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FOUS54 KCRP 161723
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1223 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024

TXZ245-170900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1223 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024

Date           09/16/24      Tue 09/17/24            Wed 09/18/24            Thu
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                      74          92          75          92          76
Temp          89 84 79 78 76 75 84 90 91 86 79 78 76 75 86 90 90 85 80 79 77 76
Dewpt         75 76 77 76 75 74 78 76 76 77 76 77 76 75 79 78 78 78 78 78 77 76
Max/Min RH                  100          61         100          64         100
RH            65 76 93 93 97 99 82 64 61 75 91 96 97100 80 66 66 78 92 96 99100
Wind Dir      SE  S  S  S SW NW  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       5  4  2  2  2  2  2  4  5  8  4  3  3  2  4  8 10  9  6  4  5  3
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%)     FW FW FW FW FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           5           0          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0        0.01           0           0           0
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines            4     4     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt     3200   700   500  3200  2900  1400  1100  3300  3200  2000  1200
T Wind Dir       SE     S    SW    SE    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd        9     9     5     4    11    12    11     9    12    13    11


Date           09/19Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24
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            93      76      93      74      92      74      91      73      92
Temp          91 88 79 76 90 87 78 75 89 86 78 74 89 85 77 74 89 86
Dewpt         79 78 78 76 78 77 76 74 76 75 75 72 73 73 73 71 73 73
Min/Max RH         65     100      62      98      60      94      56      92      55
RH            69 74 95 99 67 73 92 96 64 68 90 91 61 68 88 90 59 65
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR           20       5      20       5      10      10      20      20      20
Rain Shwrs       IS       IS                      IS IS    IS IS
Tstms            IS       IS

$$

TXZ231-170900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1223 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024

Date           09/16/24      Tue 09/17/24            Wed 09/18/24            Thu
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                      72          97          74          97          75
Temp          95 91 82 77 74 72 83 93 96 91 81 77 76 75 85 94 95 90 80 79 77 76
Dewpt         66 69 74 75 74 72 78 75 73 73 76 76 76 75 79 76 76 76 77 78 77 76
Max/Min RH                  100          48         100          53         100
RH            39 49 78 94100100 84 56 48 55 85 96100100 82 57 53 64 89 97100100
Wind Dir      SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       4  4  2  2  1  1  2  4  5  6  4  4  3  2  4  6  9  9  6  4  4  3
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW
Clouds(%)     FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           5           0          10           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     3     3
Mixing Hgt     6700  1000   600  5500  6700  3500  1300  5500  6900  3100  1500
T Wind Dir       SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd        9    12     5     6    10    14    11    11    13    16    11


Date           09/19Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24
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            98      75      97      74      96      73      96      72      96
Temp          95 91 79 76 94 91 78 74 93 91 78 74 92 90 77 72 92 90
Dewpt         77 77 78 76 77 75 77 74 74 73 74 73 72 70 71 70 71 69
Min/Max RH         52     100      50     100      48     100      45      95      44
RH            57 64 97100 58 60 97100 55 57 89 99 53 52 83 95 51 50
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR           10       0      10       0      10      10      20      10      10
Rain Shwrs                                           IS

$$

TXZ247-170900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1223 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024

Date           09/16/24      Tue 09/17/24            Wed 09/18/24            Thu
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                      78          88          79          89          79
Temp          86 84 82 81 80 78 83 85 87 84 82 81 79 79 84 87 88 84 81 81 80 79
Dewpt         76 76 77 76 76 76 78 77 78 76 76 77 76 76 78 79 78 78 78 78 77 77
Max/Min RH                   94          74          92          74          94
RH            72 79 85 87 90 94 84 78 74 77 84 89 90 90 81 78 74 80 89 89 91 93
Wind Dir      SE  S  S  S SW  W  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       6  6  5  4  3  2  3  5  8  9  8  6  6  5  6  8  9 11 10  8  9  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%)     FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           5           5          10          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines            5     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt     1600   900   900  1700  1700  1700  1600  2300  2200  2100  1800
T Wind Dir       SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd        9    10     6     5    11    14    12    10    11    16    13


Date           09/19Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24
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            89      79      89      79      89      78      88      77      88
Temp          87 85 82 79 86 84 81 79 86 83 80 78 85 84 80 77 85 83
Dewpt         79 78 78 78 79 77 77 76 76 75 75 73 74 73 73 73 74 73
Min/Max RH         74      95      74      91      67      85      65      86      65
RH            77 80 88 95 78 78 88 91 74 75 84 84 69 71 79 86 70 70
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR           10      10      20       5      10      10      20      20      20
Rain Shwrs                IS                      IS IS    IS IS
Tstms                     IS

$$

TXZ234-170900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1223 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024

