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FOUS54 KCRP 161128
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
628 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

TXZ245-162100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
628 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date             Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24
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          83          72          84
Temp             71 78 82 81 78 72 72 72 71 77 82 82 78 73 73 73 73 78 83 83 78
Dewpt            70 73 72 71 71 72 72 72 71 72 72 71 72 72 72 72 71 74 72 70 70
Min/Max RH                   71         100          69          98          66
RH               99 86 73 72 81 99100100100 85 72 69 84 97 95 97 95 87 71 66 76
Wind Dir          S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd         11 11 11 10  9  8  8  8  5  6  8  9  9  6  6  6  5  6  9  9 10
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                                                      PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2600  2500   600   800  2000  2000  1200  1100  2200  2200
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             23    18    18    16    13    17    16    16    14    13


Date          Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24
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      72      84      67      80      62      79
Temp          73 73 83 80 73 72 83 79 72 68 78 74 65 63 78 75
Dewpt         71 71 72 69 71 70 71 70 69 66 64 61 59 58 60 60
Max/Min RH         97      64      96      66      98      58      87      51
RH            93 95 70 71 92 93 68 75 92 93 62 65 83 84 54 61
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE       E       N      NE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5       0       5      20      50      30      20      20
Rain Shwrs                         IS SC SC SC IS    IS IS
Tstms                              IS SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ231-162100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
628 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date             Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24
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          70          90          70          91
Temp             70 78 86 89 84 75 72 72 70 77 87 90 84 75 73 72 70 78 88 91 85
Dewpt            69 70 69 68 69 70 72 71 70 72 69 68 68 71 72 71 70 72 68 66 66
Min/Max RH                   50         100          49         100          43
RH               97 76 56 50 61 84 99 97100 84 55 49 58 86 99 97100 81 51 43 52
Wind Dir         SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd         11 10  8  6 11 10  9  8  6  8  8  9 11  9  8  6  5 10 10  9 13
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5          10          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Obvis                                    PF                PF PF PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           4300  4800  1300  1300  3300  4400  1700  1000  3500  4400
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             16    11    16    12    11    12    16    10    14    14


Date          Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24
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            68      93      69      87      62      76      57      80
Temp          71 69 87 84 71 69 84 81 68 63 74 72 62 57 75 77
Dewpt         70 69 67 65 69 68 68 65 67 63 60 57 57 53 56 57
Max/Min RH        100      43      98      52     100      54      88      44
RH            97100 52 52 93 97 58 58 97100 61 59 84 86 51 49
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      NE      NE      NE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           10       5      10      30      60      30      20      20
Rain Shwrs                         SC NM SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms                              SC SC SC IS    IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ247-162100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
628 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date             Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24
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          71          79          72          79
Temp             72 76 79 78 75 74 73 72 71 76 79 79 75 73 73 73 72 76 79 79 75
Dewpt            72 72 72 72 72 73 72 72 71 72 72 72 73 73 72 72 72 73 72 71 72
Min/Max RH                   80         100          79         100          76
RH              100 88 81 81 90 97 99100100 88 81 80 94 99 97 99100 91 81 77 90
Wind Dir          S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd         12 11 11 11  9 10 10  8  6  6  8  9  9  8  8  8  6  6 10  9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds           OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2
Clouds(%)        OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0          10           5
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  1300   600   600  1200  1200  1100  1200  1400  1700
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             21    18    20    18    13    17    18    18    16    14


Date          Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24
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      80      72      80      68      78      63      76
Temp          73 72 79 76 74 73 80 76 72 69 76 72 66 63 73 72
Dewpt         72 72 72 72 72 72 71 71 70 68 65 63 62 61 60 62
Max/Min RH         99      75      97      74      98      66      93      61
RH            97 99 80 87 95 95 76 85 94 97 71 75 86 92 64 70
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE       E      NE      NE      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5       0       5      20      50      30      20      20
Rain Shwrs                         IS SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms                              IS IS SC IS IS

