Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 151958
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
TXZ245-160900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
Date 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24 Tue
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 94 78 93 78
Temp 92 88 83 82 80 80 89 92 92 89 83 83 80 79 89 92 92 88 83 82 81 79
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 75 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 78 77 77 77 77 77 76 77
Max/Min RH 90 60 92 61 93
RH 59 67 79 81 85 88 68 62 62 68 81 83 90 91 70 62 62 71 81 85 87 93
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE E E
Wind Spd 9 8 5 4 3 2 5 8 9 8 5 5 4 4 5 8 9 12 10 6 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 30 60 30
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0.07 0.22 0.03
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM NM SC SC IS IS SC SC NM
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 3
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1000 900 3900 3600 2500 1500 3500 3500 2300 1800
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 11 11 16 16 13 13 20 18 14
Date 06/18Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24
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 93 76 90 77 89 77 90 76 91
Temp 91 87 80 77 87 85 81 78 88 86 81 77 89 87 81 77 90 87
Dewpt 78 77 77 77 79 79 78 78 79 77 77 75 78 77 76 76 78 77
Min/Max RH 65 100 74 99 71 94 66 98 65
RH 67 71 90100 78 82 90 99 76 76 88 94 70 74 87 97 68 74
Pwind Dir E E E E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 50 80 70 80 50 60 40 60
Rain Shwrs NM SC SC SC NM O NM NM O NM SC SC NM SC SC SC NM SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC
$$
TXZ231-160900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
Date 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 100 75 99 76
Temp 97 93 83 80 77 75 86 94 97 93 83 79 77 76 86 94 97 92 83 80 78 76
Dewpt 72 70 73 74 74 74 75 72 71 71 75 75 75 74 75 74 73 73 75 75 74 74
Max/Min RH 97 42 96 46 94
RH 44 47 71 84 90 97 70 49 43 48 77 88 92 94 70 53 46 54 78 85 88 94
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E
Wind Spd 9 11 8 4 2 2 4 8 10 11 8 4 2 2 4 8 11 12 9 6 4 3
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 20 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Mixing Hgt 2900 800 6300 6800 3500 1000 6200 6100 3800 900
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 19 9 10 16 18 10 11 18 20 9
Date 06/18Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 99 75 91 75 89 73 91 73 92
Temp 93 92 79 75 86 85 78 76 86 83 76 73 88 86 76 73 89 87
Dewpt 74 74 75 74 77 77 77 76 79 77 75 73 76 75 75 73 76 76
Min/Max RH 47 97 69 100 75 100 63 100 61
RH 54 57 87 97 75 77 97100 81 82 97100 68 70 97100 66 70
Pwind Dir E NE NE E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 20 60 50 70 40 40 10 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC NM SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC IS SC
$$
TXZ247-160900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
Date 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24 Tue
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 83 91 81 90 82
Temp 90 87 85 85 84 83 88 89 90 88 85 84 82 82 88 89 90 87 84 84 83 82
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 76 76 77 77 78 77 77 77 77 77 78 78 78 77 77 77 77 78
Max/Min RH 80 66 87 68 88
RH 64 69 73 76 79 80 71 68 67 70 79 81 85 85 71 69 68 74 79 81 81 88
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE E E
Wind Spd 11 10 10 9 6 5 6 9 11 10 10 10 8 6 8 9 11 14 14 11 12 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 20 30 60 40
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.13 0.22 0.06
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC NM NM SC SC IS IS SC SC NM
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 3
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1900 1600 3200 3000 2900 2400 2800 2800 3600 2800
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 19 12 11 17 17 17 13 20 23 18
Date 06/18Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24
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 80 89 80 89 81 89 80 89
Temp 89 87 82 81 87 86 83 82 87 86 83 81 87 86 83 81 88 87
Dewpt 79 78 78 78 79 79 79 78 79 77 77 76 77 77 76 76 78 77
Min/Max RH 71 93 75 91 71 85 68 87 69
