4  5  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  5
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO EL CH CL NO NO NO NO NO CL CH CL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CH
RED FLAG                W  W  W


DATE          TUE 05/21/13 WED 05/22/13 THU 05/23/13 FRI 05/24/13
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      80      56      85      62      86      65      84
TEMP          68 60 75 78 64 58 79 82 69 64 81 84 72 67 80 82
DEWPT         39 44 40 33 43 48 45 41 48 57 55 54 60 63 61 59
MAX/MIN RH         56      19      68      23      78      34      86      45
RH            34 55 28 19 46 69 30 23 47 78 41 36 66 87 52 46
PWIND DIR           N       N       E       S       S       S      SE      SE
WIND CHAR         15>     <15     <15     <15     15>     15>     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
POP 12HR            5       5       5       5      10      20      20      20
RAIN SHWRS                                     IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                          IS IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ026-182215-
CHILDRESS-CHILDRESS TX
34.43N 100.28W ELEV. 1952 FT
451 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

DATE             SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13
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                101          63          95          62          92
TEMP             70 82 94100 98 83 75 70 66 76 88 94 92 79 73 68 65 75 85 91 89
DEWPT            62 54 51 45 44 52 43 46 43 44 36 32 32 34 36 40 44 46 45 39 34
MIN/MAX RH                   15          44          11          46          14
RH               76 38 23 16 16 34 32 42 43 32 16 11 12 20 26 36 46 36 25 16 14
WIND DIR         SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  N NW  W
WIND SPD          6 12 18 21 21 14 13 13 11 17 21 21 18 14 11  6  4  4  6 10 13
CLOUDS           B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
CLOUDS(%)        60 52 44 43 43 46 25 16  7  8  9 15 21 28 35 32 30 19  9 12 16
POP 12HR                     20          20           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                   0.02        0.02           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                  IS IS IS IS
LAL               1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES            5  5  6  4  4  5  5  5  6  5  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  3  4
MIXING HGT       <1  2 15 20 16 <1 <1 <1 <1  3 16 16  5 <1 <1 <1 <1  5  7 13 15
T WIND DIR       SE  S  S SW  S  S  S  S SW  W SW  W  N  N  N  N NE  E SE  S  S
T WIND SPD        3 18 29 27 32 20 19 13 12 18 26 26 18  5  6  4  4 18 12 18 19
RFTI              0  0  0  3  3  0  0  0  0  0  3  4  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO CL CL NO NO NO NO NO CL CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL


DATE          TUE 05/21/13 WED 05/22/13 THU 05/23/13 FRI 05/24/13
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       58      83      60      85      61      86      67      85
TEMP          69 61 77 81 67 62 79 83 69 63 80 84 73 69 81 83
DEWPT         45 45 42 37 45 49 49 38 44 56 57 58 63 64 64 62
MAX/MIN RH         55      20      62      20      78      39      85      47
RH            42 56 29 21 45 62 35 20 40 78 45 41 71 84 56 49
PWIND DIR           N       N      NE      SE       S       S      SE      SE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR            5       5       5       5      10      20      20      20
RAIN SHWRS                                     IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                          IS IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ043-182215-
JAYTON RAWS-KENT TX
33.23N 100.57W ELEV. 1905 FT
451 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

DATE             SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13
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                102          65          99          66          97
TEMP             75 85 95101 99 84 77 71 68 79 91 98 96 83 77 72 69 79 90 96 94
DEWPT            60 60 57 50 45 53 57 58 59 53 32 28 30 37 43 49 51 44 34 24 20
MIN/MAX RH                   16          74           8          54           7
RH               60 43 28 18 16 34 50 63 73 41 12  8 10 19 30 44 53 29 14  8  7
WIND DIR          S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND SPD         14 18 18 21 21 14 14 14 12 16 19 20 19 13  9  9 10 10 12 16 20
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUDS(%)        50 44 44 41 35 45 25 16 10 10 10  9  9 15 21 16 12 11 10  9  9
POP 12HR                     20          20           5           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                  IS IS IS IS
LAL               1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES            5  6  6  5  4  4  4  6  6  5  3  4  5  5  5  4  4  4  4  4  6
MIXING HGT       <1  3 13 19 15 <1 <1 <1 <1  3 14 13 13 <1 <1 <1 <1  3 11 16 15
T WIND DIR        S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W NE NE NE NE  E SW SW SW
T WIND SPD       12 26 26 31 32 25 25 16 13 20 33 31 26 10  3  6  5 17 21 29 28
RFTI              0  0  0  2  3  0  0  0  0  0  2  5  3  0  0  0  0  0  1  4  5
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO EL CL NO NO NO NO NO EL CH CL NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CH


