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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
227 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

TXZ245-150900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
227 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Date           04/14/24      Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed
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                      70          81          69          83          69
Temp          81 76 71 71 71 71 77 80 80 76 70 70 70 70 77 82 83 78 72 71 70 69
Dewpt         68 67 69 68 68 68 71 71 70 69 70 70 70 70 73 72 70 70 72 71 70 69
Max/Min RH                   93          71         100          66         100
RH            65 74 92 90 92 90 84 73 72 79 99100100100 88 72 66 76100100100100
Wind Dir      SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd      11 10  9  6  9  8  8 12 13 12 12 12 14 11 10 11 11 11  8 11 10  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12HR                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1400  1300  2300  2300  1500  1200  2900  2800  1300  1100
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             18    17    19    23    23    19    20    18    16    12


Date           04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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            84      69      83      69      84      67      82      64      79
Temp          83 77 71 69 83 77 71 69 81 78 69 67 80 77 69 65 76 73
Dewpt         71 71 71 69 72 70 71 69 70 69 69 67 69 67 68 65 66 64
Min/Max RH         64     100      65     100      63     100      62     100      63
RH            68 82100100 70 79100100 68 74100100 69 73 95100 69 74
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E       E       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            0       5       5      10      10      10      20      30      30
Rain Shwrs                                        IS IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms                                             IS IS IS SC SC IS

$$

TXZ231-150900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
227 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Date           04/14/24      Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed
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                      67          87          69          91          70
Temp          87 82 72 69 69 67 74 84 86 81 73 70 71 70 79 86 91 87 76 73 72 70
Dewpt         65 65 66 67 67 66 68 68 68 67 68 68 68 68 70 67 65 66 69 70 71 70
Max/Min RH                   97          54          96          43         100
RH            48 56 81 93 93 97 82 59 54 62 85 93 93 94 74 53 43 50 79 90 99100
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd      11 14 12 11 10  8 11 13 17 18 17 17 14  8  9  6  6  9 11 11  9  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2
Clouds(%)     SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2100  1400  3300  3200  1900  1100  3600  4600  1900  1300
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             20    17    19    25    25    17    11    10    14    11


Date           04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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      69      89      68      87      66      85      63      78
Temp          88 85 72 69 86 84 71 68 84 81 69 66 82 79 68 63 74 74
Dewpt         68 65 70 69 68 65 69 68 67 65 68 65 64 64 66 63 63 59
Min/Max RH         44     100      47     100      49      98      50      99      55
RH            52 51 95 99 55 52 95 99 58 58 95 95 55 59 93 99 68 59
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE       E       E       E       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR            5      10      10      20      20      20      30      40      30
Rain Shwrs                      IS       IS IS    IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms                           IS       IS IS    IS IS SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ247-150900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
227 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Date           04/14/24      Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed
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                      70          78          71          79          71
Temp          77 73 72 71 71 71 75 77 78 74 72 72 72 72 76 79 78 76 73 72 72 71
Dewpt         68 69 69 69 69 69 71 71 71 70 70 71 72 71 72 71 71 72 72 72 72 71
Max/Min RH                   95          78          99          76         100
RH            75 86 90 94 93 93 86 81 79 87 94 96 98 97 89 78 78 88 99 99 99 99
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd      11 10  9 10  9  9  9 12 14 13 14 13 14 11  9 10 11 11 11 11 10  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            900  1400  1600  1600  1600  1400  1600  1600   900  1000
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE     S     S
T Wind Spd             20    20    19    21    25    24    19    17    18    13


Date           04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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            80      71      80      70      79      69      79      67      77
Temp          78 75 73 71 79 75 72 70 78 75 71 69 77 74 71 68 75 72
Dewpt         72 72 72 71 72 71 72 70 71 70 70 69 69 69 69 67 67 65
Min/Max RH         76     100      77     100      75     100      72      99      70
RH            80 89 99 99 81 87100100 78 86 97 99 76 84 95 97 77 79
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E       E       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR            0       5       5      10      10      10      20      30      40
Rain Shwrs                                        IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                             IS IS IS SC SC IS

