Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 301958
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024
TXZ245-310900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024
Date 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 Sun
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 92 79 91 80
Temp 92 87 81 80 79 79 87 91 91 87 82 81 80 80 86 90 90 85 81 81 81 80
Dewpt 78 78 77 77 76 77 78 78 78 77 78 78 78 79 79 79 78 78 79 79 79 78
Max/Min RH 94 65 97 69 95
RH 65 76 88 91 91 93 76 67 65 72 90 90 94 96 80 71 69 80 93 94 94 94
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 10 10 10 8 8 8 10 12 11 10 8 6 6 6 8 10 10 10 8 8 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 20 20
QPF 12HR 0.45 0 0.02 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4
Mixing Hgt 1200 1100 3500 3600 2100 1600 3300 3200 2400 1800
T Wind Dir SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 20 18 19 21 19 19 20 20 19 18
Heat Y Y
Date 06/02Mon 06/03/24Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24
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 92 81 91 82 91 81 92 80 93
Temp 91 86 83 82 91 87 83 83 91 86 82 82 91 86 82 81 93 87
Dewpt 78 78 79 78 78 77 78 78 78 77 78 78 78 77 78 77 77 76
Min/Max RH 64 89 65 88 66 91 65 89 59
RH 67 76 87 87 66 72 87 85 67 76 90 88 67 76 88 88 60 70
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 0 5 5 5 10
$$
TXZ231-310900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024
Date 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 97 78 98 78
Temp 98 92 80 79 77 78 87 95 96 91 81 80 79 79 87 95 96 91 82 80 80 79
Dewpt 73 74 75 75 74 75 75 73 74 74 75 76 76 76 76 73 72 74 76 77 77 76
Max/Min RH 94 48 93 45 93
RH 45 55 85 88 90 90 68 49 49 57 82 88 91 91 70 49 46 58 81 91 91 91
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 14 11 11 9 8 11 12 13 12 11 8 6 6 10 11 12 13 11 8 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1
Clouds(%) FW SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 20 20 30 10 10
QPF 12HR 0.10 0 0.04 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC
LAL 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2200 1500 5500 5700 2700 1500 5300 5500 3200 1700
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 23 18 20 23 23 18 20 21 23 16
Heat Y Y
Date 06/02Mon 06/03/24Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 98 78 100 78 101 77 101 75 101
Temp 96 92 80 79 97 93 80 79 98 94 81 78 98 94 79 76 97 94
Dewpt 72 72 77 76 72 73 76 76 73 73 76 76 72 73 75 75 71 70
Min/Max RH 41 93 42 93 40 97 40 100 38
RH 46 52 91 91 45 52 88 91 44 51 87 94 44 51 88 97 43 46
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10
$$
TXZ247-310900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024
Date 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 Sun
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 89 81 88 82
Temp 89 85 82 82 82 81 86 88 89 85 83 82 82 82 86 87 88 85 82 82 82 82
Dewpt 79 78 78 78 77 78 79 79 79 78 78 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79
Max/Min RH 93 73 93 75 93
RH 72 80 87 87 87 93 81 77 73 79 87 91 91 93 80 78 75 82 91 91 91 90
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 11 10 10 11 12 12 12 13 11 11 10
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 20 30 20 20
QPF 12HR 0.32 0 0.01 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1800 1500 2900 2800 2200 1900 2800 2700 2200 2300
T Wind Dir SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 24 21 20 21 21 20 20 20 23 20
Date 06/02Mon 06/03/24Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24
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 89 83 89 82 89 82 89 81 90
Temp 88 85 84 83 88 86 83 82 88 86 83 82 88 85 83 82 88 85
Dewpt 79 78 79 79 79 78 79 79 79 78 79 79 79 78 78 78 78 78
Min/Max RH 72 87 71 92 71 91 73 88 68
RH 75 80 87 87 74 77 90 91 75 77 88 91 74 80 87 87 73 79
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 10
$$
