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FOUS54 KCRP 170803
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
303 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

TXZ245-172100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
303 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

Date             Mon 06/17/24            Tue 06/18/24            Wed 06/19/24
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          78          90          78          88
Temp          81 81 89 91 92 87 82 82 80 79 88 89 88 83 81 81 80 81 86 87 87 85
Dewpt         76 77 78 78 77 77 76 76 76 75 77 77 78 76 77 76 77 78 80 80 80 80
Min/Max RH                   63          90          69          92          80
RH            85 88 71 66 63 71 81 81 87 88 71 69 73 80 87 85 90 91 83 81 80 84
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd      10  9 11 12 13 13 14 12 11 11 13 16 17 13 12 10 10 10 13 13 13 13
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV
Clouds(%)     FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV
PoP 12HR                     60          40          70          70          90
QPF 12HR                   0.11        0.05        0.28        2.85        2.16
Rain Shwrs    SC SC NM SC NM SC    IS SC NM NM NM NM NM NM  O  O  O  O  O  O  O
Tstms         SC SC SC SC NM SC    IS SC SC SC SC SC SC NM SC SC NM SC NM  O  O
Obvis             H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H
LAL                     3     4     2     3     3     3     4     3     4     5
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           3400  3400  1100  1100  4000  3800  2200  1600  2200  2700
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     E     E     E     E     E     E     E
T Wind Spd             17    20    24    17    24    29    26    26    31    31


Date          Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24
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      89      77      90      77      92      77      92
Temp          82 80 88 87 81 78 88 87 81 78 90 88 81 78 90 89
Dewpt         78 78 80 78 77 76 79 77 77 77 79 78 78 78 79 79
Max/Min RH         95      73      97      69      96      65      99      68
RH            90 93 79 76 90 96 74 73 88 96 71 73 91 99 71 73
Pwind Dir           E       E       E       E       E       E       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           90      90      50      70      30      50      30      50
Rain Shwrs     O  O  O  O SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms          O NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC IS IS IS SC

$$

TXZ231-172100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
303 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

Date             Mon 06/17/24            Tue 06/18/24            Wed 06/19/24
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                      98          76          95          73          84
Temp          79 77 87 95 97 92 82 80 78 76 86 92 93 85 80 78 75 75 77 80 83 80
Dewpt         75 75 75 74 72 73 75 74 74 74 75 73 73 73 73 73 72 73 75 77 78 78
Min/Max RH                   45          94          50          94          84
RH            90 94 68 50 45 54 78 84 89 94 71 54 52 67 79 85 90 94 94 91 84 94
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind Spd       6  4  9 11 12 17 13 10  6  5 10 12 14 14 11  8  9 11 12 13 14 13
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
Clouds(%)     FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12HR                     10           5          30          40          80
QPF 12HR                   0.04           0        0.04        0.78        1.71
Rain Shwrs                               SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC NM NM  O  O  O
Tstms                                       IS SC SC IS IS IS SC IS SC NM NM NM
Obvis                   H  H  H  H  H  H
LAL                     1     1     1     1     2     3     2     2     3     4
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           5700  6600  3400  1900  5600  5800  3100  2300  1900  2400
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     E     E     E    NE    NE    NE    NE
T Wind Spd             16    20    24    13    17    25    25    23    23    21


Date          Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24
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      87      74      89      73      91      74      93
Temp          78 77 84 83 77 74 86 85 76 74 88 87 78 74 89 88
Dewpt         78 76 80 78 77 74 79 77 76 74 77 77 76 74 78 78
Max/Min RH        100      79     100      72     100      65     100      62
RH           100 97 88 87100100 79 77100100 70 74 94100 69 71
Pwind Dir           E       E       E       E       E       E       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           80      80      40      60      10      40      10      40
Rain Shwrs     O  O  O NM SC SC NM SC       SC SC       SC SC
Tstms         NM SC SC SC SC SC IS SC       IS SC          SC

$$

TXZ247-172100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
303 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

Date             Mon 06/17/24            Tue 06/18/24            Wed 06/19/24
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          81          89          78          88
Temp          84 83 87 89 90 86 84 83 83 82 87 88 87 83 82 81 81 81 85 86 88 85
Dewpt         76 77 78 78 77 77 77 76 76 76 77 78 78 77 77 77 77 78 80 80 80 80
Min/Max RH                   67          85          72          93          78
RH            79 83 75 70 67 74 80 80 81 82 73 73 74 82 87 90 90 93 84 83 78 85
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd      13 12 12 13 16 17 18 16 14 14 17 19 21 18 18 16 17 17 18 18 19 19
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
Clouds(%)     FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12HR                     60          50          70          80          90
QPF 12HR                   0.12        0.04        0.44        3.14        2.35
Rain Shwrs    SC SC NM NM NM SC IS IS SC NM NM NM NM NM NM  O  O  O  O  O  O  O
Tstms         SC SC SC NM NM SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM NM NM SC NM  O  O
Obvis             H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H
LAL                     3     4     2     3     3     3     4     4     4     5
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           3000  3000  2500  2200  3600  3300  2800  2500  2900  3000
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     E     E    NE     E     E     E     E
T Wind Spd             19    20    27    23    27    34    34    32    35    31


Date          Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24
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            81      88      80      89      81      90      81      90
Temp          84 83 87 86 82 81 87 86 83 82 88 87 83 82 89 87
Dewpt         79 79 80 78 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 79 78
Max/Min RH         91      74      90      71      87      67      89      71
RH            85 90 79 78 85 88 74 75 81 87 72 74 84 88 74 75
Pwind Dir           E       E       E       E       E       E       E       E
Wind Char         15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           90      90      70      70      40      60      30      50
Rain Shwrs     O  O  O  O NM NM NM SC SC SC NM SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms          O NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC IS IS IS SC

$$

TXZ234-172100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
303 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

