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FOUS54 KCRP 112043
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
343 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

TXZ245-120900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
343 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date           07/11/24      Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24            Sun
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          92          78          93          78
Temp          89 86 81 80 78 75 85 89 91 87 82 80 79 78 86 90 92 88 82 81 80 78
Dewpt         76 77 76 76 76 75 76 77 78 77 77 76 76 76 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 76
Max/Min RH                   99          65          93          65          95
RH            66 75 87 88 93 99 76 69 66 71 85 88 90 93 76 67 65 74 84 87 91 94
Wind Dir       E  E SE SE  S SW NE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd       5  4  3  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  4  4  3  2  3  5  6  5  4  4  3  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                     40          50          20          30           0
QPF 12HR                   0.59        0.04           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    SC IS    IS SC SC SC SC SC       IS IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms         SC IS    IS SC SC SC SC SC          IS SC SC IS IS
LAL                     1     3     3     3     1     2     3     2     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            800   500  3000  3300  1800  1300  3600  3600  2200  1100
T Wind Dir             SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             10     6     4     9    13    10     9    11    13    11


Date           07/14Mon 07/15/24Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24
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      78      93      78      93      78      94      79      94
Temp          91 88 81 78 91 87 81 78 92 88 81 78 91 88 82 79 92 89
Dewpt         78 77 76 76 77 76 76 76 77 77 77 77 78 78 77 77 78 78
Min/Max RH         63      93      60      93      60      97      62      93      61
RH            65 70 84 93 64 70 84 91 61 71 86 94 66 72 84 91 62 71
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S      SE       S      SE       S      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           10       0       5       0       5       5      10       5      20
Rain Shwrs                                                    IS

$$

TXZ231-120900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
343 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date           07/11/24      Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24            Sun
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                      72          92          75          95          74
Temp          90 86 79 76 74 73 81 87 91 86 80 78 76 75 82 90 94 89 82 79 76 74
Dewpt         75 74 75 75 74 73 76 75 74 75 76 76 75 74 77 76 74 75 76 77 76 74
Max/Min RH                  100          57          98          53         100
RH            61 68 87 97100100 87 67 58 69 87 94 97 97 85 63 53 64 84 93 99100
Wind Dir       E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE
Wind Spd       5  6  2  1  1  2  2  4  5  6  4  2  2  2  3  6  8  8  5  3  2  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     40          50          10          30           0
QPF 12HR                   0.03        0.03           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    SC SC       IS SC SC SC SC             IS IS SC SC
Tstms         SC SC       IS SC SC SC SC             IS IS SC SC
LAL                     1     2     3     3     1     1     2     3     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     5
Mixing Hgt           1500   600  3600  4900  2000   800  5200  6100  3500  1000
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             10     5     6     9    16    10    11    13    17    10


Date           07/14Mon 07/15/24Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24
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            96      73      96      74      98      75      99      75      99
Temp          93 92 79 74 93 92 78 74 94 92 79 75 95 93 80 75 95 93
Dewpt         75 73 75 73 73 72 75 73 73 73 75 75 74 74 76 75 75 74
Min/Max RH         46      99      45      98      44      98      45     100      44
RH            55 54 88 97 52 52 90 95 51 53 88 98 52 54 88 99 52 53
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR            5       0       5       0       5       0      10       5      10

$$

TXZ247-120900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
343 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date           07/11/24      Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24            Sun
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          82
Temp          88 85 83 83 82 81 85 88 88 86 84 83 83 82 87 89 90 87 84 83 83 82
Dewpt         76 75 76 76 76 76 76 77 77 76 77 76 76 76 77 78 77 77 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH                   88          67          83          67          84
RH            68 73 80 80 84 85 75 70 69 74 80 80 81 82 74 71 67 71 80 81 81 84
Wind Dir       E  E SE SE  S SW  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd       6  6  5  5  5  3  4  5  8  8  8  8  6  5  5  6  8  9  9  9  6  5
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR                     40          40          20          30           0
QPF 12HR                   0.04        0.15           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    SC IS    IS SC SC SC IS IS       IS IS SC SC
Tstms         SC IS    IS SC SC SC IS IS          IS SC IS
LAL                     1     3     3     2     1     2     2     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1400  1300  2500  2700  2300  2100  3000  3000  2700  2500
T Wind Dir             SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             12    10     5    10    16    12     9    12    14    13


