Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
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FOUS54 KCRP 211618
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1118 AM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

TXZ245-212100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1118 AM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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                      92          76          92          74          92
Temp                   90 91 86 80 79 78 76 86 90 90 85 79 79 76 75 85 89 91 86
Dewpt                  77 76 76 76 75 74 73 77 75 75 76 76 75 74 74 78 77 76 76
Min/Max RH                   61          93          61          97          62
RH                     66 62 74 88 87 87 89 76 63 63 74 90 90 92 96 80 68 62 73
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE
Wind Spd                6  8  5  5  4  4  4  5  5  6  5  4  2  2  2  3  5  5  4
Wind Gust
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW
Clouds(%)              FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR                      5           0           5           5          30
QPF 12HR                   0.01        0.01        0.02           0           0
Rain Shwrs                                                       SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                                               IS SC IS
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     2
Haines                        5     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 3400  1000   800  4000  3800  2300  1300  3900  3700
T Wind Dir                   SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   13    16    12     9    11    12     8     6     9


Date          Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
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      92      73      92      73      93      71      93
Temp          78 74 89 86 78 74 89 86 77 73 89 87 76 72 89 87
Dewpt         75 74 76 76 75 72 74 75 73 70 73 72 71 68 70 71
Max/Min RH         99      62      97      58      92      54      90      49
RH            91 99 67 74 90 93 62 69 86 90 59 62 85 86 54 59
Pwind Dir          SE       E       E       E      NE      NE      NE      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR           10      30      20      30      20      20      10      20
Rain Shwrs          IS SC    IS SC SC IS IS IS IS       IS IS
Tstms               IS SC    IS SC SC IS       IS          IS

$$

TXZ231-212100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1118 AM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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                      95          73          94          71          95
Temp                   92 93 87 80 77 75 73 83 92 93 88 79 76 73 72 83 92 94 90
Dewpt                  77 75 75 76 76 75 73 77 75 73 74 74 75 73 72 77 74 71 72
Min/Max RH                   54         100          52         100          47
RH                     61 55 69 88 99100100 82 59 52 63 85 97100100 84 56 47 57
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd                6  9 11  6  4  2  2  4  6  8  9  5  2  2  2  2  4  4  6
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%)              SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR                     10           0           5           0          20
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs                                                             IS IS
Tstms                                                                  IS IS
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 5700  2000   600  5200  6100  2400  1000  5800  7700
T Wind Dir                   SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   13    18     9     9    12    13     6     5     8


Date          Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
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      93      71      93      71      94      71      95
Temp          77 72 90 88 77 72 90 88 76 71 90 89 76 71 91 89
Dewpt         75 72 74 72 74 72 72 70 70 68 70 67 68 66 67 65
Max/Min RH        100      52     100      49      92      45      86      40
RH            94100 60 59 90 99 56 55 82 90 52 49 76 84 45 45
Pwind Dir          SE       E       E      NE      NE      NE      NE      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW SC SC FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12HR            0      20      10      30       5      20       5      10
Rain Shwrs             IS          SC          IS
Tstms                  IS          SC          IS

$$

TXZ247-212100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1118 AM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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          79          88          78          88
Temp                   87 88 85 83 82 81 80 85 87 87 83 82 82 80 79 84 85 87 84
Dewpt                  77 76 76 76 76 75 74 76 76 76 75 76 76 75 74 76 77 77 76
Min/Max RH                   67          85          68          87          72
RH                     73 69 75 81 82 82 84 75 71 70 77 82 82 84 87 76 76 72 76
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE
Wind Spd                8 10 10 10 10  9  8  8  8  8  8  8  6  5  4  4  6  6  8
Wind Gust
Clouds                 FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%)              FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      5           5           5          10          30
QPF 12HR                      0        0.01        0.01           0           0
Rain Shwrs                                                       SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                                               IS IS IS
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     2
Haines                        4     4     4     5     5     5     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 2800  1400  1400  3200  3000  2400  1800  2700  2400
T Wind Dir                    E    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   13    18    14    10    11    13    10     6     9


