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FOUS54 KCRP 161629
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1128 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

TXZ245-162100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1128 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

Date             Tue 07/16/24            Wed 07/17/24            Thu 07/18/24
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          78          93          77          94
Temp                   92 92 88 82 82 80 79 87 91 92 88 82 81 79 78 87 91 93 88
Dewpt                  78 79 78 77 77 77 77 79 79 78 78 78 78 77 77 78 77 78 77
Min/Max RH                   64          96          64          98          61
RH                     65 66 74 85 87 91 94 78 67 65 73 87 91 92 96 75 63 62 69
Wind Dir                S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd                6  6  6  5  4  4  3  4  5  6  5  4  3  2  2  2  4  5  4
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)              SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                     10           5          30           0          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs                               IS IS SC SC             IS IS IS IS
Tstms                                       IS SC                   IS IS IS
LAL                           1     1     1     2     2     1     1     2     2
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 3500  1300   600  3300  3200  1800  1100  3900  3800
T Wind Dir                    S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   13    14    11     9    10    13     9     4     9


Date          Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24
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      93      76      92      76      92      76      91
Temp          80 76 91 88 81 76 89 87 81 77 89 88 81 77 89 87
Dewpt         77 76 77 77 77 76 77 77 76 76 78 77 77 76 78 78
Max/Min RH        100      61      98      65      98      65      99      66
RH            90100 64 70 88 98 67 71 85 96 68 71 88 98 71 75
Pwind Dir           S       S       S      SE      SE      SE       S      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR           10      40      20      40      10      50      30      50
Rain Shwrs          SC SC    IS SC SC       SC SC    SC SC SC
Tstms               SC SC    IS SC SC       SC SC    IS SC SC

$$

TXZ231-162100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1128 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

Date             Tue 07/16/24            Wed 07/17/24            Thu 07/18/24
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          76          97          74          97
Temp                   93 95 91 82 79 77 76 85 94 96 91 82 79 76 74 84 93 95 92
Dewpt                  75 72 74 75 76 75 75 77 75 73 74 76 76 75 74 76 74 71 72
Min/Max RH                   47          97          47         100          45
RH                     55 48 57 79 91 94 97 76 54 47 58 82 92 97 99 78 54 45 52
Wind Dir                S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE  E SE
Wind Spd                6  8 11  6  4  3  2  4  6  6  9  5  3  2  1  2  2  4  6
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)              SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                      5           5          20           0          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs                                     IS IS                   IS IS
Tstms                                          IS IS                   IS IS
LAL                           1     1     1     1     2     1     1     1     2
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 5500  2300  1200  4400  5300  2600  1000  5000  5400
T Wind Dir                   SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   14    17    11    11    11    16     8     4     8


Date          Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24
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      97      75      96      75      95      75      94
Temp          80 75 94 91 79 75 93 90 78 75 92 89 79 75 91 88
Dewpt         76 75 75 73 75 74 74 73 75 74 75 74 76 75 76 74
Max/Min RH        100      45      98      47      99      51     100      54
RH            90 98 55 56 88 96 55 58 91 98 58 61 91 99 61 64
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 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR           10      20      10      20       5      30      20      50
Rain Shwrs             IS          IS          SC    IS SC SC
Tstms                  IS          IS          SC          SC

$$

TXZ247-162100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1128 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

Date             Tue 07/16/24            Wed 07/17/24            Thu 07/18/24
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          81          90
Temp                   89 89 87 84 83 83 82 86 88 89 86 84 84 83 82 86 88 90 87
Dewpt                  78 78 78 77 77 77 77 78 79 78 77 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 77
Min/Max RH                   70          87          71          87          67
RH                     71 70 75 81 83 83 85 78 75 71 75 81 81 82 87 77 70 67 72
Wind Dir                S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd                8  9 10 10 10  8  5  6  6  8  8  8  6  5  4  4  4  6  8
Wind Gust
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)              B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                     10           5          20           5          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs                               IS IS IS IS             IS IS IS IS
Tstms                                       IS IS                   IS IS
LAL                           1     1     1     2     1     1     1     2     1
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 2600  1800  1400  2400  2400  2100  2000  2800  2100
T Wind Dir                    S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   12    17    13    10    10    13    12     6     9


Date          Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24
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      90      80      89      80      89      80      89
Temp          83 81 88 87 83 81 87 86 83 81 87 87 83 81 87 86
Dewpt         78 77 78 77 77 76 77 76 77 76 77 77 77 77 78 77
Max/Min RH         89      67      88      68      87      69      90      69
RH            84 89 73 72 81 87 71 72 82 86 72 73 81 88 74 75
Pwind Dir           S       S       S      SE      SE      SE       S      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR           10      30      20      30      10      40      30      50
Rain Shwrs          SC SC    IS SC IS       SC SC    SC SC SC
Tstms               SC SC    IS SC IS       SC SC    IS IS SC

$$

TXZ234-162100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1128 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

