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FOUS54 KCRP 150808
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
307 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

TXZ245-152100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
307 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date             Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24
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                      80          69          82          69          84
Temp          69 69 76 79 80 76 71 70 70 70 77 81 82 78 72 72 71 69 77 82 83 78
Dewpt         68 68 72 72 71 70 70 70 70 70 73 73 71 71 72 72 71 69 73 71 71 71
Min/Max RH                   73         100          71         100          67
RH            97 99 88 78 73 83 97100100100 87 77 71 81100100100100 88 71 67 81
Wind Dir       S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd       8  9 11 13 17 16 13 16 11 11  8 10  9  9  6  6  6  4  5  8  8  9
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR                      0           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     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2200  2200  1300  1300  2500  2300  1200  1100  2600  2400
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S     S     S     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             19    24    21    20    19    17    16    14    12    13


Date          Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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      69      84      69      84      65      80
Temp          72 70 81 78 71 69 83 79 71 69 82 78 71 66 78 74
Dewpt         72 70 72 70 71 69 72 70 71 69 72 70 70 66 67 65
Max/Min RH        100      63     100      64     100      65     100      63
RH           100100 73 78100100 70 75100100 71 76 99100 69 74
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           10       5       5       5       0      20      40      30
Rain Shwrs                                     IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                          IS SC SC SC SC

$$

TXZ231-152100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
307 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date             Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24
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                      87          68          89          70          90
Temp          69 68 75 84 86 81 73 70 70 70 77 86 89 85 75 73 72 70 77 87 90 84
Dewpt         67 67 69 69 69 68 68 68 68 68 70 68 68 69 70 71 71 70 72 70 68 67
Min/Max RH                   57         100          49         100          48
RH            93 97 82 60 57 65 84 92 93 93 79 55 49 59 83 95 99100 85 56 48 57
Wind Dir      SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  E SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd      11  6 12 16 18 17 16 16  8 11  8  8  6 10  9  8  6  4  6  8  8 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV
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     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3200  3500  1800  1300  3300  3700  1300  1200  3900  4500
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             19    25    24    16    13    11    13    10     9    12


Date          Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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      90      68      91      68      89      63      78
Temp          72 70 87 84 70 68 87 85 71 69 85 83 69 64 75 74
Dewpt         71 70 68 64 69 68 68 65 69 68 67 66 68 64 62 60
Max/Min RH        100      45     100      45      98      48     100      56
RH            97100 53 51 97100 53 51 93 97 54 57 97100 64 62
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR           10      10      10       5       5      20      40      30
Rain Shwrs                                     IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                          IS SC SC SC SC

$$

TXZ247-152100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
307 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date             Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24
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                      78          70          79          71          79
Temp          71 71 75 77 78 74 72 72 71 72 76 78 78 75 73 73 72 71 75 79 78 75
Dewpt         69 69 71 72 71 70 70 71 71 71 73 72 72 72 72 72 72 71 72 72 71 72
Min/Max RH                   81         100          79         100          77
RH            95 95 89 85 81 87 95 97100 99 91 82 81 90 99 99100100 90 80 79 90
Wind Dir       S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE  E
Wind Spd       9 11 12 14 17 16 14 16 11 11  9 10 10 10  9  8  6  6  6  8  9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV
Clouds(%)     B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV
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     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1400  1500   800  1300  1400  1300  1000  1200  1700  1700
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S     S    SE     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             20    24    24    23    18    17    17    16    11    16