RH 72 75 87 93 78 79 88 90 78 75 81 85 73 74 80 87 72 73
Pwind Dir E E E E E E E E E
Wind Char 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 60 80 80 90 60 60 40 60
Rain Shwrs NM SC SC NM O O NM O O O NM NM NM SC SC SC NM SC
Tstms SC SC SC NM SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC
$$
TXZ234-160900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
Date 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 94 75 93 76
Temp 93 89 81 78 76 76 87 90 92 89 81 79 77 76 86 90 91 88 82 79 78 77
Dewpt 74 74 75 74 74 74 77 74 75 75 76 75 75 75 78 77 77 76 75 76 75 75
Max/Min RH 100 58 97 64 94
RH 54 61 82 88 94 94 72 60 58 64 85 88 94 97 77 66 64 68 79 91 91 94
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE E SE E E
Wind Spd 10 11 6 4 2 2 4 8 11 11 6 4 4 3 6 9 11 11 9 6 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL FW CL FW FW FW SC FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW CL FW CL FW FW FW SC FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 10 10 50 20
QPF 12HR 0 0.03 0.01 0.18 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 2
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 900 400 5200 5200 2100 400 4400 4000 2100 500
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 11 6 10 14 12 10 12 18 13 9
Date 06/18Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 91 74 85 75 86 73 88 73 88
Temp 90 86 77 75 82 82 79 76 85 82 76 74 85 85 76 74 86 85
Dewpt 77 76 74 75 80 79 77 76 81 78 75 74 78 77 75 74 79 78
Min/Max RH 66 100 90 100 88 100 74 100 77
RH 66 72 90100 94 91 94100 88 88 97100 80 77 97100 80 80
Pwind Dir E E E E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 50 30 70 60 70 30 50 20 50
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC NM NM SC NM NM NM SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ241-160900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
Date 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24 Tue
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 98 76 98 77
Temp 95 91 83 80 78 76 87 94 96 91 82 80 78 76 87 93 97 91 84 81 79 77
Dewpt 73 72 74 75 75 75 75 73 73 74 76 76 76 75 76 75 75 75 76 76 75 75
Max/Min RH 97 46 98 50 94
RH 49 53 76 84 91 97 69 51 48 58 81 87 93 97 69 56 50 60 77 85 88 94
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE E E
Wind Spd 11 11 8 4 2 2 4 8 11 11 8 4 3 2 5 9 11 12 9 6 4 3
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 30 10
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4
Mixing Hgt 2900 800 5900 6400 3000 700 4900 5600 2800 800
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 17 6 11 16 16 9 11 17 17 8
Date 06/18Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24
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 76 90 77 88 75 90 74 91
Temp 93 91 80 76 85 84 79 78 85 83 78 75 87 85 77 75 88 86
Dewpt 75 75 75 75 79 78 77 77 79 78 76 75 77 76 76 75 77 77
Min/Max RH 54 96 76 97 80 100 67 100 66
RH 57 61 85 96 83 84 93 97 84 87 94100 74 75 96100 71 75
Pwind Dir E NE NE E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 40 30 70 60 80 50 60 20 50
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC NM NM SC NM O NM SC SC NM SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ229-160900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
Date 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 103 78 102 78
Temp 101 99 89 82 80 78 87 96101100 89 83 80 78 88 96101 98 88 83 80 78
Dewpt 65 66 69 71 73 73 72 67 64 65 71 73 74 74 73 69 66 67 72 73 74 74
Max/Min RH 85 29 89 32 88
RH 31 34 52 69 79 85 61 39 30 32 56 72 82 88 61 42 32 37 59 72 82 88
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 11 11 10 6 5 6 6 9 12 11 9 6 5 6 6 10 12 12 11 8 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 1500 1200 6300 8500 4200 1400 6900 7700 4700 1600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 21 13 12 14 20 13 11 14 24 13
Date 06/18Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 102 79 94 78 90 76 94 76 96
Temp 95 96 83 79 88 88 79 78 84 84 79 76 88 89 79 76 90 92
Dewpt 70 69 73 74 73 74 75 75 75 75 74 74 73 72 74 74 72 71
Min/Max RH 37 85 54 91 66 94 51 94 46
RH 45 42 72 85 61 63 88 91 74 74 85 94 61 57 85 94 56 51
Pwind Dir E E NE E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 30 40 60 40 30 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS SC SC IS SC IS
$$
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