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FOUS54 KCRP 171027
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

TXZ245-172100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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          70          83          72          83
Temp             71 77 81 81 77 73 72 71 71 77 82 83 78 74 74 74 73 80 83 83 78
Dewpt            71 73 72 71 72 72 72 71 70 73 71 71 71 72 72 72 71 74 72 70 70
Min/Max RH                   71         100          68          95          66
RH               99 89 75 73 85 99100100 99 87 71 68 79 93 92 93 93 82 70 66 76
Wind Dir          S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd          5  5  9 10 10  6  9  8  6  8  9 10  9  6  6  5  4  5  8  9  9
Wind Gust
Clouds           OV B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        OV B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                                                         PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2200  2400  1300   800  2000  2000  1400  1000  2700  2800
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             13    17    18    17    17    17    16    13    13    14


Date          Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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            72      83      66      78      61      79      66      83
Temp          73 73 83 79 71 67 76 74 64 62 77 74 68 68 82 78
Dewpt         71 71 71 69 70 66 63 61 59 58 60 61 64 65 67 67
Max/Min RH         97      64      99      58      86      54      92      59
RH            93 93 67 73 95 99 64 64 84 86 56 65 87 90 61 69
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       E       N      NE       E      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0      20      50      30      10      10       0      10
Rain Shwrs             IS SC SC SC IS
Tstms                  IS IS SC SC IS

$$

TXZ231-172100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      89          70          93          69          90
Temp             71 77 83 87 82 74 73 72 70 78 88 92 86 73 71 70 70 77 87 89 84
Dewpt            71 72 70 70 69 71 72 71 70 72 68 66 66 68 71 70 70 72 69 67 65
Min/Max RH                   54         100          43         100          48
RH              100 85 65 56 65 90 99 97100 82 52 43 51 84 99100100 85 55 48 53
Wind Dir          E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd          4  8  9  9 11 10 10  9  8  9 10 11 12 10  9  6  6  8  9 11 14
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                     20          20           5          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs       IS
Tstms            IS
Obvis                                    PF                   PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3100  3500  1300  1000  3200  4100  1500  1300  4400  5200
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             12    13    16    14    16    17    18    12    13    17


Date          Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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      86      61      75      56      80      61      85
Temp          71 70 84 81 68 62 71 72 61 56 74 78 65 63 83 81
Dewpt         69 70 67 64 67 62 58 56 57 54 57 58 63 63 65 64
Max/Min RH        100      52     100      53      94      46     100      49
RH            95100 58 56 97100 63 57 86 93 55 50 93100 54 56
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      NE       N      NE       E      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           10      40      70      20      10       5       5      10
Rain Shwrs             SC NM SC IS IS
Tstms                  SC SC SC IS IS

$$

TXZ247-172100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      79          71          79          72          80
Temp             71 76 78 78 76 73 73 72 72 76 78 79 75 74 73 74 73 77 79 79 75
Dewpt            71 72 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 72
Min/Max RH                   80         100          79          98          78
RH              100 88 83 82 89 99 99100100 91 82 80 92 97 97 95 97 88 80 80 89
Wind Dir          S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind Spd          8  6  9 11 10  8 11  9  6  8 10 10  9  8  8  6  6  6  8 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                                                PF PF    PF
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   600  1300  1400  1300  1300  1100  1800  1900
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             14    17    20    20    17    17    18    17    13    14


Date          Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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            72      79      67      76      62      75      68      79
Temp          73 72 78 75 72 68 75 72 65 62 73 71 70 69 78 75
Dewpt         72 72 71 70 70 68 65 63 61 60 61 63 65 66 67 68
Max/Min RH        100      76     100      64      94      66      91      68
RH            99 99 80 84 95100 71 72 86 93 68 76 86 90 69 81
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       E      NE      NE       E      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0      20      50      40      10      10       5      10
Rain Shwrs             IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                  IS IS SC SC IS

$$

TXZ234-172100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      84          72          86          70          86
Temp             74 77 82 83 79 74 74 74 72 77 84 85 80 72 72 71 71 77 83 85 81
Dewpt            73 73 72 71 72 72 73 73 72 73 71 70 70 72 72 71 71 73 72 70 70
Min/Max RH                   67         100          60         100          61
RH               97 87 72 67 79 93 97 97100 87 65 61 72100100100100 87 70 61 69
Wind Dir         SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd          5  8 10 11 11  9 10 11  9  8 11 12 11  8  9  8  5  6  8 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds           OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0           5          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis            PF                      PF                PF PF PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3100  3400  1300   700  2600  2800  1400   700  3800  4200
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             11    16    14    12    13    18    14    11    10    13


