Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 222033
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
333 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
TXZ245-230900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
333 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 91 78 91 79
Temp 87 83 79 79 78 79 86 90 90 85 80 79 79 78 88 91 91 86 81 81 80 80
Dewpt 78 78 78 77 77 77 79 78 77 77 78 77 77 77 79 78 77 77 78 78 78 78
Max/Min RH 99 66 97 64 95
RH 75 87 97 94 96 96 81 69 67 77 93 94 94 97 76 67 65 75 90 93 93 94
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 9 8 8 6 9 11 11 10 10 9 8 8 10 11 11 11 9 9 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1200 1200 2900 3000 1700 1600 3000 2900 1600 1200
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 18 19 23 23 21 19 18 20 19 16
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 92 80 93 80 94 77 93 77 92
Temp 91 86 80 81 92 86 81 81 93 87 80 78 92 87 79 78 91 86
Dewpt 78 77 78 79 79 79 79 80 80 79 77 74 74 73 74 73 74 73
Min/Max RH 64 96 65 97 64 91 55 88 57
RH 67 76 94 94 66 80 93 97 66 78 91 87 56 63 85 85 59 66
Pwind Dir SE S S S SE 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 SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 10
$$
TXZ231-230900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
333 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 99 76 103 76
Temp 99 92 82 79 78 78 87 97 99 93 81 78 78 76 86 98102 95 82 80 78 76
Dewpt 73 74 75 75 75 75 75 72 71 72 74 75 75 75 75 73 72 74 74 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 97 40 98 39 99
RH 44 56 78 88 91 91 68 45 40 50 79 91 93 97 70 44 39 50 77 85 93 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 16 16 13 11 9 8 11 13 13 16 13 11 8 6 10 11 11 12 11 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5
Mixing Hgt 2300 1300 5200 5700 2100 1400 4600 6400 2300 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE SE S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 23 18 23 23 23 14 18 18 23 13
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 102 76 106 77 105 73 99 73 96
Temp 98 95 80 77101100 81 77100 96 79 74 96 93 77 73 93 91
Dewpt 73 73 74 74 73 73 76 76 73 72 74 70 67 65 71 71 67 66
Min/Max RH 41 93 33 98 34 91 34 95 37
RH 45 50 84 90 41 42 85 97 42 46 85 87 39 40 82 93 43 44
Pwind Dir SE SE S SE SE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10
$$
TXZ247-230900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
333 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 87 80 87 80
Temp 84 81 80 80 81 81 84 86 86 83 81 81 81 80 85 87 87 84 81 81 81 80
Dewpt 79 79 78 78 78 79 80 79 78 78 78 78 78 78 79 79 78 79 79 79 79 79
Max/Min RH 97 76 96 76 98
RH 84 93 94 93 93 94 87 79 79 85 93 93 93 96 84 78 76 84 93 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 14 12 13 12 12 10 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 10 11 12 12 12 12 10 10 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1500 2300 2300 1600 1700 2500 2400 1400 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 23 23 24 23 24 20 19 20 23 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 87 81 89 81 90 79 89 79 88
Temp 87 83 82 81 88 85 82 81 88 85 82 79 88 85 81 79 87 84
Dewpt 80 78 79 79 80 79 80 80 81 80 78 76 76 75 75 75 76 74
Min/Max RH 78 96 76 99 75 93 66 90 66
RH 79 85 91 94 78 84 94 99 79 85 90 91 68 73 84 90 71 73
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 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 10
$$
TXZ234-230900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
333 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 91 78 93 78
Temp 92 87 81 80 79 79 85 90 90 86 80 79 79 78 87 92 93 87 80 79 79 78
Dewpt 76 76 77 77 76 77 77 77 75 75 76 77 77 77 77 76 75 75 77 77 77 78
Max/Min RH 97 62 98 56 100
RH 60 70 88 91 91 94 77 66 62 70 88 94 94 97 72 60 56 68 91 94 94100
Wind Dir S SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE S S S S S S S SE SE S S
Wind Spd 16 14 12 11 9 8 11 16 17 16 12 11 10 8 11 14 16 13 11 8 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B2
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 800 3900 4100 1700 800 4000 3800 2000 1700
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 20 16 20 23 19 14 17 20 16 12
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 78 97 77 98 74 94 72 92
Temp 92 88 79 78 95 91 80 78 97 90 78 74 92 90 77 73 90 87
Dewpt 77 75 77 77 77 77 78 78 77 75 74 71 71 70 71 70 71 70
Min/Max RH 58 98 55 100 51 92 46 93 49
RH 62 66 94 97 56 64 94100 53 62 88 90 51 52 82 90 54 57
Pwind Dir S SE S SE SE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ241-230900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
333 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 78
Temp 97 91 84 81 79 78 88 96 98 90 82 81 80 78 87 98100 93 84 81 80 78
Dewpt 75 76 77 76 76 77 77 74 74 75 77 77 77 76 77 74 75 77 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH 97 46 96 44 98
RH 50 63 80 87 91 97 70 50 48 62 84 90 93 94 71 46 45 59 80 88 93 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE S SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 16 16 13 11 10 8 11 14 16 16 13 11 9 8 11 11 12 13 11 9 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H H PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1800 1400 4600 5100 1600 1300 5100 4900 1800 1100
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 23 16 23 24 21 16 19 20 19 14
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 78 105 79 104 77 97 75 96
Temp 98 92 82 79101 97 83 79100 94 80 78 94 91 78 75 93 89
Dewpt 75 77 76 76 74 77 77 77 76 76 77 75 72 71 74 74 71 72
Min/Max RH 46 93 38 94 42 95 43 97 45
RH 48 61 84 91 43 52 82 94 47 57 91 93 50 53 88 96 49 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 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ229-230900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
333 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 80 103 80 107 80
Temp 101101 88 84 81 80 87 97103102 90 85 81 80 87 99106104 92 86 82 80
Dewpt 70 67 73 74 74 74 74 71 69 68 73 73 73 75 74 73 69 65 72 74 74 74
Max/Min RH 82 33 85 27 82
RH 37 33 61 72 79 82 65 43 34 34 58 67 77 85 65 44 31 29 52 68 77 82
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 12 11 11 11 11 8 10 11 9 9 11 11 8 6 6 6 5 6 8 8 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1100 1300 5200 6800 1400 1600 5600 8100 4700 1200
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE SE S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 20 17 20 17 20 16 13 11 19 13
Heat Y
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 107 81 110 80 108 79 101 77 100
Temp 99104 87 81100109 88 80101103 84 79 94 96 82 77 93 95
Dewpt 74 68 73 73 68 58 72 74 70 64 71 70 67 64 69 70 67 65
Min/Max RH 30 78 19 83 25 75 31 79 33
RH 45 32 63 77 36 19 59 82 37 28 65 74 41 35 65 79 43 37
Pwind Dir SE SE NE E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 5 5 10 10 20 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
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