Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 111809
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
108 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024
TXZ245-120900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
108 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024
Date 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri
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 92 76 93 77
Temp 91 88 82 81 79 79 86 90 91 87 82 81 78 77 86 91 92 88 82 80 79 77
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 75 76 77 76 76 75 76 75 75 75 76 75 74 74 76 75 74 75
Max/Min RH 92 61 94 56 92
RH 61 67 82 84 88 90 75 65 61 68 82 82 90 92 71 60 56 63 81 84 84 92
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 6 5 4 3 2 2 3 5 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 40 10 20 0
QPF 12HR 0.05 0.08 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3400 1000 900 3500 3400 2000 1000 4400 4200 2000 800
T Wind Dir E E SE E E E SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 12 9 8 11 12 6 8 13 12 8
Date 06/14Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24
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 77 93 79 94 78 94 79 92
Temp 92 89 80 78 91 89 81 80 92 89 82 79 92 89 82 80 91 87
Dewpt 74 73 74 74 74 74 76 76 77 77 78 78 78 78 79 78 80 79
Min/Max RH 52 89 55 90 60 96 61 96 68
RH 57 60 82 88 58 61 84 87 63 68 87 96 64 69 90 96 70 78
Pwind Dir E SE E SE E SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 10 20 20 30 30 40
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ231-120900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
108 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024
Date 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 97 74 97 73
Temp 98 95 83 79 77 76 84 93 95 91 83 78 76 74 85 93 97 93 83 78 75 74
Dewpt 69 71 74 75 75 74 75 73 72 73 74 74 74 74 74 71 70 70 71 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 94 47 100 41 98
RH 39 46 73 88 94 94 74 52 48 56 74 88 92100 71 48 41 47 67 85 94 95
Wind Dir E E SE E SE NE E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 5 8 6 4 2 2 2 5 6 8 4 2 2 1 2 4 6 8 5 2 2 1
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW B1 FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW CL FW
Clouds(%) FW FW B1 FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW CL FW
PoP 12HR 10 20 20 10 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 8100 3000 1300 5600 6000 2300 1000 6600 8300 4700 1100
T Wind Dir E SE SE E E SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 9 16 8 5 11 12 6 8 12 16 6
Date 06/14Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 99 73 100 75 100 76 100 76 98
Temp 95 94 78 73 95 94 79 75 96 94 80 76 95 94 81 77 95 92
Dewpt 69 67 72 72 69 68 73 74 72 71 76 75 74 73 76 76 75 76
Min/Max RH 38 97 37 98 42 97 43 98 49
RH 43 41 82 95 43 43 82 97 46 47 88 97 50 51 85 97 54 60
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 5 5 5 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ247-120900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
108 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024
Date 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri
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 80 89 80 90 81
Temp 89 87 84 83 82 81 85 87 88 86 84 83 82 81 86 88 90 87 84 83 82 82
Dewpt 76 76 77 76 76 76 77 76 77 75 76 75 75 75 75 76 75 75 76 76 75 75
Max/Min RH 87 67 82 62 81
RH 66 70 80 78 81 87 76 71 69 71 77 77 79 82 71 68 62 69 77 80 80 79
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 8 8 5 5 4 4 6 8 8 5 5 3 3 4 5 8 8 6 5 3 3
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 40 10 10 0
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.09 0 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2700 1700 2000 2500 2400 2100 2200 2800 2500 2100 2100
T Wind Dir E E SE E E E SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 14 11 9 12 12 10 8 13 13 11
Date 06/14Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24
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 90 82 90 82 91 81 91 81 90
Temp 89 87 83 83 89 87 84 83 89 88 84 82 89 87 84 82 89 87
Dewpt 75 75 75 75 76 76 77 77 78 78 78 78 79 79 79 79 80 80
Min/Max RH 61 79 63 85 67 90 70 91 74
RH 64 67 76 77 66 69 80 84 71 71 82 90 73 76 85 91 77 80
Pwind Dir E SE E SE E SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 10 20 20 30 30 40
