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FOUS54 KCRP 110524
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1223 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

TXZ245-112100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1223 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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          75          88
Temp          75 73 81 83 83 79 75 75 75 75 84 86 85 82 77 77 76 75 82 86 87 83
Dewpt         70 68 70 71 71 71 73 74 74 74 77 77 76 76 76 76 75 75 77 77 76 75
Min/Max RH                   65          98          74         100          70
RH            84 84 71 66 66 77 92 97 96 97 80 75 75 84 97 96 99100 85 74 70 78
Wind Dir      NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE
Wind Spd       8  6 10 11 11 11  8  8  6  6  9 12 11 11 10  6  6  6  8 11 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                     10          10          40          20          50
QPF 12HR                      0        0.01        0.05           0        0.03
Rain Shwrs                               SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                    IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS SC
Obvis                H     H     H
LAL               1     1     1     1     1     3     2     2     2     3     2
Haines            3     3     3     3     3     3     3     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt     1000  2500  2600  1800  1400  2900  3200  1900  1400  2600  2600
T Wind Dir       NE     E     E     E    SE    SE     S    SE     S     S     S
T Wind Spd       14    20    20    18    17    19    19    17    13    14    18


Date          Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24
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      73      87      76      88      71      88
Temp          74 72 88 84 75 74 86 83 77 76 87 84 76 72 87 84
Dewpt         73 72 73 72 74 73 74 74 75 76 77 75 74 71 69 68
Max/Min RH        100      56      99      66      99      69      98      52
RH            97100 61 68 96 97 69 76 96 99 73 76 94 97 56 59
Pwind Dir           E      NE      SE       E      SE      SE      NE       N
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR           10       5       5      20      30      30      10      10
Rain Shwrs                         IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms                              IS IS SC SC SC

$$

TXZ231-112100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1223 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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                      86          72          91          74          94
Temp          73 71 78 84 84 80 74 73 74 73 79 86 89 87 79 77 75 74 82 89 93 90
Dewpt         66 64 65 66 69 69 70 71 72 72 73 73 73 73 74 75 74 73 74 73 71 70
Min/Max RH                   55          97          58          99          48
RH            78 79 64 55 60 69 87 93 93 97 82 64 58 62 85 94 97 97 77 59 49 52
Wind Dir      NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  E
Wind Spd       8  8 11 11 11 11 11  9  8  6 10 11 10 11 11 10  8  6  8 10  9  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12HR                     10          20          40          30          40
QPF 12HR                      0        0.07           0           0        0.07
Rain Shwrs                   IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms                        IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL               1     1     1     2     2     3     3     2     3     3     3
Haines            3     3     3     4     4     4     3     3     4     5     5
Mixing Hgt     1000  3900  3800  2100  1200  4100  4100  2300  1000  4100  6200
T Wind Dir       NE     E     E     E    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SW
T Wind Spd       14    19    18    17    12    17    17    18    12    12    13


Date          Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24
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      93      69      90      73      91      69      91
Temp          73 70 90 90 74 70 87 85 76 74 88 88 75 69 87 89
Dewpt         71 70 67 66 70 69 70 71 73 72 73 71 72 68 65 63
Max/Min RH        100      38     100      54      94      53      99      40
RH            93100 47 45 87 99 57 62 90 93 61 57 89 97 48 42
Pwind Dir           E      NE      SE      SE      SE       E      NE       N
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR            5       5       5      20      20      20      10      10
Rain Shwrs                         IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms                              IS IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ247-112100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1223 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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          75          83          76          84
Temp          77 76 80 81 82 78 77 77 77 77 81 82 82 80 78 78 78 76 81 83 84 81
Dewpt         72 71 70 72 72 73 74 75 75 75 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 76 77 77 77 76
Min/Max RH                   71          96          82         100          79
RH            86 83 72 76 73 84 92 94 96 94 87 84 83 88 96 96 96100 88 83 79 85
Wind Dir      NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE
Wind Spd       9  9 12 13 14 12 11 10  8  8 10 12 12 11 11  8  9  8  9 10 11 10
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR                     10          20          40          20          50
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.03           0        0.02
Rain Shwrs                   IS IS       SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                        IS IS       IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS SC
Obvis          H     H  H  H  H  H
LAL               1     1     1     2     1     3     2     2     2     3     2
Haines            3     3     3     4     4     4     3     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt     1500  2300  2400  1800  1700  2300  2300  1600  1400  1700  1900
T Wind Dir       NE     E     E     E    SE    SE     S    SE     S     S     S
T Wind Spd       18    23    23    20    18    19    19    19    14    14    18


