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FORECAST FOR BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
245 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009


.DISCUSSION...EXPECT THE PERSISTENT LOW CLOUDS TO DISSIPATE BY EARLY
AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE MID AND LOWER LEVELS
OF THE ATMOSPHERE. A TEMPERATURE INVERSION WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH
TONIGHT.

FORECASTER...LIPSON

WYZ012-252315-
RENDEZVOUS PEAK-TETON WY
43.59N 110.89W ELEV. 10318 FT
245 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009

DATE                WED 11/25/09            THU 11/26/09            FRI 11/27/09
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MST 3HRLY     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17

MAX/MIN                      30          18          34          21          27
TEMP             15 17 28 29 22 20 19 18 19 21 32 33 25 23 22 21 21 22 26 26 15
DEWPT            10 12 18 17 14 13 12 13 10 12 11  8 10  9  9 13 11 12 10  9  6
RH               80 80 66 60 71 74 74 80 67 68 41 34 52 54 57 71 65 65 50 48 67
WIND DIR         NW NW NW  W NW NW NW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W
WIND SPD         16 16 11  9 11 10 11 12 13 13 13 16 16 17 19 18 16 13 16 13 16
CLOUDS           FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC BK BK BK BK OV
CLOUDS(%)        26 26 31 31 27 27 25 25 25 25 25 25 32 32 32 32 66 66 70 70 88
POP 12HR                      0           0           0           0          30
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.03
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00       00-00           T
SNOW                                                              S  S        C
SNOWSHWRS                                                               C  C


DATE             SAT 11/28/09 SUN 11/29/09 MON 11/30/09 TUE 12/01/09
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MST 6HRLY     23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17

MIN/MAX             9      14       8      20      14      26      14      26
TEMP          11  9 13 10  9  9 19 16 15 15 25 18 15 15 25 17
DEWPT          4  5  5  3  3  2  5  6  6  7 10  3  1  1  9  5
PWIND DIR           W      NW      NW       N       N      NW       W       W
WIND CHAR          BZ      GN      GN      GN      BZ      GN      GN      BZ
AVG CLOUDS    OV OV BK BK SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           60      60      30      20      20      20      20      30
SNOW           C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C

$$

WYZ013-252315-
JACKSON-TETON WY
43.60N 110.73W ELEV. 6451 FT
245 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009

DATE                WED 11/25/09            THU 11/26/09            FRI 11/27/09
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MST 3HRLY     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17

MAX/MIN                      31           6          37           5          37
TEMP              9  9 24 30 27 18 13 11  7  7 27 36 31 20 14 11  6  6 27 35 33
DEWPT             4  4 11 14 11  8  4  4  2  1 11 14 10  8  4  3  1  1 10 11 11
RH               80 80 57 51 50 64 67 73 79 76 50 40 41 59 64 69 79 79 48 36 39
WIND DIR         SE  E SE  S  S SE SE  E  E  E  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SW
WIND SPD          2  3  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  1  2  3  4  4  5  8  8  9 12 12 13
CLOUDS           BK BK SC SC FW FW BK BK BK BK FW FW SC SC SC SC BK BK BK BK BK
CLOUDS(%)        67 67 32 32 27 27 71 71 71 71 24 24 32 32 32 32 65 65 67 67 79
POP 12HR                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.01
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00       00-00           T
SNOW                                                                          C
SNOWSHWRS                                                               S  S


DATE             SAT 11/28/09 SUN 11/29/09 MON 11/30/09 TUE 12/01/09
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MST 6HRLY     23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17

MIN/MAX            15      29      11      27       7      33      13      34
TEMP          21 16 24 26 16 11 22 24 13  7 25 30 19 13 27 30
DEWPT         10  9 10  9  8  7  9  7  4  3 10 10  9  8 11 11
PWIND DIR          SW       W      NW      NW       N       N      SW      SW
WIND CHAR          GN      LT      LT      LT      LT      LT      LT      LT
AVG CLOUDS    BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           40      40      20      10      10      10      10      20
SNOW           C  C  C  C  S  S                          S  S

$$

WYZ012-252315-
SNOW KING MOUNTAIN-TETON WY
43.46N 110.76W ELEV. 7810 FT
245 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009

DATE                WED 11/25/09            THU 11/26/09            FRI 11/27/09
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MST 3HRLY     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17

MAX/MIN                      35          21          43          22          36
TEMP             18 18 28 35 30 27 25 23 21 21 34 43 35 31 27 25 23 22 30 36 28
DEWPT            15 15 20 21 20 19 18 18 18 17 21 19 18 17 15 16 17 15 16 13 13
RH               88 88 71 56 66 71 74 81 88 84 58 38 49 56 60 68 77 74 55 38 53
WIND DIR         SE  N  W  W  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W
WIND SPD          1  2  2  1  2  4  3  3  3  3  5  4  6  6  6  8  9  9 10 10 11
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC BK BK BK BK BK
CLOUDS(%)        32 32 32 32 26 26 24 24 24 24 24 24 31 31 31 31 64 64 67 67 78
POP 12HR                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.02
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00       00-00           T
SNOW                                                                          C
SNOWSHWRS                                                               S  S


