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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
425 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

TXZ012-102215-
AMARILLO-POTTER TX
35.23N 101.70W ELEV. 3585 FT
425 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

DATE             WED 02/10/10            THU 02/11/10            FRI 02/12/10
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18

MAX/MIN TEMP                 33          24          39          26          47
TEMP             21 23 30 33 31 28 26 25 24 27 35 39 36 31 29 28 26 30 42 47 43
DEWPT            19 20 23 26 27 25 24 24 24 27 30 32 31 29 28 27 26 27 28 28 28
MIN/MAX RH                   74         100          75         100          47
RH               93 89 76 77 85 89 92 96100 99 82 76 80 91 97 97100 91 58 48 55
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SE SE NW NW NW  N  N NE
WIND SPD         14 16 14 17  9  9  9  6  5  5  8  8  6  9  8  8  6 10 12  8  4
CLOUDS           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW CL
CLOUDS(%)        87 85 83 85 86 83 79 82 85 81 78 70 63 46 30 16  3 11 19 10  0
POP 12HR                      5           5          20           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.02           0           0
FRZG RAIN                                 S  S
RAIN                                      S  S  S  S
LAL 6HR                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES 6HR              2     3     3     3     3     4     4     2     2     2
MIX HGT          <1  1  2  2 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  2  2  1 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  3  2
VENT RATE         8 14 26 23  3 <1  5 <1 <1  4  8  8  5 <1  3  4  4  4  7 10  3
T WIND DIR        S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  W
T WIND SPD       18 16 19 17  6 10 11  9  6  9  9  5  3  0  5  9  8  8  8  4  2


DATE               SAT 02/13/10  SUN 02/14/10  MON 02/15/10  TUE 02/16/10
UTC 6HRLY     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00
CST 6HRLY     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18

MIN/MAX TEMP       26    52      27    44      25    50      28    47
TEMP          31   26 45 47 33   28 40 40 30   25 44 46 33   28 42 43
DEWPT         26   25 26 25 25   23 24 23 22   22 26 25 24   23 26 25
MAX/MIN RH         96    34      90    43      91    37      85    41
RH            81   95 46 41 73   84 53 50 73   87 48 43 68   81 52 47
PWIND DIR          SE    NW       N    NE      SE     S      SE     N
WIND CHAR         <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
AVG CLOUDS    CL   CL CL FW FW   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B2 B1
POP 12HR            0     0       5     5       5    10       5    10

$$

TXZ016-102215-
BOOTLEG RAWS-DEAF SMITH TX
34.82N 102.78W ELEV. 4103 FT
425 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

DATE             WED 02/10/10            THU 02/11/10            FRI 02/12/10
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18

MAX/MIN TEMP                 35          25          42          25          49
TEMP             21 24 31 35 33 29 27 26 25 28 38 42 39 32 29 27 25 30 43 49 44
DEWPT            21 24 30 31 30 29 27 26 25 28 32 32 33 32 29 27 25 30 31 29 27
MIN/MAX RH                   85         100          66         100          46
RH              100100 93 86 88 98 98100100100 78 66 78 98 97100100 98 62 47 52
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S SE  S  S SW  S  S SW SW SW  S SW NW  N  N  N NE  E
WIND SPD         11 12 11 11  9  9  8  5  5  5  8  8  5  5  4 10 12 11 10  8  5
CLOUDS           B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUDS(%)        57 69 82 81 80 77 74 81 88 80 73 63 53 38 23 14  5  5  5  2  0
POP 12HR                      5           5          20           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.06           0           0
FRZG RAIN                                 S  S
RAIN                                      S  S  S  S
LAL 6HR                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES 6HR              2     3     3     3     3     4     4     3     2     3
MIX HGT          <1  1  2  2 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  2  2 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1  2  4  3
VENT RATE         8 14 24 18  3 <1  4  4  2  4  5  6 <1 <1  1  3  4  3 12  4  5
T WIND DIR        S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  W SE NE NW NW NW NW  N  E  S
T WIND SPD       17 16 18 13  6  6  9  8  4  8  5  4  0  1  2  5  8  6  9  1  2


DATE               SAT 02/13/10  SUN 02/14/10  MON 02/15/10  TUE 02/16/10
UTC 6HRLY     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00
CST 6HRLY     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18

MIN/MAX TEMP       26    54      26    48      28    53      28    50
TEMP          32   26 47 49 33   27 42 44 33   28 47 48 34   28 45 46
DEWPT         25   24 25 23 25   24 25 23 24   23 26 25 25   24 26 25
MAX/MIN RH         94    30      94    38      84    33      89    38
RH            78   94 42 37 72   87 50 44 67   79 44 40 69   85 49 44
PWIND DIR          SW     N       N    NE      SE    SW      SW     N
WIND CHAR         <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
AVG CLOUDS    CL   CL CL CL CL   FW SC B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   SC B1 B1
POP 12HR            0     0       5     5       0     5       5    10

$$

TXZ008-102215-
BORGER-HUTCHINSON TX
35.71N 101.40W ELEV. 2762 FT
425 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

