Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 141623
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1123 AM CDT Fri Jun 14 2024
TXZ245-142100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1123 AM CDT Fri Jun 14 2024
Date Fri 06/14/24 Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24
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 95 81 94 80 94
Temp 93 94 90 85 85 82 81 91 93 93 89 83 82 82 81 90 93 93 88
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 75 76 76 75 76 77 77 77 78
Min/Max RH 54 84 57 85 59
RH 58 56 64 76 76 81 84 63 58 58 64 80 82 81 84 66 59 61 72
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE E E SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 8 8 5 3 2 2 3 6 8 8 5 4 3 2 5 8 9 9
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 10 40
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0.05 0 0.03
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
Haines 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3600 1000 800 3900 3700 2900 1100 4600 4500
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 12 13 8 9 14 16 11 10 16
Date Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24
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 78 93 81 93 79 90 78 90
Temp 82 79 90 89 83 81 91 88 83 80 89 86 81 79 89 87
Dewpt 77 77 78 78 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 78 77 77 79 78
Max/Min RH 93 64 87 64 90 71 94 71
RH 85 93 67 70 84 87 66 71 82 90 71 78 88 94 73 75
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 30 70 30 50 40 70 60 70
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC IS SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC NM NM NM
Tstms SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ231-142100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1123 AM CDT Fri Jun 14 2024
Date Fri 06/14/24 Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 99 75 99 73 100
Temp 95 98 94 84 80 76 75 85 94 98 94 83 79 76 74 85 95 99 94
Dewpt 72 71 71 73 75 75 74 75 72 71 69 73 74 74 74 75 72 70 71
Min/Max RH 42 97 41 100 39
RH 49 42 47 70 85 97 97 72 49 42 44 72 85 94100 72 48 39 47
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 6 11 8 4 2 1 2 6 10 11 8 4 2 2 4 8 11 12
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 0 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 7600 3200 1000 5000 6200 4200 1200 7500 8000
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 16 8 6 13 18 9 11 14
Date Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 75 98 76 98 76 91 75 89
Temp 80 76 94 92 80 76 93 89 80 76 87 85 78 75 86 85
Dewpt 76 75 74 73 76 75 73 73 75 74 76 76 76 74 77 76
Max/Min RH 98 47 96 47 94 65 97 67
RH 88 97 53 53 88 96 52 59 85 94 69 75 93 97 74 75
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 30 10 30 20 50 40 60
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC NM
Tstms SC SC IS SC IS IS SC SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ247-142100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1123 AM CDT Fri Jun 14 2024
Date Fri 06/14/24 Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24
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 91 83 91 83 91
Temp 90 90 87 85 84 83 83 87 88 91 88 85 85 84 84 88 90 91 88
Dewpt 76 77 76 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 77 76 77 77 77 78 78
Min/Max RH 63 81 63 81 65
RH 64 65 70 77 79 80 80 70 68 63 68 76 77 79 79 70 66 66 71
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE
Wind Spd 6 9 10 9 8 6 6 4 8 10 10 10 9 6 5 8 9 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 10 20 40
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0.06 0 0.04
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2800 1800 1700 3300 3200 3200 3000 3500 3500
T Wind Dir E E SE E E SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 13 14 9 9 14 18 14 11 16
Date Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24
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 81 90 82 90 80 89 81 89
Temp 84 82 88 86 85 84 89 86 83 82 88 85 83 81 88 86
Dewpt 77 78 78 78 78 78 79 77 77 78 79 78 78 78 80 78
Max/Min RH 88 69 84 70 90 74 90 73
RH 80 88 72 76 80 83 72 75 82 88 75 79 85 90 77 76
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15>
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 40 70 40 60 40 70 60 70
Rain Shwrs IS SC NM NM IS SC NM SC SC SC NM NM SC NM NM NM
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ234-142100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1123 AM CDT Fri Jun 14 2024
Date Fri 06/14/24 Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 95 74 95 73 94
Temp 92 94 90 82 79 76 74 86 92 94 89 81 78 76 74 85 91 93 89
Dewpt 75 74 75 76 75 75 74 76 74 73 73 74 74 74 74 77 76 75 75
Min/Max RH 53 100 51 100 56
RH 58 53 62 82 88 97100 72 56 51 59 79 88 94100 77 62 56 64
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE NE E SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 6 9 5 2 2 2 3 6 10 11 6 3 2 2 5 9 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 5 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6400 900 400 5700 5800 2400 500 5400 6100
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 10 5 6 13 12 8 10 14
Date Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 76 92 77 92 76 86 75 87
Temp 80 77 89 87 80 77 89 86 79 77 83 83 78 76 84 84
Dewpt 76 76 77 76 76 76 78 77 75 75 79 78 76 75 79 78
Max/Min RH 97 66 97 68 94 82 98 80
RH 88 97 68 70 88 97 70 75 88 94 88 85 94 97 85 82
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 60 20 50 30 60 40 60
Rain Shwrs NM SC IS SC SC IS SC SC NM SC SC NM NM
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ241-142100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1123 AM CDT Fri Jun 14 2024
Date Fri 06/14/24 Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24
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 97 76 97 75 98
Temp 93 96 93 84 80 78 76 86 93 96 92 82 79 78 76 87 94 97 92
Dewpt 74 73 73 75 75 75 75 76 74 72 72 75 75 75 75 75 73 73 74
Min/Max RH 44 97 46 99 46
RH 54 47 52 76 85 93 97 73 53 47 52 78 87 91 99 69 51 47 56
Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE E SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E
Wind Spd 5 9 11 6 3 2 2 4 6 11 11 8 4 2 2 5 9 12 12
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL
Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 5 5 20 5 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6500 2700 800 4700 6000 3300 800 6800 6700
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 13 6 9 13 14 9 10 17
Date Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24
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 77 96 78 95 76 90 77 88
Temp 80 77 92 90 80 78 92 88 81 77 86 84 79 77 85 84
Dewpt 77 76 75 75 76 76 75 76 76 75 77 77 76 76 78 77
Max/Min RH 97 55 94 54 94 71 97 73
RH 90 97 57 63 88 94 58 68 84 94 75 80 91 97 80 80
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E E NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 10 40 10 40 20 60 50 70
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS NM NM SC SC NM NM
Tstms SC SC IS SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ229-142100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1123 AM CDT Fri Jun 14 2024
Date Fri 06/14/24 Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 102 78 102 77 103
Temp 95100 99 90 84 80 78 86 95101 98 89 82 79 77 86 96102 99
Dewpt 69 66 65 70 72 73 74 73 68 66 65 69 72 73 73 72 67 64 65
Min/Max RH 30 88 32 89 29
RH 43 33 33 52 67 79 88 65 42 32 34 52 72 82 87 63 39 29 33
Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 6 10 10 8 5 3 5 6 8 11 11 9 6 4 6 8 9 12
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 6 6
Mixing Hgt 8200 1600 1000 6700 7500 5700 1700 7000 8800
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 18 11 9 11 21 11 12 13
Date Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24Thu 06/20/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 79 102 79 101 79 96 77 91
Temp 83 79 95 97 83 79 95 96 83 79 91 91 81 77 86 90
Dewpt 73 74 69 70 74 74 70 69 74 74 71 72 75 74 73 72
Max/Min RH 86 35 85 38 85 46 90 55
RH 72 85 43 42 74 85 45 42 74 85 52 54 82 90 65 56
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 20 5 30 30 50
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS SC IS SC
$$
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