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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024

TXZ245-202100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024

Date             Sat 04/20/24            Sun 04/21/24            Mon 04/22/24
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          58          74          56          74
Temp             70 78 81 82 78 71 69 66 61 64 71 72 68 63 60 58 56 66 72 73 70
Dewpt            70 74 73 72 70 70 69 66 61 60 59 57 57 56 54 53 51 53 54 54 54
Min/Max RH                   72         100          60          83          52
RH              100 89 78 72 78 97100100 99 87 66 60 69 78 80 82 83 64 53 52 57
Wind Dir         SE  E SE SE SE  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E
Wind Spd          4  6 10 11  8  8  6  6  9 12 13 11 11  8  6  6  6  6  8  8  8
Wind Gust
Clouds           OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%)        OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR                     30          60          10           0           5
QPF 12HR                   0.04        0.55           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs       IS IS SC IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                  SC IS SC SC SC SC
Obvis            PF PF
LAL                     2     2     3     3     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     2     2     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           2100  2300   800   900  2500  3300  3000  2200  4200  4100
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     E     N     N     N    NE    NE    NE     E
T Wind Spd             14    18    13    16    21    20    18    16    13    11


Date          Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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            61      80      67      83      69      84      70      84
Temp          63 63 78 76 69 68 81 78 70 69 83 79 72 70 83 80
Dewpt         58 59 63 64 67 68 70 68 70 69 71 70 72 70 71 71
Max/Min RH         90      58     100      62     100      64     100      65
RH            83 87 60 68 93100 69 73 99100 68 75 99100 68 76
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>
Avg Clouds    SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            0       5       0       5       0       0       0       5

$$

TXZ231-202100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024

Date             Sat 04/20/24            Sun 04/21/24            Mon 04/22/24
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                      86          56          70          52          74
Temp             68 76 82 84 80 69 67 62 58 60 67 68 66 61 57 55 52 61 69 72 72
Dewpt            68 72 71 70 68 67 65 61 57 55 55 55 53 53 52 49 47 49 50 51 52
Min/Max RH                   62         100          61          83          46
RH              100 87 71 62 67 92 95 97 98 84 65 62 63 75 83 80 83 65 50 47 49
Wind Dir          E  E SE SE  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E SE
Wind Spd          5  8 10 11 11 10  8 10 11 14 14 12 11  9  8  6  5  8  8  6  8
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     60          60           5           0           5
QPF 12HR                   0.05        0.70           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs          IS SC SC NM SC SC
Tstms                  SC SC NM SC SC
LAL                     2     3     3     2     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     2     2     2     2     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3200  3400  1200  1400  2600  3100  2700  1300  4000  4700
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    NE     N     N     N    NE    NE     E    SE
T Wind Spd             13    17    16    18    21    19    14    12    11    10


Date          Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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      81      64      86      67      89      70      91
Temp          59 57 79 78 67 65 83 82 70 67 86 83 72 70 87 86
Dewpt         56 55 60 62 66 65 67 66 69 67 67 66 70 69 68 68
Max/Min RH         96      50     100      52     100      48      97      46
RH            89 93 52 57 95100 59 57 97100 53 57 93 97 53 54
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            0       5       0       5       0       5       5       5

$$

TXZ247-202100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024

Date             Sat 04/20/24            Sun 04/21/24            Mon 04/22/24
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          62          73          60          72
Temp             72 77 79 80 76 73 71 68 64 66 70 71 67 64 64 62 60 67 70 71 68
Dewpt            72 74 73 72 72 70 69 68 64 62 61 59 59 57 56 55 55 56 56 56 56
Min/Max RH                   78         100          66          84          59
RH              100 93 82 78 86 92 95 99100 89 72 66 74 80 77 80 83 69 61 59 65
Wind Dir         SE SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E
Wind Spd          6  8 11 11 10  9  8  8 11 14 14 13 12 10 10  9  8  9  9  9  9
Wind Gust
Clouds           OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     20          50          10           5           5
QPF 12HR                   0.01        0.38           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs       IS IS IS    IS SC SC SC
Tstms                  IS    IS SC SC SC
Obvis            PF PF
LAL                     1     2     3     3     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     2     2     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           1400  2000  1400  1400  2300  3400  3300  3200  3800  3800
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     E    NE     N     N    NE    NE    NE     E
T Wind Spd             16    18    16    17    21    19    19    18    16    12


