Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 081903
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
203 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024
TXZ245-090900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
203 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024
Date 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat
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 89 75 88 73
Temp 86 81 77 76 76 75 82 87 88 84 78 77 76 75 81 87 88 83 77 75 74 73
Dewpt 77 76 76 76 76 75 78 78 77 76 76 76 74 73 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 66
Max/Min RH 100 70 98 59 82
RH 74 84 99100100 99 88 76 70 77 94 97 96 94 78 63 59 67 79 82 81 79
Wind Dir S SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE NE NE NE E E E NE NE NE
Wind Spd 10 8 6 6 6 4 6 8 8 6 5 3 4 6 10 11 10 10 8 8 8 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1300 900 2200 2200 1100 1100 3800 3800 1500 1100
T Wind Dir S S S SE E NE NE NE NE NE
T Wind Spd 14 12 14 13 9 11 18 14 13 13
Date 05/11Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24
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 83 73 86 73 88 72 89 73 88
Temp 83 79 74 74 84 81 75 74 87 81 75 73 88 83 75 74 87 84
Dewpt 67 68 71 72 74 73 73 72 74 71 73 72 73 73 73 72 74 74
Min/Max RH 58 93 69 96 64 99 59 96 64
RH 59 70 89 92 72 78 94 95 66 72 92 97 61 72 92 93 66 73
Pwind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 20 40 20 30 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ231-090900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
203 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024
Date 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 102 73 90 69
Temp 100 97 81 77 75 74 82 95101 98 80 77 74 73 79 86 89 86 77 74 71 69
Dewpt 71 68 73 75 74 73 75 73 69 66 72 73 72 70 70 68 68 67 68 67 65 62
Max/Min RH 100 32 94 49 83
RH 40 39 77 94 97 99 79 49 36 35 77 89 93 90 74 55 49 52 73 79 83 78
Wind Dir S SE SE SE SE E SE S N NE E E NE NE NE NE NE NE E E NE NE
Wind Spd 8 6 9 8 8 6 6 6 8 6 8 6 8 10 14 11 11 11 8 9 8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW B1 B1 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
Clouds(%) SC FW FW B1 B1 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 20 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1200 900 3400 4700 1600 1400 4000 4400 2600 1500
T Wind Dir SE SE SE NW NE NE NE NE E NE
T Wind Spd 16 11 10 10 11 12 19 16 16 12
Date 05/11Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 85 69 88 71 91 69 92 68 92
Temp 82 79 72 71 84 85 74 71 87 86 73 70 89 88 73 69 89 88
Dewpt 62 64 68 70 69 69 72 71 70 69 70 69 70 68 70 69 70 69
Min/Max RH 50 96 54 100 50 99 45 100 47
RH 51 59 87 95 61 59 92100 57 57 89 97 54 51 90100 54 54
Pwind Dir E E SE SE SE E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 30 30 20 30 10 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC IS SC SC IS
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ247-090900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
203 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024
Date 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat
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 77 85 76 84 74
Temp 83 80 77 77 77 77 81 83 84 81 79 78 77 76 80 83 83 79 77 76 76 75
Dewpt 77 76 76 76 76 76 78 78 77 77 77 76 76 74 74 73 73 72 71 70 70 69
Max/Min RH 100 80 99 71 84
RH 83 90 97 97 99 99 91 84 80 87 94 96 99 94 84 72 72 79 84 81 82 82
Wind Dir S SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE E NE NE NE NE E E E NE NE NE
Wind Spd 11 10 8 8 8 6 8 9 9 8 6 5 6 8 10 10 11 12 10 10 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1300 1200 1600 1500 1200 1400 2300 2100 1500 1800
T Wind Dir S S SE SE SE NE NE E E NE
T Wind Spd 17 16 16 13 11 11 19 17 17 16
Date 05/11Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24
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 81 74 83 75 84 74 84 74 84
Temp 81 77 76 75 81 79 76 75 83 79 76 74 82 80 76 74 84 80
Dewpt 69 70 71 73 74 74 73 74 74 72 73 73 73 74 73 73 75 74
Min/Max RH 67 94 78 98 73 99 69 97 72
RH 67 79 86 94 80 85 90 96 75 78 92 99 74 82 92 97 75 84
Pwind Dir E E SE SE SE SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 20 20 40 20 30 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ234-090900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
203 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024
