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FOUS54 KCRP 250838
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
338 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

TXZ245-252100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
338 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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          71          83          72          84
Temp          71 71 78 82 81 78 72 71 72 72 78 82 83 79 74 74 73 72 80 83 83 79
Dewpt         71 71 74 73 73 71 72 71 71 71 73 73 72 72 73 73 72 71 74 73 73 72
Min/Max RH                   72         100          68          98          71
RH            99100 88 75 76 81 99 99 97 97 85 75 71 81 97 97 95 97 81 73 72 81
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       8  8  9 13 16 16 16 16 16 14 17 18 16 16 16 16 16 16 18 19 20 21
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           0          10           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2500  2500  1400  1000  2700  2700  1400  1400  2500  2400
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             18    27    27    26    29    26    23    23    27    27


Date          Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24Wed 05/01/24
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      83      70      84      69      83      69      83
Temp          74 72 83 79 73 71 83 78 71 70 82 79 71 70 82 78
Dewpt         72 72 74 73 73 71 74 73 71 70 73 72 71 70 72 71
Max/Min RH         99      73     100      71     100      69     100      65
RH            95 99 75 82100100 75 85100100 74 81100100 71 78
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR            0      30      20      30      30      30      10      10
Rain Shwrs             SC IS    IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms                  SC IS    IS SC SC SC SC SC

$$

TXZ231-252100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
338 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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          71          89          72          90
Temp          71 70 76 85 87 83 74 72 72 72 77 84 88 85 76 75 74 73 80 87 89 85
Dewpt         70 70 71 70 70 69 70 69 69 69 71 70 69 69 71 72 71 70 70 69 69 70
Min/Max RH                   55          99          53          93          50
RH            97100 85 61 56 62 86 92 90 90 81 62 54 59 85 92 90 89 73 54 51 62
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd      10  8 11 14 17 17 16 16 16 12 14 16 12 14 16 14 14 13 20 18 17 20
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5          20           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs                                     IS IS
Tstms                                          IS IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     2     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3700  4000  2000  1500  3500  3600  1900  1900  4900  4800
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             20    29    28    26    25    23    21    21    26    26


Date          Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24Wed 05/01/24
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      87      71      89      68      86      69      86
Temp          74 73 84 84 73 71 86 84 71 69 84 84 72 69 83 82
Dewpt         71 69 70 69 72 71 70 68 71 69 70 68 71 69 69 66
Max/Min RH         91      57     100      52     100      55     100      53
RH            90 87 63 61 97100 58 59 99100 62 59 97100 62 58
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE       E      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR            0      30      20      30      30      30      10      20
Rain Shwrs          SC SC IS       SC SC IS SC SC       IS IS
Tstms               SC SC IS       SC SC IS SC SC       IS IS

$$

TXZ247-252100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
338 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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          72          80          73          81
Temp          73 73 77 79 78 76 73 73 73 72 77 79 80 77 75 74 74 74 78 81 81 77
Dewpt         71 72 73 74 73 73 72 72 71 72 72 73 72 73 73 73 72 72 73 73 73 73
Min/Max RH                   81         100          77          97          76
RH            95 99 89 85 85 89 97 99 95100 86 83 78 87 96 95 93 92 86 78 77 86
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       9  9 10 13 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 18 17 20 23
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%)     B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR                      0           5          10           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1200  1200   900  1400  1900  1800  1500  1500  1900  1800
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             19    27    28    29    32    26    25    25    26    26


