Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 281458
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
TXZ245-282100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date Thu 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24
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 75 64 78 63 79
Temp 63 75 75 70 64 64 64 64 73 77 78 72 66 65 63 65 73 78 79 73
Dewpt 57 59 56 57 58 58 58 58 60 59 59 59 61 61 62 62 65 64 64 64
Min/Max RH 53 83 53 96 61
RH 82 59 53 65 81 80 80 80 63 55 54 64 81 86 94 91 76 63 62 74
Wind Dir NE SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE
Wind Spd 2 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 11 12 12 11 8 8 8 6 6 10 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 FW SC FW SC
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 FW SC FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3600 600 600 3900 3900 2300 1700 3800 3800
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S S SE
T Wind Spd 12 18 18 23 24 20 18 18 18
Date Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24
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 79 66 82 65 83 55 75
Temp 67 66 78 74 68 67 79 76 68 66 81 77 63 55 72 70
Dewpt 66 66 68 67 68 67 69 68 68 65 57 56 50 46 46 46
Max/Min RH 100 67 100 65 100 40 70 35
RH 97 99 71 78100100 71 79 99 96 44 49 62 70 39 41
Pwind Dir SE S SE S SE N N N
Wind Char <15 <15 15> 15> <15 <15 15> <15
Avg Clouds SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10 5 5 5
$$
TXZ231-282100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date Thu 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 82 57 82 60 84
Temp 61 78 81 77 64 59 58 57 69 80 82 76 67 65 63 61 70 81 84 78
Dewpt 52 52 44 51 56 57 56 56 59 56 56 57 59 60 60 60 63 62 61 61
Min/Max RH 27 96 41 99 46
RH 74 41 27 40 74 93 95 96 69 44 42 51 78 85 92 97 78 52 47 55
Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE
Wind Spd 4 6 8 11 13 11 11 11 14 16 17 17 14 12 11 8 11 10 11 14
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 7700 700 600 4700 4800 2200 1000 4300 4600
T Wind Dir S SE SE SE SE SE S S SE
T Wind Spd 12 18 17 24 26 20 16 16 17
Date Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 64 89 67 95 65 86 54 76
Temp 66 66 83 83 69 67 88 89 73 66 83 81 63 54 71 74
Dewpt 64 66 66 64 67 66 66 63 65 58 48 44 43 41 39 39
Max/Min RH 100 47 97 35 80 23 64 25
RH 92 98 56 53 93 95 48 43 76 76 30 27 48 62 31 29
Pwind Dir SE SE SE S E N N N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10 5 5 5
$$
TXZ247-282100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date Thu 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24
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 74 66 74 66 75
Temp 65 73 73 68 67 67 66 66 71 74 73 70 67 67 67 66 71 74 74 71
Dewpt 60 59 60 59 58 58 59 59 60 60 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 65 65 65
Min/Max RH 62 80 63 91 72
RH 85 62 65 72 74 74 77 77 69 63 66 75 85 85 87 89 78 74 74 82
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE
Wind Spd 3 6 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 13 12 11 10 10 9 8 8 10 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW B1 FW SC
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW B1 FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2300 900 1000 3000 3100 2300 2400 2300 2100
T Wind Dir SE SE S S SE S S S SE
T Wind Spd 12 21 23 24 24 23 23 18 18
Date Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24
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 67 76 68 77 67 79 57 73
Temp 68 67 75 71 69 68 76 72 69 67 77 74 65 58 70 68
Dewpt 66 67 68 68 69 68 69 68 68 66 60 58 54 49 46 48
Max/Min RH 100 77 100 76 100 51 73 40
RH 95 99 79 89100 99 81 89 99 94 55 57 68 72 43 49
Pwind Dir SE SE SE S S N N N
Wind Char <15 <15 15> 15> <15 <15 15> <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10 5 5 5
$$
TXZ234-282100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date Thu 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 78 55 78 62 79
Temp 61 76 78 73 61 59 57 56 69 76 78 73 67 65 64 63 72 78 79 75
Dewpt 53 53 50 56 57 57 56 56 59 57 56 58 60 61 62 62 64 64 63 63
Min/Max RH 37 100 47 99 58
RH 75 45 37 55 87 93 96100 70 52 47 59 79 86 94 97 76 62 59 66
Wind Dir NE S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE S S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 2 4 6 11 8 8 8 6 13 17 17 14 11 10 10 9 10 12 13 12
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6700 500 400 4400 4400 1300 500 4400 4600
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 11 13 12 20 24 16 12 16 17
Date Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 66 81 68 84 65 82 54 73
Temp 68 68 79 77 72 69 82 79 72 66 80 76 63 55 70 71
Dewpt 66 67 68 67 70 68 68 68 68 62 55 52 49 44 44 45
Max/Min RH 98 63 98 60 92 38 67 34
RH 95 95 68 71 93 96 62 69 87 87 42 43 60 67 40 40
Pwind Dir SE S SE S SE N N N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10 5 5 5
$$
TXZ241-282100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date Thu 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24
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 84 58 83 62 85
Temp 65 80 83 76 64 61 59 59 71 80 82 76 68 67 65 63 73 82 84 78
Dewpt 53 52 45 54 58 58 58 57 60 59 59 60 62 62 62 62 64 64 64 64
Min/Max RH 26 95 45 99 50
RH 68 39 26 46 81 90 95 95 68 48 46 58 80 86 91 98 75 55 50 62
Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 8 8 14 12 10 10 9 16 17 18 17 13 12 11 8 11 12 13 16
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 7300 800 700 4700 4800 2100 1000 4600 4400
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE S S SE
T Wind Spd 13 18 16 25 26 20 16 17 18
Date Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24
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 66 90 68 98 68 89 56 78
Temp 69 67 85 83 72 69 92 91 75 69 86 83 66 56 73 74
Dewpt 66 67 68 66 69 68 67 66 67 61 50 47 47 44 41 41
Max/Min RH 100 47 99 33 84 23 65 25
RH 92100 58 58 92 98 45 43 77 76 29 29 50 64 32 30
Pwind Dir SE SE SE S SE N N N
Wind Char <15 <15 15> <15 <15 15> <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10 0 5 5
$$
TXZ229-282100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
958 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date Thu 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 86 58 88 63 91
Temp 65 79 84 83 71 63 61 59 68 81 87 86 74 69 66 64 71 83 90 88
Dewpt 51 52 43 44 49 53 55 55 57 56 55 56 59 60 60 61 62 62 60 60
Min/Max RH 22 87 33 91 36
RH 59 39 24 25 46 70 81 87 68 42 33 37 59 73 80 91 73 50 37 39
Wind Dir S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 6 8 10 17 16 16 12 16 14 14 14 17 12 11 6 9 8 10 14
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 8200 700 900 4800 5500 2800 1700 3800 4900
T Wind Dir S SE SE S SE SE S S SE
T Wind Spd 12 19 18 24 23 20 13 13 16
Date Sun 03/31/24Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 66 96 69 101 65 89 55 80
Temp 71 67 87 93 75 70 92 98 78 66 84 85 66 55 74 78
Dewpt 63 65 65 61 66 67 64 51 57 47 39 36 40 40 36 35
Max/Min RH 95 32 92 20 55 16 56 19
RH 76 94 49 34 74 91 40 21 48 50 20 17 38 56 25 21
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE NE N N N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10 5 5 5
$$
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