Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 032003
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
303 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024
TXZ245-040900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
303 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024
Date 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon
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 72 84 73
Temp 83 78 75 74 74 73 80 84 84 79 75 74 74 73 80 83 83 80 75 75 74 73
Dewpt 74 74 74 73 73 73 75 74 74 74 74 74 74 73 75 74 74 74 75 74 74 73
Max/Min RH 99 71 100 74 100
RH 74 86 97 95 97 99 85 72 73 85 97 99 99100 85 76 75 84100 99100100
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 12 14 12 10 6 5 8 11 11 11 8 8 8 8 8 11 11 10 8 8 6 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 20 20 20 20 10
QPF 12HR 0.07 0 0 0.09 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4
Mixing Hgt 1200 900 2400 2700 1500 1700 2800 2800 1600 1300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 19 14 17 19 20 19 18 20 19 17
Date 05/06Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24
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 73 87 74 88 74 90 73 88
Temp 84 81 75 74 86 82 75 74 87 82 76 75 88 84 76 73 87 82
Dewpt 74 74 75 74 75 74 75 74 76 75 76 75 76 75 76 72 73 72
Min/Max RH 71 100 67 100 68 100 64 100 60
RH 72 81100100 71 78100100 72 79 99100 69 75 99 99 64 72
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE S S SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
$$
TXZ231-040900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
303 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024
Date 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 71 90 71 88 73
Temp 87 83 75 74 73 71 78 86 89 84 76 74 73 72 78 85 87 83 76 74 74 73
Dewpt 74 72 72 72 72 71 73 71 69 69 72 73 72 72 72 70 70 71 72 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 100 51 100 56 100
RH 64 70 90 93 97100 85 61 53 61 87 97 97100 82 61 56 66 87 97 97100
Wind Dir SE E E SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 10 11 10 10 6 5 9 11 12 14 12 11 11 8 11 12 12 13 11 9 9 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 40 5
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0.01 0.05 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1400 1000 3900 4200 2000 1500 4100 4900 2400 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 17 11 16 20 21 17 17 20 18 13
Date 05/06Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 91 72 96 72 101 73 101 72 93
Temp 87 87 74 73 91 91 75 73 95 96 77 73 96 96 77 72 90 87
Dewpt 71 71 74 72 72 72 73 72 72 70 73 72 71 69 72 69 67 65
Min/Max RH 52 100 44 97 37 97 36 92 41
RH 59 59 99 97 54 54 94 97 47 43 87 97 44 42 85 89 47 48
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE SE E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
$$
TXZ247-040900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
303 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024
Date 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon
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 82 75
Temp 81 78 76 76 75 75 79 81 81 78 76 76 75 75 78 81 80 78 76 76 76 75
Dewpt 75 75 74 74 74 74 74 75 74 75 74 74 74 74 74 75 74 75 75 75 74 74
Max/Min RH 100 77 99 81 99
RH 82 91 96 96 97 97 85 81 79 89 94 96 99 97 88 83 82 90 99 97 96 99
Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 16 18 16 13 11 8 9 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 9 11 11 11 10 9 9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 20 20 20 20 10
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0.04 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 1400 2000 2000 1800 1700 2300 2200 1500 1600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 21 17 18 19 23 23 19 20 20 18
Date 05/06Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24
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 75 83 75 84 77 85 76 84
Temp 81 79 76 75 81 80 77 76 82 80 77 77 83 81 77 76 83 80
Dewpt 75 75 76 75 76 76 76 75 76 76 76 75 77 76 76 74 74 73
Min/Max RH 81 100 77 100 77 99 75 99 70
RH 81 88 99100 84 88 97 99 83 88 97 96 81 84 99 96 74 79
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
$$
TXZ234-040900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
303 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024
Date 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 72 86 72 84 73
Temp 81 78 75 74 74 73 79 84 86 81 76 76 74 73 79 82 83 81 75 75 74 73
Dewpt 75 73 73 73 73 73 74 74 73 72 74 74 73 73 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 73
Max/Min RH 100 65 100 74 100
RH 82 85 94 97 97100 85 72 65 74 94 94 97100 85 77 74 79 97 97100100
Wind Dir SE E SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 18 13 10 8 5 6 10 12 14 13 11 11 11 9 11 13 14 13 10 10 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 30 10 30 30 10
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0.04 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4
Mixing Hgt 1000 800 3200 3600 1100 900 2800 4100 1500 700
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 11 14 20 17 13 14 20 13 12
Date 05/06Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 86 74 89 74 90 75 94 73 88
Temp 84 82 76 75 86 84 77 75 88 85 77 75 91 88 76 73 88 82
Dewpt 74 74 75 74 75 74 75 75 75 75 76 75 76 75 75 71 71 69
Min/Max RH 67 99 64 100 61 100 56 97 56
RH 72 77 97 97 70 72 94100 66 72 97100 62 66 97 93 57 65
Pwind Dir SE SE S SE S SE SE E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
$$
TXZ241-040900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
303 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024
Date 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon
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 90 74 89 75
Temp 87 83 77 76 75 74 80 87 89 83 77 76 76 74 80 86 87 83 77 77 76 75
Dewpt 75 75 74 74 74 74 74 73 72 72 74 75 74 73 74 73 72 74 75 75 74 74
Max/Min RH 99 57 99 62 99
RH 68 77 92 96 97 99 84 63 57 71 90 96 96 97 81 65 62 73 94 94 94 99
Wind Dir E E E SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 11 11 10 6 6 10 12 14 14 11 11 11 10 12 14 14 14 11 10 8 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 20 20 20 30 5
QPF 12HR 0.06 0 0 0.04 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
LAL 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1200 3600 3700 1700 1500 3900 3800 2000 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 12 17 20 21 18 19 20 17 16
Date 05/06Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24
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 92 74 97 75 100 75 101 74 94
Temp 88 87 77 74 92 90 77 75 96 95 79 75 97 96 79 74 91 87
Dewpt 73 74 75 74 74 74 75 74 74 73 74 73 72 72 74 72 70 69
Min/Max RH 57 100 49 98 41 96 37 95 47
RH 62 65 96100 56 61 94 96 50 50 85 94 45 47 85 93 51 55
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE SE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
$$
TXZ229-040900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
303 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024
Date 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 94 75 89 76
Temp 93 88 80 77 77 77 79 86 92 91 81 78 77 75 78 83 88 87 80 78 77 76
Dewpt 72 72 74 72 73 72 73 72 71 70 72 72 72 72 72 72 71 70 72 72 73 72
Max/Min RH 90 47 90 55 88
RH 51 59 82 85 87 85 82 63 51 50 74 82 85 90 82 70 57 57 77 82 87 87
Wind Dir E E E E E E SE SE SE E SE E E E SE SE SE E E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 14 12 12 10 6 8 8 8 11 14 16 12 12 10 11 11 9 11 12 11 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 40 10 40 40 5
QPF 12HR 0.14 0 0.06 0.18 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1700 1300 3900 5400 1600 1400 3500 4800 2200 1700
T Wind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 19 13 14 18 21 16 17 17 19 13
Date 05/06Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 74 100 77 104 77 104 75 95
Temp 87 93 79 74 91 99 82 77 96101 83 77 97101 82 75 90 91
Dewpt 73 71 73 72 73 69 72 72 71 62 71 71 68 61 68 67 66 64
Min/Max RH 47 95 37 85 27 83 25 76 37
RH 63 49 82 93 56 38 72 85 45 28 67 82 39 27 63 76 45 41
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE S E NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 SC FW SC SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
$$
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