DATE             SAT 11/28/09 SUN 11/29/09 MON 11/30/09 TUE 12/01/09
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MST 6HRLY     23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17

MIN/MAX            15      23      14      24      10      32      18      30
TEMP          20 16 20 20 16 14 20 19 14 10 23 27 22 18 25 24
DEWPT         12 13 12 10 10 11 11  7  6  6 10 11 11 13 14 14
PWIND DIR           W       W      NW      NW       N       N      SW      SW
WIND CHAR          GN      LT      LT      LT      LT      LT      LT      LT
AVG CLOUDS    BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           40      40      20      10      10      10      20      30
SNOW           C  C  C  C  S  S                    S  S  S  S

$$

WYZ012-252315-
FREDS MOUNTAIN-TETON WY
43.79N 110.93W ELEV. 9840 FT
245 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009

DATE                WED 11/25/09            THU 11/26/09            FRI 11/27/09
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MST 3HRLY     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17

MAX/MIN                      30          18          35          21          30
TEMP             16 17 25 26 21 20 19 18 19 20 29 31 24 23 23 21 21 22 27 25 16
DEWPT            14 15 20 20 19 17 16 16 16 17 20 20 21 17 17 17 17 18 18 17 15
RH               92 92 81 78 92 88 88 92 88 88 69 63 88 77 77 84 84 84 68 71 96
WIND DIR         SW  S  W  W SW  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW  W
WIND SPD          8  6  8  8  6  8  8  9 10 10 11 12 13 14 16 16 13 12 13 12 13
CLOUDS           SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC BK BK BK BK OV
CLOUDS(%)        31 31 30 30 28 28 26 26 26 26 26 26 34 34 34 34 68 68 72 72 87
POP 12HR                      0           0           0           0          30
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.03
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00       00-00           T
SNOW                                                              S  S        L
SNOWSHWRS                                                               C  C


DATE             SAT 11/28/09 SUN 11/29/09 MON 11/30/09 TUE 12/01/09
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MST 6HRLY     23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17

MIN/MAX            12      19      11      22      16      27      15      29
TEMP          14 12 17 13 12 11 18 17 17 16 23 18 16 16 24 18
DEWPT         11 11 12 12  9 10 12 15 12 13 14 15 11 12 16 16
PWIND DIR           W       W      NW       N      NW      NW       W      SW
WIND CHAR          BZ      GN      GN      GN      GN      GN      GN      GN
AVG CLOUDS    OV OV OV OV SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           60      60      30      20      20      20      30      30
SNOW           L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C

$$

WYZ024-252315-
BLIND BULL SUMMIT-LINCOLN WY
42.97N 110.62W ELEV. 9000 FT
245 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009

DATE                WED 11/25/09            THU 11/26/09            FRI 11/27/09
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MST 3HRLY     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17

MAX/MIN                      32          15          39          18          30
TEMP             11 15 29 27 21 17 16 15 16 20 35 33 25 21 19 18 18 21 28 23 15
DEWPT             9 11 24 24 20 16 14 11 12 13 25 28 24 19 16 14 14 12 17 18 15
RH               91 84 81 88 96 96 92 84 84 74 66 82 96 92 88 84 84 68 63 81100
WIND DIR         NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W
WIND SPD         18 17 17 16 16 13 12 13 12 12 12 13 12 11 12 12 13 16 19 19 20
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUDS(%)        37 37 31 31 23 23 21 21 22 22 22 22 28 28 28 28 60 60 65 65 68
POP 12HR                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.01
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00       00-00           T
SNOW                                                                          S
SNOWSHWRS                                                               S  S


DATE             SAT 11/28/09 SUN 11/29/09 MON 11/30/09 TUE 12/01/09
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MST 6HRLY     23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17

MIN/MAX             6      17       6      19      10      26      11      24
TEMP           7  6 15 10  7  7 17 13 10 11 24 16 12 12 22 14
DEWPT          6  4  9  9  4  4 10 12  8  7 14 14  8  7 14 13
PWIND DIR           W       W      NW       N      NW      NW       W       W
WIND CHAR          BZ      GN      GN      GN      GN      GN      LT      GN
AVG CLOUDS    BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           30      50      20      20      20      20      20      30
SNOW           S  S  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S

$$

WYZ024-252315-
MOUNT COFFIN-LINCOLN WY
42.64N 110.64W ELEV. 10870 FT
245 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009

DATE                WED 11/25/09            THU 11/26/09            FRI 11/27/09
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MST 3HRLY     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17