DATE             WED 02/10/10            THU 02/11/10            FRI 02/12/10
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18

MAX/MIN TEMP                 34          26          38          29          48
TEMP             21 23 31 34 32 29 28 27 26 28 35 38 36 33 31 30 29 33 43 48 44
DEWPT            19 21 24 27 28 25 25 26 25 27 30 31 31 31 30 30 29 29 29 29 29
MIN/MAX RH                   66         100          76         100          48
RH               92 91 77 77 84 84 90 98 99 98 82 76 83 95 99100100 89 58 48 56
WIND DIR          S  S  S SW SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  W  W NW NW  N  N
WIND SPD          9 11 12 13  8 10  8  5  4  4  5  5  5  5  4  4  4  5  8  5  3
CLOUDS           OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW CL FW SC FW CL
CLOUDS(%)        90 85 81 83 85 86 87 84 81 74 66 63 60 47 34 19  4 17 31 16  0
POP 12HR                      5           0          10           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL 6HR                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES 6HR              3     3     3     3     3     3     3     2     2     2
MIX HGT          <1  1  2  2 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  2  2  1  1 <1 <1 <1  1  2  1
VENT RATE         7 11 27 23  4 <1  5 <1 <1  3  4  5  5  2  7  4  4  3  5  4  4
T WIND DIR        S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  N  W SW
T WIND SPD       16 12 20 17  8  8 10  6  4  6  4  3  3  2  8  9  8  6  5  2  4


DATE               SAT 02/13/10  SUN 02/14/10  MON 02/15/10  TUE 02/16/10
UTC 6HRLY     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00
CST 6HRLY     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18

MIN/MAX TEMP       29    52      29    45      25    48      28    50
TEMP          34   29 46 48 35   29 41 41 30   25 42 44 33   28 45 46
DEWPT         26   25 25 24 26   24 23 21 22   21 25 24 24   23 26 25
MAX/MIN RH         88    34      84    40      89    40      86    37
RH            75   87 45 40 71   84 49 46 71   85 51 46 71   83 48 44
PWIND DIR          SE     N       N    NE      SE     S       E    NE
WIND CHAR         <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
AVG CLOUDS    CL   CL CL FW SC   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 SC
POP 12HR            0     0       5     5       5    10       5    10

$$

TXZ008-102215-
CEDAR RAWS-HUTCHINSON TX
35.68N 101.57W ELEV. 3103 FT
425 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

DATE             WED 02/10/10            THU 02/11/10            FRI 02/12/10
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18

MAX/MIN TEMP                 34          24          37          28          48
TEMP             22 24 31 34 32 28 26 25 24 27 34 37 35 32 30 29 28 32 43 48 44
DEWPT            19 21 25 27 27 25 25 25 24 27 30 31 31 30 29 29 28 28 28 29 29
MIN/MAX RH                   73         100          76         100          48
RH               91 89 76 75 82 85 91 99 98 97 83 76 84 95 96 99100 89 57 48 56
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  W  W NW NW  N NE
WIND SPD          9 11 12 13  6 10  8  5  5  5  6  6  5  6  3  5  5  6  8  5  4
CLOUDS           OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW CL FW SC FW CL
CLOUDS(%)        91 86 81 83 85 86 86 84 81 74 66 63 60 46 32 18  3 16 30 15  0
POP 12HR                      5           0          10           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL 6HR                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES 6HR              3     3     3     3     3     3     3     2     2     2
MIX HGT          <1  1  2  2 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  2  2  1  1 <1 <1 <1  1  3  1
VENT RATE         7 11 27 24  4 <1  4 <1  2  3  4  5  5  2  7  4  4  3  5  5  4
T WIND DIR        S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW  N NW SW
T WIND SPD       16 12 20 18  8  8  9  6  4  5  4  3  3  2  8  9  8  5  5  2  4


DATE               SAT 02/13/10  SUN 02/14/10  MON 02/15/10  TUE 02/16/10
UTC 6HRLY     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00
CST 6HRLY     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18

MIN/MAX TEMP       27    52      27    44      25    48      28    49
TEMP          32   27 46 47 33   28 40 40 30   25 42 44 33   28 44 45
DEWPT         26   25 25 24 25   24 23 21 21   21 25 24 24   23 26 25
MAX/MIN RH         91    34      84    40      88    38      85    37
RH            77   89 45 40 71   84 50 46 69   84 49 44 71   84 49 44
PWIND DIR          SE     N       N    NE      SE     S       E     N
WIND CHAR         <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
AVG CLOUDS    CL   CL CL FW SC   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 SC
POP 12HR            0     0       5     5       5    10       5    10

$$

TXZ006-102215-
DALHART-HARTLEY TX
36.03N 102.55W ELEV. 3913 FT
425 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

DATE             WED 02/10/10            THU 02/11/10            FRI 02/12/10
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18

