Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 200917
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
TXZ245-202100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
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 58 74 56 74
Temp 70 78 81 82 78 71 69 66 61 64 71 72 68 63 60 58 56 66 72 73 70
Dewpt 70 74 73 72 70 70 69 66 61 60 59 57 57 56 54 53 51 53 54 54 54
Min/Max RH 72 100 60 83 52
RH 100 89 78 72 78 97100100 99 87 66 60 69 78 80 82 83 64 53 52 57
Wind Dir SE E SE SE SE E NE N N N N N N N N NE NE NE E E E
Wind Spd 4 6 10 11 8 8 6 6 9 12 13 11 11 8 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 30 60 10 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.55 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC IS SC SC SC SC
Obvis PF PF
LAL 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 2100 2300 800 900 2500 3300 3000 2200 4200 4100
T Wind Dir SE SE E N N N NE NE NE E
T Wind Spd 14 18 13 16 21 20 18 16 13 11
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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 61 80 67 83 69 84 70 84
Temp 63 63 78 76 69 68 81 78 70 69 83 79 72 70 83 80
Dewpt 58 59 63 64 67 68 70 68 70 69 71 70 72 70 71 71
Max/Min RH 90 58 100 62 100 64 100 65
RH 83 87 60 68 93100 69 73 99100 68 75 99100 68 76
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15>
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ231-202100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 86 56 70 52 74
Temp 68 76 82 84 80 69 67 62 58 60 67 68 66 61 57 55 52 61 69 72 72
Dewpt 68 72 71 70 68 67 65 61 57 55 55 55 53 53 52 49 47 49 50 51 52
Min/Max RH 62 100 61 83 46
RH 100 87 71 62 67 92 95 97 98 84 65 62 63 75 83 80 83 65 50 47 49
Wind Dir E E SE SE E NE N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE
Wind Spd 5 8 10 11 11 10 8 10 11 14 14 12 11 9 8 6 5 8 8 6 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 60 60 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.05 0.70 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC NM SC SC
Tstms SC SC NM SC SC
LAL 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3200 3400 1200 1400 2600 3100 2700 1300 4000 4700
T Wind Dir SE SE NE N N N NE NE E SE
T Wind Spd 13 17 16 18 21 19 14 12 11 10
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 55 81 64 86 67 89 70 91
Temp 59 57 79 78 67 65 83 82 70 67 86 83 72 70 87 86
Dewpt 56 55 60 62 66 65 67 66 69 67 67 66 70 69 68 68
Max/Min RH 96 50 100 52 100 48 97 46
RH 89 93 52 57 95100 59 57 97100 53 57 93 97 53 54
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 5 0 5 5 5
$$
TXZ247-202100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
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 80 62 73 60 72
Temp 72 77 79 80 76 73 71 68 64 66 70 71 67 64 64 62 60 67 70 71 68
Dewpt 72 74 73 72 72 70 69 68 64 62 61 59 59 57 56 55 55 56 56 56 56
Min/Max RH 78 100 66 84 59
RH 100 93 82 78 86 92 95 99100 89 72 66 74 80 77 80 83 69 61 59 65
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E NE N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E
Wind Spd 6 8 11 11 10 9 8 8 11 14 14 13 12 10 10 9 8 9 9 9 9
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 50 10 5 5
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.38 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1400 2000 1400 1400 2300 3400 3300 3200 3800 3800
T Wind Dir SE SE E NE N N NE NE NE E
T Wind Spd 16 18 16 17 21 19 19 18 16 12
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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 65 78 70 79 71 80 72 81
Temp 67 67 76 74 72 70 79 75 72 71 80 76 73 72 80 77
Dewpt 59 61 64 66 68 69 70 69 70 71 72 71 72 72 72 73
Max/Min RH 83 64 97 72 100 76 100 75
RH 77 81 67 76 89 97 76 82 93100 78 86 97100 78 87
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ234-202100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 82 57 68 52 72
