Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 041958
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
TXZ245-050900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
Date 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 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 94 78 94 78
Temp 92 88 83 83 82 82 88 92 93 88 83 80 80 79 88 93 94 88 82 80 80 78
Dewpt 80 79 79 79 79 80 80 80 80 79 79 78 78 78 79 78 78 78 78 78 77 77
Max/Min RH 95 65 98 60 96
RH 67 75 87 87 91 93 77 68 65 75 88 93 94 97 74 62 61 71 88 93 91 96
Wind Dir S S SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 12 12 10 12 11 6 9 10 11 10 9 6 8 3 4 5 6 5 4 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 10 5
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0.01 0 0
Obvis H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1000 900 2800 2900 1700 900 3500 3500 1700 900
T Wind Dir S S S S SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 20 18 19 18 12 9 8 10 10 9
Heat Y Y
Date 06/07Sat 06/08/24Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24
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 93 78 93 79 94 79 94 77 92
Temp 92 88 80 79 92 88 81 80 92 88 82 79 91 89 81 78 91 87
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 76 75 76 76 76 77 77 78 77 77 77 75 76 76
Min/Max RH 57 91 57 91 58 96 60 92 60
RH 60 67 87 91 60 66 85 88 61 69 84 96 64 68 90 91 63 70
Pwind Dir SE SE S S S S SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 5 10 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-050900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
Date 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 79 103 76 102 75
Temp 102 97 84 81 80 81 88 99103 94 83 79 78 77 86 97101 95 84 79 77 75
Dewpt 72 75 76 77 76 77 77 75 73 75 74 74 74 75 76 73 71 70 74 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 91 40 95 38 100
RH 39 49 77 88 88 90 69 46 40 54 76 85 89 94 71 46 38 44 72 88 94100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 11 11 10 8 6 8 8 8 10 8 5 4 2 4 6 6 9 6 4 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 10 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.05 0 0
Obvis H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2100 1400 4700 6100 1700 900 5600 6100 3500 900
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 21 18 14 12 14 8 10 11 13 8
Heat Y Y
Date 06/07Sat 06/08/24Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 101 74 101 75 103 76 100 76 98
Temp 97 95 78 75 96 95 79 76 98 97 79 76 96 94 80 76 95 93
Dewpt 69 68 75 74 69 68 74 73 69 69 75 75 71 70 74 73 71 71
Min/Max RH 33 99 34 93 31 97 38 92 42
RH 40 42 90 97 42 42 85 90 39 40 88 97 45 46 82 90 47 49
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 5 5 10 5 10
$$
TXZ247-050900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
Date 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 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 81 90 80 90 81
Temp 89 85 84 83 82 83 86 89 89 85 83 82 80 82 87 89 89 86 83 83 81 82
Dewpt 80 79 80 79 79 80 81 80 80 79 79 78 78 79 79 79 79 78 78 78 77 78
Max/Min RH 92 74 94 71 91
RH 76 82 88 90 91 91 85 75 75 82 88 90 94 91 78 72 72 79 85 87 88 88
Wind Dir S SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 14 17 14 17 16 13 11 11 12 14 11 12 10 5 5 6 8 8 6 5 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.03 0 0
Obvis H H
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 1400 2300 2300 1800 1600 2600 2700 1700 1600
T Wind Dir S S S S SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 24 21 20 19 16 11 9 11 12 11
Coast Flood Y Y Y Y Y
Date 06/07Sat 06/08/24Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24
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 81 90 82 90 81 90 79 89
Temp 89 86 83 81 88 86 83 82 89 86 83 82 88 86 82 80 87 86
Dewpt 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 77
Min/Max RH 66 88 64 85 66 90 67 93 68
RH 69 75 82 88 69 74 82 85 69 76 84 90 72 76 85 93 72 74
Pwind Dir SE SE S S S S SE SE SE
