Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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246 FOUS54 KCRP 012248 PFWCRP Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 548 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024 TXZ245-020900- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX 28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft 548 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024 Date 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 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 73 85 71 Temp 79 74 74 74 74 81 84 85 80 75 74 74 74 80 84 85 80 75 74 73 72 Dewpt 73 74 74 74 73 75 75 74 74 75 74 74 74 76 75 74 74 75 74 73 72 Max/Min RH 100 71 100 69 100 RH 84 99 99100 99 84 74 71 84 99100100100 90 76 69 82100 99100100 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 11 11 10 8 8 11 13 12 11 9 9 6 6 6 9 12 11 8 6 5 9 Wind Gust Clouds B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 Clouds(%) B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12HR 20 20 10 5 10 QPF 12HR 0.04 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS LAL 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 Mixing Hgt 1100 1400 2300 2400 1400 1200 2400 2800 1800 1200 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 23 18 20 18 16 13 13 16 17 13 Date 05/04Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24 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 72 85 73 86 73 87 73 89 Temp 86 79 73 72 85 80 74 73 84 82 75 74 86 82 75 74 88 82 Dewpt 73 73 73 72 73 73 74 72 74 73 75 74 75 74 75 74 75 74 Min/Max RH 66 100 68 100 68 100 64 100 63 RH 66 84100100 69 79100 99 71 76 99100 70 77100100 66 77 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S Wind Char <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12HR 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 $$ TXZ231-020900- George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX 28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft 548 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024 Date 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 71 88 73 90 72 Temp 83 75 74 74 73 79 83 86 84 76 74 74 73 80 87 90 86 76 74 73 72 Dewpt 71 71 72 72 73 75 74 73 73 73 74 74 73 74 73 72 71 72 72 72 72 Max/Min RH 100 63 100 55 100 RH 66 87 93 93 99 87 73 65 70 90100100100 82 62 55 61 87 93 97 99 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE E Wind Spd 16 14 11 9 8 11 12 10 11 11 9 6 5 5 9 10 14 12 9 8 9 Wind Gust Clouds B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 OV B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 Clouds(%) B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 OV B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12HR 30 20 5 10 10 QPF 12HR 0.11 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS Tstms SC IS IS IS IS LAL 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 1500 1400 2500 2900 1300 1200 3900 4700 2600 1200 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE T Wind Spd 23 16 17 13 13 9 9 13 13 10 Date 05/04Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 91 72 90 72 94 73 98 72 101 Temp 89 85 73 72 87 85 75 72 90 88 75 73 92 93 76 73 95 97 Dewpt 69 67 71 70 68 68 73 71 69 70 73 72 72 71 73 72 71 68 Min/Max RH 46 97 49 97 46 100 43 100 33 RH 52 54 93 93 53 57 92 97 50 56 94 97 52 48 90 99 46 40 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Char <15 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12HR 5 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 $$ TXZ247-020900- Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX 28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft 548 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024 Date 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 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 82 75 83 74 Temp 78 75 75 75 75 78 81 81 78 76 75 76 75 79 80 82 78 76 75 75 74 Dewpt 74 75 74 75 74 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 74 75 75 75 74 75 74 74 74 Max/Min RH 100 81 99 78 100 RH 87 99 97 99 99 91 82 81 89 97 99 97 99 90 85 78 88 97 97 97 99 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 12 12 12 11 9 12 12 12 12 10 10 9 8 8 9 12 12 9 8 8 9 Wind Gust Clouds B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 Clouds(%) B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12HR 20 20 10 5 10 QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 Mixing Hgt 1300 1400 1700 1800 1300 1200 1800 2100 1600 1700 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 25 21 21 18 18 17 16 17 18 16 Date 05/04Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24 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 82 74 82 75 83 75 84 76 85 Temp 81 78 75 74 82 78 76 75 81 79 76 75 82 80 77 76 83 81 Dewpt 74 73 73 73 74 74 74 73 74 75 75 74 75 75 76 75 76 75 Min/Max RH 75 99 76 99 76 100 76 99 75 RH 79 85 96 97 77 88 96 94 80 87 99 97 80 84 97 97 78 82 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S Wind Char <15 