Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 051706
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1206 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
TXZ245-060900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1206 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
Date 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 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 75 86 74 87 74
Temp 83 79 75 77 76 76 82 85 85 81 76 76 75 75 81 85 85 80 76 75 76 75
Dewpt 73 73 74 75 74 74 76 75 75 74 75 76 75 75 77 76 76 74 76 75 76 75
Max/Min RH 97 73 100 72 100
RH 73 82 96 94 94 94 81 73 73 79 97100100100 88 75 74 82100100100100
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 14 11 10 8 6 8 8 11 10 11 10 11 10 10 11 11 12 11 11 12 13 12
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.04 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2300 1300 1300 2500 2700 1900 1400 2500 2400 1800 1300
T Wind Dir E SE S S S S S S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 21 19 16 19 18 18 16 13 14 16 17
Date 05/08Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
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 88 75 90 72 88 67 85 67 84
Temp 86 82 76 75 88 83 75 73 86 81 72 68 83 78 70 68 82 78
Dewpt 76 75 76 75 77 76 75 71 69 67 65 61 60 60 62 62 64 65
Min/Max RH 68 100 67 100 54 80 43 86 52
RH 72 81100100 71 81100 92 56 63 78 77 47 55 76 83 55 66
Pwind Dir S SE SE SE E NE NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
$$
TXZ231-060900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1206 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
Date 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 72 90 72 96 73
Temp 85 80 73 73 73 73 78 84 88 86 77 74 74 74 80 89 94 90 78 75 74 73
Dewpt 70 70 72 72 73 73 75 73 72 73 73 73 73 73 75 74 73 73 73 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 100 59 97 50 100
RH 61 72 95 97100100 90 69 59 64 87 97 97 97 84 61 50 58 85 96 97100
Wind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 14 14 11 8 6 6 9 11 10 12 11 11 11 10 9 10 11 13 13 13 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 10 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms SC
LAL 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3500 1700 1100 3300 4200 2600 1400 4000 4900 2200 1100
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 23 17 11 17 18 17 11 9 12 18 13
Date 05/08Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 101 72 99 71 89 65 87 64 86
Temp 93 95 77 73 92 94 77 72 86 84 71 65 83 82 68 65 81 80
Dewpt 73 69 74 72 73 70 72 66 65 61 60 55 55 54 60 59 60 62
Min/Max RH 37 100 43 87 43 70 33 84 46
RH 52 43 90 97 53 46 85 81 50 45 67 70 38 38 75 81 49 54
Pwind Dir S SE SE E E NE NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ247-060900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1206 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
Date 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 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 75 82 76 83 76
Temp 79 76 76 76 76 76 80 81 81 79 77 77 76 76 80 82 82 78 77 77 77 76
Dewpt 73 74 75 75 75 74 75 75 75 75 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 75 76 75 76 76
Max/Min RH 100 82 100 83 100
RH 84 92 97 97 97 96 87 82 82 88 97 99100 99 90 83 84 91 99 96 99100
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 13 12 11 9 8 9 9 10 11 11 11 12 11 11 11 11 12 11 11 13 13 13
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms SC
LAL 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2000 1300 1400 1900 1900 1500 1400 2000 1900 1600 1500
T Wind Dir E SE S S S S S S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 23 21 18 18 18 20 18 13 13 18 19
Date 05/08Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
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 76 86 75 85 70 81 71 81
Temp 82 79 78 77 84 80 77 75 82 79 74 71 79 77 73 72 79 76
Dewpt 76 76 77 76 77 76 76 72 71 70 67 64 63 63 64 64 66 66
Min/Max RH 80 99 78 97 64 82 54 79 62
RH 83 91 97 97 81 88 97 92 69 73 79 78 57 62 73 78 64 71
Pwind Dir S SE SE SE E NE NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
$$
TXZ234-060900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1206 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
Date 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 73 86 74 90 74
Temp 81 78 73 73 74 75 79 83 85 83 77 76 76 76 80 86 89 83 77 76 76 76
Dewpt 73 73 73 73 74 74 76 75 74 74 75 75 75 75 76 76 76 74 74 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 100 70 97 66 97
RH 77 85100100100 97 91 77 70 74 94 97 97 97 88 72 66 74 90 97 97 97
Wind Dir SE E E SE SE SE SE S S SE SE S S S S S S SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 17 11 10 8 8 8 11 12 13 13 11 12 11 11 10 12 12 11 11 11 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3000 900 800 3300 3700 2100 1300 3700 3700 1800 1300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 20 13 11 18 20 14 12 11 13 14 14
Date 05/08Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 91 73 92 71 86 65 84 63 83
Temp 87 85 77 75 90 87 76 72 84 81 71 66 81 80 68 65 80 78
Dewpt 76 75 76 75 77 76 73 67 68 65 62 57 58 58 60 60 62 63
Min/Max RH 64 100 62 90 53 76 41 87 51
RH 70 72 97100 66 70 90 84 59 58 73 73 46 47 76 84 54 60
Pwind Dir S SE S E E NE NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS
$$
TXZ241-060900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1206 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
Date 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 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 74 91 74 96 75
Temp 84 80 77 76 76 75 80 86 89 86 78 76 75 76 82 89 94 88 79 77 76 76
Dewpt 73 73 75 75 75 74 76 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 74
Max/Min RH 100 63 100 55 100
RH 70 79 94 97 97 97 88 71 63 70 93 97 99 97 84 66 55 66 90 96 97 96
Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 16 14 11 9 6 6 10 11 11 13 11 11 10 10 11 11 12 13 12 12 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.05 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3300 1400 1000 3400 4000 2000 1400 3600 4200 1900 900
T Wind Dir E SE SE S SE SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 23 17 11 18 18 17 12 10 13 17 14
Date 05/08Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
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 101 74 101 73 90 68 87 65 86
Temp 94 92 79 75 95 93 78 74 86 84 74 69 83 81 69 67 82 80
Dewpt 75 74 75 74 74 72 74 69 69 67 65 59 59 59 63 62 63 65
Min/Max RH 41 99 42 92 51 75 40 86 51
RH 55 56 90 97 52 51 89 84 58 57 75 72 45 48 80 84 54 61
Pwind Dir S SE SE E E NE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ229-060900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1206 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
Date 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 95 74 100 76
Temp 84 84 78 76 76 76 80 86 92 93 84 78 77 75 80 90 97 98 87 82 78 76
Dewpt 71 70 72 72 73 73 74 75 73 72 74 73 73 72 74 74 71 70 74 74 73 73
Max/Min RH 94 49 90 39 90
RH 65 63 82 87 90 90 82 70 54 51 72 85 87 90 82 60 43 41 65 77 85 90
Wind Dir E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 11 12 9 6 6 8 8 8 9 14 12 11 9 6 8 10 8 13 12 10 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms SC
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 2800 900 1000 3600 4800 3000 1000 4400 7100 3100 900
T Wind Dir E E SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 18 16 11 13 13 17 11 8 10 17 13
Date 05/08Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 102 75 102 74 91 69 87 67 87
Temp 93100 82 75 94 99 80 74 86 86 74 69 82 85 73 68 80 84
Dewpt 71 63 70 72 70 64 68 65 64 60 58 55 53 53 57 59 60 61
Min/Max RH 29 90 30 74 39 63 31 73 43
RH 49 30 67 90 46 32 67 74 48 42 57 61 37 33 57 73 51 46
Pwind Dir SW E NE E NE NE NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 20 10 10 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
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