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What do the points in the Convective and Fire Weather Outlook Areal Outline product mean?

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What do the points in the Convective and Fire Weather Outlook Areal Outline product mean?

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The lat/lon numbers are expressed in decimal degrees to four decimals. For example, in the following: CRIT 45300143 44580165 44280242 44530391 45390559 46360575 49000652 49030478 49000161 48370159 46820149 45300143 the first latitude is 45.30 N and longitude is 101.43 W, the second latitude is 44.58 N and longitude is 101.65 W, and so on. The latitude values are referenced as North and the longitude values are referenced as West. For longitude values equal to or greater than 100, the leading 1 is dropped.