Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 090823
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
323 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024
TXZ245-092100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
323 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024
Date Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24
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 89 73 90 74 84
Temp 78 77 83 88 87 82 77 76 75 73 82 89 88 82 77 77 75 74 81 84 84 80
Dewpt 76 76 78 77 77 76 77 76 75 73 75 75 75 73 72 70 69 67 68 68 68 68
Min/Max RH 69 100 62 85 59
RH 96 99 87 70 73 82 99100100100 79 63 66 74 85 81 81 78 66 60 60 68
Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE E NE NE NE NE E E E NE NE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 6 4 5 8 8 6 4 4 4 6 8 11 10 10 6 5 6 6 8 11 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H H PF H PF H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Mixing Hgt 2100 2200 1300 1100 2900 2700 1300 1000 3300 3300
T Wind Dir S SE E NE NE E E NE E E
T Wind Spd 11 10 10 10 18 18 13 13 19 18
Date Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24
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 74 85 75 87 74 89 75 90
Temp 75 75 84 81 77 76 85 82 76 75 88 85 76 75 89 85
Dewpt 70 72 74 73 75 74 75 74 74 74 75 74 76 74 75 75
Max/Min RH 91 70 96 70 98 62 99 62
RH 86 90 73 78 94 96 72 77 92 97 66 71 99 97 65 72
Pwind Dir E SE SE S SE S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 40 30 50 20 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ231-092100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
323 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024
Date Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 101 73 93 70 86
Temp 77 76 84 94100 98 82 77 75 73 81 90 93 89 77 74 71 71 76 83 85 81
Dewpt 75 75 76 75 72 69 74 74 73 71 71 70 69 69 69 68 64 62 63 63 64 65
Min/Max RH 38 97 47 83 49
RH 96 99 77 54 41 39 77 90 96 93 72 53 47 52 78 82 79 75 64 51 50 57
Wind Dir SE E SE SW N E E E NE NE NE NE E E E NE NE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 6 5 6 4 6 6 9 8 6 9 11 12 11 11 9 8 8 8 11 11 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC FW CL CL B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 SC FW CL CL B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 10 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.01 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
Obvis H H PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3500 5200 1100 1300 3900 5400 2900 1400 4400 5100
T Wind Dir S NW E E NE E E NE E E
T Wind Spd 8 8 12 12 20 18 14 13 19 18
Date Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 69 86 71 92 69 95 70 95
Temp 72 71 84 83 74 73 87 88 73 70 91 91 75 71 91 90
Dewpt 67 69 70 71 73 72 72 70 71 70 70 69 71 71 72 70
Max/Min RH 95 59 100 50 100 42 100 44
RH 86 93 63 67 97 97 60 55 93100 51 48 87100 53 52
Pwind Dir E SE SE S SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 20 40 30 40 10 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ247-092100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
323 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024
Date Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24
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 76 84 74 81
Temp 78 77 82 84 84 80 78 77 77 76 80 84 83 80 77 76 76 74 79 80 81 78
Dewpt 77 77 78 77 78 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 75 74 73 71 71 69 69 70 70 70
Min/Max RH 80 100 74 87 69
RH 97 99 88 80 83 90 96 97 97100 87 77 76 82 86 85 85 84 73 71 70 75
Wind Dir S SE SE SE SE SE SE E E NE NE NE E E E NE NE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 8 6 8 8 9 8 6 6 5 8 11 11 11 11 9 8 8 9 11 11 11 13
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H H PF PF H PF H PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1600 1600 800 1200 1700 1500 1300 1600 2600 2600
T Wind Dir S SE E NE NE E E NE E E
T Wind Spd 13 11 11 11 19 19 18 17 21 19
Date Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24
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 74 82 75 84 75 86 76 85
Temp 75 75 81 79 77 77 83 79 77 76 85 81 78 76 85 81
Dewpt 71 73 74 75 75 76 76 75 74 75 75 76 76 75 76 76
Max/Min RH 95 78 98 77 99 72 99 74
RH 88 94 80 87 96 97 80 88 91 99 72 85 96 97 75 85
Pwind Dir E SE SE S SE S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 40 30 50 20 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ234-092100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
