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FOUS54 KCRP 291957
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

TXZ245-300900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07

Min/Max                      79          91          79          91          79
Temp          90 86 81 81 80 80 87 90 90 87 82 81 81 80 86 90 91 87 82 81 80 79
Dewpt         78 77 77 77 77 77 78 78 77 77 78 78 77 78 79 78 78 77 78 78 76 78
Max/Min RH                   93          66          96          66          96
RH            69 76 88 88 90 93 75 69 67 74 87 93 90 94 80 68 66 74 87 90 88 96
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       9 10  8  8  5  5  8 10 11 10 10  8  8  8 10 12 11 10  9  8  6  5
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     30          20          20          20          40
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0        0.03        0.02        0.34
Rain Shwrs                IS IS IS       IS IS       IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms                     IS IS IS       IS IS       IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
LAL                     1     2     2     1     2     1     2     2     3     3
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1200  1200  3100  3400  2000  1600  3400  3500  2500  2100
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             18    16    16    19    21    19    21    23    20    17


Date           06/01Sun 06/02/24Mon 06/03/24Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

Max/Min            91      79      92      80      91      82      91      81      92
Temp          91 86 81 81 91 86 82 81 91 86 83 82 91 85 82 82 92 86
Dewpt         79 78 79 78 78 77 78 78 78 77 78 78 78 77 77 77 78 77
Min/Max RH         66      94      65      91      66      89      66      86      63
RH            68 78 93 90 66 75 88 90 66 75 85 88 66 77 85 84 65 76
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC B1 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           30      10      10       5       5       5       5       5       5
Rain Shwrs    SC IS
Tstms         SC IS

$$

TXZ231-300900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07

Min/Max                      77          97          77          97          77
Temp          96 90 80 78 78 77 85 93 96 90 81 79 78 78 87 94 96 91 81 79 78 78
Dewpt         72 72 75 75 75 75 76 73 73 74 75 75 75 75 76 73 73 73 75 76 75 75
Max/Min RH                   94          48          93          47          92
RH            47 56 85 91 91 94 74 52 48 59 82 88 91 91 69 51 47 56 82 91 90 91
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd      10 13 11  9  8  5  8 11 12 14 12 10  8  8 11 12 12 13 11  8  6  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW FW SC OV B2 B2 B1 FW SC SC B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     FW FW SC OV B2 B2 B1 FW SC SC B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     30          20          20          20          30
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0        0.01           0        0.08
Rain Shwrs       IS IS    IS             IS IS             IS IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms            IS IS    IS             IS IS             IS IS SC SC IS IS IS
LAL                     2     2     1     1     2     1     1     2     3     2
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2600  1500  4900  5400  2600  1600  6200  5900  3300  1800
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             21    14    14    20    24    18    20    21    20    16


Date           06/01Sun 06/02/24Mon 06/03/24Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

Max/Min            95      77      98      78      98      78      99      77      98
Temp          93 90 79 78 94 90 79 78 95 92 80 78 96 93 79 78 96 92
Dewpt         73 73 76 76 72 72 76 76 72 73 76 76 73 73 76 76 73 74
Min/Max RH         47      96      45      96      44      95      43      96      43
RH            52 58 91 94 49 56 91 94 48 54 88 94 47 52 91 94 47 55
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC B2 B1 FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           20      10       5       5       5       5       5       5       5
Rain Shwrs    IS
Tstms         IS

$$

TXZ247-300900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07

Min/Max                      81          89          81          89          81
Temp          87 84 82 83 82 81 86 88 87 85 82 82 82 81 85 87 88 85 83 83 82 81
Dewpt         78 79 78 77 77 78 79 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 79 79 78 78 78 79 77 79
Max/Min RH                   91          73          92          73          93
RH            75 84 87 84 85 90 80 74 75 79 88 88 90 91 83 76 73 80 85 87 85 93
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd      11 11 12 11 11 10 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 12 13 13 14 13 13 12 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW FW SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     FW FW SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     20          20          20          20          30
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.03        0.01        0.28
Rain Shwrs                IS IS IS       IS IS       IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms                     IS IS IS       IS IS       IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
LAL                     1     2     2     1     2     1     2     2     3     3
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1600  1500  2400  2400  2200  2100  2900  2900  2600  2200
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             20    19    17    19    24    23    21    21    23    19


Date           06/01Sun 06/02/24Mon 06/03/24Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

Max/Min            89      81      89      82      89      82      89      82      89
Temp          88 85 83 82 88 85 83 82 88 85 83 82 88 86 83 82 88 86
Dewpt         79 78 79 79 79 78 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 78 78 78 79 78
Min/Max RH         73      91      71      91      73      92      72      90      71
RH            75 80 88 90 75 80 88 90 74 82 88 91 75 77 87 90 74 79
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           30      10      10       5       5       5      10       5       5
Rain Shwrs    SC IS
Tstms         SC IS

$$

TXZ234-300900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07

Min/Max                      77          91          77          90          77
Temp          89 87 80 79 79 78 85 89 90 86 80 80 78 78 84 88 89 86 81 80 79 78
Dewpt         76 75 76 76 76 76 77 76 76 75 76 77 76 76 78 77 76 75 76 75 75 76
Max/Min RH                   94          64          95          66          94
RH            66 68 88 91 91 94 77 66 64 70 88 91 94 94 82 70 66 70 85 85 88 94
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE  E  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd      11 11  8  6  4  5  8 11 14 13 11  9  8  8 11 14 14 12 10  8  6  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC FW SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1
Clouds(%)     SC FW SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR                     20          40          20          30          30
QPF 12HR                   0.01        0.01        0.21        0.03        0.56
Rain Shwrs    IS IS       IS SC IS IS SC IS IS       IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms         IS IS       IS IS IS IS SC IS IS       IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL                     1     2     2     2     2     1     2     3     3     3
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     3
Mixing Hgt           1200   600  4200  4600  1700   900  3900  4300  2400  1300
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             13    10    13    18    18    13    20    21    16    14