MAX/MIN                      31          16          34          18          26
TEMP             13 16 28 29 20 17 16 16 16 19 31 32 23 19 18 18 18 19 25 24 13
DEWPT             4  3 10 13 11  6  6  7  2 -4 -4  4 13  6  6  8  4  0 -1  4  9
RH               67 56 46 51 67 61 64 67 53 35 21 30 65 56 59 64 53 42 31 41 84
WIND DIR         NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W
WIND SPD         17 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 10  9 10 11 11 10 12 13 14 16 19 19 23
CLOUDS           SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUDS(%)        36 36 20 20 19 19 17 17 20 20 20 20 25 25 25 25 59 59 66 66 68
POP 12HR                      0           0           0           0          30
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.02
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00       00-00           T
SNOW                                                              S  S        C
SNOWSHWRS                                                               S  S


DATE             SAT 11/28/09 SUN 11/29/09 MON 11/30/09 TUE 12/01/09
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MST 6HRLY     23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17

MIN/MAX             7      11       7      18      11      28      13      23
TEMP           7  7 10  8  7  7 16 13 11 11 26 17 13 13 22 15
DEWPT          1  2 -1  2  0 -3 -4  6  2  0  2  4 -1 -1  2  4
PWIND DIR           W      NW      NW       N       N      NW      NW      NW
WIND CHAR          BZ      GN      GN      GN      BZ      GN      GN      BZ
AVG CLOUDS    BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           50      60      40      20      20      20      20      30
SNOW           C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C

$$

WYZ015-252315-
LAVA MOUNTAIN-FREMONT WY
43.66N 110.02W ELEV. 10430 FT
245 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009

DATE                WED 11/25/09            THU 11/26/09            FRI 11/27/09
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MST 3HRLY     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17

MAX/MIN                      29          18          35          19          27
TEMP             15 16 27 28 20 19 19 18 19 20 32 34 23 21 20 19 20 20 26 25 11
DEWPT            11  9 15 15 12 12 13 12 12  8  9 11 11 11 12 11 11  7  4  6  3
RH               84 73 60 58 71 74 77 77 74 59 37 38 59 65 71 70 67 56 38 44 69
WIND DIR         NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W
WIND SPD         18 19 19 18 17 14 16 16 16 16 17 16 14 16 17 18 17 17 18 16 17
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUDS(%)        44 44 33 33 25 25 23 23 21 21 21 21 30 30 30 30 52 52 66 66 63
POP 12HR                      0           0           0           0          30
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.02
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00       00-00           T
SNOW                                                                          C
SNOWSHWRS                                                               S  S


DATE             SAT 11/28/09 SUN 11/29/09 MON 11/30/09 TUE 12/01/09
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MST 6HRLY     23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17

MIN/MAX             6      12       8      15      12      27      12      21
TEMP           8  8 11  9  8  8 14 13 12 12 25 15 13 13 20 10
DEWPT          4  4  0  2  4  3  0  4  6  5  6  6  8  7  5  2
PWIND DIR           W      NW      NW       N       N      NW      NW       W
WIND CHAR          BZ      GN      GN      GN      GN      GN      GN      BZ
AVG CLOUDS    BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           40      50      30      20      20      20      20      40
SNOW           C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C

$$

WYZ015-252315-
TOGWOTEE MOUNTAIN LODGE-TETON WY
43.83N 110.19W ELEV. 8710 FT
245 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009

DATE                WED 11/25/09            THU 11/26/09            FRI 11/27/09
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MST 3HRLY     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17

MAX/MIN                      31          19          40          20          34
TEMP             15 17 28 31 24 23 21 19 20 21 36 39 29 26 24 20 20 21 31 33 21
DEWPT            12 13 18 20 19 19 17 16 17 16 22 22 22 19 18 16 15 14 13 12 14
RH               88 84 66 63 81 84 84 88 88 81 56 50 75 74 77 84 81 74 47 41 74
WIND DIR         NW  W  W  W  W  W SW NE  S SE  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W
WIND SPD          2  2  4  5  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  5  6  6  8  8 10 10 12
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUDS(%)        43 43 33 33 26 26 24 24 22 22 22 22 31 31 31 31 55 55 66 66 62
POP 12HR                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.02
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00       00-00           T
SNOW                                                                          C
SNOWSHWRS                                                               S  S


DATE             SAT 11/28/09 SUN 11/29/09 MON 11/30/09 TUE 12/01/09
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MST 6HRLY     23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17