Temp 71 75 79 81 77 69 68 64 60 60 65 67 66 61 58 55 53 62 69 72 70
Dewpt 71 74 73 72 70 68 67 64 58 57 58 57 55 54 52 50 48 50 51 51 54
Min/Max RH 74 100 67 83 48
RH 100 97 82 74 79 97 97100 93 90 78 70 68 78 80 83 83 65 53 48 57
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE NE N N N N N N N N N N NE NE E E SE
Wind Spd 5 6 10 11 10 11 6 10 12 14 16 14 13 10 8 8 6 8 8 6 8
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 50 50 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.08 0.34 0.01 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC IS
Obvis PF
LAL 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2400 2900 800 1300 2600 3300 2400 1100 4200 5100
T Wind Dir SE SE NE N N N N NE E SE
T Wind Spd 12 16 12 17 21 20 16 12 11 10
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 55 78 65 82 67 84 70 84
Temp 59 57 76 76 68 66 80 79 70 68 82 80 73 71 82 81
Dewpt 55 55 62 63 66 66 70 68 69 68 71 70 72 71 71 71
Max/Min RH 96 62 100 63 100 65 100 65
RH 87 93 62 64 93100 72 69 97100 69 72 97100 69 72
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15>
Avg Clouds SC FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ241-202100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
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 88 60 74 56 74
Temp 72 78 84 87 81 72 70 68 63 64 69 71 67 63 60 58 56 64 70 72 71
Dewpt 72 74 73 72 70 70 68 66 61 59 58 57 56 56 54 52 50 52 53 55 56
Min/Max RH 61 99 62 82 53
RH 100 89 69 61 69 92 95 95 94 84 68 62 68 77 80 80 82 66 56 54 58
Wind Dir E SE SE SE E E NE N N N N N N N N N N NE NE E E
Wind Spd 6 8 11 13 12 11 8 9 11 16 14 14 11 9 8 8 6 9 8 8 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 30 50 10 5 10
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.59 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS
Obvis PF
LAL 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3300 4000 1500 1100 2400 3100 2600 900 3800 3800
T Wind Dir SE SE E N N N NE NE NE E
T Wind Spd 13 18 14 17 21 19 14 12 12 11
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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 59 82 67 87 69 89 71 92
Temp 62 60 79 78 69 67 84 81 72 69 86 83 74 72 89 86
Dewpt 58 59 63 64 68 67 69 69 70 69 69 69 72 70 70 70
Max/Min RH 98 55 100 56 100 54 95 49
RH 87 97 57 63 97100 61 66 95100 58 63 94 93 54 60
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15>
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ229-202100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
417 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 85 61 73 57 75
Temp 73 78 80 84 78 71 67 65 62 61 67 71 69 64 60 58 57 62 69 73 74
Dewpt 69 70 70 69 68 66 64 61 57 55 54 55 53 53 50 50 48 49 49 49 49
Min/Max RH 61 90 55 75 41
RH 87 76 72 61 71 84 90 87 84 81 63 57 57 67 69 75 72 62 49 43 41
Wind Dir E E E E NE NE NE N NE N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE
Wind Spd 8 8 8 9 12 11 11 11 12 13 11 11 11 10 9 9 6 8 6 6 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 60 60 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.28 0.30 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC NM NM NM IS
Tstms SC NM NM NM IS
LAL 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2600 3400 1300 1700 2900 4000 2900 1600 3700 4100
T Wind Dir E E NE NE NE NE NE E E SE
T Wind Spd 13 14 18 17 20 17 16 12 11 9
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 60 85 68 91 72 94 73 95
Temp 64 61 77 84 71 68 84 88 74 72 86 91 76 73 87 93
Dewpt 55 56 60 61 65 66 67 65 68 68 68 65 69 69 68 63
Max/Min RH 84 45 93 44 87 40 87 36
RH 73 84 56 46 81 93 57 47 82 87 55 42 79 87 53 37
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B2 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 5
$$
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