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FOUS54 KCRP 252218
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
517 PM CDT Mon Mar 25 2024

TXZ245-260900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
517 PM CDT Mon Mar 25 2024

Date           03/25/24      Tue 03/26/24            Wed 03/27/24            Thu
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                      55          77          55          75          54
Temp             77 66 61 60 56 65 74 77 71 62 59 57 56 65 73 75 70 61 59 57 55
Dewpt            52 53 51 48 44 48 47 47 51 54 54 55 53 53 52 52 53 54 54 54 52
Max/Min RH                   71          34          93          45          93
RH               42 65 69 65 66 55 38 35 49 75 83 93 88 66 47 46 56 78 84 90 92
Wind Dir         NW  N SW  W  W  N  N  N  E  E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  N
Wind Spd          6  3  2  4  5  8  9  6  4  4  5  4  4  6  8  8  6  4  4  4  3
Wind Gust
Clouds           CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%)        CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     5     5     5     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt            500   400  2500  4100   500   500  2900  3000  1000   500
T Wind Dir              N     W     N     N     E     E    NE     E    SE     E
T Wind Spd              6    10    12     9    10    11    11    11    11     9


Date           03/28Fri 03/29/24Sat 03/30/24Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24
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            76      60      77      63      78      64      80      66      81
Temp          74 70 62 62 76 72 64 63 77 73 66 66 78 74 68 68 80 76
Dewpt         55 56 57 57 59 59 61 61 64 63 65 66 68 68 68 67 69 67
Min/Max RH         49      89      52      96      60      99      67     100      65
RH            52 61 84 83 56 65 89 95 63 72 97 99 73 82100 99 71 74
Pwind Dir           E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       S       S       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

$$

TXZ231-260900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
517 PM CDT Mon Mar 25 2024

Date           03/25/24      Tue 03/26/24            Wed 03/27/24            Thu
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                      52          79          50          76          48
Temp             79 65 61 57 54 65 75 78 76 62 56 52 51 61 73 76 74 62 56 51 49
Dewpt            37 37 36 35 33 40 39 36 39 42 48 48 46 48 47 44 45 48 50 50 49
Max/Min RH                   50          22          87          32         100
RH               22 36 39 43 46 41 28 22 26 48 74 86 83 62 39 32 35 61 82 96100
Wind Dir         NW  W  W  W  W  N  N NW NE  E  E  E  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SW
Wind Spd         11  4  4  5  6  8  8  8  4  6  6  4  4  6  6  6  5  6  6  4  3
Wind Gust
Clouds           CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
Clouds(%)        CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     5     5     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt            600   400  4000  7300   400   400  4000  8000   600   600
T Wind Dir             NW     W    NW    NW     E     E     E    SW    SE     S
T Wind Spd             12    10    11    10    10    10     9     9    11    10


Date           03/28Fri 03/29/24Sat 03/30/24Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24
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            81      54      81      59      85      63      87      66      92
Temp          77 77 59 55 79 75 63 60 82 79 66 65 83 83 69 67 87 86
Dewpt         50 47 54 54 54 55 59 59 61 60 63 64 66 66 68 66 65 62
Min/Max RH         27      99      38      99      43      99      47     100      38
RH            38 35 83 96 42 49 87 98 50 53 90 97 57 57 97 97 48 45
Pwind Dir           S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

$$

TXZ247-260900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
517 PM CDT Mon Mar 25 2024

Date           03/25/24      Tue 03/26/24            Wed 03/27/24            Thu
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                      60          76          60          72          60
Temp             73 68 66 64 62 66 73 75 70 66 65 62 61 64 70 71 68 64 64 62 60
Dewpt            55 57 56 53 49 49 49 49 53 55 55 56 56 56 54 54 54 55 56 56 55
Max/Min RH                   73          40          85          54          84
RH               53 68 69 66 62 54 43 40 55 69 72 81 84 77 57 54 61 74 77 81 84
Wind Dir          N NE  W  W  W  N  N NE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E NE
Wind Spd          6  4  3  4  6  9 10  8  6  6  6  6  6  8  8  9  8  6  6  5  4
Wind Gust
Clouds           FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%)        FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW
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                  6     5     5     5     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt            400   400  1800  1900   600   800  1900  1800  1100  1100
T Wind Dir              N     W     N    NE     E     E    NE     E    SE     E
T Wind Spd              8    11    13    10    12    11    13    11    13    11


Date           03/28Fri 03/29/24Sat 03/30/24Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24
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            72      63      73      65      75      67      76      68      77
Temp          70 68 65 64 73 69 66 65 75 71 68 68 75 71 69 68 76 72
Dewpt         57 57 58 58 60 60 62 62 64 65 65 66 68 68 68 68 69 68
Min/Max RH         58      83      63      90      69      98      77     100      75
RH            64 68 78 83 65 75 87 90 70 81 92 95 79 90 99100 79 87
Pwind Dir           E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       S       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

$$

TXZ234-260900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
517 PM CDT Mon Mar 25 2024

