Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 220638
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
137 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024
TXZ245-222100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
137 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024
Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24
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 92 78 92 74 92
Temp 78 77 87 90 91 86 81 81 80 79 87 90 91 86 79 78 76 75 85 89 91 86
Dewpt 74 74 76 75 75 75 75 76 76 75 77 76 76 77 76 76 75 74 78 76 76 76
Min/Max RH 60 90 61 99 62
RH 88 92 70 62 60 71 82 84 88 90 73 64 62 74 90 93 97 97 80 66 62 73
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE E SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E
Wind Spd 4 4 5 6 8 8 4 2 2 2 2 4 6 4 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 30 10 40
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.02 0.04 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2
Haines 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 3700 3600 1000 600 3400 3400 1600 1000 3700 3800
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE E E
T Wind Spd 12 10 11 13 8 4 9 11 6 6 9
Date Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24
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 92 69 92 66 92 68 92
Temp 78 73 88 86 74 69 88 86 72 67 87 86 73 68 89 86
Dewpt 74 72 74 73 68 64 66 63 63 60 62 64 64 62 66 67
Max/Min RH 97 60 85 42 80 39 81 44
RH 89 95 63 65 82 84 49 47 72 78 44 48 72 80 47 53
Pwind Dir E NE N N N N SW NW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 40 20 10 5 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS
$$
TXZ231-222100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
137 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024
Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 94 73 95 72 93
Temp 75 74 85 93 94 89 80 77 74 73 83 91 94 90 81 77 74 73 83 90 92 88
Dewpt 75 74 76 73 71 73 74 75 74 73 76 72 70 71 75 75 74 73 77 75 73 74
Min/Max RH 47 100 47 100 54
RH 100100 76 53 47 58 84 94100100 80 54 47 54 84 94100100 84 61 54 62
Wind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE NE E E E SE SE SE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 2 2 4 6 8 10 5 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 5 5
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 0 20 5 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS
Tstms SC SC IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 600 5700 6300 1600 600 4900 6200 2200 1000 5700 5300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 9 10 11 16 6 4 6 13 6 6 9
Date Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 71 91 68 90 65 93 64 93
Temp 76 72 87 85 74 68 87 85 71 66 87 87 71 65 90 88
Dewpt 74 71 73 70 66 62 64 60 59 58 61 59 60 59 63 61
Max/Min RH 100 53 83 38 79 33 82 35
RH 94 97 62 61 77 81 46 43 66 77 41 39 68 81 42 40
Pwind Dir E NE NE N N N S N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 40 5 5 0 5 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ247-222100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
137 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024
Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24
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 79 88 79 88
Temp 81 80 86 87 87 84 82 81 81 80 84 86 87 85 82 81 81 79 84 86 87 84
Dewpt 75 75 76 76 76 75 76 76 76 75 77 77 76 77 76 76 76 75 77 77 77 76
Min/Max RH 67 90 70 87 72
RH 82 87 73 70 69 76 82 85 87 87 80 74 70 78 82 84 85 87 80 75 72 76
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE S E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E
Wind Spd 9 8 8 8 8 9 8 6 5 4 4 5 6 8 6 5 4 4 5 6 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 30 10 40
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.01 0.01 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 3100 3000 1800 1100 2400 2200 1700 1900 2800 2900
T Wind Dir SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE E E
T Wind Spd 14 11 12 16 9 6 9 12 9 8 11
Date Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24
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 88 74 89 72 88 73 88
Temp 81 77 85 84 77 74 85 84 78 72 84 83 78 74 85 83
Dewpt 75 73 75 73 70 68 68 66 65 64 64 65 66 65 67 69
Max/Min RH 89 66 84 50 75 48 76 52
RH 82 87 71 70 79 83 57 54 64 75 51 54 67 75 54 62
Pwind Dir E NE N N N N SW W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 40 30 10 5 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ234-222100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
137 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024
Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 94 74 93 73 93
Temp 76 76 85 92 93 88 79 76 74 74 83 90 92 87 80 77 75 74 83 90 92 87
Dewpt 74 74 75 73 72 72 74 74 74 73 77 75 74 75 75 76 75 74 77 75 74 74
Min/Max RH 51 100 56 100 56
RH 94 94 72 54 51 59 85 94100 97 82 62 56 68 85 97100100 82 62 56 65
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE E E N NE E E SE SE SE E NE E E E SE
Wind Spd 3 2 4 6 8 8 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 0 30 5 40
QPF 12HR 0.09 0 0.03 0.05 0.01
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC SC SC SC IS
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3
Haines 4 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 400 5200 5400 400 400 4600 4400 1000 400 4100 5300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE E E
T Wind Spd 6 8 11 10 6 5 9 9 4 5 9
Date Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 73 91 69 90 66 91 66 92
Temp 76 73 88 85 74 69 87 85 71 66 87 85 71 66 88 86
Dewpt 74 71 73 71 66 64 63 60 60 58 61 61 61 60 63 63
Max/Min RH 94 54 84 39 76 35 82 40
RH 94 93 61 63 76 84 45 43 68 75 42 45 71 81 43 46
Pwind Dir E N N N N N NW NW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 50 10 10 0 5 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS SC
$$
TXZ241-222100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
137 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024
Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24
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 94 74 94 73 93
Temp 76 74 84 91 93 88 79 76 75 74 83 90 93 87 80 77 75 74 83 90 92 87
Dewpt 75 74 77 74 73 73 75 75 75 74 76 73 72 75 75 76 75 74 77 75 74 75
Min/Max RH 53 100 51 100 56
RH 97100 80 58 53 62 88 97 99100 81 59 51 67 87 96 99100 82 62 56 68
Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE SE E E NE E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E
Wind Spd 4 2 4 6 8 10 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 6 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW
Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 0 20 5 40
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 500 5000 5300 1700 500 4500 5400 1700 900 5400 5300
T Wind Dir SE SE E SE SE E E SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 9 9 12 12 5 5 8 11 6 6 10
Date Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24
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 91 70 91 67 92 67 92
Temp 76 74 87 86 74 70 87 85 72 67 87 86 71 67 88 87
Dewpt 75 73 73 71 68 64 65 62 63 60 61 60 62 60 63 63
Max/Min RH 98 55 83 40 80 36 78 38
RH 96 97 62 62 82 81 49 46 75 78 42 43 72 78 43 45
Pwind Dir E NE N N N N SW N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 50 10 10 0 5 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS SC
$$
TXZ229-222100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
137 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024
Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 97 75 96 75 96
Temp 78 77 83 91 96 93 84 80 77 75 82 91 95 92 85 80 77 75 83 91 95 91
Dewpt 74 75 74 71 68 68 71 72 73 73 73 69 66 66 68 71 72 72 73 69 67 69
Min/Max RH 39 94 38 91 40
RH 88 94 74 52 40 44 65 77 87 94 74 49 39 43 57 74 85 90 72 49 40 49
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E
Wind Spd 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 6 4 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 4 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC
Clouds(%) SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1100 4800 7300 700 1000 4900 7000 2700 800 5900 7300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE E
T Wind Spd 13 10 11 16 9 5 8 12 9 6 10
Date Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 91 69 91 67 93 67 94
Temp 79 74 86 87 75 69 87 88 73 67 87 88 74 67 90 90
Dewpt 72 70 68 65 63 61 58 57 57 57 56 56 58 58 58 57
Max/Min RH 89 45 77 33 71 29 73 29
RH 79 87 55 48 66 76 38 35 57 70 35 34 57 73 34 33
Pwind Dir E NE NE N NE N SE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL FW CL CL
PoP 12HR 20 40 10 5 0 0 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC
$$
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