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FOUS54 KCRP 141138
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
638 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

TXZ245-142100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
638 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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          93          78          93
Temp             79 89 91 91 87 82 80 79 77 87 91 92 87 81 80 79 79 88 91 91 87
Dewpt            76 78 78 78 78 77 76 77 76 77 77 76 76 76 75 75 76 78 78 78 78
Min/Max RH                   63          97          61          91          65
RH               93 71 67 65 74 85 90 94 97 74 64 61 69 84 84 88 90 73 66 66 75
Wind Dir          S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd          2  3  5  6  5  4  4  3  2  4  6  6  5  5  5  4  4  5  6  6  6
Wind Gust
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)        B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     10           5           5           0          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     5     5     5     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3600  3400  1300   600  3600  3400  1900  1200  3800  3700
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd              6    11    12    10    10    13    14    11    11    13


Date          Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24
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      77      94      75      92
Temp          81 79 91 87 81 79 92 87 81 78 91 87 80 77 90 87
Dewpt         77 77 78 78 77 77 78 78 78 77 77 77 76 75 77 76
Max/Min RH         93      67      93      64      97      63      95      64
RH            87 93 67 75 87 93 65 75 91 96 64 73 88 94 66 71
Pwind Dir           S       S       S      SE       S       S      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5      20       5      20      10      40      30      40
Rain Shwrs          IS IS       IS IS       SC SC    SC SC SC
Tstms               IS IS       IS IS       IS SC    SC SC SC

$$

TXZ231-142100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
638 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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          74          97          74          97
Temp             75 85 91 95 91 83 78 76 74 83 92 96 91 81 78 76 74 84 92 94 90
Dewpt            75 77 76 73 73 75 76 74 74 75 73 69 71 73 74 73 73 75 74 72 73
Min/Max RH                   49         100          42          97          48
RH              100 79 61 50 56 78 94 94100 77 53 42 51 77 88 90 97 74 56 48 58
Wind Dir         SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S  S SE SE SE SE  S SE  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd          2  3  6  8  8  5  4  3  2  5  8  8  9  6  5  4  2  5  8  9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds           B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%)        B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                      5           0           0           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis            PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     5     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt           4700  6000  2200  1100  4400  5900  2900  1100  4600  5900
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S     S     S    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             10    11    17    11    13    13    17    12    12    13


Date          Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24
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      97      75      98      75      96      74      95
Temp          79 76 92 89 79 76 93 91 79 76 92 90 79 75 91 89
Dewpt         76 75 75 73 76 75 75 73 76 75 75 72 75 74 74 73
Max/Min RH         97      51      99      47      98      49      99      51
RH            91 97 57 59 91 97 55 56 91 97 57 56 88 97 58 59
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5      20       5      10      10      30      20      30
Rain Shwrs             IS                      SC    IS IS SC
Tstms                  IS                      SC    IS IS SC

$$

TXZ247-142100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
638 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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          79          89          82          90
Temp             82 86 88 88 86 83 81 79 79 85 88 88 86 83 83 83 83 87 88 88 86
Dewpt            76 77 78 78 77 77 76 77 76 77 77 76 75 76 76 76 77 78 78 77 77
Min/Max RH                   69          93          66          83          70
RH               84 75 72 72 75 82 87 93 91 79 71 68 71 79 80 81 82 75 73 70 74
Wind Dir          S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd          5  5  6  8  8  8  8  6  5  6  8  9  9 10 10  9  8  8  8  9 10
Wind Gust
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)        B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                      5           0           0           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     5     5     5     5     5     4
Mixing Hgt           2900  2700  1700  1300  2500  2500  2100  3000  3000  3000
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd              8    11    16    13    11    12    16    16    12    13