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ234-120900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
108 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024
Date 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 91 73 93 73
Temp 92 90 81 78 76 75 83 87 90 87 81 77 75 73 84 89 92 90 81 78 75 73
Dewpt 74 74 76 75 75 74 76 75 75 75 75 74 74 73 75 74 74 73 73 74 73 73
Max/Min RH 100 62 100 55 100
RH 56 60 85 91 97 97 80 68 62 68 82 90 97100 74 61 56 58 77 88 94100
Wind Dir E SE SE E E NE NE E E SE SE SE E NE E E E SE SE SE SE NE
Wind Spd 6 8 4 3 2 2 3 5 6 6 4 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 4 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
Clouds(%) FW FW SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12HR 20 40 20 20 0
QPF 12HR 0.03 0.10 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS
LAL 2 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 5100 800 800 4600 4500 1300 400 6100 5900 2700 500
T Wind Dir E E E NE E SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 9 9 5 5 9 9 4 6 11 11 6
Date 06/14Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 72 95 75 95 75 94 76 92
Temp 92 91 77 73 92 90 79 75 92 90 79 76 91 89 80 77 91 86
Dewpt 71 71 72 72 71 71 75 75 75 76 76 75 77 77 77 77 79 79
Min/Max RH 43 100 47 100 54 99 58 100 68
RH 51 52 85 97 51 54 88100 58 64 91 97 64 68 91100 68 80
Pwind Dir E SE E SE E E E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 5 20 10 30 20 40
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ241-120900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
108 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024
Date 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri
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 96 74
Temp 97 93 83 79 78 77 86 93 95 90 83 79 77 76 86 93 95 91 82 78 76 75
Dewpt 71 73 75 76 75 76 75 74 74 74 75 75 75 74 75 73 72 72 73 74 74 74
Max/Min RH 97 51 98 47 98
RH 44 53 77 90 91 97 71 54 51 60 77 87 94 96 71 52 47 53 74 88 92 97
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE NE
Wind Spd 8 10 6 4 2 2 2 6 8 10 5 2 2 2 2 5 8 10 6 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 30 20 20 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 7300 2300 1100 5600 5100 1800 1000 6500 7000 3000 600
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE E SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 14 9 6 13 12 6 8 13 12 6
Date 06/14Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24
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 74 97 76 98 77 98 78 97
Temp 94 92 77 74 94 91 79 76 94 92 81 77 94 93 81 78 94 91
Dewpt 72 70 73 73 72 71 75 75 74 74 76 76 75 76 77 77 77 78
Min/Max RH 44 96 44 99 48 98 49 96 57
RH 49 49 87 95 49 53 87 99 53 57 87 97 55 58 87 96 58 67
Pwind Dir E SE E SE E E E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 5 10 10 20 10 30
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC
$$
TXZ229-120900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
108 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024
Date 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 79 98 78 100 77
Temp 100 99 88 83 81 79 84 92 97 95 87 83 80 78 86 94 99 98 89 84 79 77
Dewpt 66 66 70 72 74 74 74 71 69 70 72 73 73 74 72 70 67 67 69 71 72 72
Max/Min RH 85 40 88 35 86
RH 33 34 55 70 79 85 72 51 40 45 61 72 79 88 63 46 36 37 52 65 79 85
Wind Dir E E E E SE E E E E E E SE SE E SE E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 8 8 8 5 4 4 4 6 8 6 6 4 3 3 4 6 8 8 6 4 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW
Clouds(%) FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.16 0 0.07 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 8000 1400 1200 5200 7600 3600 800 7000 8800 5300 1200
T Wind Dir E E SE E E SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 6 17 9 6 11 14 9 8 11 18 9
Date 06/14Sat 06/15/24Sun 06/16/24Mon 06/17/24Tue 06/18/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 101 75 102 77 103 79 103 80 102
Temp 95 99 82 75 95100 83 77 96100 84 79 97100 85 80 96 99
Dewpt 67 64 69 71 66 64 71 73 68 66 73 75 70 67 74 75 72 71
Min/Max RH 29 88 28 88 29 88 32 85 37
RH 40 32 65 87 39 31 67 87 40 33 70 88 42 34 70 85 46 41
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 5 5 10 5 10
$$
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