Date          Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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            69      83      63      73      57      77      61      82
Temp          71 70 81 79 70 64 70 71 62 58 72 75 65 63 80 79
Dewpt         71 70 70 68 69 64 61 59 58 55 60 61 63 63 67 67
Max/Min RH        100      61     100      65      91      56     100      61
RH           100100 69 69 97100 73 66 87 90 66 62 93100 65 67
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       E       N       N       E      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR            5      30      60      30      10       5       0      10
Rain Shwrs             SC NM NM SC IS
Tstms                  SC SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ241-172100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      89          72          93          71          90
Temp             74 78 84 87 82 76 74 74 73 79 89 92 84 74 73 72 72 79 87 89 83
Dewpt            73 73 72 72 72 73 73 73 72 73 69 68 70 71 72 72 72 73 71 69 68
Min/Max RH                   59          99          46         100          52
RH               97 86 67 61 72 92 97 95 97 82 53 47 62 92 99100100 84 59 52 61
Wind Dir         SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind Spd          6  9 10 11 11 11 10  9  8 11 11 11 13 10  8  8  6 10 11 13 14
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW
Clouds(%)        B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR                     20          20           5           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs       IS
Tstms            IS
Obvis                                    PF                   PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3000  3600  1200  1300  3400  3600  1300  1200  4800  4700
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             13    14    17    13    16    17    16    14    16    18


Date          Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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            70      88      65      78      60      81      63      86
Temp          73 71 85 82 71 66 75 75 65 60 75 77 66 65 83 81
Dewpt         72 71 70 68 70 66 62 60 59 57 60 61 65 65 67 67
Max/Min RH        100      54      99      56      89      52     100      53
RH            97100 61 63 95 99 64 60 80 89 61 59 95 99 59 64
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       E       N      NE      NE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5      30      60      30      20      10       5      10
Rain Shwrs             SC NM SC SC SC IS
Tstms                  IS SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ229-172100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date             Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24
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                      94          75          98          73          94
Temp             75 79 85 91 90 81 77 76 75 80 90 97 95 82 77 74 73 77 86 93 90
Dewpt            72 73 73 70 69 72 72 72 72 72 70 68 66 69 69 70 70 70 69 67 66
Min/Max RH                   47          90          36          91          42
RH               90 82 67 50 50 74 85 87 90 77 52 39 39 65 76 87 90 79 57 43 45
Wind Dir          E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd          4  6  6  8 10 11  9 10  8  8  8  8  9 11 11  9  8  8  8  9 13
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                      5          10          20          10          10
QPF 12HR                      0        0.13        0.09        0.04        0.02
Rain Shwrs                                     IS IS                         IS
Tstms                                             IS                         IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     2     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     3     4     5     5     5     3     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3200  4200  1300  1100  3700  5100  2500  1300  4200  6300
T Wind Dir              E     E    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd              9    11    16    12    12    11    16    13    12    16


Date          Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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      87      65      76      60      82      65      87
Temp          75 72 83 83 70 65 71 74 63 60 74 81 69 66 82 85
Dewpt         68 69 67 65 65 62 58 56 55 55 57 57 61 63 64 63
Max/Min RH         91      51      92      52      84      43      91      44
RH            79 90 59 55 84 90 63 53 75 84 55 44 76 90 55 48
Pwind Dir           E       E      NE      NE      NE       E      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR           20      50      80      20      10       5       5      10
Rain Shwrs    IS    IS SC  O SC IS IS
Tstms         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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