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Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 161948
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
248 PM CDT Wed Oct 16 2019
TXZ245-171000-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
248 PM CDT Wed Oct 16 2019
Date 10/16/19 Thu 10/17/19 Fri 10/18/19 Sat
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 62 76 65 84 71
Temp 72 69 67 65 63 62 67 74 76 72 69 67 67 65 74 82 83 77 76 75 73 71
Dewpt 61 60 59 57 56 55 58 58 60 59 61 62 62 62 68 69 70 71 71 72 71 71
Max/Min RH 78 56 92 62 99
RH 69 75 76 76 78 78 72 59 57 64 77 82 85 88 80 64 64 80 88 91 94 99
Wind Dir N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE S SW
Wind Spd 13 12 11 10 9 9 10 9 8 6 6 6 6 4 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 1
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 84 87 86 85 85 90 84 89 85 71 42 52 52 36 34 26 31 20 16 17 23 29
PoP 12HR 10 20 30 20 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.02 0.02 0.02 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1900 1900 2500 2800 1300 1000 3400 3600 1300 900
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE E SE SE S
T Wind Spd 18 13 11 8 10 10 6 9 11 10
Date 10/19 Sun 10/20/19 Mon 10/21/19 Tue 10/22/19 Wed 10/23/19
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 87 74 86 64 80 65 81
Temp 86 80 77 74 87 78 77 75 85 77 70 64 79 73 68 65 80 74
Dewpt 73 73 73 72 74 74 75 75 70 61 56 53 54 54 55 58 62 63
Min/Max RH 62 96 65 100 52 70 40 78 52
RH 65 79 88 96 67 88 96100 63 57 63 69 43 52 65 78 55 70
Pwind Dir SW S S S W N NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 20 30 60 20 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ231-171000-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
248 PM CDT Wed Oct 16 2019
Date 10/16/19 Thu 10/17/19 Fri 10/18/19 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 59 76 60 88 67
Temp 70 67 66 63 60 59 63 71 76 71 67 64 62 61 70 83 88 81 73 70 68 68
Dewpt 55 53 52 51 48 48 50 50 52 52 57 55 54 54 62 62 62 65 69 70 68 68
Max/Min RH 68 43 85 43 100
RH 59 62 63 65 65 68 64 48 43 53 70 74 77 81 74 50 43 58 86100100100
Wind Dir N N N N N N N N NE NE E E NE NE NE SE SE SE SE SE S N
Wind Spd 11 8 6 5 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 91 89 81 84 86 89 88 82 72 58 36 40 40 35 23 28 31 19 6 18 36 44
PoP 12HR 20 30 20 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.02 0.02 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
Mixing Hgt 1100 1300 2200 3400 900 400 4600 6800 1800 900
T Wind Dir NE N NE NE E E E S SE S
T Wind Spd 11 10 9 5 8 5 4 8 14 11
Date 10/19 Sun 10/20/19 Mon 10/21/19 Tue 10/22/19 Wed 10/23/19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 69 94 72 89 59 84 59 85
Temp 89 87 74 70 90 84 75 72 85 79 67 60 81 75 63 59 82 76
Dewpt 68 66 70 70 67 68 73 72 60 53 50 47 43 46 50 52 54 57
Min/Max RH 39 100 40 100 30 64 23 76 33
RH 51 51 88100 47 61 95100 44 42 55 63 27 37 63 76 39 52
Pwind Dir SW SE S S W N NE E SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 20 20 50 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ247-171000-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
248 PM CDT Wed Oct 16 2019
Date 10/16/19 Thu 10/17/19 Fri 10/18/19 Sat
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 76 70 83 76
Temp 73 71 70 69 68 67 70 74 75 73 72 72 72 71 76 80 83 79 78 78 77 76
Dewpt 63 62 61 60 60 59 60 60 62 61 64 65 66 66 69 70 70 71 71 73 72 73
Max/Min RH 76 60 87 67 91
RH 72 74 74 75 76 74 70 61 62 66 75 81 82 85 81 70 67 77 80 85 85 92
Wind Dir N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE S NW
Wind Spd 16 14 14 13 11 12 12 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 6 6 6 4 5 4 3 2
Clouds B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 81 89 88 86 89 90 90 88 87 74 45 56 54 41 40 32 27 17 20 23 22 23
PoP 12HR 20 20 30 20 5
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 2200 2100 2500 2500 2600 1600 2500 2700 2300 1300
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E SE S
T Wind Spd 20 14 13 10 11 11 9 10 12 12
Date 10/19 Sun 10/20/19 Mon 10/21/19 Tue 10/22/19 Wed 10/23/19
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 78 85 79 84 70 80 71 80
Temp 83 82 80 79 84 80 79 79 80 79 74 70 78 76 74 71 78 76
Dewpt 73 74 74 74 74 75 76 76 71 63 59 57 56 55 58 60 63 64
Min/Max RH 69 87 70 94 57 64 43 69 56
RH 73 77 81 86 72 85 93 94 74 57 60 63 47 49 58 69 60 66
Pwind Dir SW S S S W N NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 20 30 60 20 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ234-171000-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
