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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
228 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024

TXZ245-052100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
228 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024

Date             Fri 07/05/24            Sat 07/06/24            Sun 07/07/24
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          81          94          78          93
Temp          82 82 91 93 93 89 84 83 82 81 91 94 93 89 82 81 79 79 88 92 92 88
Dewpt         77 77 77 76 75 76 76 76 76 76 77 75 76 78 77 77 77 77 79 78 78 78
Min/Max RH                   55          87          55          95          63
RH            85 84 64 57 57 66 77 78 81 87 65 55 58 69 85 88 94 93 74 64 65 73
Wind Dir       S  S  S  S SE  S SE  S  W  N  N SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd       3  3  6  6  8  6  4  3  2  2  2  5  8  9  5  4  3  4  6  8 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5          20          20          40
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.01        0.15
Rain Shwrs                               IS IS IS IS       IS IS SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms                                          IS IS             IS IS SC SC IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     2     1     1     2     3
Haines                  5     5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3900  3900  1000   500  3900  3600  1900  1300  4500  4200
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SW     E    SE    SE    SE     E    SE
T Wind Spd              9    11    11     5     4    11    11     8    11    18


Date          Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
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            79      90      79      90      78      91      78      92
Temp          82 79 88 87 82 80 89 87 81 79 88 87 81 79 90 88
Dewpt         78 77 78 79 78 77 79 79 78 77 79 79 78 77 79 78
Max/Min RH         93      70      93      70      95      71      96      66
RH            87 93 72 76 87 93 74 78 91 94 75 78 91 96 71 73
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 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           40      60      50      70      50      50      40      50
Rain Shwrs    IS SC NM NM SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms         IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ231-052100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
228 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024

Date             Fri 07/05/24            Sat 07/06/24            Sun 07/07/24
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                      99          74          99          76          97
Temp          76 75 86 95 99 94 83 79 75 74 85 96 99 95 85 80 78 76 87 94 96 92
Dewpt         76 75 74 72 68 72 74 74 74 73 74 70 69 71 73 74 75 74 76 74 73 73
Min/Max RH                   37          97          39          95          47
RH           100100 68 49 37 49 73 85 97 97 70 43 39 46 67 82 91 94 70 52 47 54
Wind Dir       S SE  S  S SE SE SE  S  S NE  S  E SE SE SE SE SE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd       5  4  6  6  9 11  6  4  2  2  2  4  6  9  5  2  2  2  4  8 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)     FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                      5           5          10           5          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs                                                             IS IS
Tstms                                                                  IS IS
Obvis            PF                      PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
Haines                  4     5     5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           5300  6900  2700   700  5900  7300  3200   700  5000  5700
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S    SE     E    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             12    12    16     6     5    11    13     8    11    17


Date          Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
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            77      91      75      90      74      90      74      93
Temp          81 78 89 86 79 76 87 85 78 75 87 86 78 74 89 89
Dewpt         77 76 76 74 76 75 77 77 76 75 77 76 76 74 76 75
Max/Min RH         96      60      98      66     100      66     100      58
RH            90 96 65 68 91 97 72 76 94100 74 72 94100 67 65
Pwind Dir           E       E       E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           20      50      40      60      40      60      30      40
Rain Shwrs       IS SC SC SC SC SC NM SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms            IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC

$$

TXZ247-052100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
228 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024

Date             Fri 07/05/24            Sat 07/06/24            Sun 07/07/24
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          82          90          82          90
Temp          83 83 88 89 89 87 84 84 83 83 87 90 90 87 84 83 83 82 88 89 90 87
Dewpt         77 78 78 76 76 76 76 75 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 78 79 78 78
Min/Max RH                   64          84          65          86          69
RH            81 84 73 66 66 70 77 76 80 82 73 66 66 73 81 81 84 85 74 73 69 75
Wind Dir       S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S NW  N  E SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind Spd       9  8  8  8  8  9  8  8  6  4  3  3  8  9  8  8  6  8  9 11 12 14
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1
Clouds(%)     SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5          20          20          40
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.01        0.23
Rain Shwrs                                     IS IS       IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                          IS IS             IS IS SC SC SC
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     2     1     1     2     3
Haines                  5     5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3000  2800  1600  1100  2600  2200  1900  2200  3200  3100
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     E    SE    SE    SE     E     E
T Wind Spd             10    11    13     8     4    11    12    11    13    19


Date          Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
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            81      89      80      89      81      89      82      90
Temp          84 82 87 86 83 82 87 86 83 82 87 86 84 83 88 87
Dewpt         78 78 78 78 78 78 79 78 78 78 79 77 77 77 78 78
Max/Min RH         88      72      91      74      88      71      87      68
RH            82 88 75 77 85 88 76 77 85 88 78 75 81 84 74 74
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 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           40      60      60      70      50      60      40      40
Rain Shwrs    SC SC NM SC SC NM NM NM SC SC NM SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms         SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS

$$

TXZ234-052100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
228 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024

