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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
547 AM CDT Fri Sep 27 2024

TXZ245-272100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
547 AM CDT Fri Sep 27 2024

Date             Fri 09/27/24            Sat 09/28/24            Sun 09/29/24
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          68          94          68          94
Temp             66 79 87 89 84 75 74 70 69 81 91 93 86 79 75 72 69 82 90 92 85
Dewpt            61 64 61 61 64 67 67 66 63 66 62 62 66 67 68 66 62 66 62 62 67
Min/Max RH                   39          89          35          82          37
RH               83 61 42 40 52 75 80 86 81 60 39 36 51 68 78 81 78 58 40 38 54
Wind Dir         NW NW  N  W  S  S  W  W NW NW  N  E SE  S SW NW NW  N  N SE SE
Wind Spd          2  3  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  4  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  3  3
Wind Gust
Clouds           CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%)        CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW 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                  5     5     5     5     5     5     5     5     6     6
Mixing Hgt           5300  5900   500   400  4200  4500   600   400  4000  4600
T Wind Dir              N    NW     S     W    NW    NE    SW    NW     N    NE
T Wind Spd              5     9     9     8     6     6     9     6     6     9


Date          Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24Wed 10/02/24Thu 10/03/24
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            70      94      72      94      71      92      72      91
Temp          76 71 90 85 76 72 90 85 76 72 88 84 75 72 87 83
Dewpt         69 68 69 71 72 70 69 71 71 68 70 71 71 68 70 71
Max/Min RH         90      48      92      49      89      52      88      56
RH            81 89 51 64 86 92 51 63 85 86 55 65 86 86 57 67
Pwind Dir           S       S       S      NE       E       E       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       5       5      10      10      20
Rain Shwrs                                              IS SC
Tstms                                                      IS

$$

TXZ231-272100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
547 AM CDT Fri Sep 27 2024

Date             Fri 09/27/24            Sat 09/28/24            Sun 09/29/24
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          65          96          65          98
Temp             63 78 90 92 89 78 72 67 65 81 92 95 90 79 73 69 66 81 93 95 89
Dewpt            56 61 58 55 57 57 60 60 58 62 58 56 57 58 60 59 57 61 58 55 57
Min/Max RH                   28          80          27          75          26
RH               80 55 34 29 34 49 66 78 78 53 32 27 33 49 64 70 73 52 31 26 34
Wind Dir          N NW  N  N  N  S SE NE  N  N  N  N NE SE SE NW  N NE  N  N NE
Wind Spd          2  2  4  3  1  1  1  1  2  2  4  3  1  1  1  2  2  2  4  2  1
Wind Gust
Clouds           CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL
Clouds(%)        CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL
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     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6
Mixing Hgt           5700  7100   700   500  5700  6600   400   500  5900  8000
T Wind Dir              N     N    SE     S     N     N    SE    NE    NE     N
T Wind Spd              5     8     6     5     5     8    10     4     5     8


Date          Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24Wed 10/02/24Thu 10/03/24
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      98      67      97      68      95      66      94
Temp          72 67 93 91 74 67 93 90 73 69 91 87 73 67 89 87
Dewpt         62 63 62 59 68 67 64 62 67 65 65 63 69 67 68 66
Max/Min RH         87      28     100      31      90      37     100      42
RH            71 87 36 35 82100 38 40 81 87 43 45 87100 49 51
Pwind Dir          SE       E      SE      NE      SE       E      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       5       5      20
Rain Shwrs                                                 IS
Tstms                                                      IS

$$

TXZ247-272100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
547 AM CDT Fri Sep 27 2024

Date             Fri 09/27/24            Sat 09/28/24            Sun 09/29/24
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          75          89          75          89
Temp             74 79 84 85 82 80 79 77 75 81 87 89 85 82 81 78 76 82 86 87 83
Dewpt            65 66 63 63 65 67 68 69 68 68 65 65 67 69 69 69 67 68 66 66 68
Min/Max RH                   47          79          45          76          49
RH               74 64 50 47 56 65 70 76 78 65 49 46 55 65 68 74 75 64 52 50 60
Wind Dir         NW NW NW  S  S  S  W  W NW NW  N SE  S  S SW  W NW  N NE SE SE
Wind Spd          5  4  4  4  5  5  4  5  5  5  4  4  5  4  3  4  5  5  4  5  5
Wind Gust
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%)        FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW 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                  5     5     5     5     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt           3300  3400   900   700  2800  2300  1000   900  2300  2100
T Wind Dir             NW    SW     S     W    NW    NE     S     W     N    SE
T Wind Spd              6     8    10     9     6     6     9     6     6     9
Coast Flood       Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date          Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24Wed 10/02/24Thu 10/03/24
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            76      89      77      89      77      88      77      87
Temp          81 77 85 83 80 78 86 83 80 77 85 82 79 77 84 81
Dewpt         70 71 72 71 72 72 72 71 72 70 71 71 72 70 72 72
Max/Min RH         82      62      82      59      81      63      80      65
RH            69 82 64 67 76 82 63 68 76 79 64 69 78 78 67 73
Pwind Dir           S       S      SE      NE       E      NE       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       5       5      10      20      30
Rain Shwrs                                           IS IS SC
Tstms                                                   IS IS

$$

TXZ234-272100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
547 AM CDT Fri Sep 27 2024

