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FOUS54 KCRP 162133
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

TXZ245-170900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
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                      69          82          69          84          69
Temp             78 72 72 72 70 77 82 82 77 72 72 71 70 79 83 83 78 71 71 70 69
Dewpt            71 72 72 72 70 73 72 71 72 72 72 71 70 73 71 70 70 71 71 70 69
Max/Min RH                  100          72         100          65         100
RH               81100 99100100 89 73 70 84100100100100 82 68 66 78100100100100
Wind Dir         SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd          8  8  6  8  4  6  8 10  9  8  8  6  6  8  9  9  8  5  5  5  6
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      5           5           5           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0          MM          MM
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1300  1300  2300  2300  1200  1200  2200  2200  1500   900
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             14    16    14    18    18    17    17    16    12    13


Date           04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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            85      69      83      63      77      57      77      62      81
Temp          83 78 71 69 81 77 70 64 75 72 62 57 74 73 64 63 80 76
Dewpt         72 70 71 69 71 69 69 64 65 62 58 55 58 59 61 61 65 64
Min/Max RH         65     100      66     100      65      95      54      94      57
RH            71 78100100 72 78 99100 70 72 87 93 58 63 92 92 60 68
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE       E      NE      NE      NE       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5       5      30      60      40      20      10       5      10
Rain Shwrs                   SC SC NM SC SC IS
Tstms                        IS IS SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ231-170900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
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                      71          90          70          92          68
Temp             83 75 72 72 71 77 85 90 83 75 73 72 70 78 87 91 86 74 71 70 69
Dewpt            70 70 71 71 71 71 69 68 68 71 72 71 70 71 68 66 65 68 70 70 69
Max/Min RH                  100          51         100          43         100
RH               64 84 97 97100 82 59 50 61 87 97 97100 79 53 43 50 82 99 99100
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         11 10  8  8  6  8  8  9 11 10  9  8  6  9 10 10 11 11  9  8  6
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR                      5           5          10           5          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0          MM          MM
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           1400  1200  3400  4500  1400   900  3500  4100  1500  1300
T Wind Dir             SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             16    12    12    14    17    13    16    16    14    12


Date           04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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            92      68      86      63      74      55      79      58      85
Temp          87 86 70 68 83 80 67 63 72 70 60 55 72 77 63 59 82 81
Dewpt         68 65 70 68 67 64 67 63 60 57 55 52 54 55 60 58 61 61
Min/Max RH         45     100      54     100      61      91      44      99      44
RH            53 50 99100 59 58100100 66 62 86 90 53 46 92 96 50 52
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE       E      NE      NE      NE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           10      10      40      70      30      20      10       5      20
Rain Shwrs                IS SC NM SC SC SC IS                   IS
Tstms                     IS SC SC SC IS IS IS

$$

TXZ247-170900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
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                      71          79          71          79          71
Temp             75 73 73 73 72 76 78 79 75 73 73 73 71 77 78 78 75 72 72 72 72
Dewpt            72 73 73 72 72 73 72 72 73 73 73 73 71 73 72 71 72 72 72 72 71
Max/Min RH                  100          81         100          79         100
RH               90 99 99 99 99 91 82 80 92100100100100 89 82 79 90 99100100 99
Wind Dir         SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd          9  9  9  9  6  6  9 10 10  9 10  8  8  8  9 10  8  8  8  6  6
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%)        B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      5           5           5           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0          MM          MM
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            600  1300  1800  1500  1100  1200  1800  1700  1300  1300
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             18    18    13    18    20    20    18    16    16    16


Date           04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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            80      71      79      66      76      61      74      66      78
Temp          78 75 72 71 79 75 71 67 74 70 64 61 71 70 67 67 77 74
Dewpt         72 72 72 71 72 70 70 67 66 64 60 59 59 61 62 63 65 66
Min/Max RH         76     100      75     100      71      94      62      89      65
RH            82 90100100 80 86 95100 77 80 87 92 65 72 84 87 67 78
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       E       E      NE      NE      NE       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5       5      30      60      50      20      10       5      10
Rain Shwrs                   SC SC NM SC SC IS
Tstms                        IS IS SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ234-170900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
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                      72          85          71          85          70
Temp             79 74 74 74 73 77 83 85 79 74 74 73 72 78 84 84 80 73 72 72 71
Dewpt            71 72 73 73 72 73 72 71 71 72 73 73 72 73 71 70 69 71 72 72 71
Max/Min RH                  100          65         100          62         100
RH               77 93 97 97 97 87 70 63 77 93 97100100 85 65 63 69 93100100100
Wind Dir         SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd         11  9  8  8  6  8 10 11 11  9 10  8  8  8 11 11 11  8  8  8  6
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      5           5           5           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0          MM          MM
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            700  1100  3200  3500  1300   800  3100  3200  1300   500
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             12    11    13    17    14    12    13    16    12    10