Date           03/25/24      Tue 03/26/24            Wed 03/27/24            Thu
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                      52          75          50          74          49
Temp             76 64 61 57 54 61 70 74 72 61 56 52 51 59 71 74 71 60 56 52 49
Dewpt            52 50 47 44 43 45 45 45 48 48 48 47 46 49 50 49 52 53 53 51 49
Max/Min RH                   69          35          84          41         100
RH               43 60 60 62 66 56 41 35 42 62 74 83 83 69 47 41 51 78 90 96100
Wind Dir         NW  W SW  W NW  N  N  N NE NE  E NE NE NE  N NE  E  E  E NE  N
Wind Spd          6  4  4  5  8  9  8  6  5  6  6  5  6  6  6  6  6  5  6  4  3
Wind Gust
Clouds           CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW
Clouds(%)        CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     5     5     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt            400   400  2500  4200   400   400  2800  6000   500   400
T Wind Dir             NW    NW     N     N     E    NE    NE     W    SE    NE
T Wind Spd              6    10    12     8    10     9     9     9    11     6


Date           03/28Fri 03/29/24Sat 03/30/24Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24
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            78      56      77      60      81      65      81      68      84
Temp          75 73 59 57 76 72 64 61 79 75 68 67 79 77 70 69 82 79
Dewpt         54 54 56 55 55 57 60 60 62 62 65 66 68 68 70 69 69 66
Min/Max RH         39      96      45      99      53      97      65     100      55
RH            48 51 90 93 48 59 87 97 56 64 90 97 69 74100100 65 64
Pwind Dir           E      SE       S      SE       S      SE       S       S       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

$$

TXZ241-260900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
517 PM CDT Mon Mar 25 2024

Date           03/25/24      Tue 03/26/24            Wed 03/27/24            Thu
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                      54          81          53          79          52
Temp             81 67 61 57 54 67 77 81 76 63 58 55 54 63 75 79 75 62 59 55 53
Dewpt            41 41 40 38 36 40 39 38 41 48 53 53 51 53 50 46 48 52 53 53 52
Max/Min RH                   51          22          94          31         100
RH               24 39 45 48 51 37 26 22 28 59 82 93 90 70 42 31 38 70 82 95 98
Wind Dir          N  N SW  W NW NW  N NW NE  E  E  E  N  N NE NE  E  E SE  S  W
Wind Spd          8  5  4  5  8 11 11  9  5  8  6  5  4  6  6  8  6  8  6  5  4
Wind Gust
Clouds           CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
Clouds(%)        CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     5     5     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt            500   400  5000  7600   400   400  3900  7800  1000   700
T Wind Dir             NW    NW    NW    NW     E     E    NE    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             11    10    16    11    11     8     8    10    12    10


Date           03/28Fri 03/29/24Sat 03/30/24Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24
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            83      56      82      61      85      65      88      68      94
Temp          78 77 61 57 80 76 66 62 82 79 68 66 85 82 71 68 89 87
Dewpt         52 51 57 56 57 57 60 61 63 63 66 66 68 67 69 68 68 64
Min/Max RH         30      97      41      97      48      99      49     100      39
RH            41 41 87 95 46 53 83 95 53 58 92 99 57 62 95 99 50 46
Pwind Dir           S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW CL CL FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

$$

TXZ229-260900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
517 PM CDT Mon Mar 25 2024

Date           03/25/24      Tue 03/26/24            Wed 03/27/24            Thu
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                      53          82          53          81          52
Temp             82 68 63 57 53 66 77 81 80 67 60 56 55 62 75 80 79 67 60 55 52
Dewpt            29 30 30 30 30 35 34 30 32 35 40 43 44 47 45 41 40 41 43 46 47
Max/Min RH                   41          15          68          24          83
RH               14 24 29 35 41 32 21 16 17 30 47 62 66 58 34 25 25 39 53 72 83
Wind Dir         NW NW  W  W  W NW NW  W NW  E  E  E NE NE NE NW  N  E SE SE SE
Wind Spd         17  5  6  6  8 11  8  8  4  9  9  6  5  5  6  8  4  6  6  4  4
Wind Gust
Clouds           FW FW SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%)        FW FW SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0          10           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     5     6     6     6     5
Mixing Hgt            500   400  6600  9200   600   400  6100 10500  1200   500
T Wind Dir             NW     W    NW     W     E    SE     N     W    SE     S
T Wind Spd             12    12    14    12    11    10     8    11     9     9
Red Flag          W


Date           03/28Fri 03/29/24Sat 03/30/24Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24
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      58      87      63      91      66      94      68      97
Temp          80 83 64 58 81 85 68 63 83 88 70 68 87 92 75 69 89 94
Dewpt         47 40 49 52 53 52 57 59 60 57 62 64 65 60 66 65 62 56
Min/Max RH         19      80      29      87      33      88      33      89      27
RH            31 22 58 80 38 32 68 87 46 35 76 87 48 34 74 87 41 28
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

$$

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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