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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
323 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

TXZ024-141100-
CAPROCK RAWS-BRISCOE TX
34.41N 101.05W ELEV. 2561 FT
323 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

DATE           05/13/13      TUE 05/14/13            WED 05/15/13            THU
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          88          62          93          61
TEMP          87 85 74 68 64 61 71 82 87 85 76 70 66 64 75 86 92 90 78 71 66 64
DEWPT         34 31 29 30 36 43 48 43 43 45 49 53 56 56 54 50 43 40 47 56 57 56
MAX/MIN RH                   52          22          75          17          75
RH            15 14 19 24 35 51 44 25 21 25 39 55 70 75 48 29 18 17 33 59 73 75
WIND DIR      SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  W  N NE  N  N NW
WIND SPD      16 14 13 16 13 13 18 16 19 18 18 17 16 14 14 13  4  9  4  4  5  6
CLOUDS        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)      9 12 12 12 15 19 23 27 33 39 41 43 34 25 23 21 32 43 41 40 35 31
POP 12HR                      0           5          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.02        0.02
RAIN SHWRS                               IS IS IS IS       IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                    IS IS IS IS       IS IS IS IS
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  1
HAINES         2  3  3  3  3  3  5  3  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  5  4
MIXING HGT    13 12 <1 <1 <1 <1  5 11 14 14  1 <1 <1 <1  3 14 19  8 <1 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR    SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  S  S SW  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  N NE  N  N NW
T WIND SPD    12 12 13 16 14 12 17 19 19 19 24 27 25 24 20 14 11 12  5  5  6  8
RFTI           1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/16 FRI 05/17/13 SAT 05/18/13 SUN 05/19/13 MON 05/20/13
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       88      63      93      66      93      61      91      61      88
TEMP          82 85 71 65 86 90 75 68 87 90 71 64 84 88 71 63 82 85
DEWPT         59 54 56 48 40 34 48 56 46 34 38 37 38 30 39 39 40 40
MIN/MAX RH         34      61      13      65      14      37      12      41      19
RH            46 35 59 54 20 14 38 65 24 14 30 37 19 12 31 41 22 20
PWIND DIR          NE       S      SW       S      SW       W      NW      NE      NE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR           10      10       5       5      10      10       5       5       5

$$

TXZ026-141100-
CHILDRESS-CHILDRESS TX
34.43N 100.28W ELEV. 1952 FT
323 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

DATE           05/13/13      TUE 05/14/13            WED 05/15/13            THU
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                 60          88          63          93          64
TEMP          90 88 76 70 65 62 72 82 87 85 76 71 67 65 76 86 92 90 79 73 69 66
DEWPT         35 33 33 34 37 40 50 46 46 49 53 56 58 59 59 58 50 46 51 59 61 61
MAX/MIN RH                   47          24          81          21          83
RH            14 14 21 26 35 44 46 28 24 29 45 59 73 81 56 39 24 22 38 62 76 84
WIND DIR      SW SW  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  E  E
WIND SPD      19 17 11 12  9  6 16 16 20 20 18 16 16 13 17 17 13  9 14  5  5  4
CLOUDS        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC
CLOUDS(%)      9 13 12 12 15 18 23 27 35 43 45 47 40 32 27 22 34 46 49 53 48 44
POP 12HR                      0           5          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.02        0.02
RAIN SHWRS                               IS IS IS IS       IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                    IS IS IS IS       IS IS IS IS
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  3  3  3  3  1  1  1
HAINES         2  2  3  3  3  4  5  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  3  3  3  4
MIXING HGT    12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1  5 10 13 12 <1 <1  1 <1  2  8 16 15  1 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR    SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SE SE  E NE
T WIND SPD    14 14 13 13 11  5 19 23 21 21 23 24 23 19 23 24 12  8 20  6  5  4
RFTI           1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/16 FRI 05/17/13 SAT 05/18/13 SUN 05/19/13 MON 05/20/13
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       88      64      94      68      94      63      93      64      90
TEMP          83 86 72 66 87 91 76 70 88 91 73 65 86 90 73 66 84 87
DEWPT         63 62 63 59 47 41 55 57 55 44 50 45 43 37 45 45 48 44
MIN/MAX RH         43      79      16      62      20      49      15      47      22
RH            51 45 73 78 25 18 48 63 33 20 44 48 22 15 37 47 29 22
PWIND DIR           E      SE       S       S       S      SW      NW      NE      NE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW
POP 12HR           10      10      10      10      10      10       5       5       5

$$

TXZ043-141100-
JAYTON RAWS-KENT TX
33.23N 100.57W ELEV. 1905 FT
323 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

