Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 280113
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
813 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024
TXZ245-280900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
813 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024
Date 05/27/24 Tue 05/28/24 Wed 05/29/24 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 80 92 78 90 77
Temp 83 81 81 81 89 91 91 87 82 81 80 78 86 90 90 85 80 79 79 79
Dewpt 79 78 78 78 80 79 79 78 78 78 77 76 78 78 78 77 76 76 77 76
Max/Min RH 96 67 93 67 93
RH 90 91 91 91 75 68 69 76 88 90 90 93 77 68 68 77 88 91 93 91
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 4 4 4 6 10 11 10 8 5 5 5 8 9 10 9 8 6 5 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 10 20 30 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.31 0.02 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS
Obvis H H H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 2500 2600 1900 1300 3200 3400 2100 1600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 13 18 18 13 14 16 17 14
Date 05/30Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24Sun 06/02/24Mon 06/03/24
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 79 91 78 91 79 91 79 92
Temp 90 85 80 80 91 84 80 79 90 85 81 79 91 85 80 79 91 86
Dewpt 78 77 78 77 78 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 77 78 77 78 77
Min/Max RH 66 94 66 94 66 96 65 94 64
RH 69 77 93 93 67 80 91 94 68 80 91 96 66 77 93 94 66 76
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 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 10 10 20 20 10 10 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-280900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
813 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024
Date 05/27/24 Tue 05/28/24 Wed 05/29/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 100 76 96 75
Temp 83 80 78 78 86 96 99 93 82 80 78 76 85 93 95 90 80 77 76 76
Dewpt 76 75 76 76 77 74 73 74 76 76 75 74 75 73 73 73 74 75 75 74
Max/Min RH 97 43 94 50 97
RH 80 87 94 94 74 49 43 53 81 88 91 94 73 53 50 58 82 94 96 94
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 6 4 4 8 11 11 12 10 8 6 5 8 10 11 11 10 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 10 30 30 20
QPF 12HR 0.10 0 0.21 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS
Obvis H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1500 4300 4400 2200 1400 5000 5300 3200 1600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 14 18 18 12 14 16 19 11
Date 05/30Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24Sun 06/02/24Mon 06/03/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 97 77 97 77 97 77 99 76 99
Temp 94 91 79 77 94 91 78 77 94 91 79 77 95 92 79 77 96 93
Dewpt 73 72 75 75 72 72 75 75 73 73 76 76 73 73 76 76 73 72
Min/Max RH 46 95 44 95 46 98 44 98 43
RH 52 54 90 94 49 54 91 94 51 56 91 97 49 54 91 97 47 51
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 20 10 10 30 20 10 10 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ247-280900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
813 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024
Date 05/27/24 Tue 05/28/24 Wed 05/29/24 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 81 89 80 88 80
Temp 83 83 82 82 86 88 88 84 82 82 81 80 85 87 88 84 81 81 81 82
Dewpt 80 79 79 79 80 80 79 79 79 78 78 77 78 79 78 78 77 77 77 78
Max/Min RH 94 75 94 74 90
RH 91 88 91 93 83 78 76 85 90 88 91 91 81 77 74 81 88 88 90 88
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 9 8 6 6 8 10 11 11 11 10 10 9 10 11 12 12 12 10 10 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 20 30 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.20 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC
Obvis H H H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 2000 2000 1900 1900 2700 2200 2100 2200
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 13 18 19 16 16 17 20 17
Date 05/30Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24Sun 06/02/24Mon 06/03/24
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 88 81 88 81 88 81 88 82 89
Temp 87 84 82 81 87 85 82 81 87 85 82 81 87 85 83 82 87 85
Dewpt 79 77 78 78 78 78 78 79 79 78 78 79 79 78 78 78 79 78
Min/Max RH 73 93 74 94 74 94 72 90 70
RH 77 80 90 93 75 80 88 94 78 80 90 94 76 80 87 88 76 79
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 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 10 10 20 20 10 10 5 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-280900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
