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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
353 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

TXZ245-201015-
ARANSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE RAWS-ARANSAS COUNTY TX
28.30N  96.82W ELEV. 20 FT
353 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

DATE           06/19/13      THU 06/20/13            FRI 06/21/13            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                      80          91          80          91          81
TEMP          92 91 85 83 81 80 85 89 91 89 85 83 82 80 86 88 91 88 83 83 81 81
DEWPT         73 74 76 76 76 75 75 75 73 74 76 75 77 75 75 74 75 74 75 74 75 74
MAX/MIN RH                   88          58          88          59          83
RH            56 60 74 80 85 88 73 63 58 62 77 77 87 86 70 64 60 63 76 77 82 82
WIND DIR      SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
WIND SPD      16 13 11 10  9  8 10 12 13 13 11 10  8  6  9 11 12 12 12 11  9  8
HEAT INDEX   101100 94 91 87    93 99 99 99 95 90 88 83 95 97101 96 90 88 87 84
CLOUDS        SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)     34 29 27 31 35 40 35 31 33 19 31 33 35 41 34 28 26 24 27 31 34 36
POP 12HR                     10          10           5           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS    IS IS
TSTMS         IS IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  5     4     4     4     4     4     5     5     4     4
MIXING HGT           2400  2000  3500  3800  3400  1700  4100  4000  2600  1700
T WIND DIR             SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S
T WIND SPD             20    14    18    24    20    14    18    23    23    20


DATE           06/22 SUN 06/23/13 MON 06/24/13 TUE 06/25/13 WED 06/26/13
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      80      91      81      91      81      92      80      90
TEMP          88 88 82 80 88 88 83 81 88 88 83 81 89 89 83 80 88 88
DEWPT         74 74 74 73 73 73 73 73 72 73 74 74 75 74 74 74 74 74
MIN/MAX RH         60      83      58      78      56      80      58      82      59
RH            64 64 80 82 63 61 74 77 60 62 76 80 63 63 77 81 64 64
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 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR            5      10      20      10      20      10      20      10      10
RAIN SHWRS                IS IS       IS          IS IS       IS IS
TSTMS                     IS IS       IS          IS IS       IS IS

$$

TXZ231-201015-
GEORGE WEST RAWS-LIVE OAK COUNTY TX
28.37N  98.12W ELEV. 215 FT
353 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

DATE           06/19/13      THU 06/20/13            FRI 06/21/13            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                      75          98          75          97          76
TEMP          98 96 86 81 78 75 86 95 97 95 85 81 77 75 86 93 97 93 84 80 78 76
DEWPT         69 69 73 73 74 73 73 71 68 68 73 73 75 74 75 70 68 70 73 75 77 74
MAX/MIN RH                   94          37          96          39          97
RH            39 43 66 76 88 94 66 47 39 41 66 77 91 96 71 49 39 47 71 85 96 95
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      13 14 11  8  6  5  9 10 13 14 12  8  4  5  8 10 13 14 11  8  5  5
HEAT INDEX   104101 92 86       93102103100 92 86       95 99103 99 90
CLOUDS        SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)     28 28 28 36 35 40 35 30 33 18 36 34 35 41 34 27 23 20 26 32 38 44
POP 12HR                     10           5           5           5           5
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     5     5     4
MIXING HGT           4500  1800  5000  6100  5100  1400  6300  7200  4000  1000
T WIND DIR             SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE     S
T WIND SPD             19    11    16    24    19    10    18    25    26    23


DATE           06/22 SUN 06/23/13 MON 06/24/13 TUE 06/25/13 WED 06/26/13
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            97      75      96      76      97      76      98      76      97
TEMP          93 93 80 75 92 92 80 76 92 93 80 76 93 94 81 76 92 93
DEWPT         72 70 74 74 70 70 74 73 71 71 74 74 72 71 74 73 72 71
MIN/MAX RH         42      94      42      89      43      91      43      89      44
RH            50 48 83 94 49 48 81 89 49 50 82 91 51 48 81 89 52 50
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 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR            5       5      20      10      20      10      20      10      10
RAIN SHWRS                   IS          IS          IS       IS IS
TSTMS                        IS          IS          IS       IS IS

$$

TXZ247-201015-
MATAGORDA ISLAND RAWS-CALHOUN COUNTY TX
28.12N  96.80W ELEV. 36 FT
353 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