Date          Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24
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      90      82      90      80      90      80      90
Temp          84 83 88 86 84 83 89 86 83 82 88 86 83 81 87 86
Dewpt         78 78 78 77 77 77 77 77 78 77 77 76 76 76 77 76
Max/Min RH         86      71      86      68      87      69      86      70
RH            82 85 73 76 80 84 69 74 84 87 70 73 81 85 72 71
Pwind Dir           S       S       S      SE       S       S       S      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5      20       5      20      10      30      30      40
Rain Shwrs          IS IS       IS IS       SC SC    SC SC IS
Tstms               IS IS       IS IS       IS SC    SC SC IS

$$

TXZ234-142100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
638 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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          93          75          93
Temp             76 85 90 91 88 81 78 77 75 83 89 92 87 79 78 77 76 85 90 90 86
Dewpt            75 79 78 78 77 77 76 76 75 78 77 77 75 76 75 75 75 78 77 77 77
Min/Max RH                   64         100          62          97          64
RH               97 82 68 66 70 88 94 97100 85 68 62 68 91 91 94 97 80 66 66 75
Wind Dir         SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd          2  2  4  6  8  4  3  2  2  3  5  8  8  5  4  3  2  4  6  9  9
Wind Gust
Clouds           SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
Clouds(%)        SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR                     20           5           5           0          10
QPF 12HR                   0.06           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs                IS
Tstms                     IS
Obvis            PF
LAL                     1     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     5     5     5     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           4400  4700   600   400  4100  4800  1500   400  4600  4700
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd              5    10    10     6     9    11    11    10    10    13


Date          Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24
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      92      76      94      75      91      74      91
Temp          79 77 89 86 79 77 90 86 78 76 88 85 77 75 88 86
Dewpt         76 76 78 78 77 76 77 77 77 75 77 77 75 74 77 76
Max/Min RH         97      70      98      63     100      67      98      69
RH            91 97 70 77 94 97 66 75 97 97 70 77 94 97 70 72
Pwind Dir          SE       S      SE      SE       S       W       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR            5      40       5      30      10      50      30      50
Rain Shwrs          IS SC       IS SC       SC SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms               IS SC       IS SC       SC SC IS IS SC SC

$$

TXZ241-142100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
638 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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          75          97          75          96
Temp             75 85 92 94 90 82 80 77 75 84 93 96 91 81 78 77 76 85 92 94 89
Dewpt            75 77 75 74 74 76 76 75 74 75 73 72 73 74 74 74 74 76 74 74 75
Min/Max RH                   52          97          47          95          51
RH              100 77 58 52 61 81 88 94 97 74 53 47 57 79 88 90 94 74 56 52 65
Wind Dir         SE  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S SE  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd          2  4  6  9 10  6  5  4  4  6  8  9 11  8  6  5  4  6  8 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds           SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)        SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                     10           0           0           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis            PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     5     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt           4600  5800  1900   700  4100  5400  1900   900  5000  5400
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             10    11    16    11    13    13    14    10    12    13


Date          Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24
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      97      75      96      75      96
Temp          81 77 92 89 80 77 93 91 79 76 92 91 80 76 91 89
Dewpt         76 75 75 76 76 76 75 75 76 75 74 75 76 75 74 74
Max/Min RH         96      54      97      51      99      50      98      53
RH            87 94 58 66 90 96 56 61 91 97 55 60 88 97 59 60
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5      10       5      20       5      20      20      30
Rain Shwrs                         IS          IS    IS    SC
Tstms                              IS          IS    IS    SC

$$

TXZ229-142100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
638 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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          99          76         100
Temp             76 84 91 96 94 88 82 79 76 83 93 98 96 86 82 78 76 84 93 97 94
Dewpt            74 73 69 66 67 71 73 73 72 72 70 65 65 69 72 71 71 72 70 66 67
Min/Max RH                   36          87          33          85          36
RH               94 70 49 38 41 57 74 82 87 70 47 34 36 57 72 79 85 67 47 36 41
Wind Dir         SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd          4  5  6  8  9  8  6  6  5  6  6  8 10  9  8  8  5  6  8  9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds           B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)        B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     4     4     4     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt           4800  7100  1300  1100  4700  6400  3700  1000  5000  7200
T Wind Dir              S    SE    SE     S     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             11    12    17    12    13    13    17    11    12    13


Date          Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24
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     100      77     100      77      98      76      97
Temp          83 77 93 93 82 77 93 95 82 77 92 92 82 77 92 93
Dewpt         73 74 70 68 74 74 70 66 73 73 70 68 73 73 70 68
Max/Min RH         90      39      90      36      88      40      88      40
RH            72 90 47 44 77 90 47 39 74 87 49 46 74 87 49 44
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E       E       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5      10      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