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FOUS54 KCRP 220748
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
247 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

TXZ245-222100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
247 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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                      75          62          80          69          83
Temp          57 57 68 74 74 70 64 63 63 63 74 79 79 76 70 70 69 70 78 82 82 77
Dewpt         52 51 54 55 55 54 56 57 59 60 64 65 66 66 68 68 69 69 72 70 70 70
Min/Max RH                   51          90          61          99          66
RH            83 80 61 52 51 57 75 81 86 89 71 62 64 73 93 95 99 95 82 68 68 79
Wind Dir      NE NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       6  5  6  8  8  6  5  4  4  4  5  8  9  8  6  6  5  4  5  9 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           4500  4300  1200  1000  3400  3400  2400  1600  3400  3300
T Wind Dir              E     E    SE     S     S     S     S     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             13    12    11     9    12    17    17    13    16    17


Date          Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24
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      83      71      84      72      86      72      86
Temp          71 70 82 79 72 71 83 80 74 72 85 81 74 72 85 81
Dewpt         70 69 71 71 71 71 72 72 73 72 73 73 73 72 73 73
Max/Min RH         99      66     100      66     100      65     100      66
RH            97 99 70 78 97 99 71 78 99100 69 78 99100 69 78
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0      10       0       5       5      10

$$

TXZ231-222100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
247 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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                      74          54          80          66          86
Temp          56 55 64 72 73 70 63 59 56 56 70 78 80 78 71 70 68 68 74 83 86 82
Dewpt         48 46 47 49 52 54 56 57 56 56 61 63 63 64 66 68 67 67 70 69 68 67
Min/Max RH                   44         100          56          99          54
RH            76 72 55 44 48 56 78 92100100 73 59 56 62 84 93 99 97 87 62 54 60
Wind Dir       N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       6  5  8  6  6  8  6  5  4  3  6  9 10 11 10  8  6  5  8  9 11 14
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%)     SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR                     10           5           0           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           4400  4600  1100   500  3500  3700  2200  1100  4200  4700
T Wind Dir              E    SE    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             10    10    11     6    12    17    17    12    14    18


Date          Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24
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      87      70      87      71      92      71      92
Temp          70 68 84 82 72 70 84 83 74 71 89 87 75 71 89 88
Dewpt         69 68 68 67 70 69 70 69 71 70 69 69 72 71 69 68
Max/Min RH        100      54      97      56      98      46      99      46
RH            97100 59 61 93 97 62 62 90 97 52 56 90 99 51 52
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     15>     <15     <15     15>     15>     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       5      10       5       5       5      10

$$

TXZ247-222100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
247 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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          66          78          71          80
Temp          63 63 69 72 72 70 67 67 67 68 74 77 77 74 72 72 72 72 76 79 79 75
Dewpt         55 54 57 57 56 56 57 58 59 62 64 66 66 67 69 69 70 70 71 71 71 71
Min/Max RH                   56          84          67          96          76
RH            75 74 66 59 57 62 72 74 75 83 71 69 69 79 90 89 93 95 85 78 77 86
Wind Dir      NE NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       9  8  9  9 10  9  8  6  5  6  6  8 10  9  9  8  8  6  6  9 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC FW B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     SC FW B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     10           5           0           0          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           4000  4200  1300  1300  3000  2900  2400  2000  2400  2300
T Wind Dir              E     E    SE     S     S     S     S     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             16    12    12    12    13    17    18    16    16    17


