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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

TXZ245-180900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date           04/17/24      Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24            Sat
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                      70          83          69          84          68
Temp                72 72 71 70 78 82 82 77 72 72 71 70 80 83 83 78 71 71 70 69
Dewpt               72 72 71 70 73 72 71 71 72 72 71 70 74 73 71 71 71 71 70 69
Max/Min RH                  100          68         100          68         100
RH                 100 99100100 86 71 70 84100100100100 84 72 68 79100100100100
Wind Dir            SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd             8  6  6  8  8 10 10  8  6  6  6  5  5  8  9  8  6  5  5  8
Wind Gust
Clouds              B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)           B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                  PF PF PF             PF PF PF PF PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1300  1300  2100  2300  1400  1100  2700  2700  1900  1200
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             18    17    18    17    14    13    12    14    16    13


Date           04/20Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24
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            83      64      80      59      78      64      82      68      84
Temp          82 78 70 65 78 74 63 59 75 73 66 66 81 78 70 69 84 78
Dewpt         71 69 70 65 64 62 60 58 60 61 64 65 69 69 70 69 72 70
Min/Max RH         64     100      58      97      56      99      63     100      65
RH            71 75100100 63 67 89 95 60 66 93 99 66 75100100 68 76
Pwind Dir          SE       E       N      NE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           10      50      20       5      10       5      20       5      10
Rain Shwrs          SC SC IS                         IS
Tstms               SC SC IS

$$

TXZ231-180900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date           04/17/24      Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24            Sat
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                      70          93          69          90          69
Temp                74 73 72 72 77 88 93 86 74 72 71 70 77 87 89 84 73 71 71 69
Dewpt               70 72 71 71 71 68 66 67 69 70 71 70 72 69 67 66 68 70 70 69
Max/Min RH                  100          41         100          48         100
RH                  87 95 97 97 82 52 41 52 84 93100 99 86 56 48 55 84 97 99100
Wind Dir            SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind Spd            11  9  8  8 10 11 10 12 10  9  8  6  8 10 11 14 11  8  8  8
Wind Gust
Clouds              OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV OV
Clouds(%)           OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV OV
PoP 12HR                     10           5          10          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                        PF                   PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1500  1200  3100  4300  1300  1300  4200  5200  2200  2100
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             17    13    16    16    18    13    13    16    17    12


Date           04/20Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24
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            88      62      76      56      80      60      85      66      87
Temp          85 82 69 63 74 73 62 57 74 78 64 62 83 82 70 67 84 84
Dewpt         68 65 68 63 60 57 57 54 57 58 62 62 66 66 69 67 68 67
Min/Max RH         49     100      56      93      48     100      50     100      51
RH            57 56 97100 61 57 83 92 55 50 93100 56 58 97100 59 56
Pwind Dir          SE       E       N      NE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           20      60      10       5      10       5      10       5      10
Rain Shwrs       IS NM SC
Tstms            IS SC SC

$$

TXZ247-180900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date           04/17/24      Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24            Sat
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                      71          79          71          80          71
Temp                73 73 73 72 76 79 78 75 73 73 73 72 77 79 79 75 73 72 72 72
Dewpt               73 72 72 72 73 72 72 72 72 73 73 72 73 73 72 71 72 72 72 71
Max/Min RH                  100          80         100          79         100
RH                  99 99 99100 91 81 81 92 99100100100 88 82 80 89 97100100 99
Wind Dir            SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE
Wind Spd             9  9  8  8  8 10 10  9  8  8  6  6  6  8  9  9  8  8  8  9
Wind Gust
Clouds              B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%)           B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                        PF PF       PF PF PF PF PF PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1300  1300  1800  1700  1300  1200  1900  1900  1700  1400
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             20    19    18    17    17    16    12    14    18    16


Date           04/20Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24
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            79      67      77      63      75      67      79      71      81
Temp          79 75 72 68 75 72 66 63 73 71 69 69 78 75 73 71 80 77
Dewpt         72 71 71 68 66 64 62 60 61 62 65 66 69 70 71 71 72 72
Min/Max RH         76     100      67      92      66      93      73     100      75
RH            81 86 99100 73 76 87 90 68 73 89 92 74 83 95100 78 85
Pwind Dir          SE       E       N      NE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR           10      50      30       5      10       5      20       5      10
Rain Shwrs          SC SC SC                         IS
Tstms               SC SC SC

$$

TXZ234-180900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date           04/17/24      Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24            Sat
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                      72          86          71          86          70
Temp                74 74 74 72 77 84 86 81 74 73 73 72 76 83 85 80 73 72 70 72
Dewpt               72 72 72 72 73 71 70 70 72 73 72 70 74 73 71 69 71 71 70 71
Max/Min RH                  100          59         100          63         100
RH                  93 93 93100 87 65 59 69 93100 97 93 94 72 63 69 93 97100 97
Wind Dir            SE SE  S SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd            10  9  9  8  9 11 12 11  8  8  8  6  6  8 11 11  9  8  8  8
Wind Gust
Clouds              B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV
Clouds(%)           B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0          10           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                  PF PF PF             PF PF PF
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  1100  3000  3200   800   700  3900  4200  1600   600
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             16    14    16    17    13    10    10    14    13    10


