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FOUS54 KCRP 231958
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 PM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

TXZ245-240900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 PM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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          83          72          83          71
Temp          77 75 72 72 72 73 80 83 82 78 73 74 73 73 78 83 82 78 72 72 72 72
Dewpt         68 69 69 69 70 69 72 72 71 71 71 71 71 70 73 73 71 71 72 71 71 71
Max/Min RH                   94          67          95          68         100
RH            75 84 91 89 92 89 77 70 70 79 94 90 92 90 86 72 69 81 99 99 95 95
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind Spd       9  8  8  6  6  4  6  8  9  9  8  8  6  6  8 11 14 12 11 11 10 12
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            900   800  2700  2800  1500  1300  3000  2900  1900  1600
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             16    13    13    16    18    18    20    25    23    21


Date           04/26Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24
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            83      71      85      71      86      71      86      71      85
Temp          82 79 73 71 85 80 73 72 84 81 74 72 84 81 73 71 85 80
Dewpt         72 71 73 71 73 73 73 71 73 73 74 72 73 72 73 71 73 71
Min/Max RH         67     100      66      99      66     100      64     100      66
RH            73 77 99100 68 81 99 99 70 78100100 70 76100100 69 76
Pwind Dir           S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5       0       0       0      10      10      20      10      10
Rain Shwrs                                           IS
Tstms                                                IS

$$

TXZ231-240900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 PM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      67          86          68          89          70
Temp          78 77 70 70 69 69 76 83 85 82 73 71 70 69 76 85 88 83 74 72 72 72
Dewpt         66 66 68 68 68 68 71 69 69 67 69 70 69 69 70 69 68 67 68 70 70 69
Max/Min RH                  100          54         100          52          94
RH            68 70 93 96 99 97 84 62 58 61 87 97 97100 82 58 52 59 82 93 92 90
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd      10 11 10  9  8  6  8 10 11 14 11 10 10  9 12 14 17 17 16 14 14 13
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1500   800  3400  4000  1200  1000  4100  4400  2300  2100
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             17    13    14    18    19    16    20    26    24    19


Date           04/26Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24
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      71      92      72      89      71      91      70      90
Temp          86 84 73 71 89 87 75 72 86 87 73 71 88 86 73 70 87 86
Dewpt         68 69 71 70 68 69 71 70 69 69 72 71 69 67 72 70 68 67
Min/Max RH         52      98      45      94      49     100      48     100      46
RH            55 61 93 97 49 55 89 93 57 55 97100 54 53 97100 53 53
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 SC B1 B1 FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           10       0       0       5      10      10      20      10      10
Rain Shwrs                                           IS
Tstms                                                IS

$$

TXZ247-240900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 PM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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          80          73          80          72
Temp          76 74 73 73 73 73 77 79 79 75 73 73 73 73 76 79 79 75 73 73 73 73
Dewpt         68 70 70 70 70 70 71 72 72 72 72 71 71 72 73 73 72 73 72 72 72 72
Max/Min RH                   94          77          96          79          99
RH            78 88 92 91 90 92 82 80 80 89 95 93 93 95 91 83 79 92 97 95 97 99
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S
Wind Spd      10  9  8  6  8  6  6  8 10 10 10  9  9  9 10 11 13 13 13 13 12 14
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1100  1300  1900  1900  1300  1300  2000  1900  1800  2200
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             18    17    13    16    20    20    20    23    24    25


Date           04/26Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24
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            80      73      82      74      82      73      82      73      82
Temp          80 76 74 73 81 78 75 74 81 78 75 73 81 78 74 73 81 78
Dewpt         73 73 73 73 74 74 73 72 74 74 74 73 74 74 74 73 73 73
Min/Max RH         77     100      76      98      78     100      75     100      76
RH            80 89 97 99 80 88 96 95 81 89 99100 81 87 99100 77 85
Pwind Dir           S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5       0       0       0      10      10      20      10      10
Rain Shwrs                                           IS
Tstms                                                IS

