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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
558 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

TXZ245-272100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
558 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
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                      72          57          76          63          75
Temp             53 60 68 72 68 61 60 59 58 68 75 76 70 64 64 64 64 72 74 74 70
Dewpt            48 50 49 47 49 52 53 53 54 58 56 56 57 58 58 58 57 60 60 59 60
Min/Max RH                   42          85          50          81          59
RH               82 71 51 42 51 74 78 82 85 69 52 51 63 80 80 80 80 67 61 61 72
Wind Dir         NE  N  N NE  E SE SE  E NE NE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd          6  6  8  8  4  4  4  2  2  3  6  8  8  6  6  8  8 11 14 13 12
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 SC SC CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 SC SC CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs          IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     5     5     5     5     5     5     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2400  3700   500   400  3700  3500  1400   800  4000  4100
T Wind Dir              N    NE    SE     E    SE     S    SE     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             12    11     9     5     6    12    17    17    23    23


Date          Sat 03/30/24Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24
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            65      79      67      80      69      82      68      83
Temp          67 66 79 73 68 68 79 75 70 69 81 76 69 69 82 76
Dewpt         61 62 64 64 66 66 69 67 68 68 68 68 68 67 64 58
Max/Min RH         87      60      95      68      98      63      97      49
RH            81 86 61 73 92 93 71 78 95 95 66 75 97 92 55 55
Pwind Dir           S       S      SE      SE      SE       S       S      NW
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       5       5

$$

TXZ231-272100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
558 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
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                      73          47          81          56          82
Temp             51 58 68 73 71 59 54 50 48 63 77 81 77 64 60 58 57 68 79 82 76
Dewpt            42 44 46 44 45 47 48 48 48 53 52 47 50 54 56 56 55 58 55 55 56
Min/Max RH                   35         100          30          96          39
RH               71 59 44 35 39 64 80 95 98 71 41 30 38 70 87 93 93 70 44 40 50
Wind Dir          N  N  N  E SE SE SE  S  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE
Wind Spd          4  6  8  6  6  6  5  4  2  4  6  8 11 12 11 11 11 16 16 16 18
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs          IS IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     5     5     5     5     5     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3500  4800   500   400  4600  7200  1200   600  5100  5600
T Wind Dir              N     E    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             12    10    11     9     8    13    18    16    21    25


Date          Sat 03/30/24Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24
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            60      85      64      88      67      94      66      86
Temp          64 61 82 79 67 65 83 82 70 68 89 89 73 67 83 80
Dewpt         60 59 61 61 64 65 67 65 68 67 65 64 65 63 56 48
Max/Min RH         97      43     100      48      99      36      90      29
RH            87 95 49 54 90100 58 56 95 97 45 45 78 86 40 33
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       N
Wind Char         15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0      10       5

$$

TXZ247-272100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
558 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
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                      71          61          72          64          73
Temp             58 61 67 71 68 63 63 62 62 67 71 72 68 65 65 65 64 69 73 73 69
Dewpt            52 52 50 49 51 53 54 55 56 57 57 58 58 59 58 58 59 60 61 61 61
Min/Max RH                   47          83          59          84          65
RH               82 72 54 47 54 70 73 80 83 72 61 60 70 80 78 78 84 74 68 66 77
Wind Dir         NE  N  N NE  E SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd          8  8  9  9  6  5  5  4  4  4  6  8  9  9  9  9  9 11 12 12 14
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                     20           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     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2000  2500   700   800  2200  2100  1800  2000  3200  3200
T Wind Dir              N    NE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             13    13     9     8     6    12    20    20    23    23


