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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1219 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024

TXZ245-100900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1219 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/09/24      Fri 05/10/24            Sat 05/11/24            Sun
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          90          74          84          74
Temp          87 82 77 76 75 73 82 89 88 82 77 77 75 74 81 84 84 80 75 75 75 75
Dewpt         77 76 77 76 75 73 75 75 75 73 72 70 69 67 68 68 68 68 70 70 71 72
Max/Min RH                  100          62          85          59          91
RH            73 82 99100100100 79 63 66 74 85 81 81 78 66 60 60 68 83 86 86 90
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd       8  6  4  4  4  6  8 11 10 10  6  5  6  6  8 11 10 11  8 10  8  9
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0          10           5          10          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.05
Rain Shwrs                                                             IS IS SC
Tstms                                                                  IS IS SC
Obvis               PF  H PF  H
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     4     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt     2200  1300  1100  2900  2700  1300  1000  3300  3300  2400  1400
T Wind Dir       SE     E    NE    NE     E     E    NE     E     E     E     E
T Wind Spd       10    10    10    18    18    13    13    19    18    16    14


Date           05/12Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24
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            85      75      87      74      89      75      90      76      90
Temp          84 81 77 76 85 82 76 75 88 85 76 75 89 85 78 77 89 85
Dewpt         74 73 75 74 75 74 74 74 75 74 76 74 75 75 76 75 76 75
Min/Max RH         70      96      70      98      62      99      62      95      63
RH            73 78 94 96 72 77 92 97 66 71 99 97 65 72 93 94 67 73
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       S      SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           40      30      50      20      10      10      10      20      10
Rain Shwrs    SC SC SC IS SC SC IS                      IS
Tstms         SC SC SC IS SC SC IS                      IS

$$

TXZ231-100900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1219 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/09/24      Fri 05/10/24            Sat 05/11/24            Sun
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          93          70          86          69
Temp         100 98 82 77 75 73 81 90 93 89 77 74 71 71 76 83 85 81 73 72 71 71
Dewpt         72 69 74 74 73 71 71 70 69 69 69 68 64 62 63 63 64 65 66 67 69 69
Max/Min RH                   97          47          83          49          95
RH            41 39 77 90 96 93 72 53 47 52 78 82 79 75 64 51 50 57 79 86 92 93
Wind Dir       N  E  E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd       6  6  9  8  6  9 11 12 11 11  9  8  8  8 11 11 11 11 10 10  9  9
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW CL CL B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
Clouds(%)     FW CL CL B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR                      0          10          10          20          20
QPF 12HR                      0        0.01        0.01        0.01        0.24
Rain Shwrs                                           IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC
Tstms                                                      IS IS IS IS IS IS SC
Obvis                  PF PF PF
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     2     2
Haines            5     5     4     4     4     3     3     4     4     3     3
Mixing Hgt     5200  1100  1300  3900  5400  2900  1400  4400  5100  3100  1200
T Wind Dir       NW     E     E    NE     E     E    NE     E     E     E     E
T Wind Spd        8    12    12    20    18    14    13    19    18    16    12


Date           05/12Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24
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            86      71      92      69      95      70      95      71      94
Temp          84 83 74 73 87 88 73 70 91 91 75 71 91 90 75 71 91 90
Dewpt         70 71 73 72 72 70 71 70 70 69 71 71 72 70 73 71 72 69
Min/Max RH         59     100      50     100      42     100      44     100      44
RH            63 67 97 97 60 55 93100 51 48 87100 53 52 94100 53 50
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           40      30      40      10      10       5      10      10      10
Rain Shwrs    SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms         SC SC SC SC SC SC

$$

TXZ247-100900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1219 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/09/24      Fri 05/10/24            Sat 05/11/24            Sun
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                      76          84          74          81          74
Temp          84 80 78 77 77 76 80 84 83 80 77 76 76 74 79 80 81 78 75 75 75 75
Dewpt         78 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 75 74 73 71 71 69 69 70 70 70 70 71 72 73
Max/Min RH                  100          74          87          69          95
RH            83 90 96 97 97100 87 77 76 82 86 85 85 84 73 71 70 75 84 88 92 94
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd       9  8  6  6  5  8 11 11 11 11  9  8  8  9 11 11 11 13 12 13 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0          10           5          10          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.05
Rain Shwrs                                                             IS IS SC
Tstms                                                                  IS IS SC
Obvis            PF PF  H PF  H PF
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     3     3     3     4     4
Mixing Hgt     1600   800  1200  1700  1500  1300  1600  2600  2600  2300  2000
T Wind Dir       SE     E    NE    NE     E     E    NE     E     E     E     E
T Wind Spd       11    11    11    19    19    18    17    21    19    19    17


