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FOUS54 KCRP 141119
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
618 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

TXZ245-142100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
618 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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                      92          71          88          77          88
Temp             65 80 90 92 86 77 74 73 71 84 88 87 82 79 79 79 79 84 88 87 84
Dewpt            65 71 69 67 70 72 71 71 70 72 71 71 71 73 75 77 76 79 79 78 77
Min/Max RH                   45          99          57          95          74
RH              100 74 51 45 60 85 92 95 99 69 57 60 69 82 88 94 93 85 75 75 81
Wind Dir          N  N NE  E SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd          2  4  6  6  6  4  4  3  3  5 10 10  9  8  8  6  8 10 11 12 11
Wind Gust
Clouds           SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC FW B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC FW B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0          10          40
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Rain Shwrs                                                             SC SC IS
Tstms                                                                  SC SC IS
Obvis            PF                PF PF PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     3
Haines                  5     5     5     4     4     4     4     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           2700  3200   600   400  2300  2200  1500  1400  3000  2900
T Wind Dir              N    NE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd              6     9     9     6    12    19    18    13    18    17


Date          Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24
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            76      89      76      92      76      91      76      91
Temp          79 77 87 85 77 76 91 87 78 76 90 85 78 78 90 86
Dewpt         78 77 77 74 74 73 73 73 75 74 74 73 75 75 75 75
Max/Min RH        100      66      92      56      94      58      93      60
RH            97100 72 70 90 90 57 64 91 92 60 67 91 91 62 71
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       E       E      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR           20      20      10       5       5       5       5       0
Rain Shwrs    IS    IS IS
Tstms         IS    IS IS

$$

TXZ231-142100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
618 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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                      96          66          93          74          95
Temp             63 75 89 94 91 78 72 68 66 81 91 93 87 77 76 76 76 82 89 93 91
Dewpt            62 68 63 58 61 64 65 66 66 67 62 61 62 70 74 75 75 76 75 74 75
Min/Max RH                   29         100          34          97          53
RH               97 79 42 30 37 62 79 93100 62 38 34 43 79 92 96 96 82 65 53 60
Wind Dir         NW  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind Spd          2  4  5  6  8  8  6  6  4  9 11 14 13 11 10  8  8 10 11 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds           SC FW CL CL CL FW FW CL FW SC FW SC SC B1 B2 OV B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        SC FW CL CL CL FW FW CL FW SC FW SC SC B1 B2 OV B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5           5          40
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.02        0.02
Rain Shwrs                                                       IS IS SC SC
Tstms                                                            IS IS SC SC
Obvis             F                PF  F  F
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     3
Haines                  6     6     5     5     5     5     4     3     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3500  6200   700   400  4100  4100  2200  1500  4800  5600
T Wind Dir              N     E    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd              5    10    12     9    14    23    19    14    17    17


Date          Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24
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            73      90      71      95      70      98      71      98
Temp          78 74 87 88 75 71 91 93 75 70 94 93 75 71 94 92
Dewpt         76 73 72 70 71 71 69 66 71 70 68 67 73 71 70 67
Max/Min RH        100      52     100      38     100      35     100      38
RH            93 97 60 55 87100 48 41 87100 44 43 94100 45 44
Pwind Dir          SE      NE       E      NE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR           10      20      10       5       5       5       5       0
Rain Shwrs          IS IS
Tstms               IS IS

$$

TXZ247-142100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
618 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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                      87          76          84          77          85
Temp             73 80 86 85 82 78 78 77 77 82 84 84 81 78 78 79 78 82 84 84 82
Dewpt            70 71 69 70 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 73 75 77 77 77 79 79 78 78
Min/Max RH                   57          87          66          97          82
RH               92 76 58 61 72 82 82 86 86 73 68 68 77 89 96 96 97 91 84 83 87
Wind Dir          N  N NE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd          4  5  6  8  6  6  5  5  5  6 10 11 11 10  9  6  8 10 11 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5          10          30
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Rain Shwrs                                                             SC SC IS
Tstms                                                                  SC SC IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     3
Haines                  5     5     5     4     4     4     4     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           1300  1300   600   700  1700  1700  1600  1500  2200  2200
T Wind Dir              N     E    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd              8    10    11     9    13    19    20    16    18    18


