Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 091714
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1214 PM CDT Sun Jun 9 2024
TXZ245-100900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Jun 9 2024
Date 06/09/24 Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed
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 77 93 77
Temp 93 88 82 81 80 80 86 91 92 88 82 81 79 78 87 91 92 88 82 81 79 78
Dewpt 76 76 77 77 77 76 77 75 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 75 74 74 75 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 94 59 95 56 92
RH 59 68 85 87 90 88 76 61 61 68 82 87 91 94 71 61 56 63 79 84 87 91
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE S
Wind Spd 8 6 5 4 4 3 3 5 6 5 3 2 2 2 3 5 6 6 5 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 FW SC FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 FW SC FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 20 10 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4000 1000 900 3100 3400 1400 1000 4400 4000 1800 1200
T Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 12 10 6 9 9 5 8 12 14 11
Date 06/12Thu 06/13/24Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24
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 78 94 78 96 78 96 78 96
Temp 91 89 81 79 92 89 81 78 93 90 81 79 94 90 82 79 93 91
Dewpt 74 74 75 75 74 74 75 76 73 74 76 76 75 75 76 76 77 76
Min/Max RH 55 89 53 94 51 93 51 92 56
RH 59 62 84 88 56 62 82 94 52 61 87 90 55 61 82 91 60 63
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ231-100900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Jun 9 2024
Date 06/09/24 Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 98 74 100 75
Temp 100 95 83 80 78 77 85 91 96 93 83 79 76 76 86 95 99 95 83 79 77 75
Dewpt 70 72 75 76 76 76 76 72 70 70 73 75 74 75 74 70 69 69 71 74 74 74
Max/Min RH 97 40 100 38 96
RH 38 48 76 88 94 97 74 54 43 47 72 87 94 96 67 45 38 43 67 85 89 96
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S
Wind Spd 8 11 8 6 4 3 3 4 6 8 5 2 2 2 2 5 6 10 8 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 10 10 5
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.03 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 7000 2800 1200 5100 6900 2200 700 6900 9400 3900 1100
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E E SE SE SE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 18 11 8 9 12 5 8 11 18 9
Date 06/12Thu 06/13/24Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 100 75 102 75 102 75 102 75 103
Temp 95 95 80 75 96 97 80 76 97 96 80 75 97 97 80 76 98 97
Dewpt 70 69 73 73 70 69 73 74 68 67 72 73 69 68 73 74 71 71
Min/Max RH 38 96 34 93 33 95 34 96 35
RH 44 43 79 94 43 40 81 92 39 39 77 94 40 39 79 94 42 43
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 10
$$
TXZ247-100900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Jun 9 2024
Date 06/09/24 Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed
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 90 81 89 81
Temp 89 87 84 83 82 82 86 88 90 86 84 83 82 81 86 89 88 86 83 83 82 82
Dewpt 77 77 77 78 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 76 76 77 76 75 76 76 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 87 66 87 64 82
RH 68 72 81 84 85 85 76 70 66 74 80 81 81 85 75 66 66 72 78 78 81 79
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE S
Wind Spd 10 9 8 8 6 5 4 6 8 8 5 5 3 3 4 6 8 9 8 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 20 10 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3100 1700 1800 2500 2000 1600 1500 2700 2600 2200 2100
T Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 13 11 8 10 10 6 8 12 16 13
Date 06/12Thu 06/13/24Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24
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 81 90 81 92 82 92 82 92
Temp 88 87 83 82 89 87 83 82 89 88 84 83 90 88 84 83 91 88
Dewpt 75 75 76 75 75 75 76 76 75 76 76 77 77 76 78 77 78 78
Min/Max RH 62 83 63 84 61 85 62 84 63
RH 66 67 80 79 65 67 78 84 64 67 79 83 66 67 82 81 66 72
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ234-100900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Jun 9 2024