Date          Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24
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            72      80      73      81      73      82      73      82
Temp          73 72 80 76 74 73 80 77 75 73 81 78 75 74 81 78
Dewpt         71 70 71 71 72 72 73 73 73 73 74 74 73 73 74 74
Max/Min RH         96      74      98      76     100      76      99      75
RH            95 95 76 85 93 97 80 88 96 99 79 88 96 99 81 88
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       5       0       5       0      10

$$

TXZ234-222100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
247 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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                      74          57          78          67          82
Temp          53 51 64 72 74 71 63 60 58 58 71 77 78 76 71 70 69 69 75 80 82 79
Dewpt         49 47 49 52 54 53 54 55 55 56 61 64 65 65 67 68 68 68 71 70 70 69
Min/Max RH                   48          96          62          98          67
RH            86 86 58 49 50 53 72 84 90 93 71 64 64 69 87 93 97 97 87 72 67 72
Wind Dir       N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE  E  E SE  S  S  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       6  6  8  6  6 11  6  5  4  3  5  8 11 11  9  8  6  5  6  9 11 13
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC FW FW SC B1 SC FW CL B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%)     SC FW FW SC B1 SC FW CL B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR                      5           0           0           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           5000  5600   600   400  3400  3500  1700   500  4200  4100
T Wind Dir              E    SE    SE    SE     S     S     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             12    11    10     6    10    16    13     9    13    16


Date          Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24
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      83      71      83      72      86      73      87
Temp          71 69 81 79 73 72 82 80 75 73 85 82 75 74 85 83
Dewpt         70 69 70 70 71 71 72 71 73 72 72 73 73 72 73 73
Max/Min RH        100      65      97      67      97      62      95      63
RH            97100 69 74 93 97 72 74 94 97 65 74 94 93 67 72
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     15>     <15     15>     15>     15>
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0      10       0       5       5      20
Rain Shwrs                                                 IS
Tstms                                                      IS

$$

TXZ241-222100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
247 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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          58          81          68          86
Temp          59 58 65 69 71 70 64 61 60 59 72 79 80 77 73 71 70 70 76 84 85 81
Dewpt         51 49 51 55 58 58 58 59 59 59 64 66 66 67 69 69 69 69 72 71 71 70
Min/Max RH                   57          98          62          99          62
RH            75 71 62 61 64 67 81 92 97 98 78 65 63 72 87 92 99 95 86 65 62 70
Wind Dir      NE  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       8  6  8  8  8  8  6  5  4  3  6 10 11 11 10  8  8  6 10 11 13 16
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%)     B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR                     30           5           5           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs          IS IS IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     2     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt           3300  3200   900   500  3500  3400  1800  1100  4100  4500
T Wind Dir             NE     E    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             11    11    10     6    11    17    17    13    16    19


Date          Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24
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      88      72      90      73      93      73      93
Temp          72 70 85 82 74 72 86 84 75 73 90 87 76 73 90 87
Dewpt         71 70 71 71 71 71 71 71 73 72 71 72 73 72 71 71
Max/Min RH        100      59      97      55      97      49      97      49
RH            95100 63 70 90 97 62 66 94 97 54 61 90 97 54 59
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     15>     15>     <15     15>     15>     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       5       0       5       0       5

$$

TXZ229-222100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
247 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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                      74          61          83          70          91
Temp          59 59 63 67 71 72 66 63 62 62 68 76 80 83 76 72 71 71 75 84 90 89
Dewpt         48 47 46 47 50 52 55 57 58 58 61 63 63 64 67 68 68 68 69 69 67 67
Min/Max RH                   45          87          51          91          45
RH            67 64 54 49 47 49 68 81 87 87 78 64 56 53 74 87 90 90 82 61 47 48
Wind Dir      NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       8  6  8  6  6  8  8  8  6  6  8  9 11 11 11 10  9  8  8  9 11 14
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 FW B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 FW B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                     10           5           0           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     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3500  3900   800   800  3100  3800  2700  1100  4100  5900
T Wind Dir              E    SE    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             11    10    12     9    13    16    17    12    14    17


Date          Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24
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            71      92      73      92      74      98      75      95
Temp          75 72 85 90 77 73 84 90 77 74 91 96 79 75 89 93
Dewpt         69 69 68 67 69 69 70 67 70 70 69 64 71 70 68 64
Max/Min RH         91      43      87      43      87      33      85      36
RH            82 90 57 47 76 87 63 47 79 87 49 35 77 84 50 38
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR            0       0      10      10       5       5       5      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


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