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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
248 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

TXZ245-150900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
248 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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                      77          94          78          94          78
Temp          91 87 82 80 79 77 86 91 91 85 81 80 80 79 89 93 92 88 82 81 80 78
Dewpt         78 78 77 76 77 76 77 76 76 76 76 75 76 76 78 79 78 78 77 77 76 77
Max/Min RH                   97          61          92          64          96
RH            65 74 85 90 94 97 75 62 63 75 84 85 87 91 69 64 65 74 84 88 88 96
Wind Dir      SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd       6  5  4  4  3  3  4  5  6  5  5  5  4  4  5  6  8  9  5  4  4  3
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    IS                                                             IS
Tstms         IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     5     5     5     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1100   700  3500  3100  1800  1400  3600  3500  2200  1200
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             12    10     9    12    14    11    10    14    14    10


Date           07/17Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24
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      94      77      93      76      93      76      93
Temp          92 87 81 78 92 88 81 77 92 87 80 77 91 87 81 77 91 87
Dewpt         79 78 77 77 78 78 77 77 77 77 77 76 77 77 76 76 78 77
Min/Max RH         63      97      62      99      61      97      62      96      64
RH            65 74 87 97 65 71 88 99 62 71 90 96 63 73 84 96 65 74
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S      SE       S      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR           20       5      20      10      40      30      40      20      40
Rain Shwrs    IS IS       IS IS       SC SC    SC SC SC    IS SC SC
Tstms         IS IS       IS IS       SC SC    SC SC SC    IS IS SC

$$

TXZ231-150900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
248 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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          98          75          97          75
Temp          95 91 83 78 76 74 83 92 95 91 81 78 77 75 85 93 96 91 82 79 77 75
Dewpt         73 73 75 76 74 73 75 72 69 71 73 74 73 73 75 73 71 73 75 76 75 75
Max/Min RH                   99          43          95          45         100
RH            50 56 78 94 94 97 77 53 43 52 76 88 87 94 72 52 45 56 79 91 94100
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE  S SE  S  S SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       8  8  5  4  3  2  5  6  8 10  6  5  4  2  5  6  9 11  6  4  3  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     5     5     5     4     5     5     5     4     4
Mixing Hgt           2300   800  4300  6000  2300  1200  4800  6000  3200  1500
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S     S    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             17    11    13    13    18    12    11    13    18    11


Date           07/17Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24
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      98      75      97      74      96      75      96
Temp          94 91 79 76 94 91 80 75 93 91 79 74 92 90 78 75 93 90
Dewpt         74 73 76 76 74 73 76 75 75 72 75 74 74 73 75 74 74 74
Min/Max RH         47     100      46     100      47     100      47      98      49
RH            54 56 91100 54 56 88100 56 54 88100 56 58 91 97 54 61
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE       E      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           10       5      20      10      30      20      30      10      30
Rain Shwrs                   IS          SC    IS IS SC       IS SC
Tstms                        IS          SC    IS IS SC          SC

$$

TXZ247-150900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
248 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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                      81          90          83          90          82
Temp          88 86 83 81 80 79 85 88 88 85 83 83 84 83 87 89 90 86 84 84 83 82
Dewpt         78 77 77 76 77 76 77 77 76 76 76 76 77 77 78 79 78 78 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH                   91          65          83          69          87
RH            72 75 82 87 91 91 79 70 69 74 80 79 80 82 74 72 69 76 80 81 81 87
Wind Dir      SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd       8  8  8  8  6  6  6  8  8  9 10 10  9  8  8  8 10 11 10 10  8  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%)     B2 OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0           5           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    IS                                                             IS
Tstms                                                                        IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     5     5     5     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1500  1300  2800  2500  2500  2300  2900  2800  2300  2300
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             16    13    10    12    17    14    11    14    18    14


Date           07/17Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24
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      91      80      90      79      90      80      90
Temp          89 87 83 82 88 88 84 81 88 87 83 80 88 86 83 80 88 86
Dewpt         79 77 78 78 78 77 78 77 77 76 77 77 77 76 76 77 78 77
Min/Max RH         68      88      67      90      66      91      68      90      67
RH            73 74 84 88 72 71 82 90 69 71 82 91 70 72 80 90 72 74
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S       S       S       S      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR           20       5      20      10      30      30      40      20      40
Rain Shwrs    IS          IS IS       SC SC    SC SC IS    IS SC SC
Tstms         IS          IS IS       SC SC    SC SC IS    IS IS IS

