Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 171027
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
TXZ245-172100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 83 70 83 72 83
Temp 71 77 81 81 77 73 72 71 71 77 82 83 78 74 74 74 73 80 83 83 78
Dewpt 71 73 72 71 72 72 72 71 70 73 71 71 71 72 72 72 71 74 72 70 70
Min/Max RH 71 100 68 95 66
RH 99 89 75 73 85 99100100 99 87 71 68 79 93 92 93 93 82 70 66 76
Wind Dir S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 5 9 10 10 6 9 8 6 8 9 10 9 6 6 5 4 5 8 9 9
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) OV B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 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 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2200 2400 1300 800 2000 2000 1400 1000 2700 2800
T Wind Dir S SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 17 18 17 17 17 16 13 13 14
Date Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 72 83 66 78 61 79 66 83
Temp 73 73 83 79 71 67 76 74 64 62 77 74 68 68 82 78
Dewpt 71 71 71 69 70 66 63 61 59 58 60 61 64 65 67 67
Max/Min RH 97 64 99 58 86 54 92 59
RH 93 93 67 73 95 99 64 64 84 86 56 65 87 90 61 69
Pwind Dir SE SE E N NE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 20 50 30 10 10 0 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ231-172100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 89 70 93 69 90
Temp 71 77 83 87 82 74 73 72 70 78 88 92 86 73 71 70 70 77 87 89 84
Dewpt 71 72 70 70 69 71 72 71 70 72 68 66 66 68 71 70 70 72 69 67 65
Min/Max RH 54 100 43 100 48
RH 100 85 65 56 65 90 99 97100 82 52 43 51 84 99100100 85 55 48 53
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 8 9 9 11 10 10 9 8 9 10 11 12 10 9 6 6 8 9 11 14
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 20 5 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3100 3500 1300 1000 3200 4100 1500 1300 4400 5200
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 13 16 14 16 17 18 12 13 17
Date Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 68 86 61 75 56 80 61 85
Temp 71 70 84 81 68 62 71 72 61 56 74 78 65 63 83 81
Dewpt 69 70 67 64 67 62 58 56 57 54 57 58 63 63 65 64
Max/Min RH 100 52 100 53 94 46 100 49
RH 95100 58 56 97100 63 57 86 93 55 50 93100 54 56
Pwind Dir SE SE NE N NE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 40 70 20 10 5 5 10
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ247-172100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 79 71 79 72 80
Temp 71 76 78 78 76 73 73 72 72 76 78 79 75 74 73 74 73 77 79 79 75
Dewpt 71 72 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 72
Min/Max RH 80 100 79 98 78
RH 100 88 83 82 89 99 99100100 91 82 80 92 97 97 95 97 88 80 80 89
Wind Dir S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 6 9 11 10 8 11 9 6 8 10 10 9 8 8 6 6 6 8 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1700 1400 600 1300 1400 1300 1300 1100 1800 1900
T Wind Dir S SE SE S S SE SE S SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 17 20 20 17 17 18 17 13 14
Date Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 72 79 67 76 62 75 68 79
Temp 73 72 78 75 72 68 75 72 65 62 73 71 70 69 78 75
Dewpt 72 72 71 70 70 68 65 63 61 60 61 63 65 66 67 68
Max/Min RH 100 76 100 64 94 66 91 68
RH 99 99 80 84 95100 71 72 86 93 68 76 86 90 69 81
Pwind Dir SE SE E NE NE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 20 50 40 10 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ234-172100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 84 72 86 70 86
Temp 74 77 82 83 79 74 74 74 72 77 84 85 80 72 72 71 71 77 83 85 81
Dewpt 73 73 72 71 72 72 73 73 72 73 71 70 70 72 72 71 71 73 72 70 70
Min/Max RH 67 100 60 100 61
RH 97 87 72 67 79 93 97 97100 87 65 61 72100100100100 87 70 61 69
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 8 10 11 11 9 10 11 9 8 11 12 11 8 9 8 5 6 8 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3100 3400 1300 700 2600 2800 1400 700 3800 4200
T Wind Dir S SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 16 14 12 13 18 14 11 10 13
Date Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 69 83 63 73 57 77 61 82
Temp 71 70 81 79 70 64 70 71 62 58 72 75 65 63 80 79
Dewpt 71 70 70 68 69 64 61 59 58 55 60 61 63 63 67 67
Max/Min RH 100 61 100 65 91 56 100 61
RH 100100 69 69 97100 73 66 87 90 66 62 93100 65 67
Pwind Dir SE SE E N N E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 30 60 30 10 5 0 10
Rain Shwrs SC NM NM SC IS
Tstms SC SC SC SC IS
$$
TXZ241-172100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 89 72 93 71 90
Temp 74 78 84 87 82 76 74 74 73 79 89 92 84 74 73 72 72 79 87 89 83
Dewpt 73 73 72 72 72 73 73 73 72 73 69 68 70 71 72 72 72 73 71 69 68
Min/Max RH 59 99 46 100 52
RH 97 86 67 61 72 92 97 95 97 82 53 47 62 92 99100100 84 59 52 61
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 6 9 10 11 11 11 10 9 8 11 11 11 13 10 8 8 6 10 11 13 14
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW
Clouds(%) B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 5 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3000 3600 1200 1300 3400 3600 1300 1200 4800 4700
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 14 17 13 16 17 16 14 16 18
Date Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 70 88 65 78 60 81 63 86
Temp 73 71 85 82 71 66 75 75 65 60 75 77 66 65 83 81
Dewpt 72 71 70 68 70 66 62 60 59 57 60 61 65 65 67 67
Max/Min RH 100 54 99 56 89 52 100 53
RH 97100 61 63 95 99 64 60 80 89 61 59 95 99 59 64
Pwind Dir SE SE E N NE NE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 30 60 30 20 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS
$$
TXZ229-172100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
527 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 94 75 98 73 94
Temp 75 79 85 91 90 81 77 76 75 80 90 97 95 82 77 74 73 77 86 93 90
Dewpt 72 73 73 70 69 72 72 72 72 72 70 68 66 69 69 70 70 70 69 67 66
Min/Max RH 47 90 36 91 42
RH 90 82 67 50 50 74 85 87 90 77 52 39 39 65 76 87 90 79 57 43 45
Wind Dir E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 4 6 6 8 10 11 9 10 8 8 8 8 9 11 11 9 8 8 8 9 13
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 20 10 10
QPF 12HR 0 0.13 0.09 0.04 0.02
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3200 4200 1300 1100 3700 5100 2500 1300 4200 6300
T Wind Dir E E SE SE S S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 9 11 16 12 12 11 16 13 12 16
Date Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 71 87 65 76 60 82 65 87
Temp 75 72 83 83 70 65 71 74 63 60 74 81 69 66 82 85
Dewpt 68 69 67 65 65 62 58 56 55 55 57 57 61 63 64 63
Max/Min RH 91 51 92 52 84 43 91 44
RH 79 90 59 55 84 90 63 53 75 84 55 44 76 90 55 48
Pwind Dir E E NE NE NE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 50 80 20 10 5 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC O SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC IS
$$
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