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 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 5 10 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-050900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
Date 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 94 75 97 75
Temp 94 89 82 81 79 80 87 92 93 89 82 79 77 76 86 94 96 91 82 79 77 75
Dewpt 78 79 78 77 77 78 78 79 78 77 77 76 76 76 78 77 75 73 77 76 76 75
Max/Min RH 96 62 100 51 100
RH 60 73 88 88 94 94 75 66 62 68 85 91 97100 77 58 51 56 85 91 97100
Wind Dir S S SE S S S S SE S SE SE S SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 17 14 12 11 10 8 11 11 11 11 8 4 3 2 4 5 6 8 5 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 10 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.02 0
Obvis H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Mixing Hgt 1200 800 3500 3500 1500 600 5100 5100 1800 600
T Wind Dir S S S SE S E E E SE S
T Wind Spd 17 14 17 14 11 5 9 9 10 6
Heat Y Y
Date 06/07Sat 06/08/24Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 97 75 96 76 96 76 95 74 93
Temp 94 91 78 75 93 90 79 77 93 91 79 77 92 90 79 75 91 90
Dewpt 74 73 75 75 74 74 75 75 73 74 76 76 75 74 75 74 74 73
Min/Max RH 46 100 49 95 46 97 53 97 54
RH 53 56 91100 54 60 88 94 52 58 91 97 58 60 88 97 58 58
Pwind Dir SE SE S S S SE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 10 10 20 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ241-050900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
Date 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 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 80 103 77 100 76
Temp 102 96 86 82 81 81 90 99102 93 82 79 78 78 87 96 99 94 83 80 78 76
Dewpt 75 77 78 77 77 77 78 75 76 78 77 76 76 77 78 75 74 75 77 76 76 76
Max/Min RH 88 44 96 45 100
RH 43 54 79 85 88 88 68 48 45 61 85 91 94 96 75 52 45 54 81 90 94100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 12 12 12 10 8 8 9 10 11 11 9 6 4 4 5 6 9 10 6 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 10 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.26 0 0
Obvis H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1700 1400 4300 5600 1700 800 4900 5600 2700 900
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 20 17 18 16 13 8 10 12 13 9
Excess Heat W W
Date 06/07Sat 06/08/24Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24
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 76 99 76 101 76 99 77 96
Temp 96 93 79 76 96 92 80 77 97 94 80 77 95 91 80 77 93 90
Dewpt 72 72 75 75 71 73 76 75 71 74 76 76 73 75 76 75 74 75
Min/Max RH 40 97 41 94 39 97 44 95 51
RH 47 52 88 96 45 53 87 92 44 53 88 96 50 59 88 94 55 62
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 5 5 10 5 10
$$
TXZ229-050900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
Date 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 81 106 77 103 78
Temp 103102 91 86 82 81 87 96103100 87 83 79 78 88 97102100 91 84 80 78
Dewpt 72 69 73 74 75 75 76 75 71 69 74 73 73 74 75 73 69 68 72 74 74 73
Max/Min RH 82 33 89 34 86
RH 37 35 56 68 79 82 70 51 36 37 65 72 82 88 66 46 35 36 54 72 82 85
Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E E E E E E SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 6 8 9 8 5 6 5 5 8 8 6 6 4 5 6 6 8 8 6 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW
Clouds(%) CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 20 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.05 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 900 1100 3800 7200 2300 800 5200 7100 3600 1000
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 16 11 10 19 11 11 11 16 9
Heat Y Y
Date 06/07Sat 06/08/24Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 103 77 104 78 104 78 100 79 100
Temp 96101 83 77 96101 83 78 96101 84 78 94 98 82 79 93 97
Dewpt 69 64 72 73 67 64 72 73 69 64 72 73 70 67 72 73 70 68
Min/Max RH 28 89 27 85 28 85 34 83 35
RH 42 30 70 87 39 30 70 85 42 30 67 85 46 37 72 82 47 39
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 5 5
$$
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