Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 051813
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
113 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
TXZ245-060900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
113 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
Date 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat
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 79 94 79 94 79
Temp 93 88 83 82 80 80 87 93 93 89 83 82 81 79 87 92 93 88 82 81 81 80
Dewpt 79 78 78 78 78 78 79 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 77 76 76 76 76 76 76 76
Max/Min RH 96 61 96 58 87
RH 66 73 85 88 93 96 77 63 62 69 85 90 91 96 72 60 59 69 81 85 85 87
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 10 6 5 4 2 2 3 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 4 4 3
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 5 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 2700 1000 600 3000 2800 1300 1100 3000 3000 1700 1100
T Wind Dir SE SE E SE SE SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 17 12 9 9 10 11 9 8 12 12 12
Heat Y Y
Date 06/08Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24
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 80 94 80 94 78 93 78 93
Temp 92 89 81 81 92 89 83 81 92 90 81 80 91 89 81 79 92 88
Dewpt 75 75 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 76 75 73 73 74 73 73 73
Min/Max RH 56 88 58 89 59 87 53 83 54
RH 58 65 85 88 62 68 81 88 62 65 84 84 56 60 78 82 55 61
Pwind Dir S S S S SE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 10 30 20 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ231-060900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
113 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
Date 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 102 75 101 74
Temp 102 94 83 80 79 77 87 98101 98 85 79 77 75 86 97101 95 83 78 76 75
Dewpt 75 76 75 75 75 75 76 73 70 70 74 75 75 75 74 70 67 67 72 74 74 74
Max/Min RH 93 36 100 33 98
RH 42 56 77 84 87 92 70 46 37 41 69 88 94100 68 42 33 40 71 87 94 96
Wind Dir SE SE SE E E E SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 6 10 8 4 3 2 4 6 6 8 5 3 2 2 3 6 8 11 6 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.03 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Obvis H
LAL 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6200 2100 1100 4800 6800 3300 1000 6100 7400 3600 1700
T Wind Dir SE SE E SE E SE SE SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 13 16 9 9 10 13 9 9 12 16 10
Excess Heat W W
Date 06/08Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 101 75 103 76 101 74 98 74 97
Temp 97 95 79 76 98 97 79 76 97 94 79 75 94 93 79 75 93 93
Dewpt 69 68 74 74 69 70 75 75 72 71 72 70 68 67 71 71 68 67
Min/Max RH 34 97 33 97 38 86 39 89 39
RH 41 41 85 96 39 42 88 97 46 47 79 84 43 43 77 87 44 42
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 20 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ247-060900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
113 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
Date 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat
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 80 90 81 90 81
Temp 89 84 83 82 81 81 85 88 90 87 83 82 82 81 86 89 89 86 83 82 82 82
Dewpt 79 79 79 78 78 79 80 79 79 78 79 79 78 78 78 78 77 76 77 77 76 77
Max/Min RH 97 70 91 67 87
RH 74 84 90 88 93 96 84 74 71 75 87 90 88 91 78 71 68 74 82 84 84 85
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE S SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 11 10 8 6 5 4 4 6 8 8 5 5 4 3 4 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC
Clouds(%) B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC
PoP 12HR 20 10 5 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2300 1500 1300 2200 2000 1300 1500 2400 2500 2000 2200
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 18 16 11 9 10 11 10 8 11 14 16
Date 06/08Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24
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 90 82 90 80 89 80 89
Temp 88 86 83 84 89 86 83 83 89 87 83 82 88 86 83 82 88 86
Dewpt 77 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 77 77 76 75 75 75 75 74 74
Min/Max RH 64 82 66 88 66 87 62 81 62
RH 69 74 81 81 71 76 84 87 70 71 84 82 65 69 77 80 62 68
