Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 192214
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
514 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024
TXZ245-200900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
514 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024
Date 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat
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 91 78 91 77
Temp 83 81 81 80 81 87 90 89 86 82 81 80 78 87 89 91 86 81 81 79 78
Dewpt 79 78 78 78 78 80 80 80 79 77 77 77 77 78 78 78 77 77 76 76 76
Max/Min RH 96 70 96 66 94
RH 88 91 90 96 91 80 73 75 80 85 87 91 96 75 70 66 75 87 85 90 93
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 19 19 19 18 19 13 13 13 12 10 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 8 6 5 5
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) OV OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 70 70 60 70 30
QPF 12HR 0.63 0.24 0.25 0.39 0.02
Rain Shwrs NM NM SC NM NM NM SC SC NM NM NM NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms NM NM SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
LAL 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 900 3300 3300 2300 1300 3900 3700 2200 1000
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 31 28 29 29 23 14 17 20 16 11
Coast Flood W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Flood A A A A A A
Trop Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Date 06/22Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24
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 77 92 78 92 78 93 80 92
Temp 90 87 81 77 91 87 82 79 90 88 82 79 91 88 83 80 92 88
Dewpt 76 76 76 77 79 79 78 78 80 78 78 78 80 79 79 79 81 79
Min/Max RH 60 99 67 97 67 100 68 96 67
RH 64 70 85 99 68 78 88 97 72 74 88 97 71 74 87 96 72 75
Pwind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE MM
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 40 30 60 30 50 20 30 10 30
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC NM SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC IS IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ231-200900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
514 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024
Date 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 90 74 90 73
Temp 78 77 76 75 76 80 86 87 85 79 77 76 75 81 87 89 86 79 76 75 73
Dewpt 76 76 76 75 76 78 79 79 78 77 76 75 75 78 78 77 75 76 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 100 72 100 66 100
RH 94 97100100 99 94 80 76 80 93 97 97100 91 74 67 70 90 96 97100
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E NE E E E E E E NE NE
Wind Spd 19 24 24 23 19 16 16 16 13 10 6 6 6 9 11 11 10 5 2 2 3
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 90 70 30 60 10
QPF 12HR 1.48 0.70 0.07 0.10 0
Rain Shwrs O NM SC SC SC NM NM NM SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
LAL 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3
Mixing Hgt 1700 1300 3500 3600 2300 900 5000 4600 2500 700
T Wind Dir NE E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 29 27 27 29 19 11 16 18 13 8
Flood A A A A A A
Date 06/22Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 93 72 94 75 93 75 94 76 96
Temp 89 88 76 73 90 88 79 75 90 88 80 76 91 90 80 77 93 91
Dewpt 76 73 75 73 77 77 77 75 79 78 78 76 79 78 78 77 78 78
Min/Max RH 55 100 60 100 65 100 58 100 55
RH 66 61 96100 66 70 94100 70 72 94100 67 68 94100 62 65
Pwind Dir E E E E E SE SE SE MM
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 10 50 10 40 5 20 5 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS SC IS SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ247-200900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
514 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024
Date 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat
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 89 82
Temp 84 83 83 82 83 86 89 88 86 84 83 82 83 87 88 89 86 84 84 83 82
Dewpt 79 79 79 78 79 79 80 79 78 77 77 77 77 78 78 77 76 77 77 76 77
Max/Min RH 90 73 87 69 85
RH 84 87 88 90 87 80 75 75 77 81 81 84 84 76 73 69 73 81 80 81 85
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 25 26 24 23 19 19 18 19 17 17 13 13 12 12 12 13 13 12 10 10 9
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 90 70 70 70 40
QPF 12HR 0.61 0.16 0.20 0.30 0.05
Rain Shwrs NM O NM NM NM NM SC SC NM NM NM NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms NM NM NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
LAL 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1900 2000 3100 3000 2500 2300 3400 3200 2800 2600
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 40 37 33 32 27 20 20 20 20 16
Coast Flood W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Flood A A A A A A
Trop Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Date 06/22Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24
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 81 90 81 90 82 90 83 90
Temp 88 86 83 82 89 87 84 82 88 87 84 83 89 88 85 83 89 88
Dewpt 77 76 77 77 79 78 78 79 79 78 78 78 80 79 79 79 81 79
Min/Max RH 66 87 70 91 70 88 72 90 72
RH 69 72 81 87 74 75 84 91 75 75 83 85 74 75 82 90 77 75
Pwind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE MM
