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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
122 PM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

TXZ245-190900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
122 PM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date           07/18/26      Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26            Tue
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                      79          91          78          92          77
Temp          90 86 82 82 81 79 87 90 90 86 82 81 79 78 87 91 91 87 81 81 79 77
Dewpt         79 78 78 77 76 76 77 77 77 77 77 76 75 75 76 75 76 76 77 77 76 75
Max/Min RH                   90          64          93          59          94
RH            71 77 87 87 87 90 74 67 67 76 87 87 88 93 71 61 61 70 87 90 90 94
Wind Dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW
Wind Spd       9  9  6  6  6  5  6  8  9  9  6  5  5  4  5  6  8  9  6  5  4  3
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%)     SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Mixing Hgt     3100  1200   700  2800  2700  2000   900  2400  2400  1700  1300
T Wind Dir        S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd       14    16    13    11    13    14    11    10    13    13    11


Date           07/21Wed 07/22/26Thu 07/23/26Fri 07/24/26Sat 07/25/26
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            92      77      92      78      93      78      93      79      92
Temp          91 87 81 77 91 88 81 78 92 88 81 79 92 88 82 80 91 88
Dewpt         75 77 77 75 75 77 77 76 76 77 77 76 76 77 78 76 76 77
Min/Max RH         59      96      59      96      58      94      58      93      61
RH            61 71 90 94 61 70 90 93 60 69 88 91 60 70 88 90 63 71
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       5       0       0       0       5

$$

TXZ231-190900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
122 PM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date           07/18/26      Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26            Tue
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         100          73         102          72
Temp          99 93 82 80 78 76 86 97 99 94 82 79 75 73 85 98101 96 82 78 74 72
Dewpt         69 71 74 75 74 74 74 70 68 71 72 73 71 70 70 65 62 66 70 72 72 71
Max/Min RH                   94          36          90          28          97
RH            38 49 77 85 88 94 67 42 37 49 72 82 87 90 61 34 28 38 67 82 92 95
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind Spd      11 12 10  9  8  6  8 10 11 11 10  8  6  4  6  8 10 11  9  6  5  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%)     B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Mixing Hgt     6800  2400  1100  4500  6400  2800   800  4700  7400  3000   800
T Wind Dir        S    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd       19    20    13    16    17    18    11    11    16    16    11


Date           07/21Wed 07/22/26Thu 07/23/26Fri 07/24/26Sat 07/25/26
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           102      73     101      76     102      77     102      77     100
Temp          98 96 79 74 98 97 81 76 99 98 83 77 99 97 82 78 97 94
Dewpt         66 66 72 70 66 65 72 70 65 65 70 68 65 66 72 72 68 70
Min/Max RH         28      90      29      85      29      75      31      85      37
RH            35 37 79 87 36 35 73 82 33 34 66 74 33 37 73 84 39 45
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

$$

TXZ247-190900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
122 PM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date           07/18/26      Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26            Tue
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                      82          89          81          89          81
Temp          87 84 83 83 82 82 84 86 87 85 83 82 82 81 84 86 88 85 83 82 82 81
Dewpt         79 79 78 78 77 77 78 78 78 78 77 77 76 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH                   87          72          85          71          88
RH            79 84 85 84 85 87 82 77 75 81 82 85 82 85 80 76 71 77 84 85 84 88
Wind Dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S
Wind Spd      11 10 10 10 10  9  9  9 10 10 10 10  9  8  8  6  9 10  9  9  9  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%)     SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Mixing Hgt     2700  1400  1400  2400  2300  2000  1900  2000  1900  2000  2200
T Wind Dir        S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd       14    18    16    13    13    17    14    11    13    16    16


Date           07/21Wed 07/22/26Thu 07/23/26Fri 07/24/26Sat 07/25/26
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      81      87      82      88      82      88      83      87
Temp          86 85 84 82 85 85 84 82 86 85 84 83 85 85 84 83 86 85
Dewpt         77 78 78 77 77 78 79 78 78 78 79 78 78 78 79 78 78 78
Min/Max RH         71      85      76      88      75      87      75      85      75
RH            76 80 84 85 79 80 87 88 77 80 85 87 80 80 85 85 77 80
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       5       0       0       0       5

$$

TXZ234-190900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
122 PM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date           07/18/26      Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26            Tue
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          93          73          95          73
Temp          91 87 80 79 77 75 85 91 93 88 79 77 75 73 84 92 95 89 79 76 75 73
Dewpt         77 77 77 77 76 75 77 76 76 76 76 76 75 73 75 73 72 73 75 75 75 73
Max/Min RH                  100          58         100          48         100
RH            64 72 91 94 97100 77 62 58 68 91 97100100 74 54 48 59 88 97100100
Wind Dir       S  S SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind Spd      11 10  6  6  5  3  6  6  9  9  6  5  4  2  3  5  9  9  6  4  4  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%)     SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Mixing Hgt     4000   900   500  3500  3800  1400   600  3300  3900  1300   600
T Wind Dir        S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd       13    11     9     9    11    11     8     8    11    11     8


