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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
602 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

TXZ024-162230-
CAPROCK RAWS-BRISCOE TX
34.41N 101.05W ELEV. 2561 FT
602 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

DATE             SUN 06/16/13            MON 06/17/13            TUE 06/18/13
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                 95          72          90          66          84
TEMP             70 79 89 94 92 84 79 76 74 79 86 89 88 79 74 70 68 73 80 83 82
DEWPT            64 62 60 60 61 62 64 64 64 65 66 64 63 65 67 66 64 64 65 65 65
MIN/MAX RH                   32          71          42          87          55
RH               81 56 38 32 36 48 60 66 71 62 51 44 43 62 79 87 87 73 60 55 56
WIND DIR          S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S SW NW NE NE NE NE  N  N  W  E NE SE SE
WIND SPD          5  9 10 13 10  8 10 11 10  9 10 12 13 13 10  2  2  2  8 10 12
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
CLOUDS(%)        39 42 45 48 50 52 54 52 49 49 49 52 55 71 88 77 65 54 56 55 55
POP 12HR                     20          30          30          50          30
QPF 12HR                   0.10        0.13        0.05        0.38        0.17
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS SC SC IS IS       SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
TSTMS                  IS IS SC SC IS IS       SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
LAL               1  1  2  2  3  3  2  2  1  1  3  3  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  4
HAINES            4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  4  3  3  3  2  3  3  3  3  3  3  2  3
MIXING HGT       <1  5 10  9  9 <1 <1 <1  1  3  7 12  5 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  7  6  3
T WIND DIR       SW SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S SE  S  S  S  S  E SE
T WIND SPD        6  5  4  8 12  9  8 12 13 12 14 10 10 17 17 10 11  6  6 17 17
RFTI              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


DATE          WED 06/19/13 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13
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       68      95      71      97      69      97      70      97
TEMP          73 69 89 92 79 73 91 94 78 71 91 94 79 72 91 94
DEWPT         66 66 62 58 58 60 57 56 59 62 59 56 59 62 60 56
MAX/MIN RH         93      32      64      27      73      27      71      27
RH            79 90 41 32 49 64 32 28 52 73 34 28 50 71 36 28
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S      SW       S      SW      SW       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           40      10      10       5      10       5       5       5
RAIN SHWRS    SC IS
TSTMS         SC IS

$$

TXZ026-162230-
CHILDRESS-CHILDRESS TX
34.43N 100.28W ELEV. 1952 FT
602 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

DATE             SUN 06/16/13            MON 06/17/13            TUE 06/18/13
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                 96          72          94          70          88
TEMP             71 80 90 95 93 85 80 77 74 81 89 93 92 83 78 74 72 77 84 87 86
DEWPT            66 64 63 62 63 64 66 65 65 66 66 65 65 66 67 66 65 65 66 66 65
MIN/MAX RH                   34          73          39          79          48
RH               84 58 41 34 37 50 62 67 74 60 47 40 41 57 69 76 79 67 55 50 50
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  W  N NE NE  N NW  N NW NE  E SE SE
WIND SPD          4 11 12 14 13  8 12 12  6  5  6  8  9 10 10  5  4  5  2  5 10
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
CLOUDS(%)        38 39 40 44 49 49 50 48 46 46 46 49 52 69 87 71 56 47 56 56 56
POP 12HR                     20          30          30          50          30
QPF 12HR                   0.06        0.14        0.05        0.14        0.19
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS SC SC IS IS       SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
TSTMS                  IS IS SC SC IS IS       SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
LAL               1  1  2  2  3  3  3  3  1  1  3  3  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  4
HAINES            5  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  2  2  3  3  3  3  3  2  3
MIXING HGT       <1  4  8  9  8 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  3 10 10 <1 <1 <1 <1  2  4  6  4
T WIND DIR        S  S SE SW  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  S SE  S  E SE SE  E SE
T WIND SPD        4  3  6  9 14  6 11 10  4 13 14 12 13 17 18  5  3  9  6  6 16
RFTI              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


DATE          WED 06/19/13 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13
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       69      95      71      99      71      99      71     100
TEMP          75 71 89 92 79 73 93 96 80 73 93 96 80 73 93 97
DEWPT         66 67 65 62 62 63 61 60 62 63 61 59 62 64 61 57
MAX/MIN RH         88      35      70      29      71      28      73      26
RH            74 87 45 37 56 71 35 30 54 71 35 29 54 73 35 27
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           40      10       5       5       5       5       5       5
RAIN SHWRS    SC IS
TSTMS         SC IS

$$

TXZ043-162230-
JAYTON RAWS-KENT TX
33.23N 100.57W ELEV. 1905 FT
602 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