DATE           06/19/13      THU 06/20/13            FRI 06/21/13            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                      82          87          82          91          82
TEMP          88 87 84 83 82 82 84 86 87 87 84 83 82 82 87 89 90 86 83 83 82 82
DEWPT         74 75 77 76 76 76 75 76 75 75 77 75 77 76 76 76 77 75 76 75 76 75
MAX/MIN RH                   83          66          85          62          83
RH            65 69 77 79 81 83 75 70 66 70 79 77 85 82 70 65 65 69 78 76 83 81
WIND DIR      SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
WIND SPD      14 14 12 11 10  9 10 12 14 13 12 11  9  9 10 11 12 12 12 12 10  9
HEAT INDEX    96 97 94 92 90 89 93 96 96 96 94 91 90 89 97100103 96 91 91 90 89
CLOUDS        SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)     35 29 27 33 35 40 35 31 33 18 31 32 35 40 35 29 27 25 28 32 36 40
POP 12HR                     10          10           5           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS    IS
TSTMS         IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
MIXING HGT           2300  2700  3200  3100  2900  1700  3200  3200  2300  1900
T WIND DIR             SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S
T WIND SPD             21    18    19    25    21    17    17    21    23    21


DATE           06/22 SUN 06/23/13 MON 06/24/13 TUE 06/25/13 WED 06/26/13
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      81      91      82      92      82      92      82      91
TEMP          89 86 82 81 90 87 83 82 90 87 83 82 90 87 83 82 90 87
DEWPT         76 75 75 75 75 74 74 74 74 74 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75
MIN/MAX RH         62      82      58      78      56      80      59      80      59
RH            65 71 78 81 62 66 74 78 59 66 75 79 63 69 75 80 62 68
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 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR            5      10      20      10      20      10      20      10      10
RAIN SHWRS                IS          IS          IS IS       IS IS
TSTMS                     IS          IS          IS IS       IS IS

$$

TXZ234-201015-
VICTORIA RAWS-VICTORIA COUNTY TX
28.85N  96.92W ELEV. 23 FT
353 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

DATE           06/19/13      THU 06/20/13            FRI 06/21/13            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                      76          96          76          95          76
TEMP          96 94 85 81 78 76 85 93 96 94 85 81 78 76 86 89 95 90 80 78 77 76
DEWPT         70 70 73 74 74 74 74 72 71 70 74 74 74 74 74 72 70 71 75 74 74 74
MAX/MIN RH                   93          43          94          44          94
RH            43 45 68 79 88 93 70 51 45 46 70 78 89 94 67 56 44 54 83 90 92 94
WIND DIR      SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S  S SE  S  S SE SE
WIND SPD      13 12  9  5  4  4  9 10 13 13  9  5  4  3  8 10 12 12  9  5  4  3
HEAT INDEX   103101 92 87       92101103100 92 86       95 96102 97 86
CLOUDS        SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)     34 30 27 32 35 40 35 31 33 18 35 35 35 44 36 28 25 21 26 31 37 43
POP 12HR                     10          10           5           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS    IS IS
TSTMS         IS IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  4     4     4     5     5     4     4     5     5     4
MIXING HGT           3800  1700  4700  5400  4500  1500  6200  6300  2900   500
T WIND DIR             SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S     S     S     S
T WIND SPD             14     8    14    23    16     9    16    21    24    20


DATE           06/22 SUN 06/23/13 MON 06/24/13 TUE 06/25/13 WED 06/26/13
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      75      95      76      95      76      96      76      94
TEMP          89 90 77 75 89 90 78 76 90 90 78 76 90 91 78 76 89 90
DEWPT         72 72 75 74 72 70 73 73 72 71 74 74 73 72 75 74 72 73
MIN/MAX RH         46      94      46      88      46      91      47      92      49
RH            57 56 91 94 57 52 84 88 56 53 86 91 58 55 88 92 58 58
PWIND DIR          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       S       S      SE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR            5      10      20      10      20      10      20      10      10
RAIN SHWRS                IS IS          IS       IS IS       IS IS
TSTMS                     IS IS          IS       IS IS       IS 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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