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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
248 AM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

TXZ245-112100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
248 AM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date             Thu 07/11/24            Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24
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                      91          76          92          77          92
Temp          79 78 85 89 90 86 81 80 78 76 85 89 91 87 81 81 79 78 87 90 90 87
Dewpt         76 76 78 78 77 77 77 76 77 75 78 77 78 77 77 76 76 76 78 78 78 78
Min/Max RH                   67          97          66          94          68
RH            91 94 79 70 67 75 87 87 96 97 80 68 66 73 87 85 91 94 76 69 68 75
Wind Dir       E  N NE  E SE SE SE  S  S SW SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       2  2  2  4  5  4  2  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  4  4  3  2  3  5  6  5
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%)     SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR                     70          40          50          20          40
QPF 12HR                   0.36        0.11        0.06           0        0.03
Rain Shwrs    IS SC NM SC SC       IS SC SC SC SC SC       IS IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms         IS SC SC SC SC       IS SC SC SC SC IS          IS IS SC IS IS
LAL                     3     2     1     3     3     2     1     2     2     2
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     3     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2800  2800  1100   600  3800  3600  2100  1200  3500  3600
T Wind Dir              E    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd              5     8     9     6     6    11    13    11    10    13


Date          Sun 07/14/24Mon 07/15/24Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24
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      94      78      93      78      93      79      94
Temp          81 79 91 88 81 79 91 88 81 79 92 88 82 80 92 88
Dewpt         77 76 78 77 76 75 76 77 76 76 77 77 77 77 79 79
Max/Min RH         93      65      89      61      90      62      92      64
RH            87 91 66 70 85 88 62 70 84 90 63 71 85 91 66 75
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S       S      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 SC SC
PoP 12HR            0      10       0       0       0       5       0      10

$$

TXZ231-112100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
248 AM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date             Thu 07/11/24            Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24
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          92          74          94
Temp          74 74 82 87 90 86 80 78 76 74 81 88 91 87 80 78 76 75 83 90 92 89
Dewpt         74 74 77 77 74 74 75 75 75 74 76 75 74 74 76 75 75 75 77 75 74 75
Min/Max RH                   60         100          57         100          56
RH           100100 84 71 60 68 85 93 96100 85 66 57 65 87 91 97100 81 62 56 64
Wind Dir      SE NE  E  E SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       1  1  2  4  6  6  3  2  1  1  2  4  6  8  4  2  2  2  3  6  8  9
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%)     SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR                     60          30          50          10          30
QPF 12HR                   0.09        0.02        0.06        0.01        0.03
Rain Shwrs       IS IS SC NM SC       IS SC SC SC SC             IS IS SC SC
Tstms               IS SC SC SC       IS    IS SC SC             IS IS SC SC
LAL                     2     3     1     2     2     3     1     1     2     3
Haines                  4     4     4     3     3     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           4300  4400  1500   700  4400  4400  2800   800  4500  5400
T Wind Dir              E    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd              5    10    11     6     6    10    14     9    11    14


Date          Sun 07/14/24Mon 07/15/24Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24
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      98      74      98      75      99      75      99
Temp          79 75 91 90 79 75 93 92 79 75 94 92 80 76 94 92
Dewpt         76 75 75 73 75 73 72 71 75 74 74 72 76 75 74 74
Max/Min RH        100      50      96      44      98      45      97      46
RH            91100 59 58 88 94 52 50 88 97 53 52 88 97 53 55
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 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5       5       0       0       0       5       0       5

$$

TXZ247-112100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
248 AM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date             Thu 07/11/24            Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24
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          80          89          81          90
Temp          82 80 84 86 88 86 83 82 81 81 85 87 89 86 84 83 83 83 86 88 88 86
Dewpt         76 77 77 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 77 77 77 76 76 76 76 77 78 78 78 77
Min/Max RH                   70          90          68          82          72
RH            84 91 80 75 70 71 80 81 84 85 79 74 68 71 79 80 81 82 76 73 72 75
Wind Dir      SE SE  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       3  3  3  5  6  6  5  5  4  3  4  5  8  8  8  8  6  5  5  8  9  9
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%)     B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR                     60          40          40          20          30
QPF 12HR                   0.53        0.15        0.03           0        0.02
Rain Shwrs    IS SC NM SC IS       IS SC SC SC IS IS       IS IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms         IS SC SC SC IS       IS SC SC SC IS IS          IS IS IS IS IS
LAL                     3     2     1     3     3     2     1     2     2     2
Haines                  4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2000  2200  2000  1300  2200  2700  2400  2400  2600  2900
T Wind Dir              E    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd              5     9    10     9     8    11    16    13    10    13