Pwind Dir S S S S SE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 10 30 20 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-060900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
113 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
Date 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 97 75 97 75
Temp 93 89 81 79 77 76 84 94 97 94 83 79 77 76 84 94 96 91 81 78 77 76
Dewpt 78 77 77 76 75 76 77 76 74 73 75 76 76 76 76 74 72 73 75 76 75 75
Max/Min RH 100 47 100 46 98
RH 62 67 88 91 94100 80 56 48 51 77 91 97100 77 53 46 56 82 94 94 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E NE SE SE E E SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 11 10 6 4 2 2 3 4 6 8 4 2 2 2 2 5 8 10 6 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 20 5 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.09 0.02 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
Obvis H
LAL 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3500 1300 600 4500 5400 2300 700 4900 5900 1900 800
T Wind Dir SE S E SE E SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 14 11 6 5 9 9 8 8 11 12 9
Heat Y Y
Date 06/08Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 77 96 76 96 73 93 72 93
Temp 93 90 80 77 93 91 80 77 92 90 79 74 90 88 77 73 90 88
Dewpt 73 73 75 75 74 74 76 76 76 74 74 72 71 71 72 72 71 70
Min/Max RH 48 94 51 98 53 95 49 97 49
RH 52 58 85 94 54 58 88 97 60 60 85 93 54 57 85 97 54 55
Pwind Dir S S S SE SE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC CL FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 30 10 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ241-060900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
113 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
Date 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat
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 79 100 76 99 75
Temp 101 93 83 81 79 79 87 96100 95 83 80 78 76 87 96 99 93 81 78 77 75
Dewpt 77 77 76 75 76 77 78 76 74 74 77 77 77 76 76 72 70 71 75 75 74 75
Max/Min RH 93 45 100 40 99
RH 46 61 80 82 90 93 75 52 45 51 81 93 96100 71 47 40 50 81 90 90 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE NE E E SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 10 11 8 5 4 4 4 6 8 9 6 3 2 2 4 6 10 11 8 4 4 3
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 10 5 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
Obvis H
LAL 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6300 1800 900 4800 5700 2600 900 5500 6100 2700 1300
T Wind Dir SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 16 16 10 11 10 13 9 9 13 16 11
Excess Heat W W
Date 06/08Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24
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 99 77 101 77 100 75 96 75 96
Temp 96 93 80 77 97 94 80 77 96 93 80 76 92 91 79 76 93 91
Dewpt 71 72 75 74 72 74 76 76 74 74 75 72 71 70 73 72 70 71
Min/Max RH 41 92 40 98 45 90 45 90 44
RH 45 51 84 90 44 53 88 97 50 54 84 87 50 50 81 89 49 52
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 20 20 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ229-060900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
113 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
Date 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 80 102 78 102 77
Temp 105100 87 84 81 80 86 96102100 91 85 80 78 87 96102100 90 83 79 77
Dewpt 69 69 73 73 73 73 74 73 69 68 72 72 73 74 73 68 64 63 69 72 72 73
Max/Min RH 79 33 88 28 88
RH 32 37 63 70 77 79 68 48 35 36 54 65 79 88 63 40 29 30 50 70 79 87
Wind Dir E E E E E NE E E E E E SE SE E SE SE E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 8 8 6 5 5 5 6 6 9 8 6 4 4 4 6 8 10 10 8 6 4
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 5 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
LAL 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5
Mixing Hgt 7000 2300 1100 4700 6800 4700 700 6400 8300 5200 900
T Wind Dir E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 18 10 10 10 13 11 10 12 18 10
Excess Heat W W
Date 06/08Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 104 78 105 78 101 76 99 76 100
Temp 96101 83 78 97102 84 78 95 97 82 76 92 97 82 76 92 98
Dewpt 67 63 72 73 69 64 74 73 70 69 70 69 66 64 69 70 68 64
Min/Max RH 27 85 27 85 36 79 32 82 31
RH 39 29 70 85 40 29 72 85 45 40 67 79 43 34 65 82 46 33
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 20 10 10 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
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