323 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024
Date Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 92 72 90 70 84
Temp 78 77 83 88 92 88 78 76 74 74 80 87 90 86 77 74 71 70 76 82 83 80
Dewpt 76 76 78 78 78 76 76 75 73 72 73 73 73 71 68 66 64 62 65 65 65 65
Min/Max RH 64 100 57 79 54
RH 94 97 85 72 64 68 94 97 97 93 79 63 58 61 74 76 79 76 69 56 55 60
Wind Dir S SE SE SE E SE E E N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 8 5 6 6 8 9 6 6 6 8 11 11 11 11 9 9 10 9 10 10 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV B2 B1 B1 CL B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 OV B2 B1 B1 CL B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01
Obvis PF H H PF H H PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2700 3400 700 700 3300 4800 1700 600 4000 4700
T Wind Dir SE E E NE NE NE NE NE E E
T Wind Spd 9 10 9 9 17 18 12 14 16 14
Date Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 69 82 71 86 69 90 71 90
Temp 73 71 80 79 74 73 83 82 72 70 87 87 75 72 88 86
Dewpt 67 68 73 73 73 73 74 73 72 70 74 73 73 72 75 74
Max/Min RH 90 77 100 70 100 58 100 60
RH 81 90 79 82 97100 74 74100100 65 63 94100 66 68
Pwind Dir E SE SE S SE S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 50 30 60 20 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS SC NM IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ241-092100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
323 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024
Date Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24
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 102 75 92 72 85
Temp 78 76 84 94100 96 82 78 77 76 82 89 91 86 77 76 73 72 78 82 84 81
Dewpt 76 76 77 76 73 74 76 76 75 74 75 74 73 73 74 71 69 67 68 68 69 70
Min/Max RH 42 99 57 91 60
RH 94100 80 57 43 49 82 96 96 96 80 61 57 65 89 86 87 84 72 63 61 70
Wind Dir SE SE SE W N E E E NE NE NE E E E E NE NE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 6 5 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 9 11 13 13 11 8 8 6 8 11 12 13 12
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 10 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.01 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
Obvis H H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3000 4400 1200 1000 3500 4000 2000 1000 3600 4100
T Wind Dir S N E NE E E E NE E E
T Wind Spd 9 10 12 12 20 18 14 11 20 18
Heat Y Y
Date Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24
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 72 87 73 94 71 97 72 96
Temp 74 74 85 83 77 74 88 89 75 72 92 91 76 73 93 90
Dewpt 72 72 73 74 75 74 73 73 72 72 72 71 73 72 73 73
Max/Min RH 94 63 100 51 100 44 100 47
RH 92 93 67 73 94 99 62 60 92100 53 53 92 99 53 58
Pwind Dir E SE SE S SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 40 20 40 10 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ229-092100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
323 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024
Date Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 104 76 92 74 87
Temp 78 77 84 94102102 89 82 79 77 81 88 92 90 83 78 76 74 77 83 86 84
Dewpt 75 75 76 74 67 62 68 71 73 71 70 69 69 67 68 66 64 62 62 63 64 64
Min/Max RH 27 85 46 67 48
RH 91 94 77 53 32 27 50 69 82 82 69 54 47 47 61 67 66 66 60 51 48 51
Wind Dir SE E SE NW NW N E E NE NE NE NE NE NE E E NE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 11 6 4 6 8 6 9 10 11 13 14 11 11 12 13 11 11 11 12 11 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW B1 B1 FW CL CL CL FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW B1 B1 FW CL CL CL FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 10 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.04 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
Obvis H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Haines 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3800 6300 800 1400 3700 5300 3200 1700 5200 5700
T Wind Dir S NW E E NE E NE NE E E
T Wind Spd 6 9 13 16 20 16 19 16 18 16
Date Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 72 89 73 94 71 98 73 99
Temp 75 73 83 87 77 74 86 93 77 71 91 96 80 73 92 97
Dewpt 66 68 70 70 72 72 72 65 69 68 68 63 69 69 70 66
Max/Min RH 85 54 93 39 92 31 88 35
RH 74 84 65 57 85 93 63 40 76 90 47 34 69 87 49 36
Pwind Dir E SE E S E SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 30 30 30 30 5 5 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS SC SC
$$
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