Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 212248
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
548 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024
TXZ245-220900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
548 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024
Date 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 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 76 92 74 91 74
Temp 86 80 79 78 76 86 90 90 85 79 79 76 75 84 88 89 84 79 79 77 75
Dewpt 76 76 75 74 73 77 75 75 76 76 75 74 74 77 76 76 76 76 75 75 73
Max/Min RH 93 61 97 66 96
RH 74 88 87 87 89 76 63 63 74 90 90 92 97 81 68 66 77 90 90 92 96
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE E SE SE SE SE SE NE
Wind Spd 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 5 4 2 2 2 3 5 5 4 2 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 30 10
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.03 0.03 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1000 800 4000 3800 2300 1300 3300 3400 1900 1300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 12 9 11 12 8 8 10 11 8
Date 09/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24
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 93 71 93 70 93 70 93
Temp 90 84 78 74 88 84 77 72 88 84 76 70 88 84 76 71 88 85
Dewpt 76 76 74 72 74 74 72 68 70 69 67 65 67 67 67 65 68 69
Min/Max RH 63 94 60 87 50 84 48 81 49
RH 64 76 88 93 62 72 84 87 55 61 75 84 51 57 74 81 52 59
Pwind Dir E E NE NE NE N N N N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 30 40 20 10 5 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ231-220900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
548 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024
Date 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 73 94 71 95 72
Temp 87 80 77 75 73 83 92 93 88 79 76 73 71 82 91 92 89 80 77 74 73
Dewpt 75 76 76 75 73 77 75 73 74 74 75 73 71 77 73 71 72 74 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 100 52 100 51 100
RH 69 88 99100100 82 59 52 63 85 97100100 85 57 51 58 82 96100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E SE SE SE NE
Wind Spd 11 6 4 2 2 4 6 8 9 5 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 3 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 20 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2000 600 5200 6100 2400 1000 5700 7300 2100 1000
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 18 9 9 12 13 6 6 9 13 8
Date 09/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 93 72 93 70 92 69 93 68 93
Temp 90 87 76 72 89 86 76 71 88 86 74 69 88 87 74 69 89 87
Dewpt 74 72 74 72 72 69 68 66 68 65 65 62 65 62 63 63 65 63
Min/Max RH 54 99 50 84 45 78 39 84 38
RH 60 61 94 99 57 57 78 84 51 50 74 78 46 43 70 81 45 44
Pwind Dir E E NE NE N N N NE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 40 10 10 0 5 0 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS SC
Tstms SC IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ247-220900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
548 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024
Date 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 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 88 78 88 78
Temp 85 83 82 81 80 85 87 87 83 82 82 80 79 84 86 86 83 82 81 80 79
Dewpt 76 76 76 75 74 76 76 76 75 76 76 75 74 77 77 76 76 76 76 75 75
Max/Min RH 85 68 87 73 90
RH 75 81 82 82 84 75 71 70 77 82 82 84 87 80 75 73 79 82 84 85 87
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 10 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 5 4 4 6 6 8 6 5 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 30 20
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0.02 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2
Haines 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 3
Mixing Hgt 1400 1400 3200 3000 2400 1800 2400 2400 2000 2200
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 18 14 10 11 13 10 8 10 12 10
Date 09/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24
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 89 75 89 74 89 74 89
Temp 87 83 81 78 86 83 80 76 85 83 79 74 85 83 79 76 85 84
Dewpt 76 76 75 74 75 74 73 71 71 70 69 68 69 69 69 68 69 70
Min/Max RH 72 88 67 85 57 81 56 78 56
RH 72 79 81 86 70 73 79 85 64 64 72 81 59 62 70 76 58 62
Pwind Dir E E NE NE NE N N N N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 30 40 20 20 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS SC SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-220900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
548 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024
Date 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 93 73 94 73
Temp 86 79 77 75 74 84 91 91 85 79 76 75 73 83 89 89 85 79 76 74 74
Dewpt 75 75 75 74 74 77 75 74 74 74 75 74 73 77 75 74 75 75 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 100 58 100 60 100
RH 70 88 94 97100 80 60 58 70 85 97 97100 82 64 61 72 88 97100 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE E E SE SE SE SE NE NE
Wind Spd 10 4 4 3 2 4 6 8 8 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 2 2 2 3
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW SC FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 10 0 30 5
QPF 12HR 0.03 0.04 0 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC
Tstms SC SC
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4
Mixing Hgt 400 400 4900 4800 600 400 4100 4700 700 400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE E
T Wind Spd 11 6 6 11 9 6 8 6 9 5
Date 09/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 73 93 71 91 69 92 68 93
Temp 90 86 76 74 88 86 75 72 88 85 74 70 87 84 73 69 88 85
Dewpt 74 74 74 71 73 71 69 66 68 66 64 62 64 65 64 63 66 65
Min/Max RH 56 94 57 82 48 78 42 84 44
RH 60 68 94 90 61 61 82 81 52 53 71 76 46 53 73 81 48 51
Pwind Dir E E NE NE N N N N N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 20 40 10 10 0 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ241-220900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
548 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024
Date 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 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 74 93 73 94 74
Temp 87 80 78 76 75 84 91 93 87 79 76 75 73 83 89 91 86 79 77 75 74
Dewpt 76 76 76 75 74 77 75 73 74 75 75 75 73 77 74 72 74 75 75 75 74
Max/Min RH 100 54 100 55 100
RH 72 88 96 97 99 80 60 54 65 87 97 99100 83 60 55 68 88 96 99 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE E E E E SE SE SE NE
Wind Spd 11 6 4 4 2 4 6 8 10 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 6 3 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 10 0 20 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1600 500 4400 5100 2100 600 4900 6700 1900 700
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE NE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 9 9 12 11 5 6 9 11 6
Date 09/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24
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 72 92 70 92 70 93
Temp 89 85 76 74 87 85 76 73 87 85 75 71 87 86 74 70 88 86
Dewpt 74 74 75 73 72 72 70 68 68 67 66 63 65 64 64 63 65 64
Min/Max RH 58 99 57 87 46 79 41 80 41
RH 61 69 96 95 61 65 82 84 54 54 75 77 47 48 71 78 48 49
Pwind Dir E E NE NE N N N N N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 20 40 10 10 5 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC
Tstms SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ229-220900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
548 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024
Date 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 97 74 96 75
Temp 92 85 80 78 76 83 91 95 93 85 80 76 74 82 90 94 92 85 80 77 75
Dewpt 71 73 74 74 74 74 71 68 68 71 72 72 72 73 69 66 65 67 70 72 71
Max/Min RH 94 39 93 39 87
RH 51 67 82 88 94 74 52 42 44 63 77 87 93 74 50 40 41 55 72 85 87
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 11 11 8 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 6 4 2 3 2 3 5 4 3 3 3
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 700 1100 5200 7000 1600 1300 5500 7800 4600 1100
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 19 13 10 10 16 9 6 6 12 9
Date 09/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 73 92 71 92 70 93 69 93
Temp 89 89 79 74 87 85 76 72 86 86 76 71 88 87 75 70 89 88
Dewpt 69 67 71 70 67 65 65 64 63 61 61 61 60 59 59 60 60 59
Min/Max RH 43 87 47 76 39 71 33 71 32
RH 52 48 77 87 52 51 69 76 46 43 60 71 39 39 58 71 38 38
Pwind Dir E E NE NE N N N NE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL
PoP 12HR 20 30 40 10 5 0 0 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS SC
Tstms IS IS SC IS SC
$$
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