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PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

                                          STATION:   ALAMOSA CO
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   37 27 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 105 52 W

  TEMPERATURE IN F:       :PCPN:    SNOW:  WIND      :SUNSHINE: SKY     :PK WND
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1   2   3   4   5  6A  6B    7    8   9   10  11  12  13   14  15   16   17  18
                                     12Z  AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD  WTR  SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX    SPD DR
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 1  39  17  28  -2  37   0 0.00  0.0    0 16.0 33 210   M    M   3        48 200
 2  47  17  32   2  33   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.9 22 320   M    M   2        27 360
 3  51  10  31   0  34   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.9 36 250   M    M   0        46 250
 4  50  11  31   0  34   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.5 30 210   M    M   0        41 210
 5  49  23  36   4  29   0 0.00  0.0    0 23.3 45 250   M    M   0 8      64 230
 6  54  27  41   9  24   0 0.00  0.0    0 18.5 33 230   M    M   0        44 200
 7  54  25  40   8  25   0 0.00  0.0    0 16.2 30 240   M    M   0        42 210
 8  55  20  38   5  27   0 0.00  0.0    0 16.5 37 240   M    M   0        51 230
 9  51  20  36   3  29   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.1 22 260   M    M   0        30 250
10  60  20  40   6  25   0 0.00  0.0    0 15.3 30 240   M    M   2        41 240
11  54  32  43   9  22   0 0.01    T    0  9.6 32 350   M    M   6 8      43 350
12  48  27  38   4  27   0    T    T    T  4.1 21 220   M    M   6        29 220
13  50  18  34   0  31   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.3 25 190   M    M   5        32 200
14  56  13  35   0  30   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.5 29 230   M    M   1 1      38 230
15  58  31  45  10  20   0 0.00  0.0    0 17.3 32 190   M    M   4        44 180
16  39  20  30  -6  35   0 0.23  3.0    0 14.1 28  90   M    M   9 12     40  90
17  33  19  26 -10  39   0 0.09  1.8    4  6.4 21 110   M    M   9 1      27 100
18  38  14  26 -10  39   0    T    T    1  5.4 14 210   M    M   3 12     19 220
19  43  14  29  -7  36   0    T    T    0  9.7 21 190   M    M   2        29 220
20  46  25  36  -1  29   0 0.01    T    0 13.8 25 210   M    M   6 1      35 210
21  48  21  35  -2  30   0 0.01    T    0 15.0 29 230   M    M   3        44 180
22  52  23  38   1  27   0 0.02  0.0    0 21.8 48 250   M    M   5 18     65 250
23  48  18  33  -4  32   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.0 31 250   M    M   2        44 250
24  43  10  27 -11  38   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.6 30 260   M    M   2        38 270
25  37  10  24 -14  41   0    T    T    0 14.1 28 310   M    M   3        36 310
26  38   3  21 -17  44   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.5 33 250   M    M   2        40 240
27  34  10  22 -16  43   0 0.00  0.0    0 14.0 29 330   M    M   1        45 310
28  50  -1  25 -13  40   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.6 23 200   M    M   0        30 200
29  59  17  38  -1  27   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.3 28 200   M    M   0        37 220
30  56  22  39   0  26   0 0.00  0.0    0 19.1 44 240   M    M   0 8      61 230
31  46  12  29 -10  36   0 0.00  0.0    0 13.7 33 290   M    M   0        46 290
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SM 1486 548        989   0 0.37  4.8     381.1          M       76
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AV 47.9 17.7                              12.3 FASTST   M    M   2      MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    48 250                     65 250
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NOTES:
COLUMN 7; USED BACKUP COOP OBS (05-0128) TO SUPPLEMENT PRECIPITATION TOTALS ON
THE 17TH...DUE TO UNREPRESENTATIVE SWE AMOUNTS REPORTED BY ASOS...AND ON 3/19
-SN WAS OBSERVED, BUT WAS TO LIGHT FOR ASOS TO DETECT.

COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2

                                          STATION:   ALAMOSA CO
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   37 27 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 105 52 W

[TEMPERATURE DATA]      [PRECIPITATION DATA]       SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 32.8   TOTAL FOR MONTH:    0.37   1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR  FM NORMAL: -2.4   DPTR  FM NORMAL:   -0.14   2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:     60 ON 10   GRTST 24HR 0.30 ON 16-17       TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:      -1 ON 28                              3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH: 4.8 INCHES    5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR 4.0 ON 16-17    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH  4 ON 17       7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:
                                                       VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
                                                   8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH]      [WEATHER - DAYS WITH]      9 = BLOWING SNOW
                                                   X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   6
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   1
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  31    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   1    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   989    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  23
DPTR FM NORMAL    64    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   6
TOTAL FM JUL 1  6796    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  2
DPTR FM NORMAL  -298

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.58 ON 28
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.43 ON 30

[REMARKS]
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