TXZ234-310900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024
Date 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 91 78 92 78
Temp 92 87 80 80 79 77 84 89 90 86 80 80 79 79 86 90 91 87 81 80 79 78
Dewpt 76 76 77 77 75 75 78 77 76 75 76 77 77 77 78 76 76 77 77 78 77 77
Max/Min RH 94 64 96 61 98
RH 60 70 91 91 88 94 82 68 64 70 88 91 94 94 77 64 62 72 88 94 94 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 12 12 11 9 8 8 11 14 16 11 9 8 6 6 9 11 13 11 9 6 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B1
Clouds(%) SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 40 20 30 30 10
QPF 12HR 0.46 0.10 0.02 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
LAL 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1600 800 4100 4300 1600 1300 4800 5000 2500 1100
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE SE S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 17 12 16 20 17 14 18 20 17 12
Date 06/02Mon 06/03/24Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 93 79 93 78 93 77 95 76 97
Temp 92 88 81 80 92 88 81 79 93 87 79 79 93 89 79 77 94 90
Dewpt 76 75 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 76 76 77 75 75
Min/Max RH 57 91 59 95 59 97 56 100 49
RH 60 66 88 91 62 68 88 94 60 70 94 94 60 66 91100 54 62
Pwind Dir SE SE S SE S SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 5 5 5 5 10
$$
TXZ241-310900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024
Date 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 Sun
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 96 80 97 80
Temp 97 91 82 80 79 78 88 94 96 90 83 81 81 81 88 94 96 89 83 82 81 80
Dewpt 76 77 77 77 75 75 76 75 76 77 78 78 78 77 77 75 76 77 78 79 77 77
Max/Min RH 91 53 91 51 92
RH 52 63 85 90 88 91 68 55 54 65 85 90 91 88 71 54 53 68 87 90 90 91
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 13 14 12 11 9 9 11 14 16 14 11 8 8 8 11 12 14 14 11 9 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1
Clouds(%) FW FW B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 20 10 20 10 10
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1900 1700 4700 4900 2200 1400 5000 5000 2400 1700
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 23 18 21 25 20 18 23 23 21 18
Heat Y Y
Date 06/02Mon 06/03/24Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24
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 80 99 80 100 79 100 76 99
Temp 96 90 82 80 96 91 81 80 97 92 81 79 96 92 80 77 95 91
Dewpt 74 76 78 77 74 76 78 77 75 76 77 77 74 76 77 76 73 74
Min/Max RH 47 92 47 92 46 95 46 99 44
RH 50 64 90 91 49 61 90 91 51 60 90 93 49 60 91 97 49 59
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 FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 5 5 5 5 10
$$
TXZ229-310900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024
Date 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 100 80 100 80
Temp 101 98 86 82 80 78 86 94 99 97 85 82 81 81 87 95 99 97 87 83 81 80
Dewpt 70 70 75 75 73 73 74 72 72 72 75 75 76 76 76 74 72 72 76 76 76 76
Max/Min RH 85 42 86 41 89
RH 37 41 70 79 79 85 68 49 42 45 72 79 85 85 70 51 42 45 70 80 85 88
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 10 11 12 11 11 8 10 11 10 11 11 9 8 8 9 10 11 12 11 10 10 8
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 5 30 5 20
QPF 12HR 0.06 0 0.45 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1700 1700 5300 6700 2600 1500 6000 7000 4600 2300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 24 18 19 18 20 17 19 19 24 17
Heat Y Y
Date 06/02Mon 06/03/24Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 102 81 104 79 104 79 103 78 102
Temp 95 99 84 81 96100 85 80 97100 84 80 96 98 83 78 95 98
Dewpt 72 70 75 76 72 71 74 76 73 70 74 75 73 69 74 75 71 66
Min/Max RH 36 86 35 89 35 85 34 91 32
RH 48 39 74 85 46 40 70 88 46 38 72 85 48 39 74 91 46 35
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 5 5 10 5 5 10
$$
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