MIN/MAX            10      17      12      24      10      29      14      26
TEMP          14 10 16 14 13 12 22 16 13 11 25 21 17 14 24 17
DEWPT          9  7  6  9  9  9  9 10  8  6  9 13 11 10 10 14
PWIND DIR           W       W      NW      NW      NW       N       W      SW
WIND CHAR          GN      LT      LT      LT      LT      LT      LT      GN
AVG CLOUDS    BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           40      40      30      20      20      20      20      30
SNOW           C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C

$$

WYZ015-252315-
BROOKS LAKE LODGE-FREMONT WY
43.73N 110.01W ELEV. 9340 FT
245 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009

DATE                WED 11/25/09            THU 11/26/09            FRI 11/27/09
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MST 3HRLY     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17

MAX/MIN                      30          18          37          19          32
TEMP             14 16 26 30 24 21 20 19 18 20 32 37 28 24 22 20 20 20 29 31 17
DEWPT            13 13 19 20 20 18 18 18 17 15 18 16 20 19 18 16 17 13 14 11 11
RH               96 88 74 66 84 88 92 96 96 81 56 42 71 81 84 84 88 74 53 43 77
WIND DIR         NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND SPD         21 23 21 19 19 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 17 17 19 20 19 19 18 16 16
CLOUDS           SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK SC
CLOUDS(%)        43 43 33 33 26 26 21 21 21 21 22 22 30 30 30 30 52 52 67 67 60
POP 12HR                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.02
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00       00-00           T
SNOW                                                                          C
SNOWSHWRS                                                               S  S


DATE             SAT 11/28/09 SUN 11/29/09 MON 11/30/09 TUE 12/01/09
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MST 6HRLY     23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17

MIN/MAX             4      16       7      19      12      25      11      22
TEMP           8  5 13 11  8  7 16 15 13 12 22 18 13 11 19 13
DEWPT          6  4  6  8  7  6  8 10 10 10 11 12 10  9 10  8
PWIND DIR           W       W      NW      NW      NW      NW       W       W
WIND CHAR          BZ      GN      GN      GN      GN      GN      LT      GN
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC BK BK SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           40      40      30      20      20      20      20      40
SNOW           C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C

$$

BELOW IS A WEATHER ELEMENT KEY FOR THIS PRODUCT

DAY 1 THROUGH DAY 3...
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 DIR(8 POINT COMPASS)...........WIND DIRECTION
WIND SPD(MPH).......................WIND SPEED
CLOUDS(CAT).........................CLOUD COVER CATEGORY
     CL.....CLEAR/SUNNY.......................0% TO =<  10%
     FW.....MOSTLY CLEAR/MOSTLY SUNNY......> 10% TO =<  30%
     SC.....PARTLY CLOUDY/PARTLY SUNNY.....> 30% TO =<  60%
     BK.....MOSTLY CLOUDY..................> 60% TO =<  80%
     OV.....CLOUDY.........................> 80% TO =< 100%
CLOUDS(%)...........................CLOUD COVER AS A PERCENTAGE
POP 12HR(%).........................PROBABILITY FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION
QPF 12HR(IN.).......................AMOUNT OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION
SNOW 12HR(MIN-MAX - IN.)............RANGE OF SNOWFALL
WEATHER...
     TYPE...
       RAIN...........RAIN
       RAIN SHWRS.....RAIN SHOWERS
       SPRINKLES......SPRINKLES
       TSTMS..........THUNDERSTORMS
       DRIZZLE........DRIZZLE
       SNOW...........SNOW
       SNOWSHWRS......SNOW SHOWERS
       FLURRIES.......SNOW FLURRIES
       SLEET..........SLEET
       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
     F.......FOG
     PF......PATCHY FOG
     F+......DENSE FOG
     PF+.....PATCHY DENSE FOG
     H.......HAZE
     BS......BLOWING SNOW
     K.......SMOKE
     BD......BLOWING DUST
     VA......VOLCANIC ASH
DAY 4 THROUGH DAY 7...
MAX/MIN TEMP OR MIN/MAX TEMP(F).....MAXIMUM/MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE
TEMP(F).............................AIR TEMPERATURE
DEWPT(F)............................DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
PWIND DIR(8 POINT COMPASS)..........PREDOMINANT WIND DIRECTION IN 12HR PERIOD
WIND CHAR(MAX SUSTAINED IN 12HR)....WIND CHARACTERISTIC
       LT.....LIGHT;               < 8 MPH
       GN.....GENTLE;           8 - 14 MPH
       BZ.....BREEZY;          15 - 22 MPH
       WY.....WINDY;           23 - 30 MPH
       VW.....VERY WINDY;      31 - 39 MPH
       SD.....STRONG/DAMAGING;   >= 40 MPH
AVG CLOUDS(CAT).....................AVERAGE CLOUD COVER CATEGORY
     SEE DAY 1 THROUGH 3 WEATHER DESCRIPTIONS
POP 12HR(%).........................PROBABILITY FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION
WEATHER...
     SEE DAY 1 THROUGH 3 WEATHER DESCRIPTIONS






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