Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 152233
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
533 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
TXZ245-160900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
533 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
Date 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu
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 69 82 69 83 69
Temp 76 71 71 70 71 77 82 81 77 73 72 70 69 77 82 82 76 71 72 70 69
Dewpt 70 70 70 70 70 73 73 71 71 73 72 70 69 73 71 71 71 71 71 70 69
Max/Min RH 100 72 100 67 100
RH 82 95 97100 99 87 75 72 84100100100100 86 70 69 85100 99100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 16 16 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 6 8 8 4 5 8 8 6 6 6 5 8
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV
Clouds(%) OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1100 2400 2400 1200 1200 2300 2300 1400 800
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 25 19 18 18 18 14 13 13 17 18
Date 04/18Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24
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 84 68 83 65 81 59 79
Temp 82 78 71 69 83 79 71 69 82 78 70 66 78 75 64 60 76 74
Dewpt 71 70 71 69 72 69 71 69 71 70 70 66 63 62 60 58 60 60
Min/Max RH 64 100 64 100 66 100 55 97 54
RH 71 76 99100 70 73100100 70 76100100 61 65 87 93 59 63
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 5 10 40 30 20 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-160900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
533 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
Date 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 69 89 70 90 70
Temp 81 74 71 71 70 78 87 88 84 76 73 72 70 77 86 90 84 74 72 71 70
Dewpt 68 68 68 68 68 70 68 68 69 70 71 71 70 72 70 68 67 70 71 70 70
Max/Min RH 97 49 100 49 100
RH 66 82 90 92 93 75 53 52 60 83 93 97100 85 58 49 57 87 97 97100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 18 17 16 11 10 8 8 5 11 9 8 8 4 6 8 8 11 10 9 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
Clouds(%) OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1900 1000 4300 4800 1300 1200 3600 4300 1700 600
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 31 19 16 12 16 11 10 11 16 13
Date 04/18Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 92 68 91 68 87 62 77 57 79
Temp 88 85 70 70 87 85 70 68 84 82 69 63 74 74 62 58 74 76
Dewpt 67 66 69 69 68 64 68 68 67 66 68 63 59 56 56 54 57 56
Min/Max RH 42 100 44 100 51 100 50 88 46
RH 50 52 97 97 53 50 93100 57 57 97100 59 53 81 86 55 50
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 20 20 5 10 20 40 30 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ247-160900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
533 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
Date 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu
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 70 79 70 79 70
Temp 74 72 72 72 72 76 78 79 75 73 73 72 71 77 78 78 75 73 72 72 70
Dewpt 71 71 71 72 72 72 73 72 72 73 73 72 71 72 72 71 72 72 72 72 70
Max/Min RH 100 78 100 78 100
RH 89 97 97100 99 89 85 80 92100100 99100 86 81 79 92 99 99100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 16 16 16 14 11 11 11 11 11 9 10 8 6 6 8 9 8 8 8 6 8
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV
Clouds(%) OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1100 1300 1400 1400 1000 1200 1700 1600 1200 1000
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 27 24 20 19 20 18 13 13 17 18
Date 04/18Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24
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 80 71 80 71 80 67 78 63 75
Temp 78 75 72 71 79 76 72 71 79 75 72 68 75 73 66 63 73 72
Dewpt 71 71 72 71 72 71 72 71 72 71 71 68 65 64 62 61 62 62
Min/Max RH 75 100 76 100 75 100 63 95 62
RH 80 87100100 80 85 99100 80 89 99100 72 72 86 93 69 71
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 5 10 30 30 20 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-160900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
533 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
Date 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 70 83 71 85 71
Temp 77 73 72 72 72 78 82 82 79 74 74 73 72 77 83 85 79 74 73 73 72
Dewpt 70 70 69 70 71 72 73 72 71 73 73 72 71 73 72 70 71 72 73 72 72
Max/Min RH 100 70 97 61 100
RH 79 90 90 93 97 82 74 72 77 97 97 97 97 87 70 61 77 93100 97100
Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE S S SE S SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 16 14 13 10 11 11 12 12 11 9 9 9 6 8 8 10 11 8 9 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV
Clouds(%) OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1600 800 3300 3600 1000 700 3200 3300 1200 500
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 24 18 21 19 13 11 13 13 13 11
Date 04/18Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 86 70 86 70 84 63 77 59 77
Temp 84 80 72 71 83 82 72 70 81 79 71 64 74 73 64 59 73 75
Dewpt 71 69 71 71 71 69 71 70 70 69 70 64 62 60 59 56 60 60
Min/Max RH 59 100 59 100 63 100 61 90 55
RH 65 69 97100 67 65 97100 69 72 97100 66 64 84 90 64 60
Pwind Dir S SE SE SE SE E N NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 5 20 40 30 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ241-160900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
533 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
Date 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu
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 71 92 72 90 72
Temp 80 75 74 73 72 80 90 90 82 76 75 74 72 78 87 90 83 75 74 73 72
Dewpt 71 71 69 70 70 72 70 71 72 73 73 73 71 73 71 70 71 72 73 72 72
Max/Min RH 95 47 98 53 100
RH 74 89 86 90 93 77 52 53 71 89 96 95 97 84 60 53 66 90 99 97100
Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE S S SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 19 18 16 11 9 11 10 9 12 10 8 8 6 8 9 10 11 10 8 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
Clouds(%) OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1800 1200 4500 5100 1300 1100 3600 4300 1800 800
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 31 19 19 16 16 11 11 13 16 13
Wind Y
Date 04/18Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24
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 92 70 93 70 89 66 81 60 80
Temp 88 83 72 71 89 84 73 70 85 82 71 67 78 76 65 60 76 75
Dewpt 69 68 71 71 70 67 71 70 70 69 71 67 62 60 59 57 58 59
Min/Max RH 45 100 48 100 52 99 52 90 49
RH 54 61 97100 54 57 95100 60 64 99 99 59 59 83 90 55 57
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 10 5 5 20 40 40 30 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ229-160900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
533 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
Date 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 73 92 74 95 74
Temp 92 81 76 75 73 77 84 91 90 82 77 75 74 78 89 94 92 82 77 76 74
Dewpt 67 71 69 69 68 69 69 66 64 68 70 71 71 72 71 68 67 70 70 71 71
Max/Min RH 84 40 91 41 90
RH 44 72 79 82 84 76 61 44 42 63 79 87 90 82 56 43 44 67 79 85 90
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E NE NE E SE SE SE E E E E E E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 16 17 13 10 5 3 3 5 6 11 10 6 4 6 6 6 9 11 11 9 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.07
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Haines 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1600 3200 4100 700 800 3500 4700 1900 900
T Wind Dir SE SE NE NE SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 27 16 8 9 12 9 8 10 16 11
Date 04/18Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 71 96 71 91 65 79 60 81
Temp 90 92 74 71 88 90 75 71 85 86 71 66 74 76 66 60 74 79
Dewpt 69 66 67 68 68 64 67 68 67 65 66 63 58 55 55 54 54 54
Min/Max RH 38 91 38 90 44 91 47 81 40
RH 50 43 79 90 52 42 76 90 55 50 84 90 57 48 68 81 50 42
Pwind Dir SE SE E E E E NE NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 30 20 10 20 30 50 30 30 20
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC IS IS SC SC SC IS IS IS
$$
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