Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 182104
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
403 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
TXZ245-190900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
403 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 Fri
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 88 78 90 77
Temp 85 80 81 78 78 82 85 87 84 82 81 79 81 87 90 90 86 82 81 79 78
Dewpt 76 75 76 77 77 78 79 80 79 79 78 77 78 80 80 80 78 77 77 76 77
Max/Min RH 100 80 96 71 96
RH 74 85 87 97 97 90 83 80 85 90 91 96 91 81 74 72 77 85 88 90 96
Wind Dir E E E NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 14 14 12 21 16 17 16 18 20 16 14 13 13 13 14 13 13 11 8 8 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 90 90 90 90 50
QPF 12HR 2.43 4.29 0.90 0.28 0.07
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC NM O O O O O O O O O O NM NM SC SC SC SC NM
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC NM NM NM O NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1200 1500 1700 2000 2200 2300 4000 4000 2300 1200
T Wind Dir E NE NE E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 28 29 31 34 31 26 29 28 20 14
Coast Flood W W W W W W W W W W W W
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Trop Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Date 06/21Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24
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 77 92 77 92 78 91 78 92
Temp 90 87 81 78 90 87 81 78 90 88 82 79 90 88 83 79 91 88
Dewpt 78 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 79 79 78 78 80 79 78 78 81 79
Min/Max RH 65 97 63 99 68 96 69 98 69
RH 68 72 87 97 66 72 90 99 71 76 88 96 73 76 87 97 72 76
Pwind Dir E E E E E E SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 70 40 60 40 70 40 60 20 40
Rain Shwrs NM SC SC SC NM NM SC SC NM NM IS SC NM SC IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC
$$
TXZ231-190900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
403 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 82 74 88 74
Temp 88 80 78 76 76 77 80 81 79 77 76 75 76 80 86 87 84 79 77 76 74
Dewpt 72 73 73 73 73 76 77 77 76 77 76 75 76 78 80 79 78 77 77 75 74
Max/Min RH 99 87 100 77 100
RH 59 79 85 90 90 97 91 87 91100100100100 94 84 77 82 93 99 97100
Wind Dir E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E NE
Wind Spd 16 12 10 11 12 14 16 16 19 16 14 16 14 16 16 16 13 10 6 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) SC B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 40 90 90 80 30
QPF 12HR 0.12 3.40 2.40 0.73 0.03
Rain Shwrs IS NM O O O O O O O O O NM NM SC SC SC SC NM
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS
LAL 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3000 1700 1900 2000 2000 1700 3600 4500 2300 800
T Wind Dir E NE NE NE E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 23 20 28 29 26 20 25 27 18 11
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date 06/21Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 90 73 93 74 93 75 92 76 94
Temp 87 86 76 74 89 87 77 74 90 87 79 76 89 88 79 76 91 89
Dewpt 77 76 76 74 76 75 76 74 78 78 78 76 80 79 78 76 79 79
Min/Max RH 65 100 58 100 65 100 66 100 61
RH 72 71 99100 66 68 97100 69 75 97100 74 75 97100 68 73
Pwind Dir E E E E E E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 10 50 20 60 20 50 10 30
Rain Shwrs NM SC SC SC IS SC NM IS SC SC IS SC
Tstms IS SC IS SC IS IS SC IS IS SC IS SC
$$
TXZ247-190900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
403 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 Fri
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 79 88 81 89 82
Temp 85 83 82 81 81 84 86 87 85 83 83 82 84 87 88 89 86 84 83 82 83
Dewpt 76 77 77 78 78 79 80 80 79 79 79 78 79 79 80 79 78 78 77 77 77
Max/Min RH 96 80 90 72 87
RH 76 82 85 91 93 87 83 80 84 87 87 88 85 79 77 72 76 82 82 84 84
Wind Dir E E E NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 21 23 19 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 21 21 18 20 19 19 18 17 13 13 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 90 100 100 90 60
QPF 12HR 3.22 3.51 0.81 0.26 0.10
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC O O O O O O O O O O O NM NM NM NM NM NM NM
Tstms SC SC SC NM NM NM O O O NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 3 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2600 1800 2400 2600 2900 2900 3600 3300 3000 2800
T Wind Dir E NE E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 35 34 34 41 40 33 33 28 25 20
Coast Flood W W W W W W W W W W W W
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Trop Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Date 06/21Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24
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 89 81 89 81 90 82 90 82 90
Temp 89 86 84 82 88 87 83 82 89 87 84 82 88 87 84 83 89 87
Dewpt 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 78 79 78 78 78 80 79 79 79 80 79