MAX/MIN TEMP                 34          22          39          22          45
TEMP             17 20 30 34 32 27 25 23 22 25 35 39 36 29 26 24 22 26 39 45 40
DEWPT            17 20 25 26 27 26 24 23 22 25 27 28 28 27 25 24 22 25 27 27 27
MIN/MAX RH                   74         100          65         100          52
RH              100100 84 74 84 96 96100100100 73 65 73 91 96100100 96 64 52 62
WIND DIR          S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  N  N NW NW NW  W  S
WIND SPD          8  9 14 16  6  6  5  5  4  3  6  6  5  4  8 10  8  9  9  8  5
CLOUDS           OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW SC FW CL
CLOUDS(%)        90 80 70 74 77 82 86 75 63 53 44 37 30 27 23 13  3 17 31 16  0
POP 12HR                      5           0           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL 6HR                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES 6HR              3     3     3     3     3     3     3     2     2     3
MIX HGT           1  1  2  2  2 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  1  1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1  2  3 <1
VENT RATE        14 12 27 26 17  3  2  4  3  2  2  2  1  2 <1 <1 <1  3 14  9  4
T WIND DIR        S SW SW SW  S  S SW SW  W  N  N NW SW SW  W NW NW  N  N SW SW
T WIND SPD       16 13 20 19 12  5  3  9  6  4  2  2  1  4  4  5  6  6  8  3  8


DATE               SAT 02/13/10  SUN 02/14/10  MON 02/15/10  TUE 02/16/10
UTC 6HRLY     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00
CST 6HRLY     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18

MIN/MAX TEMP       21    52      23    43      21    48      23    48
TEMP          27   21 44 46 30   24 38 39 27   21 41 43 29   23 42 43
DEWPT         23   21 23 22 23   21 22 22 21   20 24 24 22   21 25 25
MAX/MIN RH        100    31      98    43     100    39      96    39
RH            85  100 43 38 76   91 53 51 78   96 51 48 75   92 51 47
PWIND DIR          SW     N       N    NE      SE     S       E     N
WIND CHAR         <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
AVG CLOUDS    CL   CL CL CL FW   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B2 B1
POP 12HR            0     0       5     5       5     5       5    10

$$

OKZ002-102215-
GUYMON-TEXAS OK
36.69N 101.51W ELEV. 3100 FT
425 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

DATE             WED 02/10/10            THU 02/11/10            FRI 02/12/10
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3HRLY     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18

MAX/MIN TEMP                 37          24          41          25          47
TEMP             17 21 32 37 34 29 27 26 24 27 37 41 38 32 29 27 25 29 41 47 42
DEWPT            17 20 23 24 25 24 24 23 23 26 29 30 30 29 28 27 25 26 26 27 27
MIN/MAX RH                   60         100          66         100          45
RH               98 96 70 60 68 80 89 91 96 96 75 66 74 91 96 99100 90 54 45 55
WIND DIR          S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD          6  9 14 12  6  6  5  5  4  5  5  5  6  4  5  5  6  9 10  8  5
CLOUDS           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW CL
CLOUDS(%)        77 81 85 82 79 80 81 73 65 59 53 49 46 38 31 21 11 26 42 21  1
POP 12HR                      5           0           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL 6HR                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES 6HR              3     3     3     3     3     3     2     2     2     2
MIX HGT          <1  1  2  2  2 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  2  2  1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  2 <1
VENT RATE         7 13 26 28 28  5  2  3  2  3  5  5  3  3  2 <1 <1 <1  7  8  3
T WIND DIR        S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW  W  S  S  W  W NW NW  N NW SW
T WIND SPD       14 14 19 16 16 10  4  5  4  3  3  3  3  6  4  6  6  6  8  4  5


DATE               SAT 02/13/10  SUN 02/14/10  MON 02/15/10  TUE 02/16/10
UTC 6HRLY     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00
CST 6HRLY     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18

MIN/MAX TEMP       23    51      26    45      23    46      22    48
TEMP          29   23 44 46 32   27 40 41 29   23 40 41 28   22 42 44
DEWPT         23   21 24 24 23   20 21 20 19   19 23 23 21   19 25 25
MAX/MIN RH         98    34      81    36      86    39      96    40
RH            79   92 46 41 68   76 46 43 67   82 49 48 74   89 52 47
PWIND DIR          SW     N       N     N       E     S      NE     N
WIND CHAR         <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
AVG CLOUDS    CL   CL FW SC B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   OV B2 SC
POP 12HR            0     5       5     5       5    10      10    10

$$

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
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
LAL(CAT)............................LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL
HAINES(CAT).........................HAINES INDEX
MIX HGT(THOUSANDS OF FT AGL)........MIXING HEIGHT
     EXAMPLE: 6 = 6000 FEET; 12 = 12000 FEET; <1 = LESS THAN 1000 FEET
VENT RATE(THOUSANDS OF KT-FT AGL)...VENTILATION RATE
     EXAMPLE: 12 = 12,000 FEET; 120 = 120,000 FEET; <1 = LESS THAN 100 FOOT
T WIND DIR(8 POINT COMPASS).........TRANSPORT WIND DIRECTION
T WIND SPD(MPH).....................TRANSPORT WIND SPEED
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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