Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 291853
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
153 PM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024
TXZ245-300900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
153 PM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024
Date 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun 03/31/24 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 63 79 65 80 67
Temp 77 72 66 65 65 63 72 78 77 73 67 67 67 67 72 78 79 74 69 68 69 67
Dewpt 60 61 62 62 63 63 66 65 65 64 65 66 67 66 70 69 68 67 69 68 69 67
Max/Min RH 99 63 99 69 100
RH 57 68 86 90 92 99 80 66 67 73 93 95 99 97 92 74 69 80100 99100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 14 12 10 9 10 8 9 12 13 11 6 8 8 8 9 11 11 11 9 11 14 16
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3800 600 700 3300 3300 1300 1000 2600 2500 1200 900
T Wind Dir SE S S S S SE S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 25 19 19 19 19 16 14 19 20 18 19
Date 04/01Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24Fri 04/05/24
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 81 65 83 54 74 55 75 58 77
Temp 79 76 68 65 80 77 62 54 71 71 57 56 73 70 61 59 76 72
Dewpt 69 68 68 63 53 52 46 42 42 44 47 48 51 53 56 57 59 59
Min/Max RH 64 100 34 65 32 76 43 93 53
RH 72 77100 92 40 43 57 64 35 39 69 75 46 56 83 92 56 65
Pwind Dir S SE N N N NE E E SE
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 10 5 0 5 10 10 10 5
$$
TXZ231-300900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
153 PM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024
Date 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun 03/31/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 61 83 64 89 67
Temp 81 76 67 64 63 61 70 79 82 78 68 67 66 66 72 82 88 83 71 69 69 67
Dewpt 57 57 60 61 61 61 64 63 63 62 63 64 65 66 67 67 66 66 67 68 68 67
Max/Min RH 100 52 100 48 100
RH 43 52 78 90 93100 81 58 53 59 84 90 97100 84 60 48 57 87 95 97100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 17 16 16 11 11 6 10 11 11 14 11 11 10 8 11 11 11 14 16 16 13 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4900 1000 800 3500 3900 1200 1000 3000 3600 1600 1300
T Wind Dir SE SE S S SE SE S S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 26 21 17 17 18 18 13 14 17 20 17
Date 04/01Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24Fri 04/05/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 65 84 53 75 50 78 53 81
Temp 89 90 72 65 81 79 62 53 71 73 56 51 75 74 58 54 78 77
Dewpt 66 63 62 52 42 41 42 38 35 36 41 41 44 45 53 53 54 54
Min/Max RH 34 72 22 58 22 70 29 99 38
RH 48 42 71 63 25 26 48 57 27 26 57 68 33 36 82 96 43 45
Pwind Dir S NE N N N E E E SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 10 0 0 0 5 10 5 5
$$
TXZ247-300900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
153 PM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024
Date 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun 03/31/24 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 66 74 67 75 68
Temp 73 70 67 67 67 67 71 74 74 71 68 68 68 68 72 74 75 71 69 69 69 68
Dewpt 62 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 65 66 66 67 67 67 68 69 68 68 69 69 69 68
Max/Min RH 93 74 99 79 100
RH 68 76 87 87 90 92 82 75 75 83 93 99 97 99 87 83 79 90 99100100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 14 12 11 11 12 8 9 11 12 11 8 8 8 8 9 11 11 11 10 11 14 16
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC SC FW B1 SC FW SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW SC SC FW B1 SC FW SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2400 900 900 1400 1400 1000 1000 1400 1400 1200 1000
T Wind Dir SE S S S SE SE S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 24 23 23 18 18 17 16 17 20 20 21
Date 04/01Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24Fri 04/05/24
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 77 66 79 57 72 60 72 62 74
Temp 75 73 69 67 76 74 65 57 69 68 63 61 71 68 65 63 73 70
Dewpt 68 68 68 65 57 56 50 45 45 47 50 51 52 55 57 58 60 61
Min/Max RH 74 99 46 66 38 71 51 86 62
RH 80 86 97 93 51 52 58 65 42 47 64 70 52 63 77 86 65 73
Pwind Dir S SE N N N NE E E E
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 10 5 0 5 10 10 10 5
$$
TXZ234-300900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
