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FOUS54 KCRP 192248
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
548 PM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

TXZ245-200900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
548 PM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date           07/19/24      Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon
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          93          76          93          77
Temp             88 82 80 78 75 85 90 91 87 81 81 78 77 87 91 92 88 82 81 79 77
Dewpt            75 77 77 77 75 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 77 78 78 78 78 78 77 77 76
Max/Min RH                  100          63         100          63          97
RH               67 84 89 96100 76 68 64 72 88 88 92 99 76 67 63 73 88 87 93 96
Wind Dir         SE  S  S SW NW NW SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd          3  3  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  3  3  3  2  3  5  6  5  4  4  4  3
Wind Gust
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%)        B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR                     20          30           5          50          20
QPF 12HR                   0.04        0.14           0        0.01        0.02
Rain Shwrs                IS SC SC IS                SC SC SC SC       IS IS SC
Tstms                     IS SC SC IS                IS SC SC IS          IS IS
LAL                     1     2     3     1     1     1     3     2     1     2
Haines                  3     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     3
Mixing Hgt            700   500  3400  3400  1500  1100  3300  3400  2300  1100
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW    SE    SE     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             10     8     5    10    13    11     9    13    16    13


Date           07/22Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
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      77      92      75      89      75      90      76      90
Temp          90 86 81 77 90 87 80 76 87 84 80 76 88 86 80 76 89 86
Dewpt         79 78 77 77 78 78 77 76 78 78 77 76 78 77 76 76 78 78
Min/Max RH         64     100      66     100      72     100      69      99      67
RH            69 76 88 99 69 75 90100 75 81 91100 72 75 89 98 70 77
Pwind Dir           S      SE       S      SE       S       S      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           50      30      70      60      80      50      60      30      50
Rain Shwrs    SC SC    SC NM NM IS NM  O NM SC SC NM SC    SC SC SC
Tstms         SC SC    SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC    IS SC SC

$$

TXZ231-200900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
548 PM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date           07/19/24      Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon
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                      74          97          74          96          75
Temp             93 83 80 77 74 84 92 95 91 81 78 76 74 84 93 95 89 81 78 77 75
Dewpt            73 74 76 75 74 77 75 72 74 74 75 75 74 77 76 74 74 75 77 75 75
Max/Min RH                  100          47         100          52         100
RH               53 74 87 95100 79 58 48 58 79 91 97 99 80 58 52 62 82 95 95 98
Wind Dir          E SE  S SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd          4  3  2  2  2  2  3  4  8  4  3  2  2  2  4  6  8  5  4  3  2
Wind Gust
Clouds           SC SC FW SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%)        SC SC FW SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12HR                     20          20           0          20           5
QPF 12HR                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs       IS                                        IS IS             IS
Tstms            IS                                        IS IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     1     1
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1200   700  6000  7100  1900  1000  5900  6700  4000  1300
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             12     8     5     9    17    10    11    12    18    12


Date           07/22Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
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            95      75      93      73      90      73      89      73      90
Temp          93 87 78 75 90 86 77 74 86 83 76 73 86 85 76 73 87 85
Dewpt         77 74 76 75 77 75 76 74 78 77 76 73 77 75 76 73 78 76
Min/Max RH         54     100      59     100      67     100      65     100      65
RH            60 65 94 99 65 70 96100 77 81100100 75 74 99 99 74 76
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           40      20      60      40      70      50      50      20      40
Rain Shwrs    IS SC IS IS SC NM SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms         IS SC IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC

$$

TXZ247-200900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
548 PM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date           07/19/24      Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon
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                      80          90          81          90          81
Temp             88 85 84 83 81 85 87 88 86 84 83 83 81 86 87 89 86 84 83 83 81
Dewpt            75 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 77 77 78
Max/Min RH                   88          68          89          70          90
RH               67 77 80 83 88 79 73 69 74 80 83 83 88 77 74 70 76 82 82 85 90
Wind Dir         SE SE  S  S SW  W SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd          6  5  5  5  4  3  4  6  8  8  6  6  5  5  6  8  9  9  9  8  6
Wind Gust
Clouds           SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%)        SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR                     20          30           5          40          20
QPF 12HR                      0        0.17        0.02        0.01        0.03
Rain Shwrs                IS SC SC                   SC SC SC SC       IS IS SC
Tstms                     IS SC SC                   IS SC SC IS          IS IS
LAL                     1     2     2     1     1     1     3     2     1     2
Haines                  4     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1200  1100  2000  1900  1900  2100  2400  2600  2400  2200
T Wind Dir             SE     S    SW    SE     S     S     S    SE     S     S
T Wind Spd             12    10     5    10    17    14    11    13    20    18