Date 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 92 72 88 68
Temp 88 85 78 77 76 75 82 89 92 87 79 76 74 72 78 85 88 85 77 74 71 69
Dewpt 78 76 76 76 76 75 77 78 77 76 76 75 73 71 71 71 71 69 68 67 64 62
Max/Min RH 100 62 98 57 79
RH 72 75 94 97100100 85 70 62 70 91 97 97 97 79 63 57 59 74 79 79 78
Wind Dir S SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE NE N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind Spd 12 11 9 8 8 6 8 9 8 9 8 6 8 10 12 13 11 11 8 9 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4
Mixing Hgt 1200 1000 2900 3400 1200 1200 3700 4900 1200 500
T Wind Dir S S SE SE E NE NE NE NE NE
T Wind Spd 12 10 11 11 9 11 18 16 11 12
Date 05/11Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 84 69 83 70 87 69 88 69 88
Temp 81 79 71 71 80 79 72 72 84 81 72 70 85 84 73 70 86 85
Dewpt 64 65 67 69 72 72 71 72 74 71 70 70 72 71 72 70 74 73
Min/Max RH 54 93 74 100 63 100 57 100 61
RH 56 62 87 93 77 79 97100 72 72 93100 65 65 97100 68 67
Pwind Dir E E SE SE SE SE NE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 20 50 20 40 10 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC IS IS SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC IS IS SC IS
$$
TXZ241-090900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
203 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024
Date 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat
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 75 102 74 89 70
Temp 99 94 82 78 77 75 85 96102 97 81 77 76 75 81 86 89 85 77 75 72 71
Dewpt 75 75 76 76 76 75 76 74 69 71 76 76 74 73 73 73 72 71 71 70 68 67
Max/Min RH 100 35 98 58 89
RH 48 54 84 94 99100 76 50 35 44 85 97 96 96 77 64 58 62 81 83 87 87
Wind Dir S SE SE SE SE E SE SW N E E E NE NE NE NE E E E E NE NE
Wind Spd 8 9 10 8 6 6 8 6 9 9 8 6 9 11 14 12 12 12 9 9 8 9
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 FW CL CL FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 FW CL CL FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 20 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
Obvis PF F
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1000 800 3000 5000 1600 1300 3800 3800 1700 1300
T Wind Dir SE SE S NW E NE NE NE E NE
T Wind Spd 13 10 11 11 11 12 18 16 13 11
Heat Y
Date 05/11Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24
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 85 72 91 73 93 71 93 72 93
Temp 82 80 75 73 85 85 76 73 88 87 75 72 89 88 75 72 89 88
Dewpt 67 68 71 72 72 73 74 73 73 72 73 72 72 71 72 72 72 73
Min/Max RH 60 97 57 99 53 100 49 100 51
RH 62 67 89 95 65 68 92 99 61 61 96100 58 58 92100 57 61
Pwind Dir E E SE SE SE SE E E SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 10 30 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS SC SC IS SC
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS SC IS SC
$$
TXZ229-090900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
203 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024
Date 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 104 76 90 72
Temp 101101 89 82 79 77 85 96103102 87 82 78 76 79 86 90 88 81 78 74 72
Dewpt 65 59 63 71 73 73 73 70 62 56 66 69 71 69 68 67 66 65 67 65 64 62
Max/Min RH 88 21 81 44 72
RH 31 25 42 69 82 87 67 43 26 22 50 65 79 79 69 53 45 47 63 64 71 71
Wind Dir NW NW E SE E E E NW NW N E E NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E
Wind Spd 8 4 6 10 8 6 4 6 8 8 12 11 14 16 17 13 11 11 11 11 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW CL CL B1 B1 FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW FW CL CL B1 B1 FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 20 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 6 5 6 6 6 4 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 500 700 3300 6300 1400 1800 4300 4900 2500 1900
T Wind Dir E SE NW NW NE NE NE E E E
T Wind Spd 11 11 9 11 17 19 20 17 18 14
Date 05/11Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 86 73 91 73 94 71 95 72 95
Temp 82 83 75 73 83 89 76 73 87 93 76 72 88 94 78 72 89 93
Dewpt 62 65 67 69 70 68 70 70 69 65 68 69 69 64 69 70 69 66
Min/Max RH 48 87 49 91 39 90 36 93 38
RH 51 55 76 87 65 50 82 90 55 40 76 90 54 37 74 93 52 41
Pwind Dir E E SE E E E E E SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 30 30 20 30 5 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC IS
$$
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