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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 AM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

TXZ245-132100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 AM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Date             Sat 07/13/24            Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24
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          93          78          93
Temp          79 77 86 89 90 87 82 81 80 79 88 91 92 87 82 81 79 79 88 91 91 87
Dewpt         76 76 78 78 78 77 77 77 76 76 78 78 78 77 77 76 76 76 78 77 76 76
Min/Max RH                   67          93          63          91          62
RH            91 97 79 71 68 72 85 88 90 91 73 66 63 72 85 85 90 90 73 64 63 70
Wind Dir       S  E SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE
Wind Spd       2  2  3  5  5  5  4  4  3  2  3  5  6  5  4  4  4  3  4  6  8  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR                     40           5          10           0           5
QPF 12HR                   0.15        0.14           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms         SC SC SC IS IS
LAL                     3     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     5     5
Mixing Hgt           2600  3100  1300   600  3600  3400  2400  1400  3800  3700
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd              6     9    11     9     8    12    14    11    11    13


Date          Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24
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      93      78      94      79      94      78      94
Temp          80 79 91 87 81 80 91 88 82 80 92 88 81 79 91 88
Dewpt         76 75 78 77 77 77 79 78 77 77 78 78 77 77 78 78
Max/Min RH         88      64      92      66      93      64      94      63
RH            87 88 66 73 88 90 68 74 87 91 65 72 88 94 65 73
Pwind Dir           S      SE       S       S       S       S       S       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0       5       5      20       5      20      10      30
Rain Shwrs                      IS IS       IS IS       SC SC
Tstms                           IS IS       IS IS       IS SC

$$

TXZ231-132100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 AM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Date             Sat 07/13/24            Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24
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          74          96          74          97
Temp          74 74 81 87 88 86 80 78 76 74 84 92 95 90 81 79 76 75 84 92 94 90
Dewpt         74 73 77 77 75 75 76 76 76 74 77 76 74 74 75 75 74 74 76 73 71 71
Min/Max RH                   62         100          50          96          47
RH           100 97 88 71 66 70 88 94 99100 81 60 50 60 82 88 92 96 77 54 47 54
Wind Dir      SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd       2  2  3  6  6  8  5  4  2  2  4  6  8  9  6  4  3  2  5  8  9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                     50          20           5           0           5
QPF 12HR                   0.08           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    IS IS IS SC SC IS
Tstms         IS IS IS SC SC IS
LAL                     2     3     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt           3200  3700  1100   700  4300  5500  3000  1200  4400  5400
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd              9    11    13     8     9    13    17    10    13    16


Date          Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24
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            74      97      75      99      76      99      75      99
Temp          78 74 93 90 79 76 93 91 80 76 94 92 80 76 93 92
Dewpt         74 73 73 73 76 75 75 73 77 75 75 74 76 75 74 73
Max/Min RH         98      48      98      48      98      46      98      46
RH            88 97 53 58 91 97 55 56 91 97 55 55 88 97 54 54
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       5       0      20       5      20      10      30
Rain Shwrs                         IS          IS          SC
Tstms                              IS          IS          SC

$$

TXZ247-132100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 AM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Date             Sat 07/13/24            Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24
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          81 80 86 88 88 87 84 83 83 82 87 88 90 87 84 83 83 82 87 88 88 86
Dewpt         76 76 78 78 77 77 77 77 76 77 78 78 77 77 77 76 76 76 77 77 76 76
Min/Max RH                   69          85          67          83          68
RH            85 88 78 73 71 72 81 81 81 85 75 72 67 71 80 80 80 82 73 69 68 71
Wind Dir       S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE
Wind Spd       5  4  5  8  8  8  8  9  6  5  5  8  8  9  9  9  8  6  8  8 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     40           5           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                   0.07        0.01           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms         SC SC SC IS IS
LAL                     3     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     5     5
Mixing Hgt           2200  2600  2000  1400  2500  2500  2300  2300  3100  3000
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd              9    10    13    12     9    12    17    16    12    13