Date          Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24
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            75      86      76      84      77      85      73      85
Temp          77 75 84 82 78 76 83 80 78 77 83 82 77 74 83 81
Dewpt         74 75 75 74 75 74 75 76 76 76 77 76 75 73 71 70
Max/Min RH        100      69      96      75      99      78      99      60
RH            92100 74 78 93 96 77 88 96 99 83 82 94 97 68 69
Pwind Dir           E      NE      SE       E      SE      SE      NE       N
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR           10       5       5      20      20      30      10      10
Rain Shwrs                         IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms                              IS IS IS SC SC

$$

TXZ234-112100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1223 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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          72          85          74          88
Temp          73 71 78 82 83 79 74 74 74 74 78 82 84 82 77 77 76 74 81 85 88 83
Dewpt         65 63 65 66 67 67 68 69 72 73 75 76 76 75 75 75 75 74 77 76 76 75
Min/Max RH                   58          97          77         100          68
RH            76 76 64 58 59 67 82 84 93 97 91 82 77 79 94 94 97100 88 75 68 77
Wind Dir      NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  E
Wind Spd       8  8 11 11 13 11  9  9  8  8 10 13 14 13 11  8  6  6  8 10 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW
Clouds(%)     SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR                     10          20          60          30          50
QPF 12HR                      0        0.05        0.12        0.01        0.26
Rain Shwrs                         IS IS SC SC NM NM SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms                              IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC
Obvis          H     H
LAL               1     1     1     1     2     3     3     3     2     3     3
Haines            3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt      500  3800  3300  1800   900  2700  3600  1900   700  3400  4800
T Wind Dir       NE     E     E     E    SE    SE     S    SE     S     S     S
T Wind Spd       13    18    18    16    12    17    20    13     9    12    17


Date          Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24
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      70      87      73      87      69      86
Temp          73 70 87 87 74 71 86 82 77 74 85 83 75 70 85 84
Dewpt         71 70 71 69 71 70 72 72 74 74 76 74 72 69 69 68
Max/Min RH        100      49      99      62     100      72      99      55
RH            93100 59 55 90 97 63 72 90100 75 74 90 97 59 59
Pwind Dir           E       N       E      SE      SE      SE      NE       N
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR           10       5       5      20      30      30      10      10
Rain Shwrs                         IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms                              IS IS SC SC SC

$$

TXZ241-112100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1223 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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                      86          74          92          75          95
Temp          76 75 79 83 84 81 77 76 76 75 82 87 90 86 79 78 76 75 83 90 94 90
Dewpt         72 70 71 72 74 74 75 74 74 74 75 75 75 76 76 76 75 75 76 76 74 74
Min/Max RH                   69          97          62         100          53
RH            86 84 77 70 72 81 94 96 96 97 81 67 62 71 91 94 97 99 80 63 53 61
Wind Dir      NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  E
Wind Spd       8  6 11 12 14 11 10 10  8  6 10 11 12 12 11  9  9  6 10 10 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12HR                     20          20          30          20          40
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.05
Rain Shwrs    SC       IS IS IS IS       SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms         SC       IS IS IS IS       IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
Obvis          H  H  H        H
LAL               2     1     2     2     1     2     2     2     2     2     3
Haines            3     3     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     5     5
Mixing Hgt     1000  2800  2900  1700  1100  3900  4500  2000  1100  4500  5700
T Wind Dir       NE     E     E     E    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S
T Wind Spd       13    17    18    17    14    16    17    17    12    13    13


Date          Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24
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      94      72      91      75      93      71      91
Temp          75 74 91 88 75 72 88 85 77 75 88 88 77 72 88 88
Dewpt         74 73 71 70 73 72 73 74 76 75 76 74 73 70 68 66
Max/Min RH        100      46     100      60      99      56      98      44
RH            97 99 52 55 94100 62 70 96 99 67 62 87 95 52 48
Pwind Dir           E       E      SE      SE      SE       E      NE       N
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR           10       5       5      20      20      20      10      10
Rain Shwrs                         IS    IS IS IS
Tstms                              IS    IS IS IS

$$

TXZ229-112100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1223 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Date             Sat 05/11/24            Sun 05/12/24            Mon 05/13/24
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          75          95          77          97
Temp          76 75 79 83 87 84 78 76 76 75 80 87 93 93 85 81 79 77 82 90 96 94
Dewpt         65 64 65 66 68 70 71 71 72 72 72 71 71 70 73 74 74 73 74 72 68 66
Min/Max RH                   53          91          46          88          38
RH            69 69 62 57 53 63 79 85 87 90 77 59 49 47 67 79 85 87 77 56 40 40
Wind Dir      NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SW NW  N
Wind Spd      11 11 11 11 11 12 13 11 11  9 10  9  6  6  9 11  9 10  8  8  9  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12HR                     20          30          20          30          20
QPF 12HR                      0        0.55           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    IS       IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms         IS       IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS
LAL               1     1     2     2     3     2     2     2     2     2     2
Haines            3     3     3     3     4     5     5     5     4     5     5
Mixing Hgt     1200  3500  3500  2400  1400  4600  6500  1700  1000  4900  6400
T Wind Dir        E     E     E     E    SE    SE     S    SE    SE     S     W
T Wind Spd       18    18    17    20    16    16    11    16    12    11    11


Date          Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24
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      97      73      94      75      94      71      94
Temp          78 72 91 93 78 73 88 90 78 75 88 91 78 71 88 92
Dewpt         69 69 67 61 67 69 69 69 72 71 72 69 69 66 64 60
Max/Min RH         91      32      87      46      89      46      86      33
RH            74 90 45 35 69 87 54 50 82 87 59 49 74 84 45 34
Pwind Dir           E       E      SE      SE       E       E      NE      NE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR            5       5       5      20      20      20       5       5
Rain Shwrs                         IS IS IS IS
Tstms                              IS IS 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