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FOUS54 KCRP 190758
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

TXZ245-192100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date             Fri 07/19/24            Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24
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                      92          78          89          77          93
Temp          78 76 85 90 89 86 81 81 79 79 87 89 88 85 81 80 79 78 87 90 90 87
Dewpt         77 76 78 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 78 78 77 78 77 77 77 76 78 78 78 78
Min/Max RH                   65          93          69          96          67
RH            96100 81 65 68 75 87 88 93 93 76 70 69 80 88 90 93 94 76 68 67 75
Wind Dir      SW  W  W  E SE  S  S  S SW NW SW SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd       3  3  3  3  4  4  3  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  4  3  3  2  3  5  6  5
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)     B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                     30          20          30           5          40
QPF 12HR                   0.22        0.04        0.15           0        0.01
Rain Shwrs    SC IS IS    IS IS       IS SC SC IS IS             SC SC SC SC
Tstms         IS IS IS    IS IS       IS SC SC IS IS             IS SC SC IS
LAL                     2     2     1     2     3     2     1     1     3     2
Haines                  3     3     3     3     4     4     4     3     4     4
Mixing Hgt           4400  4100   800   500  3100  2800  1700  1100  4200  3900
T Wind Dir              W     S     S    SW    SW    SE     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd              8     8    10     6     5    10    13    10    10    13


Date          Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
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      75      89      74      89
Temp          81 79 89 86 80 78 88 85 80 77 86 85 79 77 87 84
Dewpt         78 77 79 78 77 76 78 78 77 76 78 78 77 76 77 77
Max/Min RH         94      73      96      71      99      75      99      72
RH            91 93 74 79 91 94 73 80 90 96 78 81 93 97 74 80
Pwind Dir           S       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR           20      70      30      70      60      80      60      70
Rain Shwrs       IS NM NM    SC NM NM IS NM  O  O SC NM NM SC
Tstms            IS SC SC    SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC

$$

TXZ231-192100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date             Fri 07/19/24            Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24
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                      97          75          98          74          97
Temp          77 76 84 91 95 92 82 79 77 75 85 94 97 92 81 78 76 75 85 93 94 89
Dewpt         74 75 77 75 73 72 74 75 74 74 77 74 71 73 75 76 75 75 77 75 73 75
Min/Max RH                   47          97          43         100          49
RH            90 97 80 61 50 52 77 90 90 97 76 53 43 54 82 94 97100 77 55 50 63
Wind Dir       S  E SW  N  E SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd       2  1  2  2  3  4  3  2  2  2  2  3  4  6  5  3  2  2  3  4  6  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%)     SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR                     30          20          10           0          20
QPF 12HR                   0.04        0.07           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs             IS SC IS                                        IS IS
Tstms                  IS SC IS                                        IS IS
Obvis            PF
LAL                     1     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           4800  6700  1000   800  6700  7400  2900  1100  6200  6600
T Wind Dir              W     E    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd              5     6    11     8     5    10    17    11     9    13


Date          Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
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            76      96      74      92      73      89      73      89
Temp          79 76 93 86 78 75 89 84 77 75 87 83 76 75 86 83
Dewpt         76 75 75 74 76 75 76 75 75 74 77 76 75 74 76 74
Max/Min RH         97      54     100      64      97      70     100      67
RH            91 97 55 68 93100 66 74 94 97 72 79 97 97 72 74
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            5      50      30      60      40      80      50      60
Rain Shwrs          IS SC IS SC SC NM SC SC SC  O SC SC SC NM
Tstms               IS SC IS IS IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC

$$

TXZ247-192100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date             Fri 07/19/24            Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24
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          81          87          81          90
Temp          82 80 84 87 87 85 83 82 82 82 85 86 86 84 84 83 83 82 86 87 88 86
Dewpt         77 77 78 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 78 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 78 78 78 77
Min/Max RH                   71          88          74          85          71
RH            85 91 83 73 74 77 81 84 84 85 80 75 75 80 80 81 82 85 78 74 73 76
Wind Dir      SW  W  W  S SE SE  S  S SW  W SW SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd       6  5  5  4  6  6  6  5  5  4  4  4  8  8  8  6  6  5  5  6  8  9
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%)     B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR                     20          20          20           5          30
QPF 12HR                   0.08        0.01        0.04           0        0.02
Rain Shwrs    IS IS IS    IS IS       IS IS IS                   SC SC SC SC
Tstms         IS IS IS    IS IS       IS IS IS                   IS SC SC IS
LAL                     2     2     1     2     2     1     1     1     3     2
Haines                  3     3     3     3     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2400  2300  1200  1200  2100  1900  1900  2300  2900  2700
T Wind Dir              W    SE     S    SW    SW    SE     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd              8     9    13     9     6    11    16    16    11    13


