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FOUS54 KCRP 181703
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

TXZ245-190900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            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                      69          83          69          83          63
Temp          82 78 72 71 71 71 80 83 82 77 72 71 71 69 77 82 81 77 71 70 68 64
Dewpt         71 70 72 71 71 71 74 73 72 71 71 71 71 69 73 72 70 70 71 70 68 64
Max/Min RH                  100          71         100          68         100
RH            68 78100100100100 81 73 72 82 99100100100 88 71 69 81100100100100
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  N  N
Wind Spd       9  8  6  4  4  4  5  8  9  8  6  5  5  5  6 10 10 10  8  8  8  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2
Clouds(%)     B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR                      5           0           0          10          50
QPF 12HR                   0.02           0           0        0.02        0.15
Rain Shwrs                                                       SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                                            IS IS SC IS
Obvis                  PF PF PF
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     2
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     4     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt     2400  1300  1300  2100  2200  1500  1200  2400  2800  1700  1200
T Wind Dir       SE    SE    SE    SE     E    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    NE
T Wind Spd       16    14     9    10    13    14    11    14    17    14    11


Date           04/21Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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            79      58      77      64      82      67      84      70      85
Temp          77 72 63 59 75 73 65 66 80 77 69 69 83 79 71 71 83 80
Dewpt         64 61 59 57 61 61 64 65 69 69 69 69 72 71 71 71 73 72
Min/Max RH         58      96      58      99      64     100      64     100      66
RH            65 67 87 95 62 67 95 99 70 76100100 70 78100 99 72 77
Pwind Dir           N      NE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC
PoP 12HR           10       5      20       5      10       5       5       0       5
Rain Shwrs                IS IS

$$

TXZ231-190900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            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                      69          90          69          87          61
Temp          93 87 74 71 70 70 78 86 89 84 73 71 71 69 77 84 86 82 72 69 65 62
Dewpt         67 67 68 70 70 70 72 70 69 68 68 70 70 69 71 69 67 66 69 69 65 62
Max/Min RH                  100          52         100          53         100
RH            42 53 82 97100100 81 58 52 58 84 97 99100 82 60 53 58 89100100100
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N
Wind Spd      10 12 11  8  6  6  6  8 11 13 11  9  8  6 11 11 11 13 11  8  8 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      5           5           5          20          60
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0        0.05        0.21
Rain Shwrs                                                 IS IS NM NM SC SC
Tstms                                                      IS IS SC SC SC IS
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     3     2
Haines            5     4     4     3     4     4     4     4     4     3     2
Mixing Hgt     4600  1400  1200  3600  3700  2000  1300  4600  5200  2400  1400
T Wind Dir       SE    SE    SE    SE     E    SE    SE    SE    SE     E    NE
T Wind Spd       14    17    10    13    17    16    11    16    18    13    13


Date           04/21Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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            76      56      78      61      84      66      87      69      90
Temp          73 72 62 57 73 76 65 63 80 80 69 67 84 84 72 69 87 86
Dewpt         58 56 56 54 57 59 62 63 66 66 69 67 68 67 71 69 70 68
Min/Max RH         52      91      51     100      56     100      51     100      49
RH            59 56 81 90 57 55 90100 62 62100100 58 56 97100 57 55
Pwind Dir           N      NE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           10      10      10       5      10       5       5       0       5

$$

TXZ247-190900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            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                      71          80          71          79          66
Temp          79 76 73 73 73 72 78 80 79 75 73 72 72 72 77 79 79 75 72 72 69 67
Dewpt         72 72 72 72 73 72 73 73 72 72 72 72 72 72 73 72 71 71 71 71 69 67
Max/Min RH                  100          80         100          77         100
RH            80 86 99 97100 99 86 81 81 90 97100 99100 88 81 78 89 97 99100100
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E NE  N
Wind Spd      10  9  8  6  5  6  6  8 10 10  8  8  6  6  8  9 11 11  9  9  6  9
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2
Clouds(%)     B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR                      5           0           0          10          50
QPF 12HR                   0.02           0           0        0.02        0.11
Rain Shwrs                                                       SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms                                                            IS IS SC SC IS
Obvis                  PF
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     3
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     4     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt     1800  1300  1300  1200  1500  1300  1300  1800  1800  1500  1100
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     S    SE     E    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    NE
T Wind Spd       16    18    11    11    14    16    13    16    16    16    11


