Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 120627
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
127 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
TXZ245-122100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
127 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24
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 92 78 95 79 91
Temp 80 79 87 90 91 87 82 80 79 78 88 91 94 89 83 82 80 80 88 91 91 88
Dewpt 76 76 77 76 76 76 76 75 75 76 77 76 75 75 76 75 75 75 75 74 73 73
Min/Max RH 62 93 55 87 57
RH 87 91 74 64 62 69 81 85 90 93 70 61 55 64 80 78 84 85 66 58 57 62
Wind Dir SE NE NE E E SE E SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE E E E E SE
Wind Spd 2 2 3 5 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 2 2 2 2 5 8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL
Clouds(%) FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL
PoP 12HR 30 20 20 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.15 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Mixing Hgt 700 3100 3100 1000 800 3800 3400 2000 1000 4900 4600
T Wind Dir SE E E E SE E E SE SE E E
T Wind Spd 6 5 11 10 6 6 11 11 6 10 13
Date Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24
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 79 94 81 93 80 92 79 92
Temp 81 80 93 90 83 82 92 89 82 80 91 88 82 80 90 88
Dewpt 74 75 74 75 77 76 77 78 77 77 78 78 78 77 79 78
Max/Min RH 86 54 85 60 90 65 92 69
RH 81 85 55 62 81 84 62 69 85 90 66 73 88 91 71 74
Pwind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 10 10 40 20 50 20 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ231-122100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
127 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 97 77 98 72 100
Temp 78 76 84 93 96 91 82 79 77 77 86 94 97 93 83 79 75 73 85 95 99 94
Dewpt 74 75 75 72 73 73 75 75 75 75 75 72 71 72 73 74 73 73 73 69 67 67
Min/Max RH 47 94 43 100 35
RH 88 96 74 52 47 56 78 88 94 92 69 50 43 50 71 85 94100 67 43 35 41
Wind Dir SE E E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E E E E SE
Wind Spd 2 2 2 5 6 8 5 2 2 1 2 4 6 8 6 2 2 1 2 6 8 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 20 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.06 0.02 0.02 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1000 4700 5400 1900 800 5900 6900 3600 900 7100 8100
T Wind Dir SE E E SE SE SE E SE SE E E
T Wind Spd 6 6 10 13 6 5 10 16 8 10 13
Date Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 73 101 75 100 76 98 76 96
Temp 78 73 96 95 79 76 95 94 80 76 94 92 80 76 93 91
Dewpt 72 72 69 68 75 74 73 72 75 74 74 74 76 76 75 75
Max/Min RH 99 34 96 42 95 49 100 52
RH 82 97 43 42 88 94 49 49 85 94 53 55 87100 56 60
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 10 5 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ247-122100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
127 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24
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 91 81 91
Temp 83 82 86 88 89 87 84 83 82 82 86 89 90 87 84 83 83 82 87 89 90 88
Dewpt 76 76 76 77 76 76 76 76 75 76 76 76 76 75 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 75
Min/Max RH 65 84 63 82 61
RH 81 82 73 69 67 70 79 79 79 82 71 66 63 68 79 79 78 81 69 63 61 65
Wind Dir SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E
Wind Spd 5 4 4 6 8 8 5 5 3 3 3 5 8 8 6 5 4 2 4 6 9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
Clouds(%) FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 30 20 20 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.04 0 0.01 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS
LAL 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1400 2900 2500 1800 1700 2800 2400 2200 1900 3400 3200
T Wind Dir SE E E E SE E E SE SE E E
T Wind Spd 9 6 12 12 8 6 13 13 9 11 14
Date Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24
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 81 91 82 90 81 90 80 90
Temp 84 82 89 88 84 83 89 87 84 82 88 86 82 81 87 87
Dewpt 74 75 76 76 78 77 78 78 78 77 79 78 78 78 80 79
Max/Min RH 81 63 84 69 87 71 93 75
RH 73 81 65 68 82 81 71 74 82 87 75 76 88 91 79 76