Date          Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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      80      71      80      71      80      68      78
Temp          72 71 79 75 72 71 79 76 72 71 79 75 72 69 76 72
Dewpt         72 71 72 71 72 71 72 72 72 71 72 72 71 69 67 66
Max/Min RH        100      76     100      77     100      75     100      70
RH           100100 81 87 99100 80 87 99100 80 89 99100 75 80
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           10       5       5       5       0      20      40      40
Rain Shwrs                                     IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                          IS SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ234-152100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
307 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date             Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24
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                      81          69          83          71          85
Temp          70 71 74 79 80 77 72 72 71 72 77 82 83 80 74 74 73 71 77 83 85 80
Dewpt         68 69 70 72 71 70 70 69 71 71 73 73 72 71 72 73 73 71 73 72 71 71
Min/Max RH                   74         100          70         100          63
RH            93 93 87 79 74 79 93 90100 97 87 74 70 74 93 97100100 87 70 63 74
Wind Dir       S SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SE  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd      10  9 12 16 20 16 12 14 11 13  9 12 12 11 10  8  6  5  6  8  9 10
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     3     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2800  2900  1400  1200  3300  3500  1500   600  3100  3600
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S     S     S     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             18    24    18    16    17    18    12     9    11    12


Date          Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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      86      70      86      70      84      65      77
Temp          73 72 83 80 72 70 84 81 72 70 82 80 71 66 74 74
Dewpt         72 72 72 69 71 70 71 69 71 70 70 69 70 66 66 63
Max/Min RH        100      59     100      61     100      61     100      65
RH            97100 70 69 97100 65 67 97100 67 69 97100 76 69
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR           10      10       5       5       5      20      40      30
Rain Shwrs                                     IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                          IS SC SC SC SC

$$

TXZ241-152100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
307 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date             Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24
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                      88          70          92          72          91
Temp          71 71 78 86 87 81 74 73 72 72 80 89 91 84 76 74 73 72 79 87 90 83
Dewpt         68 69 70 71 71 71 70 69 70 71 71 70 70 71 72 73 73 72 73 71 71 71
Min/Max RH                   59          97          50         100          54
RH            92 92 78 62 60 72 87 89 92 95 74 54 51 65 89 95 99100 84 60 55 68
Wind Dir       S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind Spd      11 10 12 16 19 20 16 14  9  9 11 11  9 11 10  8  8  6  6  8 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12HR                      0           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     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3300  3500  1500  1200  4500  4300  1700  1200  4000  3900
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             19    25    23    16    17    13    14    11    10    13
Wind                    Y  Y  Y


Date          Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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      91      69      91      71      90      67      80
Temp          74 72 87 83 72 70 88 85 72 71 86 84 72 68 77 76
Dewpt         73 72 69 68 71 70 69 68 71 71 69 69 71 67 65 63
Max/Min RH        100      49     100      50      99      52      99      56
RH            95100 56 60 97100 55 57 97 99 58 62 97 99 67 66
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           10      10      10       5       5      20      40      40
Rain Shwrs                                     IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                          IS SC SC SC IS

$$

TXZ229-152100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
307 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date             Mon 04/15/24            Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24
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                      95          72          93          73          96
Temp          73 71 77 87 94 91 81 77 74 73 77 86 92 91 82 77 75 73 79 89 95 92
Dewpt         67 68 68 68 67 67 70 69 68 68 69 67 63 62 66 69 70 71 71 71 67 66
Min/Max RH                   41          84          36          93          39
RH            81 90 74 53 41 45 69 76 82 84 76 53 38 38 58 76 84 93 77 56 40 43
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E NE NE  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd      11  8 10 13 16 16 14 10  8  4  4  5  6  6  9  8  6  4  6  6  8 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      5           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     4     4     4     4     5     5
Mixing Hgt           3600  4900  1000  1500  2900  3800  2000   900  3900  4500
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE     E    NE    SE    SE    SE     E
T Wind Spd             17    20    20    13     6     9    12     8     6    12


Date          Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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      95      70      96      72      91      67      80
Temp          77 73 90 90 75 70 88 92 75 72 85 89 72 67 76 78
Dewpt         70 70 68 66 68 68 67 65 67 68 67 64 66 63 60 58
Max/Min RH         91      39      94      38      88      42      89      48
RH            79 90 49 45 79 93 50 41 76 87 55 44 81 87 58 50
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           10      20      10      10      10      30      50      30
Rain Shwrs             IS                      SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms                  IS                      IS SC SC 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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