Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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066 FOUS54 KCRP 180304 PFWCRP Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1004 PM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 TXZ245-180900- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX 28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft 1004 PM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Date 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 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 79 92 78 93 75 Temp 80 80 79 89 91 91 86 81 81 79 79 86 90 90 85 80 79 77 76 Dewpt 77 76 75 79 78 78 78 78 77 77 76 79 78 79 78 78 77 77 75 Max/Min RH 91 64 93 68 100 RH 90 88 87 74 66 66 76 91 90 93 91 81 69 70 80 93 94 99 99 Wind Dir S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 3 2 2 3 5 6 9 4 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 10 5 10 5 QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 600 3100 3200 1600 1300 3200 3300 1700 1100 T Wind Dir S SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 9 6 11 12 9 6 11 12 8 Date 09/20Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24 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 92 75 92 74 92 74 92 Temp 90 84 78 76 89 84 78 75 89 84 77 74 89 84 77 74 88 84 Dewpt 77 76 76 73 75 75 73 72 74 75 74 73 75 75 74 72 74 75 Min/Max RH 63 94 61 92 60 97 62 96 62 RH 65 77 93 92 63 74 85 90 61 74 90 96 64 73 89 95 63 74 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 5 10 5 10 10 20 10 20 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS $$ TXZ231-180900- George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX 28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft 1004 PM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Date 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 Fri UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 73 96 74 97 74 Temp 77 75 74 85 94 95 89 81 78 76 74 85 93 94 89 81 77 77 75 Dewpt 76 75 74 79 76 76 77 78 78 76 74 79 77 75 76 77 77 77 75 Max/Min RH 100 54 100 54 100 RH 97100100 84 57 55 68 91 99100100 84 59 54 66 88100100100 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 3 2 2 3 5 6 8 5 3 2 2 3 4 6 8 4 2 2 2 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC Clouds(%) FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12HR 0 5 0 10 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Obvis PF PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 600 5400 5900 2000 1200 5800 6800 2700 1300 T Wind Dir S SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE T Wind Spd 9 9 11 17 10 10 11 14 9 Date 09/20Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 97 73 95 71 95 71 94 71 95 Temp 93 89 77 74 92 88 77 73 91 88 76 72 90 88 76 72 90 87 Dewpt 76 74 76 74 74 73 74 72 72 70 73 72 72 70 73 71 72 71 Min/Max RH 52 100 53 100 47 100 51 99 51 RH 57 62 97100 56 60 92 97 54 55 90100 56 56 90 99 56 59 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 0 10 0 10 5 10 0 10 $$ TXZ247-180900- Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX 28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft 1004 PM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Date 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 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 81 89 81 88 79 Temp 83 82 82 86 88 88 84 83 83 82 81 85 87 87 83 82 82 81 79 Dewpt 77 76 77 78 79 79 78 78 78 77 77 79 79 79 78 77 77 77 77 Max/Min RH 85 73 89 76 93 RH 82 82 84 77 75 75 82 84 85 85 88 81 77 78 85 87 87 90 93 Wind Dir S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 6 5 4 4 6 8 10 8 6 5 4 4 6 8 8 6 5 4 3 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 5 5 10 5 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 1000 2300 2200 1900 1600 2200 2100 1800 1500 T Wind Dir S SE SE SE S SE SE SE S T Wind Spd 11 8 11 13 11 6 11 13 9 Date 09/20Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24 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 79 88 78 87 78 87 77 87 Temp 87 83 81 79 87 83 81 79 86 83 80 78 85 82 81 78 85 82 Dewpt 78 76 76 75 76 75 74 73 75 75 75 74 76 75 75 74 75 75 Min/Max RH 73 87 70 82 69 90 72 88 70 RH 75 80 85 87 71 77 79 81 70 76 85 89 75 78 82 88 71 78 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 5 10 5 10 10 20 10 20 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS $$ TXZ234-180900- Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX 28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft 1004 PM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Date 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 Fri UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 75 95 76 95 75 Temp 77 76 75 85 93 93 86 80 78 77 76 84 92 92 87 80 77 76 75 Dewpt 76 75 74 79 77 76 77 77 77 76 75 79 78 76 77 77 77 76 75 Max/Min RH 100 58 97 59 100 RH 97 97 97 82 60 58 75 91 97 97 97 85 64 60 72 91100100100 Wind Dir S SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E Wind Spd 3 2 2 2 5 8 8 4 3 2 2 2 4 6 8 4 2 2 2 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW CL FW CL FW SC Clouds(%) FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW CL FW CL FW SC PoP 12HR 0 10 0 20 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.02 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS Tstms IS IS Obvis PF PF F LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 400 4400 5000 600 400 4800 5800 1500 400 T Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 6 6 11 11 8 6 10 11 6 Date 09/20Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 95 73 94 72 93 72 93 72 93 Temp 92 86 76 74 91 86 75 73 91 85 75 73 90 85 76 73 89 85 Dewpt 75 74 75 74 73 73 73 72 72 73 73 72 73 72 73 72 73 72 Min/Max RH 53 100 54 98 51 99 56 97 55 RH 58 68 97100 56 65 94 97 54 67 94 97 58 65 90 97 59 65 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E E E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 0 10 0 10 5 20 0 20 Rain Shwrs IS IS Tstms IS IS $$ TXZ241-180900- Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX 27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft 1004 PM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Date 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 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 94 76 95 75 Temp 77 76 75 85 92 92 87 81 78 77 76 85 92 93 87 81 78 77 76 Dewpt 76 76 75 79 76 77 78 78 78 77 76 79 77 77 77 78 77 77 76 Max/Min RH 100 57 100 59 100 RH 97100100 83 60 62 75 93 99100100 83 63 60 73 91 97100100 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 3 2 2 4 5 8 9 5 4 3 2 4 4 6 9 5 3 2 2 Wind Gust Clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW CL FW FW SC Clouds(%) FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW CL FW FW SC PoP 12HR 0 10 0 10 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs Tstms Obvis PF PF PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mixing Hgt 500 4400 5000 1900 1000 4700 5500 2300 1000 T Wind Dir S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 9 9 12 14 10 10 12 13 9 Date 09/20Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24 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 75 93 73 94 72 92 72 93 Temp 91 87 77 76 90 86 77 74 90 86 76 73 89 85 76 73 88 85 Dewpt 76 76 76 75 75 74 75 73 73 73 74 72 73 73 73 72 73 72 Min/Max RH 59 100 57 97 52 98 56 97 55 RH 62 70 97 97 62 67 92 95 57 65 92 97 59 68 90 97 61 65 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E SE E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 0 20 0 10 5 20 5 20 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS $$ TXZ229-180900- La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX 28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft 1004 PM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Date 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 Fri UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 77 98 79 99 78 Temp 80 78 77 84 93 97 94 87 82 80 79 85 93 97 93 87 82 80 78 Dewpt 74 74 74 76 72 71 72 74 76 76 75 76 73 70 70 73 75 75 75 Max/Min RH 94 43 88 42 91 RH 82 88 90 77 51 43 49 65 82 88 88 75 52 42 47 63 79 85 91 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 6 4 4 5 5 6 6 8 6 6 4 4 5 6 6 8 6 5 4 Wind Gust Clouds CL FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC Clouds(%) CL FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 900 5200 6200 1900 1500 5300 7500 3800 1500 T Wind Dir S SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 11 10 11 17 12 11 11 16 10 Date 09/20Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 99 77 98 76 98 74 96 74 97 Temp 93 93 81 78 92 92 80 76 91 93 80 75 90 91 80 75 90 90 Dewpt 71 69 74 74 70 68 72 72 69 65 70 71 67 65 70 70 67 65 Min/Max RH 39 88 40 88 36 88 39 85 37 RH 49 46 79 88 49 46 77 87 49 40 72 87 47 42 72 84 47 44 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 0 5 0 10 5 10 0 10 $$ 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