Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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928 FOUS54 KCRP 041953 PFWCRP Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 253 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 TXZ245-050900- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX 28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft 253 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 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 73 84 73 86 76 Temp 85 80 75 75 74 73 79 82 83 79 74 74 74 74 81 84 85 82 78 78 77 77 Dewpt 74 74 74 74 73 73 75 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 75 75 75 74 76 75 75 75 Max/Min RH 100 72 100 71 95 RH 71 82 97 96 97100 88 77 73 87100100 99 99 84 74 71 77 94 93 94 92 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S Wind Spd 11 10 8 9 8 5 8 11 11 10 8 8 6 8 9 11 12 11 10 11 10 10 Wind Gust Clouds SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 Clouds(%) SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12HR 30 40 10 0 0 QPF 12HR 0.02 0.04 0.01 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC Obvis PF PF LAL 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 900 1100 2500 2600 1400 1300 3100 3100 1900 1400 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE S T Wind Spd 20 18 16 19 19 17 18 18 18 18 Date 05/07Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24 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 87 76 88 77 90 76 89 74 84 Temp 86 82 77 77 87 84 78 77 89 85 77 76 88 84 76 74 84 79 Dewpt 76 74 75 75 76 75 76 75 76 75 76 74 75 73 72 68 69 66 Min/Max RH 70 96 68 97 65 96 61 91 59 RH 73 77 94 92 70 76 94 94 67 73 96 94 65 71 86 82 61 65 Pwind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE E NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B2 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 $$ TXZ231-050900- George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX 28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft 253 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 72 87 72 90 73 Temp 90 84 75 75 74 73 77 84 86 82 74 74 74 73 79 86 90 87 77 75 74 73 Dewpt 71 69 72 72 73 72 72 71 70 70 72 73 73 73 74 72 72 72 73 73 73 73 Max/Min RH 97 58 100 55 100 RH 53 61 89 92 97 97 85 64 58 67 93 97 99100 85 63 55 60 87 94 97100 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E SE E SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 12 14 11 11 10 8 11 13 12 11 11 8 8 8 11 11 10 12 11 11 11 10 Wind Gust Clouds SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 Clouds(%) SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 PoP 12HR 40 50 10 5 0 QPF 12HR 0 0.03 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC IS Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC IS LAL 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 1600 1200 3400 3900 2000 1200 4700 6000 2600 1300 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 20 16 18 19 18 13 17 17 19 13 Date 05/07Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 96 73 101 73 102 73 94 70 85 Temp 91 91 75 73 94 96 78 74 97 97 79 74 91 88 74 70 84 82 Dewpt 73 73 73 73 73 72 74 73 72 70 73 70 69 68 69 63 63 62 Min/Max RH 47 100 38 99 35 90 45 84 46 RH 56 55 94100 50 46 88 97 45 42 82 87 50 52 83 78 49 51 Pwind Dir SE SE S SE SE E E NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 $$ TXZ247-050900- Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX 28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft 253 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 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 81 75 83 76 Temp 82 79 76 76 76 76 79 81 80 77 76 76 75 75 79 82 82 79 77 78 77 76 Dewpt 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 76 76 76 76 75 Max/Min RH 100 80 100 78 98 RH 78 87 94 94 96 96 87 83 84 94 97 97100 99 88 81 79 91 97 96 97 97 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S Wind Spd 11 11 11 10 9 8 9 11 12 11 10 9 8 9 10 10 11 11 11 12 11 11 Wind Gust Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12HR 20 40 10 0 0 QPF 12HR 0.02 0.03 0.01 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC Obvis PF PF PF LAL 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 1400 1600 2200 2000 1600 1600 2200 2200 1700 1400 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE S T Wind Spd 23 20 18 19 20 18 18 17 19 19 Date 05/07Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24 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 77 84 77 86 76 85 74 81 Temp 81 79 77 77 83 81 79 77 84 81 77 76 84 80 76 74 81 77 Dewpt 76 76 76 76 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 75 75 74 73 70 69 69 Min/Max RH 84 98 78 98 75 99 73 93 68 RH 87 91 97 97 81 87 93 97 78 85 97 99 76 84 92 89 68 75 