Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 201913
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
213 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
TXZ245-210900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
213 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
Date 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun
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 91 77 91 77
Temp 90 86 82 81 80 79 87 90 91 87 82 81 79 78 88 90 91 87 82 80 79 77
Dewpt 80 78 78 77 76 76 78 78 78 77 77 77 76 76 78 76 76 74 75 75 75 77
Max/Min RH 96 67 96 60 99
RH 72 77 88 87 88 91 76 69 67 73 84 87 90 96 73 63 61 67 80 85 90 99
Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE
Wind Spd 13 11 10 8 6 6 8 10 10 8 5 4 4 4 6 9 9 6 5 3 3 3
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 SC SC SC B1 FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) B2 SC SC SC B1 FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 50 40 30 30 30
QPF 12HR 0.11 0.29 0.04 0.01 0.02
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS SC IS IS IS
LAL 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 2
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
Mixing Hgt 800 700 3400 3400 2200 1100 4100 4100 2200 800
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 20 13 16 19 16 11 14 17 12 9
Coast Flood W W W W W W W W W
Date 06/23Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24Thu 06/27/24
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 91 78 92 78 92 79 93 79 93
Temp 90 87 82 78 90 88 82 79 92 88 83 79 92 88 83 79 92 88
Dewpt 79 78 78 78 80 79 79 78 80 79 79 79 80 79 78 79 80 78
Min/Max RH 68 99 68 98 68 99 67 99 65
RH 70 75 88 99 72 75 90 97 70 76 90 99 69 75 87 99 67 72
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 20 40 10 20 5 20 5 20
Rain Shwrs NM SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-210900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
213 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
Date 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 91 73 93 72
Temp 89 84 78 77 76 74 82 88 90 86 79 77 75 73 83 90 92 88 79 75 74 72
Dewpt 78 78 76 76 75 74 78 78 76 76 76 76 74 73 77 75 73 72 72 73 72 72
Max/Min RH 100 64 100 54 100
RH 70 81 94 97 97100 88 71 64 72 90 96 99100 82 62 54 59 78 94 93100
Wind Dir E E E E NE NE E E E E E E NE NE E E E E E E NE NE
Wind Spd 16 12 8 5 4 5 8 11 10 9 4 2 2 2 4 8 8 8 2 1 1 2
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 30 40 10 30 10
QPF 12HR 0.06 0.28 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
LAL 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1500 700 3700 3800 1500 600 5100 5600 2600 500
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E SE E
T Wind Spd 18 11 17 17 12 9 12 14 11 6
Date 06/23Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24Thu 06/27/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 92 75 93 75 94 76 96 76 97
Temp 89 87 78 75 90 88 79 75 91 89 80 76 93 91 80 76 94 92
Dewpt 77 77 77 75 79 78 77 75 79 78 78 76 79 78 78 76 77 77
Min/Max RH 64 100 65 100 63 100 57 100 52
RH 68 72 97100 72 72 94100 68 70 93100 63 66 93100 58 61
Pwind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 10 30 5 10 0 10 0 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC IS SC
$$
TXZ247-210900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
213 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
Date 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun
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 89 81 90 81
Temp 88 86 83 83 82 82 86 87 89 86 83 83 82 82 87 89 89 86 83 83 82 81
Dewpt 79 78 78 77 77 77 78 78 77 76 76 77 76 77 77 77 76 75 75 75 76 77
Max/Min RH 87 69 85 65 90
RH 74 76 85 82 84 84 76 74 69 72 80 82 83 84 72 68 65 69 77 78 81 90
Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 18 16 14 13 11 10 12 12 12 12 10 9 8 8 10 11 11 10 9 6 5 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW SC FW SC
Clouds(%) B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW SC FW SC
PoP 12HR 50 40 30 40 40
QPF 12HR 0.06 0.12 0.11 0.01 0.04
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC NM
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC IS IS IS SC SC
LAL 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 3
Mixing Hgt 1600 1500 2900 2800 2100 1900 3200 3500 2500 2100
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 25 19 19 19 18 14 17 18 16 12
Coast Flood W W W W W W W W W
Date 06/23Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24Thu 06/27/24
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 89 81 90 82 90 83 90 83 90
Temp 88 87 84 82 88 87 84 83 89 87 84 83 89 87 84 83 89 87
Dewpt 78 78 78 78 79 78 79 79 80 79 79 79 80 78 78 79 80 78
Min/Max RH 70 90 71 90 72 90 71 88 70
RH 73 74 82 90 75 74 85 88 77 76 84 90 74 75 83 88 74 75
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 30 40 20 20 5 20 5 20