Date          Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24
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            82      91      82      91      82      91      81      91
Temp          83 83 89 86 84 83 89 86 84 83 89 87 84 83 89 87
Dewpt         76 77 78 77 77 78 79 78 77 77 78 77 78 78 78 77
Max/Min RH         82      70      85      71      84      70      86      68
RH            80 82 71 75 81 84 73 76 81 82 70 72 82 85 69 73
Pwind Dir           S      SE       S       S      SE       S       S       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            0       5       5      20       5      20      10      30
Rain Shwrs                      IS          IS IS       SC IS
Tstms                           IS          IS IS       IS IS

$$

TXZ234-132100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 AM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Date             Sat 07/13/24            Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24
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                      89          76          92          75          93
Temp          77 75 81 85 85 85 79 77 77 76 84 89 91 87 80 78 76 76 85 90 90 86
Dewpt         76 75 79 79 78 78 77 76 76 76 79 79 79 77 76 76 75 75 78 77 76 75
Min/Max RH                   77         100          68          98          63
RH            97100 94 82 80 80 94 97 97100 85 73 68 72 88 94 97 97 80 66 64 70
Wind Dir       E  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  E  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind Spd       2  2  2  4  5  6  4  3  2  2  2  4  6  8  4  3  2  2  4  6  9  9
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                     50          20          20           0           5
QPF 12HR                   0.23           0        0.01           0           0
Rain Shwrs    IS SC SC SC SC IS                IS IS
Tstms         IS SC SC SC SC IS                IS IS
LAL                     3     3     1     1     1     2     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2900  2900   500   400  3700  4200  1500   400  4500  4800
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd              5     8     8     6     6    10    11     6    11    13


Date          Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24
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      93      77      94      77      95      75      94
Temp          78 76 90 87 79 78 90 87 79 77 91 89 78 76 90 88
Dewpt         75 74 77 77 77 76 79 78 77 77 78 77 77 76 78 77
Max/Min RH         94      65      97      69     100      62     100      64
RH            91 94 66 72 94 94 70 75 94100 66 68 97100 68 70
Pwind Dir           S      SE      SE      SE       S       S       S       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0      10       0      30       5      30      10      40
Rain Shwrs                      IS SC       IS SC       IS SC
Tstms                           IS SC       IS SC       IS SC

$$

TXZ241-132100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 AM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Date             Sat 07/13/24            Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24
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          96          75          97
Temp          76 75 84 88 90 87 81 79 77 75 85 93 95 89 82 79 77 75 84 92 95 89
Dewpt         76 75 77 76 76 77 77 76 76 75 76 75 75 75 75 75 75 74 76 73 73 73
Min/Max RH                   61         100          53          98          50
RH            99100 80 69 64 71 87 91 97100 76 56 54 64 81 88 94 97 76 54 50 60
Wind Dir      SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd       2  2  4  8  8  9  6  5  3  2  5  6  9 10  6  5  4  4  6  8 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                     40           5           5           0           5
QPF 12HR                   0.05           0        0.01           0           0
Rain Shwrs          IS SC SC
Tstms               IS SC SC
LAL                     2     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     4     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt           3700  4000  1400   700  4700  5200  2500   900  4800  5600
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd              9    12    13     9    10    13    17    10    13    16


Date          Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24
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      77      98      77      98      76      98
Temp          79 76 93 89 80 78 93 90 80 78 94 91 80 77 93 92
Dewpt         74 74 74 75 76 76 75 76 77 76 75 75 76 76 74 75
Max/Min RH         96      52      95      52      97      50      99      49
RH            87 96 55 65 87 94 56 64 90 96 55 61 88 97 54 58
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       5       0      20       5      20       5      30
Rain Shwrs                         IS          IS          SC
Tstms                              IS          IS          SC

$$

TXZ229-132100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 AM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Date             Sat 07/13/24            Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24
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          77          98          77         100
Temp          77 76 80 86 89 87 83 80 78 77 83 92 97 94 86 82 80 77 84 92 97 95
Dewpt         74 73 74 73 72 72 73 74 74 74 74 71 67 67 72 74 73 72 73 70 66 66
Min/Max RH                   52          90          37          85          36
RH            90 90 82 65 57 61 72 82 88 90 74 51 38 41 63 77 79 85 70 49 36 39
Wind Dir      SE  E SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       4  4  6  6  8  9  8  6  6  4  6  6  8  9  9  8  6  5  6  8  9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                     30          10           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                   0.15           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    SC       IS SC
Tstms         SC       IS SC
LAL                     2     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     4     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt           3200  3500   900   900  4700  6400  4100  1500  4700  6700
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             10    12    16    10    12    13    19    12    13    14


Date          Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24
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     100      78     101      77     101      78     101
Temp          82 76 93 95 83 78 94 96 83 78 94 97 84 78 94 97
Dewpt         71 72 69 67 74 73 70 67 74 74 70 67 73 74 71 67
Max/Min RH         87      35      86      35      88      35      88      35
RH            69 87 46 40 74 85 46 39 74 88 46 38 70 88 47 38
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5       0      10      10      10      20      20      20
Rain Shwrs                                     IS IS       IS
Tstms                                          IS 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