Date          Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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            65      78      70      79      71      80      72      81
Temp          67 67 76 74 72 70 79 75 72 71 80 76 73 72 80 77
Dewpt         59 61 64 66 68 69 70 69 70 71 72 71 72 72 72 73
Max/Min RH         83      64      97      72     100      76     100      75
RH            77 81 67 76 89 97 76 82 93100 78 86 97100 78 87
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     15>
Avg Clouds    SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            0       5       0       5       0       0       0       5

$$

TXZ234-202100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024

Date             Sat 04/20/24            Sun 04/21/24            Mon 04/22/24
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                      82          57          68          52          72
Temp             71 75 79 81 77 69 68 64 60 60 65 67 66 61 58 55 53 62 69 72 70
Dewpt            71 74 73 72 70 68 67 64 58 57 58 57 55 54 52 50 48 50 51 51 54
Min/Max RH                   74         100          67          83          48
RH              100 97 82 74 79 97 97100 93 90 78 70 68 78 80 83 83 65 53 48 57
Wind Dir          E  E SE SE SE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E SE
Wind Spd          5  6 10 11 10 11  6 10 12 14 16 14 13 10  8  8  6  8  8  6  8
Wind Gust
Clouds           OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%)        OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR                     50          50           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                   0.08        0.34        0.01           0           0
Rain Shwrs       IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms                  SC SC SC SC SC IS
Obvis            PF
LAL                     2     3     3     2     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     2     3     3     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2400  2900   800  1300  2600  3300  2400  1100  4200  5100
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    NE     N     N     N     N    NE     E    SE
T Wind Spd             12    16    12    17    21    20    16    12    11    10


Date          Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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      78      65      82      67      84      70      84
Temp          59 57 76 76 68 66 80 79 70 68 82 80 73 71 82 81
Dewpt         55 55 62 63 66 66 70 68 69 68 71 70 72 71 71 71
Max/Min RH         96      62     100      63     100      65     100      65
RH            87 93 62 64 93100 72 69 97100 69 72 97100 69 72
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>
Avg Clouds    SC FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       5       0       0       0       5

$$

TXZ241-202100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024

Date             Sat 04/20/24            Sun 04/21/24            Mon 04/22/24
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          60          74          56          74
Temp             72 78 84 87 81 72 70 68 63 64 69 71 67 63 60 58 56 64 70 72 71
Dewpt            72 74 73 72 70 70 68 66 61 59 58 57 56 56 54 52 50 52 53 55 56
Min/Max RH                   61          99          62          82          53
RH              100 89 69 61 69 92 95 95 94 84 68 62 68 77 80 80 82 66 56 54 58
Wind Dir          E SE SE SE  E  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E
Wind Spd          6  8 11 13 12 11  8  9 11 16 14 14 11  9  8  8  6  9  8  8  9
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR                     30          50          10           5          10
QPF 12HR                   0.01        0.59           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs       IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms                  IS SC SC SC SC IS
Obvis            PF
LAL                     2     3     3     2     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     2     2     2     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           3300  4000  1500  1100  2400  3100  2600   900  3800  3800
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     E     N     N     N    NE    NE    NE     E
T Wind Spd             13    18    14    17    21    19    14    12    12    11


Date          Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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      82      67      87      69      89      71      92
Temp          62 60 79 78 69 67 84 81 72 69 86 83 74 72 89 86
Dewpt         58 59 63 64 68 67 69 69 70 69 69 69 72 70 70 70
Max/Min RH         98      55     100      56     100      54      95      49
RH            87 97 57 63 97100 61 66 95100 58 63 94 93 54 60
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>
Avg Clouds    B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 SC
PoP 12HR            0       5       0       5       0       0       0       0

$$

TXZ229-202100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024

Date             Sat 04/20/24            Sun 04/21/24            Mon 04/22/24
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          61          73          57          75
Temp             73 78 80 84 78 71 67 65 62 61 67 71 69 64 60 58 57 62 69 73 74
Dewpt            69 70 70 69 68 66 64 61 57 55 54 55 53 53 50 50 48 49 49 49 49
Min/Max RH                   61          90          55          75          41
RH               87 76 72 61 71 84 90 87 84 81 63 57 57 67 69 75 72 62 49 43 41
Wind Dir          E  E  E  E NE NE NE  N NE  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E SE SE
Wind Spd          8  8  8  9 12 11 11 11 12 13 11 11 11 10  9  9  6  8  6  6  8
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR                     60          60           5           0           5
QPF 12HR                   0.28        0.30           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs          IS SC NM NM NM IS
Tstms                  SC NM NM NM IS
LAL                     2     4     3     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     3     3     2     3     3     3     3     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2600  3400  1300  1700  2900  4000  2900  1600  3700  4100
T Wind Dir              E     E    NE    NE    NE    NE    NE     E     E    SE
T Wind Spd             13    14    18    17    20    17    16    12    11     9


Date          Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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            60      85      68      91      72      94      73      95
Temp          64 61 77 84 71 68 84 88 74 72 86 91 76 73 87 93
Dewpt         55 56 60 61 65 66 67 65 68 68 68 65 69 69 68 63
Max/Min RH         84      45      93      44      87      40      87      36
RH            73 84 56 46 81 93 57 47 82 87 55 42 79 87 53 37
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B2 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            0       0       5       0       0       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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