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FOUS54 KCRP 160413
PFWCRP

Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1113 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

TXZ245-160900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1113 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

Date           07/15/24      Tue 07/16/24            Wed 07/17/24            Thu
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                      78          94          78          93          81
Temp                   81 79 78 89 92 92 88 83 81 80 78 88 91 92 89 83 82 82 81
Dewpt                  76 76 76 78 78 78 77 78 76 76 77 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH                   94          62          96          64          87
RH                     84 91 93 71 64 63 71 85 85 88 96 74 66 64 71 82 85 84 87
Wind Dir                S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd                5  4  4  5  6  8  5  5  4  4  3  4  5  6  5  4  3  2  2
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)              SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                      5          10           5          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs                                           IS IS IS IS             SC
Tstms                                                   IS IS IS
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     2     2     1     1
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                  500  3500  3300  2100  1400  3300  3300  2100  1000
T Wind Dir                    S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd                   12    11    13    13    11    10    11    12    10


Date           07/18Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24
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      79      92      79      93      79      92      80      91
Temp          93 89 83 80 92 87 82 79 91 87 83 80 91 87 82 81 90 87
Dewpt         77 77 77 76 77 77 76 76 77 77 76 76 78 77 77 76 78 77
Min/Max RH         60      89      60      90      62      89      63      86      66
RH            60 69 81 88 62 70 81 89 63 72 80 87 65 72 83 85 67 73
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR           30      20      40      30      40      20      50      30      60
Rain Shwrs    SC IS    IS SC SC    SC SC SC    IS SC SC    SC NM SC
Tstms         IS IS    IS SC SC    SC SC SC    IS SC SC    IS SC SC

$$

TXZ231-160900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1113 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

Date           07/15/24      Tue 07/16/24            Wed 07/17/24            Thu
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                      73          98          75          97          74
Temp                   78 75 74 85 94 97 92 82 79 77 75 86 93 96 91 82 79 76 75
Dewpt                  74 74 73 76 74 72 73 75 76 75 75 76 75 73 74 75 76 75 75
Max/Min RH                   97          45         100          48         100
RH                     88 97 97 75 53 45 55 79 91 94100 74 56 48 57 79 91 97100
Wind Dir               SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SE
Wind Spd                5  4  2  5  6  9 10  6  4  2  2  4  6  6  9  5  3  2  2
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)              SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                      0          10           0          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                  700  4800  6500  2600  1300  4800  5700  3100   900
T Wind Dir                    S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd                   12    13    13    18    12    11    12    16     9


Date           07/18Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24
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      75      97      75      97      74      96      75      94
Temp          94 92 79 75 94 91 79 75 94 89 79 75 93 90 79 75 91 87
Dewpt         74 72 75 74 74 72 75 74 74 72 75 74 74 73 75 74 76 75
Min/Max RH         43      98      46      98      47     100      48      98      55
RH            53 52 88 97 52 55 88 96 52 57 88 98 54 58 88 96 60 67
Pwind Dir          SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR           10      10      30      10      30      10      40      30      60
Rain Shwrs                   SC          SC          SC    SC SC NM
Tstms                        SC          SC          SC    IS IS SC

$$

TXZ247-160900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1113 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

Date           07/15/24      Tue 07/16/24            Wed 07/17/24            Thu
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                      82          90          82          90          82
Temp                   83 83 82 86 90 89 87 84 83 83 82 86 89 90 88 84 85 84 83
Dewpt                  77 77 77 78 79 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH                   84          68          87          67          85
RH                     82 82 84 78 71 68 74 82 81 84 87 77 71 67 73 80 79 81 84
Wind Dir                S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd               10  9  8  8  8  9  9 10  9  8  6  6  8  9  9  8  6  5  4
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC B1 B2 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%)              SC B1 B2 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR                      5          10           5          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Rain Shwrs                                           IS IS                   IS
Tstms                                                IS IS                   IS
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     2     1     1     1
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 1300  2700  2600  2200  1900  2800  2800  2400  2100
T Wind Dir                    S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd                   16    11    12    16    14    10    12    14    14


Date           07/18Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24
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      81      90      81      90      80      90      80      89
Temp          89 87 84 82 89 87 84 82 89 86 83 81 88 87 84 81 87 86
Dewpt         77 77 77 77 77 76 77 76 77 76 76 76 77 77 77 77 77 77
Min/Max RH         66      84      66      82      67      87      66      88      69
RH            68 71 79 84 68 72 79 82 68 74 79 87 69 73 80 88 72 73
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR           20      10      40      30      30      20      50      30      60
Rain Shwrs    IS          SC SC    SC SC SC    IS SC SC    SC NM SC
Tstms         IS          SC SC    SC SC SC    IS SC SC    IS SC SC

$$

TXZ234-160900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1113 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