Rain Shwrs NM SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-210900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
213 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
Date 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 88 73 90 72
Temp 86 83 78 77 77 75 82 86 87 85 79 77 75 74 83 88 90 87 79 75 74 73
Dewpt 80 78 77 76 76 75 79 79 79 78 76 75 75 74 78 76 76 74 74 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 100 77 100 63 100
RH 82 85 97 97 97100 91 80 77 80 91 94100100 85 68 64 65 85 94 97100
Wind Dir E E E E NE NE E E E E E E NE NE E E E SE SE E NE NE
Wind Spd 16 11 9 6 6 6 8 10 10 8 4 3 3 4 6 8 8 8 4 2 2 3
Wind Gust
Clouds OV FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) OV FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 50 5 20 10
QPF 12HR 0.05 0.22 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC
Tstms IS SC IS SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 700 400 3800 3400 1000 400 4900 5500 2000 400
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E SE NE
T Wind Spd 13 10 14 14 10 9 12 14 10 6
Date 06/23Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24Thu 06/27/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 89 75 90 76 91 76 92 76 93
Temp 87 87 79 76 88 87 79 77 88 88 80 77 89 88 80 77 90 89
Dewpt 80 79 77 76 81 80 78 77 81 79 79 77 80 79 78 77 80 79
Min/Max RH 74 100 77 100 72 100 72 100 68
RH 80 77 94100 80 80 97100 80 75 97100 75 75 94100 73 73
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 10 30 5 20 0 20 5 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ241-210900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
213 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
Date 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun
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 91 74 91 74
Temp 87 83 80 78 78 76 83 88 90 86 79 77 76 74 83 88 90 87 79 76 75 76
Dewpt 79 78 77 76 76 75 78 77 77 76 76 76 75 74 77 76 75 74 74 74 74 74
Max/Min RH 97 67 100 61 97
RH 79 84 91 94 96 97 85 72 67 71 91 96 97100 83 68 61 66 85 92 96 96
Wind Dir E E E E NE NE E E E E E E NE NE E E E E E NE N N
Wind Spd 16 12 9 6 5 6 9 11 11 11 4 2 2 4 6 9 9 8 3 2 2 3
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) OV B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 40 40 20 50 20
QPF 12HR 0.18 0.24 0.03 0.10 0.01
Rain Shwrs NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS NM
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC IS IS IS SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 3 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 1 2
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3
Mixing Hgt 1500 700 4100 4400 1700 400 5000 4700 2400 400
T Wind Dir E E E E E NE E E E NE
T Wind Spd 17 11 16 19 13 6 12 14 11 9
Date 06/23Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24Thu 06/27/24
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 91 76 92 76 93 77 95 77 96
Temp 87 87 79 76 89 87 79 77 90 88 80 77 92 90 80 77 93 91
Dewpt 78 78 77 76 79 78 78 77 79 78 78 77 79 78 78 77 78 78
Min/Max RH 70 100 69 100 66 100 62 100 57
RH 75 75 94100 74 75 96100 71 73 93100 65 70 93100 62 67
Pwind Dir NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 70 20 50 5 20 5 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs NM NM IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ229-210900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
213 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024
Date 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 93 76 95 74
Temp 87 84 80 79 78 77 82 87 91 88 82 79 77 76 82 89 94 91 84 79 76 74
Dewpt 76 75 75 74 75 74 75 74 73 73 74 74 74 74 75 72 71 70 71 71 71 71
Max/Min RH 91 54 94 47 91
RH 70 74 85 85 91 90 79 65 56 61 77 85 90 94 79 57 47 50 65 77 85 90
Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE E E E E SE SE E NE
Wind Spd 16 13 11 8 8 8 9 10 11 10 6 3 3 4 5 6 6 8 4 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 30 5 20 5
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.23 0 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs NM SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS SC SC IS IS
LAL 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1000 900 3900 4500 1500 700 5500 6000 3300 500
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E SE E
T Wind Spd 18 14 16 17 14 8 11 12 13 6
Date 06/23Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24Thu 06/27/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 97 77 96 78 98 79 100 80 100
Temp 91 92 81 77 90 91 82 78 92 94 84 79 94 96 84 80 94 97
Dewpt 70 72 75 75 75 75 76 76 74 74 76 76 74 72 76 76 75 72
Min/Max RH 45 94 51 94 48 91 42 88 42
RH 50 52 82 94 62 60 82 94 56 53 77 91 53 46 77 88 54 45
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 30 5 20 5 5 0 5 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
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