Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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644 FOUS54 KCRP 230348 PFWCRP Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1048 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 TXZ245-230900- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX 28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft 1048 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 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 92 75 92 73 Temp 80 78 76 85 90 91 87 80 79 77 75 84 89 89 85 80 78 76 74 Dewpt 76 75 74 78 77 76 77 76 76 75 74 78 77 77 76 76 75 74 73 Max/Min RH 97 62 97 66 96 RH 87 91 92 81 66 62 73 88 90 94 97 81 69 67 76 87 90 92 96 Wind Dir E SE E NE E SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE E NE Wind Spd 3 2 2 2 4 5 4 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 4 2 2 2 3 Wind Gust Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12HR 5 30 10 40 30 QPF 12HR 0.02 0.03 0.02 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS LAL 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Haines 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 500 3400 3500 1700 1000 3300 3300 1500 900 T Wind Dir SE N E SE SE E SE SE SW T Wind Spd 8 5 9 11 6 6 9 11 6 Date 09/25Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24 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 69 92 67 92 69 92 71 92 Temp 89 84 75 70 87 83 73 67 86 83 74 69 88 84 76 71 88 84 Dewpt 73 73 70 64 64 63 62 60 62 65 66 64 67 69 70 67 70 70 Min/Max RH 58 85 42 78 41 83 49 89 52 RH 60 70 83 81 47 50 70 77 45 56 75 83 51 60 81 89 55 64 Pwind Dir NE N N N N SW NW SW N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 50 20 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs SC SC IS Tstms IS SC IS $$ TXZ231-230900- George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX 28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft 1048 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 72 94 72 94 73 Temp 76 73 72 82 91 93 90 81 77 74 72 83 91 92 87 80 77 75 74 Dewpt 75 73 72 77 73 71 72 75 75 74 72 77 75 73 74 75 75 74 73 Max/Min RH 100 49 100 54 99 RH 97100100 85 56 49 57 81 94100100 84 59 55 64 85 94 97 99 Wind Dir SE SE N NE NE NE E SE SE SE NE E E E E SE SE E NE Wind Spd 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 2 2 2 Wind Gust Clouds FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12HR 0 10 5 30 20 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS Tstms SC SC IS Obvis PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 Mixing Hgt 500 5200 6600 1600 1000 5700 5800 2400 1100 T Wind Dir SE NE E SE SE E E SE S T Wind Spd 5 4 6 13 5 6 9 13 6 Date 09/25Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 94 68 92 65 92 66 95 68 96 Temp 90 86 74 68 87 85 71 66 87 85 73 68 90 88 74 69 90 88 Dewpt 73 70 66 61 63 60 58 58 61 61 61 61 65 62 65 64 66 65 Min/Max RH 54 79 38 75 38 80 38 86 40 RH 57 59 76 78 44 42 63 74 42 45 67 80 44 43 74 84 46 47 Pwind Dir NE NE N N N S N SE N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 40 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS SC Tstms IS SC $$ TXZ247-230900- Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX 28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft 1048 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 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 89 79 88 78 Temp 82 81 80 85 87 88 84 82 82 81 79 84 86 86 83 82 81 80 79 Dewpt 76 76 75 77 77 77 76 76 76 75 76 77 77 77 76 76 76 75 74 Max/Min RH 88 70 90 73 87 RH 81 84 85 78 73 70 77 83 82 84 90 81 75 74 80 82 84 85 87 Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE E NE Wind Spd 6 5 4 4 5 6 8 6 5 5 4 5 6 8 8 5 5 5 5 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12HR 10 30 20 40 30 QPF 12HR 0 0.04 0.02 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS LAL 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 Haines 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 1000 2500 2200 2200 2100 2700 2600 2200 2200 T Wind Dir SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 9 5 9 11 9 6 10 13 8 Date 09/25Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24 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 74 89 73 88 74 88 75 88 Temp 86 83 78 74 84 83 78 73 84 82 78 75 84 83 80 75 85 82 Dewpt 75 73 72 67 66 65 65 64 64 65 68 67 68 70 71 70 71 71 Min/Max RH 68 83 50 73 48 78 56 84 62 RH 70 71 82 80 54 54 64 72 52 56 70 78 59 65 73 83 63 68 Pwind Dir NE N N N N SW W SW N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 50 30 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC Tstms IS SC SC $$ TXZ234-230900- Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX 28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft 1048 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 74 93 74 94 73 Temp 77 75 74 84 90 92 87 79 77 76 74 84 90 91 86 79 76 75 74 Dewpt 75 74 74 77 76 74 75 76 76 75 74 77 75 74 75 75 74 73 71 Max/Min RH 100 56 100 57 94 RH 94 97100 80 64 56 68 91 97 97100 80 62 58 70 88 94 94 90 Wind Dir E E NE NE E E SE SE SE SE NE E E E SE SE E NE N Wind Spd 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 4 2 2 3 4 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC Clouds(%) FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC PoP 12HR 5 30 10 50 20 QPF 12HR 0 0.14 0.17 0.01 0 Rain Shwrs SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC Tstms SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS Obvis PF LAL 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 Haines 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 Mixing Hgt 400 4200 4700 600 400 5100 5900 800 400 T Wind Dir E E E SE E E SE SE SW T Wind Spd 6 5 9 8 5 5 8 9 4 Date 09/25Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 93 69 90 66 91 67 92 68 94 Temp 89 83 74 70 86 83 71 67 86 83 71 68 88 85 73 69 89 86 Dewpt 72 71 65 61 64 61 58 57 62 61 63 61 65 66 67 64 67 67 Min/Max RH 56 79 43 72 39 80 43 85 45 RH 57 67 74 73 48 47 63 70 45 47 76 78 47 53 81 84 48 53 Pwind Dir N N N N N NW NW W N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 50 10 5 0 5 5 5 0 5 Rain Shwrs SC SC Tstms IS SC $$ TXZ241-230900- Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX 27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft 1048 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 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 74 93 74 Temp 76 74 73 84 91 93 88 80 77 75 74 83 89 91 86 80 77 76 75 Dewpt 75 74 73 77 74 72 74 76 76 75 74 77 75 74 75 76 76 75 74 Max/Min RH 100 52 100 58 97 RH 97 99100 80 58 52 65 87 96100100 84 63 58 70 87 96 96 96 Wind Dir E E N NE E SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE E N Wind Spd 2 2 2 2 3 4 6 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 2 2 2 3 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12HR 0 20 5 40 10 QPF 12HR 0 0.02 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS Tstms IS SC SC Obvis PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 500 5000 6000 1900 500 4600 5100 2200 600 T Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE S T Wind Spd 5 4 6 11 5 6 11 12 6 Date 09/25Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24 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 70 91 67 92 68 93 69 94 Temp 88 85 75 70 86 84 72 67 87 85 73 69 88 86 74 70 89 87 Dewpt 73 71 70 64 62 61 60 59 60 62 64 63 65 65 66 65 67 67 Min/Max RH 54 84 39 76 37 82 41 85 42 RH 60 64 83 80 45 46 67 74 41 47 74 81 47 49 76 84 49 52 Pwind Dir NE N N N N SW N S N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 50 10 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 Rain Shwrs IS SC Tstms SC $$ TXZ229-230900- La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX 28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft 1048 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 75 97 76 96 75 Temp 80 77 75 82 91 96 93 85 80 77 76 82 90 94 90 85 81 78 76 Dewpt 73 73 73 74 68 65 65 68 72 72 72 74 70 68 69 71 72 72 71 Max/Min RH 94 36 87 43 85 RH 79 87 94 77 47 36 40 57 77 85 87 77 52 43 50 63 74 82 85 Wind Dir SE SE E E E NE E SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE E NE Wind Spd 6 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 4 6 4 4 3 3 Wind Gust Clouds FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC Clouds(%) FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC PoP 12HR 0 5 5 20 20 QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0.01 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS IS IS LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 Haines 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 700 5600 7300 1200 700 5500 7000 4500 1200 T Wind Dir SE E E E SE E E SE SE T Wind Spd 9 4 6 12 6 5 9 14 6 Date 09/25Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 95 70 93 67 95 69 96 70 97 Temp 89 88 77 71 87 87 74 68 88 88 76 70 90 89 77 71 90 90 Dewpt 69 65 65 60 57 55 55 55 55 56 59 59 59 58 61 61 60 60 Min/Max RH 44 69 30 65 28 70 31 71 30 RH 52 47 67 68 36 34 51 63 33 34 56 68 35 35 58 71 37 37 Pwind Dir NE NE N NE N SE N E N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL PoP 12HR 40 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS SC Tstms IS SC $$ 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