Min/Max RH 68 87 68 88 72 90 71 90 72
RH 71 75 80 87 72 74 83 88 74 76 84 90 77 76 85 87 74 77
Pwind Dir E E E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 70 50 60 50 70 40 60 30 40
Rain Shwrs NM NM SC SC NM NM SC SC NM NM IS SC NM SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ234-190900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
403 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 81 76 86 74
Temp 84 80 78 77 77 78 79 80 79 79 78 77 78 82 84 86 84 79 78 76 75
Dewpt 75 74 74 75 75 77 78 78 79 78 76 76 77 80 81 81 79 76 76 75 74
Max/Min RH 100 94 100 84 98
RH 74 82 88 94 94 97 97 94100 97 94 97 97 94 91 85 85 91 94 97 97
Wind Dir E E NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E NE
Wind Spd 17 17 14 14 17 16 16 18 20 18 17 14 14 16 16 17 12 11 9 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 70 90 70 70 20
QPF 12HR 0.59 3.03 0.48 0.39 0.01
Rain Shwrs NM O O O O NM NM NM NM NM NM NM NM IS IS IS IS NM
Tstms SC SC SC NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1000 800 1900 1900 2200 800 3800 3700 1800 500
T Wind Dir E NE NE NE E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 20 20 27 27 23 19 24 24 13 10
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date 06/21Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 88 73 90 74 90 76 90 76 91
Temp 86 86 77 74 87 87 77 75 87 86 79 76 87 87 80 77 89 87
Dewpt 79 77 75 74 78 77 76 75 81 79 78 76 81 80 78 77 81 81
Min/Max RH 71 100 68 100 77 100 77 100 75
RH 80 75 94100 75 72 97100 82 80 97100 82 80 94100 77 82
Pwind Dir E E E E E E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 20 50 20 60 20 50 10 30
Rain Shwrs NM SC IS SC SC IS SC NM IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS SC IS IS SC IS IS SC IS SC
$$
TXZ241-190900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
403 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 Fri
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 83 77 87 75
Temp 86 81 79 78 77 78 80 81 80 79 79 78 79 82 85 86 84 79 78 77 75
Dewpt 74 75 75 75 75 77 79 79 79 78 78 77 77 79 80 80 79 77 77 76 75
Max/Min RH 99 91 100 81 100
RH 69 81 88 91 94 96 97 93 97 97 96 97 94 93 87 81 87 94 96 96100
Wind Dir E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 16 13 11 12 21 21 20 21 23 16 16 13 13 16 16 17 13 10 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) SC B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 90 100 90 50
QPF 12HR 0.61 5.50 2.21 0.67 0.10
Rain Shwrs IS SC NM O O O O O O O O O NM NM SC SC SC SC O
Tstms IS SC SC SC NM NM NM NM NM SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC IS
LAL 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3
Mixing Hgt 2600 1800 1500 1700 2000 2000 3100 3400 1400 700
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 21 24 27 27 26 21 27 28 18 11
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date 06/21Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24
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 89 75 89 75 90 76 91 77 93
Temp 87 85 77 75 86 85 77 75 87 86 79 77 88 87 80 78 90 88
Dewpt 79 77 76 75 77 77 76 75 79 78 78 77 80 79 78 77 80 79
Min/Max RH 71 99 71 100 72 100 72 99 66
RH 78 77 96 99 75 78 97100 77 78 96100 76 79 93 99 73 76
Pwind Dir E E E NE E E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 80 30 60 30 70 30 60 20 30
Rain Shwrs O NM IS SC NM NM IS SC NM NM IS SC SC NM IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS IS IS SC IS IS IS SC IS IS IS SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ229-190900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
403 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 79 85 77 89 77
Temp 93 85 82 80 79 80 82 83 80 78 79 78 78 80 84 87 84 80 78 78 77
Dewpt 68 70 71 71 72 72 72 73 74 75 74 74 75 76 76 75 75 75 74 74 74
Max/Min RH 79 72 91 68 91
RH 44 61 69 74 79 77 72 72 82 91 85 88 91 88 77 68 74 85 88 88 90
Wind Dir E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 16 13 10 11 11 11 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 16 16 17 16 12 10 10 8
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 80 90 80 30
QPF 12HR 0 1.23 2.52 1.08 0.05
Rain Shwrs SC NM NM O O O O O O NM NM SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3
Haines 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 2300 1900 2500 2100 1900 1800 3100 3300 1500 900
T Wind Dir E NE NE NE NE E E E E E
T Wind Spd 23 18 25 28 29 26 25 26 17 12
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date 06/21Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 93 75 94 77 95 78 96 79 97
Temp 88 89 79 75 89 90 80 77 90 89 82 78 91 91 82 79 92 93
Dewpt 74 73 74 74 73 72 74 74 74 74 75 76 75 74 76 77 76 75
Min/Max RH 54 97 51 91 54 94 51 94 51
RH 63 59 85 97 59 56 82 90 60 61 79 94 60 58 82 94 60 56
Pwind Dir E E E E E E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 5 30 10 40 10 30 10 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC IS SC IS SC
Tstms IS SC IS SC SC
$$
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