Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 121713
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1213 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
TXZ245-130900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1213 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 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 78 95 79 91 79
Temp 91 87 82 80 79 78 88 91 94 89 83 82 80 80 88 91 91 88 81 81 80 80
Dewpt 76 76 76 75 75 76 77 76 75 75 76 75 75 75 75 74 73 73 74 74 74 75
Max/Min RH 93 55 87 57 86
RH 62 69 81 85 90 93 70 61 55 64 80 78 84 85 66 58 57 62 78 81 81 85
Wind Dir E SE E SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 2 2 2 2 5 8 10 4 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 3100 1000 800 3800 3400 2000 1000 4900 4600 2200 1500
T Wind Dir E E SE E E SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 10 6 6 11 11 6 10 13 12 10
Date 06/15Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24
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 81 93 80 92 79 92 78 92
Temp 93 90 83 82 92 89 82 80 91 88 82 80 90 88 81 79 90 87
Dewpt 74 75 77 76 77 78 77 77 78 78 78 77 79 78 79 78 80 79
Min/Max RH 54 85 60 90 65 92 69 96 66
RH 55 62 81 84 62 69 85 90 66 73 88 91 71 74 93 96 73 78
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 10 40 20 50 20 40 30 50
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC
$$
TXZ231-130900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1213 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 98 72 100 73
Temp 96 91 82 79 77 77 86 94 97 93 83 79 75 73 85 95 99 94 83 78 75 73
Dewpt 73 73 75 75 75 75 75 72 71 72 73 74 73 73 73 69 67 67 70 72 72 72
Max/Min RH 94 43 100 35 99
RH 47 56 78 88 94 92 69 50 43 50 71 85 94100 67 43 35 41 65 82 90 97
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 6 8 5 2 2 1 2 4 6 8 6 2 2 1 2 6 8 11 6 2 2 1
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.02 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
LAL 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 5400 1900 800 5900 6900 3600 900 7100 8100 4700 900
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE E SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 13 6 5 10 16 8 10 13 16 8
Date 06/15Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 101 75 100 76 98 76 96 77 94
Temp 96 95 79 76 95 94 80 76 94 92 80 76 93 91 80 78 91 89
Dewpt 69 68 75 74 73 72 75 74 74 74 76 76 75 75 77 76 77 76
Min/Max RH 34 96 42 95 49 100 52 95 56
RH 43 42 88 94 49 49 85 94 53 55 87100 56 60 91 94 63 66
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E E E E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 5 20 10 20 20 30
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ247-130900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1213 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 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 81 91 81 91 81
Temp 89 87 84 83 82 82 86 89 90 87 84 83 83 82 87 89 90 88 84 84 83 82
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 75 76 76 76 76 75 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 74 74 75
Max/Min RH 84 63 82 61 81
RH 67 70 79 79 79 82 71 66 63 68 79 79 78 81 69 63 61 65 75 73 76 81
Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E E SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 8 5 5 3 3 3 5 8 8 6 5 4 2 4 6 9 11 8 5 5 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 2500 1800 1700 2800 2400 2200 1900 3400 3200 2600 2700
T Wind Dir E E SE E E SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 12 8 6 13 13 9 11 14 14 12
Date 06/15Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24
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 90 81 90 80 90 81 90
Temp 89 88 84 83 89 87 84 82 88 86 82 81 87 87 83 82 89 87
Dewpt 76 76 78 77 78 78 78 77 79 78 78 78 80 79 79 79 80 79
Min/Max RH 63 84 69 87 71 93 75 92 72
RH 65 68 82 81 71 74 82 87 75 76 88 91 79 76 88 91 75 79
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 10 40 30 50 30 40 40 50
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
$$
TXZ234-130900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1213 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 73 94 73 95 72
Temp 88 87 80 78 75 74 84 90 93 90 82 79 75 74 85 92 94 91 81 77 74 73
Dewpt 76 76 76 75 75 74 76 75 74 75 74 74 74 73 74 71 71 71 72 72 72 72
Max/Min RH 100 54 100 47 99
RH 68 70 88 91100100 77 62 54 62 77 85 97 97 70 51 47 52 74 85 93 97
Wind Dir E E SE E NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE NE E E E SE SE SE E NE
Wind Spd 6 6 3 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 4 2 2 2 2 5 8 10 5 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL FW
Clouds(%) B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS
LAL 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 4000 700 400 5000 5100 2000 500 6400 7100 3400 500
T Wind Dir E SE E E E SE SE E E SE E
T Wind Spd 8 8 4 6 9 10 5 9 12 11 6
Date 06/15Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 75 95 75 91 76 91 77 90
Temp 92 90 79 76 91 89 80 76 88 87 80 77 88 87 80 78 87 86
Dewpt 72 73 75 75 76 76 75 75 77 77 77 77 78 78 77 77 80 79
Min/Max RH 47 98 58 98 68 100 68 97 75
RH 52 58 88 97 62 66 85 97 70 72 91100 72 75 91 97 80 80
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE E E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW CL FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 30 10 40 20 40 20 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ241-130900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1213 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 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 96 75 98 73
Temp 94 91 83 80 78 78 87 93 94 91 83 79 77 75 86 94 97 92 82 77 75 74
Dewpt 75 75 76 75 75 76 76 74 74 73 74 74 74 74 74 71 70 70 72 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 96 51 98 42 97
RH 55 60 79 85 93 94 70 55 52 55 74 87 90 97 68 48 42 49 72 86 92 95
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 10 6 2 2 2 2 5 8 11 6 2 2 1 2 6 10 11 6 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) B1 FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.07 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
LAL 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 5800 2500 900 5100 4900 2700 800 7000 7300 3600 700
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE E SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 11 6 6 13 13 5 11 14 11 6
Date 06/15Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24
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 76 98 77 96 77 94 77 93
Temp 94 92 79 76 93 92 80 77 93 90 80 77 91 89 80 77 90 88
Dewpt 72 72 75 75 75 74 76 76 76 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 78 78
Min/Max RH 44 98 50 96 54 99 59 99 64
RH 49 53 88 97 56 57 87 96 57 63 90 99 63 68 91 99 70 73
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 20 5 30 10 30 20 40
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS SC IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ229-130900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1213 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 79 101 77 102 76
Temp 97 97 88 84 81 79 87 95 99 97 90 83 79 77 86 95101100 90 83 78 76
Dewpt 69 69 72 73 74 74 74 70 68 67 71 71 72 73 71 66 63 62 67 69 71 72
Max/Min RH 85 36 88 28 88
RH 40 40 59 70 79 85 65 45 37 38 54 67 79 87 61 39 29 29 47 63 79 87
Wind Dir E E E SE SE E SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 9 8 6 4 3 3 4 6 9 8 6 4 3 4 5 8 10 10 8 5 3
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW
Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.04 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 5700 2300 1000 6800 7600 4900 800 7100 8800 5700 1100
T Wind Dir E E SE SE E SE SE SE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 16 10 9 11 18 9 9 12 18 11
Date 06/15Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 103 78 103 78 101 79 100 79 98
Temp 95100 83 78 96100 84 78 95 98 83 79 95 97 83 79 92 95
Dewpt 67 63 72 74 69 67 73 74 71 69 74 75 72 70 75 75 73 73
Min/Max RH 28 88 31 89 36 88 39 88 45
RH 40 30 70 88 42 34 70 88 46 39 74 88 48 42 77 88 54 49
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 5 5 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS
$$
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