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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1208 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

TXZ245-120900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1208 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          92          77          92          78
Temp          91 86 81 80 78 76 85 89 91 87 81 81 79 78 87 90 90 87 82 81 80 79
Dewpt         77 77 77 76 77 75 78 77 78 77 77 76 76 76 78 78 78 78 78 77 77 76
Max/Min RH                   97          66          94          68          93
RH            65 75 87 87 96 97 80 68 66 73 87 85 91 94 76 69 68 75 87 87 90 91
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S  S SW SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd       5  4  2  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  4  4  3  2  3  5  6  5  5  4  3  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     40          50          20          40           0
QPF 12HR                   0.11        0.06           0        0.03           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 IS          IS IS SC IS IS
LAL               2     1     3     3     2     1     2     2     2     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     3     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt     2800  1100   600  3800  3600  2100  1200  3500  3600  2400  1300
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd        8     9     6     6    11    13    11    10    13    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            94      78      93      78      93      79      94      79      94
Temp          91 88 81 79 91 88 81 79 92 88 82 80 92 88 81 80 92 88
Dewpt         78 77 76 75 76 77 76 76 77 77 77 77 79 79 78 77 79 78
Min/Max RH         65      89      61      90      62      92      64      90      65
RH            66 70 85 88 62 70 84 90 63 71 85 91 66 75 90 90 66 73
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S      SE       S      SE       S      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           10       0       0       0       5       0      10       5      20
Rain Shwrs                                                       IS
Tstms                                                            IS

$$

TXZ231-120900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1208 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          74          94          75
Temp          91 86 80 78 76 74 81 88 91 87 80 78 76 75 83 90 92 89 82 79 77 75
Dewpt         74 74 75 75 75 74 76 75 74 74 76 75 75 75 77 75 74 75 75 76 75 75
Max/Min RH                  100          57         100          56         100
RH            58 68 85 93 96100 85 66 57 65 87 91 97100 81 62 56 64 79 91 94100
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE
Wind Spd       6  6  3  2  1  1  2  4  6  8  4  2  2  2  3  6  8  9  5  4  2  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     40          50          10          30           5
QPF 12HR                   0.02        0.06        0.01        0.03           0
Rain Shwrs    SC SC       IS SC SC SC SC             IS IS SC SC
Tstms         SC SC       IS    IS SC SC             IS IS SC SC
LAL               3     1     2     2     3     1     1     2     3     1     1
Haines            4     4     3     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt     4400  1500   700  4400  4400  2800   800  4500  5400  2800   900
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd       10    11     6     6    10    14     9    11    14    17     9


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      74      98      75      99      75      99      76     100
Temp          91 90 79 75 93 92 79 75 94 92 80 76 94 92 81 77 94 93
Dewpt         75 73 75 73 72 71 75 74 74 72 76 75 74 74 77 76 74 73
Min/Max RH         50      96      44      98      45      97      46      98      46
RH            59 58 88 94 52 50 88 97 53 52 88 97 53 55 90 97 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 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5       0       0       0       5       0       5       5      10

$$

TXZ247-120900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1208 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          89          81          90          82
Temp          89 86 83 82 81 81 85 87 89 86 84 83 83 83 86 88 88 86 84 83 83 83
Dewpt         77 76 76 76 76 76 77 77 77 76 76 76 76 77 78 78 78 77 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH                   90          68          82          72          82
RH            68 71 80 81 84 85 79 74 68 71 79 80 81 82 76 73 72 75 79 81 82 82
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd       6  6  5  5  4  3  4  5  8  8  8  8  6  5  5  8  9  9  9  9  6  5
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     40          40          20          30           0
QPF 12HR                   0.15        0.03           0        0.02           0
Rain Shwrs    SC IS    IS SC SC SC IS IS       IS IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms         SC IS    IS SC SC SC IS IS          IS IS IS IS IS
LAL               2     1     3     3     2     1     2     2     2     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     5
Mixing Hgt     2200  2000  1300  2200  2700  2400  2400  2600  2900  2500  2500
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd        9    10     9     8    11    16    13    10    13    17    14