Date          Sat 03/30/24Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24
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            66      75      67      76      68      77      68      79
Temp          67 67 75 70 68 68 75 71 69 69 76 72 70 68 78 73
Dewpt         62 63 65 65 66 67 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 67 65 61
Max/Min RH         87      70      99      78      98      73      98      61
RH            83 87 70 84 95 99 80 90 97 97 77 87 93 97 65 67
Pwind Dir           S      SE      SE      SE      SE       S       S       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       5       5

$$

TXZ234-272100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
558 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
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                      71          48          77          56          77
Temp             51 58 66 70 69 58 54 50 48 63 74 77 72 62 60 58 57 69 76 77 72
Dewpt            43 46 48 48 50 50 50 50 48 54 55 53 55 57 57 56 56 58 56 56 58
Min/Max RH                   45         100          43          98          47
RH               74 64 52 45 51 75 86100100 72 51 43 55 84 90 93 96 68 50 48 61
Wind Dir          N  N  N  N SE SE  E  E  N  E  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE
Wind Spd          6  6  8  8  4  4  4  4  3  3  4  6 11  9  8  8  8 13 17 17 16
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs       IS IS IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     5     5     4     5     5     5     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2700  3200   400   400  4400  6100   900   400  4600  4800
T Wind Dir              N    NE    SE     E    SE     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             13    10     6     5     5    10    14    12    20    23


Date          Sat 03/30/24Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24
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            61      80      66      81      68      84      67      83
Temp          65 62 78 75 68 68 79 77 71 69 82 79 71 68 82 74
Dewpt         61 61 63 63 66 67 69 67 70 68 68 68 69 66 61 54
Max/Min RH         98      56      98      65     100      58      97      45
RH            87 97 60 66 93 97 72 71 97 97 63 69 93 93 49 50
Pwind Dir           S       S      SE       S      SE       S      SE       N
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       5       5

$$

TXZ241-272100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
558 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
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                      76          50          83          58          83
Temp             55 59 70 75 72 60 56 53 52 66 79 82 77 65 62 60 59 71 80 82 77
Dewpt            47 47 48 46 47 50 52 52 51 57 53 49 53 57 58 57 56 59 57 58 59
Min/Max RH                   36          98          32          94          43
RH               76 65 46 36 40 69 85 97 98 74 42 32 44 77 89 90 92 66 46 44 54
Wind Dir          N  N  N NE  E SE  S SW NE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd          5  8  8  8  6  6  5  5  4  5  6  8 13 11 11 10 10 17 18 19 20
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%)        B2 B1 B1 SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR                      5           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           2700  4900   500   400  5100  7100  1500   600  5300  5200
T Wind Dir              N     E    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             13    10    10     8     9    13    17    13    25    25


Date          Sat 03/30/24Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24
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            62      86      66      90      68      97      68      89
Temp          67 63 83 80 69 67 85 83 71 69 91 90 75 69 85 83
Dewpt         61 61 63 63 66 67 68 67 69 68 67 65 68 66 58 51
Max/Min RH         95      46     100      48      99      35      94      32
RH            83 93 52 57 92100 58 59 93 97 46 43 81 90 40 34
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       S       S       N
Wind Char         15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       5       5

$$

TXZ229-272100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
558 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
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                      78          50          86          58          89
Temp             57 61 71 77 76 65 59 54 51 64 79 85 83 71 65 61 59 69 81 88 86
Dewpt            43 47 47 44 43 44 45 46 46 51 50 43 43 48 51 53 54 56 55 54 53
Min/Max RH                   30          83          22          84          30
RH               59 60 42 31 31 46 60 74 83 63 36 23 24 44 60 75 83 63 41 31 32
Wind Dir          N  N  E  S SE SE SE  S SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE
Wind Spd          6  6  6  6  4  6  6  5  4  5  6  6 10 17 16 16 13 16 16 16 16
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL SC FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%)        B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs       IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     5     5     6     6     5     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3500  7000   500   400  6100  8100  2600  1100  5300  5900
T Wind Dir             NE     S    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S
T Wind Spd             11    10    11     9     8    11    20    19    23    20


Date          Sat 03/30/24Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24
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            63      91      67      95      70      99      68      89
Temp          68 63 84 89 71 67 87 93 75 70 90 96 79 69 84 85
Dewpt         58 59 61 58 63 65 66 61 66 66 64 54 62 56 47 41
Max/Min RH         87      33      93      33      87      23      65      19
RH            70 87 46 35 76 93 50 35 74 87 42 25 56 63 28 21
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E       N
Wind Char         15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0      10       5

$$

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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