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FOUS54 KCRP 281958
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

TXZ245-290900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      61          77          62          79          65
Temp          75 73 67 64 63 61 66 73 77 75 69 66 64 63 73 78 77 72 67 66 67 67
Dewpt         57 57 58 58 58 58 60 60 61 61 62 63 62 62 65 64 65 64 66 66 67 67
Max/Min RH                   93          58          99          61         100
RH            54 57 73 80 84 90 83 65 58 63 80 90 92 95 78 62 66 76 95100 99 99
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind Spd       8 10 10 11 11 11 14 17 16 13 10  9  8  6  8  9 10  8  6  6  8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds        CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           5           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            500   600  3700  3800  2000  1100  3600  3600  1700   800
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S     S     S     S     S     S    SE     S
T Wind Spd             17    18    23    24    19    17    18    17    16    14


Date           03/31Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24
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            80      66      82      64      83      54      75      56      75
Temp          78 74 68 68 79 76 68 65 80 77 61 54 72 70 59 57 73 70
Dewpt         69 67 68 67 69 68 68 65 58 56 51 46 47 48 49 49 53 55
Min/Max RH         67     100      66     100      42      76      39      78      47
RH            74 80100 99 71 78 99100 48 49 69 74 42 46 68 75 50 59
Pwind Dir           S       S       S      SE       N       N       N      NE       E
Wind Char         <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     15>     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       5       5      10      10      10      10

$$

TXZ231-290900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      56          81          60          84          64
Temp          81 78 67 62 59 56 64 75 81 78 69 65 62 60 69 80 83 77 68 66 66 66
Dewpt         46 53 56 57 56 56 58 57 57 58 60 60 60 60 63 62 62 61 63 64 65 66
Max/Min RH                  100          44         100          49          99
RH            29 41 68 83 90100 81 53 44 49 73 84 93100 81 54 49 58 84 93 97 99
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       8 12 12 11 11 11 16 16 17 16 16 12 11  6 10 11 11 14 11 10  9  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW FW CL FW CL SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     FW FW CL FW CL SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
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            700   600  4500  4900  1600  1300  3800  3800  2000   700
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             19    16    24    25    23    17    16    17    18    12


Date           03/31Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24
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            89      67      94      65      86      55      75      52      77
Temp          82 83 70 68 89 90 72 66 82 81 63 55 71 73 59 53 74 74
Dewpt         66 65 68 67 66 64 65 58 48 46 48 43 41 40 44 44 46 47
Min/Max RH         48     100      36      84      26      64      27      73      33
RH            59 56 95 99 47 43 79 75 31 29 58 64 34 30 58 71 36 38
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       S       E       N       N       N       E       E
Wind Char         <15     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0      10       5      10      10      10       5

$$

TXZ247-290900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      64          74          66          75          67
Temp          74 73 69 67 65 64 67 72 74 73 69 68 67 66 71 75 74 71 68 68 68 68
Dewpt         59 58 60 59 60 59 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 65 65 66 66 67 67
Max/Min RH                   84          67          93          72          99
RH            59 60 75 77 84 84 81 70 67 70 81 86 92 92 82 73 74 83 93 95 99 99
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind Spd       9 11 12 12 11 12 14 16 16 14 11 11 10  8  8 10 11  9  8  8  8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds        CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           5           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            700   900  2900  3000  2400  2000  2300  2200  1300  1300
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             20    23    24    24    23    20    18    18    17    18