$$

TXZ234-150900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
227 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Date           04/14/24      Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed
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                      68          81          70          84          71
Temp          81 77 71 70 70 70 74 79 80 77 72 73 72 72 78 82 84 81 74 73 73 72
Dewpt         67 66 68 68 68 68 70 71 70 69 70 70 71 71 72 72 71 71 72 72 72 71
Max/Min RH                  100          72          97          66         100
RH            63 69 90 93 93 93 87 77 72 76 93 90 96 96 82 71 66 72 93 97 98 97
Wind Dir       S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S
Wind Spd      14 13 11  9  9  8 11 14 17 16 14 16 16 12 12 14 11 12 11 11 10  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
Clouds(%)     SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            900  1000  2700  2800  1700  1200  4000  4000  1700   600
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S    SE     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             16    14    18    23    19    18    19    17    14    12


Date           04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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            86      71      86      70      84      68      82      64      75
Temp          84 81 74 71 83 81 71 70 81 78 71 68 79 77 69 65 73 72
Dewpt         71 70 72 71 71 69 71 69 70 68 69 67 67 67 67 64 65 62
Min/Max RH         57     100      60     100      63      99      62     100      68
RH            64 69 93 99 66 67100 96 70 70 93 96 66 71 93 97 75 71
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE       E       E       E       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR            0       5       5      10      10      10      30      30      30
Rain Shwrs                                        IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                             IS SC SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ241-150900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
227 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Date           04/14/24      Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed
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                      68          88          71          93          71
Temp          86 79 73 72 70 70 77 85 87 81 74 73 73 73 81 89 92 86 76 74 73 72
Dewpt         68 68 69 69 68 68 70 70 71 70 70 70 70 70 70 69 69 70 72 72 72 71
Max/Min RH                   97          58          95          47         100
RH            55 68 89 92 93 95 79 61 59 71 88 90 92 93 71 52 47 60 86 93 97 97
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S SE
Wind Spd      14 16 13 11 10  9 12 16 19 19 18 17 16 11 11 10  8 12 11 11  9  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1700  1400  3500  3300  1600  1100  4600  4500  1600  1300
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             20    17    20    25    25    18    13    12    16    11


Date           04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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      71      90      70      89      69      86      66      80
Temp          88 84 74 71 87 84 72 70 85 82 71 69 83 80 70 66 76 75
Dewpt         70 69 72 71 70 68 71 70 70 68 70 68 67 67 69 66 66 64
Min/Max RH         50     100      50      99      53      99      55      98      62
RH            57 61 93 99 58 59 95 97 61 63 95 96 59 64 97 98 72 68
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E       E       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            5      10      10      10      20      20      30      40      40
Rain Shwrs                               IS IS       SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                    IS IS       IS SC SC SC SC

$$

TXZ229-150900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
227 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Date           04/14/24      Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed
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                      70          95          73          95          72
Temp          92 91 80 74 72 72 76 87 94 92 80 77 74 74 79 88 93 94 83 77 74 72
Dewpt         63 63 68 67 67 67 68 68 66 66 69 68 68 68 68 63 54 54 61 66 68 68
Max/Min RH                   87          39          83          25          86
RH            38 40 67 79 84 84 76 53 40 43 68 75 80 82 69 43 27 26 47 69 80 86
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N  E  E SE SE  E
Wind Spd      10 11 14 11 11  9 11 12 16 16 20 17 12  6  5  6  6  6  8  9  6  4
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     5     6     6     6     4
Mixing Hgt           1100  1300  3500  4700  2000  1700  4600  5800  1600   500
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     S    SE    SE     S     N    NE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             18    14    18    23    24    14     8     9    12     9


Date           04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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            94      73      95      70      91      69      86      65      80
Temp          89 92 77 73 89 92 76 70 85 86 72 69 81 84 71 65 76 78
Dewpt         68 63 69 69 69 65 67 66 65 63 65 64 63 62 64 62 60 58
Min/Max RH         36      87      38      87      41      85      44      89      48
RH            50 39 76 86 52 41 74 86 51 46 79 83 54 48 79 89 58 51
Pwind Dir           E      SE      SE       E       E       E       E       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR            5      10      20      20      20      30      30      50      30
Rain Shwrs                   IS IS       IS SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms                        IS IS       IS SC IS IS IS SC SC SC 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


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