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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1228 AM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024

TXZ245-192100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1228 AM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Date             Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun 04/21/24
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          69          82          62          78
Temp          72 71 78 82 82 77 71 71 71 69 76 81 82 78 71 70 67 63 70 74 77 73
Dewpt         72 71 74 73 72 71 71 71 70 69 74 72 71 70 71 70 67 63 65 62 61 60
Min/Max RH                   70         100          69         100          58
RH           100100 89 75 73 84100 99 99100 92 76 69 78100100100100 86 66 58 65
Wind Dir      SE  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind Spd       4  4  4  8  8  8  6  6  5  5  6 10 10  9  8  5  4  8 11 16 13 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           0          10          60          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.02        0.04        0.04
Rain Shwrs                                           SC SC NM NM IS IS
Tstms                                                IS SC SC SC IS IS
Obvis         PF                            PF
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     3     3     2     1
Haines            4     3     4     4     4     3     3     3     3     2     3
Mixing Hgt     1300  2200  2300  1400  1300  2500  2700  1900  1300  2400  4000
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     E    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    NE     N     N
T Wind Spd        9     9    12    16    11    14    17    13    11    20    18


Date          Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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            58      76      64      83      68      84      69      84
Temp          62 58 74 72 66 66 81 78 70 69 84 78 72 70 84 78
Dewpt         57 57 60 61 64 66 69 69 70 69 71 71 71 70 72 71
Max/Min RH         97      60      99      64     100      65     100      65
RH            86 95 62 68 93 99 68 75100100 66 78 99100 69 80
Pwind Dir          NE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            5      10       5      10       0      10       0       5

$$

TXZ231-192100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1228 AM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Date             Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun 04/21/24
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          67          86          60          76
Temp          70 71 77 84 86 83 73 71 70 68 76 83 85 81 72 69 65 61 65 71 75 72
Dewpt         70 70 72 70 68 68 69 70 69 68 71 69 68 67 69 69 65 61 60 58 57 56
Min/Max RH                   53         100          56         100          52
RH           100 99 85 62 55 60 87 97 99100 85 63 56 62 89100100100 84 62 53 56
Wind Dir       E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N  N  N  N NE
Wind Spd       6  5  8  8 11 12 10  8  8  5 11 11 11 13 10  8  8 11 14 16 14 14
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5          30          60          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.02        0.07           0
Rain Shwrs                                     SC SC NM NM SC SC
Tstms                                          SC SC SC SC SC SC
Obvis            PF
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     3     3     3     1     1
Haines            3     3     4     4     4     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt     1200  3100  3300  1000  1300  3900  5000  2100  1400  3000  4600
T Wind Dir        E     E     E    SE    SE    SE    SE     E    NE     N    NE
T Wind Spd       11    12    16    16    11    17    18    12    13    18    18


Date          Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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            55      77      61      85      67      89      69      89
Temp          60 55 71 74 64 63 83 82 70 67 86 84 71 69 86 83
Dewpt         54 52 56 58 62 62 66 66 69 67 68 67 71 69 69 68
Max/Min RH         90      53     100      52     100      49     100      51
RH            81 90 58 56 93 97 57 58 97100 55 56 99100 57 60
Pwind Dir          NE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            5      10       5       5       0       5       5       5

$$

TXZ247-192100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1228 AM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Date             Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun 04/21/24
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          71          79          65          76
Temp          73 72 77 80 79 75 72 72 72 72 76 79 79 76 72 72 69 66 71 74 75 71
Dewpt         73 72 73 74 73 72 71 72 72 72 73 73 71 71 71 71 69 66 66 63 63 62
Min/Max RH                   80         100          77         100          67
RH           100100 88 83 82 90 97 99100100 91 82 78 85 99 97100100 86 70 68 73
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E NE  N  N  N  N NE
Wind Spd       6  5  6  8  9  9  8  8  6  6  8 10 10  9  8  6  5 10 12 16 14 13
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           0          10          50          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.01        0.04        0.04
Rain Shwrs                                           SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms                                                IS SC SC SC IS IS
Obvis                                       PF
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     3     3     2     1
Haines            4     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt     1300  1400  1800  1500  1500  1900  1900  1600  1600  2200  4000
T Wind Dir        S    SE     E    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    NE     N     N
T Wind Spd       12    10    13    17    13    14    16    14    11    20    18