DATE           05/13/13      TUE 05/14/13            WED 05/15/13            THU
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          89          65          93          65
TEMP          89 86 75 69 64 61 72 82 88 86 77 73 69 67 77 87 92 90 80 74 70 67
DEWPT         32 31 34 36 41 46 54 52 52 50 55 59 61 61 60 56 46 41 49 60 63 62
MAX/MIN RH                   59          28          81          18          84
RH            13 14 22 30 43 58 53 35 29 29 47 62 76 81 56 35 21 18 34 62 78 84
WIND DIR      SW  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SE  S  S  W
WIND SPD      14 13  9 11  9  9 17 14 19 21 19 18 14 13 19 20 17  9 16 14  9  4
CLOUDS        FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
CLOUDS(%)      8 13 12 11 16 21 32 43 46 49 53 56 49 43 35 27 31 34 38 43 34 25
POP 12HR                      0          10          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.03        0.02        0.02
RAIN SHWRS                               IS IS IS IS       IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                    IS IS IS IS       IS IS IS IS
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  3  3  3  3  1  1  1
HAINES         2  3  3  3  5  5  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  4
MIXING HGT    12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1  5 10 14 10 <1 <1 <1 <1  2  9 18 14 <1 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR     S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W SE  S  S  W
T WIND SPD    13 13  9 11 10  8 21 21 21 24 14 25 21 20 27 26 18 17 17 16 10  4
RFTI           1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  1  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/16 FRI 05/17/13 SAT 05/18/13 SUN 05/19/13 MON 05/20/13
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       90      66      94      68      93      64      96      65      92
TEMP          84 88 74 68 88 91 76 70 87 91 73 66 89 93 75 67 86 89
DEWPT         60 60 61 61 48 40 56 61 57 45 59 57 41 35 40 42 42 41
MIN/MAX RH         38      78      16      73      21      77      12      40      18
RH            44 39 64 78 25 17 50 73 36 20 62 73 19 13 28 40 21 19
PWIND DIR          NE       S      SW       S       S       S       W       E      NE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR           10      10       5       5      10      10       5       5       5

$$

TXZ035-141100-
LUBBOCK-LUBBOCK TX
33.67N 101.82W ELEV. 3280 FT
323 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

DATE           05/13/13      TUE 05/14/13            WED 05/15/13            THU
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                 57          85          61          93          62
TEMP          85 83 72 66 62 59 69 79 84 82 73 69 65 63 74 86 92 90 78 72 67 64
DEWPT         29 27 30 32 40 45 50 47 44 42 47 52 55 56 51 44 38 36 38 44 50 53
MAX/MIN RH                   60          24          78          14          67
RH            13 13 21 28 44 60 51 32 25 24 40 55 70 78 44 23 15 15 24 37 54 67
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  N
WIND SPD      13 13  9 13 11 10 16 13 17 18 16 13 13 13 14 14 13  6  6  6  5  6
CLOUDS        FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW
CLOUDS(%)      8 12 12 12 17 22 30 37 39 41 44 48 34 20 21 23 27 31 30 29 24 18
POP 12HR                      0          10          20          10          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS                               IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                    IS IS IS IS
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES         2  2  2  3  4  5  4  3  3  4  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  5
MIXING HGT    11 11 <1 <1 <1 <1  4 11 14 15  1 <1 <1 <1  2 16 19 15 <1 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR     S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S SW SW  S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N
T WIND SPD    12 11  9 10 10  8 17 17 18 18 17 23 20 14 19 19 17 13  6  8  6  8
RFTI           1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/16 FRI 05/17/13 SAT 05/18/13 SUN 05/19/13 MON 05/20/13
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       90      63      92      65      92      60      93      61      90
TEMP          84 87 72 65 86 89 74 67 86 89 70 63 86 90 71 64 84 87
DEWPT         45 39 36 39 29 27 46 54 43 26 33 37 32 24 32 34 34 35
MIN/MAX RH         18      38      10      63      10      38       9      32      14
RH            26 18 27 38 13 11 37 63 22 10 25 38 14  9 24 32 17 16
PWIND DIR          NE       S      SW       S      SW       W       W       N       E
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR            0       0       0       5       5      10       5       5       5

$$

TXZ031-141100-
MATADOR RAWS-COTTLE TX
34.13N 100.42W ELEV. 1900 FT
323 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