813 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024
Date 05/27/24 Tue 05/28/24 Wed 05/29/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 94 76 91 75
Temp 82 81 79 78 86 93 93 86 81 81 78 77 84 89 90 86 79 77 77 77
Dewpt 78 78 77 78 78 77 76 77 77 77 76 75 77 77 77 76 76 76 76 76
Max/Min RH 100 58 97 65 98
RH 88 91 94100 77 60 58 75 88 88 94 94 80 68 66 72 91 97 97 97
Wind Dir SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 5 4 4 6 11 13 12 10 8 6 5 8 11 12 11 9 6 5 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 10 20 40 20
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0.34 0.12 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC IS IS IS
Obvis H H H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 3600 4100 1900 700 3900 4400 2400 600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 13 18 16 11 13 16 13 9
Date 05/30Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24Sun 06/02/24Mon 06/03/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 91 77 91 76 91 77 92 77 93
Temp 89 86 79 78 91 86 79 77 88 87 79 78 91 87 80 78 91 88
Dewpt 77 75 76 76 76 75 76 76 76 76 77 77 76 76 77 76 76 76
Min/Max RH 64 95 60 98 60 97 59 95 56
RH 68 70 91 94 62 70 91 97 68 70 94 97 62 70 91 94 62 68
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 30 10 20 20 20 10 10 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ241-280900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
813 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024
Date 05/27/24 Tue 05/28/24 Wed 05/29/24 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 98 78 96 77
Temp 83 81 79 79 88 96 96 90 83 82 80 78 86 93 94 90 81 79 78 78
Dewpt 78 77 77 77 78 76 76 77 78 77 77 76 77 75 76 76 76 76 76 76
Max/Min RH 96 52 93 55 96
RH 85 88 94 94 74 54 53 66 85 87 91 93 75 57 56 65 87 91 94 94
Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 9 6 5 4 8 11 13 12 10 8 6 6 9 11 12 13 11 8 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 20 30 20
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0.03 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS
Obvis H H H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1100 3900 4200 1800 1200 4900 5100 2500 1200
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 13 19 18 14 16 16 18 13
Date 05/30Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24Sun 06/02/24Mon 06/03/24
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 79 97 79 97 79 98 79 98
Temp 94 89 80 80 95 91 80 79 95 89 81 79 95 91 80 79 95 92
Dewpt 76 75 77 77 74 75 77 77 75 76 78 77 74 76 77 77 75 76
Min/Max RH 52 96 48 95 51 95 49 95 49
RH 56 64 90 91 52 60 91 94 53 66 91 94 52 62 91 94 53 61
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 B2 SC FW SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 10 5 20 20 10 10 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ229-280900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
813 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024
Date 05/27/24 Tue 05/28/24 Wed 05/29/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 79 101 78 98 78
Temp 88 83 80 79 86 93 99 96 86 83 79 78 85 92 97 95 85 81 79 79
Dewpt 74 74 75 75 75 74 72 73 75 75 74 73 75 73 72 72 75 74 74 74
Max/Min RH 88 41 88 44 86
RH 63 74 85 88 70 54 42 48 70 77 85 85 72 54 45 48 72 79 85 85
Wind Dir SE SE E E SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE E SE E E
Wind Spd 10 8 6 6 8 10 11 11 11 10 8 8 8 9 9 10 11 10 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 20 20 40 20 20
QPF 12HR 0.26 0 0.23 0 0.07
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
Obvis H H
LAL 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 4500 5600 2200 1100 5600 7000 4800 1500
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 14 17 18 14 14 13 20 13
Svr Tstorm A
Date 05/30Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24Sun 06/02/24Mon 06/03/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 100 79 101 79 101 79 101 79 102
Temp 92 96 82 79 94 98 82 79 94 97 82 79 94 97 83 79 95 99
Dewpt 74 72 74 75 73 70 75 75 73 72 75 75 73 71 75 75 73 70
Min/Max RH 43 88 38 88 39 88 39 88 36
RH 56 46 77 88 51 41 79 88 51 45 79 88 51 43 77 88 49 39
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 20 10 30 10 20 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS
Tstms IS SC IS
$$
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