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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

TXZ245-282100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      75          64          78          63          79
Temp                63 75 75 70 64 64 64 64 73 77 78 72 66 65 63 65 73 78 79 73
Dewpt               57 59 56 57 58 58 58 58 60 59 59 59 61 61 62 62 65 64 64 64
Min/Max RH                   53          83          53          96          61
RH                  82 59 53 65 81 80 80 80 63 55 54 64 81 86 94 91 76 63 62 74
Wind Dir            NE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd             2  6  8  8  8  8  8  8 11 12 12 11  8  8  8  6  6 10 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds              CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 FW SC FW SC
Clouds(%)           CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 FW SC FW 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
Haines                        5     5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 3600   600   600  3900  3900  2300  1700  3800  3800
T Wind Dir                   SE    SE     S     S     S     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   12    18    18    23    24    20    18    18    18


Date          Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24
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      79      66      82      65      83      55      75
Temp          67 66 78 74 68 67 79 76 68 66 81 77 63 55 72 70
Dewpt         66 66 68 67 68 67 69 68 68 65 57 56 50 46 46 46
Max/Min RH        100      67     100      65     100      40      70      35
RH            97 99 71 78100100 71 79 99 96 44 49 62 70 39 41
Pwind Dir          SE       S      SE       S      SE       N       N       N
Wind Char         <15     <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     15>     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0      10       5       5       5

$$

TXZ231-282100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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          82          60          84
Temp                61 78 81 77 64 59 58 57 69 80 82 76 67 65 63 61 70 81 84 78
Dewpt               52 52 44 51 56 57 56 56 59 56 56 57 59 60 60 60 63 62 61 61
Min/Max RH                   27          96          41          99          46
RH                  74 41 27 40 74 93 95 96 69 44 42 51 78 85 92 97 78 52 47 55
Wind Dir             S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd             4  6  8 11 13 11 11 11 14 16 17 17 14 12 11  8 11 10 11 14
Wind Gust
Clouds              CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)           CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC 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
Haines                        5     5     5     5     5     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 7700   700   600  4700  4800  2200  1000  4300  4600
T Wind Dir                    S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   12    18    17    24    26    20    16    16    17


Date          Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24
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            64      89      67      95      65      86      54      76
Temp          66 66 83 83 69 67 88 89 73 66 83 81 63 54 71 74
Dewpt         64 66 66 64 67 66 66 63 65 58 48 44 43 41 39 39
Max/Min RH        100      47      97      35      80      23      64      25
RH            92 98 56 53 93 95 48 43 76 76 30 27 48 62 31 29
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE       S       E       N       N       N
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0      10       5       5       5

$$

TXZ247-282100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      74          66          74          66          75
Temp                65 73 73 68 67 67 66 66 71 74 73 70 67 67 67 66 71 74 74 71
Dewpt               60 59 60 59 58 58 59 59 60 60 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 65 65 65
Min/Max RH                   62          80          63          91          72
RH                  85 62 65 72 74 74 77 77 69 63 66 75 85 85 87 89 78 74 74 82
Wind Dir            SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd             3  6  9  9  9 10 10 10 11 13 12 11 10 10  9  8  8 10 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds              CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW B1 FW SC
Clouds(%)           CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW B1 FW 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
Haines                        5     5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 2300   900  1000  3000  3100  2300  2400  2300  2100
T Wind Dir                   SE    SE     S     S    SE     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   12    21    23    24    24    23    23    18    18