DATE           05/13/13      TUE 05/14/13            WED 05/15/13            THU
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          89          64          93          65
TEMP          89 87 76 70 66 63 73 83 88 86 77 72 68 66 76 87 92 90 80 74 70 67
DEWPT         35 33 33 35 37 43 50 47 48 49 54 57 59 59 59 58 49 44 51 60 62 61
MAX/MIN RH                   49          26          79          20          81
RH            15 14 21 27 34 48 44 28 25 28 45 59 73 78 56 38 23 20 36 62 76 81
WIND DIR      SW SW  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SE SE SE SE NE
WIND SPD      19 17 11 13 10 10 18 16 20 21 19 16 17 14 18 18 13  8 13  5  4  3
CLOUDS        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)      9 13 12 11 15 19 24 29 37 45 47 48 41 33 27 21 32 42 46 50 44 38
POP 12HR                      0           5          20          20          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.02        0.02
RAIN SHWRS                               IS IS IS IS       IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                    IS IS IS IS       IS IS IS IS
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  3  3  3  3  1  1  1
HAINES         2  2  2  3  3  5  5  2  3  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  4
MIXING HGT    12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1  5 10 13 12 <1 <1  1 <1  2  7 17 15 <1 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR    SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  W SW SE SE SE NE
T WIND SPD    13 14 12 14 12  8 20 21 23 21 23 24 24 21 25 25 16  9 19  5  4  3
RFTI           1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/16 FRI 05/17/13 SAT 05/18/13 SUN 05/19/13 MON 05/20/13
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       88      65      95      69      94      64      93      63      91
TEMP          83 86 72 67 88 92 77 71 88 92 74 66 86 90 73 65 85 88
DEWPT         62 61 63 55 45 39 55 57 55 44 51 48 42 35 43 43 46 44
MIN/MAX RH         42      75      15      62      19      53      14      45      21
RH            49 43 73 65 22 16 47 61 33 19 44 52 21 14 34 45 26 22
PWIND DIR          NE       S      SW       S       S      SW      NW      NE      NE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW
POP 12HR           10      10      10      10      10      10       5       5       5

$$

TXZ029-141100-
PLAINVIEW-HALE TX
34.18N 101.71W ELEV. 3372 FT
323 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

DATE           05/13/13      TUE 05/14/13            WED 05/15/13            THU
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                 54          86          59          91          60
TEMP          84 82 70 64 59 56 67 79 85 83 73 68 64 61 72 84 90 88 76 70 65 62
DEWPT         30 27 28 30 37 43 49 42 40 41 46 50 54 55 49 41 36 35 38 43 49 52
MAX/MIN RH                   62          21          80          14          70
RH            14 13 21 28 44 62 52 27 20 23 38 52 70 81 44 22 15 15 25 38 56 70
WIND DIR      SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW NW  N  N  N  N  N
WIND SPD      14 13 10 13 12 11 17 16 18 18 14 12 13 13 13 13 10 12  5  5  5  6
CLOUDS        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW
CLOUDS(%)      9 12 12 12 16 20 24 28 32 35 42 48 34 20 21 22 29 37 33 28 24 19
POP 12HR                      0          10          10          20          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.01        0.01
RAIN SHWRS                               IS IS IS IS       IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                                    IS IS IS IS       IS IS IS IS
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  1
HAINES         2  3  2  4  4  4  5  4  3  3  3  3  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5
MIXING HGT    12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1  4 10 13 14 <1 <1 <1 <1  2 17 18 12 <1 <1 <1 <1
T WIND DIR     S SW  S  S SW SW SW  S SW SW  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N
T WIND SPD    11 12 10 12 12 10 17 17 18 18  9 14 18 14 19 16 14 12  6  6  6  8
RFTI           1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0
RFTI CATEGORY EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO


DATE           05/16 FRI 05/17/13 SAT 05/18/13 SUN 05/19/13 MON 05/20/13
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       91      61      92      64      90      58      90      59      87
TEMP          84 88 71 63 85 89 73 66 84 87 68 61 83 87 69 61 81 84
DEWPT         46 38 34 37 30 26 44 51 40 29 32 35 31 25 35 34 35 36
MIN/MAX RH         17      38      10      60      12      39      10      36      16
RH            27 17 26 38 14 10 35 58 21 12 26 38 15 10 28 36 19 18
PWIND DIR          NE       S      SW       S      SW       W       W       N      NE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
POP 12HR            5       5       5       5       5      10       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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