Date             Fri 07/05/24            Sat 07/06/24            Sun 07/07/24
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                      96          75          96          76          93
Temp          77 76 87 94 95 93 83 79 77 75 86 93 95 91 82 79 77 77 86 90 92 89
Dewpt         75 75 76 74 73 73 75 76 75 75 76 73 73 76 77 76 76 76 79 77 77 77
Min/Max RH                   48         100          49          99          62
RH            94 97 70 53 49 52 77 91 94100 72 52 49 62 85 91 97 97 80 66 62 68
Wind Dir      SE  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  N  N  W NE  E SE SE SE  E NE  E SE SE SE
Wind Spd       3  3  4  4  6  9  5  4  2  2  2  2  6  9  5  3  3  3  5  8 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)     FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                     10          20          30          10          30
QPF 12HR                   0.05           0           0           0        0.05
Rain Shwrs                                     SC SC             IS IS SC SC
Tstms                                          SC SC                   SC SC
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     3     1     1     1     3
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           5500  5900   600   400  5500  5700  1900   400  4800  5200
T Wind Dir              S    SE     S    NW     N     E    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd              6    10    10     4     4     9     9     5     9    16


Date          Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
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            77      88      76      87      76      87      75      88
Temp          81 78 87 86 79 76 85 85 78 76 84 86 78 76 86 86
Dewpt         77 76 78 78 76 76 80 80 77 76 80 79 77 76 80 79
Max/Min RH         95      74     100      82     100      80     100      75
RH            88 94 75 77 91100 85 85 97100 88 80 97100 82 80
Pwind Dir           E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR           30      50      50      70      40      60      30      50
Rain Shwrs       SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC NM IS SC SC SC
Tstms            IS SC SC SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC

$$

TXZ241-052100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
228 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024

Date             Fri 07/05/24            Sat 07/06/24            Sun 07/07/24
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                      99          74          97          75          95
Temp          77 78 87 95 98 93 82 79 75 74 86 94 97 93 82 79 77 76 87 92 94 90
Dewpt         76 76 74 73 71 73 74 75 74 74 75 72 73 73 75 76 76 75 76 75 75 75
Min/Max RH                   42          99          46          99          54
RH            96 94 67 49 42 53 77 90 97 99 70 49 47 53 78 90 96 97 71 57 55 62
Wind Dir       S SE  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE  N NE  E  E  E
Wind Spd       5  4  8  8  8 11  6  5  2  2  2  4  8 10  5  3  2  3  6  9 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%)     FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR                      5           0          10          10          30
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Rain Shwrs                                                       SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms                                                                  SC SC SC
Obvis            PF                      F+
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     3
Haines                  5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           5000  6500  1900   600  5800  6200  3100   600  5800  5600
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S    SE     E    SE    SE     E     E
T Wind Spd             13    13    13     6     6    11    11     6    10    19


Date          Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
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            77      90      76      91      76      91      76      93
Temp          81 78 87 86 79 76 88 87 79 76 87 87 78 76 90 89
Dewpt         77 76 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 76 76 77
Max/Min RH         94      68      99      67     100      68     100      60
RH            88 94 72 76 93 99 70 74 93100 73 73 96100 64 68
Pwind Dir           E       E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           30      60      50      60      40      50      30      40
Rain Shwrs    SC SC NM NM SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms         SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC

$$

TXZ229-052100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
228 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024

Date             Fri 07/05/24            Sat 07/06/24            Sun 07/07/24
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                     101          77         101          78         102
Temp          79 78 85 93100 99 90 84 79 77 87 96100 99 90 85 80 78 87 96101 98
Dewpt         73 74 74 71 66 65 71 72 72 72 71 66 63 63 68 71 72 72 72 68 65 65
Min/Max RH                   31          85          30          83          31
RH            82 88 70 49 33 33 54 67 79 85 59 38 30 31 49 63 77 82 61 40 31 34
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE  E SE  E  E  E
Wind Spd       6  5  6  6  8 10 10  8  5  2  2  4  6  9  9  6  5  4  5  6  9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        CL SC SC CL FW CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%)     CL SC SC CL FW CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR                      0           0           5           5          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     5     5     5     5     5     4     5     5
Mixing Hgt           5400  7500  1800   800  6800  8700  5200   800  6800  9400
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE    SE    SE     E    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             11    12    18     8     8    12    16     9    11    13


Date          Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
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            79      96      77      91      76      93      76      93
Temp          84 79 92 91 82 77 85 88 80 76 88 89 80 76 88 91
Dewpt         74 74 71 70 74 74 73 72 73 73 73 72 74 74 73 71
Max/Min RH         85      45      90      54      91      51      94      49
RH            72 85 51 50 77 90 67 59 79 90 61 57 82 94 61 52
Pwind Dir           E       E       E       E       E       E      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5      40      30      50      40      40      30      30
Rain Shwrs          SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms               IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC 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