Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 121854
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
153 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
TXZ245-130900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
153 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 Sat
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 78 93 77 94 77
Temp 90 88 82 81 79 79 87 90 92 88 82 81 79 78 89 93 94 88 82 81 79 78
Dewpt 76 75 75 75 75 75 77 76 76 76 76 76 75 76 76 74 74 74 75 75 74 74
Max/Min RH 93 60 94 52 89
RH 64 66 79 84 88 88 73 64 61 67 81 84 87 94 67 55 53 63 78 81 84 88
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 6 6 5 3 2 2 3 6 8 6 4 3 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS
LAL 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Mixing Hgt 3100 900 800 3500 3400 1900 900 4600 4500 2200 800
T Wind Dir E E SE E E SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 11 6 6 12 11 6 9 13 12 9
Date 06/15Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24
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 94 78 93 78 92 79 92 78 91
Temp 92 88 82 79 91 88 82 79 91 87 82 79 90 88 82 79 89 87
Dewpt 74 75 76 77 78 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 79 78 79 78 79 78
Min/Max RH 56 93 61 95 65 96 67 99 71
RH 57 66 82 93 66 70 87 94 67 74 88 96 71 74 90 99 74 75
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 10 40 20 50 20 50 30 60
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC IS IS SC SC IS SC NM NM
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC
$$
TXZ231-130900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
153 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 98 74 98 71
Temp 93 90 83 79 77 75 84 92 96 93 83 79 76 74 84 94 98 94 84 78 74 72
Dewpt 73 73 75 75 75 75 76 72 71 71 73 75 74 73 74 70 69 69 71 73 73 72
Max/Min RH 100 43 97 39 100
RH 52 58 77 88 94100 77 52 44 49 72 88 94 97 72 46 39 44 66 85 97100
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 6 8 5 3 2 2 2 4 6 9 6 2 2 1 2 5 8 10 6 2 2 1
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.02 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Mixing Hgt 5400 2500 800 5600 6400 3300 800 6700 7600 4700 800
T Wind Dir E SE SE E E SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 13 6 5 11 16 6 8 12 16 8
Date 06/15Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 100 74 100 76 98 76 99 77 94
Temp 95 94 79 75 95 94 80 76 94 92 80 77 95 92 80 77 91 88
Dewpt 69 68 74 74 72 72 76 75 73 73 76 76 74 74 76 76 76 76
Min/Max RH 37 99 43 98 47 99 46 97 58
RH 43 43 85 97 48 49 87 97 52 55 88 97 52 56 88 97 62 68
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 5 20 5 20 10 40
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ247-130900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
153 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 Sat
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 81 91 81 91 82
Temp 89 86 84 83 82 82 86 88 90 88 84 84 83 82 86 89 90 88 84 84 83 82
Dewpt 76 76 75 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 84 63 82 61 80
RH 67 71 76 78 83 81 74 68 64 69 79 77 80 82 72 64 61 65 74 76 77 79
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 8 6 5 5 3 3 5 8 9 6 6 3 2 4 6 9 9 8 5 5 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.03 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 2500 1500 1500 2800 2800 2200 2100 3500 3400 2400 2800
T Wind Dir E E SE E E SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 11 9 6 13 13 9 9 13 13 11
Date 06/15Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24
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 82 91 81 90 81 90 81 90
Temp 89 88 84 82 90 87 83 82 89 86 84 83 89 87 84 82 89 86
Dewpt 76 76 77 77 78 77 77 78 78 78 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79
Min/Max RH 62 87 68 87 71 91 71 91 73
RH 65 67 80 87 69 74 82 87 72 78 85 88 73 78 85 91 74 79
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 10 40 30 50 30 50 30 60
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC NM NM
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
$$
TXZ234-130900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
153 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 92 74 95 71