Pwind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 10 10 40 30 50 30 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
$$
TXZ234-122100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
127 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 91 73 94 73 95
Temp 76 76 84 87 88 87 80 78 75 74 84 90 93 90 82 79 75 74 85 92 94 91
Dewpt 74 75 76 75 76 76 76 75 75 74 76 75 74 75 74 74 74 73 74 71 71 71
Min/Max RH 68 100 54 100 47
RH 94 97 77 68 68 70 88 91100100 77 62 54 62 77 85 97 97 70 51 47 52
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE E E SE E NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE NE E E E SE
Wind Spd 2 2 3 5 6 6 3 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 4 2 2 2 2 5 8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
Clouds(%) FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 40 20 20 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.09 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC IS IS IS
LAL 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5
Mixing Hgt 400 4500 4000 700 400 5000 5100 2000 500 6400 7100
T Wind Dir E E E SE E E E SE SE E E
T Wind Spd 4 5 8 8 4 6 9 10 5 9 12
Date Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 72 95 75 95 75 91 76 91
Temp 77 73 92 90 79 76 91 89 80 76 88 87 80 77 88 87
Dewpt 72 72 72 73 75 75 76 76 75 75 77 77 77 77 78 78
Max/Min RH 99 47 98 58 98 68 100 68
RH 85 97 52 58 88 97 62 66 85 97 70 72 91100 72 75
Pwind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 30 10 40 20 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS SC SC
$$
TXZ241-122100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
127 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24
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 77 96 75 98
Temp 79 77 87 93 94 91 83 80 78 78 87 93 94 91 83 79 77 75 86 94 97 92
Dewpt 76 76 75 73 75 75 76 75 75 76 76 74 74 73 74 74 74 74 74 71 70 70
Min/Max RH 50 96 51 98 42
RH 91 97 69 53 55 60 79 85 93 94 70 55 52 55 74 87 90 97 68 48 42 49
Wind Dir SE E E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E
Wind Spd 2 2 2 6 8 10 6 2 2 2 2 5 8 11 6 2 2 1 2 6 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 20 20 20 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.06 0 0.07 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1000 5200 5800 2500 900 5100 4900 2700 800 7000 7300
T Wind Dir SE SE E SE SE SE E SE SE E E
T Wind Spd 6 6 11 11 6 6 13 13 5 11 14
Date Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24
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 73 98 76 98 77 96 77 94
Temp 77 74 94 92 79 76 93 92 80 77 93 90 80 77 91 89
Dewpt 73 73 72 72 75 75 75 74 76 76 76 76 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH 97 44 98 50 96 54 99 59
RH 86 95 49 53 88 97 56 57 87 96 57 63 90 99 63 68
Pwind Dir SE E SE SE SE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 20 5 30 10 30
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS SC
$$
TXZ229-122100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
127 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 99 79 101 77 102
Temp 80 78 85 91 97 97 88 84 81 79 87 95 99 97 90 83 79 77 86 95101100
Dewpt 72 73 73 70 69 69 72 73 74 74 74 70 68 67 71 71 72 73 71 66 63 62
Min/Max RH 39 85 36 88 28
RH 77 85 67 50 40 40 59 70 79 85 65 45 37 38 54 67 79 87 61 39 29 29
Wind Dir E E E E E E E SE SE E SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Spd 5 4 5 5 6 9 8 6 4 3 3 4 6 9 8 6 4 3 4 5 8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.04 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 900 4700 5700 2300 1000 6800 7600 4900 800 7100 8800
T Wind Dir SE E E E SE SE E SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 9 6 10 16 10 9 11 18 9 9 12
Date Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 76 103 78 103 78 101 79 100
Temp 83 76 95100 83 78 96100 84 78 95 98 83 79 95 97
Dewpt 69 72 67 63 72 74 69 67 73 74 71 69 74 75 72 70
Max/Min RH 88 28 88 31 89 36 88 39
RH 63 87 40 30 70 88 42 34 70 88 46 39 74 88 48 42
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 10
$$
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