Date          Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
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            80      89      79      89      78      87      77      88
Temp          84 82 87 85 83 82 86 84 83 80 85 83 81 80 85 84
Dewpt         78 77 79 78 77 78 78 77 78 77 78 77 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH         88      74      88      75      91      78      90      74
RH            82 87 77 79 83 88 78 80 85 90 79 81 87 90 76 80
Pwind Dir           S       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR           30      60      30      70      60      80      60      70
Rain Shwrs       SC NM SC    SC NM SC IS NM  O NM SC NM NM SC
Tstms            SC SC SC    IS SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC

$$

TXZ234-192100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date             Fri 07/19/24            Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24
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                      93          75          92          75          91
Temp          77 76 83 89 90 88 80 78 77 75 84 89 91 87 79 77 76 76 84 89 88 86
Dewpt         76 75 78 78 77 77 76 76 75 75 78 77 77 77 77 76 75 75 79 78 78 77
Min/Max RH                   64         100          63         100          70
RH            97 97 85 70 66 70 88 94 94100 82 68 64 72 94 97 97 97 85 70 72 75
Wind Dir       W  W  W NW  N SE SE  S NE  N  N  E SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd       2  3  3  4  4  4  2  2  2  2  2  2  4  6  4  2  2  2  2  3  6  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                     30          20          30           5          50
QPF 12HR                   0.33        0.11        0.06           0        0.12
Rain Shwrs    SC SC IS IS IS IS    IS    IS IS SC SC             IS IS SC SC
Tstms         IS IS IS IS IS IS    IS       IS SC SC                IS SC SC
Obvis            PF                      PF
LAL                     2     2     1     1     2     3     1     1     2     3
Haines                  4     4     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           4000  4400   500   400  5300  5100  1300   400  5300  4500
T Wind Dir              W    NE     S     N     W     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd              8     6     8     5     5     8    11     8     9    13


Date          Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
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            76      89      74      87      74      85      74      85
Temp          78 77 86 84 77 76 84 83 77 76 82 81 76 75 83 81
Dewpt         77 76 79 78 77 75 79 78 76 75 79 78 76 75 78 77
Max/Min RH         97      80     100      82     100      88     100      82
RH            97 97 80 82100 97 85 85 97 97 91 91100100 85 88
Pwind Dir           S       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR           20      70      40      80      60      90      50      70
Rain Shwrs       IS NM NM IS SC NM  O SC NM NM  O SC SC NM NM
Tstms            IS SC NM IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC

$$

TXZ241-192100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date             Fri 07/19/24            Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24
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                      98          76          97          76          97
Temp          78 76 86 92 96 91 82 80 78 77 86 94 96 91 82 79 78 77 86 94 94 89
Dewpt         76 75 76 73 72 74 75 76 76 76 77 74 73 74 75 76 76 75 76 75 75 76
Min/Max RH                   46          97          47          96          53
RH            93 97 72 54 46 57 79 88 94 96 74 53 47 58 79 91 93 94 72 55 54 65
Wind Dir       S SW SW  E NE SE SE  S  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd       3  2  2  2  4  6  4  4  2  2  2  3  6  9  6  4  3  2  4  5  8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR                     20          20          10           0          20
QPF 12HR                   0.06        0.04        0.01           0           0
Rain Shwrs                IS IS                                        IS IS
Tstms                     IS IS                                        IS IS
Obvis            PF                      PF
LAL                     1     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2
Haines                  4     4     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           5700  7500  1200   900  6300  6300  3000  1100  6200  6100
T Wind Dir              W    NE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd              4     6    12     8     6    12    16    10    10    14


Date          Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
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      96      76      93      75      91      74      90
Temp          80 78 93 88 79 78 90 87 79 76 88 85 78 76 87 85
Dewpt         76 76 75 75 76 76 75 76 76 75 76 76 76 75 76 75
Max/Min RH         96      55      96      61      97      67      99      64
RH            88 94 55 66 91 96 63 70 91 97 68 75 94 97 70 72
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR            5      50      20      60      40      80      50      50
Rain Shwrs          IS SC    IS SC NM IS SC SC  O SC SC SC SC
Tstms               IS SC    IS IS SC IS IS IS SC SC SC IS SC

$$

TXZ229-192100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date             Fri 07/19/24            Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24
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          77         100          77          99
Temp          80 79 86 92 97 94 87 83 79 77 86 95100 96 87 82 80 77 86 93 97 94
Dewpt         73 73 74 71 67 67 69 71 72 73 73 69 65 65 70 72 73 73 73 70 66 67
Min/Max RH                   38          87          32          87          36
RH            79 82 68 51 38 41 55 67 79 87 65 43 32 36 57 72 79 87 65 47 36 41
Wind Dir      SE SE  S  E  E  E  E SE  E  E SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       4  2  2  2  3  6  5  5  4  3  3  3  4  8  8  6  5  4  4  4  6  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%)     SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                     20          10           5           0          10
QPF 12HR                   0.04        0.04        0.01           0           0
Rain Shwrs             IS IS
Tstms                  IS IS
LAL                     1     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     5     4     5     5     4     4     5     5
Mixing Hgt           5400  7300   800   700  7300  8600  4200  1200  6600  9000
T Wind Dir             SW     E    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd              4     6    11     9     8    10    17    11     9    11


Date          Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
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            78      98      76      94      76      92      75      93
Temp          83 78 93 90 80 77 89 87 79 76 87 85 78 75 87 87
Dewpt         73 74 71 69 73 73 72 72 74 73 74 73 74 74 73 71
Max/Min RH         88      42      87      50      94      56      97      52
RH            72 88 49 50 79 87 57 61 85 90 65 67 88 97 63 59
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE       E       E       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR           10      40      40      60      50      70      50      50
Rain Shwrs          IS SC SC SC SC NM SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms                  IS SC SC    SC SC SC IS SC SC 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