Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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898 FOUS54 KCRP 221703 PFWCRP Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1203 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 TXZ245-230900- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX 28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft 1203 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 78 92 74 92 73 Temp 91 86 81 81 80 79 87 90 91 86 79 78 76 75 85 89 91 86 79 78 75 73 Dewpt 75 75 75 76 76 75 77 76 76 77 76 76 75 74 78 76 76 76 75 74 73 72 Max/Min RH 90 61 99 62 97 RH 60 71 82 84 88 90 73 64 62 74 90 93 97 97 80 66 62 73 88 89 96 95 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E NE E SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE E NE Wind Spd 8 8 4 2 2 2 2 4 6 4 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 4 2 2 2 3 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC PoP 12HR 5 30 10 40 30 QPF 12HR 0.02 0.04 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 Haines 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 3600 1000 600 3400 3400 1600 1000 3700 3800 1800 1000 T Wind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE E E SE E T Wind Spd 11 13 8 4 9 11 6 6 9 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 92 69 92 66 92 68 92 69 93 Temp 88 86 74 69 88 86 72 67 87 86 73 68 89 86 75 70 89 87 Dewpt 74 73 68 64 66 63 63 60 62 64 64 62 66 67 68 66 68 69 Min/Max RH 60 85 42 80 39 81 44 88 44 RH 63 65 82 84 49 47 72 78 44 48 72 80 47 53 79 86 50 55 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 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 40 20 10 5 5 5 5 10 10 Rain Shwrs SC SC IS Tstms IS SC IS $$ TXZ231-230900- George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX 28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft 1203 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 73 95 72 93 71 Temp 94 89 80 77 74 73 83 91 94 90 81 77 74 73 83 90 92 88 80 76 73 72 Dewpt 71 73 74 75 74 73 76 72 70 71 75 75 74 73 77 75 73 74 75 74 73 71 Max/Min RH 100 47 100 54 100 RH 47 58 84 94100100 80 54 47 54 84 94100100 84 61 54 62 84 94100 97 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E NE NE E E E SE SE SE NE E E E E SE SE E NE Wind Spd 8 10 5 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 2 2 2 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12HR 0 20 5 30 20 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC Tstms SC SC IS IS IS IS SC Obvis PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 6300 1600 600 4900 6200 2200 1000 5700 5300 2400 900 T Wind Dir SE SE E E E SE SE SE E SE SE T Wind Spd 11 16 6 4 6 13 6 6 9 13 6 Date 09/25Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 91 68 90 65 93 64 93 67 94 Temp 87 85 74 68 87 85 71 66 87 87 71 65 90 88 73 68 90 89 Dewpt 73 70 66 62 64 60 59 58 61 59 60 59 63 61 64 63 65 63 Min/Max RH 53 83 38 79 33 82 35 88 36 RH 62 61 77 81 46 43 66 77 41 39 68 81 42 40 73 86 44 42 Pwind Dir NE NE N N N S N SE N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 40 5 5 0 5 0 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs SC SC Tstms SC SC $$ TXZ247-230900- Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX 28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft 1203 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 88 79 88 77 Temp 87 84 82 81 81 80 84 86 87 85 82 81 81 79 84 86 87 84 82 81 79 77 Dewpt 76 75 76 76 76 75 77 77 76 77 76 76 76 75 77 77 77 76 75 75 75 73 Max/Min RH 90 70 87 72 89 RH 69 76 82 85 87 87 80 74 70 78 82 84 85 87 80 75 72 76 81 82 88 87 Wind Dir SE E E SE SE S E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE E NE Wind Spd 8 9 8 6 5 4 4 5 6 8 6 5 4 4 5 6 8 8 5 5 5 5 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12HR 5 30 10 40 40 QPF 12HR 0.01 0.01 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS LAL 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 3000 1800 1100 2400 2200 1700 1900 2800 2900 2400 2600 T Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE T Wind Spd 12 16 9 6 9 12 9 8 11 13 10 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 88 74 89 72 88 73 88 74 88 Temp 85 84 77 74 85 84 78 72 84 83 78 74 85 83 79 75 85 84 Dewpt 75 73 70 68 68 66 65 64 64 65 66 65 67 69 70 69 70 70 Min/Max RH 66 84 50 75 48 76 52 83 56 RH 71 70 79 83 57 54 64 75 51 54 67 75 54 62 74 82 60 63 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 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 40 30 10 5 5 5 5 10 10 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS Tstms IS SC SC IS $$ TXZ234-230900- Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX 28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft 1203 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 74 93 73 93 73 Temp 93 88 79 76 74 74 83 90 92 87 80 77 75 74 83 90 92 87 79 76 75 73 Dewpt 72 72 74 74 74 73 77 75 74 75 75 76 75 74 77 75 74 74 75 74 72 71 Max/Min RH 100 56 100 56 94 RH 51 59 85 94100 97 82 62 56 68 85 97100100 82 62 56 65 88 94 90 93 Wind Dir SE SE SE E E N NE E E SE SE SE E NE E E E SE SE E NE N Wind Spd 8 8 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 4 2 2 3 4 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC Clouds(%) FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12HR 0 30 5 40 30 QPF 12HR 0 0.03 0.05 0.01 0 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC Tstms SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS Obvis PF PF LAL 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 Haines 5 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 5400 400 400 4600 4400 1000 400 4100 5300 1200 400 T Wind Dir SE SE E E E SE SE E E SE E T Wind Spd 11 10 6 5 9 9 4 5 9 10 6 Date 09/25Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 91 69 90 66 91 66 92 68 93 Temp 88 85 74 69 87 85 71 66 87 85 71 66 88 86 73 68 90 87 Dewpt 73 71 66 64 63 60 60 58 61 61 61 60 63 63 65 63 65 64 Min/Max RH 54 84 39 76 35 82 40 86 37 RH 61 63 76 84 45 43 68 75 42 45 71 81 43 46 76 84 44 46 Pwind Dir N N N N N NW NW W N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 50 10 10 0 5 0 5 0 10 Rain Shwrs SC SC Tstms IS SC $$ TXZ241-230900- Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX 27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft 1203 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 94 73 93 74 Temp 93 88 79 76 75 74 83 90 93 87 80 77 75 74 83 90 92 87 79 76 76 74 Dewpt 73 73 75 75 75 74 76 73 72 75 75 76 75 74 77 75 74 75 75 75 74 73 Max/Min RH 100 51 100 56 98 RH 53 62 88 97 99100 81 59 51 67 87 96 99100 82 62 56 68 88 96 94 97 Wind Dir SE SE SE E E NE E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE E N Wind Spd 8 10 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 6 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 2 2 2 3 Wind Gust Clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 PoP 12HR 0 20 5 40 20 QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0.01 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS IS Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS IS Obvis PF LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 5300 1700 500 4500 5400 1700 900 5400 5300 2300 500 T Wind Dir E SE SE E E SE SE SE E SE SE T Wind Spd 12 12 5 5 8 11 6 6 10 11 5 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 91 70 91 67 92 67 92 69 93 Temp 87 86 74 70 87 85 72 67 87 86 71 67 88 87 73 69 89 88 Dewpt 73 71 68 64 65 62 63 60 61 60 62 60 63 63 66 64 65 64 Min/Max RH 55 83 40 80 36 78 38 85 39 RH 62 62 82 81 49 46 75 78 42 43 72 78 43 45 79 84 46 46 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 SC SC FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 50 10 10 0 5 0 5 5 10 Rain Shwrs IS SC Tstms IS SC $$ TXZ229-230900- La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX 28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft 1203 PM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 75 96 75 96 74 Temp 96 93 84 80 77 75 82 91 95 92 85 80 77 75 83 91 95 91 84 79 76 74 Dewpt 68 68 71 72 73 73 73 69 66 66 68 71 72 72 73 69 67 69 70 72 72 70 Max/Min RH 94 38 91 40 89 RH 40 44 65 77 87 94 74 49 39 43 57 74 85 90 72 49 40 49 63 79 87 87 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE E NE Wind Spd 6 8 8 6 4 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 4 6 4 4 3 3 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12HR 0 5 5 10 20 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.08 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC Tstms IS IS IS IS SC LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 Haines 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 Mixing Hgt 7300 700 1000 4900 7000 2700 800 5900 7300 3600 800 T Wind Dir SE SE SE E E E SE SE E SE SE T Wind Spd 11 16 9 5 8 12 9 6 10 14 8 Date 09/25Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 91 69 91 67 93 67 94 69 94 Temp 86 87 75 69 87 88 73 67 87 88 74 67 90 90 76 69 90 90 Dewpt 68 65 63 61 58 57 57 57 56 56 58 58 58 57 60 61 60 59 Min/Max RH 45 77 33 71 29 73 29 76 31 RH 55 48 66 76 38 35 57 70 35 34 57 73 34 33 58 76 37 35 Pwind Dir NE NE N NE N SE N E N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW CL CL PoP 12HR 40 10 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 Rain Shwrs SC SC Tstms SC SC $$ 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