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            91      82      90      82      91      83      91      83      91
Temp          89 86 83 82 89 86 83 83 89 87 84 84 89 87 84 83 89 86
Dewpt         77 76 76 77 76 76 77 77 78 77 77 77 79 78 78 78 79 78
Min/Max RH         67      84      66      82      69      83      72      85      70
RH            68 72 80 84 67 71 81 81 70 73 81 81 72 75 82 84 73 76
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S      SE       S      SE       S      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           10       0       0       0       5       0       5       5      10

$$

TXZ234-120900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1208 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          90          74          91          75
Temp          89 86 79 78 76 75 82 86 89 86 79 77 77 76 83 87 89 86 80 78 77 76
Dewpt         77 77 76 76 75 75 78 78 78 77 76 76 76 75 79 79 78 78 78 77 76 76
Max/Min RH                  100          70          97          70         100
RH            68 75 91 94 97100 88 77 70 75 91 97 97 97 88 77 70 77 94 97 97100
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S  S NE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd       5  5  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  6  4  2  2  2  2  4  8  8  4  3  2  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     30          60          10          50           5
QPF 12HR                      0        0.13        0.04        0.08           0
Rain Shwrs    NM IS    IS SC SC SC NM NM             SC SC SC SC
Tstms         SC IS    IS SC IS SC SC SC             IS SC SC SC
LAL               2     1     3     3     3     1     1     3     3     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt     3300   500   400  4100  3900  1900   400  3800  5100  2100   500
T Wind Dir       SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd        6     9     5     5    10    11     6     8    11    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      94      77      94      77      94
Temp          88 87 78 75 90 87 78 76 90 87 79 77 91 88 80 77 91 89
Dewpt         78 76 76 75 76 75 76 75 77 77 77 76 78 78 78 77 79 77
Min/Max RH         68     100      62      97      63      98      65     100      64
RH            72 70 94100 64 68 94 97 66 72 94 97 66 72 94100 68 68
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S      SE      SE       S      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           20       0       5       0      10       0      20       5      20
Rain Shwrs       IS                                  IS          IS
Tstms            IS                                  IS          IS

$$

TXZ241-120900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1208 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          93          76          95          75
Temp          91 86 80 78 77 76 82 89 91 88 80 79 77 76 85 91 92 89 82 80 77 76
Dewpt         76 76 75 75 75 75 76 76 75 76 76 76 76 76 77 76 76 76 76 76 76 76
Max/Min RH                  100          61          99          59         100
RH            63 74 85 91 94 96 81 66 61 68 87 91 96 99 78 62 59 66 82 87 96 99
Wind Dir       E SE SE  S SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE
Wind Spd       6  6  2  2  2  2  2  4  6  8  4  3  2  2  4  6  9 10  6  5  3  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     30          50           5          30           0
QPF 12HR                   0.03        0.12        0.01        0.02           0
Rain Shwrs    NM SC          SC SC SC SC                   SC SC
Tstms         NM SC             IS SC SC                   SC SC
Obvis                        PF
LAL               3     1     1     2     3     1     1     1     3     1     1
Haines            3     3     3     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt     3600  1200   700  5000  4900  2800   800  5100  5200  2700   600
T Wind Dir        E    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd       10     9     6     8    12    14    10    12    14    16     9


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            97      75      97      76      98      76      99      77      98
Temp          91 90 79 76 92 90 79 76 93 91 80 77 94 91 81 77 94 91
Dewpt         75 75 75 74 73 73 75 75 74 75 76 75 74 76 77 76 75 76
Min/Max RH         54      96      49      97      51      96      50      98      51
RH            60 62 87 96 54 58 87 97 55 60 87 94 54 61 87 97 55 61
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 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           10       0       0       0       5       0       5       5      10

$$

TXZ229-120900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1208 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          92          76          96          76
Temp          94 88 82 80 78 76 82 86 91 87 83 81 79 77 82 88 93 91 86 82 79 76
Dewpt         70 71 72 73 73 73 73 72 70 70 72 73 73 74 74 73 70 70 73 74 74 73
Max/Min RH                   90          50          90          47          90
RH            46 57 72 79 85 90 74 63 50 57 70 77 82 90 77 61 47 50 65 77 85 90
Wind Dir       E SE SE SE SE  E SE SE  E  E SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       6  8  5  4  2  3  4  4  5  8  6  5  4  4  5  6  8  9  8  6  5  4
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%)     SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR                     40          40          20          20          10
QPF 12HR                      0        0.07        0.03        0.02           0
Rain Shwrs    SC SC          SC SC SC SC       IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms         SC SC             IS SC SC       IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL               3     1     1     2     3     1     2     2     2     1     1
Haines            4     3     3     4     4     3     3     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt     4500   700   800  3200  4800  3200  1200  5000  6700  3400  1100
T Wind Dir        E    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd       11    12     6     9    11    13    11    11    13    19    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            99      76     100      77     101      78     101      79     102
Temp          91 96 83 76 92 97 83 77 94 98 84 78 94 98 84 79 94 99
Dewpt         71 66 73 72 69 65 72 72 69 66 73 74 71 67 74 74 71 67
Min/Max RH         36      87      34      85      33      88      34      85      34
RH            52 38 72 87 47 35 70 85 44 35 70 88 47 37 72 85 47 36
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 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5       0       0       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