Date          Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
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            78      88      77      89      76      89      76      88
Temp          81 78 86 84 81 78 86 84 80 77 86 84 80 76 85 84
Dewpt         76 75 76 76 75 74 76 75 74 73 74 73 73 71 72 72
Max/Min RH         91      71      90      67      88      62      86      60
RH            85 91 74 76 84 89 73 73 81 87 67 69 79 86 64 66
Pwind Dir          SE       E      SE       E      NE      NE      NE      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR           20      30      20      30      20      20      20      20
Rain Shwrs       IS SC SC    IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms            IS IS SC    IS SC SC IS       IS

$$

TXZ234-212100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1118 AM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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          74          93          73          93
Temp                   92 92 86 79 77 75 74 84 91 91 85 79 76 75 73 83 90 92 87
Dewpt                  74 74 75 75 75 74 74 77 75 74 74 74 75 74 73 77 75 74 75
Min/Max RH                   54         100          58         100          56
RH                     56 56 70 88 94 97100 80 60 58 70 85 97 97100 82 62 56 68
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NE NE  E  E SE
Wind Spd                6 10 10  4  4  3  2  4  6  8  8  4  2  2  2  2  3  5  5
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
Clouds(%)              SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR                      0           0          10           0          40
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.01           0        0.01
Rain Shwrs                                                             SC SC
Tstms                                                                  IS IS
Obvis                              PF PF PF
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 5600   400   400  4900  4800   600   400  5300  6000
T Wind Dir                   SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     E    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   13    11     6     6    11     9     6     4     8


Date          Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
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      93      72      92      72      93      71      92
Temp          77 73 90 87 77 73 89 86 75 72 89 87 75 71 89 86
Dewpt         75 73 74 74 73 71 74 72 70 68 71 69 68 65 68 67
Max/Min RH        100      55      95      54      87      47      82      45
RH            94100 60 65 87 93 61 63 84 87 56 55 79 81 50 53
Pwind Dir          SE       E       E      NE      NE      NE      NE      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            5      30      10      30      10      20       5      10
Rain Shwrs             SC          SC          IS
Tstms                  SC          SC          IS

$$

TXZ241-212100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1118 AM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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          74          93          73          93
Temp                   91 92 87 80 78 76 75 84 91 93 87 79 76 75 73 83 90 93 87
Dewpt                  77 76 76 76 76 75 74 77 75 73 74 75 75 75 73 76 74 73 74
Min/Max RH                   60         100          54         100          53
RH                     65 61 72 88 96 97 99 80 60 54 65 87 97 99100 81 60 53 65
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd                8 10 11  6  4  4  2  4  6  8 10  4  2  2  2  2  4  5  8
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%)              SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR                     20           0          10           0          30
QPF 12HR                   0.07           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs                                                             SC SC
Tstms                                                                  IS IS
Obvis                                    PF
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 4100  1600   500  4400  5100  2100   600  5200  6400
T Wind Dir                   SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   14    14     9     9    12    11     5     6     9


Date          Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
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      93      73      93      73      93      72      93
Temp          77 73 89 87 77 73 89 87 76 73 89 87 76 72 90 88
Dewpt         75 73 74 74 75 73 72 72 72 70 71 69 70 68 68 67
Max/Min RH        100      55     100      51      90      48      89      44
RH            94100 61 65 92100 57 62 87 89 55 55 82 87 48 51
Pwind Dir          SE       E       E       E      NE      NE      NE       N
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            5      30      10      40      10      20      10      20
Rain Shwrs             SC          SC          IS          IS
Tstms                  SC          SC          IS          IS

$$

TXZ229-212100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1118 AM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024

Date             Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon 09/23/24
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                      97          76          97          74          97
Temp                   93 97 92 85 80 78 76 83 91 95 93 85 80 76 75 83 91 96 93
Dewpt                  72 70 71 73 74 74 74 74 71 68 68 71 72 72 72 73 69 65 65
Min/Max RH                   42          94          39          93          36
RH                     51 42 51 67 82 88 94 74 52 42 44 63 77 87 90 72 49 36 40
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd                6  8 11 11  8  6  5  6  6  6  8  8  6  4  3  3  3  4  6
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%)              SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      5           0           0           0          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     5     5
Mixing Hgt                 6800   700  1100  5200  7000  1600  1300  6400  8600
T Wind Dir                   SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     E
T Wind Spd                   12    19    13    10    10    16     9     5     8


Date          Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
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      96      74      93      73      95      72      95
Temp          80 75 91 91 80 74 89 89 78 73 89 90 79 72 91 91
Dewpt         70 71 69 68 70 71 69 66 67 66 65 64 65 64 62 61
Max/Min RH         87      39      91      44      80      37      77      34
RH            72 87 49 47 72 90 52 47 69 79 45 42 62 76 38 37
Pwind Dir          SE       E      SE       E       E      NE      NE      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12HR            0      10      10      20       5      10       5      10
Rain Shwrs                      IS IS
Tstms                           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