Date           07/21Wed 07/22/26Thu 07/23/26Fri 07/24/26Sat 07/25/26
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            95      73      95      74      97      74      96      75      94
Temp          93 90 77 74 93 91 77 75 94 93 78 75 94 92 80 76 92 90
Dewpt         73 73 75 73 71 72 75 73 70 72 74 73 70 72 75 75 73 74
Min/Max RH         49     100      46     100      42      97      45      97      51
RH            52 58 94 97 49 54 94 94 46 51 88 94 46 52 85 97 54 60
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       5       0       5       0      20       5       5
Rain Shwrs                                        IS IS
Tstms                                                IS

$$

TXZ241-190900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
122 PM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date           07/18/26      Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26            Tue
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          99          74         100          73
Temp          96 90 82 80 78 76 86 96 97 90 81 78 75 74 85 97 99 93 81 77 75 73
Dewpt         72 73 76 75 75 75 74 71 72 73 74 73 72 72 71 66 68 69 73 73 73 72
Max/Min RH                   96          42          95          34          99
RH            46 59 82 87 91 96 68 45 45 58 78 85 90 95 63 37 37 46 77 88 92 97
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd      13 14 11  9  6  6  9 10 12 13 11  8  6  5  6  8 11 13  9  6  5  4
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
Clouds(%)     B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Mixing Hgt     6100  1300   800  4500  5600  1900   700  4500  5600  1900   700
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd       20    18    12    16    18    17    12    13    17    14    11


Date           07/21Wed 07/22/26Thu 07/23/26Fri 07/24/26Sat 07/25/26
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           100      73     100      74     102      75     101      76      99
Temp          98 93 79 74 97 94 80 75 98 95 81 76 98 94 80 77 96 91
Dewpt         67 69 73 71 67 68 73 71 66 67 72 70 66 67 73 73 68 71
Min/Max RH         33      93      34      90      32      85      33      90      39
RH            37 46 82 90 38 42 79 87 35 40 74 82 35 41 79 88 41 51
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

$$

TXZ229-190900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
122 PM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date           07/18/26      Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26            Tue
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                      78         102          75         103          74
Temp          98 97 88 83 80 78 84 94100 98 88 82 78 75 83 95102 99 88 82 77 74
Dewpt         64 64 68 70 70 71 72 68 63 63 69 68 65 67 69 65 59 60 66 67 66 67
Max/Min RH                   79          28          76          25          79
RH            33 34 52 65 72 79 67 43 30 32 54 63 64 76 63 37 25 28 48 61 69 79
Wind Dir       S 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 11 10  6  8 10 11 11 11 10  8  5  6  6  9 10 11  9  6  4
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 SC B1 B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%)     B1 SC B1 B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Mixing Hgt     8200  1900  1200  5200  8200  3100  1100  4800  9600  6300  1000
T Wind Dir        S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd       18    19    13    16    17    19    12    12    16    18    11


Date           07/21Wed 07/22/26Thu 07/23/26Fri 07/24/26Sat 07/25/26
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           103      76     102      78     103      79     104      79     102
Temp          96 99 83 76 96 99 84 78 97100 86 80 98100 85 80 96 98
Dewpt         65 57 68 66 63 59 66 66 63 60 65 63 63 61 65 67 65 64
Min/Max RH         22      71      24      67      25      56      25      65      28
RH            36 25 61 71 34 27 55 67 33 27 50 56 32 28 51 65 36 33
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

$$

TXZ442-190900-
Padre RAWS-Kleberg TX
27.44N  97.29W Elev. 6 ft
122 PM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date           07/18/26      Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26            Tue
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                      82          88          81          88          80
Temp          88 86 83 83 82 82 86 88 88 86 83 82 81 81 85 88 88 86 83 82 81 80
Dewpt         77 77 77 76 76 76 77 77 77 76 76 75 75 74 75 75 75 76 75 75 75 74
Max/Min RH                   82          70          82          66          85
RH            70 75 82 80 82 82 75 70 70 72 80 79 82 79 72 66 66 72 77 79 82 82
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd      16 16 14 13 12 12 12 12 14 16 14 13 12 11 11 11 13 14 13 12 11  9
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%)     SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Mixing Hgt     2500  1700  1000  2300  2200  1700  1500  2100  1900  1800  1600
T Wind Dir       SE     S     S     S    SE     S     S     S    SE     S     S
T Wind Spd       20    20    18    17    20    19    16    13    18    18    16


Date           07/21Wed 07/22/26Thu 07/23/26Fri 07/24/26Sat 07/25/26
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      80      88      80      89      81      89      81      88
Temp          88 86 83 81 88 87 82 81 88 87 82 81 88 86 83 82 87 86
Dewpt         74 76 76 75 75 76 77 75 75 76 77 75 75 77 77 76 76 77
Min/Max RH         61      85      66      85      66      85      66      85      68
RH            63 72 80 82 66 70 85 82 66 70 85 82 66 75 82 82 70 75
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S       S       S      SE       S      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

$$

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
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