Date           05/12Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24
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            82      75      84      75      86      76      85      76      86
Temp          81 79 77 77 83 79 77 76 85 81 78 76 85 81 78 76 84 82
Dewpt         74 75 75 76 76 75 74 75 75 76 76 75 76 76 76 75 76 75
Min/Max RH         78      98      77      99      72      99      74      97      73
RH            80 87 96 97 80 88 91 99 72 85 96 97 75 85 94 97 78 79
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       S      SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           40      30      50      20      10      10      20      10      10
Rain Shwrs    SC SC SC IS SC SC IS                   IS
Tstms         SC SC SC IS SC SC IS                   IS

$$

TXZ234-100900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1219 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/09/24      Fri 05/10/24            Sat 05/11/24            Sun
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          90          70          84          69
Temp          92 88 78 76 74 74 80 87 90 86 77 74 71 70 76 82 83 80 74 73 71 71
Dewpt         78 76 76 75 73 72 73 73 73 71 68 66 64 62 65 65 65 65 65 67 67 68
Max/Min RH                  100          57          79          54          90
RH            64 68 94 97 97 93 79 63 58 61 74 76 79 76 69 56 55 60 74 81 87 90
Wind Dir       E SE  E  E  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd       8  9  6  6  6  8 11 11 11 11  9  9 10  9 10 10 11 11  9  8  9  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 CL B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
Clouds(%)     B1 CL B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12HR                      0          10           5          10          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.01        0.05
Rain Shwrs                                                                   SC
Tstms                                                                        SC
Obvis               PF  H  H PF
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     3     4     4     4     3     3
Mixing Hgt     3400   700   700  3300  4800  1700   600  4000  4700  1200   500
T Wind Dir        E     E    NE    NE    NE    NE    NE     E     E     E     E
T Wind Spd       10     9     9    17    18    12    14    16    14    11    11


Date           05/12Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24
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            82      71      86      69      90      71      90      72      91
Temp          80 79 74 73 83 82 72 70 87 87 75 72 88 86 75 73 88 87
Dewpt         73 73 73 73 74 73 72 70 74 73 73 72 75 74 75 73 76 73
Min/Max RH         77     100      70     100      58     100      60     100      58
RH            79 82 97100 74 74100100 65 63 94100 66 68100100 68 63
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       S      SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR           50      30      60      20      10      10      20      20      10
Rain Shwrs    SC SC SC IS SC NM IS                   IS IS
Tstms         SC SC SC IS SC SC IS                   IS IS

$$

TXZ241-100900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1219 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/09/24      Fri 05/10/24            Sat 05/11/24            Sun
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          92          72          85          72
Temp         100 96 82 78 77 76 82 89 91 86 77 76 73 72 78 82 84 81 75 74 74 74
Dewpt         73 74 76 76 75 74 75 74 73 73 74 71 69 67 68 68 69 70 70 72 72 72
Max/Min RH                   99          57          91          60          94
RH            43 49 82 96 96 96 80 61 57 65 89 86 87 84 72 63 61 70 84 92 92 93
Wind Dir       N  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd       8  8  8  6  6  9 11 13 13 11  8  8  6  8 11 12 13 12  9 10  8  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
Clouds(%)     FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR                      0          10          10          20          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.01        0.01        0.05
Rain Shwrs                                           IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC
Tstms                                                IS IS    IS IS IS IS IS SC
Obvis                   H  H  H
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     2     2     2
Haines            5     4     4     4     4     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt     4400  1200  1000  3500  4000  2000  1000  3600  4100  2300  1100
T Wind Dir        N     E    NE     E     E     E    NE     E     E     E     E
T Wind Spd       10    12    12    20    18    14    11    20    18    16    11
Heat           Y


Date           05/12Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24
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            87      73      94      71      97      72      96      74      95
Temp          85 83 77 74 88 89 75 72 92 91 76 73 93 90 78 74 92 91
Dewpt         73 74 75 74 73 73 72 72 72 71 73 72 73 73 75 73 74 70
Min/Max RH         63     100      51     100      44     100      47     100      49
RH            67 73 94 99 62 60 92100 53 53 92 99 53 58 93 99 56 51
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           40      20      40      10      10       5      10      10      10
Rain Shwrs    SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms         SC SC IS IS SC SC

$$

TXZ229-100900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1219 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/09/24      Fri 05/10/24            Sat 05/11/24            Sun
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                      76          92          74          87          72
Temp         102102 89 82 79 77 81 88 92 90 83 78 76 74 77 83 86 84 78 75 74 73
Dewpt         67 62 68 71 73 71 70 69 69 67 68 66 64 62 62 63 64 64 65 66 67 68
Max/Min RH                   85          46          67          48          85
RH            32 27 50 69 82 82 69 54 47 47 61 67 66 66 60 51 48 51 64 74 79 84
Wind Dir      NW  N  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd       8  6  9 10 11 13 14 11 11 12 13 11 11 11 12 11 11 11 12 11 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        CL CL CL FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
Clouds(%)     CL CL CL FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR                      0          10          10          20          30
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.04        0.01        1.33
Rain Shwrs                                           IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms                                                IS    IS IS IS IS SC SC SC
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     2     2     3
Haines            6     5     4     4     4     4     3     4     4     4     3
Mixing Hgt     6300   800  1400  3700  5300  3200  1700  5200  5700  3100  1300
T Wind Dir       NW     E     E    NE     E    NE    NE     E     E     E     E
T Wind Spd        9    13    16    20    16    19    16    18    16    18    13


Date           05/12Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24
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      73      94      71      98      73      99      75      97
Temp          83 87 77 74 86 93 77 71 91 96 80 73 92 97 79 75 90 95
Dewpt         70 70 72 72 72 65 69 68 68 63 69 69 70 66 70 71 69 64
Min/Max RH         54      93      39      92      31      88      35      87      33
RH            65 57 85 93 63 40 76 90 47 34 69 87 49 36 74 87 50 36
Pwind Dir          SE       E       S       E      SE      SE      SE      SE      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR           30      30      30       5       5       5      10      10      10
Rain Shwrs    SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms         SC IS IS SC SC

$$

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