153 PM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024
Date 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun 03/31/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 62 79 65 81 69
Temp 77 73 66 65 64 64 72 78 78 75 69 69 68 68 74 80 80 76 71 71 71 70
Dewpt 59 59 61 62 62 62 65 65 65 64 65 67 67 67 70 69 69 67 69 70 70 69
Max/Min RH 100 62 97 68 98
RH 54 62 84 90 93 93 79 64 64 69 87 93 97 97 87 69 69 74 93 97 97 97
Wind Dir S SE SE S S S S S S SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 18 14 9 10 9 8 10 11 14 12 8 9 10 10 11 14 16 14 14 16 14 16
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC SC SC B2 SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
Clouds(%) FW SC SC SC B2 SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4400 800 600 3700 4000 1100 800 3300 3200 1400 1200
T Wind Dir S S S S S SE S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 25 16 13 18 18 13 12 17 20 19 19
Date 04/01Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24Fri 04/05/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 85 66 81 53 73 50 75 54 78
Temp 82 79 72 66 78 76 62 53 70 71 57 51 73 70 59 55 75 73
Dewpt 70 68 68 58 50 49 43 40 39 42 45 44 47 50 55 54 56 57
Min/Max RH 61 89 35 62 30 78 37 99 47
RH 67 69 87 75 37 39 50 61 32 35 64 77 40 49 87 96 52 57
Pwind Dir S S N N N NE E E SE
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 10 5 0 5 5 10 10 5
$$
TXZ241-300900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
153 PM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024
Date 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun 03/31/24 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 63 84 66 91 69
Temp 82 77 68 66 65 64 73 81 82 78 70 69 68 68 75 85 90 82 73 72 71 70
Dewpt 59 60 62 62 62 62 65 65 65 65 65 67 67 67 70 69 67 67 69 70 70 69
Max/Min RH 97 54 98 48 100
RH 47 57 80 87 90 95 78 58 56 65 86 92 97 97 85 59 48 61 89 95 95 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE S SE SE SE SE SE S SE S S SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 19 18 14 11 11 8 11 11 14 16 11 11 10 8 11 13 13 17 14 14 16 14
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC FW B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) SC SC SC FW B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4800 1100 1100 3800 3900 1300 1200 3200 3900 1500 1200
T Wind Dir SE SE S S SE SE S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 26 21 18 17 19 18 13 16 18 20 20
Date 04/01Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24Fri 04/05/24
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 97 67 86 55 76 52 79 56 82
Temp 91 90 74 68 83 81 65 55 73 73 58 53 77 74 60 56 79 77
Dewpt 68 65 67 57 44 43 43 40 38 39 44 44 47 49 56 56 57 57
Min/Max RH 35 78 22 59 24 72 33 100 41
RH 48 44 78 68 26 27 45 58 28 29 61 71 36 42 87100 46 51
Pwind Dir S E N N N E E E SE
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 10 0 0 5 10 10 10 5
$$
TXZ229-300900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
153 PM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024
Date 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun 03/31/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 64 88 66 95 69
Temp 86 85 74 69 67 66 71 81 88 86 76 70 68 68 75 86 94 92 81 75 71 70
Dewpt 54 56 59 60 61 62 63 63 62 61 64 64 64 65 66 66 63 62 66 67 66 67
Max/Min RH 87 40 91 34 90
RH 34 37 59 73 81 87 76 54 42 43 66 81 87 90 74 51 36 37 60 76 84 90
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 14 14 16 13 11 8 9 8 10 12 14 11 11 8 9 9 11 13 17 13 11 10
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 5400 700 1300 3400 4200 1300 1200 3400 4700 1700 1000
T Wind Dir SE SE S S SE SE S S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 23 19 14 13 14 18 12 13 16 19 13
Date 04/01Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24Fri 04/05/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 98 65 87 54 79 52 82 57 87
Temp 90 95 76 65 83 84 65 55 74 77 60 54 77 80 63 57 81 83
Dewpt 63 52 52 40 36 33 38 37 32 31 37 39 39 39 50 53 52 49
Min/Max RH 23 47 15 52 17 57 20 87 28
RH 41 23 43 40 19 16 37 51 21 18 42 57 25 23 62 86 37 31
Pwind Dir S N N N N E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 10 0 5 0 5 5 5 0
$$
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