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 40 60 30 50 20 40 10 30
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC NM SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC IS IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ234-200900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
514 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024
Date 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 89 74 87 73
Temp 79 78 78 77 78 83 86 86 84 79 77 76 75 83 85 86 85 79 77 75 73
Dewpt 79 77 77 76 77 80 81 80 79 77 76 75 75 78 79 79 78 76 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 100 80 100 77 100
RH 100 97 97 97 97 91 85 82 85 94 97 97100 85 82 80 80 91 94 97100
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E NE E E E E E E NE NE
Wind Spd 18 21 21 21 14 16 16 17 14 11 9 6 6 9 11 11 10 5 4 4 5
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 70 60 30 50 10
QPF 12HR 0.25 0.21 0.02 0.27 0
Rain Shwrs NM SC SC IS SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms NM SC SC IS SC SC NM SC SC SC IS SC IS SC SC SC
LAL 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 700 800 4000 4100 1900 500 4300 4100 1300 400
T Wind Dir NE E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 26 24 25 25 14 11 16 18 11 9
Flood A A A A A A
Date 06/22Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 90 74 91 76 90 76 91 77 92
Temp 88 88 77 74 88 87 79 77 87 87 80 77 89 88 80 78 90 88
Dewpt 76 76 74 74 79 79 77 77 81 80 78 77 80 79 78 78 81 80
Min/Max RH 62 100 73 100 75 100 70 100 70
RH 68 68 90100 75 77 94100 82 80 94100 75 75 94100 75 77
Pwind Dir E E E E SE SE SE SE MM
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 10 50 10 40 5 30 5 30
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC IS SC IS SC
$$
TXZ241-200900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
514 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024
Date 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat
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 76 89 76 90 74
Temp 80 79 78 77 79 83 85 87 84 80 78 78 76 83 87 89 86 79 77 76 75
Dewpt 78 78 77 77 77 79 80 80 79 77 76 76 75 78 78 77 76 77 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 100 76 97 67 100
RH 94 97 97100 96 88 85 80 85 91 94 93 97 85 74 67 74 93 94 96100
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E NE E E E E E E NE NE
Wind Spd 24 31 33 25 21 16 16 17 13 10 8 6 6 9 11 11 10 5 3 3 5
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 90 70 50 70 20
QPF 12HR 2.02 0.46 0.24 0.10 0.01
Rain Shwrs O O NM NM NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC IS IS IS IS NM
Tstms NM NM NM SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1700 1600 3100 3700 2100 700 3900 4800 2000 600
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 39 29 28 29 19 11 16 19 12 8
Flood A A A A A A
Date 06/22Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24
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 75 91 76 91 77 93 77 95
Temp 88 86 78 75 87 86 79 77 88 87 80 77 90 89 80 78 92 90
Dewpt 77 76 76 75 78 78 77 77 80 78 78 77 79 78 78 78 79 78
Min/Max RH 65 99 70 99 71 100 65 99 61
RH 72 72 94 99 75 78 94 99 76 76 93100 71 72 93 99 66 70
Pwind Dir E E E E E SE SE SE MM
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 20 60 20 50 10 30 5 20
Rain Shwrs NM SC IS NM NM IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC IS IS SC IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ229-200900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
514 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024
Date 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 Fri 06/21/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 90 76 93 76
Temp 79 77 78 77 78 80 83 87 85 81 79 78 76 82 88 92 89 81 78 77 76
Dewpt 74 73 74 74 74 76 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 75 74 72 71 73 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 91 64 97 51 90
RH 85 87 88 90 88 88 80 70 72 82 88 91 97 79 63 52 56 77 85 87 90
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE
Wind Spd 16 23 24 24 19 16 16 16 14 12 9 9 9 10 11 11 10 6 4 4 5
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 90 70 30 50 5
QPF 12HR 1.38 0.58 0.06 0.05 0
Rain Shwrs O O SC SC SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC SC SC SC IS SC SC NM SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
LAL 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1600 1600 2900 3500 2300 1100 4400 5300 2800 700
T Wind Dir NE NE E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 29 28 27 27 20 13 16 17 16 10
Flood A A A A A A
Date 06/22Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24Tue 06/25/24Wed 06/26/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 75 96 78 96 78 97 80 99
Temp 90 92 80 75 90 91 82 78 91 91 82 78 93 93 83 80 94 96
Dewpt 72 70 73 73 73 72 75 76 75 75 76 76 74 74 76 76 75 73
Min/Max RH 46 94 46 94 53 94 48 91 45
RH 56 49 79 94 58 54 79 94 60 60 82 94 54 54 80 88 54 48
Pwind Dir E E E E E SE SE SE MM
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM
Avg Clouds SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 5 30 10 20 5 10 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS
Tstms IS SC IS
$$
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