Date           03/31Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24
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      68      77      66      79      57      72      60      73
Temp          75 71 69 68 76 72 69 67 77 74 65 57 69 68 63 61 72 68
Dewpt         68 67 69 68 69 69 69 67 60 59 53 49 48 50 51 52 55 56
Min/Max RH         78     100      75     100      51      77      45      72      54
RH            79 89100100 78 90100100 57 58 66 75 48 52 65 72 55 67
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       S      SE       N       N       N      NE       E
Wind Char         <15     15>     15>     <15     <15     15>     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       5       5      10      10      10      10

$$

TXZ234-290900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      56          79          62          79          66
Temp          77 75 66 61 58 56 63 73 79 77 69 66 64 62 72 78 79 74 68 69 68 68
Dewpt         54 55 56 57 56 56 59 56 57 58 60 61 62 61 64 64 63 63 65 66 67 67
Max/Min RH                  100          47          97          58          97
RH            45 50 70 87 93100 87 55 47 52 73 84 93 97 76 62 58 69 90 90 97 97
Wind Dir       S SE SE SE  S SE  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S
Wind Spd       6 11  8  8  8  8 13 17 18 14 11 10  9  8 10 11 14 12  8  9  9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW CL CL CL FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     FW CL CL CL FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           5           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            500   400  4000  4400   800   700  3900  4100  1200   600
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S    SE     S
T Wind Spd             13    13    20    23    17    14    16    17    13    13


Date           03/31Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24
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            81      69      85      66      81      53      72      53      75
Temp          79 76 71 70 82 79 72 67 78 77 62 54 69 70 58 54 73 71
Dewpt         69 67 70 69 69 69 69 65 56 54 49 44 45 46 48 46 51 53
Min/Max RH         65      97      59      97      41      69      38      77      43
RH            72 74 97 97 65 72 90 93 47 45 62 69 42 42 69 74 46 53
Pwind Dir           S       S       S      SE       N       N       N      NE       E
Wind Char         15>     <15     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0      10       5      10      10      10      10

$$

TXZ241-290900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      58          82          62          85          66
Temp          83 80 69 64 61 58 66 76 82 79 71 67 64 62 72 81 84 78 70 69 68 68
Dewpt         49 54 58 58 58 56 60 59 60 60 62 62 62 61 65 64 64 64 66 66 67 67
Max/Min RH                   96          47          99          52          99
RH            32 40 68 81 89 93 83 55 47 53 74 86 95 97 80 57 52 62 87 92 99 97
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       8 14 12 11 11 10 16 17 19 17 14 11 11  8 11 12 14 16 12 10  9  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            800   700  4400  4800  2000  1400  4200  3900  2000   900
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             18    16    24    26    23    16    17    19    17    12


Date           03/31Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24
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            89      69      97      68      88      56      77      54      79
Temp          84 82 72 70 91 91 74 68 85 83 65 57 73 73 60 56 75 74
Dewpt         69 67 70 68 68 65 67 63 50 49 50 45 44 43 48 47 51 51
Min/Max RH         49      97      34      87      25      67      30      76      36
RH            61 61 95 95 47 42 79 84 31 31 58 65 36 34 64 73 42 45
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       S      SE       N       N       N      NE       E
Wind Char         <15     15>     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0      10       5      10      10      10      10

$$

TXZ229-290900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      60          87          63          90          66
Temp          85 82 71 66 63 60 68 80 86 84 74 69 66 63 70 82 89 86 76 71 68 68
Dewpt         44 45 50 53 54 55 57 56 56 56 59 60 60 61 63 62 61 60 63 63 64 65
Max/Min RH                   87          35          93          38          93
RH            24 27 47 63 72 84 68 44 36 38 59 73 81 93 78 51 39 42 64 76 87 90
Wind Dir       S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       8 10 17 16 14 11 17 14 14 14 16 12 11  6  9  8 10 13 16 11  9  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        CL CL CL FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%)     CL CL CL FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            700   700  4600  5300  1200  1500  3800  4400  2400  1400
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             19    17    24    21    20    14    13    16    18    12


Date           03/31Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24
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            93      69      99      66      89      56      80      54      81
Temp          86 91 75 70 91 96 77 67 84 86 67 57 74 78 63 56 76 78
Dewpt         66 62 66 67 65 54 58 45 41 39 43 43 38 36 42 43 42 42
Min/Max RH         36      90      22      54      17      59      20      62      24
RH            51 38 74 90 42 25 52 45 22 19 42 59 27 22 46 62 30 28
Pwind Dir          SE      SE       S      NE       N       N      NE       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR            0       0       0      10       5      10       5      10       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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