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FOUS54 KCRP 131724
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1223 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

TXZ245-140900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1223 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Date           07/13/24      Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue
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          93          78          93          78
Temp          90 87 82 81 80 79 88 91 92 87 82 81 79 79 88 91 91 87 81 80 80 79
Dewpt         78 77 77 77 76 76 78 78 78 77 77 76 76 76 78 77 76 76 76 76 75 75
Max/Min RH                   93          63          91          62          88
RH            68 72 85 88 90 91 73 66 63 72 85 85 90 90 73 64 63 70 84 87 84 88
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S SW  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd       5  5  4  4  3  2  3  5  6  5  4  4  4  3  4  6  8  6  5  5  4  4
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5          10           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                   0.14           0           0           0           0
LAL               2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     4     5     5     5     4
Mixing Hgt     3100  1300   600  3600  3400  2400  1400  3800  3700  2400  1500
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     S     S    SE     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd        9    11     9     8    12    14    11    11    13    14    11


Date           07/16Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24
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      79      94      78      94      77      93
Temp          91 87 81 80 91 88 82 80 92 88 81 79 91 88 81 78 91 88
Dewpt         78 77 77 77 79 78 77 77 78 78 77 77 78 78 77 76 78 77
Min/Max RH         64      92      66      93      64      94      63      94      64
RH            66 73 88 90 68 74 87 91 65 72 88 94 65 73 87 94 66 70
Pwind Dir          SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5       5      20       5      20      10      30      20      30
Rain Shwrs                IS IS       IS IS       SC SC    IS SC IS
Tstms                     IS IS       IS IS       IS SC    IS IS IS

$$

TXZ231-140900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1223 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Date           07/13/24      Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue
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          96          74          97          74
Temp          88 86 80 78 76 74 84 92 95 90 81 79 76 75 84 92 94 90 81 78 76 74
Dewpt         75 75 76 76 76 74 77 76 74 74 75 75 74 74 76 73 71 71 74 74 74 73
Max/Min RH                  100          50          96          47          98
RH            66 70 88 94 99100 81 60 50 60 82 88 92 96 77 54 47 54 78 88 92 97
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S  S SE SE SE SE  S SE
Wind Spd       6  8  5  4  2  2  4  6  8  9  6  4  3  2  5  8  9 11  8  5  4  3
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                     20          10           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    SC IS
Tstms         SC IS
Obvis                        PF
LAL               3     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     5     5     5     4     4
Mixing Hgt     3700  1100   700  4300  5500  3000  1200  4400  5400  3000  1300
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd       11    13     8     9    13    17    10    13    16    18    10


Date           07/16Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24
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      99      76      99      75      99      75      97
Temp          93 90 79 76 93 91 80 76 94 92 80 76 93 92 80 76 92 90
Dewpt         73 73 76 75 75 73 77 75 75 74 76 75 74 73 76 75 74 73
Min/Max RH         48      98      48      98      46      98      46      99      49
RH            53 58 91 97 55 56 91 97 55 55 88 97 54 54 87 97 55 58
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 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5       0      20       5      20      10      30      10      20
Rain Shwrs                   IS          IS          SC       IS IS
Tstms                        IS          IS          SC          IS

$$

TXZ247-140900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1223 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Date           07/13/24      Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue
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          88 87 84 83 83 82 87 88 90 87 84 83 83 82 87 88 88 86 84 83 83 83
Dewpt         77 77 77 77 76 77 78 78 77 77 77 76 76 76 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 77
Max/Min RH                   85          67          83          68          82
RH            71 72 81 81 81 85 75 72 67 71 80 80 80 82 73 69 68 71 77 80 80 82
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd       8  8  8  9  6  5  5  8  8  9  9  9  8  6  8  8 10 10 10 10 10  8
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5          10           0           0           0
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0           0           0
LAL               2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     4     5     5     5     4
Mixing Hgt     2600  2000  1400  2500  2500  2300  2300  3100  3000  2700  3100
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     S     S    SE     S     S     S     S    SE     S
T Wind Spd       10    13    12     9    12    17    16    12    13    18    16