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 15> <15 Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 $$ TXZ234-020900- Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX 28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft 548 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024 Date 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 72 86 74 86 73 Temp 79 75 75 74 73 79 84 86 82 77 76 75 74 79 83 86 82 76 75 74 73 Dewpt 73 73 73 73 73 75 75 74 74 74 75 74 74 76 76 75 73 73 74 73 73 Max/Min RH 100 68 100 70 100 RH 82 94 94 97100 88 74 68 77 90 97 97100 91 80 70 74 90 97 97100 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E Wind Spd 14 13 12 10 10 11 16 16 12 12 10 10 9 9 10 13 13 11 10 9 9 Wind Gust Clouds B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 B2 Clouds(%) B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 B2 PoP 12HR 30 30 10 10 10 QPF 12HR 0.55 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC SC IS IS Tstms SC IS IS SC SC SC IS IS LAL 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 Mixing Hgt 800 1100 2800 3600 1300 700 2700 3500 1700 700 T Wind Dir SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 18 13 17 18 13 11 11 13 13 11 Date 05/04Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 87 72 86 73 87 74 90 74 93 Temp 85 82 74 73 84 81 75 73 85 83 76 75 88 85 76 74 91 87 Dewpt 73 71 73 72 72 73 74 72 72 73 74 74 74 73 75 74 74 73 Min/Max RH 59 97 65 100 61 97 58 100 52 RH 67 69 97 97 67 77 97 97 65 72 94 97 63 67 97100 58 63 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S Wind Char <15 <15 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12HR 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 $$ TXZ241-020900- Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX 27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft 548 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024 Date 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 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 89 75 92 73 Temp 83 77 76 76 75 79 85 87 85 78 76 76 75 81 88 91 85 77 76 75 73 Dewpt 73 74 74 74 74 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 74 76 75 74 74 74 74 74 73 Max/Min RH 99 66 100 59 100 RH 73 92 96 94 95 90 75 68 72 91 97 96 99 85 67 59 69 92 96 97100 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE E Wind Spd 17 14 11 10 9 11 14 13 12 11 9 8 5 9 9 12 14 11 10 8 9 Wind Gust Clouds B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 Clouds(%) B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12HR 20 20 5 5 10 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS LAL 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 Mixing Hgt 1400 1500 2600 2800 1300 1000 3400 4300 2400 1100 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE T Wind Spd 21 17 18 16 13 9 9 13 13 11 Date 05/04Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24 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 91 74 96 74 98 74 101 Temp 88 84 75 73 88 84 76 74 91 88 77 74 94 91 78 74 96 94 Dewpt 71 70 73 72 70 72 74 73 71 73 74 73 73 73 74 73 73 71 Min/Max RH 51 99 53 97 47 99 45 97 38 RH 57 63 94 97 56 67 94 95 53 61 92 97 52 55 88 97 49 48 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Char 15> <15 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12HR 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 $$ TXZ229-020900- La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX 28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft 548 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024 Date 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 75 92 75 97 75 Temp 87 80 77 77 76 79 83 90 89 82 77 76 75 81 89 95 92 81 77 76 75 Dewpt 73 73 72 72 73 74 75 75 74 74 74 74 74 74 73 70 70 72 71 72 72 Max/Min RH 94 56 97 45 90 RH 63 79 85 85 90 85 77 62 61 77 90 94 97 79 59 45 49 74 82 87 90 Wind Dir E E SE E E SE SE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind Spd 12 16 14 11 9 8 8 5 8 12 11 8 5 6 6 9 12 14 12 10 10 Wind Gust Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 Clouds(%) B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12HR 30 20 5 20 10 QPF 12HR 0.10 0 0 0 0.16 Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS IS Tstms SC IS IS IS IS IS LAL 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 1300 1300 2100 3600 900 1100 4500 6200 2400 1500 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E E E E E E T Wind Spd 21 14 11 9 13 9 8 11 16 12 Date 05/04Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 94 75 95 76 99 76 101 76 104 Temp 88 90 77 75 88 91 78 76 91 97 80 76 93 99 82 76 97102 Dewpt 71 68 71 71 69 68 71 71 71 68 72 72 71 65 70 69 69 60 Min/Max RH 44 87 43 87 37 87 31 79 24 RH 57 49 82 87 54 47 79 85 52 39 77 87 49 33 67 79 40 25 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Char <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12HR 20 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS $$ 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