Date           07/14Mon 07/15/24Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24
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      82      90      82      90      83      91      83      91
Temp          89 87 83 82 89 86 83 83 89 87 84 83 89 88 84 83 89 88
Dewpt         78 77 76 77 77 76 75 76 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 78 78
Min/Max RH         67      85      65      81      65      85      68      85      66
RH            69 71 80 85 68 72 77 80 68 72 80 84 70 72 82 84 68 72
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S      SE       S      SE       S      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5       0       5       0       5       5      10       5      10

$$

TXZ234-120900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
343 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date           07/11/24      Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24            Sun
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          89          75          91          74
Temp          87 84 78 76 76 74 81 85 87 86 79 78 77 75 83 87 89 86 80 77 76 75
Dewpt         77 76 76 75 74 74 77 78 78 77 77 76 76 74 79 79 79 77 77 77 76 75
Max/Min RH                  100          72          98          72         100
RH            72 77 94 97 94100 88 80 75 75 94 94 97 97 88 77 73 75 91100100100
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE  S  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind Spd       5  5  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  6  3  2  2  2  2  4  6  6  4  3  2  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     30          60          10          50           0
QPF 12HR                   0.01        0.08           0        0.02           0
Rain Shwrs    NM IS    IS SC SC SC NM NM             SC SC SC SC
Tstms         SC IS    IS SC SC SC SC SC             IS SC SC SC
Obvis                        PF
LAL                     1     3     3     3     1     1     3     3     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            500   400  3200  4200  1000   400  3600  4000  1400   400
T Wind Dir             SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE     S     S
T Wind Spd              6     4     4     8    10     6     8    10    11     8


Date           07/14Mon 07/15/24Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24
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      74      93      75      93      76      94      77      95
Temp          90 88 78 74 90 88 78 75 90 88 79 77 91 88 79 77 92 89
Dewpt         78 77 76 74 77 76 75 74 77 76 76 76 78 78 77 76 78 77
Min/Max RH         62     100      59      97      61      99      62     100      60
RH            68 70 94100 66 67 91 96 65 67 91 98 67 72 94 96 65 67
Pwind Dir          SE       S       S       S      SE      SE      SE      SE       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           20       0       5       0      10       5      20       5      20
Rain Shwrs       IS                                  IS       IS IS
Tstms            IS                                  IS          IS

$$

TXZ241-120900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
343 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date           07/11/24      Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24            Sun
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          95          75
Temp          90 86 79 78 76 74 82 88 91 87 80 79 77 75 85 91 94 89 82 80 77 75
Dewpt         76 75 75 75 75 74 76 75 75 76 76 76 76 75 77 75 76 76 76 77 76 75
Max/Min RH                  100          60         100          57         100
RH            64 72 87 93 96100 82 66 61 69 87 91 96100 77 60 57 66 82 91 96100
Wind Dir       E SE SE SE SE  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE
Wind Spd       5  6  2  2  2  2  2  4  6  8  4  3  2  2  4  6  9 10  6  4  3  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     30          50           5          30           0
QPF 12HR                   0.09        0.12           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    NM SC          SC SC SC SC                   SC SC
Tstms         NM SC          SC SC SC SC                   SC SC
Obvis                        PF
LAL                     1     1     3     3     1     1     1     3     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     3     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1400   500  4500  5500  2000   700  4800  5400  2400   700
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE     E    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd              8     5     8    11    14     9    11    16    16    10


Date           07/14Mon 07/15/24Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24
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            96      75      97      75      97      76      98      76      98
Temp          93 91 79 75 93 91 78 75 93 91 80 77 94 91 80 76 94 92
Dewpt         75 76 75 74 74 74 75 74 74 75 76 75 75 76 76 76 75 76
Min/Max RH         51      98      49      98      50      97      49     100      49
RH            56 62 88 97 54 57 89 96 53 59 87 95 53 60 87 99 53 58
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5       0       5       0       5       0      10       5      10

$$

TXZ229-120900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
343 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date           07/11/24      Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24            Sun
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          91          76          95          77
Temp          93 89 83 79 78 76 82 86 89 87 82 80 78 76 82 89 94 91 85 81 79 77
Dewpt         69 71 71 73 73 72 73 72 71 71 72 74 74 74 74 72 70 70 73 74 74 74
Max/Min RH                   90          52          94          46          91
RH            46 56 67 82 85 87 74 63 56 59 72 82 88 94 77 57 46 50 67 79 85 90
Wind Dir       E SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE  E SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       6  8  5  2  2  3  3  4  5  8  6  5  4  4  5  6  8  9  8  6  5  4
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     40          40          20          30           5
QPF 12HR                      0        0.04           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    SC SC          SC SC SC SC       IS IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms         SC SC          IS SC SC SC       IS IS SC IS IS IS
LAL                     1     1     3     3     1     2     2     2     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            800  1200  4100  3000   900   700  4400  4700  3500  1000
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             11     6     8     9    13     9    11    16    18    10


Date           07/14Mon 07/15/24Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24
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      77      99      77     101      78     101      79     102
Temp          92 95 82 77 93 95 82 77 94 97 83 78 95 98 84 79 96 98
Dewpt         70 67 73 72 70 67 73 73 70 66 73 73 71 67 74 74 71 67
Min/Max RH         37      86      36      88      32      86      33      85      33
RH            49 40 74 85 47 40 74 87 45 36 72 84 46 37 72 84 44 37
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR            5       0       5       0       0       5       5       5      10

$$

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