Date          Sun 07/14/24Mon 07/15/24Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24
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      90      82      91      83      91
Temp          83 83 89 86 83 82 89 86 83 83 89 87 84 84 89 87
Dewpt         77 77 77 76 76 77 76 76 77 77 78 77 77 77 79 78
Max/Min RH         82      67      84      66      82      69      83      72
RH            81 82 68 72 80 84 67 71 81 81 70 73 81 81 72 75
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S       S      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 SC SC
PoP 12HR            0      10       0       0       0       5       0       5

$$

TXZ234-112100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
248 AM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date             Thu 07/11/24            Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24
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          75          90          74          91
Temp          76 75 84 85 88 86 79 78 76 75 82 86 89 86 79 77 77 76 83 87 89 86
Dewpt         76 74 78 78 77 77 76 76 75 75 78 78 78 77 76 76 76 75 79 79 78 78
Min/Max RH                   70         100          70          97          70
RH           100 97 82 80 70 75 91 94 97100 88 77 70 75 91 97 97 97 88 77 70 77
Wind Dir       N NE  E SE SE SE SE  S  S NE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       1  2  2  4  5  5  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  6  4  2  2  2  2  4  8  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     70          30          60          10          50
QPF 12HR                   0.22           0        0.13        0.04        0.08
Rain Shwrs       IS SC NM SC       IS SC SC SC NM NM             SC SC SC SC
Tstms            IS SC SC SC       IS SC IS SC SC SC             IS SC SC SC
Obvis            PF
LAL                     3     2     1     3     3     3     1     1     3     3
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           3300  3300   500   400  4100  3900  1900   400  3800  5100
T Wind Dir              E    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd              4     6     9     5     5    10    11     6     8    11


Date          Sun 07/14/24Mon 07/15/24Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24
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      74      93      75      94      77      94
Temp          78 76 88 87 78 75 90 87 78 76 90 87 79 77 91 88
Dewpt         77 76 78 76 76 75 76 75 76 75 77 77 77 76 78 78
Max/Min RH        100      68     100      62      97      63      98      65
RH            97100 72 70 94100 64 68 94 97 66 72 94 97 66 72
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S       S      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 SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5      20       0       5       0      10       0      20
Rain Shwrs             IS                                  IS
Tstms                  IS                                  IS

$$

TXZ241-112100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
248 AM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date             Thu 07/11/24            Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24
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          75          93          76          95
Temp          76 75 83 87 90 86 80 78 77 76 82 89 91 88 80 79 77 76 85 91 92 89
Dewpt         76 75 76 76 76 76 75 75 75 75 76 76 75 76 76 76 76 76 77 76 76 76
Min/Max RH                   65         100          61          99          59
RH            99 99 81 70 65 74 85 91 94 96 81 66 61 68 87 91 96 99 78 62 59 66
Wind Dir      SE NE  E  E  E SE SE  S SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       1  2  2  4  6  6  2  2  2  2  2  4  6  8  4  3  2  2  4  6  9 10
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%)     SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR                     60          20          50           5          30
QPF 12HR                   0.48        0.03        0.12        0.01        0.02
Rain Shwrs             SC NM IS          SC SC SC SC                   SC SC
Tstms                  SC SC IS             IS SC SC                   SC SC
Obvis                                    PF
LAL                     2     3     1     1     2     3     1     1     1     3
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           4000  3600  1200   700  5000  4900  2800   800  5100  5200
T Wind Dir              E     E    SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd              5    10     9     6     8    12    14    10    12    14


Date          Sun 07/14/24Mon 07/15/24Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24
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      97      76      98      76      99
Temp          80 76 91 90 79 76 92 90 79 76 93 91 80 77 94 91
Dewpt         76 76 75 75 75 74 73 73 75 75 74 75 76 75 74 76
Max/Min RH        100      54      96      49      97      51      96      50
RH            87 99 60 62 87 96 54 58 87 97 55 60 87 94 54 61
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 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0      10       0       0       0       5       0       5

$$

TXZ229-112100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
248 AM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date             Thu 07/11/24            Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24
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                      95          76          92          76          96
Temp          77 77 83 89 93 88 82 80 78 76 82 86 91 87 83 81 79 77 82 88 93 91
Dewpt         74 72 73 71 70 71 72 73 73 73 73 72 70 70 72 73 73 74 74 73 70 70
Min/Max RH                   47          90          50          90          47
RH            90 85 72 56 47 57 72 79 85 90 74 63 50 57 70 77 82 90 77 61 47 50
Wind Dir       E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  E SE SE  E  E SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       2  2  3  4  6  8  5  4  2  3  4  4  5  8  6  5  4  4  5  6  8  9
Wind Gust
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     40          30          40          20          20
QPF 12HR                   0.23           0        0.07        0.03        0.02
Rain Shwrs             SC SC SC          SC SC SC SC       IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms                  SC SC SC             IS SC SC       IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL                     1     3     1     1     2     3     1     2     2     2
Haines                  4     4     3     3     4     4     3     3     4     4
Mixing Hgt           4600  4500   700   800  3200  4800  3200  1200  5000  6700
T Wind Dir              E     E    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd              6    11    12     6     9    11    13    11    11    13


Date          Sun 07/14/24Mon 07/15/24Tue 07/16/24Wed 07/17/24
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      99      76     100      77     101      78     101
Temp          82 76 91 96 83 76 92 97 83 77 94 98 84 78 94 98
Dewpt         74 73 71 66 73 72 69 65 72 72 69 66 73 74 71 67
Max/Min RH         90      36      87      34      85      33      88      34
RH            77 90 52 38 72 87 47 35 70 85 44 35 70 88 47 37
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 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           10       5       0       0       0       0       5       5

$$

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