Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 252128
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
428 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
TXZ245-260900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
428 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
Date 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 Tue
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 94 80 94 78
Temp 87 82 81 81 81 89 94 93 88 83 83 81 81 89 94 92 86 81 80 79 78
Dewpt 77 77 78 78 78 80 80 79 79 79 79 79 79 81 80 80 79 79 78 79 78
Max/Min RH 91 63 95 65 100
RH 74 87 91 90 90 76 65 65 75 87 88 93 94 77 65 69 80 93 94 99 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 10 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 6 5 4 4 4 8 8 6 5 4 3 3
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 900 1100 2700 2800 1400 1100 2300 2300 1400 1100
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 19 18 20 19 17 13 12 16 13 11
Heat Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Date 05/28Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24
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 78 92 78 91 79 91 78 91
Temp 91 86 80 79 90 86 80 78 91 84 80 79 91 84 80 78 91 85
Dewpt 78 77 77 77 77 76 76 76 77 76 76 76 77 76 77 77 78 76
Min/Max RH 64 96 63 93 65 91 64 97 65
RH 66 75 91 94 66 72 87 93 65 77 88 91 64 77 91 97 67 75
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 10 5 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ231-260900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
428 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
Date 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 107 77 105 75
Temp 93 81 79 77 78 89 99105 99 86 82 79 77 88100104 97 83 79 77 76
Dewpt 71 73 75 75 76 76 75 73 77 77 77 76 76 78 75 72 71 75 75 75 76
Max/Min RH 94 36 98 36 100
RH 49 77 88 94 94 66 46 36 49 75 84 91 97 71 46 36 43 77 88 94100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE E
Wind Spd 14 11 9 8 6 8 8 6 10 8 6 4 2 3 6 9 11 8 6 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 10 10 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.01 0.44
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2100 1200 4800 6700 1800 1100 4200 6200 2400 1000
T Wind Dir SE S S S SE SE SE SE E SE
T Wind Spd 21 16 17 13 17 10 10 13 18 11
Heat Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Date 05/28Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 98 77 99 76 98 77 97 77 98
Temp 95 92 79 77 95 92 78 76 95 91 79 78 95 91 79 77 93 89
Dewpt 73 71 75 75 71 71 74 74 72 72 75 75 72 72 75 74 72 73
Min/Max RH 42 95 41 94 44 94 46 93 46
RH 49 51 88 94 46 51 88 94 47 54 87 90 49 54 87 92 51 59
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 10 5 10 10 10 10
$$
TXZ247-260900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
428 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
Date 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 Tue
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 82 90 82 90 80
Temp 84 82 82 82 82 87 89 89 86 83 83 83 82 86 89 88 85 82 82 81 81
Dewpt 79 78 79 79 80 80 81 80 80 80 80 80 81 82 81 80 80 80 79 79 79
Max/Min RH 93 73 96 75 96
RH 84 88 90 91 93 80 77 74 81 90 90 91 96 87 78 77 85 93 91 94 94
Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 12 12 12 12 11 12 11 11 11 10 9 8 6 6 8 10 9 8 6 5 5
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01
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 1200 1300 2100 2100 1200 1300 1800 1800 1300 1400
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 23 21 21 19 19 16 12 17 16 13
Date 05/28Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24
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 89 81 88 80 88 81 88 81 88
Temp 88 85 82 81 87 84 81 80 87 84 82 81 87 85 82 81 87 85
Dewpt 80 78 78 78 79 77 77 77 78 77 77 78 78 77 77 78 79 78
Min/Max RH 74 92 73 92 73 91 73 92 72
RH 78 81 88 91 76 79 90 91 76 79 87 91 74 79 85 91 76 80
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 10 10 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ234-260900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
428 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
Date 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 97 77 99 76
Temp 88 80 79 79 80 88 95 95 90 83 82 79 78 87 97 98 92 82 80 78 77
Dewpt 75 76 77 77 77 79 78 78 77 78 78 78 77 80 79 77 77 77 76 77 77
Max/Min RH 97 57 97 51 100
RH 66 88 94 94 91 75 58 58 66 85 88 97 97 80 57 51 62 85 88 97100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE S S SE S S SE SE SE SE E E
Wind Spd 13 11 9 8 9 11 13 13 11 9 6 4 3 4 6 9 11 8 4 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds CL SC B1 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) CL SC B1 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.09
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 1000 1000 4000 4200 1600 700 4000 4500 1900 600
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 14 18 18 14 9 10 14 14 11
Heat Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Date 05/28Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 77 93 75 92 77 92 76 92
Temp 93 89 79 77 91 87 78 76 91 85 79 77 89 86 80 77 90 86
Dewpt 76 75 77 76 75 75 75 75 75 75 76 75 76 74 76 75 75 75
Min/Max RH 53 99 55 98 59 94 60 95 59
RH 58 64 94 97 60 68 91 97 60 72 91 94 66 68 88 94 62 70
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 SC FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 10 10 5 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ241-260900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
428 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
Date 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 Tue
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 79 105 79 102 77
Temp 92 82 81 80 80 90101104 95 85 83 81 79 89 98101 94 83 80 79 78
Dewpt 75 76 77 76 77 78 76 78 79 78 78 78 77 79 77 77 77 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH 94 43 95 46 99
RH 58 82 90 88 93 68 46 45 60 80 85 91 94 74 51 46 59 84 91 94 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE E
Wind Spd 14 11 10 9 8 10 10 9 11 9 6 5 4 5 6 11 11 8 6 5 5
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B2 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 10 10 10 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.17
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1700 1300 4500 5400 1300 900 3900 4000 1800 1000
T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE S SE SE E SE
T Wind Spd 20 17 19 16 16 11 10 16 20 11
Excess Heat W W W W W W W W W
Date 05/28Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24
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 98 78 98 78 98 79 96 78 98
Temp 95 90 80 78 95 90 80 78 95 89 80 79 94 88 80 79 94 89
Dewpt 75 75 77 76 74 76 76 75 74 76 76 76 75 76 77 77 75 76
Min/Max RH 49 96 47 92 50 92 52 96 52
RH 54 61 90 94 51 63 88 91 52 65 88 91 55 67 91 96 55 66
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 SC B1 B2 SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 10 5 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ229-260900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
428 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
Date 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 80 109 81 107 79
Temp 104 91 85 82 80 89 98106107 95 88 83 81 88100106102 90 84 81 79
Dewpt 70 74 74 74 74 75 75 70 67 73 76 76 76 76 74 67 66 73 75 74 75
Max/Min RH 82 28 85 28 88
RH 34 58 70 77 82 64 48 32 28 49 68 80 85 68 44 29 31 58 74 79 88
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S NW N NE E SE E E E E E E E E SE E
Wind Spd 11 12 10 8 5 4 3 4 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 6 9 10 8 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1
Clouds(%) FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.47
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Haines 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1200 1200 4700 6200 700 600 5600 8600 2000 1200
T Wind Dir SE SE SW N SE SE E SE E SE
T Wind Spd 21 13 8 5 13 9 9 13 20 11
Excess Heat W W W W W W W W W
Date 05/28Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 101 79 102 79 103 79 102 79 100
Temp 94 95 82 79 94 99 82 79 95 97 81 79 94 96 82 79 92 93
Dewpt 72 70 74 74 71 68 74 75 71 70 74 74 72 71 74 74 73 72
Min/Max RH 38 85 34 88 35 86 37 85 43
RH 49 45 77 85 47 37 77 88 46 42 79 85 49 45 77 85 54 51
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 20 10 10 5 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
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