$$

TXZ234-150900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
248 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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          93          76          93          77
Temp          91 88 81 78 77 75 83 89 90 87 79 77 78 77 86 91 92 87 80 79 78 77
Dewpt         78 77 77 76 76 75 78 76 76 75 76 75 75 75 78 78 78 77 77 77 76 76
Max/Min RH                  100          62          95          63          97
RH            66 70 88 94 97100 85 66 64 68 91 94 91 94 77 66 64 72 91 94 94 97
Wind Dir      SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SE
Wind Spd       6  8  4  3  2  2  3  4  8  8  5  4  3  2  4  6  9  9  5  4  2  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%)     OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5          10           0          10           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    IS                                                             IS
Tstms         IS
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     5     5     5     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt            500   400  4100  4600  1400   400  4400  4500  2100   400
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             10     9     8    11    11    10     9    13    11     6


Date           07/17Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24
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      76      94      75      93      74      91      74      91
Temp          90 88 78 76 90 88 79 75 89 88 78 75 89 86 78 75 89 86
Dewpt         78 77 77 76 78 77 77 75 77 77 76 75 77 76 76 75 78 77
Min/Max RH         62     100      60     100      62     100      65     100      68
RH            68 70 97100 68 70 94100 68 70 94100 68 72 94100 70 75
Pwind Dir          SE       S       S       S       N       S      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1
PoP 12HR           30       5      30      20      50      30      50      20      40
Rain Shwrs    IS SC          SC    IS SC SC    SC SC SC    IS SC SC
Tstms         IS SC          SC    IS SC SC    IS IS SC    IS IS SC

$$

TXZ241-150900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
248 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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          76          96          76
Temp          94 90 82 80 77 75 84 92 95 90 81 79 78 77 86 93 95 90 82 80 78 76
Dewpt         74 74 76 76 75 74 75 73 71 73 73 74 74 73 75 74 74 75 76 76 76 76
Max/Min RH                   99          47          94          50          99
RH            52 61 81 88 92 99 76 55 47 58 77 87 88 89 70 54 50 61 81 88 93 99
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SE
Wind Spd       9 10  6  5  4  4  6  8  9 11  8  6  4  4  6  8 11 11  8  6  4  3
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     5     5     5     5     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt           1900   600  4300  5600  1800  1000  4600  5400  2700   900
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             14    11    13    14    17    11    11    14    17    10


Date           07/17Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24
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      76      98      76      96      75      96      75      96
Temp          93 90 80 76 94 91 80 76 93 90 80 75 92 90 79 75 93 90
Dewpt         74 76 77 76 74 75 76 75 75 74 76 75 74 74 75 75 75 75
Min/Max RH         51     100      48      98      50      99      50      99      51
RH            54 63 90100 54 59 90 97 55 60 88 99 55 60 88 99 55 61
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE       S      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           10       5      20      10      30      20      30      10      30
Rain Shwrs                   IS          SC    IS IS SC          SC
Tstms                        IS          SC    IS IS SC          SC

$$

TXZ229-150900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
248 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date           07/14/24      Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24            Wed
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                      77         100          77         100          77
Temp          96 94 88 82 79 76 83 92 97 94 87 81 79 77 85 95 99 95 87 83 79 77
Dewpt         66 67 71 73 73 72 72 70 65 64 68 71 71 71 72 69 65 65 71 74 74 73
Max/Min RH                   87          33          82          33          89
RH            38 41 57 74 82 87 70 49 35 37 53 72 77 82 65 43 33 37 59 74 85 87
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       8  9  8  6  6  5  6  6  8 10  9  8  6  5  6  8  9 11 11  8  6  5
Wind Gust
Clouds        OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%)     OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR                     10           5           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     5     5     5     5     5     6     6     5     4
Mixing Hgt           1000   900  4800  6700  1900   900  4700  6500  4500  1500
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S     S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd             16    11    12    13    17    11    12    13    18    12


Date           07/17Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24
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           101      78     100      78      98      77      99      77      98
Temp          94 96 83 78 94 95 84 78 94 93 81 77 94 93 82 77 93 93
Dewpt         71 68 74 74 70 67 73 73 71 68 72 72 71 68 73 73 71 69
Min/Max RH         34      88      34      85      39      85      37      88      39
RH            47 40 74 88 46 40 70 85 47 44 74 85 47 44 74 87 49 46
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE       E      SE       E      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 SC SC
PoP 12HR            5       5      20      10      20      20      30      10      20
Rain Shwrs                   IS          IS    IS IS SC          IS
Tstms                        IS          IS    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