Date 06/09/24 Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 93 74 95 75
Temp 92 90 81 78 77 76 83 90 93 89 81 78 76 75 85 92 94 90 81 79 77 75
Dewpt 74 74 76 76 75 75 76 75 73 74 76 75 75 75 75 73 73 72 73 74 74 74
Max/Min RH 97 52 100 51 98
RH 56 60 85 94 94 97 80 62 52 61 85 91 97100 72 54 51 56 77 85 90 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E E E NE E E SE S E NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 11 6 4 3 2 2 4 6 8 4 2 2 2 2 5 8 10 6 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL FW SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW CL FW SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 20 10 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 5500 1000 600 4400 5700 1600 500 6500 6500 2700 900
T Wind Dir S SE SE E E SE SE E SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 11 6 4 9 8 5 6 11 12 8
Date 06/12Thu 06/13/24Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 75 97 75 98 74 98 76 97
Temp 91 90 79 75 93 92 79 75 94 93 79 75 95 93 79 77 94 91
Dewpt 73 73 74 74 72 72 74 74 71 70 74 74 72 72 74 74 74 75
Min/Max RH 49 97 46 98 42 99 43 93 49
RH 56 58 85 97 51 52 85 97 47 47 85 97 48 51 85 90 53 60
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 10 5 5 0 10 5 10
$$
TXZ241-100900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Jun 9 2024
Date 06/09/24 Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed
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 76 98 75
Temp 97 91 83 81 79 78 87 91 93 91 82 79 78 76 86 94 97 92 82 79 77 76
Dewpt 74 75 77 77 77 77 77 74 73 74 76 76 75 75 75 72 71 72 75 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 96 51 99 44 99
RH 48 59 82 87 93 96 73 57 53 57 81 90 93 97 71 50 44 52 78 88 92 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE S SE SE E E SE SE SE SE S
Wind Spd 11 11 9 6 4 4 4 5 9 9 6 3 2 2 3 5 9 11 8 5 4 3
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
Clouds(%) FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 20 5 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.06 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Mixing Hgt 6400 2500 800 6000 5700 1900 800 6500 7700 3100 1100
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE S SE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 16 10 9 11 12 5 8 12 14 9
Date 06/12Thu 06/13/24Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24
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 75 99 75 100 75 100 76 101
Temp 95 93 79 76 95 93 80 76 96 94 80 75 96 95 80 76 97 95
Dewpt 72 71 74 74 71 71 74 74 71 70 74 74 72 71 75 75 73 73
Min/Max RH 42 96 40 96 40 97 40 97 41
RH 47 50 85 94 47 48 82 96 45 46 84 96 46 46 85 96 46 50
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 5 5 5 5 10
$$
TXZ229-100900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Jun 9 2024
Date 06/09/24 Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 97 78 101 78
Temp 100 99 89 84 80 79 83 90 95 94 86 83 80 78 87 95101 99 90 84 80 78
Dewpt 69 68 72 73 75 75 74 72 69 69 71 73 73 73 72 69 67 66 69 70 72 73
Max/Min RH 88 42 85 32 85
RH 37 37 57 70 85 88 74 56 43 44 61 72 79 85 61 43 33 34 50 63 77 85
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E E E E NE E E SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 8 10 9 8 6 5 5 6 8 6 5 4 4 4 4 5 8 9 8 6 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 30 10 5 5
QPF 12HR 0.23 0.01 0.04 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS
LAL 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 7800 900 900 4400 6100 1400 900 7000 8800 5500 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 18 11 10 11 11 8 9 10 19 14
Date 06/12Thu 06/13/24Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 103 79 105 79 104 78 105 78 105
Temp 95102 85 79 97102 85 79 97102 85 78 97102 85 78 98103
Dewpt 68 65 71 72 67 64 70 72 67 63 69 71 66 63 71 73 67 65
Min/Max RH 29 79 27 79 26 80 26 85 27
RH 42 30 63 79 38 29 61 79 38 28 59 79 36 28 63 85 37 29
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
$$
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