Date             Fri 09/27/24            Sat 09/28/24            Sun 09/29/24
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          64          96          65          96
Temp             62 78 88 92 87 74 69 66 64 81 91 94 88 77 72 68 66 80 91 94 87
Dewpt            56 61 58 57 58 60 60 57 56 61 59 58 60 60 60 58 56 60 58 56 59
Min/Max RH                   31          75          30          72          28
RH               81 56 36 31 38 62 73 73 75 51 34 30 39 56 66 70 70 51 33 28 39
Wind Dir         NW NW  N  N  N  E  N NW NW  N  N  N NE SE NW NW  N  N  N  N  E
Wind Spd          2  2  4  4  2  2  2  2  3  4  4  4  2  2  2  2  4  4  4  4  2
Wind Gust
Clouds           CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL
Clouds(%)        CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL
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     6     6     6     6     6     6     5     6     6
Mixing Hgt           6000  7000   400   400  5100  6400   500   400  5600  7600
T Wind Dir              N     N    SE    NW     N    NE     E     N     N    NE
T Wind Spd              6     9     5     4     5     9     8     6     6     6


Date          Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24Wed 10/02/24Thu 10/03/24
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      97      69      96      70      95      68      92
Temp          72 68 92 87 73 70 93 87 73 70 90 85 73 69 88 83
Dewpt         64 63 63 66 70 67 67 66 69 66 67 66 69 67 68 69
Max/Min RH         86      32      94      37      89      42      96      49
RH            76 84 38 50 90 90 43 50 87 87 47 53 87 93 52 63
Pwind Dir           S       N       S      NE      SE       E      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       5       5      20
Rain Shwrs                                                 IS
Tstms                                                      IS

$$

TXZ241-272100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
547 AM CDT Fri Sep 27 2024

Date             Fri 09/27/24            Sat 09/28/24            Sun 09/29/24
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          67          95          68          96
Temp             66 79 88 92 88 76 71 69 68 81 91 95 89 77 73 70 68 81 91 94 89
Dewpt            61 64 59 56 59 64 64 63 63 66 60 58 61 64 65 63 62 64 61 58 61
Min/Max RH                   31          86          30          83          30
RH               86 60 37 31 39 66 79 81 84 59 36 30 39 64 75 78 81 57 37 30 39
Wind Dir         NW NW  N  N NE  S SW  W NW NW  N  N  E SE  S  W NW  N  N  N  E
Wind Spd          2  2  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  1  2  2  2  3  2  3  2  2
Wind Gust
Clouds           CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
Clouds(%)        CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW 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     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6
Mixing Hgt           5900  7000   800   400  5600  6200   400   400  5400  7700
T Wind Dir             NW     N     S    SW    NW     N    SE     W    NW    NE
T Wind Spd              5     6     9     8     5     6     9     6     5     6


Date          Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24Wed 10/02/24Thu 10/03/24
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            69      96      69      95      69      93      69      92
Temp          73 69 91 89 74 70 90 87 73 70 89 85 73 70 88 85
Dewpt         67 65 64 64 70 68 66 65 70 67 67 66 70 69 69 69
Max/Min RH         89      33      95      37      94      43      98      49
RH            80 87 41 45 87 92 45 49 89 90 49 54 89 97 54 59
Pwind Dir           S      SE       S      NE       S      NE      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       5       0      10       5      20
Rain Shwrs                                                 IS
Tstms                                                      IS

$$

TXZ229-272100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
547 AM CDT Fri Sep 27 2024

Date             Fri 09/27/24            Sat 09/28/24            Sun 09/29/24
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          67          97          68          98
Temp             66 78 88 93 89 80 75 70 68 80 92 96 92 82 76 71 68 81 91 95 91
Dewpt            55 57 54 52 54 54 55 55 55 57 54 52 53 53 54 55 54 56 53 50 50
Min/Max RH                   25          65          23          62          22
RH               68 48 31 25 30 41 50 59 63 45 28 23 27 37 46 57 61 42 28 22 25
Wind Dir         NE  E  N  N  N  W NE NE NE NE  N  N NE  E NE NE  N NE  N  N NE
Wind Spd          2  2  2  2  1  1  1  2  3  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  4  3  2  2  2
Wind Gust
Clouds           CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL
Clouds(%)        CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL
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     6     6     5     6     6     6     6     6     6
Mixing Hgt           5300  6900   500   500  6200  7300   500   400  6000  8400
T Wind Dir              E     N    NW    NE    NE     N    NE    NE    NE    NE
T Wind Spd              5     6     6     8     8     8    10     9     8     8


Date          Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24Wed 10/02/24Thu 10/03/24
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            68      99      69      98      70      97      69      96
Temp          75 68 92 93 77 70 93 92 78 70 90 91 77 70 89 90
Dewpt         54 55 57 53 58 61 57 53 60 61 59 57 63 64 63 60
Max/Min RH         64      23      76      23      74      29      82      33
RH            48 63 31 26 52 73 30 27 54 73 35 32 62 81 42 37
Pwind Dir           E       E      SE       E       E       E      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       5       0      10

$$

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