Date           06/01Sun 06/02/24Mon 06/03/24Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

Max/Min            90      77      91      78      91      78      91      78      92
Temp          89 86 79 79 90 87 80 79 90 87 80 79 90 87 80 79 91 88
Dewpt         77 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 76 76 76 77 76
Min/Max RH         65      96      65      94      62      94      62      91      60
RH            68 72 94 94 66 72 91 94 66 70 91 94 66 70 88 91 64 68
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE       S      SE       S      SE       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 SC SC B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           30      10      20       5      10       5       5       5       5
Rain Shwrs    SC IS       IS
Tstms         SC IS       IS

$$

TXZ241-300900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07

Min/Max                      79          96          79          97          79
Temp          95 89 81 80 79 79 87 94 94 90 82 80 80 80 87 95 96 90 82 81 80 79
Dewpt         74 75 77 77 76 77 76 75 75 76 77 77 77 77 76 74 74 75 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH                   94          52          94          49          95
RH            52 63 88 91 91 94 71 55 55 64 84 93 93 91 69 51 50 62 85 90 91 94
Wind Dir       E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd      11 13 10  9  9  6 10 11 14 16 12 11 10  9 11 14 14 14 11  9  8  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B1
Clouds(%)     FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR                     20          10          20          20          30
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.01           0        0.02
Rain Shwrs                IS             IS IS             IS IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms                     IS             IS IS             IS IS SC SC IS IS IS
LAL                     1     2     1     1     2     1     1     2     3     2
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2600  1700  4700  4900  2700  1800  5700  5500  2400  1500
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             20    14    17    20    23    18    23    23    21    16


Date           06/01Sun 06/02/24Mon 06/03/24Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

Max/Min            96      79      97      80      98      80      98      79      98
Temp          93 89 81 80 94 90 81 80 96 91 81 80 96 91 82 80 96 91
Dewpt         75 77 78 77 74 75 78 77 74 76 77 77 75 76 77 77 75 77
Min/Max RH         54      94      50      93      49      92      50      92      48
RH            57 67 90 91 54 62 90 91 50 63 88 91 52 62 85 91 51 63
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC FW B1 B2 SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           20      10      10       0       5       5       5       5       5
Rain Shwrs    IS
Tstms         IS

$$

TXZ229-300900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Date           05/29/24      Thu 05/30/24            Fri 05/31/24            Sat
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07

Min/Max                      79         100          78         100          78
Temp          96 95 86 81 79 79 84 91 98 96 85 82 79 79 85 93 98 96 85 81 79 79
Dewpt         69 69 73 74 74 74 74 73 71 72 74 75 74 75 75 73 73 73 75 75 74 75
Max/Min RH                   85          41          88          44          88
RH            42 43 65 79 85 85 72 56 42 46 70 79 85 88 72 52 45 48 72 82 85 88
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE  E  E
Wind Spd       6  9 12 10 10  6  8  9 10 11 12 11 10  8  9 10 10 11 11  9  8  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        CL FW B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%)     CL FW B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     30          10          20          10          30
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.02           0        0.22
Rain Shwrs       IS SC IS IS             IS IS                   SC SC
Tstms            IS SC IS IS             IS IS                   SC SC
LAL                     2     2     1     1     2     1     1     1     3     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1300  1700  4400  6100  2700  2100  5600  6300  4200  1800
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             21    14    13    16    25    18    19    16    20    16


Date           06/01Sun 06/02/24Mon 06/03/24Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

Max/Min            99      79     100      80     102      80     102      80     102
Temp          91 95 82 80 94 96 82 80 94 98 82 80 94 99 83 80 95 99
Dewpt         74 72 75 75 73 71 75 75 73 71 75 75 73 71 75 75 73 70
Min/Max RH         44      86      40      86      38      85      37      85      36
RH            58 48 79 85 51 45 79 85 51 42 79 85 51 41 77 85 49 39
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           10      20       5       5       5       5       5       5       5
Rain Shwrs          IS
Tstms               IS

$$

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 Gust (MPH).....................20 FT. Wind Gust
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
Free Wind Dir (8 Point Compass).....Free Wind Level Direction
Free Wind Spd (MPH).................Free Wind Level Speed
Mixing Hgt (Feet AGL)...............Mixing Height
T Wind Dir (8 Point Compass)........Transport Wind Direction
T Wind Spd (MPH)....................Transport Wind Speed
Smoke Disp (CAT(KT-FT)).............Smoke Dispersion Category
     Example: PR = Poor; FR = Fair; GD = Good; VG = Very Good; EX = Excellent
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