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FOUS54 KCRP 261048
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
548 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

TXZ245-262100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
548 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
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                      82          72          83          74          84
Temp             72 77 80 81 77 73 73 72 72 79 82 82 79 76 75 75 75 82 84 84 80
Dewpt            71 73 72 72 72 73 73 72 72 73 74 73 72 72 72 71 71 74 73 73 73
Min/Max RH                   73         100          74          91          70
RH               99 88 77 74 85 99100 99 99 82 77 74 81 87 90 89 87 77 71 71 78
Wind Dir         SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd         14 14 16 17 14 14 11 11 12 16 19 19 20 18 18 17 16 13 13 12 14
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     20          10           5           0          40
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0           0        0.03
Rain Shwrs             IS                                              SC SC IS
Tstms                  IS                                              SC SC IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     3
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     3     4     4     4     3
Mixing Hgt           2200  2400  1400  1100  2400  2300  1600  1500  2400  2100
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             24    27    23    23    26    28    27    26    20    19


Date          Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24Wed 05/01/24Thu 05/02/24
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      85      72      85      74      83      73      85
Temp          75 74 84 81 74 73 84 81 75 74 83 79 75 74 84 80
Dewpt         73 72 74 73 73 72 74 73 73 72 73 73 73 72 72 71
Max/Min RH         96      68      99      70      96      71      97      65
RH            94 93 71 78 96 97 73 77 94 93 73 81 94 93 68 74
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           20      30      30      30       5       5       5      20
Rain Shwrs    IS       SC SC SC SC IS                      IS
Tstms         IS       SC SC SC SC IS                      IS

$$

TXZ231-262100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
548 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
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                      89          72          89          72          87
Temp             71 77 84 88 85 75 75 74 73 79 87 89 85 76 74 73 72 76 84 86 84
Dewpt            71 72 70 69 69 71 72 71 70 71 70 70 71 71 71 70 69 71 70 70 70
Min/Max RH                   53          93          53          91          58
RH              100 84 62 54 59 89 90 90 90 77 56 54 63 85 90 90 90 85 63 58 63
Wind Dir         SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE
Wind Spd         11 14 19 14 14 14 12 14 12 17 18 18 19 20 19 20 12 10  9  6  8
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     30           0          10           0          40
QPF 12HR                   0.03           0           0           0        0.04
Rain Shwrs       IS SC                                           SC SC SC SC
Tstms            IS SC                                           IS SC SC SC
LAL                     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     3     3
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     3     3
Mixing Hgt           3400  4400  1400  1800  4300  4800  2000  2000  2500  4000
T Wind Dir              S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             25    25    23    21    27    27    28    25    16    10


Date          Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24Wed 05/01/24Thu 05/02/24
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      89      70      89      71      89      70      89
Temp          73 73 85 85 73 71 85 84 73 71 86 84 73 70 86 83
Dewpt         73 72 70 70 71 71 70 69 73 71 69 68 71 70 69 68
Max/Min RH         99      51     100      52     100      49     100      51
RH            99 97 61 60 93100 61 61100100 57 60 93100 58 61
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 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           10      30      30      20       5      10      20      30
Rain Shwrs             SC SC IS IS IS             IS    IS SC
Tstms                  SC SC IS IS IS             IS    IS SC

$$

TXZ247-262100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
548 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
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          73          81          74          80
Temp             73 76 78 79 77 74 74 73 73 77 80 80 77 75 75 74 74 78 80 80 77
Dewpt            72 73 73 73 73 73 73 72 72 73 74 73 73 73 72 72 72 73 73 73 74
Min/Max RH                   82          99          79          96          79
RH               97 91 83 82 87 99 99 97 97 88 82 80 87 92 92 92 93 85 81 80 89
Wind Dir         SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd         16 14 16 16 14 14 14 13 16 16 18 18 20 18 16 17 17 13 11 12 16
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     20           5           5           0          30
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0           0        0.02
Rain Shwrs             IS                                              SC SC IS
Tstms                  IS                                              SC SC IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     3
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     3     4     4     4     3
Mixing Hgt           1200  1600   900  1000  1800  1800  1700  1800  1800  1400
T Wind Dir              S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             25    25    25    26    27    27    27    27    18    18


