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FOUS54 KCRP 230737
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
237 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

TXZ245-232100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
237 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
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                      78          72          83          71          84
Temp          65 66 75 78 78 76 72 72 73 73 78 83 83 78 73 72 71 72 79 83 83 79
Dewpt         59 61 65 65 66 66 69 69 69 69 72 71 71 70 71 71 70 70 72 72 71 71
Min/Max RH                   65          90          67          98          65
RH            81 84 71 65 67 74 88 88 88 88 81 69 67 76 92 95 97 93 81 70 66 77
Wind Dir      SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       4  4  5  8  9  8  6  6  5  4  5  8 10  8  6  6  6  8 10 14 14 16
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           3400  3500  2100  1200  3100  3200  1800  1200  2600  2900
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             12    16    17    13    13    17    17    17    19    21


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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      85      73      86      73      87      72      86
Temp          73 73 84 80 74 73 85 81 74 73 86 80 74 73 85 82
Dewpt         71 71 72 72 73 71 73 73 73 72 73 73 74 72 73 72
Max/Min RH         97      65      97      66     100      64     100      64
RH            93 92 69 78 95 93 69 78 97 97 66 79 99 97 67 73
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0       5       0       0       5      10      10      10

$$

TXZ231-232100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
237 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
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          66          86          70          87
Temp          57 57 71 77 79 78 71 69 68 68 74 84 86 82 73 72 71 70 77 85 87 83
Dewpt         56 57 62 63 64 65 66 68 68 68 70 69 68 67 69 70 70 69 70 68 68 68
Min/Max RH                   58         100          54          99          53
RH            97100 75 61 60 64 84 97100100 86 61 54 61 87 93 97 97 79 57 53 60
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       4  3  8 10 10 11 11  8  8  5  8 10 11 13 11 10  9  9 12 16 17 19
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     4
Mixing Hgt           3700  3800  1500  1000  4300  4500  2300   700  4500  5000
T Wind Dir              S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             14    17    18    12    14    18    16    12    19    25


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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      86      73      91      73      91      72      92
Temp          74 72 84 83 74 73 89 87 75 73 89 87 74 72 88 87
Dewpt         70 69 69 69 71 70 68 69 71 70 68 68 73 71 70 68
Max/Min RH         90      56      90      46      92      46      99      45
RH            87 90 61 63 90 90 51 56 87 92 51 53 97 97 55 53
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0      10       0       5      10      10      10      10

$$

TXZ247-232100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
237 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
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                      78          72          80          73          80
Temp          67 68 74 77 77 74 73 73 73 73 77 79 79 76 73 73 73 73 77 80 80 76
Dewpt         61 62 65 66 67 68 69 70 70 71 72 71 72 71 72 71 71 71 72 72 72 72
Min/Max RH                   68          94          76          97          77
RH            82 84 75 70 71 82 89 90 91 94 86 77 78 85 95 93 93 95 86 78 78 86
Wind Dir      SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       6  6  6  8 10 10  9  9  8  6  6  9 10  9  9  9  8  9 11 14 14 17
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           3000  2900  2100  1900  2200  2100  1700  1500  1900  2000
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             13    16    18    17    13    17    19    17    19    21


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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            74      80      74      82      74      82      73      82
Temp          74 74 80 77 75 74 81 78 75 74 81 78 75 73 81 78
Dewpt         71 72 72 73 74 72 73 74 73 73 74 74 74 73 74 73
Max/Min RH         96      77      98      76      97      77     100      75
RH            92 95 78 89 97 93 77 88 96 95 80 88 99100 79 85
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0       5       0       0       5      10      10      10

$$

TXZ234-232100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
237 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
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                      78          66          83          70          84
Temp          57 59 72 77 78 76 71 69 68 69 77 82 83 79 72 72 71 70 77 83 83 79
Dewpt         56 57 63 65 66 66 67 68 68 69 71 71 70 70 70 71 70 70 72 71 71 70
Min/Max RH                   67         100          65         100          65
RH            95 94 73 67 67 72 87 97 99 99 82 69 65 74 93 97 97100 85 67 67 74
Wind Dir       E SE SE  S  S SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd       4  3  6  9 11 11  9  6  6  5  8  9 12 12 10  8  8  8 11 16 17 16
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      0           5           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.01
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           3800  3700   700   500  4200  3900  1800   600  4000  4100
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S
T Wind Spd             11    16    12     9    12    16    14    12    18    23


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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      84      73      86      73      87      72      88
Temp          74 73 83 80 75 73 85 81 75 73 86 82 75 72 86 84
Dewpt         71 70 72 71 73 71 72 73 73 72 73 73 74 72 72 71
Max/Min RH         94      67      98      64      97      62     100      57
RH            90 90 70 74 94 93 65 77 94 97 65 74 97100 63 65
Pwind Dir          SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0      10       5       0       5      10      10      10

$$

TXZ241-232100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
237 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
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          69          86          71          88
Temp          60 61 73 78 79 78 72 71 70 70 76 83 85 81 74 72 72 71 78 86 88 83
Dewpt         59 60 65 66 67 68 69 70 70 69 72 71 71 70 71 71 71 70 72 71 70 71
Min/Max RH                   64         100          63          99          55
RH            97 96 76 68 67 72 92 97 99 98 86 69 63 69 92 97 97 97 82 60 56 67
Wind Dir      SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       4  4  8 11 11 11 11  9  8  6  9 11 13 14 11 11 10 10 13 17 19 18
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     4
Mixing Hgt           3300  3200  1400  1000  3500  4000  1900   900  4500  4500
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             13    17    18    12    16    18    17    13    20    25


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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      89      73      93      73      92      73      92
Temp          75 74 86 84 76 74 90 86 75 73 89 86 75 73 89 86
Dewpt         71 71 71 71 73 71 69 72 72 71 70 71 74 73 71 70
Max/Min RH         91      56      94      48      94      50     100      49
RH            89 90 60 65 89 92 51 62 90 93 54 60 96 99 56 59
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 FW
PoP 12HR            0       5       0       0       5      10      10      10

$$

TXZ229-232100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
237 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
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          69          91          73          94
Temp          62 63 69 75 80 80 75 72 71 71 75 82 88 89 79 75 74 73 77 86 93 91
Dewpt         58 58 61 64 65 66 68 68 68 69 69 69 68 68 70 69 70 69 70 69 67 67
Min/Max RH                   56          95          48          89          42
RH            86 84 76 69 59 61 79 87 92 95 82 65 52 50 74 82 87 87 79 57 43 45
Wind Dir      SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       8  6  8  9 10 11 11 10 10  8  8  9 11 13 14 12 11 11 12 14 16 18
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     4     4     3     3     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3000  4000  1000  1000  3700  4900  2600  1200  4800  6400
T Wind Dir              S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             13    16    16    12    13    18    18    14    20    23


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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      92      75      98      74      95      73      95
Temp          76 75 83 91 77 75 92 94 78 74 88 92 76 74 89 93
Dewpt         69 69 69 68 69 70 68 65 70 70 68 64 70 71 69 65
Max/Min RH         84      45      85      35      87      36      92      38
RH            79 82 63 47 76 84 46 39 76 87 52 40 82 90 52 40
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     <15     <15     <15     15>     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5      10       0       5      10      10      10      10

$$

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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