Date             Tue 07/16/24            Wed 07/17/24            Thu 07/18/24
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          76          92          75          93
Temp                   92 92 88 81 79 78 77 85 90 90 87 82 80 77 76 85 90 92 88
Dewpt                  77 77 77 77 77 77 76 79 78 78 77 77 77 76 76 79 77 76 77
Min/Max RH                   62         100          67         100          60
RH                     62 62 70 88 94 97 97 82 68 68 72 84 91 97100 83 66 60 69
Wind Dir                S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S SW  W SE SE
Wind Spd                6  9  9  5  4  2  2  3  4  6  8  4  3  2  2  2  2  4  6
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%)              SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     10           5          40           0          40
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.03           0        0.01
Rain Shwrs                                     SC SC                   SC SC
Tstms                                          SC SC                   SC SC
LAL                           1     1     1     1     3     1     1     1     3
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 5100   700   400  3900  3500  1500   400  4000  4300
T Wind Dir                    S     S     S     S     S     S    SW     W    SE
T Wind Spd                   12    11     8     6     9    10     6     4     6


Date          Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24
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      92      74      90      75      90      75      89
Temp          78 75 89 87 77 75 88 86 78 75 88 86 78 76 86 85
Dewpt         77 75 78 76 76 75 78 76 76 75 78 77 76 76 78 78
Max/Min RH        100      62     100      67     100      69     100      72
RH            98 99 69 70 97100 72 72 94 99 72 75 94100 76 80
Pwind Dir           S       E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR           20      50      20      40      10      50      30      60
Rain Shwrs       IS SC SC    IS SC SC       SC SC    SC SC NM
Tstms            IS SC SC    IS SC SC       IS SC    IS IS SC

$$

TXZ241-162100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1128 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

Date             Tue 07/16/24            Wed 07/17/24            Thu 07/18/24
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          77          97          76          97
Temp                   93 95 90 82 80 79 77 85 93 96 91 82 79 78 76 86 93 96 92
Dewpt                  74 74 75 76 76 76 75 77 75 74 75 76 76 76 75 76 74 73 74
Min/Max RH                   50          96          49          98          47
RH                     55 52 61 82 87 91 96 76 55 49 60 83 89 93 98 74 55 47 56
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE  E SE
Wind Spd                8 10 11  8  6  4  3  6  6  9 10  6  4  2  2  2  3  6  8
Wind Gust
Clouds                 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)              B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                     10           5          20           5          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs                                     IS IS                   IS IS
Tstms                                          IS IS                   IS IS
LAL                           1     1     1     1     2     1     1     1     2
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 5400  2100   900  4400  5200  2300   900  4300  4600
T Wind Dir                   SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   14    16    11    11    11    14     9     6    10


Date          Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24
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      97      76      96      75      95      75      94
Temp          80 75 93 91 79 76 93 90 79 75 92 90 79 76 92 89
Dewpt         76 75 74 74 75 75 74 74 75 75 75 76 76 75 76 76
Max/Min RH        100      49      99      50     100      53      99      56
RH            90 99 55 59 88 98 55 59 90 99 57 63 91 98 60 65
Pwind Dir           S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR            5      20      10      20       5      30      10      50
Rain Shwrs             IS          IS          SC       SC SC
Tstms                  IS          IS          SC          SC

$$

TXZ229-162100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1128 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

Date             Tue 07/16/24            Wed 07/17/24            Thu 07/18/24
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                     100          77         100          77         100
Temp                   93 98 96 88 82 79 77 85 94 99 96 88 83 79 77 85 94 99 96
Dewpt                  70 66 67 71 73 74 73 74 71 67 67 71 73 74 74 74 70 65 65
Min/Max RH                   34          88          35          90          32
RH                     47 35 39 57 74 85 87 70 47 36 39 57 72 84 90 70 46 33 37
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E
Wind Spd                6  8 10 10  8  6  5  6  6  6  9  9  6  4  3  3  3  4  8
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)              SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                     10           5           5           5          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        5     4     4     5     5     4     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt                 6400  1400  1000  5300  6500  3600  1200  6000  8300
T Wind Dir                    S    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     E
T Wind Spd                   14    18    11    11    11    16     9     5     9


Date          Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24
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      99      77      99      77      99      77      96
Temp          82 77 94 94 82 77 94 96 82 77 94 94 82 77 92 91
Dewpt         72 72 70 68 73 73 70 66 73 73 70 67 73 73 71 70
Max/Min RH         85      36      87      34      88      36      87      43
RH            71 84 46 43 74 87 46 38 74 87 46 41 74 87 51 50
Pwind Dir          SE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR           10      20      10      10       5      10      20      40
Rain Shwrs             IS                         IS IS IS SC
Tstms                  IS                         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