Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 151628
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1128 AM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
TXZ245-152100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1128 AM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
Date Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24
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 81 90 81 93
Temp 94 93 90 84 84 82 81 89 90 89 86 82 82 81 81 87 91 92 89
Dewpt 75 75 75 76 75 75 76 77 76 77 77 77 77 76 76 78 78 78 77
Min/Max RH 55 85 65 87 64
RH 56 57 63 77 76 81 84 68 65 68 75 87 85 85 85 75 66 64 69
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 9 8 6 5 3 3 5 8 9 8 6 5 4 4 5 8 9 9
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 20 30 60
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0.01 0.02 0.11
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC NM NM SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 3
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3900 1200 800 4100 4000 2500 2000 4500 4400
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 17 9 10 16 17 13 12 18
Date Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24
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 93 79 87 80 88 80 90
Temp 84 81 92 89 82 80 86 84 82 81 88 85 81 80 89 87
Dewpt 77 77 78 78 77 77 79 78 78 77 79 78 77 76 77 76
Max/Min RH 89 64 90 78 90 75 90 67
RH 81 88 65 69 85 90 79 81 88 88 75 79 88 90 68 71
Pwind Dir SE E E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 60 40 70 70 70 50 60
Rain Shwrs IS SC NM SC IS SC NM O NM NM NM NM SC SC NM SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ231-152100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1128 AM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
Date Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 99 76 100 76 99
Temp 97 98 94 82 79 77 76 86 95 99 94 83 80 78 76 86 95 98 93
Dewpt 73 71 69 74 75 74 74 74 71 70 70 74 75 75 75 75 74 73 73
Min/Max RH 41 96 39 98 45
RH 46 42 45 76 88 90 96 68 46 39 46 74 85 91 97 70 50 45 52
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 8 12 9 5 2 2 5 6 10 11 8 4 3 2 4 8 11 13
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 0 10 5 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Haines 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 7800 3000 800 6000 6600 4000 1300 7100 6800
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 19 10 11 14 18 11 11 16
Date Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 76 99 76 90 76 92 74 94
Temp 80 77 94 92 80 76 87 84 78 76 88 86 77 75 89 88
Dewpt 76 75 76 74 76 75 77 76 76 75 77 77 75 75 76 74
Max/Min RH 96 47 96 68 97 67 100 55
RH 88 96 55 56 87 96 72 77 94 97 70 75 94100 65 63
Pwind Dir SE E E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 30 10 60 50 70 30 50
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC NM SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ247-152100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1128 AM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
Date Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24
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 83 92 83 90
Temp 89 90 88 85 85 84 83 88 90 92 89 85 85 84 83 87 89 90 87
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 76 75 76 77 77 77 77 78 77 77 78 78 78 78 77
Min/Max RH 62 80 63 84 69
RH 66 63 68 76 75 76 80 69 65 63 68 79 78 80 84 76 71 69 74
Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 11 11 10 10 8 6 6 9 11 10 10 10 8 6 8 10 11 12
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 30 30 60
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.02 0.11
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS SC SC NM NM SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 3
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3200 2300 1900 3300 3200 2600 2800 3400 3700
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 18 12 11 17 19 16 12 18
Date Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24
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 82 90 81 89 82 88 82 88
Temp 85 83 90 87 84 83 88 86 84 83 88 86 84 84 88 86
Dewpt 77 78 79 78 78 78 80 78 78 78 79 78 77 77 77 76
Max/Min RH 85 69 87 74 86 73 82 70
RH 79 85 71 74 82 85 78 76 84 85 76 76 79 80 71 72
Pwind Dir SE E E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 40 60 50 80 70 80 60 70
Rain Shwrs IS SC NM SC SC SC O O NM NM O NM SC NM NM SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ234-152100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1128 AM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
Date Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 94 74 95 76 93
Temp 91 92 89 81 78 76 74 87 92 93 89 81 80 78 76 87 90 91 88
Dewpt 73 72 73 75 75 74 74 76 74 74 75 75 75 75 75 78 78 78 77
Min/Max RH 52 100 53 97 66
RH 55 52 59 82 91 94100 70 56 54 64 82 85 91 97 75 68 66 70
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 10 11 6 3 2 2 5 8 11 11 8 5 4 4 6 9 11 12
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
Clouds(%) SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 0 20 10 50
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0.04 0 0.11
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 3
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 6000 1000 400 5200 5000 2200 500 4700 5000
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 12 6 10 14 12 9 12 17
Date Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 76 92 76 87 76 88 74 90
Temp 79 77 89 87 79 77 84 83 78 76 85 85 78 75 87 86
Dewpt 76 75 78 77 76 76 80 78 76 75 79 77 75 75 77 76
Max/Min RH 94 68 97 80 97 76 100 68
RH 91 94 70 72 91 97 88 85 94 97 82 77 91100 72 72
Pwind Dir SE SE E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 50 30 70 50 60 40 50
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC NM NM SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ241-152100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1128 AM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
Date Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24
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 76 98 76 98
Temp 95 96 91 82 79 78 76 87 94 97 92 83 80 78 76 88 94 97 92
Dewpt 74 72 72 75 75 75 75 75 73 72 73 75 76 76 76 76 75 74 75
Min/Max RH 45 96 45 99 49
RH 50 46 54 78 88 91 96 69 50 46 54 77 87 93 99 68 54 49 58
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 11 12 8 4 2 2 6 6 11 11 8 4 3 2 5 8 11 13
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 0 10 5 30
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0.01 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6900 2800 700 5300 5900 3000 900 6600 6600
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 17 9 11 17 16 10 12 16
Date Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24
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 96 77 89 77 91 76 91
Temp 81 78 92 90 80 77 86 84 79 78 87 85 78 76 88 86
Dewpt 77 76 77 76 76 76 78 78 76 77 79 78 76 76 76 76
Max/Min RH 93 56 96 75 97 72 99 63
RH 87 93 62 64 87 96 76 83 91 97 77 80 93 99 68 73
Pwind Dir SE E E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 40 30 70 60 80 40 60
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC NM NM NM NM O NM SC SC NM SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ229-152100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1128 AM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
Date Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 103 77 103 79 103
Temp 96100 99 89 83 79 77 87 96102 99 89 83 80 79 86 97102 99
Dewpt 67 65 66 70 72 73 73 72 67 64 64 70 73 74 74 73 69 66 67
Min/Max RH 30 87 29 86 31
RH 39 32 34 54 70 82 87 61 39 29 32 54 72 82 85 65 40 31 36
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 6 11 11 10 8 4 6 6 10 11 12 10 8 6 6 8 10 13
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 8400 1900 1400 6300 8100 5300 1500 7400 9100
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 21 13 12 13 21 13 12 13
Date Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 79 102 79 95 78 92 76 95
Temp 84 79 95 97 84 79 90 89 80 78 87 87 80 76 89 91
Dewpt 74 75 70 69 73 74 73 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 72 71
Max/Min RH 88 36 85 49 88 58 94 47
RH 72 88 45 40 70 85 58 61 82 88 65 65 82 94 57 52
Pwind Dir SE SE E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 30 40 60 30 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS SC SC IS SC
$$
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