Date          Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24Wed 05/01/24
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      81      73      81      72      80      71      80
Temp          74 74 80 78 74 73 80 76 74 72 80 76 73 71 80 76
Dewpt         73 72 74 74 74 73 74 73 73 72 73 72 72 71 72 71
Max/Min RH         96      79     100      78     100      79     100      76
RH            95 93 81 87 99100 83 91 99100 81 88 99100 78 86
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR            0      30      20      30      30      30      10      10
Rain Shwrs             SC IS       SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms                  SC IS       SC SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ234-252100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
338 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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          83          73          85
Temp          72 72 77 83 82 78 74 74 73 72 77 81 83 80 75 75 75 74 80 84 85 81
Dewpt         71 71 73 73 73 71 72 72 71 71 72 72 72 72 73 73 72 71 72 73 73 72
Min/Max RH                   72          97          68          95          67
RH            97 97 87 72 74 79 93 93 93 97 85 74 70 77 94 94 90 90 77 70 67 74
Wind Dir      SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE
Wind Spd       9  8 11 16 17 16 16 13 14 13 16 20 20 17 17 14 13 14 19 24 24 21
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5          20           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs                                     IS IS
Tstms                                          IS IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3500  3600  1200  1200  3100  3400  1700  1800  3800  3800
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             23    29    26    25    29    32    21    21    27    29


Date          Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24Wed 05/01/24
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      85      71      85      70      85      69      84
Temp          75 74 84 80 75 72 83 81 73 70 83 81 72 70 83 82
Dewpt         72 71 73 73 74 72 74 72 72 70 73 72 72 70 71 70
Max/Min RH         91      68     100      67     100      65     100      63
RH            90 90 70 79 97100 74 74 97100 72 74100100 67 67
Pwind Dir          SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR            0      40      30      40      30      30      10      10
Rain Shwrs          IS SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms               IS SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC

$$

TXZ241-252100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
338 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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                      90          72          91          73          91
Temp          73 73 79 85 88 83 76 74 74 73 79 86 90 85 77 76 75 74 81 88 90 84
Dewpt         71 71 73 73 73 71 72 72 71 71 72 72 71 72 73 73 72 71 72 71 72 73
Min/Max RH                   60          95          55          93          55
RH            95 93 84 66 62 68 89 92 92 94 81 63 55 66 87 92 92 90 75 58 56 69
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd      10  9 12 17 20 18 16 14 14 13 16 18 17 16 16 13 14 14 20 19 19 20
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                      5           0          10           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3800  4000  1800  1700  3700  4300  1600  1700  4900  4800
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             24    33    27    25    28    27    21    21    27    26


Date          Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24Wed 05/01/24
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      90      73      90      70      87      71      87
Temp          76 74 86 85 75 73 86 85 74 71 84 83 73 71 84 81
Dewpt         73 71 72 72 74 72 72 71 73 71 72 71 72 71 71 69
Max/Min RH         91      57      98      55     100      60     100      60
RH            90 90 63 65 97 97 63 64 97100 67 67 97100 66 67
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0      30      10      30      30      30      10      20
Rain Shwrs          IS SC          SC SC IS SC SC       IS IS
Tstms               IS SC          SC SC IS SC SC       IS IS

$$

TXZ229-252100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
338 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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          74          94          74          96
Temp          75 74 78 85 92 91 82 77 75 75 79 86 93 92 82 77 76 75 80 89 95 95
Dewpt         70 70 71 70 68 69 71 69 69 69 70 70 68 67 70 70 71 71 71 69 65 64
Min/Max RH                   44          87          42          88          34
RH            84 87 79 61 46 49 69 76 82 82 74 59 44 44 67 79 85 87 74 52 37 36
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE
Wind Spd      12 10 11 14 16 16 18 17 13 12 12  9  8  9 16 14 14 13 16 13 12 16
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0          10          10           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     3     3     4     4     4     4     5     5
Mixing Hgt           4300  6200  1400  1400  3600  4600  2400  1600  4700  6500
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             21    28    31    24    20    13    19    18    21    18


Date          Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24Wed 05/01/24
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      91      74      92      72      90      74      90
Temp          79 76 83 90 75 74 88 90 75 73 86 88 76 74 84 89
Dewpt         71 71 69 62 69 71 69 67 70 70 70 68 70 70 69 67
Max/Min RH         85      38      91      43      91      48      87      47
RH            77 85 63 39 82 90 54 47 84 90 59 52 82 87 61 48
Pwind Dir          SE       E       E      SE       E      SE       E      SE
Wind Char         15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW B1 B1 SC FW B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR           10      20      10      30      30      20      10      30
Rain Shwrs          IS             SC SC    IS IS       IS SC
Tstms               IS             SC SC    IS IS       IS SC

$$

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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