Date           04/20Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24
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            84      63      74      58      78      61      83      68      85
Temp          82 79 71 64 72 71 63 58 73 75 64 63 81 79 70 69 82 80
Dewpt         71 68 70 64 64 60 58 55 59 61 62 63 68 68 70 69 72 70
Min/Max RH         63     100      66      90      56     100      61     100      65
RH            69 69 97100 76 68 84 90 62 62 93100 65 69100100 72 72
Pwind Dir          SE       E       N      NE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR           20      60      20       5       5       5      20       5      10
Rain Shwrs       IS NM NM IS                         IS
Tstms            IS SC SC IS

$$

TXZ241-180900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date           04/17/24      Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24            Sat
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                      73          92          71          91          71
Temp                75 75 74 73 79 88 90 83 75 73 73 72 79 88 90 84 74 73 73 71
Dewpt               73 73 73 72 73 71 70 70 72 73 72 72 74 71 69 69 71 72 72 71
Max/Min RH                   99          49         100          51         100
RH                  94 94 95 97 82 57 52 66 92100 97100 84 58 51 61 92 99 97100
Wind Dir            SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind Spd            11  8  8  8 11 11 11 12 11  9  8  8 10 11 13 14 11 10  9  9
Wind Gust
Clouds              OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW SC B1 B2 OV B2
Clouds(%)           OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW SC B1 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR                      5           5           5           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                  PF PF PF                   PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     3     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1300  1100  3200  3600  1300  1200  4200  4800  2200  1600
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             16    13    17    17    17    13    16    17    17    13


Date           04/20Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24
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      80      59      81      63      86      68      88
Temp          86 82 72 68 78 74 65 60 76 76 66 65 84 81 71 69 85 83
Dewpt         70 68 71 67 63 61 59 56 60 61 64 64 68 68 71 69 70 69
Min/Max RH         52      99      57      89      53      98      54     100      55
RH            59 63 97 99 60 63 81 87 59 59 92 97 59 65 99100 61 64
Pwind Dir          SE      NE       N      NE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR           10      50      20      10      10       5      10       5      10
Rain Shwrs          SC SC IS IS
Tstms               SC SC IS IS

$$

TXZ229-180900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Date           04/17/24      Thu 04/18/24            Fri 04/19/24            Sat
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                      75          98          73          94          73
Temp                81 76 75 75 80 89 96 95 82 76 74 73 78 86 93 90 80 75 74 73
Dewpt               71 71 71 72 73 71 68 67 70 69 70 70 71 70 68 67 68 68 69 69
Max/Min RH                   90          38          91          43          88
RH                  72 85 87 90 79 56 40 40 67 79 87 90 79 59 44 47 67 79 84 87
Wind Dir            SE SE SE  E SE  S SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E
Wind Spd            11 10  9  6  8  8  8 10 12 11 10  9  8  8 10 13 13 12 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%)           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                     10          20          10          10          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.01        0.01        0.11
Rain Shwrs                                                       IS IS
Tstms                                                            IS IS
Obvis                        PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     1
Haines                  3     4     5     5     5     3     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1200  1200  3600  5300  1100  1600  3900  5900  2100  2100
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     S     S    SE     E    SE    SE     E    SE
T Wind Spd             18    12    11    11    17    13    10    14    18    14


Date           04/20Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24
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            92      66      79      60      83      65      88      70      92
Temp          84 86 72 67 75 75 65 60 74 81 69 67 81 87 73 71 85 88
Dewpt         68 66 67 63 59 57 56 55 57 58 61 63 65 65 67 69 67 65
Min/Max RH         45      88      50      84      43      87      46      93      43
RH            59 51 84 87 58 54 73 84 55 46 76 87 58 48 81 93 55 47
Pwind Dir          SE      NE      NE      NE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           40      70      10      10       5       5      10       5       5
Rain Shwrs       SC NM SC
Tstms            SC NM 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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