Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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271 FOUS54 KCRP 200757 PFWCRP Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 257 AM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024 TXZ245-202100- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX 28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft 257 AM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024 Date Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 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 79 91 75 91 Temp 78 77 87 90 92 87 83 81 80 80 88 90 90 86 80 78 77 76 85 89 90 86 Dewpt 77 77 80 79 79 78 77 76 75 75 77 76 76 76 75 75 74 73 77 76 76 76 Min/Max RH 66 90 62 92 63 RH 96100 80 71 67 76 84 87 87 87 70 64 64 74 85 90 89 90 76 66 63 73 Wind Dir S SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 2 2 3 6 8 6 4 2 2 2 4 6 9 6 5 4 4 3 4 5 6 5 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW Clouds(%) FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12HR 10 0 10 5 20 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 3000 3000 900 700 3700 3600 2100 1500 3100 3400 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 6 12 12 10 9 13 14 11 10 12 Date Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24 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 75 92 74 92 73 92 72 92 Temp 78 75 89 86 78 75 89 86 77 73 89 86 77 72 89 86 Dewpt 76 74 76 76 76 74 76 76 75 73 75 74 72 70 70 71 Max/Min RH 97 62 98 62 99 58 93 52 RH 93 96 66 73 93 97 67 73 92 99 63 68 85 92 55 61 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E E NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12HR 10 30 10 30 20 30 20 20 Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC IS IS SC IS IS IS IS Tstms IS SC IS SC IS SC IS IS IS $$ TXZ231-202100- George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX 28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft 257 AM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024 Date Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min 95 75 94 72 95 Temp 77 75 85 93 92 88 82 79 77 76 85 93 94 88 79 76 74 72 83 92 94 89 Dewpt 77 75 79 77 76 76 78 78 77 76 77 75 73 73 75 75 74 72 77 74 72 73 Min/Max RH 56 100 51 100 48 RH 100100 82 60 61 69 88 97100100 79 57 51 61 90 97100100 82 55 48 59 Wind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 2 2 2 4 8 8 4 2 2 2 4 6 9 11 6 3 2 2 4 6 8 9 Wind Gust Clouds SC B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) SC B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 5 20 0 10 QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS Tstms IS LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 4200 4400 1400 800 4900 5500 3000 1300 5600 6600 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 6 11 16 9 11 14 17 11 9 12 Date Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max 72 95 72 95 72 94 70 94 Temp 76 72 92 89 77 72 92 89 77 72 91 88 76 71 91 88 Dewpt 75 72 74 72 75 72 73 72 75 72 73 70 71 68 67 66 Max/Min RH 100 48 100 48 100 47 95 43 RH 97100 55 57 94100 54 57 94100 55 55 85 90 46 48 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E NE NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 20 0 20 5 30 10 20 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS Tstms IS IS SC IS $$ TXZ247-202100- Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX 28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft 257 AM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024 Date Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 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 89 81 88 79 88 Temp 82 80 86 87 89 85 83 83 82 81 86 87 88 84 82 81 81 80 85 85 87 84 Dewpt 78 78 79 79 79 78 78 77 76 76 77 77 76 76 75 75 75 74 76 76 76 75 Min/Max RH 73 87 69 83 69 RH 88 94 79 78 74 81 84 82 83 85 76 72 69 77 81 82 82 82 75 74 70 74 Wind Dir S S SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 4 3 4 6 8 9 8 6 5 5 6 8 10 10 10 9 8 6 6 8 8 8 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW Clouds(%) FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 0 10 5 10 QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 2400 2300 1400 1200 2700 2700 2400 2200 2900 2800 T Wind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 6 13 16 11 10 13 18 13 10 13 Date Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24 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 88 78 88 77 89 75 88 Temp 81 79 86 84 81 78 85 84 80 79 86 84 80 76 85 83 Dewpt 75 75 76 76 76 75 77 76 75 75 76 75 74 72 73 72 Max/Min RH 90 70 90 71 91 68 87 61 RH 84 90 73 76 85 90 76 76 85 88 72 73 82 86 67 69 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E E NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12HR 10 30 20 30 20 30 30 20 Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC IS SC IS IS Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC IS IS IS $$ TXZ234-202100- Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX 28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft 257 AM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024 Date Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min 95 74 92 73 92 Temp 77 76 85 93 93 87 79 77 75 74 84 91 92 87 78 76 75 74 84 89 91 86 Dewpt 77 76 79 76 75 76 76 76 75 74 77 74 73 74 75 75 74 73 77 75 75 75 Min/Max RH 53 100 53 100 59 RH 100100 82 58 56 70 91 97100100 80 58 54 65 91 97 97 97 80 64 60 70 Wind Dir SE NE E E SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 2 2 2 4 8 8 4 2 2 2 4 8 10 9 4 3 2 2 4 6 8 8 Wind Gust Clouds FW SC FW FW SC FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW Clouds(%) FW SC FW FW SC FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12HR 5 0 10 0 20 QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS Tstms IS IS Obvis PF PF PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 4600 5100 500 400 5300 5500 1300 400 4300 5400 T Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 5 10 11 6 9 13 11 6 9 12 Date Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max 73 93 73 93 73 93 71 93 Temp 77 74 90 87 77 73 92 85 76 73 90 87 76 71 89 87 Dewpt 75 74 75 74 75 73 75 74 74 72 73 72 70 68 69 68 Max/Min RH 100 56 100 57 97 51 91 46 RH 94100 62 65 94100 58 70 94 97 58 61 82 90 52 53 Pwind Dir SE E SE E E NE NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12HR 0 40 5 30 5 30 10 20 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS Tstms SC SC SC IS $$ TXZ241-202100- Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX 27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft 257 AM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024 Date Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 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 77 92 73 93 Temp 78 77 85 91 93 89 81 79 77 77 84 91 91 86 79 77 75 74 84 90 92 87 Dewpt 78 77 79 77 77 77 78 78 77 76 78 76 75 76 75 75 74 74 77 74 73 74 Min/Max RH 60 100 58 100 54 RH 99100 82 64 60 69 91 97100 97 84 63 59 73 90 94 97 99 80 60 54 65 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 2 2 3 5 8 9 4 3 2 2 5 8 10 10 5 4 3 2 4 6 8 9 Wind Gust Clouds FW SC SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC B1 B1 FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) FW SC SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC B1 B1 FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 30 10 20 0 20 QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS IS Tstms SC IS IS Obvis PF LAL 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 4000 3700 1500 700 4100 5100 2500 900 5100 6200 T Wind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 6 12 13 9 11 14 14 10 9 11 Date Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24 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 94 73 94 74 93 72 93 Temp 77 73 90 88 77 74 91 88 77 74 90 87 77 72 89 87 Dewpt 76 73 74 74 76 74 74 74 75 73 73 72 72 70 69 68 Max/Min RH 100 53 100 53 99 52 94 46 RH 97100 59 63 96 99 59 63 94 99 59 60 85 93 52 54 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E E NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12HR 0 30 5 30 5 30 10 20 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS Tstms IS SC SC IS $$ TXZ229-202100- La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX 28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft 257 AM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024 Date Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min 98 78 95 76 97 Temp 80 79 85 94 96 91 86 81 79 78 84 91 95 92 85 80 78 76 83 92 96 93 Dewpt 76 76 76 73 71 73 74 75 76 76 75 73 71 71 72 73 73 73 73 70 67 67 Min/Max RH 43 94 46 90 38 RH 88 91 75 51 45 56 68 82 91 94 74 56 46 51 65 79 85 90 72 49 39 43 Wind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 4 4 4 5 6 8 8 6 5 4 6 6 8 11 11 8 6 4 6 6 6 8 Wind Gust Clouds SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 30 5 10 0 5 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC Tstms IS LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 Mixing Hgt 5300 6100 800 1200 5000 5500 3100 1700 6500 8200 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 9 12 16 11 11 13 20 13 11 11 Date Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max 75 96 75 96 75 95 73 96 Temp 80 75 92 93 80 75 91 92 80 75 91 90 79 73 90 91 Dewpt 72 72 69 66 71 72 69 67 72 71 68 66 67 66 63 61 Max/Min RH 90 38 90 39 88 40 80 33 RH 77 90 47 41 74 90 49 44 77 87 47 45 67 79 41 37 Pwind Dir SE E SE SE SE E E NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 10 5 10 10 20 10 10 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS $$ 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