Date           04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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            86      69      83      63      72      56      76      59      82
Temp          84 81 71 70 80 78 70 64 70 68 61 56 71 74 63 60 80 78
Dewpt         72 70 71 70 70 68 69 64 63 60 56 53 57 59 60 59 64 64
Min/Max RH         59     100      65     100      73      90      55     100      54
RH            67 69100100 72 71 97100 78 76 84 90 61 59 90 96 58 62
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE       E       N       N      NE       E      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           10       5      40      70      30      10       5       5      10
Rain Shwrs                IS SC NM NM SC IS
Tstms                     IS SC SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ241-170900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
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                      72          89          72          92          71
Temp             85 76 74 74 74 78 86 89 83 76 74 74 72 79 88 91 84 75 73 72 71
Dewpt            72 72 73 73 72 73 71 71 72 73 74 73 72 73 70 69 69 71 72 72 71
Max/Min RH                   97          57         100          49         100
RH               65 89 95 95 95 84 62 56 70 92 99 97100 81 56 50 62 89 99100100
Wind Dir         SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd         13  9  8  8  6  9 10 11 11 11  9  8  8 11 11 11 12 11  8  8  6
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      5           5          10           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0          MM          MM
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           1300  1200  3400  4000  1500  1000  3500  3500  1300  1300
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             16    13    14    14    16    13    18    16    16    12


Date           04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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            92      70      88      65      79      59      80      61      85
Temp          87 83 72 70 84 81 71 66 74 72 63 59 74 75 64 62 82 79
Dewpt         71 67 72 70 69 68 69 66 64 61 58 55 57 59 62 61 64 64
Min/Max RH         48     100      54     100      64      87      49      96      49
RH            58 59 99100 61 64 95100 71 69 84 87 56 57 92 95 54 60
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE       E      NE       N      NE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5      10      30      60      40      20      10      10      20
Rain Shwrs                   SC NM NM SC SC IS                   IS
Tstms                        SC SC SC SC SC IS                   IS

$$

TXZ229-170900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
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                      74          94          74          97          72
Temp             91 82 77 75 74 78 85 94 91 82 77 75 74 81 90 96 94 82 77 74 72
Dewpt            67 71 71 71 71 72 72 70 68 71 71 71 71 72 70 68 66 69 68 69 69
Max/Min RH                   90          46          91          38          90
RH               45 69 82 87 90 82 65 46 47 69 82 87 90 74 52 40 40 65 74 84 90
Wind Dir          E  E SE SE  E SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd          5 11 10  6  5  6  6  8 10 11 11  8  6  8  9  8 11 11 11  9  9
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%)        B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5          20          20          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.04          MM          MM
Rain Shwrs                               IS IS             IS IS
Tstms                                    IS IS                IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     2     1     1     2     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            700   800  3200  4700  1400  1100  3900  5500  2000  1300
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     E    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             13    10     9    11    16    12    13    12    13    12


Date           04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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            94      71      89      66      78      59      80      63      86
Temp          87 91 74 71 84 83 70 66 73 73 63 59 72 78 67 64 81 83
Dewpt         69 66 67 68 67 65 65 63 59 57 55 53 54 55 59 60 61 61
Min/Max RH         41      90      48      90      54      81      42      87      43
RH            55 44 79 90 57 55 84 90 62 57 75 80 53 45 75 87 51 47
Pwind Dir           E       E       E      NE      NE      NE       E      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR           10      30      50      80      30      20      10      10      10
Rain Shwrs          SC    IS SC  O SC SC IS IS
Tstms               SC    IS SC SC SC 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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