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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
641 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

TXZ024-110100-
CAPROCK RAWS-BRISCOE TX
34.41N 101.05W ELEV. 2561 FT
641 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                 42          28          38          29          49
TEMP             23 25 32 35 34 31 30 28 29 30 35 38 37 33 32 30 30 33 43 48 47
DEWPT            23 24 25 25 25 25 26 26 27 28 29 30 31 30 28 26 25 26 29 31 33
MIN/MAX RH                   66          96          74          87          51
RH              100 96 75 66 69 78 85 92 92 93 78 74 79 87 85 83 82 76 57 51 58
WIND DIR         SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW SW SE
WIND SPD          5  6  6  6  6  6  5  2  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  2  2  2  2  3
CLOUDS           B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        77 80 82 87 91 92 93 97100 92 84 88 91 79 67 56 44 43 41 39 38
POP 12HR                     10          20          40          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.04           0           0
RAIN                          S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
SNOW                          S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
LAL 12HR          1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES 12HR       2  3  3  2  2  3  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  2  2
MIX HGT           1  1  2  3 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1  2  4  2
T WIND DIR        S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW NW  N  N  N  N
T WIND SPD       11 16 13 14 10  5  6  3  2  5  4  5  4  4  2  3  8 11 16 16 10


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    55      29    43      30    53      29    49
TEMP          35   31 47 52 37   31 39 41 34   31 46 50 36   31 43 47
DEWPT         30   26 29 32 31   29 28 28 28   29 30 31 30   29 30 30
MAX/MIN RH         82    41      97    56      91    44      92    49
RH            80   82 48 46 80   94 66 58 79   91 53 47 77   91 59 51
PWIND DIR           S    NW       N     E      SE     S       S     N
WIND CHAR         <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
POP 12HR            0     5      10    10      10    10       5     5

$$

TXZ026-110100-
CHILDRESS-CHILDRESS TX
34.43N 100.28W ELEV. 1952 FT
641 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          29          39          30          49
TEMP             23 25 33 37 36 32 30 29 30 31 36 39 38 34 33 31 31 34 43 48 47
DEWPT            21 20 19 19 19 20 22 23 25 27 29 30 31 30 29 28 27 28 30 32 33
MIN/MAX RH                   48          85          73          88          54
RH               92 81 56 48 50 61 72 78 82 86 75 73 78 86 86 87 86 80 59 54 59
WIND DIR         SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE NE NW  W  S SE
WIND SPD          5  6  8  8  8  9  8  5  4  5  5  5  4  3  2  2  1  1  2  2  3
CLOUDS           B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        75 80 84 87 90 91 91 95 99 92 84 91 97 84 70 60 50 48 46 44 42
POP 12HR                     10          20          40          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.07           0           0
RAIN                                S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S
SNOW                                S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S
LAL 12HR          1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES 12HR       2  2  2  2  2  3  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2
MIX HGT           1  2  3  4  3 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  2  1 <1  1  1  1  1  1  2  4  2
T WIND DIR        S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  E SE  S  S SE SE  S  S  W NW  N  N  N
T WIND SPD       10 12 12 14 17  8 14 10  4  8  6  9  4  3  4  4  3  8 11 16 14


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       31    55      31    44      29    51      31    50
TEMP          36   32 48 52 38   33 40 43 34   30 45 49 37   33 45 48
DEWPT         31   28 29 31 30   28 26 25 24   25 28 30 29   28 28 28
MAX/MIN RH         85    40      85    48      78    43      82    44
RH            81   84 48 44 73   82 56 49 66   78 50 48 72   82 53 46
PWIND DIR           S    NE       N    NE       E     S      SE    NE
WIND CHAR         <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
POP 12HR            0     5      10    10      10    10       5     5

$$

TXZ035-110100-
LUBBOCK-LUBBOCK TX
33.67N 101.82W ELEV. 3280 FT
641 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                 38          29          35          27          50
TEMP             27 28 35 38 37 33 31 30 30 30 33 35 34 31 29 28 28 31 43 49 47
DEWPT            19 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 29 29 30 31 30 28 26 25 25 27 29 30
MIN/MAX RH                   54          96          82          97          45
RH               71 75 59 54 61 75 85 92 96 94 84 83 88 97 94 91 90 77 52 45 50
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S SE SE SE  S  S SW  W NW  N NW  W SW  S
WIND SPD          6  6  9  9  9  9  6  4  3  3  3  2  2  4  5  4  3  2  2  2  2
CLOUDS           OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        89 87 84 88 92 94 95 98100 93 86 88 89 78 66 58 50 46 41 37 33
POP 12HR                     10          30          50          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0        0.02        0.12           0           0
RAIN                          S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
SLEET                                     C  C
SNOW                          S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
LAL 12HR          1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES 12HR       3  3  3  2  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  2  2
MIX HGT           1  2  3  4  3 <1  1  1  1 <1  1  2  2  1 <1 <1 <1 <1  2  4  4
T WIND DIR        S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  W  N  N  N  N
T WIND SPD       10 17 14 14 14 11 13  8  6  6  5  5  2  5  4  3  3 13 14 12  6