Date          Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24
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            67      76      68      77      67      79      57      73
Temp          68 67 75 71 69 68 76 72 69 67 77 74 65 58 70 68
Dewpt         66 67 68 68 69 68 69 68 68 66 60 58 54 49 46 48
Max/Min RH        100      77     100      76     100      51      73      40
RH            95 99 79 89100 99 81 89 99 94 55 57 68 72 43 49
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE       S       S       N       N       N
Wind Char         <15     <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     15>     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0      10       5       5       5

$$

TXZ234-282100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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          55          78          62          79
Temp                61 76 78 73 61 59 57 56 69 76 78 73 67 65 64 63 72 78 79 75
Dewpt               53 53 50 56 57 57 56 56 59 57 56 58 60 61 62 62 64 64 63 63
Min/Max RH                   37         100          47          99          58
RH                  75 45 37 55 87 93 96100 70 52 47 59 79 86 94 97 76 62 59 66
Wind Dir            NE  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE
Wind Spd             2  4  6 11  8  8  8  6 13 17 17 14 11 10 10  9 10 12 13 12
Wind Gust
Clouds              CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%)           CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW SC 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
Haines                        5     5     5     5     5     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 6700   500   400  4400  4400  1300   500  4400  4600
T Wind Dir                    S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd                   11    13    12    20    24    16    12    16    17


Date          Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24
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            66      81      68      84      65      82      54      73
Temp          68 68 79 77 72 69 82 79 72 66 80 76 63 55 70 71
Dewpt         66 67 68 67 70 68 68 68 68 62 55 52 49 44 44 45
Max/Min RH         98      63      98      60      92      38      67      34
RH            95 95 68 71 93 96 62 69 87 87 42 43 60 67 40 40
Pwind Dir          SE       S      SE       S      SE       N       N       N
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0      10       5       5       5

$$

TXZ241-282100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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          58          83          62          85
Temp                65 80 83 76 64 61 59 59 71 80 82 76 68 67 65 63 73 82 84 78
Dewpt               53 52 45 54 58 58 58 57 60 59 59 60 62 62 62 62 64 64 64 64
Min/Max RH                   26          95          45          99          50
RH                  68 39 26 46 81 90 95 95 68 48 46 58 80 86 91 98 75 55 50 62
Wind Dir             S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd             5  8  8 14 12 10 10  9 16 17 18 17 13 12 11  8 11 12 13 16
Wind Gust
Clouds              CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)           CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC 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
Haines                        6     5     5     5     5     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 7300   800   700  4700  4800  2100  1000  4600  4400
T Wind Dir                   SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   13    18    16    25    26    20    16    17    18


Date          Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24
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            66      90      68      98      68      89      56      78
Temp          69 67 85 83 72 69 92 91 75 69 86 83 66 56 73 74
Dewpt         66 67 68 66 69 68 67 66 67 61 50 47 47 44 41 41
Max/Min RH        100      47      99      33      84      23      65      25
RH            92100 58 58 92 98 45 43 77 76 29 29 50 64 32 30
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE       S      SE       N       N       N
Wind Char         <15     <15     15>     <15     <15     15>     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0      10       0       5       5

$$

TXZ229-282100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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          58          88          63          91
Temp                65 79 84 83 71 63 61 59 68 81 87 86 74 69 66 64 71 83 90 88
Dewpt               51 52 43 44 49 53 55 55 57 56 55 56 59 60 60 61 62 62 60 60
Min/Max RH                   22          87          33          91          36
RH                  59 39 24 25 46 70 81 87 68 42 33 37 59 73 80 91 73 50 37 39
Wind Dir             S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd             6  6  8 10 17 16 16 12 16 14 14 14 17 12 11  6  9  8 10 14
Wind Gust
Clouds              CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC
Clouds(%)           CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW 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
Haines                        6     6     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 8200   700   900  4800  5500  2800  1700  3800  4900
T Wind Dir                    S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   12    19    18    24    23    20    13    13    16


Date          Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24
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            66      96      69     101      65      89      55      80
Temp          71 67 87 93 75 70 92 98 78 66 84 85 66 55 74 78
Dewpt         63 65 65 61 66 67 64 51 57 47 39 36 40 40 36 35
Max/Min RH         95      32      92      20      55      16      56      19
RH            76 94 49 34 74 91 40 21 48 50 20 17 38 56 25 21
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      NE       N       N       N
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0      10       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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