Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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461 FOUS54 KCRP 250353 PFWCRP Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1053 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 TXZ245-250900- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX 28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft 1053 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 Date 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 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 94 70 92 66 Temp 78 76 74 85 91 92 86 78 76 73 71 80 88 91 86 77 73 68 67 Dewpt 76 75 74 78 76 76 75 73 71 68 66 68 64 62 62 62 61 60 59 Max/Min RH 100 59 88 39 78 RH 93 99100 81 61 59 70 85 85 86 84 67 46 39 45 61 66 75 76 Wind Dir SE NE N N NE SE SE N N N N N N N N N N NW N Wind Spd 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 2 3 5 6 8 8 6 4 2 2 2 3 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL PoP 12HR 20 40 10 5 0 QPF 12HR 0.04 0.26 0.14 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC Tstms IS IS SC LAL 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 Mixing Hgt 400 3900 4000 1300 1200 6100 7700 1100 500 T Wind Dir SW N SE N N N N N NW T Wind Spd 4 5 9 6 13 17 13 10 8 Date 09/27Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24 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 68 94 70 95 70 94 70 94 Temp 89 86 75 68 90 87 76 70 92 88 77 70 90 86 76 70 90 86 Dewpt 60 63 66 64 63 66 68 66 66 69 69 65 67 69 70 67 68 69 Min/Max RH 36 88 37 88 40 85 43 90 44 RH 39 47 75 86 40 50 76 86 43 54 78 83 47 56 81 88 48 58 Pwind Dir NW SW NW SW W SW NE S NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 $$ TXZ231-250900- George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX 28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft 1053 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 Date 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 72 96 69 91 64 Temp 76 74 72 83 93 95 90 80 76 71 69 79 88 90 87 76 71 66 65 Dewpt 76 74 72 78 75 71 70 70 67 65 62 65 62 58 57 56 58 57 57 Max/Min RH 100 46 80 34 77 RH 100100100 85 55 46 52 72 74 80 78 63 42 34 36 50 62 71 75 Wind Dir SE NE N NW N N NE NE N N N N N N N NE NE N NW Wind Spd 1 1 1 2 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 8 9 8 4 2 1 2 2 Wind Gust Clouds FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL Clouds(%) FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL PoP 12HR 20 20 5 0 0 QPF 12HR 0 0.06 0.03 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS LAL 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 Mixing Hgt 500 5200 6700 2200 1800 6600 8100 1600 500 T Wind Dir SE N N NE N NE N NE N T Wind Spd 4 4 9 11 13 16 13 9 5 Date 09/27Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 93 65 95 67 97 67 96 67 96 Temp 90 89 72 65 92 90 74 68 93 91 75 68 92 90 73 67 91 90 Dewpt 59 58 58 58 59 60 61 61 63 61 60 59 63 61 64 63 64 61 Min/Max RH 29 79 29 81 30 76 31 88 33 RH 35 35 61 77 34 36 63 80 37 36 60 75 39 37 72 86 40 38 Pwind Dir N NE N SE N E NE E NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 $$ TXZ247-250900- Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX 28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft 1053 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 Date 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 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 89 75 88 72 Temp 81 81 79 84 87 88 84 80 79 76 75 81 85 87 84 80 79 75 73 Dewpt 76 76 76 78 77 76 75 74 73 71 69 69 66 65 63 64 64 64 64 Max/Min RH 93 67 84 46 73 RH 84 85 90 81 73 68 73 81 82 83 82 68 53 47 49 57 60 69 73 Wind Dir SE SE N N NE SE SE NE N N N N N NE N N N N N Wind Spd 3 3 3 4 5 6 5 5 6 10 11 11 10 9 8 6 5 5 6 Wind Gust Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW CL FW Clouds(%) CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW CL FW PoP 12HR 20 30 20 5 0 QPF 12HR 0.02 0.13 0.14 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS IS IS LAL 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 Mixing Hgt 800 2500 2300 1500 1800 5300 5700 3800 1000 T Wind Dir SE N E N N NE N N NW T Wind Spd 5 6 9 8 16 19 13 11 11 Date 09/27Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24 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 89 76 90 75 88 75 89 Temp 86 84 80 75 87 85 80 76 87 85 80 76 86 84 80 76 87 84 Dewpt 62 64 68 67 64 68 70 69 68 71 71 69 69 70 71 69 70 70 Min/Max RH 42 78 46 78 