$$

TXZ234-240900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 PM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      68          83          70          83          71
Temp          77 75 70 70 69 70 76 81 82 79 73 72 70 72 77 81 83 79 74 73 73 73
Dewpt         64 66 67 69 69 69 71 71 71 70 70 71 70 70 72 72 71 70 71 71 71 70
Max/Min RH                  100          67         100          67          94
RH            64 74 89 98100 97 85 72 69 74 90 97100 93 85 74 67 74 90 93 93 90
Wind Dir       S SE SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S
Wind Spd      11 11  8  8  6  5  8 10 12 12 10  9  9  8 11 16 17 16 14 13 14 14
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt            800   600  3400  3800   900   800  3500  3700  1800  1400
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S     S    SE     S
T Wind Spd             12    11    12    16    16    14    20    24    19    19


Date           04/26Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24
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            84      73      86      72      87      72      87      71      86
Temp          82 80 75 73 85 82 75 73 85 82 75 73 84 83 74 71 85 82
Dewpt         71 71 73 71 72 73 73 72 72 73 74 72 72 71 73 71 72 71
Min/Max RH         63      95      62      97      62     100      61     100      61
RH            69 74 94 93 65 74 94 97 65 74 97 97 67 67 97100 65 69
Pwind Dir           S      SE      SE      SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           10       0       0       5      10      10      20      10      10
Rain Shwrs                                           IS
Tstms                                                IS

$$

TXZ241-240900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 PM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      69          87          71          90          72
Temp          78 76 71 71 70 71 77 84 87 82 75 73 72 71 77 85 89 83 75 74 74 74
Dewpt         68 69 69 70 70 69 72 72 71 70 71 71 71 70 72 71 71 70 71 71 71 71
Max/Min RH                  100          60          97          57          93
RH            73 79 93 99 99 93 85 67 60 68 89 94 97 97 85 63 57 66 88 92 92 92
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd      11 11 11 10  9  6 10 11 13 14 11 10 10 10 13 17 19 19 17 16 14 14
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1300   900  3300  4000  1600  1300  4200  4200  2000  2100
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             17    13    16    18    19    16    21    26    24    21


Date           04/26Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24
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            91      73      93      73      91      72      92      72      90
Temp          87 85 75 73 90 86 76 73 87 86 75 73 89 85 75 72 87 84
Dewpt         70 71 73 71 70 72 73 71 72 72 74 72 72 71 73 72 71 70
Min/Max RH         53      96      48      94      54      98      51     100      51
RH            57 64 96 93 53 62 92 93 61 63 96 97 58 62 94100 59 62
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5       0       0       5      10       5      20      10      10
Rain Shwrs                                           IS
Tstms                                                IS

$$

TXZ229-240900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 PM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      71          92          72          94          74
Temp          83 83 75 73 72 72 76 83 90 90 79 75 74 72 77 86 93 91 82 77 75 74
Dewpt         65 65 68 68 69 69 70 70 68 68 70 69 69 69 70 69 67 67 70 69 69 69
Max/Min RH                   93          44          90          42          85
RH            55 55 79 84 90 90 82 65 49 49 74 82 84 90 79 57 43 45 67 76 82 84
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd      10 10 11 11 10  8  8  8 11 14 16 12 12 11 11 14 14 17 17 17 13 14
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5           0          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.01
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     3     4     4     4     3
Mixing Hgt           1000  1300  3500  5000  1900  1500  4500  5800  3000  1700
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             16    13    13    18    23    16    20    25    24    18


Date           04/26Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24
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            94      73      99      74      95      74      95      72      93
Temp          85 93 78 74 91 97 79 75 88 92 77 74 89 91 76 73 88 89
Dewpt         70 66 70 70 68 63 70 70 68 64 70 71 69 65 69 69 68 66
Min/Max RH         40      88      31      85      37      91      39      89      41
RH            61 41 76 87 47 33 74 84 52 40 79 90 52 42 79 87 52 47
Pwind Dir           S      SE      SE      SE       E      SE       E       E      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5       0       0      10       5      10      10      20      10
Rain Shwrs                                              IS
Tstms                                                   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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