$$

TXZ234-162100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
628 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date             Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24
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          72          86          72          85
Temp             73 78 82 82 80 74 74 73 73 77 84 85 79 74 74 74 72 77 83 85 80
Dewpt            71 72 72 72 71 72 73 72 71 72 72 70 71 73 73 72 72 73 72 70 70
Min/Max RH                   70         100          61         100          61
RH               93 82 72 72 74 93 97 97 93 85 67 61 77 97 97 93100 87 70 61 72
Wind Dir          S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE  S SE SE
Wind Spd         13 11 14 13 11 10  9  8  6  6 10 11 11  9 10  8  8  9 11 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Obvis                                 PF PF                PF PF PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3400  3500  1000  1000  3300  3300  1400   500  3100  3400
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             20    18    13    11    12    14    13    11    16    13


Date          Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24
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            70      87      70      84      64      74      58      78
Temp          72 71 84 81 72 70 81 79 70 65 71 70 62 58 74 75
Dewpt         72 71 72 69 71 70 71 69 69 65 63 60 57 54 58 60
Max/Min RH        100      59     100      65     100      70      88      52
RH           100100 67 67 97100 72 72 97100 76 71 84 86 57 60
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      NE       N       N      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5       5       5      30      60      30      10      20
Rain Shwrs                         SC SC NM SC IS       IS
Tstms                              SC SC SC IS IS

$$

TXZ241-162100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
628 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date             Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24
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                      93          72          91          72          92
Temp             73 80 89 91 85 76 75 74 73 79 88 90 83 75 74 74 72 79 88 91 84
Dewpt            70 72 69 70 72 72 73 72 71 72 71 70 71 73 73 73 72 73 69 69 70
Min/Max RH                   49          99          52         100          48
RH               92 77 53 51 65 89 94 93 93 81 58 52 67 96 97 97100 84 54 49 64
Wind Dir         SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd         11 12 11 11 12 11  9  8  6  8  9 11 11  9  8  8  6 11 11 11 13
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      0           5           5          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Obvis                                 PF PF                PF PF PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     3     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           4600  5500  1300  1100  3600  3600  1700   800  3300  3600
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             19    16    16    13    12    13    13    10    16    16


Date          Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24
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            70      93      71      89      66      80      60      81
Temp          73 71 89 84 73 71 86 83 71 66 76 74 65 60 76 76
Dewpt         72 71 70 67 72 71 69 68 70 66 63 61 59 56 60 61
Max/Min RH        100      47     100      54     100      56      88      49
RH            97100 55 58 97 99 58 62 97100 65 64 83 87 58 59
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      NE      NE      NE      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 FW SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           10       5       5      20      50      30      20      20
Rain Shwrs                         IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms                              IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ229-162100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
628 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date             Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24
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          95          75          98
Temp             73 78 85 92 91 82 77 76 75 79 88 94 92 83 78 76 75 80 90 96 92
Dewpt            69 69 69 67 66 71 71 71 71 72 72 69 67 71 71 71 71 71 69 67 67
Min/Max RH                   41          90          42          88          39
RH               87 74 59 44 44 69 82 85 87 79 59 44 44 67 79 85 87 74 50 39 44
Wind Dir          E  E NE NE  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd          5  4  5  5  6 10 10  6  5  6  5  6  9 11 10  6  8  8  8  8 11
Wind Gust
Clouds           B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%)        B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                      0           5          10          10          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.07        0.09
Rain Shwrs                                                             IS IS
Tstms                                                                     IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3700  4600   800   900  3500  4500  1400   900  4400  5500
T Wind Dir              E    NE    SE    SE     E     E    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd              6     8    13     9     8    10    14    10    12    12


Date          Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24
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      97      71      89      66      79      61      82
Temp          76 71 89 91 74 71 84 84 71 66 75 76 65 61 74 81
Dewpt         69 69 67 65 67 68 68 66 66 62 59 56 56 54 55 55
Max/Min RH         94      37      90      50      90      48      78      40
RH            79 93 48 42 79 90 59 55 84 87 58 50 73 78 51 41
Pwind Dir           E       E       E       E      NE      NE      NE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           10      10      20      40      60      30      20      20
Rain Shwrs                IS    IS SC NM SC SC IS IS    IS
Tstms                     IS    IS SC 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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