Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 201033
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
533 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
TXZ245-202100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
533 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
Date Thu 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 91 77 91 77 92
Temp 81 86 89 90 86 82 81 79 79 87 90 91 87 82 81 79 78 87 90 91 87
Dewpt 77 79 79 80 78 77 77 77 77 79 79 79 77 77 76 76 76 77 76 76 76
Min/Max RH 72 96 68 93 61
RH 88 80 73 73 79 85 87 93 94 76 71 68 72 84 85 90 93 72 65 61 70
Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 13 13 13 13 11 10 8 6 6 8 10 10 9 6 5 4 4 5 8 9 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 80 60 60 30 30
QPF 12HR 0.52 0.16 0.43 0.06 0
Rain Shwrs NM O NM SC SC NM NM NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS SC IS
LAL 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
Haines 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3000 3000 1200 900 3800 3700 2200 1200 4300 4100
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 26 27 19 13 18 18 14 11 13 18
Coast Flood W W W W W W W W W W W W
Wind Y Y
Date Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 77 92 78 92 79 93 79 93
Temp 81 78 90 88 82 79 91 88 82 79 92 88 83 80 92 88
Dewpt 76 77 79 78 78 78 80 79 79 79 80 79 78 78 80 79
Max/Min RH 97 68 98 68 99 66 95 66
RH 84 97 71 72 88 97 71 75 90 99 69 75 85 94 68 75
Pwind Dir E E SE SE SE SE S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 60 30 50 20 30 5 30
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC SC SC IS SC IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ231-202100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
533 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
Date Thu 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 91 74 91 73 93
Temp 76 81 87 87 84 79 77 76 74 82 88 90 86 79 77 75 73 82 90 92 87
Dewpt 75 78 79 78 78 77 76 75 74 78 77 77 77 75 75 74 73 77 75 73 73
Min/Max RH 70 100 67 100 54
RH 99 93 79 75 83 94 97 97100 88 71 67 75 88 96 97100 85 61 54 63
Wind Dir NE E E E E E E E NE E E E E E E NE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 14 14 14 16 12 8 6 5 5 8 11 11 9 4 2 2 2 4 8 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 70 40 60 10 30
QPF 12HR 0.46 0.13 0.13 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS
LAL 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 2
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3700 3600 1400 700 3600 3500 2100 600 5300 5700
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 25 27 16 11 17 18 13 9 11 14
Flood A A
Date Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 72 93 75 94 76 95 76 97
Temp 76 73 90 88 79 75 91 88 79 76 92 90 80 76 94 92
Dewpt 74 73 77 77 78 75 78 78 78 76 78 77 78 76 77 78
Max/Min RH 100 61 100 61 100 58 100 53
RH 94100 65 69 96100 66 71 96100 64 66 94100 57 63
Pwind Dir E E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 50 10 40 5 20 0 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC IS SC IS
$$
TXZ247-202100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
533 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
Date Thu 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 89 82 89 82 89
Temp 83 86 88 87 85 84 83 83 83 87 88 89 86 84 83 82 83 86 89 89 86
Dewpt 78 79 79 79 78 77 77 77 77 78 78 78 77 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 76
Min/Max RH 72 85 69 82 65
RH 84 79 77 76 79 81 82 82 84 76 72 69 75 80 81 81 81 73 67 65 71
Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 20 18 17 18 16 14 13 12 10 12 12 12 12 10 10 8 8 9 11 11 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 80 70 60 40 40
QPF 12HR 0.20 0.17 0.18 0.19 0
Rain Shwrs NM NM SC SC SC NM NM NM NM NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC IS IS
LAL 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2600 2700 1800 1500 3100 3100 2400 2000 3700 3600
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 31 29 25 18 20 19 19 14 16 20
Coast Flood W W W W W W W W W W W W
Wind Y Y
Date Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 81 90 81 90 82 90 83 90
Temp 83 82 88 87 83 82 89 87 84 83 89 88 84 84 89 87
Dewpt 77 77 79 78 78 78 80 79 79 79 80 79 78 79 80 79
Max/Min RH 85 69 88 72 90 71 88 72
RH 81 85 74 74 85 87 75 76 85 87 75 74 83 85 75 76
