Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 100913
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
413 AM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
TXZ245-102100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
413 AM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 93 78 92 77 93
Temp 77 86 91 91 88 82 80 79 78 87 91 92 87 82 80 78 78 87 91 92 88
Dewpt 77 77 76 76 76 77 77 76 76 77 75 75 75 76 75 75 75 75 74 73 74
Min/Max RH 61 94 58 93 55
RH 99 76 62 63 67 84 90 91 94 73 61 58 68 82 87 91 90 69 59 55 63
Wind Dir SE E E SE SE E SE E NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE
Wind Spd 2 2 5 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 3 2 2 3 5 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 10 20 10 30
QPF 12HR 0.10 0.01 0.01 0 0.13
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC IS
LAL 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3700 3400 900 800 3400 3000 2200 1200 4800 4400
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE E E SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 5 10 9 5 6 12 13 10 8 12
Date Thu 06/13/24Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 76 94 76 94 76 95 78 95
Temp 80 77 91 89 80 77 92 90 80 77 93 90 82 79 92 90
Dewpt 75 74 73 72 74 73 71 71 73 74 72 74 77 76 75 76
Max/Min RH 92 51 90 46 92 49 94 55
RH 84 90 55 58 82 87 51 55 79 91 52 61 84 93 58 64
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 0 5 5 10 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ231-102100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
413 AM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 97 75 98 74 96
Temp 78 86 92 96 91 82 79 76 75 85 95 98 93 83 79 76 75 85 93 96 92
Dewpt 76 76 72 71 72 73 75 74 74 75 71 70 70 72 74 73 74 74 71 71 70
Min/Max RH 44 100 40 98 45
RH 94 71 52 44 54 74 88 94 97 72 46 40 47 71 85 90 97 69 48 45 48
Wind Dir E E NE NE E SE SE SE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Spd 2 2 4 5 6 4 2 2 2 2 4 6 9 6 4 2 2 2 5 8 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
Clouds(%) B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 10 30 20
QPF 12HR 0.30 0.06 0 0 0.03
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4900 6200 1300 700 6000 7300 3600 1600 6500 6200
T Wind Dir E NE SE SE SE E SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 6 9 10 6 5 10 17 10 8 11
Date Thu 06/13/24Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 99 72 100 71 101 75 102
Temp 79 74 94 95 79 73 95 95 78 72 97 96 79 75 98 96
Dewpt 73 73 70 67 71 72 66 64 70 70 67 66 73 74 70 69
Max/Min RH 98 37 98 31 95 31 96 35
RH 81 97 45 40 77 97 39 36 76 93 38 37 82 96 40 42
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
$$
TXZ247-102100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
413 AM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 90 81 90 81 89
Temp 82 86 88 89 87 84 83 82 81 86 88 89 87 84 83 81 83 86 88 89 86
Dewpt 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 76 77 76 76 76 76 76 75 76 75 75 75 75
Min/Max RH 68 85 65 84 64
RH 85 74 69 68 72 80 82 82 85 75 69 65 70 79 80 84 80 71 67 64 69
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E
Wind Spd 4 4 5 6 8 5 4 3 3 4 6 8 9 8 6 5 4 4 6 8 9
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 10 20 10 30
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0.08 0 0.06
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2500 2100 1300 1600 2200 2200 2400 2200 2900 2800
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 6 10 9 6 6 12 14 11 8 11
Date Thu 06/13/24Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 80 90 81 91 80 91 82 91
Temp 83 81 88 87 83 82 89 88 83 81 89 88 84 83 89 88
Dewpt 75 75 74 74 74 74 73 73 74 74 75 76 77 77 78 77
Max/Min RH 82 59 81 56 80 60 87 64
RH 77 82 62 65 75 77 60 62 75 79 63 68 81 84 69 69
Pwind Dir SE E SE E SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 0 5 5 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS
$$
TXZ234-102100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
413 AM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 94 74 93 74 93
Temp 75 85 90 92 89 80 78 76 76 85 91 92 88 81 77 76 74 83 89 92 89
Dewpt 75 76 74 73 75 75 75 75 74 76 74 73 74 75 74 74 74 75 73 73 73
Min/Max RH 54 100 54 100 54
RH 100 75 60 54 64 85 91 97 94 75 58 54 63 82 90 94100 77 59 54 59
Wind Dir NE E NE E E SE E NE NE E E E SE SE SE E E E E E SE
Wind Spd 2 2 4 6 6 4 2 2 2 2 4 6 9 5 3 2 2 3 5 6 8
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW
Clouds(%) FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 20 30 30
QPF 12HR 0.09 0 0.03 0.09 0.08
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS IS SC SC IS SC SC
LAL 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 3
Haines 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 5000 5400 700 400 5100 4800 2100 600 5400 5100
T Wind Dir E E SE E E E SE SE E E
T Wind Spd 4 9 8 5 5 10 10 6 6 10
Date Thu 06/13/24Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 95 72 96 72 97 75 97
Temp 77 74 91 91 78 73 93 93 77 73 94 93 79 75 94 92
Dewpt 73 73 71 70 72 72 68 69 72 71 70 70 74 74 73 73
Max/Min RH 97 46 99 40 96 43 98 46
RH 87 97 52 50 82 97 44 46 85 93 46 47 85 97 51 54
Pwind Dir SE E SE E S E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 5 0 10 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ241-102100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
413 AM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 97 75 97 75 96
Temp 78 85 93 95 91 82 79 77 75 86 94 96 92 83 79 77 76 86 93 95 90
Dewpt 77 76 74 73 74 75 76 75 75 76 73 72 72 74 75 75 75 75 72 72 72
Min/Max RH 49 99 46 98 48
RH 97 75 54 50 59 81 90 94 99 72 51 46 53 76 87 92 97 69 52 49 55
Wind Dir SE S E E E SE SE SE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Spd 2 4 5 8 9 5 2 2 2 2 4 8 11 6 4 2 2 3 6 9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 20 10 20
QPF 12HR 0.66 0.12 0.01 0 0.03
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
Haines 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4800 6200 1700 600 5000 6300 3200 1100 6500 6100
T Wind Dir SE E SE SE SE E SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 8 10 9 6 6 11 16 10 8 13
Date Thu 06/13/24Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 97 73 98 72 98 75 100
Temp 78 75 94 92 78 74 95 92 77 73 95 93 79 76 96 94
Dewpt 74 74 71 69 73 73 69 67 71 71 70 69 74 74 72 72
Max/Min RH 98 43 98 39 96 39 97 42
RH 87 97 49 48 85 97 43 44 82 93 44 47 85 96 47 50
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <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
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5
$$
TXZ229-102100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
413 AM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 97 78 100 77 99
Temp 80 86 91 94 94 85 82 80 78 86 94 99 97 89 83 79 77 85 94 99 97
Dewpt 75 74 71 70 69 71 73 73 73 74 71 69 67 71 71 72 74 72 70 68 68
Min/Max RH 42 85 36 90 36
RH 85 68 52 46 44 63 74 79 85 68 47 38 38 56 67 79 90 65 46 37 39
Wind Dir E NE SE E E E E E E SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Spd 5 4 4 5 6 6 4 4 3 3 4 4 8 9 8 6 4 4 5 6 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 5 30 20
QPF 12HR 0.33 0.04 0 0.03 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS SC IS
LAL 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4600 5400 900 600 5900 6700 5000 1300 6200 7700
T Wind Dir E NE E E SE E SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 9 9 11 6 8 9 18 11 9 11
Date Thu 06/13/24Fri 06/14/24Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 78 100 77 102 74 104 77 104
Temp 83 78 94 98 84 77 95100 83 75 96101 84 77 97102
Dewpt 71 73 68 65 68 71 65 61 66 69 64 61 69 72 68 64
Max/Min RH 85 32 83 26 83 25 85 27
RH 67 85 43 34 59 82 37 28 57 82 35 27 61 85 39 29
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
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