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Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 211438
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
938 AM CDT Sun Apr 21 2024
TXZ245-212100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
938 AM CDT Sun Apr 21 2024
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 70 56 73 61 80
Temp 63 71 70 67 63 61 58 56 66 73 73 70 63 62 62 63 74 79 79 76
Dewpt 54 57 56 55 54 53 52 52 54 54 54 54 55 56 58 59 63 64 64 65
Min/Max RH 59 85 50 88 60
RH 74 62 61 66 72 74 80 85 65 52 51 58 74 80 86 86 69 61 60 70
Wind Dir N N N N NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 16 16 17 16 11 11 9 8 10 8 8 9 5 4 4 4 6 9 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs
Tstms
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3400 1500 800 4500 4500 2700 1100 4000 3900
T Wind Dir N NE NE NE E SE SE S SE
T Wind Spd 29 21 16 14 13 11 9 12 16
Date Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 68 83 69 83 71 84 72 86
Temp 71 70 82 77 71 70 82 78 72 72 83 79 75 72 85 80
Dewpt 68 69 70 68 69 69 70 70 71 70 72 71 73 72 73 72
Max/Min RH 99 64 96 66 99 67 99 66
RH 90 97 68 74 93 95 67 76 95 92 71 77 94 99 68 78
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15>
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5
$$
TXZ231-212100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
938 AM CDT Sun Apr 21 2024
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 68 52 73 54 81
Temp 59 65 68 66 62 58 54 52 62 70 73 71 62 59 55 55 68 78 81 78
Dewpt 52 53 53 52 51 51 49 47 49 49 52 53 54 54 54 55 60 60 62 63
Min/Max RH 57 83 46 100 51
RH 79 64 58 60 69 79 83 83 62 47 47 53 75 85 96100 76 54 52 59
Wind Dir N N N NE NE N N NE NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE
Wind Spd 13 14 13 11 10 9 6 6 8 8 6 9 8 5 4 3 6 9 9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 0 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs
Tstms
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3500 2700 600 4500 5100 2000 400 4200 4200
T Wind Dir N NE N NE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 23 17 12 13 12 11 8 11 16
Date Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 65 86 67 87 70 88 70 93
Temp 69 66 83 82 70 68 84 82 72 70 85 84 75 71 89 87
Dewpt 67 66 67 65 68 67 67 66 69 69 68 68 71 71 68 68
Max/Min RH 100 51 100 51 98 51 100 44
RH 92100 58 57 95 97 57 58 90 97 57 59 89100 50 53
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5
$$
TXZ247-212100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
938 AM CDT Sun Apr 21 2024
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 70 61 72 65 78
Temp 63 71 70 67 65 64 63 61 67 71 72 68 66 66 66 66 73 76 78 74
Dewpt 57 59 58 57 56 55 55 55 56 57 55 55 56 57 59 60 63 65 66 67
Min/Max RH 63 81 57 82 66
RH 82 67 64 69 73 74 77 80 68 61 56 63 72 73 80 81 71 68 67 78
Wind Dir N N N N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 18 18 18 17 17 16 14 11 14 10 10 10 8 5 6 6 8 9 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0
Rain Shwrs
Tstms
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3400 3300 2900 4500 4300 3200 2900 3600 3300
T Wind Dir N NE NE NE E SE S S SE
T Wind Spd 32 29 23 20 16 13 11 13 14
Date Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 71 79 71 80 72 81 73 82
Temp 72 72 79 75 73 72 79 77 74 73 80 77 75 74 81 78
Dewpt 68 69 70 69 69 70 71 71 71 72 73 73 73 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 93 73 95 74 97 75 99 76
RH 87 92 74 82 89 93 76 84 92 97 80 87 96 99 78 85
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15>
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 10 0 0 0 5 0 5
$$
TXZ234-212100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
938 AM CDT Sun Apr 21 2024
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 68 51 73 55 79
Temp 59 65 68 66 61 58 54 52 63 70 73 71 61 58 56 56 70 77 79 76
Dewpt 53 55 55 53 53 51 50 48 50 49 52 53 53 54 53 54 60 63 64 65
Min/Max RH 63 89 46 94 60
RH 82 70 63 64 75 77 86 86 62 47 48 53 75 86 90 93 71 62 60 69
Wind Dir N N N N NE N N NE NE E E SE SE SE E E SE S SE SE
Wind Spd 16 14 16 11 10 9 8 6 8 8 6 9 6 4 4 3 6 8 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs
Tstms
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3600 900 400 4500 5400 1600 400 4800 4700
T Wind Dir N NE N NE SE SE SE S S
T Wind Spd 25 17 13 14 12 10 8 11 16
Date Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 65 82 67 83 71 84 72 86
Temp 68 67 80 79 69 68 82 79 73 72 82 80 75 73 84 82
Dewpt 66 66 69 67 68 68 70 69 71 70 72 71 73 72 72 72
Max/Min RH 100 62 100 66 94 67 98 63
RH 93 97 69 67 97100 67 72 93 93 72 74 94 97 67 72
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 15>
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5
$$
TXZ241-212100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
938 AM CDT Sun Apr 21 2024
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 70 56 74 57 83
Temp 59 66 70 68 64 61 58 57 64 70 74 71 64 59 58 58 71 79 82 78
Dewpt 55 55 55 54 55 53 51 49 52 54 57 56 56 56 57 57 62 63 65 66
Min/Max RH 59 79 53 99 55
RH 86 67 59 62 72 74 76 76 65 58 55 58 77 90 97 98 75 59 56 68
Wind Dir N N N N N NE NE NE NE E E SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 14 16 14 11 9 10 8 8 8 8 9 9 6 5 4 4 6 11 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 30 5 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.03 0.02 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs
Tstms
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3200 2300 1100 4300 4000 2500 400 3900 4100
T Wind Dir N NE NE NE E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 24 17 16 14 13 10 8 12 14
Date Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 67 86 69 88 72 90 72 93
Temp 70 68 83 81 72 70 85 83 73 73 87 85 75 73 91 87
Dewpt 68 68 69 68 69 69 69 69 71 70 70 71 73 71 69 71
Max/Min RH 99 58 99 56 94 51 96 46
RH 93 99 63 65 92 97 59 63 93 92 58 63 92 93 50 58
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15 15>
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0
$$
TXZ229-212100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
938 AM CDT Sun Apr 21 2024
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 68 57 75 60 85
Temp 60 64 68 68 65 61 59 57 63 69 75 74 68 64 62 61 69 76 83 84
Dewpt 54 52 52 52 52 50 49 48 49 49 49 51 55 55 56 56 59 60 61 61
Min/Max RH 56 72 41 84 44
RH 80 66 57 56 63 67 69 72 60 49 40 44 63 73 81 84 70 58 47 46
Wind Dir N N NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE
Wind Spd 12 11 11 10 11 11 8 6 8 6 6 8 11 10 6 5 9 8 9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 0 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs
Tstms
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 3400 1700 900 3700 4900 3600 700 3900 4400
T Wind Dir NE NE NE E SE SE SE S SE
T Wind Spd 18 19 13 13 11 14 10 13 14
Date Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 68 90 71 92 74 94 74 98
Temp 71 70 84 88 74 71 85 90 76 74 87 92 78 74 91 96
Dewpt 66 67 67 65 67 68 68 66 69 69 68 65 69 70 67 63
Max/Min RH 90 44 91 41 84 39 87 32
RH 84 90 57 47 79 90 57 45 79 84 53 41 74 87 45 34
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 5 5 5 5
$$
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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