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    54      29    47      28    53      30    51
TEMP          35   31 47 51 36   31 42 45 34   30 46 50 37   32 45 49
DEWPT         29   27 29 30 28   26 26 27 26   26 28 29 29   28 28 28
MAX/MIN RH         87    40      84    46      86    40      86    42
RH            78   87 49 43 72   83 54 49 74   86 48 44 73   86 51 44
PWIND DIR           S    NW       N     E      SE     S      SW     N
WIND CHAR         <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
POP 12HR            0     5      10    10      10    10       5     5

$$

TXZ031-110100-
MATADOR RAWS-COTTLE TX
34.13N 100.42W ELEV. 1900 FT
641 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                 38          29          39          30          51
TEMP             24 26 34 38 37 33 31 29 30 31 36 39 38 34 33 31 31 34 45 50 49
DEWPT            21 20 21 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 31 32 31 29 28 27 28 30 32 33
MIN/MAX RH                   50          93          75          88          51
RH               88 78 58 50 54 66 75 88 91 91 77 75 80 88 86 87 86 79 57 51 56
WIND DIR         SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW NW  N NW  W  S SE
WIND SPD          5  6  8  9  9  9  8  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  3
CLOUDS           B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        75 80 85 88 91 91 91 95 99 92 84 91 97 85 72 61 51 49 46 43 41
POP 12HR                     10          20          50          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.10           0           0
RAIN                          S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S
SNOW                          S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S
LAL 12HR          1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES 12HR       2  3  2  2  2  3  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2
MIX HGT           1  2  3  4  4 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  2  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  4  3
T WIND DIR        S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  W NW NW  N  N
T WIND SPD       10 13 12 14 17  8 14 10  5  8  8  5  3  5  5  6  3  9 11 16 14


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       31    57      31    43      31    54      31    50
TEMP          37   33 49 54 39   33 40 42 35   32 47 51 38   33 45 48
DEWPT         31   28 30 32 30   28 27 27 26   26 28 30 30   29 29 28
MAX/MIN RH         83    39      86    52      79    40      84    43
RH            80   83 47 43 72   83 60 54 71   79 48 44 72   84 53 45
PWIND DIR           S    NE       N    NE      SE     S       S    NE
WIND CHAR         <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
POP 12HR            0     5      10    10      10    10       5     5

$$

TXZ029-110100-
PLAINVIEW-HALE TX
34.18N 101.71W ELEV. 3372 FT
641 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                 38          28          37          26          47
TEMP             24 25 32 35 34 31 29 28 29 30 34 37 36 31 29 28 27 30 41 46 44
DEWPT            24 25 26 27 28 28 28 28 28 28 29 30 31 30 28 26 24 25 27 29 31
MIN/MAX RH                   72         100          77          97          52
RH              100100 78 72 77 87 94 98 96 93 80 77 82 95 95 94 91 83 58 52 59
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW NW  N NW NW SW  S
WIND SPD          8  8  8  6  6  6  5  4  3  4  4  3  3  4  5  4  3  2  2  2  3
CLOUDS           B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        79 81 82 87 91 93 94 97100 92 84 85 85 75 64 53 43 41 39 36 34
POP 12HR                     10          20          50          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.05           0           0
RAIN                          S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
SNOW                          S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
LAL 12HR          1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
HAINES 12HR       2  3  3  2  3  3  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  2  2
MIX HGT          <1  1  2  3 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1  1  1  1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1  2  4  2
T WIND DIR        S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  N  N  N  N  N
T WIND SPD       13 13 13 14  9  6  6  5  8  6  5  6  4  5  4  3 11 12 16 12  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       26    52      25    44      27    50      27    48
TEMP          32   28 44 49 33   27 38 42 32   28 43 47 34   29 42 46
DEWPT         29   27 28 30 29   27 26 26 27   28 29 29 29   28 29 29
MAX/MIN RH         95    42     100    51      98    46      95    50
RH            87   95 53 47 85   99 61 53 81   98 57 49 81   95 60 53
PWIND DIR           S     N       N     E      SE     S      SW     N
WIND CHAR         <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
POP 12HR            0     5      10    10      10    10       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
MIX 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
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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