DATE          TUE 05/21/13 WED 05/22/13 THU 05/23/13 FRI 05/24/13
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      87      61      89      65      91      69      88
TEMP          73 64 81 84 69 63 83 86 73 67 85 88 76 71 84 86
DEWPT         38 48 44 39 42 47 51 45 50 57 56 55 59 64 62 60
MAX/MIN RH         55      20      57      24      71      30      79      40
RH            28 56 27 20 37 56 33 24 44 70 37 33 56 79 48 42
PWIND DIR           W       N      NE      SE       S       S      SE      SE
WIND CHAR         15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     15>     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR            5       5       5       5      10      20      20      20
RAIN SHWRS                                     IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                          IS IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ035-182215-
LUBBOCK-LUBBOCK TX
33.67N 101.82W ELEV. 3280 FT
451 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

DATE             SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13
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                 99          59          96          59          91
TEMP             68 79 91 98 96 80 72 66 62 74 88 95 92 78 71 65 62 72 84 90 88
DEWPT            44 42 32 26 24 27 27 33 35 31 29 23 24 27 31 37 41 36 28 19 15
MIN/MAX RH                    7          36           8          45           6
RH               42 27 12  8  8 14 19 29 36 20 12  7  9 15 23 35 46 27 13  7  7
WIND DIR         SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NE  N  W  W SW
WIND SPD         11  9 16 20 20 14 13 13 12 17 20 21 20 13  6  4  4  4  6 11 14
CLOUDS           SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUDS(%)        32 27 23 21 23 23 16  7  7  8  9 19 28 30 32 28 24 17 11 10  9
POP 12HR                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
TSTMS
LAL               1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES            6  6  4  5  6  6  6  6  5  4  3  4  5  6  5  5  4  4  4  4  5
MIXING HGT       <1  4 16 20 18 <1 <1 <1 <1  7 12 13 14 <1 <1 <1 <1  3 11 14 14
T WIND DIR       SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  E  E  E SE SW SW  W
T WIND SPD        8 10 21 25 27 13 13 13 11 25 31 32 27  3  6  6  8 21 23 25 24
RFTI              0  0  2  5  5  1  0  0  0  0  3  6  5  1  0  0  0  0  1  4  4
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO EL CH CH EL NO NO NO NO CL CH CH EL NO NO NO NO EL CL CL
RED FLAG                W  W  W


DATE          TUE 05/21/13 WED 05/22/13 THU 05/23/13 FRI 05/24/13
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       55      81      58      88      62      89      65      86
TEMP          67 58 75 78 65 60 81 85 70 64 83 86 73 67 81 84
DEWPT         30 43 38 34 39 46 45 37 44 55 53 49 51 58 59 57
MAX/MIN RH         57      19      60      18      74      28      72      39
RH            25 57 26 20 38 60 28 18 39 73 36 28 46 73 47 40
PWIND DIR          NW       N       E       S       S       S      SE      SE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW SC FW SC SC FW SC FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR            0       5       5       5      10      20      20      20
RAIN SHWRS                                     IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                          IS IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ031-182215-
MATADOR RAWS-COTTLE TX
34.13N 100.42W ELEV. 1900 FT
451 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