Date           07/22Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
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            90      80      89      78      88      78      88      80      89
Temp          88 86 83 81 87 86 83 79 86 85 82 79 86 86 83 80 87 86
Dewpt         78 78 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 77 76 76 78 77
Min/Max RH         69      90      71      94      74      95      71      88      69
RH            72 77 82 89 74 74 84 92 78 79 85 95 75 75 81 88 73 74
Pwind Dir           S      SE       S      SE       S       S      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR           50      30      70      60      80      50      50      30      40
Rain Shwrs    SC IS    SC NM SC IS NM  O NM SC SC SC SC    SC SC SC
Tstms         SC IS    SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC    IS SC SC

$$

TXZ234-200900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
548 PM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date           07/19/24      Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon
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                      74          92          75          91          75
Temp             91 82 79 77 74 84 89 90 86 80 77 77 75 84 90 90 87 80 78 77 76
Dewpt            74 76 76 75 74 78 77 77 77 77 76 76 75 79 78 79 78 78 77 76 75
Max/Min RH                  100          65         100          67          98
RH               58 82 90 95100 81 69 67 73 91 97 98 99 85 69 70 74 93 96 98 97
Wind Dir          E  S  S  W  N  W SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd          4  2  2  2  2  2  2  4  6  4  2  2  2  2  3  5  6  4  3  2  2
Wind Gust
Clouds           SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%)        SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR                     20          30           5          50          10
QPF 12HR                   0.07        0.11        0.02        0.05        0.01
Rain Shwrs                IS    IS SC SC             SC SC SC SC             SC
Tstms                     IS    IS SC SC                IS SC SC             IS
Obvis                        PF
LAL                     1     2     2     2     1     1     2     3     1     1
Haines                  3     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            500   400  4500  4900  1000   400  5100  4700  2300   400
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW     S    SE     S     S    SE     S     S
T Wind Spd              8     5     4     8    11     8     8    12    11     9


Date           07/22Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
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      75      88      74      85      74      86      74      87
Temp          87 84 78 75 86 83 77 75 83 82 76 75 84 83 76 74 85 84
Dewpt         79 77 77 75 79 78 76 75 79 79 76 75 79 78 76 74 79 78
Min/Max RH         72     100      77     100      87     100      78     100      79
RH            78 79 97 99 80 84 96100 88 90 99100 86 85100100 83 82
Pwind Dir           S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR           60      40      80      50      80      50      60      30      50
Rain Shwrs    SC NM IS SC NM  O SC SC  O  O SC SC NM NM IS SC SC SC
Tstms         SC SC IS SC SC NM SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC

$$

TXZ241-200900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
548 PM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date           07/19/24      Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon
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                      76          97          75          96          77
Temp             94 84 80 78 76 85 93 95 91 81 79 77 75 86 94 95 90 81 80 79 77
Dewpt            74 75 76 76 75 77 74 73 75 75 76 76 75 77 75 75 76 76 77 76 75
Max/Min RH                   99          49          99          53          96
RH               53 74 88 94 98 75 55 50 60 82 91 97 98 75 56 53 64 83 90 92 95
Wind Dir         SE SE  S  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SE
Wind Spd          6  4  4  2  2  2  3  6  9  5  4  3  2  4  5  8  9  6  5  4  3
Wind Gust
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%)        B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                     10          20           0          30           5
QPF 12HR                   0.01        0.03           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs                                                 SC SC
Tstms                                                      SC SC
Obvis                        PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     3     1     1
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1700   600  5500  6500  1800   900  6000  6100  3300   800
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             12     9     6    11    16    10    11    14    16    12


Date           07/22Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
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            95      76      95      75      91      75      92      75      91
Temp          93 89 80 76 92 88 79 76 88 86 78 76 88 87 78 75 88 87
Dewpt         75 75 76 75 76 76 76 75 76 77 76 75 76 75 76 75 76 76
Min/Max RH         54      96      57      99      66      99      61      99      62
RH            58 64 86 96 60 68 91 99 68 75 93 99 68 69 94 98 68 72
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR           30      10      60      40      70      50      50      20      40
Rain Shwrs       SC       SC NM IS SC SC NM SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC
Tstms            SC       IS SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC

$$

TXZ229-200900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
548 PM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date           07/19/24      Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon
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                      76          99          77          99          78
Temp             94 88 82 79 76 85 93 97 95 87 82 79 77 86 94 98 94 86 82 80 78
Dewpt            68 70 73 73 73 73 69 66 66 69 72 73 73 73 70 67 67 72 74 74 74
Max/Min RH                   90          34          87          36          88
RH               43 55 73 82 90 67 46 36 39 55 72 81 86 65 46 36 41 63 77 83 87
Wind Dir          E  E SE SE  E SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd          5  5  6  4  3  3  3  5  8  8  6  5  4  4  4  6  9  9  8  6  4
Wind Gust
Clouds           SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)        SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0          10           5
QPF 12HR                   0.03        0.04           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs
Tstms
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     5     5     5     4     5     5     5     4
Mixing Hgt            700   700  6200  8600  2500  1200  6900  8600  6000  1500
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             12     9     6     9    18    12    10    11    19    13


Date           07/22Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
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            98      78      95      75      91      75      91      76      91
Temp          94 92 81 78 91 87 79 75 86 85 77 75 86 86 78 76 87 85
Dewpt         71 69 73 73 72 72 74 74 74 73 74 73 74 72 73 73 74 73
Min/Max RH         41      86      46      96      56      93      53      93      55
RH            48 47 77 84 54 62 84 95 67 68 90 92 67 62 84 90 65 68
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE       E       E       E       E      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR           30      40      50      50      60      50      50      30      40
Rain Shwrs       SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC IS SC IS SC
Tstms            IS SC SC    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS 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