Date           04/21Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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            77      62      74      67      79      70      81      72      81
Temp          75 72 66 62 72 71 69 69 78 74 72 71 79 76 73 73 81 77
Dewpt         65 63 60 59 62 63 65 66 69 70 71 71 72 72 72 73 74 73
Min/Max RH         66      90      67      92      73     100      75     100      77
RH            71 73 83 90 72 75 87 92 76 87 99100 80 86 97100 80 89
Pwind Dir           N      NE       E      SE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR           20       5      20       5      10       5       5       0       5
Rain Shwrs    IS          IS IS
Tstms         IS

$$

TXZ234-190900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            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                      70          85          69          83          62
Temp          86 82 73 73 72 72 76 82 85 80 74 72 72 70 77 81 83 79 72 70 67 63
Dewpt         70 70 71 71 71 71 73 73 72 71 71 71 71 70 72 72 70 69 70 70 67 63
Max/Min RH                  100          65         100          65         100
RH            59 67 93 93 97 97 90 74 65 74 90 97 97100 85 74 65 72 93100100100
Wind Dir       S SE SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N
Wind Spd      12 11  8  8  5  5  5  8 11 11  8  8  8  8  9 11 12 11 10  8  9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0          20          60
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0        0.04        0.25
Rain Shwrs                                                 IS IS NM NM NM NM
Tstms                                                      IS IS SC SC SC IS
Obvis                  PF PF PF
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     3     2
Haines            4     4     4     4     3     4     4     4     3     3     2
Mixing Hgt     3400  1100  1100  3000  3200  1400   700  3500  4400  1900  1300
T Wind Dir        S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     E     N
T Wind Spd       16    12     8     9    13    12    10    13    17    12    13


Date           04/21Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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            73      56      76      61      82      67      85      71      86
Temp          71 70 62 57 72 74 65 63 80 78 71 68 82 81 73 72 84 82
Dewpt         62 59 57 54 59 61 62 63 69 69 70 68 72 71 72 72 73 71
Min/Max RH         66      91      60     100      66     100      63     100      61
RH            73 68 84 90 64 64 90100 69 74 97100 72 72 97100 70 69
Pwind Dir           N      NE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           10       5      10       5      10       5       5       0       5

$$

TXZ241-190900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            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                      71          91          71          88          66
Temp          92 85 75 74 73 73 79 88 90 83 74 73 72 71 78 85 87 82 74 72 69 67
Dewpt         69 70 71 72 72 71 73 72 71 69 71 72 72 71 73 71 70 69 71 71 69 66
Max/Min RH                   99          54         100          58          99
RH            48 61 87 94 97 95 82 60 54 63 92 95 99100 85 63 58 66 90 97 99 99
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  E  E SE SE  E SE  E  E SE SE  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  N  N
Wind Spd      11 12 11  8  6  6  8 10 13 14 11 10  8  8 11 14 14 14 11 10  8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      5           0           0          10          40
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0        0.02        0.10
Rain Shwrs                                                       SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                                            IS SC SC IS
Obvis                  PF PF PF
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     3     2
Haines            5     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt     4000  1300  1100  3300  3700  1900  1300  4300  4300  2100  1300
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     E    SE     E     E    SE    SE    SE    SE    NE
T Wind Spd       16    17    11    12    18    16    11    16    18    13    12


Date           04/21Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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            79      60      79      64      85      69      88      71      91
Temp          76 75 64 60 73 75 67 66 82 81 72 69 85 83 73 71 88 86
Dewpt         62 59 58 57 60 61 64 65 69 68 71 69 70 70 72 71 72 71
Min/Max RH         56      89      58      97      59     100      54     100      51
RH            61 59 81 89 63 62 89 95 64 66 95100 61 64 97100 59 61
Pwind Dir           N      NE       E       E      SE       E      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 SC
PoP 12HR           20      10      20       5      10       5       5       0       5
Rain Shwrs       IS       IS IS
Tstms            IS

$$

TXZ229-190900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Date           04/18/24      Fri 04/19/24            Sat 04/20/24            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          93          72          91          64
Temp          96 95 83 76 74 72 76 83 89 91 81 75 74 72 77 84 89 85 75 71 67 65
Dewpt         70 68 70 69 69 70 71 70 69 67 69 68 69 69 69 68 66 66 68 66 64 61
Max/Min RH                   93          45          90          47          90
RH            43 42 65 79 84 93 85 65 52 45 67 79 84 90 76 59 47 53 79 84 90 87
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E NE NE  N
Wind Spd       6  8 14 10  9  8  8  8 11 12 14 11 11  9 10  9 10 13 12 13 11 13
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                     20          10          10          30          70
QPF 12HR                   0.05           0        0.03        0.13        0.43
Rain Shwrs       IS                                        SC SC NM NM SC SC
Tstms            IS                                        IS SC SC SC SC SC
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     3     3     3
Haines            4     4     3     3     3     4     4     4     4     3     2
Mixing Hgt     5700   700  1200  3000  4200  2300  1400  4100  5800  1500  1300
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     E     E     E     E    SE    SE    SE    NE    NE
T Wind Spd       10    16    12    13    19    18    16    16    16    17    17


Date           04/21Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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            78      60      80      65      87      70      90      73      94
Temp          73 75 65 60 72 78 69 67 79 86 73 70 85 88 76 73 87 92
Dewpt         58 56 55 54 57 58 61 63 66 65 67 67 67 66 69 70 69 66
Min/Max RH         48      81      47      87      48      91      43      90      41
RH            59 52 70 81 59 50 76 87 64 50 81 90 55 48 79 90 55 43
Pwind Dir          NE      NE       E      SE      SE       E      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           10      10      10       5       5       5       5       5       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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