Date          Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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            62      74      67      79      71      80      71      81
Temp          65 62 72 70 69 69 78 76 72 71 80 76 73 71 80 77
Dewpt         59 59 62 62 65 67 70 70 72 71 72 72 72 71 72 72
Max/Min RH         90      69      93      73     100      76     100      75
RH            83 90 71 76 89 93 77 83 99100 78 87 99100 77 86
Pwind Dir          NE       E      SE      SE      SE       E      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            5      10       5      10       0      10       0       5

$$

TXZ234-192100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1228 AM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Date             Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun 04/21/24
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          69          83          61          73
Temp          72 71 77 81 83 80 73 71 70 71 76 81 83 79 72 70 67 62 65 70 73 70
Dewpt         72 71 73 72 72 70 71 71 70 71 72 72 71 69 70 70 67 62 62 61 60 59
Min/Max RH                   67         100          67         100          64
RH           100100 87 74 70 72 93100100100 87 74 67 72 93100100100 90 73 64 68
Wind Dir       E  E  E  E  E SE  E SE SE  E SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind Spd       5  4  5  6  9 11  8  6  6  5  8 11 13 11 10  8  8 11 16 17 16 14
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     10           0          20          70          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.02        0.07        0.01
Rain Shwrs                                     IS IS NM NM NM NM
Tstms                                          IS IS SC SC SC SC
Obvis         PF PF                   PF PF
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     2     3     3     1     1
Haines            4     3     3     4     4     3     3     3     3     2     3
Mixing Hgt     1100  2400  3000   700   700  3300  4000  1700  1200  2900  4500
T Wind Dir       SE     E     E    SE    SE    SE    SE     E     N     N     N
T Wind Spd        8     9    12    11     9    13    17    12    13    20    19


Date          Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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      75      61      82      68      85      70      85
Temp          61 56 71 72 64 64 80 79 70 69 83 81 73 71 83 80
Dewpt         56 53 58 60 62 64 69 69 70 69 71 70 72 71 72 70
Max/Min RH         90      58     100      65     100      63     100      63
RH            84 90 63 66 93100 69 72100100 67 69 97100 70 72
Pwind Dir          NE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            0      10       5      10       5      10       0       5

$$

TXZ241-192100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1228 AM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Date             Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun 04/21/24
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          70          87          66          79
Temp          72 72 80 88 89 81 74 73 72 71 78 84 86 82 74 72 69 66 70 74 77 74
Dewpt         72 72 74 72 71 70 71 72 72 71 74 72 70 69 71 71 69 66 65 61 61 60
Min/Max RH                   56         100          58         100          57
RH           100100 82 60 57 68 92 97 99100 88 68 58 66 90 97100 99 84 64 57 62
Wind Dir      SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E SE SE SE SE  E  E NE  N  N  N  N NE
Wind Spd       6  6  8  9 12 13 11  8  8  6 11 13 14 14 11  8  8 10 13 16 16 12
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B1 FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B1 B2 B2 B1 FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           0          20          50          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.01        0.02           0
Rain Shwrs                                     IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                          IS IS IS SC SC SC
Obvis            PF                   PF
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     2     3     3     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt     1000  3500  4200  1500  1400  3500  4700  2100  1100  2400  4600
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     E     E    SE    SE    SE     E    NE     N    NE
T Wind Spd       11    11    17    17    11    16    18    13    12    20    19


Date          Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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            58      76      64      86      68      89      70      89
Temp          63 58 72 73 66 65 84 81 71 69 86 83 73 71 86 84
Dewpt         57 55 59 61 64 65 68 69 71 69 70 70 72 71 71 70
Max/Min RH         88      60      99      58     100      54     100      55
RH            80 88 64 68 92 99 60 66 99100 59 64 95100 62 64
Pwind Dir          NE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           10      10       5       5       0       5       5       5

$$

TXZ229-192100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1228 AM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Date             Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            Sun 04/21/24
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          71          88          64          79
Temp          74 74 76 82 87 86 79 74 73 71 77 83 87 83 75 70 67 65 67 72 77 75
Dewpt         70 70 71 69 67 67 68 67 68 69 69 69 68 68 68 66 64 61 60 58 57 56
Min/Max RH                   50          93          53          90          50
RH            87 87 85 65 52 53 69 79 84 93 76 63 53 61 79 87 90 87 78 61 50 52
Wind Dir       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE
Wind Spd       9  8  9  9 11 12 12 11 10  9 10 10 11 12 11 11 10 14 14 12 12 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5          20          40          70           5
QPF 12HR                      0        0.01        0.05        0.19           0
Rain Shwrs                   IS IS       IS IS SC SC NM NM SC SC
Tstms                        IS IS       IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
LAL               1     1     1     2     1     2     3     3     3     1     1
Haines            3     3     3     4     4     4     4     3     2     4     4
Mixing Hgt     1100  2600  3400  1100  1300  5000  4900  2300  1700  2800  5600
T Wind Dir        E     E     E     E     E    SE    SE    NE    NE     N    NE
T Wind Spd       13    16    18    18    13    16    17    14    16    18    16


Date          Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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      78      64      89      70      94      72      93
Temp          63 59 70 76 68 66 80 88 73 70 86 89 75 72 86 89
Dewpt         54 53 56 57 60 62 66 65 68 68 68 65 69 69 68 67
Max/Min RH         81      48      90      45      93      40      90      43
RH            72 80 61 52 76 87 62 47 84 93 55 45 82 90 55 48
Pwind Dir          NE       E      SE      SE      SE       E      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            5      10       5       5       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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