Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 021740
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1239 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024
TXZ245-030900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1239 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024
Date 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun
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 73 85 75 85 75
Temp 84 79 76 74 74 74 79 83 84 80 76 76 76 75 83 85 85 81 76 75 75 75
Dewpt 74 74 75 74 74 73 76 75 74 74 75 74 74 73 75 74 73 73 74 74 74 73
Max/Min RH 100 71 96 67 96
RH 73 87 96100100 97 91 77 73 84 96 94 92 94 77 70 68 78 94 96 96 92
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 10 8 8 6 5 6 9 11 11 8 6 6 6 8 11 11 13 11 12 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 5 5
QPF 12HR 0.08 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2200 1300 1300 2200 2400 1700 1200 2600 2600 1800 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 20 19 17 16 17 17 14 16 18 18 16
Date 05/05Mon 05/06/24Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24
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 86 73 87 74 87 75 89 75 91
Temp 85 81 75 73 85 81 75 75 86 83 77 76 88 83 77 76 89 85
Dewpt 74 74 75 73 74 74 75 74 75 74 75 75 75 74 76 75 76 74
Min/Max RH 67 100 68 100 66 98 63 99 60
RH 69 81100100 70 79 99 97 70 76 96 96 65 74 97 97 65 71
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ231-030900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1239 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024
Date 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 73 90 73 91 72
Temp 87 84 77 75 74 74 79 85 89 85 77 75 74 73 79 89 91 85 76 74 74 72
Dewpt 74 73 73 74 74 73 74 73 72 72 73 73 73 73 73 70 67 68 71 72 72 71
Max/Min RH 100 58 100 45 98
RH 64 69 87 99 99 97 87 67 58 65 88 94 95100 81 53 45 57 85 93 95 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 10 10 8 6 4 6 9 10 11 10 6 6 6 10 11 12 14 12 13 13 13
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 OV B2 B2
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 OV B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 10 5 5 10
QPF 12HR 0.05 0 0.05 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3100 1600 1100 2900 4000 2300 1300 4600 4700 2300 1800
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 16 11 12 16 17 12 16 19 19 17
Date 05/05Mon 05/06/24Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 91 73 94 73 98 73 101 75 103
Temp 89 85 75 73 89 88 75 73 92 92 76 73 96 95 78 75 98 97
Dewpt 69 69 73 72 70 71 73 72 72 71 73 72 71 70 72 71 69 67
Min/Max RH 47 99 47 99 42 98 37 89 31
RH 51 59 94 97 53 56 94 97 52 51 90 97 46 45 82 87 39 37
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ247-030900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1239 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024
Date 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun
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 75 81 76
Temp 81 79 77 76 76 75 79 80 80 77 77 75 75 75 79 81 81 78 76 76 76 76
Dewpt 75 75 75 75 75 74 75 75 74 74 75 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 75 74 74 74
Max/Min RH 100 79 99 79 98
RH 81 88 94 99 99 99 90 85 82 90 96 97 99 99 85 81 81 89 97 96 96 96
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 11 10 10 8 8 8 9 11 11 9 8 8 8 9 10 11 13 11 13 12 12
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 5 5
QPF 12HR 0.04 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1700 1300 1300 1600 1800 1600 1500 2100 2200 1700 1600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 20 23 18 17 18 19 17 16 18 19 19
Date 05/05Mon 05/06/24Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24
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 82 75 83 76 84 76 84 77 85
Temp 82 79 76 75 82 79 76 76 83 79 77 76 82 80 78 77 84 82
Dewpt 75 75 75 74 74 75 75 74 75 75 76 76 75 75 76 76 76 76
Min/Max RH 77 99 76 99 77 100 76 98 72
RH 80 88 99 97 77 88 97 96 78 88 99 99 80 84 96 97 78 82
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ234-030900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1239 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024
Date 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 73 84 72 86 73
Temp 85 81 76 76 76 75 78 81 84 81 77 76 74 73 80 85 86 82 75 75 74 73
Dewpt 74 74 74 75 74 73 75 76 74 73 74 74 74 73 74 73 72 72 73 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 100 72 100 63 100
RH 70 79 94 97 94 94 91 85 72 77 90 94100100 82 67 63 72 94 94 97100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 14 11 11 10 8 6 6 9 11 12 10 8 8 6 9 11 13 14 11 13 12 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 5 5
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.01 0.01 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3200 1000 900 2100 2900 1800 1100 3700 3800 1800 800
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 19 16 12 11 16 13 11 13 18 16 16
Date 05/05Mon 05/06/24Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 86 73 88 74 90 74 92 76 94
Temp 85 82 76 73 86 83 77 75 87 85 76 75 90 86 78 76 91 88
Dewpt 72 73 75 73 73 73 75 74 74 73 75 75 74 74 75 74 75 74
Min/Max RH 62 100 64 97 59 100 57 95 53
RH 65 74 97100 65 72 94 97 65 67 97100 60 68 91 94 60 63
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ241-030900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1239 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024
Date 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun
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 90 74 91 73
Temp 87 85 78 77 76 76 80 87 88 83 78 76 75 74 81 88 90 84 77 76 75 74
Dewpt 76 75 75 75 75 74 76 76 74 74 75 74 75 73 74 72 71 72 73 74 74 73
Max/Min RH 99 63 99 54 99
RH 69 72 91 94 97 94 88 71 63 76 91 94 99 97 79 60 54 67 87 92 96 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 11 10 8 6 5 6 9 11 11 9 8 6 6 11 13 16 14 11 13 12 12
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 10 5 5 5
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2500 1500 1100 3300 3400 1900 900 3900 3900 2400 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 14 11 11 16 13 12 17 19 17 16
Date 05/05Mon 05/06/24Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24
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 95 74 98 74 101 76 105
Temp 88 85 77 74 90 88 77 74 93 92 78 75 96 94 80 76100 96
Dewpt 71 72 75 74 71 74 75 74 73 73 74 73 72 72 73 73 70 70
Min/Max RH 53 99 50 99 45 96 38 91 30
RH 57 65 96 99 55 62 94 99 53 55 88 94 46 48 79 89 38 43
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ229-030900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1239 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024
Date 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 94 75 95 76
Temp 91 90 83 78 77 77 80 87 93 90 83 78 76 75 80 88 94 91 82 78 77 76
Dewpt 75 74 75 74 74 73 74 73 71 71 73 72 72 73 73 72 69 67 70 71 71 72
Max/Min RH 94 49 94 43 87
RH 60 60 77 88 90 87 82 63 49 54 72 82 87 94 79 59 44 45 67 79 82 87
Wind Dir SE E E SE SE E E E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE
Wind Spd 6 6 10 9 8 5 6 6 10 11 11 8 8 6 9 9 11 16 16 16 14 13
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 20 10 10 20
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.04 0.28 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1
Haines 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3300 1000 1200 4200 5300 2700 1300 5000 6800 2100 1900
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 14 9 10 13 18 11 12 17 20 18
Date 05/05Mon 05/06/24Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 76 98 76 101 77 106 79 106
Temp 89 92 78 76 88 96 81 76 92100 83 77 98103 85 79 99104
Dewpt 70 68 72 72 72 69 72 72 73 66 72 71 70 60 69 70 66 58
Min/Max RH 44 88 40 87 32 82 24 75 21
RH 54 46 82 87 59 42 74 87 54 33 70 82 41 25 59 74 34 22
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
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