Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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073 FOUS54 KCRP 220523 PFWCRP Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1223 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 TXZ245-222100- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX 28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft 1223 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 74 91 74 92 Temp 78 76 86 90 90 85 79 79 76 75 84 88 89 84 79 79 77 75 84 90 89 84 Dewpt 74 73 77 75 75 76 76 75 74 74 77 76 76 76 76 75 75 73 77 76 76 76 Min/Max RH 61 97 66 96 63 RH 87 89 76 63 63 74 90 90 92 97 81 68 66 77 90 90 92 96 80 64 65 76 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE E SE SE SE SE SE NE NE E E E Wind Spd 4 4 5 5 6 5 4 2 2 2 3 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW Clouds(%) FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW PoP 12HR 5 5 30 10 40 QPF 12HR 0.03 0.03 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Tstms IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 3 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 800 4000 3800 2300 1300 3300 3400 1900 1300 4000 3900 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E T Wind Spd 12 9 11 12 8 8 10 11 8 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 74 93 71 93 70 93 70 93 Temp 78 74 88 84 77 72 88 84 76 70 88 84 76 71 88 85 Dewpt 74 72 74 74 72 68 70 69 67 65 67 67 67 65 68 69 Max/Min RH 94 60 87 50 84 48 81 49 RH 88 93 62 72 84 87 55 61 75 84 51 57 74 81 52 59 Pwind Dir E NE NE NE N N N N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 30 40 20 10 5 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS IS Tstms SC SC SC IS IS $$ TXZ231-222100- George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX 28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft 1223 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min 94 71 95 72 93 Temp 75 73 83 92 93 88 79 76 73 71 82 91 92 89 80 77 74 73 82 90 91 87 Dewpt 75 73 77 75 73 74 74 75 73 71 77 73 71 72 74 75 74 73 77 74 72 72 Min/Max RH 52 100 51 100 54 RH 100100 82 59 52 63 85 97100100 85 57 51 58 82 96100100 84 60 54 61 Wind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E SE SE SE NE E E E E Wind Spd 2 2 4 6 8 9 5 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 Wind Gust Clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12HR 5 0 20 5 30 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS Tstms SC SC IS LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 600 5200 6100 2400 1000 5700 7300 2100 1000 5800 5400 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE E E T Wind Spd 9 9 12 13 6 6 9 13 8 6 11 Date Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max 72 93 70 92 69 93 68 93 Temp 76 72 89 86 76 71 88 86 74 69 88 87 74 69 89 87 Dewpt 74 72 72 69 68 66 68 65 65 62 65 62 63 63 65 63 Max/Min RH 99 50 84 45 78 39 84 38 RH 94 99 57 57 78 84 51 50 74 78 46 43 70 81 45 44 Pwind Dir E NE NE N N N NE N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 40 10 10 0 5 0 5 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC Tstms IS IS IS SC $$ TXZ247-222100- Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX 28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft 1223 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 78 88 78 88 Temp 81 80 85 87 87 83 82 82 80 79 84 86 86 83 82 81 80 79 84 87 86 83 Dewpt 75 74 76 76 76 75 76 76 75 74 77 77 76 76 76 76 75 75 77 76 76 76 Min/Max RH 68 87 73 90 72 RH 82 84 75 71 70 77 82 82 84 87 80 75 73 79 82 84 85 87 80 72 73 79 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE E NE E E E Wind Spd 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 5 4 4 6 6 8 6 5 4 4 5 6 8 8 Wind Gust Clouds FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW Clouds(%) FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12HR 5 10 30 20 40 QPF 12HR 0.01 0.02 0 0 0.01 Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC IS LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 Haines 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 Mixing Hgt 1400 3200 3000 2400 1800 2400 2400 2000 2200 3000 3100 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E T Wind Spd 14 10 11 13 10 8 10 12 10 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 78 89 75 89 74 89 74 89 Temp 81 78 86 83 80 76 85 83 79 74 85 83 79 76 85 84 Dewpt 75 74 75 74 73 71 71 70 69 68 69 69 69 68 69 70 Max/Min RH 88 67 85 57 81 56 78 56 RH 81 86 70 73 79 85 64 64 72 81 59 62 70 76 58 62 Pwind Dir E NE NE NE N N N N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 30 40 20 20 10 10 