Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 201708
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1208 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
TXZ245-210900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1208 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
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 91 75 91 75
Temp 92 87 83 81 80 80 88 90 90 86 80 78 77 76 85 89 90 86 79 78 77 75
Dewpt 79 78 77 76 75 75 77 76 76 76 75 75 74 73 77 76 76 76 76 76 74 74
Max/Min RH 90 62 92 63 97
RH 67 76 84 87 87 87 70 64 64 74 85 90 89 90 76 66 63 73 90 93 92 96
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 6 4 2 2 2 4 6 9 6 5 4 4 3 4 5 6 5 4 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 10 5 20 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC
Tstms IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3000 900 700 3700 3600 2100 1500 3100 3400 2200 900
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 12 10 9 13 14 11 10 12 12 11
Date 09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
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 74 92 73 92 72 92 71 91
Temp 89 86 78 75 89 86 77 73 89 86 77 72 89 86 76 72 88 85
Dewpt 76 76 76 74 76 76 75 73 75 74 72 70 70 71 70 68 70 70
Min/Max RH 62 98 62 99 58 93 52 91 51
RH 66 73 93 97 67 73 92 99 63 68 85 92 55 61 82 89 56 61
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E E NE NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 10 30 20 30 20 20 20 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS SC IS SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-210900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1208 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 94 72 95 72
Temp 92 88 82 79 77 76 85 93 94 88 79 76 74 72 83 92 94 89 80 76 74 72
Dewpt 76 76 78 78 77 76 77 75 73 73 75 75 74 72 77 74 72 73 74 75 74 72
Max/Min RH 100 51 100 48 100
RH 61 69 88 97100100 79 57 51 61 90 97100100 82 55 48 59 84 97100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 8 4 2 2 2 4 6 9 11 6 3 2 2 4 6 8 9 5 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 20 0 10 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4400 1400 800 4900 5500 3000 1300 5600 6600 2700 1100
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 16 9 11 14 17 11 9 12 16 8
Date 09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 72 95 72 94 70 94 70 94
Temp 92 89 77 72 92 89 77 72 91 88 76 71 91 88 75 70 90 88
Dewpt 74 72 75 72 73 72 75 72 73 70 71 68 67 66 66 65 67 66
Min/Max RH 48 100 48 100 47 95 43 84 41
RH 55 57 94100 54 57 94100 55 55 85 90 46 48 74 84 48 48
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E NE NE NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 0 20 5 30 10 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS
$$
TXZ247-210900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1208 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
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 88 79 88 78
Temp 89 85 83 83 82 81 86 87 88 84 82 81 81 80 85 85 87 84 82 81 80 79
Dewpt 79 78 78 77 76 76 77 77 76 76 75 75 75 74 76 76 76 75 76 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 87 69 83 69 90
RH 74 81 84 82 83 85 76 72 69 77 81 82 82 82 75 74 70 74 82 84 84 90
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 9 8 6 5 5 6 8 10 10 10 9 8 6 6 8 8 8 8 6 5 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 10 5 10 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms IS
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 2300 1400 1200 2700 2700 2400 2200 2900 2800 2700 2000
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 16 11 10 13 18 13 10 13 16 13
Date 09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
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 78 88 77 89 75 88 75 88
Temp 86 84 81 78 85 84 80 79 86 84 80 76 85 83 79 76 85 83
Dewpt 76 76 76 75 77 76 75 75 76 75 74 72 73 72 71 71 72 71
Min/Max RH 70 90 71 91 68 87 61 87 60
RH 73 76 85 90 76 76 85 88 72 73 82 86 67 69 77 85 66 67
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E E NE NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 20 30 30 20 20 20
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-210900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1208 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 92 73 92 73
Temp 93 87 79 77 75 74 84 91 92 87 78 76 75 74 84 89 91 86 79 77 75 74
Dewpt 75 76 76 76 75 74 77 74 73 74 75 75 74 73 77 75 75 75 75 75 74 74
Max/Min RH 100 53 100 59 100
RH 56 70 91 97100100 80 58 54 65 91 97 97 97 80 64 60 70 88 94 97100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E
Wind Spd 8 8 4 2 2 2 4 8 10 9 4 3 2 2 4 6 8 8 4 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW SC
Clouds(%) SC FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 10 0 20 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 5100 500 400 5300 5500 1300 400 4300 5400 1800 400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 11 6 9 13 11 6 9 12 11 8
Date 09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 93 73 93 73 93 71 93 71 92
Temp 90 87 77 73 92 85 76 73 90 87 76 71 89 87 74 71 88 86
Dewpt 75 74 75 73 75 74 74 72 73 72 70 68 69 68 66 66 67 66
Min/Max RH 56 100 57 97 51 91 46 84 45
RH 62 65 94100 58 70 94 97 58 61 82 90 52 53 76 84 50 51
Pwind Dir E SE E E NE NE NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 40 5 30 5 30 10 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ241-210900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1208 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
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 73 93 73
Temp 93 89 81 79 77 77 84 91 91 86 79 77 75 74 84 90 92 87 79 77 75 73
Dewpt 77 77 78 78 77 76 78 76 75 76 75 75 74 74 77 74 73 74 75 76 74 73
Max/Min RH 100 58 100 54 100
RH 60 69 91 97100 97 84 63 59 73 90 94 97 99 80 60 54 65 87 97 97100
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 9 4 3 2 2 5 8 10 10 5 4 3 2 4 6 8 9 4 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 FW FW SC SC B1 B1 FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) B1 FW FW SC SC B1 B1 FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 10 20 0 20 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3700 1500 700 4100 5100 2500 900 5100 6200 2600 500
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 13 9 11 14 14 10 9 11 13 6
Date 09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
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 73 94 74 93 72 93 72 93
Temp 90 88 77 74 91 88 77 74 90 87 77 72 89 87 75 72 88 87
Dewpt 74 74 76 74 74 74 75 73 73 72 72 70 69 68 69 67 68 68
Min/Max RH 53 100 53 99 52 94 46 84 44
RH 59 63 96 99 59 63 94 99 59 60 85 93 52 54 81 84 51 54
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E E NE NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 5 30 5 30 10 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ229-210900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1208 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 95 76 97 75
Temp 96 91 86 81 79 78 84 91 95 92 85 80 78 76 83 92 96 93 85 80 77 75
Dewpt 71 73 74 75 76 76 75 73 71 71 72 73 73 73 73 70 67 67 70 72 72 72
Max/Min RH 94 46 90 38 90
RH 45 56 68 82 91 94 74 56 46 51 65 79 85 90 72 49 39 43 61 77 85 90
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 6 8 8 6 5 4 6 6 8 11 11 8 6 4 6 6 6 8 8 6 4 3
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 6100 800 1200 5000 5500 3100 1700 6500 8200 4400 1000
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 16 11 11 13 20 13 11 11 16 10
Date 09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 75 96 75 95 73 96 72 96
Temp 92 93 80 75 91 92 80 75 91 90 79 73 90 91 78 72 90 90
Dewpt 69 66 71 72 69 67 72 71 68 66 67 66 63 61 63 63 62 61
Min/Max RH 38 90 39 88 40 80 33 74 32
RH 47 41 74 90 49 44 77 87 47 45 67 79 41 37 60 73 39 38
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE E E NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 10 10 20 10 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
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