Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 162133
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
TXZ245-170900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Date 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri
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 84 69
Temp 78 72 72 72 70 77 82 82 77 72 72 71 70 79 83 83 78 71 71 70 69
Dewpt 71 72 72 72 70 73 72 71 72 72 72 71 70 73 71 70 70 71 71 70 69
Max/Min RH 100 72 100 65 100
RH 81100 99100100 89 73 70 84100100100100 82 68 66 78100100100100
Wind Dir SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 8 6 8 4 6 8 10 9 8 8 6 6 8 9 9 8 5 5 5 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 MM MM
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 1300 2300 2300 1200 1200 2200 2200 1500 900
T Wind Dir S S S SE SE S S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 16 14 18 18 17 17 16 12 13
Date 04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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 83 63 77 57 77 62 81
Temp 83 78 71 69 81 77 70 64 75 72 62 57 74 73 64 63 80 76
Dewpt 72 70 71 69 71 69 69 64 65 62 58 55 58 59 61 61 65 64
Min/Max RH 65 100 66 100 65 95 54 94 57
RH 71 78100100 72 78 99100 70 72 87 93 58 63 92 92 60 68
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E NE NE NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 30 60 40 20 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC IS
$$
TXZ231-170900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Date 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 71 90 70 92 68
Temp 83 75 72 72 71 77 85 90 83 75 73 72 70 78 87 91 86 74 71 70 69
Dewpt 70 70 71 71 71 71 69 68 68 71 72 71 70 71 68 66 65 68 70 70 69
Max/Min RH 100 51 100 43 100
RH 64 84 97 97100 82 59 50 61 87 97 97100 79 53 43 50 82 99 99100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 11 10 8 8 6 8 8 9 11 10 9 8 6 9 10 10 11 11 9 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%) B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 MM MM
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 1200 3400 4500 1400 900 3500 4100 1500 1300
T Wind Dir SE S SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 12 12 14 17 13 16 16 14 12
Date 04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 92 68 86 63 74 55 79 58 85
Temp 87 86 70 68 83 80 67 63 72 70 60 55 72 77 63 59 82 81
Dewpt 68 65 70 68 67 64 67 63 60 57 55 52 54 55 60 58 61 61
Min/Max RH 45 100 54 100 61 91 44 99 44
RH 53 50 99100 59 58100100 66 62 86 90 53 46 92 96 50 52
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E NE NE NE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 40 70 30 20 10 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC NM SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ247-170900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Date 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri
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 79 71 79 71
Temp 75 73 73 73 72 76 78 79 75 73 73 73 71 77 78 78 75 72 72 72 72
Dewpt 72 73 73 72 72 73 72 72 73 73 73 73 71 73 72 71 72 72 72 72 71
Max/Min RH 100 81 100 79 100
RH 90 99 99 99 99 91 82 80 92100100100100 89 82 79 90 99100100 99
Wind Dir SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 9 9 9 9 6 6 9 10 10 9 10 8 8 8 9 10 8 8 8 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 MM MM
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 600 1300 1800 1500 1100 1200 1800 1700 1300 1300
T Wind Dir S S S SE SE S S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 18 18 13 18 20 20 18 16 16 16
Date 04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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 79 66 76 61 74 66 78
Temp 78 75 72 71 79 75 71 67 74 70 64 61 71 70 67 67 77 74
Dewpt 72 72 72 71 72 70 70 67 66 64 60 59 59 61 62 63 65 66
Min/Max RH 76 100 75 100 71 94 62 89 65
RH 82 90100100 80 86 95100 77 80 87 92 65 72 84 87 67 78
Pwind Dir SE SE E E NE NE NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 30 60 50 20 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC IS
$$
TXZ234-170900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Date 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 72 85 71 85 70
Temp 79 74 74 74 73 77 83 85 79 74 74 73 72 78 84 84 80 73 72 72 71
Dewpt 71 72 73 73 72 73 72 71 71 72 73 73 72 73 71 70 69 71 72 72 71
Max/Min RH 100 65 100 62 100
RH 77 93 97 97 97 87 70 63 77 93 97100100 85 65 63 69 93100100100
Wind Dir SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 9 8 8 6 8 10 11 11 9 10 8 8 8 11 11 11 8 8 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 MM MM
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 700 1100 3200 3500 1300 800 3100 3200 1300 500
T Wind Dir S S S SE SE S S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 11 13 17 14 12 13 16 12 10
Date 04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 86 69 83 63 72 56 76 59 82
Temp 84 81 71 70 80 78 70 64 70 68 61 56 71 74 63 60 80 78
Dewpt 72 70 71 70 70 68 69 64 63 60 56 53 57 59 60 59 64 64
Min/Max RH 59 100 65 100 73 90 55 100 54
RH 67 69100100 72 71 97100 78 76 84 90 61 59 90 96 58 62
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E N N NE E SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 5 40 70 30 10 5 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC NM NM SC IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS
$$
TXZ241-170900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Date 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri
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 89 72 92 71
Temp 85 76 74 74 74 78 86 89 83 76 74 74 72 79 88 91 84 75 73 72 71
Dewpt 72 72 73 73 72 73 71 71 72 73 74 73 72 73 70 69 69 71 72 72 71
Max/Min RH 97 57 100 49 100
RH 65 89 95 95 95 84 62 56 70 92 99 97100 81 56 50 62 89 99100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 13 9 8 8 6 9 10 11 11 11 9 8 8 11 11 11 12 11 8 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 MM MM
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 1300 1200 3400 4000 1500 1000 3500 3500 1300 1300
T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE SE S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 13 14 14 16 13 18 16 16 12
Date 04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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 88 65 79 59 80 61 85
Temp 87 83 72 70 84 81 71 66 74 72 63 59 74 75 64 62 82 79
Dewpt 71 67 72 70 69 68 69 66 64 61 58 55 57 59 62 61 64 64
Min/Max RH 48 100 54 100 64 87 49 96 49
RH 58 59 99100 61 64 95100 71 69 84 87 56 57 92 95 54 60
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E NE N NE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 30 60 40 20 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs SC NM NM SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ229-170900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
433 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Date 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 94 74 97 72
Temp 91 82 77 75 74 78 85 94 91 82 77 75 74 81 90 96 94 82 77 74 72
Dewpt 67 71 71 71 71 72 72 70 68 71 71 71 71 72 70 68 66 69 68 69 69
Max/Min RH 90 46 91 38 90
RH 45 69 82 87 90 82 65 46 47 69 82 87 90 74 52 40 40 65 74 84 90
Wind Dir E E SE SE E SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E
Wind Spd 5 11 10 6 5 6 6 8 10 11 11 8 6 8 9 8 11 11 11 9 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 20 20 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.04 MM MM
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 700 800 3200 4700 1400 1100 3900 5500 2000 1300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 10 9 11 16 12 13 12 13 12
Date 04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 71 89 66 78 59 80 63 86
Temp 87 91 74 71 84 83 70 66 73 73 63 59 72 78 67 64 81 83
Dewpt 69 66 67 68 67 65 65 63 59 57 55 53 54 55 59 60 61 61
Min/Max RH 41 90 48 90 54 81 42 87 43
RH 55 44 79 90 57 55 84 90 62 57 75 80 53 45 75 87 51 47
Pwind Dir E E E NE NE NE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 30 50 80 30 20 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC O SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC IS SC SC SC IS IS IS
$$
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