Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 101933
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
233 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
TXZ245-110900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
233 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 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 76 92 78 93 76
Temp 92 87 81 80 78 78 87 91 91 88 82 81 80 78 87 91 92 88 81 80 78 77
Dewpt 76 75 76 76 76 76 77 76 76 75 76 76 76 75 75 74 73 74 74 75 74 74
Max/Min RH 96 60 94 58 92
RH 60 68 85 90 93 96 74 63 62 67 82 84 88 90 69 59 55 63 79 84 87 90
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E NE NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 4 2 2 3 5 6 5 4 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 20 30 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.03 0.10 0.13 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 600 3400 3400 1900 1300 4800 4400 2100 900
T Wind Dir SE SE E E SE SE SE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 8 5 5 11 13 9 8 12 12 8
Date 06/13Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24
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 76 94 76 95 78 95 79 96
Temp 91 89 80 77 92 90 80 77 93 90 82 79 92 90 83 80 94 91
Dewpt 73 72 74 73 71 71 73 74 72 74 77 76 75 76 77 77 76 78
Min/Max RH 51 90 46 92 49 94 55 93 53
RH 55 58 82 87 51 55 79 91 52 61 84 93 58 64 82 91 57 67
Pwind Dir SE SE E SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 0 5 5 10 5 20 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ231-110900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
233 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 99 76 96 74
Temp 95 91 81 78 75 74 85 94 97 94 83 79 77 75 85 93 96 92 83 79 76 74
Dewpt 72 72 74 75 74 74 75 72 70 71 74 75 74 74 74 71 71 70 72 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 100 42 94 46 98
RH 48 54 79 93 97100 72 48 42 47 74 88 90 97 69 48 45 48 69 81 89 97
Wind Dir E E SE SE E SE E SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 6 4 2 2 2 2 4 6 9 6 4 2 2 2 5 8 9 6 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 30 20 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0.02 0.03 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1200 600 5700 7200 2900 1400 6500 6200 4400 900
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 6 5 10 17 9 8 11 14 8
Date 06/13Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 99 72 100 71 101 75 102 76 103
Temp 94 95 79 73 95 95 78 72 97 96 79 75 98 96 81 76 98 98
Dewpt 70 67 71 72 66 64 70 70 67 66 73 74 70 69 74 74 71 70
Min/Max RH 37 98 31 95 31 96 35 95 35
RH 45 40 77 97 39 36 76 93 38 37 82 96 40 42 79 94 42 41
Pwind Dir SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 10
$$
TXZ247-110900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
233 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 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 90 81 89 80
Temp 89 86 83 83 82 81 86 88 89 86 83 83 81 83 86 88 89 86 83 83 82 81
Dewpt 76 77 76 77 77 77 77 77 76 76 76 77 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 75 74 75
Max/Min RH 88 65 87 66 82
RH 66 75 81 82 85 88 75 69 66 72 80 81 85 80 71 67 64 69 76 77 77 82
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE NE NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 6 5 4 3 3 4 6 8 9 8 6 5 4 4 6 8 9 8 5 4 3
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 20 30 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.03 0.08 0.06 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1300 2500 2200 2100 1900 2900 2800 2200 2400
T Wind Dir SE SE E E SE SE SE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 9 6 6 12 14 10 8 11 13 11
Date 06/13Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24
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 91 80 91 82 91 82 92
Temp 88 87 83 82 89 88 83 81 89 88 84 83 89 88 84 83 90 89
Dewpt 74 74 74 74 73 73 74 74 75 76 77 77 78 77 78 78 78 79
Min/Max RH 59 81 56 80 60 87 64 87 65
RH 62 65 75 77 60 62 75 79 63 68 81 84 69 69 81 85 67 73
Pwind Dir E SE E SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 0 5 5 10 10 20 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS
$$
TXZ234-110900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
233 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 93 74 93 74
Temp 90 85 80 77 76 74 84 89 90 89 80 78 76 74 83 89 92 89 80 77 76 74
Dewpt 74 75 75 75 74 74 76 75 75 75 76 75 74 74 75 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 100 60 100 61 97
RH 60 72 85 94 94100 77 64 62 64 88 91 94100 77 59 54 59 79 87 90 97
Wind Dir E SE SE E NE NE NE E E E SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E E
Wind Spd 6 6 4 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 6 3 2 2 3 5 6 8 5 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 20 30 30 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.08 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC IS IS SC IS IS SC SC
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 600 400 4900 4900 1400 600 5400 5100 3100 400
T Wind Dir SE E E E SE SE E E SE E
T Wind Spd 6 4 5 10 10 5 6 10 10 6
Date 06/13Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 72 96 72 97 75 97 76 98
Temp 91 91 78 73 93 93 77 73 94 93 79 75 94 92 80 77 94 94
Dewpt 71 70 72 72 68 69 72 71 70 70 74 74 73 73 75 76 75 75
Min/Max RH 46 99 40 96 43 98 46 98 48
RH 52 50 82 97 44 46 85 93 46 47 85 97 51 54 85 97 54 54
Pwind Dir E SE E S E SE E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 10 5 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ241-110900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
233 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 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 75 98 76 96 74
Temp 95 89 81 78 77 75 86 93 96 93 83 80 78 76 86 93 95 90 82 78 76 75
Dewpt 74 74 75 76 76 75 76 73 73 74 75 75 75 75 75 72 72 72 74 74 73 74
Max/Min RH 100 47 96 51 98
RH 51 62 82 93 96100 73 53 48 54 77 85 90 97 69 52 49 55 76 87 90 97
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE N E E E E SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 8 4 2 2 2 2 4 8 11 6 4 2 2 3 6 9 11 6 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 20 0
QPF 12HR 0.07 0 0 0.03 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS
Obvis PF F
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 600 5100 7000 2400 1100 6500 6100 3000 700
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 6 5 11 16 8 8 13 13 9
Date 06/13Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24
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 73 98 72 98 75 100 76 101
Temp 94 92 78 74 95 92 77 73 95 93 79 76 96 94 80 76 97 96
Dewpt 71 69 73 73 69 67 71 71 70 69 74 74 72 72 75 75 73 73
Min/Max RH 43 98 39 96 39 97 42 98 39
RH 49 48 85 97 43 44 82 93 44 47 85 96 47 50 85 97 46 48
Pwind Dir SE SE E SE SE 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 0 0 5 0 5 5 10
$$
TXZ229-110900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
233 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 101 78 99 78
Temp 95 94 86 82 80 78 86 93 99 99 89 83 80 77 85 94 99 97 88 83 80 78
Dewpt 69 69 71 73 74 74 74 71 68 67 71 72 73 74 72 70 68 68 70 71 72 73
Max/Min RH 88 33 88 38 85
RH 43 44 61 74 82 88 68 49 37 36 56 70 79 90 65 46 37 39 55 67 77 85
Wind Dir NE NE E SE NE NE E SE E E E SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 6 9 8 6 4 4 5 6 9 9 8 5 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 0 20 20 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0.26 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 700 600 5600 7800 2000 1200 6200 7700 2900 1500
T Wind Dir E E SE E E SE SE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 6 6 9 18 12 9 11 16 11
Date 06/13Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 100 77 102 74 104 77 104 78 105
Temp 94 98 84 77 95100 83 75 96101 84 77 97102 85 78 98103
Dewpt 68 65 68 71 65 61 66 69 64 61 69 72 68 64 72 73 69 65
Min/Max RH 32 83 26 83 25 85 27 85 27
RH 43 34 59 82 37 28 57 82 35 27 61 85 39 29 65 85 39 29
Pwind Dir SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
$$
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