Date          Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24Wed 05/01/24Thu 05/02/24
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            74      81      72      81      73      79      74      79
Temp          75 74 80 78 74 73 80 77 74 73 78 75 75 74 78 75
Dewpt         73 73 74 74 73 73 74 74 73 73 74 73 74 73 73 72
Max/Min RH         98      79     100      79     100      85      99      82
RH            96 97 82 88 99100 83 89 97100 87 94 97 97 84 90
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           20      20      30      30      10       5       5      20
Rain Shwrs    IS       IS SC SC SC IS                      IS
Tstms         IS       IS SC SC SC IS                      IS

$$

TXZ234-262100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
548 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
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          73          86          73          84
Temp             74 77 81 82 79 75 75 74 74 80 85 85 82 77 75 74 73 79 82 83 80
Dewpt            71 72 72 71 72 73 73 72 71 73 74 74 72 72 72 71 71 72 73 74 73
Min/Max RH                   68          97          69          94          74
RH               90 85 74 69 79 94 94 93 90 79 70 70 72 85 90 90 93 79 74 74 79
Wind Dir          S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd         14 16 19 20 17 16 13 13 13 17 23 24 20 20 19 20 16 14 16 14 14
Wind Gust
Clouds           OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     20          10          10           0          50
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.10
Rain Shwrs          IS IS                                        IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms               IS IS                                           IS SC SC SC
LAL                     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     3
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     3     3
Mixing Hgt           2800  3100  1400  1400  3400  3300  1800  1400  3300  3100
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S     S
T Wind Spd             24    28    20    20    27    29    26    25    19    20


Date          Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24Wed 05/01/24Thu 05/02/24
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      85      71      85      72      85      72      85
Temp          75 74 83 81 74 72 83 80 74 72 84 81 75 72 83 80
Dewpt         74 73 74 73 73 72 74 73 73 72 73 72 73 72 72 71
Max/Min RH         98      67     100      70     100      65     100      65
RH            97 97 74 77 97100 74 79 97100 70 74 94100 70 74
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 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           30      30      30      30      10      10      10      30
Rain Shwrs    SC    IS SC SC SC SC SC                      SC
Tstms         SC    IS SC SC SC SC SC                      SC

$$

TXZ241-262100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
548 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
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                      90          73          91          73          89
Temp             74 79 85 89 85 76 75 75 74 80 87 90 84 76 75 74 73 79 85 89 86
Dewpt            72 73 72 71 72 74 73 72 71 72 72 73 73 73 72 71 71 72 73 72 73
Min/Max RH                   56          95          57          95          58
RH               93 83 64 56 65 92 94 90 90 78 61 58 70 92 90 90 93 78 68 58 65
Wind Dir         SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd         13 14 20 17 16 14 12 13 13 17 19 19 20 19 17 17 14 11 10  8 11
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     20           5           5           0          40
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0           0        0.03
Rain Shwrs          IS                                           SC SC SC SC
Tstms               IS                                           IS IS SC IS
LAL                     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     2
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     3     3
Mixing Hgt           3500  4300  1400  1700  4000  4300  1800  1700  3000  4600
T Wind Dir              S     S    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             24    25    21    21    26    27    27    25    16    11


Date          Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24Wed 05/01/24Thu 05/02/24
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      90      72      90      73      90      72      90
Temp          75 74 88 85 74 72 86 84 76 73 87 84 75 72 87 84
Dewpt         74 73 72 72 74 72 72 72 74 73 72 71 74 72 72 70
Max/Min RH         98      56     100      57      99      57     100      54
RH            97 97 60 67 99100 64 67 94 99 62 65 96100 61 64
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           10      30      30      30       5      10      10      30
Rain Shwrs             SC SC IS SC IS                      SC
Tstms                  SC SC IS SC IS                      SC

$$

TXZ229-262100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
548 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
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                      94          75          96          75          90
Temp             74 80 88 94 92 83 77 77 76 79 88 95 94 82 79 77 75 76 84 90 88
Dewpt            71 72 71 68 67 70 70 71 71 71 69 65 64 72 71 71 71 71 70 65 64
Min/Max RH                   41          85          34          88          42
RH               90 77 57 43 44 65 79 82 85 77 54 37 37 72 77 82 87 85 63 44 45
Wind Dir         SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE NE  E
Wind Spd         11 13 11  9 11 16 13 13 13 16 12 12 13 20 20 18  9  6  6  6  8
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW
Clouds(%)        B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW
PoP 12HR                     20           5           5          10          30
QPF 12HR                   0.06           0           0           0        0.05
Rain Shwrs       IS                                              SC SC
Tstms            IS                                              SC IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     1
Haines                  5     5     4     4     5     5     5     4     5     5
Mixing Hgt           4600  6200  1100  1900  3700  6400  2300  2100  3800  5300
T Wind Dir              S     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE     S    SE    NE
T Wind Spd             20    14    20    20    23    20    26    20     9     9


Date          Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24Wed 05/01/24Thu 05/02/24
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      92      74      93      75      93      74      94
Temp          76 75 86 90 77 74 87 91 78 75 88 90 77 74 87 89
Dewpt         72 72 70 68 71 71 71 69 71 72 71 68 70 71 69 66
Max/Min RH         92      45      91      46      91      46      90      43
RH            87 90 59 49 82 90 59 49 79 90 57 49 79 90 55 47
Pwind Dir           E      SE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            5      20      20      20      10      20      30      40
Rain Shwrs             IS IS       IS          IS SC    IS SC
Tstms                  IS IS       IS          IS SC    IS SC

$$

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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