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Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
TXZ245-202100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
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 83 59 74 55 74
Temp 71 71 77 81 82 78 71 70 65 60 66 72 73 67 61 59 57 55 65 72 74 70
Dewpt 71 71 74 73 72 70 71 70 65 60 60 59 58 56 55 54 53 52 54 54 55 55
Min/Max RH 71 100 60 91 51
RH 100100 91 77 71 78 99 99100100 83 64 60 68 81 82 85 90 69 53 52 60
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE E E E
Wind Spd 4 4 6 8 10 8 5 4 5 10 14 14 14 13 11 8 5 8 8 10 8 9
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 20 60 10 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.18 0.01 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS NM NM SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
LAL 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 2400 2400 1700 1300 2800 3700 3000 2200 3900 4200
T Wind Dir SE SE E NE N N NE NE NE E
T Wind Spd 14 16 11 14 20 19 16 14 13 11
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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 61 81 67 83 69 84 70 85
Temp 63 63 79 76 69 67 82 78 71 69 83 79 72 71 84 80
Dewpt 59 61 64 65 68 67 70 69 71 69 72 70 72 71 72 72
Max/Min RH 93 58 100 64 100 65 100 64
RH 86 92 60 70 97100 68 75100100 70 75 99100 69 78
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15>
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ231-202100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 86 56 71 52 75
Temp 70 68 76 82 84 80 70 67 62 57 61 68 70 67 60 57 54 52 61 68 73 73
Dewpt 69 68 71 71 70 68 67 65 62 57 55 55 54 52 53 52 50 50 51 51 51 53
Min/Max RH 62 100 55 92 45
RH 99100 86 69 62 68 90 95100100 81 63 56 59 78 83 86 91 69 53 45 49
Wind Dir E E E E E E E N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE
Wind Spd 6 5 8 8 10 11 9 9 10 12 14 14 13 12 9 8 6 6 8 8 6 8
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 70 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.24 0.64 0.01 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC NM NM SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 2800 3300 1300 1500 3300 3900 3100 1200 3700 4800
T Wind Dir E E E N N N NE NE NE SE
T Wind Spd 11 14 17 19 21 18 16 11 11 9
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 56 83 65 87 67 88 69 92
Temp 60 58 80 79 68 65 84 82 70 68 85 84 72 70 87 86
Dewpt 56 57 61 62 66 65 66 66 70 68 68 67 70 69 69 67
Max/Min RH 99 50 100 51 100 49 98 45
RH 89 96 52 56 95100 55 58 99100 56 57 95 97 54 53
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 0 5 5 5
$$
TXZ247-202100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
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 80 62 73 60 72
Temp 72 72 76 78 80 76 72 72 68 63 66 70 72 67 63 63 61 60 66 70 71 68
Dewpt 72 72 74 73 72 71 71 71 68 63 62 60 59 59 58 56 55 55 56 56 56 58
Min/Max RH 78 100 65 84 60
RH 100100 92 85 78 85 97 97100100 87 71 65 74 83 80 81 84 72 62 60 69
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E E NE N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE E E
Wind Spd 6 6 8 9 10 9 6 6 6 12 16 16 16 16 12 10 9 10 10 11 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 20 50 20 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.14 0.02 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS SC SC IS
LAL 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 1600 1900 1500 1200 2600 3400 3300 3100 3300 3700
T Wind Dir SE SE E NE N N NE NE NE E
T Wind Spd 16 16 13 16 21 19 18 14 13 12
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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 78 70 80 72 80 73 81
Temp 67 67 77 74 72 70 78 76 73 72 79 76 73 73 80 77
Dewpt 60 62 66 67 69 70 71 71 71 72 72 72 73 72 73 73
Max/Min RH 86 66 100 73 100 76 99 76
RH 80 86 68 79 92100 80 85 95100 81 87 99 97 80 87
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 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 10 0 5 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ234-202100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 82 58 68 52 74
Temp 71 71 75 79 81 78 71 68 64 59 61 66 67 64 60 58 54 53 62 69 73 71
Dewpt 71 71 73 74 72 71 70 67 64 58 57 58 57 54 53 52 50 49 51 52 53 55
Min/Max RH 74 100 69 88 49
RH 100100 94 85 74 79 97 97100 96 87 75 70 70 78 80 86 86 67 55 49 57
Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE NE N N N N N N N N N NE NE NE E E SE
Wind Spd 5 5 6 8 11 9 6 6 9 13 16 16 16 13 11 8 8 6 9 8 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 40 70 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.14 0.27 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC NM NM SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2600 3100 1200 1200 2900 3500 2600 900 4100 5300
T Wind Dir SE SE E N N N NE NE NE E
T Wind Spd 11 13 12 17 20 19 14 11 11 10
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 56 80 65 83 68 84 71 85
Temp 59 58 78 77 67 67 81 79 71 69 82 81 73 72 83 82
Dewpt 56 57 64 65 66 67 70 69 70 69 71 70 72 72 71 71
Max/Min RH 99 58 100 63 100 63 100 61
RH 90 96 62 67 97100 69 72 97100 69 69 97100 67 69
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ241-202100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
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 88 61 73 55 76
Temp 73 72 77 84 87 82 73 70 67 62 65 70 72 69 63 60 57 55 63 70 74 71
Dewpt 71 71 74 72 71 69 71 69 66 61 59 57 57 55 55 54 52 51 52 53 54 55
Min/Max RH 59 99 59 86 51
RH 95 99 90 68 59 66 92 97 97 99 80 64 59 61 74 80 82 85 68 55 51 56
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE E E NE N N N N N N N NE N N NE E E E
Wind Spd 6 6 8 11 12 11 9 6 8 11 16 16 16 13 11 8 8 6 8 8 8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 30 50 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.07 0.36 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC IS SC SC SC SC IS
LAL 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3500 4100 1600 1300 3000 3700 3300 1400 3700 4300
T Wind Dir SE SE E NE N N NE NE NE E
T Wind Spd 13 17 13 16 21 19 18 12 11 11
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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 59 84 67 88 69 89 71 93
Temp 62 61 81 79 69 67 85 82 72 69 86 83 73 72 89 86
Dewpt 59 60 64 65 68 67 69 69 71 69 70 70 72 71 70 70
Max/Min RH 97 53 100 54 100 52 98 48
RH 90 95 56 62 97100 60 65 95100 58 65 95 97 54 58
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15>
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ229-202100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 85 61 71 57 76
Temp 72 72 76 80 84 80 73 68 64 61 63 68 71 70 65 60 58 57 62 68 74 74
Dewpt 68 68 69 69 68 67 67 64 60 57 54 53 53 52 53 51 50 50 50 50 51 52
Min/Max RH 59 88 52 78 44
RH 87 87 79 69 59 65 81 87 87 87 72 59 53 53 65 72 75 77 65 52 44 46
Wind Dir E E E E E E NE NE N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE
Wind Spd 11 8 8 8 9 12 11 11 13 13 14 11 11 11 10 10 8 6 8 8 6 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 70 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.35 0.31 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM NM NM IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3100 4300 1400 1600 3500 4800 3200 2000 3800 4500
T Wind Dir E E NE NE N NE NE NE E SE
T Wind Spd 13 14 19 18 18 14 17 12 10 9
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 61 87 68 92 72 94 73 97
Temp 64 61 79 86 71 68 84 87 74 72 86 91 76 73 89 93
Dewpt 55 57 61 62 65 66 66 65 68 68 68 65 68 69 69 63
Max/Min RH 87 43 94 42 87 40 88 35
RH 73 87 54 45 81 93 55 48 82 87 55 42 76 87 52 37
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
$$
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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