Pwind Dir E E SE SE SE SE S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 40 60 40 50 20 30 10 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC NM SC SC SC SC IS SC IS SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-202100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
533 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
Date Thu 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 88 74 88 73 90
Temp 78 82 84 85 85 79 78 76 75 83 86 87 85 79 77 75 74 83 88 89 87
Dewpt 76 80 81 80 79 77 76 75 75 79 79 79 78 76 75 75 74 78 76 76 74
Min/Max RH 82 100 77 100 64
RH 94 94 91 85 82 94 94 97100 88 80 77 80 91 94100100 85 68 66 65
Wind Dir NE E E E E E E NE NE E E E E E E NE NE E E E SE
Wind Spd 14 16 14 16 12 9 6 6 6 8 10 10 8 4 3 3 4 5 8 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 60 40 60 10 20
QPF 12HR 0.42 0.02 0.23 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC NM SC SC SC IS IS IS SC SC SC IS
LAL 3 3 3 2 3 3 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3000 3500 900 500 4000 4000 1500 500 4800 5100
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 21 23 13 11 16 16 10 9 11 14
Date Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 73 90 75 90 77 92 77 92
Temp 76 74 87 87 79 76 88 88 79 77 89 88 80 77 90 89
Dewpt 74 74 80 79 78 76 81 79 78 77 81 80 78 77 81 79
Max/Min RH 100 75 100 74 100 70 100 70
RH 94100 80 77 97100 80 75 97100 77 77 94100 75 73
Pwind Dir E E E SE SE SE S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 50 10 40 5 30 5 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS SC IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ241-202100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
533 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
Date Thu 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 88 75 91 75 91
Temp 79 82 85 86 84 79 78 77 76 83 87 90 86 79 78 76 75 83 88 90 86
Dewpt 77 79 79 79 78 77 77 76 76 78 78 77 76 76 75 75 75 77 76 75 74
Min/Max RH 78 100 66 100 62
RH 94 90 84 80 84 94 96 96 99 85 75 66 74 90 93 97100 84 68 62 68
Wind Dir E E E E E E E NE NE E E E E E E NE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 13 14 16 16 12 9 6 5 5 9 11 11 10 4 2 2 4 6 9 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 80 60 60 20 50
QPF 12HR 0.39 0.18 0.39 0.02 0.01
Rain Shwrs NM NM NM NM SC NM SC SC NM NM NM NM IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
LAL 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3100 3500 1400 700 3200 4300 2200 500 4900 4400
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 26 27 16 11 18 18 13 9 11 17
Flood A A
Date Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 92 77 93 77 94 77 95
Temp 77 75 88 86 79 77 90 88 80 77 91 89 81 77 92 90
Dewpt 75 75 78 77 78 77 79 78 78 77 79 78 78 77 78 79
Max/Min RH 99 66 100 66 99 62 100 60
RH 94 99 73 75 96100 72 74 94 99 69 72 90100 64 70
Pwind Dir NE NE E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 60 20 50 10 30 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS NM NM IS SC SC IS SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS SC SC IS SC IS
$$
TXZ229-202100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
533 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
Date Thu 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 88 77 93 76 95
Temp 77 80 83 86 84 79 79 78 77 82 88 92 88 81 79 77 76 82 89 94 92
Dewpt 74 75 76 76 75 75 75 75 74 75 74 72 72 74 74 74 74 75 72 70 69
Min/Max RH 66 94 52 94 45
RH 90 85 80 72 74 88 88 91 90 79 63 52 59 79 85 90 94 79 57 46 47
Wind Dir NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 14 13 14 16 13 11 8 8 8 9 10 11 10 6 4 3 4 5 6 6 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 70 50 60 10 20
QPF 12HR 0.69 0.05 0.08 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
LAL 3 3 2 3 2 3 1 1 1 2
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3400 3900 1000 1100 4800 4600 1800 700 5800 5500
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 25 24 18 13 17 18 13 9 9 12
Flood A A
Date Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 75 97 78 97 79 98 79 99
Temp 80 75 90 93 82 78 92 93 82 79 92 96 83 79 94 97
Dewpt 72 73 71 71 75 75 74 74 76 76 74 73 75 76 74 72
Max/Min RH 94 44 91 49 91 45 91 41
RH 77 94 54 49 79 91 56 54 82 91 56 48 77 91 53 45
Pwind Dir E E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 30 5 20 5 10 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
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