248 PM CDT Wed Oct 16 2019
Date 10/16/19 Thu 10/17/19 Fri 10/18/19 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 59 76 60 85 68
Temp 70 67 65 62 60 59 63 72 76 70 64 62 61 61 70 81 85 79 73 70 69 68
Dewpt 56 56 55 52 51 50 54 55 54 55 57 55 55 55 63 67 67 68 71 70 69 68
Max/Min RH 75 48 85 56 100
RH 62 67 68 71 73 74 73 55 48 59 77 78 80 81 79 62 56 71 93100100100
Wind Dir N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE SE SE SW
Wind Spd 12 9 8 6 5 5 6 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 1
Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 87 88 85 85 85 87 84 80 68 52 25 39 45 35 36 33 43 19 12 14 35 44
PoP 12HR 5 10 20 20 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.02 0.02 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 5
Mixing Hgt 1300 1000 3100 3700 400 400 4000 5200 400 900
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE E NE NE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 16 11 11 5 8 8 6 9 9 9
Date 10/19 Sun 10/20/19 Mon 10/21/19 Tue 10/22/19 Wed 10/23/19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 91 69 90 72 86 58 81 58 83
Temp 88 84 73 70 88 81 74 72 82 76 64 58 78 72 62 59 80 74
Dewpt 72 71 72 70 72 73 74 72 68 58 53 49 51 53 52 53 60 62
Min/Max RH 49 100 53 100 44 72 35 80 46
RH 60 65 95100 59 77100100 62 55 67 71 38 51 70 80 51 67
Pwind Dir W S S S W N NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 20 30 60 20 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ241-171000-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
248 PM CDT Wed Oct 16 2019
Date 10/16/19 Thu 10/17/19 Fri 10/18/19 Sat
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 61 77 64 88 68
Temp 72 68 66 65 63 62 66 74 77 72 69 67 65 65 75 84 88 82 75 72 70 69
Dewpt 59 58 55 53 51 49 52 53 56 56 60 59 58 57 65 65 66 68 71 71 70 69
Max/Min RH 72 46 83 48 100
RH 64 72 68 66 66 63 61 47 48 56 73 76 78 78 73 53 49 64 88 99100100
Wind Dir N N N N N N N N N NE NE N N N NE E E E SE SE S S
Wind Spd 12 10 8 6 6 6 8 6 6 4 3 2 3 3 4 3 4 6 3 2 1 1
Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 89 84 80 86 87 89 89 85 74 55 40 52 38 37 29 25 28 17 8 19 34 44
PoP 12HR 20 20 20 10 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.02 0.02 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
Mixing Hgt 1900 1700 2800 3700 1000 800 5100 6800 1400 900
T Wind Dir NE N NE NE NE NE NE S SE S
T Wind Spd 16 12 9 6 6 6 5 9 12 11
Date 10/19 Sun 10/20/19 Mon 10/21/19 Tue 10/22/19 Wed 10/23/19
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 71 94 74 90 62 83 61 85
Temp 90 87 76 72 91 84 76 75 86 81 69 62 81 76 65 61 83 77
Dewpt 69 70 72 71 69 72 75 73 66 56 53 48 46 50 54 54 58 61
Min/Max RH 41 98 44 98 35 62 28 77 40
RH 51 58 91 97 50 69 97 97 52 44 57 61 30 40 67 76 43 59
Pwind Dir S S S S W N NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 20 20 40 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ229-171000-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
248 PM CDT Wed Oct 16 2019
Date 10/16/19 Thu 10/17/19 Fri 10/18/19 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 59 75 60 88 68
Temp 70 68 65 64 61 59 64 70 75 71 67 64 62 61 70 81 88 84 76 72 69 68
Dewpt 52 51 52 51 48 48 48 46 46 47 54 54 55 55 58 59 59 60 64 68 69 68
Max/Min RH 66 35 85 38 100
RH 53 54 61 62 62 66 56 43 35 42 63 70 77 81 65 48 38 45 67 86 97100
Wind Dir N N N N N N NE NE NE E E E E E SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 9 6 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 1
Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 92 90 82 81 85 82 71 66 51 41 25 32 27 28 24 16 10 4 5 6 22 34
PoP 12HR 20 30 10 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.02 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6
Mixing Hgt 700 1300 2500 3100 400 400 4900 5200 400 900
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE SE SE S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 5 9 6 5 6 5 8 8 13 10
Date 10/19 Sun 10/20/19 Mon 10/21/19 Tue 10/22/19 Wed 10/23/19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 70 95 72 89 59 85 60 86
Temp 87 88 75 70 90 90 77 72 84 82 67 60 80 77 65 60 81 80
Dewpt 66 61 67 69 64 61 70 70 50 44 46 45 39 39 47 50 50 50
Min/Max RH 34 96 32 95 22 60 18 67 26
RH 50 41 76 96 43 38 79 93 32 26 47 59 24 25 52 67 34 35
Pwind Dir SW SE S S NW NE NE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW CL FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 10 20 10 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
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
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