10 10 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS IS IS Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS IS $$ TXZ234-222100- Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX 28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft 1223 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min 93 73 94 73 94 Temp 75 74 84 91 91 85 79 76 75 73 83 89 89 85 79 76 74 74 83 90 90 86 Dewpt 74 74 77 75 74 74 74 75 74 73 77 75 74 75 75 75 74 73 76 74 73 74 Min/Max RH 58 100 60 100 56 RH 97100 80 60 58 70 85 97 97100 82 64 61 72 88 97100 97 80 60 58 68 Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE E E SE SE SE SE NE NE NE E E SE Wind Spd 3 2 4 6 8 8 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 6 5 Wind Gust Clouds FW SC FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) FW SC FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12HR 10 0 30 5 40 QPF 12HR 0.04 0 0.01 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS Tstms SC SC SC SC IS Obvis PF PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 400 4900 4800 600 400 4100 4700 700 400 5900 5500 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E E SE SE E E SE T Wind Spd 6 6 11 9 6 8 6 9 5 5 9 Date Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max 73 93 71 91 69 92 68 93 Temp 76 74 88 86 75 72 88 85 74 70 87 84 73 69 88 85 Dewpt 74 71 73 71 69 66 68 66 64 62 64 65 64 63 66 65 Max/Min RH 94 57 82 48 78 42 84 44 RH 94 90 61 61 82 81 52 53 71 76 46 53 73 81 48 51 Pwind Dir E NE NE N N N N N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 40 10 10 0 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC Tstms IS IS SC SC $$ TXZ241-222100- Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX 27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft 1223 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 93 73 94 74 93 Temp 76 75 84 91 93 87 79 76 75 73 83 89 91 86 79 77 75 74 83 89 91 85 Dewpt 75 74 77 75 73 74 75 75 75 73 77 74 72 74 75 75 75 74 77 74 74 74 Min/Max RH 54 100 55 100 58 RH 97 99 80 60 54 65 87 97 99100 83 60 55 68 88 96 99 99 83 61 58 69 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE E E E E SE SE SE NE E E E E Wind Spd 4 2 4 6 8 10 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 6 3 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 Wind Gust Clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW Clouds(%) SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12HR 10 0 20 5 40 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC Tstms IS IS SC SC Obvis PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 Mixing Hgt 500 4400 5100 2100 600 4900 6700 1900 700 5400 5500 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE NE E SE SE E E T Wind Spd 9 9 12 11 5 6 9 11 6 6 12 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 93 72 92 70 92 70 93 Temp 76 74 87 85 76 73 87 85 75 71 87 86 74 70 88 86 Dewpt 75 73 72 72 70 68 68 67 66 63 65 64 64 63 65 64 Max/Min RH 99 57 87 46 79 41 80 41 RH 96 95 61 65 82 84 54 54 75 77 47 48 71 78 48 49 Pwind Dir E NE NE N N N N N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 40 10 10 5 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC Tstms IS IS SC $$ TXZ229-222100- La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX 28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft 1223 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min 97 74 96 75 95 Temp 78 76 83 91 95 93 85 80 76 74 82 90 94 92 85 80 77 75 82 89 93 89 Dewpt 74 74 74 71 68 68 71 72 72 72 73 69 66 65 67 70 72 71 72 69 67 67 Min/Max RH 39 93 39 87 43 RH 88 94 74 52 42 44 63 77 87 93 74 50 40 41 55 72 85 87 72 52 43 48 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E Wind Spd 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 6 4 2 3 2 3 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 Wind Gust Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC PoP 12HR 0 0 10 5 20 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 1100 5200 7000 1600 1300 5500 7800 4600 1100 5400 6500 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 13 10 10 16 9 6 6 12 9 8 11 Date Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max 73 92 71 92 70 93 69 93 Temp 79 74 87 85 76 72 86 86 76 71 88 87 75 70 89 88 Dewpt 71 70 67 65 65 64 63 61 61 61 60 59 59 60 60 59 Max/Min RH 87 47 76 39 71 33 71 32 RH 77 87 52 51 69 76 46 43 60 71 39 39 58 71 38 38 Pwind Dir E NE NE N N N NE N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL PoP 12HR 30 40 10 5 0 0 0 5 Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC Tstms IS SC IS SC $$ 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