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FOUS54 KCRP 142013
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
313 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

TXZ245-150900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
313 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Date           04/14/24      Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed
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                      67          80          69          83          69
Temp          80 75 70 70 69 69 75 79 79 76 70 71 70 71 77 82 82 78 72 72 71 70
Dewpt         68 67 69 68 68 68 71 71 70 69 70 70 70 71 73 72 70 71 72 72 71 70
Max/Min RH                  100          72         100          67         100
RH            66 76 95 93 97 95 87 76 74 81 99 97100100 86 71 67 81 99 99 99100
Wind Dir      SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd      11 10  8  8  8  6  8 11 13 13 11 11 11  9 10 11 11  9  8  8  6  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12HR                      5           0           0          10           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1000  1100  2000  2200  1500  1300  2700  2700  1300  1100
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             18    18    19    24    23    20    20    18    17    13


Date           04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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            84      69      84      71      82      71      82      67      79
Temp          83 77 71 69 82 79 72 71 81 78 72 71 81 77 70 67 77 74
Dewpt         71 71 71 69 72 70 71 70 71 69 70 69 70 69 69 66 65 63
Min/Max RH         66     100      66      98      65     100      66      99      63
RH            68 82100100 72 74 97 95 72 75 95 93 69 76 97 95 68 70
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            5      10      10       5       5       5      20      40      40
Rain Shwrs                                           IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                                IS SC SC SC SC

$$

TXZ231-150900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
313 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Date           04/14/24      Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed
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                      67          88          69          89          70
Temp          87 82 72 70 70 69 75 85 86 81 72 71 70 70 78 86 89 85 75 72 71 70
Dewpt         65 65 66 67 67 67 68 68 68 67 68 68 68 68 69 67 66 67 70 71 71 70
Max/Min RH                   97          53          96          46         100
RH            47 57 81 90 92 93 79 57 54 63 87 90 93 93 74 53 46 55 84 97100100
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd      11 14 13 11 11  8 11 14 17 17 18 17 12  8 10  8  5  9 10  9  8  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
Clouds(%)     SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12HR                      5           0           0          10           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2000  1500  3000  3700  2000  1000  3900  3700  1800  1300
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             21    17    20    25    25    17    12    10    13    11


Date           04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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            90      69      89      69      89      69      87      64      77
Temp          85 84 72 70 86 84 71 69 86 85 72 70 84 83 70 64 74 74
Dewpt         69 66 71 70 68 65 69 68 68 65 68 67 66 65 67 62 61 58
Min/Max RH         46     100      48      98      48      92      49      97      54
RH            59 55 97100 55 53 95 97 54 52 87 90 54 54 92 93 63 58
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR            5      10      20      10       5      10      30      50      40
Rain Shwrs                   IS                      SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms                        IS                      SC SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ247-150900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
313 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Date           04/14/24      Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed
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                      70          78          70          79          71
Temp          77 73 71 71 71 71 74 77 77 74 71 72 72 72 76 79 78 75 73 73 72 71
Dewpt         68 69 69 69 69 69 71 71 71 71 71 71 72 71 72 72 71 72 72 72 72 71
Max/Min RH                   97          79         100          76         100
RH            75 86 94 93 95 95 90 82 82 89 99 99100 99 88 80 78 89 99 99100100
Wind Dir      SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd      11 11 10 10  9  8  9 11 13 14 13 13 13 10  9 10 11  9  9  9  8  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
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                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1100  1600  1500  1600  1500  1500  2000  1900  1000  1300
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE     S     S
T Wind Spd             20    20    19    24    25    23    19    18    19    17