51 80 55 82 54 RH 45 51 68 77 47 56 72 78 54 62 75 79 57 63 74 80 57 64 Pwind Dir NW SW W SW W SW NE SE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ TXZ234-250900- Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX 28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft 1053 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 Date 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 73 95 70 90 64 Temp 76 75 73 83 92 94 86 78 75 72 70 79 87 89 84 75 70 66 65 Dewpt 75 74 73 77 75 73 72 70 67 66 63 65 63 60 58 57 56 56 55 Max/Min RH 100 51 81 37 73 RH 97 97100 82 58 51 63 76 76 81 78 62 45 38 41 54 61 71 71 Wind Dir NE NW N NW N N N N N N N N N N N N N NW NW Wind Spd 2 2 2 3 5 6 5 5 6 8 8 10 11 10 4 2 2 3 4 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL Clouds(%) FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL PoP 12HR 20 40 5 0 0 QPF 12HR 0.01 0.08 0.05 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC Tstms IS IS IS SC Obvis PF LAL 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 Mixing Hgt 400 5400 6100 600 400 6600 8000 2100 400 T Wind Dir NW N N N N N N N N T Wind Spd 4 5 9 9 13 16 14 10 6 Date 09/27Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 92 65 94 68 95 68 94 68 95 Temp 88 86 70 65 89 88 73 68 92 89 73 68 91 88 74 68 91 89 Dewpt 59 58 59 57 62 62 63 62 63 60 62 61 64 63 64 63 65 63 Min/Max RH 32 77 36 82 32 79 35 85 36 RH 38 39 67 75 40 41 71 80 39 37 68 77 41 43 71 83 43 43 Pwind Dir NW NW NW SE N NE N NE N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 $$ TXZ241-250900- Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX 27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft 1053 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 Date 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 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 95 71 91 66 Temp 77 76 74 83 91 94 89 80 77 73 71 79 87 90 87 76 72 68 67 Dewpt 76 75 74 77 74 72 72 73 71 67 64 67 62 60 59 60 60 59 58 Max/Min RH 100 48 82 37 77 RH 97 97100 82 58 48 58 78 81 81 79 66 44 37 40 58 67 74 75 Wind Dir E NE N N N NE N NE N N N N N N NE NE N NW NW Wind Spd 2 2 2 2 5 5 3 2 4 5 6 8 9 6 3 2 2 2 3 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW B1 SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW Clouds(%) FW FW B1 SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW PoP 12HR 20 30 10 5 0 QPF 12HR 0 0.05 0.18 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS Obvis PF LAL 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 Mixing Hgt 500 4700 6800 1300 1200 6200 7600 400 400 T Wind Dir E NE NE NE N N N NE NW T Wind Spd 4 5 9 8 12 17 12 10 6 Date 09/27Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24 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 67 95 69 96 69 94 69 94 Temp 89 88 72 67 92 90 74 69 92 91 75 69 91 89 74 69 90 89 Dewpt 59 59 63 61 59 60 64 64 63 62 65 64 63 63 68 66 65 64 Min/Max RH 31 83 31 85 33 86 35 93 36 RH 37 38 72 80 35 37 70 83 38 39 73 85 40 41 81 90 43 43 Pwind Dir NW S N S N S NE S NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 $$ TXZ229-250900- La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX 28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft 1053 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024 Date 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 75 98 70 93 66 Temp 81 77 75 83 94 97 92 83 77 72 70 79 88 92 89 79 74 68 67 Dewpt 73 73 73 74 70 66 65 63 62 61 59 60 56 53 53 52 54 55 55 Max/Min RH 94 36 69 27 68 RH 77 87 94 74 46 36 41 51 60 68 68 52 34 27 29 39 50 62 66 Wind Dir SE E NE NW N N NE NE NE N N N N N NE E NE NE NE Wind Spd 3 2 2 2 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 2 2 2 3 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL PoP 12HR 10 20 5 0 0 QPF 12HR 0 0.02 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS LAL 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 Mixing Hgt 500 6100 7000 1900 1400 6600 7800 1400 500 T Wind Dir SE NE N NE N NE N NE NE T Wind Spd 5 5 11 17 13 13 11 10 8 Date 09/27Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 95 68 97 68 98 69 97 69 96 Temp 90 91 75 68 92 92 76 68 93 93 78 69 92 92 77 69 92 91 Dewpt 55 54 55 56 55 54 57 58 57 55 56 57 57 55 58 59 58 56 Min/Max RH 25 66 24 71 24 66 24 70 27 RH 31 29 50 65 29 28 52 69 30 28 47 65 31 29 52 70 32 31 Pwind Dir N NE N E N E NE E NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ 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