Date           07/15/24      Tue 07/16/24            Wed 07/17/24            Thu
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          75          94          74
Temp                   78 76 76 85 91 91 87 80 78 77 76 86 91 93 89 80 78 76 75
Dewpt                  76 75 75 78 78 77 77 77 76 76 76 79 78 77 77 77 77 76 75
Max/Min RH                   97          62         100          60         100
RH                     94 97 97 80 66 64 72 91 94 97100 80 66 60 68 91 97100100
Wind Dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S SE  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SW
Wind Spd                4  3  2  4  6  9  9  5  4  2  2  3  4  6  8  4  2  2  2
Wind Gust
Clouds                 FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%)              FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12HR                      0          10           5          30           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.04           0
Rain Shwrs                                                 SC SC             IS
Tstms                                                      SC SC
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     3     1     1
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                  400  4600  5100  1500   400  4200  5000  1800   400
T Wind Dir                    S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd                    8     9    12    11     6     8    10    11     8


Date           07/18Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24
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      75      91      74      92      74      90      74      89
Temp          90 88 79 75 88 87 77 74 90 85 78 75 87 86 77 75 87 84
Dewpt         77 77 76 75 77 76 75 74 77 76 76 75 78 77 76 75 79 77
Min/Max RH         58     100      63     100      62     100      68     100      72
RH            66 70 91100 70 70 94 99 67 75 94100 74 75 97100 76 79
Pwind Dir           S       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12HR           40      20      60      30      50      20      60      30      70
Rain Shwrs    IS SC IS IS SC NM    SC SC SC    IS SC NM    SC NM NM
Tstms         IS SC IS IS SC SC    SC SC SC    IS SC SC    IS SC SC

$$

TXZ241-160900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1113 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

Date           07/15/24      Tue 07/16/24            Wed 07/17/24            Thu
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          97          77          97          76
Temp                   79 78 76 86 94 96 91 83 80 78 77 86 93 96 91 83 80 78 76
Dewpt                  74 74 75 76 74 74 75 76 76 76 75 76 75 74 75 76 76 76 76
Max/Min RH                   97          49          96          50         100
RH                     87 88 97 73 54 49 59 78 90 93 94 74 55 50 60 78 90 94100
Wind Dir                S  S SE  S  S SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind Spd                6  5  4  6  8 10 11  8  6  4  3  6  6  9 10  6  4  2  2
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%)              SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      0          10           0          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                  700  4800  5500  2200  1100  4800  5500  2800   800
T Wind Dir                    S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd                   11    12    13    17    10    11    13    16    11


Date           07/18Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24
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      76      97      75      97      76      95      76      95
Temp          94 92 79 76 94 91 80 75 94 89 79 76 93 90 80 76 92 89
Dewpt         74 74 76 75 74 73 75 75 74 74 75 75 74 75 76 75 75 76
Min/Max RH         47      98      46     100      50      98      53      98      54
RH            53 57 90 97 52 55 87 99 53 60 88 96 54 62 87 96 58 66
Pwind Dir          SE       S      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR           20       5      30      10      30       5      40      20      50
Rain Shwrs       IS          SC          SC          SC    IS SC SC
Tstms            IS          SC          SC          SC    IS IS SC

$$

TXZ229-160900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1113 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

Date           07/15/24      Tue 07/16/24            Wed 07/17/24            Thu
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         100          77         100          78
Temp                   82 78 75 85 94 99 96 88 83 80 78 85 95100 96 88 84 80 78
Dewpt                  71 71 70 72 69 65 66 71 74 74 73 73 71 67 67 71 74 74 73
Max/Min RH                   85          32          86          34          86
RH                     69 79 84 65 44 33 38 57 74 82 85 67 46 34 39 57 72 82 85
Wind Dir               SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd                8  6  5  6  6  9 10 10  8  6  4  6  6  6  9  9  6  4  3
Wind Gust
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)              FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        5     5     5     5     4     5     5     4     4
Mixing Hgt                  800  4600  7200  2700  1400  5500  7000  4800  1200
T Wind Dir                    S     S     S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   11    12    13    18    12    11    12    17     9


Date           07/18Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24
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           100      78      99      78      99      77      98      77      95
Temp          95 96 84 78 95 93 83 78 95 93 82 77 95 92 82 77 91 89
Dewpt         70 65 72 73 69 67 72 72 69 67 72 73 70 69 73 73 71 71
Min/Max RH         34      85      36      83      35      87      37      87      46
RH            45 36 67 85 43 42 70 81 43 43 72 86 45 47 74 86 52 55
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR           10      10      20      10      20      10      30      30      50
Rain Shwrs                   IS          IS          SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms                        IS          IS          SC IS IS    SC

$$

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