Date           04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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            79      71      79      72      80      73      79      69      77
Temp          78 75 73 71 79 76 73 72 79 75 73 73 78 76 72 69 75 72
Dewpt         72 71 72 71 72 71 72 71 71 71 71 70 70 70 70 68 66 65
Min/Max RH         76     100      76      98      76      94      75      98      70
RH            81 89 97100 81 86 95 95 78 89 92 90 77 83 93 95 75 79
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            5      10      10       5       5       5      20      40      40
Rain Shwrs                                           IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                                IS SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ234-150900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
313 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Date           04/14/24      Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed
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                      69          81          70          83          72
Temp          81 78 71 71 70 69 74 79 80 77 72 72 72 72 77 82 83 80 74 74 73 73
Dewpt         67 67 68 68 68 68 70 71 70 69 70 70 71 71 72 72 71 71 72 73 72 72
Max/Min RH                   97          72          98          67          98
RH            63 69 90 90 93 97 87 77 72 76 93 93 97 97 85 72 67 74 93 97 97 97
Wind Dir       S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd      14 13 11 10 10  9 11 14 17 14 13 14 14 12 13 14 13 11 10 10  9  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
Clouds(%)     SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
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                  4     4     4     4     4     4     3     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1400  1100  2700  3000  1500  1100  4100  4200  1700   600
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             17    14    18    23    20    18    20    18    14    12


Date           04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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            85      71      85      70      85      70      84      65      75
Temp          84 80 73 71 82 81 72 70 83 81 71 70 81 79 70 65 73 72
Dewpt         72 70 72 71 71 69 72 70 71 69 70 69 69 68 69 64 65 62
Min/Max RH         61     100      61     100      63     100      61     100      68
RH            67 72 97100 69 67100100 67 67 97 97 67 69 97 97 76 71
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR            5      10      10       5       5       5      20      40      40
Rain Shwrs                                           IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                                IS SC SC SC SC

$$

TXZ241-150900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
313 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Date           04/14/24      Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed
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                      69          89          71          93          72
Temp          87 79 73 72 71 70 77 86 87 81 75 73 73 73 80 89 92 85 77 75 74 73
Dewpt         68 68 69 69 68 68 70 70 70 70 71 70 70 70 71 69 69 71 72 73 72 72
Max/Min RH                   95          56          94          47          98
RH            54 68 89 90 90 94 78 60 58 71 87 89 92 92 75 52 47 63 86 92 95 97
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd      14 16 14 11 11  9 12 16 19 19 17 16 14 11 12 11  9 12 11  9  8  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
Clouds(%)     B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
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                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1800  1500  3300  3700  1600  1100  5200  4900  1700  1300
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             20    17    20    25    24    17    19    14    16    12


Date           04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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            91      71      91      70      90      71      89      67      78
Temp          87 83 74 72 87 83 72 70 87 84 73 71 86 82 73 67 75 73
Dewpt         70 70 73 71 70 68 71 70 70 68 71 70 68 68 70 66 64 62
Min/Max RH         51      99      48     100      52      96      51      96      61
RH            58 64 97 99 57 60 95100 58 60 92 95 56 62 90 95 68 69
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            5      10      10       5       5      10      20      40      40
Rain Shwrs                                           IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                                IS SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ229-150900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
313 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Date           04/14/24      Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed
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                      71          94          72          95          73
Temp          92 92 80 74 72 72 76 87 93 92 81 76 74 73 80 87 93 94 84 78 76 73
Dewpt         63 62 68 67 67 68 68 68 67 66 70 69 68 68 69 65 59 57 65 68 70 70
Max/Min RH                   90          40          85          28          90
RH            38 37 67 79 84 87 76 53 43 43 69 79 82 84 69 48 32 29 53 71 82 90
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE NE  N NE  E SE SE SE  E
Wind Spd      10 11 14 12 11  9 11 12 14 17 17 14 12  8  5  6  6  6  9  9  6  5
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     5     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt           1000  1800  3600  4800  1300  1600  4300  5300  2400  1000
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    NE    NE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             19    16    18    23    21    16     8     9    13    10


Date           04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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            95      71      94      70      93      71      90      65      79
Temp          89 92 76 72 86 91 74 71 87 88 73 71 84 85 71 66 74 75
Dewpt         69 64 68 69 69 64 67 68 66 64 67 67 65 63 64 61 58 55
Min/Max RH         37      93      38      91      41      87      44      85      46
RH            52 40 76 90 57 41 79 90 50 45 81 87 53 48 79 84 57 50
Pwind Dir           E      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      SE       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            5      10      20      10       5      20      30      50      40
Rain Shwrs                   IS             IS       SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms                        IS             IS       IS SC SC IS IS

$$

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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