Pwind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE E NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B2 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS $$ TXZ234-050900- Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX 28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft 253 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 73 83 73 86 74 Temp 86 80 76 75 75 73 77 80 81 79 74 74 75 75 79 84 86 82 77 76 75 75 Dewpt 73 73 74 74 73 72 73 74 73 73 74 74 74 74 75 74 74 74 75 75 75 75 Max/Min RH 97 74 100 67 100 RH 65 79 94 97 94 97 87 82 77 82100100 97 97 88 72 68 77 94 97100100 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E SE E SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE S S S Wind Spd 14 14 11 11 10 8 10 13 13 11 10 10 9 8 11 14 14 13 11 12 11 11 Wind Gust Clouds SC B1 B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV Clouds(%) SC B1 B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV PoP 12HR 40 50 10 0 0 QPF 12HR 0.18 0.19 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC SC Obvis PF LAL 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 1000 700 2700 3200 1000 800 4000 4500 2300 1300 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE S T Wind Spd 17 13 14 18 16 12 18 18 16 13 Date 05/07Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 89 74 90 74 93 73 90 71 85 Temp 86 84 76 75 88 86 77 75 90 88 77 74 88 86 76 72 84 81 Dewpt 76 74 75 75 76 75 76 75 76 75 75 72 72 71 69 65 66 65 Min/Max RH 66 100 64 100 60 97 56 81 51 RH 72 72 97100 68 70 97100 64 66 94 93 59 61 79 79 55 58 Pwind Dir S SE S SE S E E NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 $$ TXZ241-050900- Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX 27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft 253 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 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 88 74 92 74 Temp 90 84 77 77 76 76 79 86 86 81 77 76 76 75 81 88 91 87 78 77 76 75 Dewpt 72 73 74 74 74 73 73 73 73 74 75 75 75 74 75 74 74 74 75 75 75 74 Max/Min RH 97 64 99 59 100 RH 57 70 90 92 94 92 82 66 66 78 94 97 99 97 84 63 59 67 91 96 99 99 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 14 14 11 11 10 8 11 13 14 12 11 8 8 8 11 12 12 13 11 11 10 10 Wind Gust Clouds SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 Clouds(%) SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12HR 30 50 10 0 0 QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS Tstms IS IS SC SC IS Obvis PF LAL 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 1600 1400 3600 3600 1600 1100 4800 4800 2100 1400 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S T Wind Spd 19 17 18 19 17 14 17 18 17 13 Date 05/07Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24 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 96 75 101 74 103 74 95 73 88 Temp 91 88 77 75 96 94 79 75 97 95 78 75 92 87 77 73 85 83 Dewpt 76 75 75 74 75 75 75 73 73 73 74 73 72 72 71 67 67 67 Min/Max RH 51 99 42 96 36 98 50 85 53 RH 61 65 94 97 52 55 88 94 46 49 88 96 53 60 84 80 56 59 Pwind Dir SE SE S SE SE E E NE E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B1 FW B1 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS $$ TXZ229-050900- La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX 28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft 253 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 75 89 75 95 75 Temp 93 89 80 77 76 76 77 82 85 86 79 77 76 77 81 87 92 94 84 78 76 75 Dewpt 71 71 72 72 72 72 71 72 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 74 73 71 74 74 73 73 Max/Min RH 87 57 90 47 94 RH 49 56 77 85 87 87 82 72 63 61 79 85 90 87 79 65 54 47 72 88 90 94 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 11 13 16 14 11 10 11 10 9 10 11 10 9 6 9 9 9 9 14 12 11 9 Wind Gust Clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 Clouds(%) B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 PoP 12HR 50 50 5 5 0 QPF 12HR 0.14 0.05 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC NM NM SC SC Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC LAL 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 1300 1200 3100 3900 1300 1600 4400 5900 3900 1100 T Wind Dir SE E E SE E SE SE S SE SE T Wind Spd 23 16 16 16 16 13 16 13 17 13 Date 05/07Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 100 76 104 76 105 76 96 73 89 Temp 90 99 82 76 94102 82 76 97101 82 76 90 90 77 73 83 85 Dewpt 75 70 73 72 72 63 72 72 70 61 70 69 68 66 65 63 62 61 Min/Max RH 38 87 27 88 26 80 41 71 42 RH 62 39 74 87 49 28 72 87 42 27 67 79 49 45 67 71 49 45 Pwind Dir SE SE SW E NE E NE NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B1 FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 $$ 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