Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 221738
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1238 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
TXZ245-230900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1238 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 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 89 78 91 78
Temp 87 84 80 80 79 80 85 89 88 84 79 79 79 78 86 90 89 85 80 80 79 79
Dewpt 78 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 78 77 77 78 78 77 78 78 78 78 78
Max/Min RH 94 67 98 66 100
RH 75 81 91 93 94 90 77 68 69 79 94 96 93 96 77 68 68 80 94 96 99 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 12 10 8 8 8 8 10 11 11 10 10 9 8 6 9 10 10 10 8 8 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 5 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 2800 1200 1300 2700 2700 1800 1800 3100 2900 1600 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S S SE S S S S S
T Wind Spd 23 20 20 21 23 20 18 19 20 20 18
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
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 79 92 79 94 76 93 75 91
Temp 90 86 80 80 91 86 81 79 92 88 80 77 91 87 78 76 89 86
Dewpt 78 78 79 79 79 79 79 79 80 78 78 76 75 74 75 74 74 73
Min/Max RH 66 98 66 100 65 98 56 95 59
RH 68 79 97 96 68 80 94100 69 74 94 96 61 67 90 94 61 66
Pwind Dir SE S S S S E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 10
$$
TXZ231-230900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1238 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 98 75 101 76
Temp 98 92 82 79 78 78 87 96 98 92 80 78 77 76 87 98101 95 82 80 78 76
Dewpt 73 74 74 75 75 76 75 73 73 72 74 75 75 75 75 72 72 73 74 74 75 75
Max/Min RH 94 44 99 39 97
RH 45 56 77 88 91 94 68 47 44 52 82 91 94 97 68 43 39 49 77 82 91 96
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 16 14 11 11 10 8 11 13 13 14 12 11 8 6 10 11 11 13 11 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Mixing Hgt 4800 2200 1500 5200 5900 2400 1500 4500 5900 2400 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 23 23 18 21 23 23 14 18 18 21 12
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 103 76 107 77 106 76 99 73 97
Temp 99 96 80 77100100 82 77101 98 80 76 96 93 78 73 94 91
Dewpt 72 72 74 74 72 72 76 76 73 72 74 73 69 67 72 71 69 68
Min/Max RH 37 93 32 97 34 92 35 94 37
RH 42 47 84 90 41 41 82 97 41 43 82 90 41 43 82 92 44 46
Pwind Dir SE SE S SE SE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 10 10
$$
TXZ247-230900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1238 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 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 80 86 80 87 80
Temp 85 82 81 81 81 81 84 85 85 82 81 81 80 80 84 86 87 84 81 81 81 80
Dewpt 79 78 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 79 79 78 78 79 79 79 79
Max/Min RH 94 78 96 76 98
RH 83 87 91 91 91 91 81 79 79 87 93 93 94 94 84 80 76 82 94 94 96 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 13 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 10 11 12 12 12 11 11 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H
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 2100 1800 1600 2200 2100 1900 1800 2600 2400 1400 1600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 23 24 23 23 23 23 20 19 20 21 20
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
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 88 81 89 81 89 79 89 78 88
Temp 86 84 81 82 87 85 82 82 87 85 81 79 87 85 80 79 86 84
Dewpt 80 79 79 79 80 80 80 81 80 80 78 78 77 76 76 75 76 75
Min/Max RH 75 97 75 100 75 96 67 93 69
RH 81 84 94 93 80 85 93 97 80 84 93 96 73 74 87 90 73 74
Pwind Dir SE S S S SE SE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 10
$$
TXZ234-230900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1238 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 91 78 93 77
Temp 91 87 80 79 78 79 85 90 90 85 78 79 79 78 86 92 93 87 80 80 79 78
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 76 76 77 75 74 75 76 77 77 76 77 76 76 75 77 77 78 77
Max/Min RH 97 58 96 57 99
RH 62 70 88 91 94 91 77 62 60 72 94 94 94 94 75 60 58 68 91 91 97 97
Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE S S S S S S S SE SE S S
Wind Spd 16 13 11 11 9 8 11 16 17 14 12 11 10 8 11 14 16 13 11 8 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B2
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3900 1600 900 3800 4000 2000 800 4100 4000 2100 2000
T Wind Dir S SE SE S S SE S S S S S
T Wind Spd 23 17 14 20 23 18 14 18 20 16 13
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 78 97 78 98 74 94 72 93
Temp 93 88 80 79 95 91 81 78 96 92 79 75 92 89 77 73 91 87
Dewpt 76 75 78 77 77 77 78 78 78 76 75 73 72 71 72 71 71 71
Min/Max RH 54 96 54 100 51 96 47 95 48
RH 58 66 94 94 56 64 91100 56 60 88 94 52 56 85 93 52 59
Pwind Dir S S S S S E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 10
$$
TXZ241-230900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1238 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 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 98 78 101 77
Temp 97 92 83 80 79 79 87 96 98 91 81 80 79 78 88 98100 93 83 81 79 78
Dewpt 75 76 76 76 77 76 76 75 74 75 76 76 76 76 76 74 75 76 76 76 76 77
Max/Min RH 94 46 96 44 98
RH 50 61 80 88 94 91 71 51 47 60 85 88 93 94 69 47 45 58 80 87 91 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE S SE
Wind Spd 16 14 11 11 10 9 11 14 16 16 13 11 10 8 11 11 12 14 11 9 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW SC FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5
Mixing Hgt 4100 1600 1300 4900 5000 1800 1300 4300 4800 1800 1200
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 23 21 18 24 24 21 14 19 18 19 13
Heat Y
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
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 79 105 79 104 77 97 75 96
Temp 98 94 82 80101 97 82 79100 96 81 78 94 91 79 75 93 90
Dewpt 75 76 76 76 75 77 77 77 76 77 77 75 73 71 74 73 72 72
Min/Max RH 44 91 39 95 42 96 45 95 46
RH 48 57 84 90 44 52 85 94 46 54 90 93 51 52 85 94 52 57
Pwind Dir SE SE S SE SE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 10
$$
TXZ229-230900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1238 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 79 103 79 106 80
Temp 102 99 88 84 80 79 86 96103100 90 84 81 79 88 97104105 92 86 82 80
Dewpt 70 69 72 73 74 74 74 73 71 68 73 73 73 74 75 73 69 66 73 73 73 74
Max/Min RH 85 34 85 28 82
RH 36 38 59 70 82 85 68 48 36 36 58 70 77 85 66 46 33 29 54 65 74 82
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 11 11 11 11 8 10 11 9 10 11 11 8 6 8 6 5 6 9 9 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 6 6 6 5
Mixing Hgt 6300 1400 1500 5500 6900 4900 1800 5500 7900 5600 1100
T Wind Dir S SE SE S S SE SE S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 19 21 17 20 18 20 14 13 10 18 12
Heat Y
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 109 82 109 81 108 79 101 77 100
Temp 101106 87 82100108 87 81102105 86 79 96 98 82 77 93 97
Dewpt 73 66 73 73 69 59 71 73 70 64 73 71 68 65 69 70 68 65
Min/Max RH 26 74 20 77 25 78 32 80 34
RH 41 28 63 74 37 21 59 77 36 27 65 77 40 34 65 79 44 35
Pwind Dir SE SE E SE E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 5 5 5 10 20 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
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