DATE             SUN 06/16/13            MON 06/17/13            TUE 06/18/13
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                 96          75          95          71          90
TEMP             72 81 90 95 94 86 82 79 77 83 90 94 93 84 79 75 73 79 86 89 88
DEWPT            67 66 65 65 66 65 65 66 67 67 67 63 60 64 69 69 68 68 68 66 64
MIN/MAX RH                   37          73          33          84          44
RH               84 60 44 37 40 50 56 64 71 59 47 36 33 51 72 82 84 69 55 47 45
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S SE  E NE  W NW SE SE SE
WIND SPD          4  9 12 13 14 11  9 11 12 10  8  8  8  4  4  5  2  3  9 12 13
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
CLOUDS(%)        41 35 30 37 44 46 49 43 37 41 46 50 55 65 63 60 57 52 49 50 51
POP 12HR                     10          20          30          50          30
QPF 12HR                      0        0.02        0.03        0.52        0.11
RAIN SHWRS                   IS IS             SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
TSTMS                        IS IS             SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
LAL               1  1  1  1  2  2  1  1  1  1  3  3  4  4  4  4  2  2  3  3  3
HAINES            5  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  2  3  3  3  4  3  2  2
MIXING HGT       <1  4  7  8  8 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  5 12 12 <1 <1 <1 <1  2  5 10  1
T WIND DIR       SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S NE  E SE  W  S  S  S  E
T WIND SPD        4 11  9 10 14  9 12 20 14 11 14 11 16 21 17 13  2 19 13 11 20
RFTI              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


DATE          WED 06/19/13 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13
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       71      97      72      98      71      98      72      99
TEMP          77 73 91 94 80 74 92 95 80 73 92 95 80 74 93 96
DEWPT         65 67 63 59 61 65 60 59 62 66 62 58 62 65 61 54
MAX/MIN RH         82      30      75      28      78      28      74      25
RH            67 81 40 31 52 74 34 30 54 79 37 29 54 74 35 25
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
POP 12HR           30       5       5       5       5       5       5       5
RAIN SHWRS    SC IS
TSTMS         SC IS

$$

TXZ035-162230-
LUBBOCK-LUBBOCK TX
33.67N 101.82W ELEV. 3280 FT
602 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

DATE             SUN 06/16/13            MON 06/17/13            TUE 06/18/13
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                 95          71          93          67          89
TEMP             71 80 89 94 92 84 79 75 73 80 88 92 91 81 75 72 69 76 84 88 87
DEWPT            65 63 61 59 59 60 62 63 64 64 64 62 61 63 66 66 65 65 64 63 63
MIN/MAX RH                   32          73          36          87          43
RH               81 56 39 31 33 44 56 66 73 58 45 37 37 54 74 81 87 69 51 43 45
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  N NE  E  E NE SE  E SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD          6  9 11 14 12 10 13 11 10  5  3  5 11 17 18  9  5 11 11 16 16
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1
CLOUDS(%)        41 43 46 48 50 45 40 41 42 46 49 51 52 81 74 70 66 49 42 47 51
POP 12HR                     20          30          30          50          30
QPF 12HR                   0.11        0.04        0.05        0.30        0.11
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS SC SC             SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
TSTMS                  IS IS SC SC             SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
LAL               1  1  2  2  3  3  1  1  1  1  3  3  4  4  4  4  2  2  3  3  3
HAINES            5  5  3  3  2  3  3  4  4  4  4  3  2  2  3  3  3  4  3  3  2
MIXING HGT       <1  3  8 13 10 <1 <1  2 <1  2  7 14  4 <1 <1 <1 <1  2  7 12  2
T WIND DIR       SW SW  S SW  S SE  S SW  S SW  S  S SW  N SE  S  S  S  S  S  E
T WIND SPD       11 11  8 10 16 11 14 23 14 14 10 13 16  5 19 14 14 20 17 14 29
RFTI              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


DATE          WED 06/19/13 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13
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       69      95      71      98      69      97      70      97
TEMP          75 71 89 92 79 73 92 95 78 71 91 94 79 72 91 94
DEWPT         64 65 61 57 58 61 56 54 58 62 58 54 58 62 59 54
MAX/MIN RH         82      30      66      24      73      25      71      26
RH            69 81 39 31 49 66 30 25 50 73 33 26 49 71 34 26
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         15>     15>     15>     <15     15>     <15     <15     15>
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
POP 12HR           30       5      10       5      10       5       5       5
RAIN SHWRS    SC IS
TSTMS         SC IS

$$

TXZ031-162230-
MATADOR RAWS-COTTLE TX
34.13N 100.42W ELEV. 1900 FT
602 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

