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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1033 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

TXZ245-232100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1033 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
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                      79          69          83          70          83
Temp                   79 78 75 70 70 70 70 78 83 82 77 72 72 71 70 78 82 83 79
Dewpt                  65 67 68 69 69 69 69 72 71 72 71 72 71 71 70 73 72 71 71
Min/Max RH                   63         100          68         100          68
RH                     63 69 81 97 97 97 97 82 68 72 81 99 99 99100 85 73 68 78
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd                8  9  8  6  6  6  4  6  9  9  8  8  6  6  5  8 11 12 14
Wind Gust
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%)              B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt                 3400   900   900  2900  2900  1700  1100  2600  3000
T Wind Dir                    S     S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   17    17    13    14    18    17    17    19    23


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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      84      71      86      72      86      70      87
Temp          72 72 83 79 73 72 85 80 74 72 84 81 73 71 85 81
Dewpt         72 71 72 72 73 71 73 73 73 72 73 73 73 71 72 72
Max/Min RH         99      66     100      66      99      66     100      61
RH            99 95 71 81 99 99 67 81 97 99 70 78100100 66 76
Pwind Dir          SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0       5       0       0       5      10      10      10

$$

TXZ231-232100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1033 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
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          67          86          68          89
Temp                   76 79 78 70 70 69 69 75 83 86 82 73 71 70 69 77 86 88 83
Dewpt                  63 65 65 67 68 68 68 70 69 69 67 69 70 69 69 71 69 68 68
Min/Max RH                   61         100          57         100          52
RH                     64 63 66 90 95 99 99 84 63 57 61 87 97 97100 84 56 52 60
Wind Dir                S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd               10 10 11 10  8  6  6  8 10 11 14 11 10  9  8 11 13 16 18
Wind Gust
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)              B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     4
Mixing Hgt                 3600  1300   900  3500  3900  2100  1000  4900  5200
T Wind Dir                    S    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   17    17    11    13    19    18    14    19    25


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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            70      88      71      92      72      91      71      91
Temp          72 71 85 83 73 71 89 87 74 72 87 87 73 71 87 87
Dewpt         70 70 69 68 71 69 68 70 71 70 69 68 72 71 69 66
Max/Min RH         97      54      94      45      96      48     100      45
RH            93 97 59 61 93 93 50 57 90 95 56 53 97100 54 50
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 FW
PoP 12HR            0      10       0       0       5      10       5      10

$$

TXZ247-232100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1033 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
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                      79          71          80          72          80
Temp                   78 79 75 74 73 72 72 77 80 79 76 73 73 73 72 77 79 80 76
Dewpt                  66 68 69 70 70 70 71 72 72 72 72 72 71 71 72 73 73 72 72
Min/Max RH                   65          97          78         100          77
RH                     66 69 82 89 89 93 95 85 78 81 87 97 95 95100 89 82 78 87
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd                9 10 10  9  9  8  6  8  9 10 10  9  9  8  8  9 11 12 16
Wind Gust
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%)              B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     4
Mixing Hgt                 2700   900  1000  1700  1800  1600  1700  1900  2000
T Wind Dir                    S     S     S     S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   17    19    17    14    17    19    19    19    23


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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            73      81      73      82      73      82      72      83
Temp          73 73 80 77 75 73 81 78 75 73 81 78 75 73 81 78
Dewpt         72 72 73 73 73 72 73 73 73 73 74 74 74 73 73 73
Max/Min RH         99      76      99      76     100      76     100      74
RH            97 97 80 87 96 97 78 86 96100 80 88 99100 77 86
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0       5       0       0       0      10      10      10

$$

TXZ234-232100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1033 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
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          68          83          70          84
Temp                   79 79 77 72 70 69 70 76 81 83 80 72 72 70 72 77 82 83 79
Dewpt                  62 63 66 68 68 68 69 71 71 71 70 70 71 70 70 72 71 71 70
Min/Max RH                   56         100          67         100          67
RH                     56 58 69 87 93 97 97 85 72 67 72 93 97100 93 85 69 67 74
Wind Dir                S  S  S SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd               10 11 11  9  8  6  4  6  9 11 12 10 10  9  8 11 16 16 16
Wind Gust
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)              B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      0           5           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0        0.01           0           0           0
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mixing Hgt                 3600   700   600  3600  3500  1900   700  4000  4000
T Wind Dir                    S     S     S     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S
T Wind Spd                   16    13     9    12    17    14    12    18    23


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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      83      72      86      73      87      72      88
Temp          74 73 82 80 75 72 84 82 76 73 85 83 75 73 85 85
Dewpt         72 70 71 71 73 71 72 73 73 72 72 72 74 72 72 71
Max/Min RH         94      67      97      65      97      63      98      57
RH            93 90 69 74 94 97 67 74 90 97 65 70 97 97 65 63
Pwind Dir          SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0      10       5       0       5      10      10      10

$$

TXZ241-232100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1033 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
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          86          70          89
Temp                   76 78 77 72 70 70 70 76 84 85 81 74 72 72 71 78 86 88 83
Dewpt                  66 68 69 70 70 70 70 72 72 71 70 71 71 71 70 72 71 71 71
Min/Max RH                   67         100          63          99          57
RH                     73 71 76 93 99100 99 86 68 63 69 92 97 99 99 81 61 57 68
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd               11 11 11 10  8  6  6  9 11 13 14 11 10 10  9 13 16 19 19
Wind Gust
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)              B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     4
Mixing Hgt                 3200  1000   900  3400  3600  2100  1000  4800  4700
T Wind Dir                   SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   16    17    11    14    19    18    16    20    25


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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      90      72      93      73      92      72      92
Temp          74 74 86 84 75 72 90 87 76 73 88 86 75 72 87 86
Dewpt         72 71 71 71 73 71 70 72 73 71 71 71 74 72 71 70
Max/Min RH         94      55      97      48      94      51     100      50
RH            92 92 62 66 92 95 53 62 89 93 58 60 96100 59 59
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 B1 FW SC B1 B1 FW
PoP 12HR            0       5       0       0       0       5       5      10

$$

TXZ229-232100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1033 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
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                      84          70          90          72          93
Temp                   76 82 83 76 72 72 71 75 83 89 88 79 75 74 72 77 86 92 91
Dewpt                  61 63 64 68 68 68 69 70 70 69 67 70 69 69 69 69 69 67 67
Min/Max RH                   49          93          50          90          43
RH                     60 53 53 76 87 87 93 84 65 52 50 74 82 84 90 76 57 44 45
Wind Dir                S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd                9 10 11 11 10  9  6  8  8 11 13 16 12 11 11 12 13 14 17
Wind Gust
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC B1
Clouds(%)              B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC B1
PoP 12HR                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        4     4     3     4     4     3     3     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 4400   900  1100  3100  5200  2900  1300  4600  6100
T Wind Dir                    S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   16    16    12    13    17    19    16    20    23


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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            73      93      74      98      74      95      73      95
Temp          77 74 84 92 77 74 90 95 78 74 87 94 77 73 89 93
Dewpt         69 70 69 66 70 70 68 64 71 70 67 63 69 70 68 64
Max/Min RH         87      41      87      34      87      35      91      36
RH            76 87 61 43 79 87 49 36 79 87 52 36 76 90 50 38
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      SE       E
Wind Char         15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR            5      10       0       0      10      10       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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