Date          Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24
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            77      86      77      87      78      87      77      86
Temp          80 78 83 82 79 77 86 83 80 78 86 83 79 78 85 83
Dewpt         78 78 77 76 76 76 75 75 76 75 75 76 75 75 76 76
Max/Min RH        100      75      97      68      92      69      94      72
RH            96100 83 81 91 97 69 76 88 91 70 79 90 93 74 79
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       E       E      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR           20      20      10       5       5       5       5       0
Rain Shwrs    IS    IS IS
Tstms         IS    IS IS

$$

TXZ234-142100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
618 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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                      91          67          90          72          89
Temp             63 75 85 90 88 76 72 69 67 80 88 89 84 76 74 75 76 82 87 87 83
Dewpt            62 70 69 65 68 68 69 68 67 71 67 66 68 70 72 74 75 77 78 78 77
Min/Max RH                   44         100          46          98          74
RH               97 84 59 44 52 76 90 97100 74 50 47 59 82 93 97 97 85 75 75 82
Wind Dir          W NW  N  N  E SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind Spd          3  4  5  6  6  5  4  4  3  6 11 13 11  9  8  8  8 11 16 14 13
Wind Gust
Clouds           B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC FW SC FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC FW SC FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0          20          50
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.02        0.13
Rain Shwrs                                                 IS IS IS IS SC SC IS
Tstms                                                      IS IS IS IS SC SC IS
Obvis             F                PF  F  F
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     2     3
Haines                  5     5     5     4     4     4     4     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           3100  4300   400   400  3200  3200  1100   600  4100  3900
T Wind Dir             NW     N    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S     S
T Wind Spd              6     9     8     6    11    19    12    10    16    18


Date          Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24
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            73      86      71      91      71      93      71      93
Temp          77 74 83 84 75 71 88 89 75 71 90 88 75 72 90 88
Dewpt         77 74 76 74 72 71 73 71 73 71 73 72 74 72 73 72
Max/Min RH        100      70     100      51     100      51     100      51
RH           100100 80 72 90100 61 56 94100 58 59 97100 58 59
Pwind Dir          SE       N      NE      NE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR           20      20      10       5       5       5       5       0
Rain Shwrs    IS    IS IS
Tstms         IS    IS IS

$$

TXZ241-142100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
618 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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                      95          68          93          77          96
Temp             66 77 89 94 89 77 73 70 69 83 91 92 87 79 79 79 78 84 90 94 91
Dewpt            66 70 67 63 64 67 69 68 68 69 66 65 71 75 77 77 76 78 78 77 77
Min/Max RH                   35         100          41          97          59
RH              100 79 50 36 44 71 89 93 97 64 45 42 59 88 94 96 96 83 68 59 64
Wind Dir         NW  N  E  E SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE
Wind Spd          3  4  8  9 10  6  6  5  4  9 13 16 13 11 11  9  8 11 12 11 10
Wind Gust
Clouds           B1 FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)        B1 FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5           5          30
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Rain Shwrs                                                             SC SC
Tstms                                                                  SC IS
Obvis             F                PF  F  F
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
Haines                  6     6     5     5     5     5     3     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3500  4900   600   400  4100  4000  2000  1300  4700  5300
T Wind Dir             NE     E    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd              6    11    11     8    14    20    18    12    18    16


Date          Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24
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            76      93      72      96      72      97      72      98
Temp          80 77 90 90 76 72 93 91 76 72 94 91 76 73 94 92
Dewpt         77 76 74 72 74 72 70 71 73 72 70 71 75 73 72 72
Max/Min RH         99      52      99      41     100      41     100      43
RH            91 97 60 56 94 99 48 51 90100 47 51 97100 50 53
Pwind Dir          SE       N       E      NE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR           10      20      10       5       5       5       5       0
Rain Shwrs          IS IS
Tstms               IS IS

$$

TXZ229-142100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
618 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Date             Tue 05/14/24            Wed 05/15/24            Thu 05/16/24
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                      97          70          98          77          97
Temp             67 76 88 94 95 84 78 72 70 83 93 97 94 83 80 79 78 82 88 95 95
Dewpt            64 67 63 58 57 61 61 62 63 64 61 59 61 67 71 73 74 75 75 73 71
Min/Max RH                   28          78          29          88          45
RH               90 74 43 30 28 46 56 71 78 53 35 29 34 59 74 82 88 79 66 49 46
Wind Dir         NW  N  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE  S SW  E
Wind Spd          3  4  4  6  9 11 10  9  5  9 11 14 14 16 13 11  8  8  6  8  6
Wind Gust
Clouds           FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 OV B1 B2 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)        FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 OV B1 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5          10          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.03           0
Rain Shwrs                                                       IS IS IS IS
Tstms                                                            IS IS IS IS
Obvis            PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     2
Haines                  6     6     6     5     6     6     5     3     5     5
Mixing Hgt           3900  7000   700   500  5400  6700  3000  1600  4200  6000
T Wind Dir             NE     E    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE     S     S
T Wind Spd              5    10    14    11    14    21    21    16    13    11


Date          Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24
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            75      96      74      98      74     103      75     103
Temp          82 76 90 94 79 74 92 96 81 74 95100 81 75 95100
Dewpt         74 72 68 64 69 70 67 63 68 69 65 61 70 71 68 64
Max/Min RH         90      36      88      31      86      25      87      27
RH            77 87 49 37 72 87 44 34 65 84 37 28 69 87 42 31
Pwind Dir           E       N       E       E      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL
PoP 12HR           10      10      10       5       5       5       5       0

$$

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