Data source description:
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National Weather Service "Point Forecast" refers to a text forecast
for a single point generated from a forecaster-generated gridded data set known
as the National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD).
The NDFD is used as the basis for the majority of local public and marine
forecasts and is in the process of being further expanded to the offshore
and high seas areas.
In actuality, the "point" is a single small rectangle which represents the
resolution of the computer forecast models which is typically 2.5 by 2.5 kilometers