Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 141953
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
253 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
TXZ245-150900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
253 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
Date 04/14/24 Mon 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed
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 67 80 69 83 69
Temp 80 75 70 70 69 69 75 79 79 76 70 71 70 71 77 82 82 78 72 72 71 70
Dewpt 68 67 69 68 68 68 71 71 70 69 70 70 70 71 73 72 70 71 72 72 71 70
Max/Min RH 100 72 100 67 100
RH 66 76 95 93 97 95 87 76 74 81 99 97100100 86 71 67 81 99 99 99100
Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 11 10 8 8 8 6 8 11 13 13 11 11 11 9 10 11 11 9 8 8 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 10 0
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 1000 1100 2000 2200 1500 1300 2700 2700 1300 1100
T Wind Dir S S S SE SE S S S S S
T Wind Spd 18 18 19 24 23 20 20 18 17 13
Date 04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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 71 82 71 82 67 79
Temp 83 77 71 69 82 79 72 71 81 78 72 71 81 77 70 67 77 74
Dewpt 71 71 71 69 72 70 71 70 71 69 70 69 70 69 69 66 65 63
Min/Max RH 66 100 66 98 65 100 66 99 63
RH 68 82100100 72 74 97 95 72 75 95 93 69 76 97 95 68 70
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 5 5 5 20 40 40
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ231-150900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
253 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
Date 04/14/24 Mon 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 67 88 69 89 70
Temp 87 82 72 70 70 69 75 85 86 81 72 71 70 70 78 86 89 85 75 72 71 70
Dewpt 65 65 66 67 67 67 68 68 68 67 68 68 68 68 69 67 66 67 70 71 71 70
Max/Min RH 97 53 96 46 100
RH 47 57 81 90 92 93 79 57 54 63 87 90 93 93 74 53 46 55 84 97100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 14 13 11 11 8 11 14 17 17 18 17 12 8 10 8 5 9 10 9 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 10 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2000 1500 3000 3700 2000 1000 3900 3700 1800 1300
T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 21 17 20 25 25 17 12 10 13 11
Date 04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 90 69 89 69 89 69 87 64 77
Temp 85 84 72 70 86 84 71 69 86 85 72 70 84 83 70 64 74 74
Dewpt 69 66 71 70 68 65 69 68 68 65 68 67 66 65 67 62 61 58
Min/Max RH 46 100 48 98 48 92 49 97 54
RH 59 55 97100 55 53 95 97 54 52 87 90 54 54 92 93 63 58
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 10 20 10 5 10 30 50 40
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS
$$
TXZ247-150900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
253 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
Date 04/14/24 Mon 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed
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 78 70 79 71
Temp 77 73 71 71 71 71 74 77 77 74 71 72 72 72 76 79 78 75 73 73 72 71
Dewpt 68 69 69 69 69 69 71 71 71 71 71 71 72 71 72 72 71 72 72 72 72 71
Max/Min RH 97 79 100 76 100
RH 75 86 94 93 95 95 90 82 82 89 99 99100 99 88 80 78 89 99 99100100
Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 11 11 10 10 9 8 9 11 13 14 13 13 13 10 9 10 11 9 9 9 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0
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 1600 1500 1600 1500 1500 2000 1900 1000 1300
T Wind Dir S S S SE SE S S SE S S
T Wind Spd 20 20 19 24 25 23 19 18 19 17
Date 04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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 79 71 79 72 80 73 79 69 77
Temp 78 75 73 71 79 76 73 72 79 75 73 73 78 76 72 69 75 72
Dewpt 72 71 72 71 72 71 72 71 71 71 71 70 70 70 70 68 66 65
Min/Max RH 76 100 76 98 76 94 75 98 70
RH 81 89 97100 81 86 95 95 78 89 92 90 77 83 93 95 75 79
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 5 5 5 20 40 40
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS
$$
TXZ234-150900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
253 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
Date 04/14/24 Mon 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 69 81 70 83 72
Temp 81 78 71 71 70 69 74 79 80 77 72 72 72 72 77 82 83 80 74 74 73 73
Dewpt 67 67 68 68 68 68 70 71 70 69 70 70 71 71 72 72 71 71 72 73 72 72
Max/Min RH 97 72 98 67 98
RH 63 69 90 90 93 97 87 77 72 76 93 93 97 97 85 72 67 74 93 97 97 97
Wind Dir S S SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 14 13 11 10 10 9 11 14 17 14 13 14 14 12 13 14 13 11 10 10 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
Clouds(%) SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 1100 2700 3000 1500 1100 4100 4200 1700 600
T Wind Dir S S S SE SE S S S S S
T Wind Spd 17 14 18 23 20 18 20 18 14 12
Date 04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 85 71 85 70 85 70 84 65 75
Temp 84 80 73 71 82 81 72 70 83 81 71 70 81 79 70 65 73 72
Dewpt 72 70 72 71 71 69 72 70 71 69 70 69 69 68 69 64 65 62
Min/Max RH 61 100 61 100 63 100 61 100 68
RH 67 72 97100 69 67100100 67 67 97 97 67 69 97 97 76 71
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 5 5 5 20 40 40
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ241-150900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
253 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
Date 04/14/24 Mon 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed
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 71 93 72
Temp 87 79 73 72 71 70 77 86 87 81 75 73 73 73 80 89 92 85 77 75 74 73
Dewpt 68 68 69 69 68 68 70 70 70 70 71 70 70 70 71 69 69 71 72 73 72 72
Max/Min RH 95 56 94 47 98
RH 54 68 89 90 90 94 78 60 58 71 87 89 92 92 75 52 47 63 86 92 95 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 14 16 14 11 11 9 12 16 19 19 17 16 14 11 12 11 9 12 11 9 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
Clouds(%) B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 0
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 1500 3300 3700 1600 1100 5200 4900 1700 1300
T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 20 17 20 25 24 17 19 14 16 12
Date 04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
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 71 91 70 90 71 89 67 78
Temp 87 83 74 72 87 83 72 70 87 84 73 71 86 82 73 67 75 73
Dewpt 70 70 73 71 70 68 71 70 70 68 71 70 68 68 70 66 64 62
Min/Max RH 51 99 48 100 52 96 51 96 61
RH 58 64 97 99 57 60 95100 58 60 92 95 56 62 90 95 68 69
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 5 5 10 20 40 40
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS
$$
TXZ229-150900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
253 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
Date 04/14/24 Mon 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 71 94 72 95 73
Temp 92 92 80 74 72 72 76 87 93 92 81 76 74 73 80 87 93 94 84 78 76 73
Dewpt 63 62 68 67 67 68 68 68 67 66 70 69 68 68 69 65 59 57 65 68 70 70
Max/Min RH 90 40 85 28 90
RH 38 37 67 79 84 87 76 53 43 43 69 79 82 84 69 48 32 29 53 71 82 90
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE NE N NE E SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 10 11 14 12 11 9 11 12 14 17 17 14 12 8 5 6 6 6 9 9 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1000 1800 3600 4800 1300 1600 4300 5300 2400 1000
T Wind Dir SE SE S S SE SE NE NE SE SE
T Wind Spd 19 16 18 23 21 16 8 9 13 10
Date 04/17Thu 04/18/24Fri 04/19/24Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 71 94 70 93 71 90 65 79
Temp 89 92 76 72 86 91 74 71 87 88 73 71 84 85 71 66 74 75
Dewpt 69 64 68 69 69 64 67 68 66 64 67 67 65 63 64 61 58 55
Min/Max RH 37 93 38 91 41 87 44 85 46
RH 52 40 76 90 57 41 79 90 50 45 81 87 53 48 79 84 57 50
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE E SE E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 10 20 10 5 20 30 50 40
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC IS IS
$$
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