DATE             SUN 06/16/13            MON 06/17/13            TUE 06/18/13
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                 96          73          94          69          88
TEMP             71 80 90 95 93 85 80 77 75 82 89 93 92 82 77 74 71 77 84 87 86
DEWPT            66 65 64 63 63 64 66 66 65 65 65 66 66 68 68 67 66 66 67 66 65
MIN/MAX RH                   35          71          41          84          51
RH               84 60 42 35 37 50 62 69 71 56 45 41 43 63 74 79 84 69 57 50 50
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  W NW  N NE  N NW  S NW NE  E SE SE
WIND SPD          4 12 12 13 13  8 11 12 10  5  4  5 10 14 14  4  5  3  4  6 10
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
CLOUDS(%)        39 38 38 42 46 48 50 48 45 46 46 49 51 68 92 77 62 51 54 54 55
POP 12HR                     10          20          30          50          30
QPF 12HR                   0.04        0.13        0.05        0.36        0.15
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS SC SC IS IS       SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
TSTMS                  IS IS SC SC IS IS       SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
LAL               1  1  2  2  3  3  2  2  1  1  3  3  4  4  4  4  2  2  3  3  4
HAINES            5  4  4  3  5  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  2  2  3  3  3  3  3  2  3
MIXING HGT       <1  4  8  9  7 <1 <1 <1 <1  2  2 10  7 <1 <1 <1 <1  2  4  6  3
T WIND DIR        S  S SE SW  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SE  S SE  S SE SE  S  E  E
T WIND SPD        5  4  8  8 14  6 10 17 12 13 18 13 12 18 20  9  4 11  5 10 17
RFTI              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


DATE          WED 06/19/13 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13
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       70      96      71      99      71      99      72     100
TEMP          76 71 90 93 79 73 93 96 80 73 93 96 81 74 94 97
DEWPT         66 67 65 62 62 63 61 60 62 64 62 60 62 64 61 57
MAX/MIN RH         87      35      71      29      73      29      71      26
RH            71 87 44 36 56 71 35 30 54 73 36 30 53 71 34 27
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           40      10       5       5       5       5       5       5
RAIN SHWRS    SC IS
TSTMS         SC IS

$$

TXZ029-162230-
PLAINVIEW-HALE TX
34.18N 101.71W ELEV. 3372 FT
602 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

DATE             SUN 06/16/13            MON 06/17/13            TUE 06/18/13
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          69          89          66          85
TEMP             69 78 87 92 90 82 77 73 71 77 84 88 87 78 73 70 68 74 81 84 83
DEWPT            64 61 59 58 58 60 62 62 63 64 64 63 62 63 65 65 64 64 63 64 64
MIN/MAX RH                   32          75          42          88          50
RH               84 56 39 32 34 47 60 68 76 64 51 43 43 60 76 84 87 71 54 51 53
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW NW NE NE  E  E  E SE  E SE  E SE SE
WIND SPD          6 10  9 13 11 10 11 11 10  8  8 11 13 17 14  6  5  9 12 13 14
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1
CLOUDS(%)        37 42 48 50 52 52 51 49 47 48 49 50 51 82 77 73 69 53 46 50 54
POP 12HR                     20          30          30          50          30
QPF 12HR                   0.12        0.08        0.05        0.33        0.13
RAIN SHWRS             IS IS SC SC IS IS       SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
TSTMS                  IS IS SC SC IS IS       SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
LAL               1  1  3  3  3  3  1  1  1  1  3  3  4  4  4  4  2  2  3  3  3
HAINES            5  5  3  2  2  3  4  4  5  5  4  3  2  3  3  3  4  4  3  2  3
MIXING HGT       <1  3 10 10  8 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  5 12  8 <1 <1 <1 <1  3  6 10  2
T WIND DIR       SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SW  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SE  E
T WIND SPD        8 11  8 12 18 12 13 11 16 12 13 11 11 12 17 14 19 13 11 16 25
RFTI              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


DATE          WED 06/19/13 THU 06/20/13 FRI 06/21/13 SAT 06/22/13
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      94      69      96      67      96      68      96
TEMP          73 68 88 91 77 71 90 93 77 69 89 93 77 70 90 93
DEWPT         65 65 60 56 56 59 54 52 57 61 58 54 57 60 57 53
MAX/MIN RH         89      30      67      24      75      26      71      25
RH            76 90 39 31 48 66 30 25 50 76 35 27 50 71 33 26
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S      SW       S      SW       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           30       5      10       5      10       5       5       5
RAIN SHWRS    SC IS
TSTMS         SC 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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