Date             Mon 06/17/24            Tue 06/18/24            Wed 06/19/24
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          88          74          81
Temp          79 78 85 89 90 86 80 79 78 76 85 85 84 81 77 76 75 75 78 79 81 80
Dewpt         76 75 78 77 77 77 75 75 75 75 77 76 76 75 74 74 74 74 77 79 80 80
Min/Max RH                   66          97          74          97          96
RH            91 91 80 68 66 75 85 88 91 97 77 75 77 82 90 94 97 97 97100 97100
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E
Wind Spd       6  5 10 11 14 16 11 10  8  6 12 14 16 14 13 11 11 12 13 14 16 14
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2
Clouds(%)     SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12HR                     50          10          50          60          90
QPF 12HR                   0.34        0.07        0.24        1.91        2.22
Rain Shwrs          SC SC SC             SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM  O  O  O  O  O
Tstms               SC SC SC             IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM NM
Obvis             H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H
LAL                     3     2     1     1     3     3     3     3     3     4
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           3800  4000  1600   600  4400  4200  2600   800  2000  2100
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     E     E     E    NE    NE    NE     E
T Wind Spd             14    20    17    11    20    26    23    21    23    25


Date          Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24
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      85      75      87      74      89      75      90
Temp          79 77 83 83 77 75 84 85 76 75 86 86 78 76 87 87
Dewpt         78 77 81 79 77 75 80 79 76 75 79 78 77 76 80 79
Max/Min RH        100      88     100      80     100      72     100      75
RH            97100 94 88100100 88 82100100 80 77 97100 80 77
Pwind Dir           E       E       E       E       E       E       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           80      80      30      60      10      40      10      50
Rain Shwrs     O NM  O NM SC SC NM SC       SC SC       SC SC
Tstms         NM SC SC NM SC SC SC SC       IS SC       IS SC

$$

TXZ241-172100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
303 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

Date             Mon 06/17/24            Tue 06/18/24            Wed 06/19/24
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          93          75          84
Temp          79 78 88 94 96 91 82 80 78 77 86 91 90 84 81 79 77 77 79 82 83 81
Dewpt         76 75 76 75 74 74 75 75 74 75 75 75 75 75 75 74 74 74 76 78 79 79
Min/Max RH                   50          92          59          93          86
RH            90 93 68 55 50 59 79 84 88 92 71 60 62 76 81 84 89 92 93 90 87 94
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  N NE NE NE NE  E
Wind Spd       6  5  9 11 16 16 12 10  6  5 11 12 16 13 11  9  9 10 11 13 16 13
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
Clouds(%)     SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12HR                     20          10          50          50          90
QPF 12HR                   0.07           0        0.22        1.12        1.78
Rain Shwrs             IS                SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC  O  O  O  O  O
Tstms                  IS                   SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM NM
Obvis                   H  H  H  H  H  H
LAL                     2     1     1     1     2     3     3     3     3     4
Haines                  4     4     3     4     4     4     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           4900  6400  3100  1500  5500  5100  2700  1900  2100  2600
T Wind Dir             SE     E     E     E     E    NE    NE    NE    NE    NE
T Wind Spd             16    20    23    12    18    26    25    20    21    23


Date          Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24
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            77      86      75      89      75      90      76      91
Temp          79 78 83 83 78 76 86 85 78 75 87 86 78 76 88 87
Dewpt         77 77 80 79 77 75 79 78 76 75 78 77 77 76 79 78
Max/Min RH         97      85      99      75     100      69     100      69
RH            96 96 91 88 96 99 80 80 96100 75 75 96100 75 75
Pwind Dir           E       E       E       E       E       E       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           90      90      50      70      20      50      20      50
Rain Shwrs     O  O  O  O SC SC NM NM IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms         NM NM SC NM SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC IS    IS SC

$$

TXZ229-172100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
303 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

Date             Mon 06/17/24            Tue 06/18/24            Wed 06/19/24
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                     102          79          99          78          87
Temp          81 79 88 96102 98 87 83 81 79 86 93 97 93 85 82 79 79 81 83 85 82
Dewpt         74 74 73 69 67 68 72 73 73 73 73 70 68 68 71 71 71 71 72 72 73 73
Min/Max RH                   32          82          39          77          67
RH            79 85 61 42 32 38 61 72 77 82 65 47 39 44 63 69 77 77 74 70 67 74
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind Spd      10  6  9 11 14 16 17 12 10  6  9 11 13 14 11  8  9  9 11 12 14 14
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC SC SC SC FW FW CL SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2
Clouds(%)     SC SC SC SC FW FW CL SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2
PoP 12HR                      0           0          10          10          60
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.96
Rain Shwrs                                                       SC SC NM NM NM
Tstms                                                               IS SC SC SC
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     3
Haines                  5     5     4     4     4     4     4     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           6500  8000  2000  2000  5800  6800  4300  2400  2600  2500
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     E     E    NE    NE    NE
T Wind Spd             16    18    26    16    13    19    25    19    23    26


Date          Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24
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            77      88      77      92      76      94      76      95
Temp          79 78 84 84 79 77 87 88 79 76 88 91 80 76 89 94
Dewpt         75 75 77 77 75 75 75 74 75 75 74 73 75 75 74 73
Max/Min RH         91      70      94      58      97      50      97      49
RH            88 91 80 80 88 94 68 63 88 97 63 56 85 97 61 51
Pwind Dir          NE       E       E       E       E       E       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           80      80      50      40      10      20       5      20
Rain Shwrs    NM  O  O NM SC SC SC SC          IS          IS
Tstms         SC SC SC SC SC SC IS 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