Date           07/16Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24
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      91      82      91      81      91      81      90
Temp          89 86 84 83 89 86 84 83 89 87 84 83 89 87 84 82 88 87
Dewpt         78 77 77 78 79 78 77 77 78 77 78 78 78 77 78 77 78 76
Min/Max RH         70      85      71      84      70      86      68      84      69
RH            71 75 81 84 73 76 81 82 70 72 82 85 69 73 82 84 72 71
Pwind Dir          SE       S       S      SE       S       S       S       S       S
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR            5       5      20       5      20      10      30      20      30
Rain Shwrs                IS          IS IS       SC IS    IS SC IS
Tstms                     IS          IS IS       IS IS    IS IS IS

$$

TXZ234-140900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1223 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Date           07/13/24      Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue
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          75          93          75
Temp          85 85 79 77 77 76 84 89 91 87 80 78 76 76 85 90 90 86 79 78 77 76
Dewpt         78 78 77 76 76 76 79 79 79 77 76 76 75 75 78 77 76 75 75 75 74 74
Max/Min RH                  100          68          98          63          94
RH            80 80 94 97 97100 85 73 68 72 88 94 97 97 80 66 64 70 88 91 90 94
Wind Dir      SE SE SE  S  S  E  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd       5  6  4  3  2  2  2  4  6  8  4  3  2  2  4  6  9  9  5  4  4  2
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5          20           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    SC                   IS IS
Tstms         SC                   IS IS
Obvis                        PF
LAL               3     1     1     1     2     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt     2900   500   400  3700  4200  1500   400  4500  4800  1900   500
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     S     S    SE     S     S     S     S    SE     S
T Wind Spd        8     8     6     6    10    11     6    11    13    11     9


Date           07/16Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24
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      77      94      77      95      75      94      75      92
Temp          90 87 79 78 90 87 79 77 91 89 78 76 90 88 79 76 87 86
Dewpt         77 77 77 76 79 78 77 77 78 77 77 76 78 77 77 75 78 77
Min/Max RH         65      97      69     100      62     100      64      98      72
RH            66 72 94 94 70 75 94100 66 68 97100 68 70 94 97 75 75
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE       S       S       S       S      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR           10       0      30       5      30      10      40      20      40
Rain Shwrs                IS SC       IS SC       IS SC    IS SC SC
Tstms                     IS SC       IS SC       IS SC    IS IS SC

$$

TXZ241-140900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1223 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Date           07/13/24      Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue
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          96          75          97          75
Temp          90 87 81 79 77 75 85 93 95 89 82 79 77 75 84 92 95 89 81 79 77 76
Dewpt         76 77 77 76 76 75 76 75 75 75 75 75 75 74 76 73 73 73 74 74 74 74
Max/Min RH                  100          53          98          50          96
RH            64 71 87 91 97100 76 56 54 64 81 88 94 97 76 54 50 60 79 87 90 96
Wind Dir      SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind Spd       8  9  6  5  3  2  5  6  9 10  6  5  4  4  6  8 11 11  8  6  5  4
Wind Gust
Clouds        B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%)     B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR                      5          10           0           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    SC
Tstms         SC
Obvis                        PF
LAL               2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     5     5     5     4     4
Mixing Hgt     4000  1400   700  4700  5200  2500   900  4800  5600  2200   900
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd       12    13     9    10    13    17    10    13    16    18    11


Date           07/16Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24
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      77      98      77      98      76      98      76      97
Temp          93 89 80 78 93 90 80 78 94 91 80 77 93 92 81 77 93 91
Dewpt         74 75 76 76 75 76 77 76 75 75 76 76 74 75 76 76 74 75
Min/Max RH         52      95      52      97      50      99      49      97      50
RH            55 65 87 94 56 64 90 96 55 61 88 97 54 58 87 96 54 60
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 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            5       0      20       5      20       5      30      10      20
Rain Shwrs                   IS          IS          SC          IS
Tstms                        IS          IS          SC          IS

$$

TXZ229-140900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1223 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Date           07/13/24      Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue
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          98          77         100          76
Temp          89 87 83 80 78 77 83 92 97 94 86 82 80 77 84 92 97 95 87 82 79 76
Dewpt         72 72 73 74 74 74 74 71 67 67 72 74 73 72 73 70 66 66 70 71 71 72
Max/Min RH                   90          37          85          36          87
RH            57 61 72 82 88 90 74 51 38 41 63 77 79 85 70 49 36 39 57 69 77 87
Wind Dir       E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       8  9  8  6  6  4  6  6  8  9  9  8  6  5  6  8  9 11 11  9  8  6
Wind Gust
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%)     B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR                      5           5           5           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain Shwrs    SC
Tstms         SC
LAL               2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines            4     4     4     4     4     4     5     5     5     5     4
Mixing Hgt     3500   900   900  4700  6400  4100  1500  4700  6700  3600  1500
T Wind Dir       SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd       12    16    10    12    13    19    12    13    14    19    13


Date           07/16Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24
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     101      77     101      78     101      78     100
Temp          93 95 83 78 94 96 83 78 94 97 84 78 94 97 84 78 93 94
Dewpt         69 67 74 73 70 67 74 74 70 67 73 74 71 67 73 74 70 68
Min/Max RH         35      86      35      88      35      88      35      88      40
RH            46 40 74 85 46 39 74 88 46 38 70 88 47 38 70 88 47 43
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0      10      10      10      20      20      20      20      20
Rain Shwrs                               IS IS       IS IS       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