DATE             SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13
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                102          63          97          62          94
TEMP             70 82 94101 99 83 75 70 66 77 89 96 94 80 73 68 65 75 87 93 91
DEWPT            61 56 51 45 42 48 45 47 43 40 31 28 31 31 33 39 45 45 42 35 31
MIN/MAX RH                   14          45           9          47          12
RH               73 41 23 15 14 30 34 44 43 26 13  9 11 17 23 34 48 34 21 13 12
WIND DIR          S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  W  W
WIND SPD         10 14 18 21 21 14 13 14 12 17 21 21 18 13  8  4  4  4  5 12 17
CLOUDS           B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUDS(%)        56 50 44 41 39 46 23 14  7  8  9 13 16 26 36 30 25 17  9 10 12
POP 12HR                     20          20           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                   0.01        0.01           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                  IS IS IS IS
LAL               1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES            5  5  6  4  4  5  5  5  6  6  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  4  4  3  5
MIXING HGT       <1  2 13 20 16 <1 <1 <1 <1  3 15 15  4 <1 <1 <1 <1  4  6 13 17
T WIND DIR        S SW  S SW  S  S  S SW SW  W SW  W  N NE NE NE  E  E SE SW SW
T WIND SPD        8 23 27 27 32 23 27 14 14 19 27 28 19  5  6  5  4 20 12 20 24
RFTI              0  0  0  3  3  0  0  0  0  0  4  5  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  2
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO NO CL CL NO NO NO NO NO CL CH EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL


DATE          TUE 05/21/13 WED 05/22/13 THU 05/23/13 FRI 05/24/13
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       60      85      61      87      63      88      69      87
TEMP          71 63 79 83 69 63 81 84 71 65 82 86 75 71 83 85
DEWPT         45 45 42 37 45 49 50 40 46 56 54 53 62 63 64 59
MAX/MIN RH         52      19      62      21      74      31      78      42
RH            39 52 27 19 42 60 34 21 41 73 38 32 64 76 53 41
PWIND DIR           N       N      NE      SE       S       S      SE      SE
WIND CHAR         15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
POP 12HR            5       5       5       5      10      20      20      20
RAIN SHWRS                                     IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                          IS IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ029-182215-
PLAINVIEW-HALE TX
34.18N 101.71W ELEV. 3372 FT
451 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

DATE             SAT 05/18/13            SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13
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                 97          57          94          58          89
TEMP             64 76 89 96 93 78 70 64 60 72 86 93 90 77 70 64 61 71 82 88 86
DEWPT            43 40 30 24 23 26 25 30 33 33 27 21 23 27 31 38 41 39 33 21 14
MIN/MAX RH                    7          36           7          48           7
RH               46 27 12  8  8 15 18 28 36 24 12  7  9 16 23 38 48 31 17  9  7
WIND DIR         SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  N NE  N NW  W  W
WIND SPD         11 10 16 20 20 14 13 13 12 17 21 23 21 14  8  4  4  3  4 10 16
CLOUDS           SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
CLOUDS(%)        35 29 24 23 21 21 15  7  7  7  8 22 35 37 39 36 32 22 12 11 10
POP 12HR                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
TSTMS
LAL               1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES            6  6  5  6  6  6  6  6  5  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  4  4  3  5
MIXING HGT       <1  3 20 20 18 <1 <1 <1 <1  8 13 15 16 <1 <1 <1 <1  4 11 14 15
T WIND DIR       SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  E  E  E  E SE SW SW  W
T WIND SPD        9 11 24 26 26 13 16 14 13 24 28 28 20  8  6  8  8 21 19 21 24
RFTI              0  0  2  5  5  1  0  0  0  0  4  6  5  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  4
RFTI CATEGORY    NO NO EL CH CH EL NO NO NO NO CL CH CH NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL
RED FLAG                W  W  W


DATE          TUE 05/21/13 WED 05/22/13 THU 05/23/13 FRI 05/24/13
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       53      79      56      85      60      87      63      86
TEMP          65 56 73 76 63 58 79 82 68 62 81 84 71 65 81 84
DEWPT         35 43 37 32 40 46 43 36 44 56 53 49 53 58 58 56
MAX/MIN RH         61      19      65      19      80      29      78      39
RH            33 62 27 20 43 64 28 19 42 81 38 30 53 78 46 38
PWIND DIR           N       N       E       S       S       S      SE      SE
WIND CHAR         15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR            5       5       5       5      10      20      20      20
RAIN SHWRS                                     IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                          IS 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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