Date           09/16/24      Tue 09/17/24            Wed 09/18/24            Thu
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                      74          95          75          94          75
Temp          95 89 80 77 76 74 84 92 94 89 79 77 76 75 85 91 93 87 80 78 77 76
Dewpt         69 71 74 75 75 74 77 75 73 74 76 76 75 75 78 76 76 76 77 77 76 76
Max/Min RH                  100          50         100          57         100
RH            43 56 82 94 97100 80 58 50 62 91 97 97 99 80 61 58 71 91 97 98100
Wind Dir      SE  S  S  S SW SW  S SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       3  4  3  2  2  2  2  2  5  6  4  4  2  2  4  6  9  8  5  4  3  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW CL CL CL SC B1 FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%)     FW CL CL CL SC B1 FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0          10           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                     PF PF
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines            4     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt     6300   400   400  5000  6100  1000   400  4700  4600  1800   400
T Wind Dir       SE     S    SW     S    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd        6     9     5     4     8    12     9     9    11    11     9


Date           09/19Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24
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      75      95      74      95      73      94      72      94
Temp          92 89 78 75 92 89 76 74 92 88 76 73 91 87 76 73 90 87
Dewpt         78 78 77 75 76 75 75 74 75 73 74 72 72 72 72 70 72 71
Min/Max RH         58     100      54     100      53      98      51      92      49
RH            63 71 97 99 59 64 97 99 58 61 92 96 54 61 87 91 56 58
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      SE      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR           20       0      20       0      10      10      20      10      20
Rain Shwrs       IS          IS                      IS          IS
Tstms            IS          IS

$$

TXZ241-170900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1223 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024

Date           09/16/24      Tue 09/17/24            Wed 09/18/24            Thu
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                      73          95          75          96          76
Temp          92 88 79 76 75 73 84 92 94 89 81 78 77 75 85 92 94 89 81 79 78 76
Dewpt         69 71 75 75 74 73 77 75 74 75 76 77 76 75 78 76 77 77 78 78 77 76
Max/Min RH                  100          52         100          57         100
RH            48 58 88 97 99100 81 58 52 65 87 96 98100 81 61 57 69 92 95 98 99
Wind Dir      SE SE  S  S  S  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       5  6  2  2  2  1  2  4  6  8  5  4  3  2  5  6  9 10  6  5  4  4
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%)     SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      5          10           0          10           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    SC
Tstms         SC
LAL               2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     3     3
Mixing Hgt     5000  1100   400  4900  5600  2600  1200  5000  5100  2600  1400
T Wind Dir       SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd        9    10     5     6    11    13    10    11    13    14    10


Date           09/19Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24
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            96      76      96      74      96      73      94      72      95
Temp          93 90 79 76 93 90 78 75 92 90 77 74 91 88 76 73 91 89
Dewpt         77 78 78 76 77 76 77 75 74 73 75 73 72 71 72 70 71 70
Min/Max RH         57     100      54     100      50      99      48      92      46
RH            60 68 97100 61 64 96100 56 59 91 98 54 56 85 91 53 54
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR           20       0      20       0      10       5      20      10      20
Rain Shwrs       IS          IS                      IS          IS
Tstms            IS          IS

$$

TXZ229-170900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1223 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024

Date           09/16/24      Tue 09/17/24            Wed 09/18/24            Thu
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                      75          97          77          98          78
Temp          95 91 84 80 77 75 83 92 96 93 85 81 78 77 84 92 97 93 86 82 80 78
Dewpt         66 67 72 73 73 73 74 71 69 70 72 74 74 74 75 72 71 72 74 75 75 75
Max/Min RH                   94          41          91          44          89
RH            39 45 67 79 87 94 74 51 41 47 65 79 88 90 75 52 44 51 68 80 84 89
Wind Dir      SE SE  S SW SW  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       3  4  2  2  2  2  2  4  4  6  6  6  5  4  6  6  6  8  9  8  8  5
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%)     SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR                      0          10           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt     6100   600   600  5200  6800  3400  1000  5900  7200  3800  1600
T Wind Dir       SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd        9    11     6     8    11    14    12    12    13    18    13


Date           09/19Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24
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            99      79      99      77      98      75      97      74      97
Temp          93 95 83 79 94 95 82 77 93 94 81 76 91 92 80 75 92 93
Dewpt         73 72 75 75 72 70 74 74 71 67 71 71 68 66 68 68 66 64
Min/Max RH         41      89      41      91      39      87      38      81      34
RH            52 48 77 87 50 45 77 90 49 42 72 86 47 42 67 80 43 39
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            5       0      10       0       5      10      20      10      10
Rain Shwrs                                           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