Temp 86 89 80 77 76 74 84 89 90 90 81 78 76 74 84 90 94 91 81 77 74 72
Dewpt 76 75 75 75 74 74 76 74 74 74 75 75 74 74 76 73 73 72 73 73 73 72
Max/Min RH 100 60 100 50 100
RH 72 64 85 94 94100 77 61 60 60 82 91 94100 77 58 51 54 77 87 97100
Wind Dir E E SE E NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE NE E E SE SE SE SE E NE
Wind Spd 6 6 4 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 4 2 1 2 2 5 8 9 5 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW CL FW CL CL FW
Clouds(%) B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW CL FW CL CL FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.04 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS
LAL 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 4000 600 400 4700 4900 1400 400 6000 6400 2900 400
T Wind Dir E SE E E E SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 8 8 4 4 9 10 4 6 11 10 5
Date 06/15Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 75 93 75 92 76 91 77 90
Temp 92 90 79 75 90 88 80 76 89 87 79 77 88 88 80 78 87 86
Dewpt 72 73 74 75 77 76 76 76 78 77 77 77 79 77 77 77 79 78
Min/Max RH 49 100 62 100 66 100 67 97 73
RH 52 58 85100 66 68 88100 70 72 94100 75 70 91 97 77 77
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 0 30 10 40 10 40 20 50
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC
$$
TXZ241-130900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
153 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 Sat
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 77 96 75 97 74
Temp 94 90 83 80 78 77 86 92 94 92 82 79 77 75 86 93 96 92 82 78 76 74
Dewpt 75 75 75 76 76 75 76 73 73 73 75 75 75 74 75 73 71 71 73 74 74 73
Max/Min RH 96 50 97 44 99
RH 54 62 77 88 93 96 73 54 51 55 78 88 94 97 70 52 44 52 74 87 92 97
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 10 5 3 2 2 2 5 9 11 6 2 2 1 2 6 10 11 6 2 2 1
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW CL FW SC FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW CL FW SC FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 20 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.05 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 5800 2300 700 5100 5800 2600 800 5700 7000 3500 800
T Wind Dir E SE SE E E SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 12 6 5 12 13 5 9 13 13 8
Date 06/15Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24
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 76 97 77 96 78 97 78 93
Temp 94 92 79 76 94 92 81 77 93 90 81 78 93 91 81 78 89 87
Dewpt 71 71 75 75 74 74 76 76 75 75 77 77 75 76 77 77 78 77
Min/Max RH 43 99 49 96 54 97 53 96 67
RH 48 51 87 99 53 56 85 96 57 63 87 96 57 62 87 96 71 74
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 0 20 5 30 10 30 20 50
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ229-130900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
153 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
Date 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 79 101 77 101 76
Temp 98 97 88 84 81 79 86 94 99 98 90 84 79 77 86 95101 99 89 83 78 76
Dewpt 69 68 72 73 74 74 74 70 68 67 71 72 73 73 72 68 64 64 68 70 71 72
Max/Min RH 85 34 87 29 88
RH 39 39 59 70 79 85 68 46 37 37 54 67 82 87 63 42 30 32 50 65 79 87
Wind Dir E E E SE SE E SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 9 8 6 4 3 4 5 6 9 8 8 4 3 4 5 8 10 10 8 5 3
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW CL FW CL CL FW
Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW CL FW CL CL FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 5700 1900 1000 6800 7600 3300 900 7700 8800 5600 1100
T Wind Dir E E SE SE E SE SE SE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 16 9 8 11 17 9 9 12 18 11
Date 06/15Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24Wed 06/19/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 103 77 103 78 101 79 102 79 99
Temp 95100 82 77 95 98 83 78 96 96 83 79 96 98 84 79 93 93
Dewpt 66 63 72 73 68 67 73 74 71 70 74 75 71 70 74 75 73 72
Min/Max RH 27 89 30 88 37 88 37 88 45
RH 39 30 72 87 42 37 72 88 45 43 74 88 45 41 72 88 52 51
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 5 0 10 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS
$$
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