Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 161957
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
TXZ245-170900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
Date 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu
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 90 77 92 76
Temp 89 85 78 77 77 76 85 89 89 85 80 78 78 77 85 89 91 86 80 79 78 76
Dewpt 75 76 76 76 75 75 79 77 77 77 77 77 76 74 78 77 77 78 78 77 76 76
Max/Min RH 99 67 96 64 99
RH 65 75 94 97 94 97 81 67 68 77 91 96 94 90 80 67 65 76 93 94 96 98
Wind Dir SE SE S S W N NE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 2 2 3 6 6 5 4 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 20 5 20 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.03 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS 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 600 500 2900 3000 1300 1000 3300 3300 2100 1000
T Wind Dir S S E SE S S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 9 4 5 11 11 9 9 12 12 10
Date 09/19Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24
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 76 92 74 91 74 91 73 91
Temp 90 87 79 76 89 84 78 75 89 84 77 75 88 83 77 74 88 84
Dewpt 78 78 77 75 77 76 75 73 75 74 74 71 74 73 73 71 73 73
Min/Max RH 63 99 65 97 61 92 60 92 59
RH 68 74 92 99 68 77 90 95 64 73 89 89 62 72 86 90 60 71
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ231-170900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
Date 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 73 96 74 96 75
Temp 95 92 82 78 75 73 84 93 95 90 80 77 76 75 85 93 95 90 81 78 76 75
Dewpt 66 72 75 76 74 73 77 75 73 74 75 76 76 74 79 77 76 76 77 77 76 75
Max/Min RH 100 50 100 53 100
RH 39 52 78 93 97100 81 56 50 59 85 97100 97 82 59 54 64 90 97100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 4 2 2 1 1 2 4 5 6 4 3 2 2 4 5 8 9 6 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW CL CL FW SC FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW CL FW SC
Clouds(%) FW FW CL CL FW SC FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW CL FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 20 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4
Mixing Hgt 1000 500 4900 6400 1600 1000 5300 6700 2300 1600
T Wind Dir S S SE SE S S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 5 6 11 14 9 11 13 16 10
Date 09/19Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 97 74 97 72 95 71 94 71 95
Temp 94 91 78 76 93 89 77 73 92 89 76 73 90 88 76 71 91 88
Dewpt 77 76 78 75 76 74 76 73 74 72 73 72 72 70 71 71 71 69
Min/Max RH 52 100 55 100 52 99 48 100 49
RH 59 62 99 97 58 61 96100 55 58 90 97 56 55 85100 53 55
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 0 10 0 10 5 10 0 10
$$
TXZ247-170900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
Date 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu
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 87 80 88 79
Temp 86 84 81 81 80 79 84 86 86 83 81 81 81 80 85 86 87 84 82 81 80 79
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 76 75 78 78 77 77 77 77 76 76 78 78 78 77 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH 91 75 89 73 93
RH 72 76 84 85 88 88 83 78 75 81 87 88 87 88 80 76 74 80 86 89 90 92
Wind Dir SE SE S S S NW NE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 6 5 4 3 2 3 5 8 8 6 6 5 5 5 6 9 9 8 6 5 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 20 5 20 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.11 0
Rain Shwrs IS 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 800 900 2200 2000 1800 1700 2500 2600 2300 1900
T Wind Dir S S E SE S S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 10 6 6 11 13 11 9 12 14 13
Date 09/19Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24
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 79 88 79 88 78 87 77 88
Temp 87 84 81 80 86 83 81 79 86 82 80 79 86 83 80 78 86 82
Dewpt 78 78 77 77 77 76 75 74 75 74 74 73 74 74 74 72 74 74
Min/Max RH 74 92 74 87 69 83 67 83 67
RH 75 83 88 91 75 79 82 87 71 77 81 82 68 74 82 82 68 76
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 10 10 5 10 5 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ234-170900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
Date 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 94 74 94 75
Temp 94 90 80 76 74 74 82 91 93 88 78 75 75 75 84 91 93 87 80 77 76 75
Dewpt 69 74 75 75 74 74 77 75 74 74 75 75 75 74 78 76 76 76 77 77 76 75
Max/Min RH 100 54 100 57 100
RH 44 60 85 97100100 85 60 54 63 91100100 97 82 61 58 69 92 99100100
Wind Dir SE SE S S NE E SW E SE S S S SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 4 3 2 2 3 5 8 8 4 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 20 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 400 400 4800 5900 600 400 5200 5800 1700 400
T Wind Dir S S SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 9 4 4 9 11 8 8 11 10 8
Date 09/19Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 74 94 73 93 72 92 71 92
Temp 92 89 77 75 91 87 76 74 90 85 75 74 89 84 75 72 89 84
Dewpt 77 76 76 75 74 74 74 73 73 72 73 71 72 71 71 71 71 71
Min/Max RH 56 100 55 99 53 97 55 98 51
RH 61 67 97100 58 65 94 97 58 65 94 90 57 65 87 97 56 65
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 20 0 20 0 20 5 10 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ241-170900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
Date 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu
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 75 95 76
Temp 91 88 80 77 74 74 83 90 93 87 80 77 76 76 84 92 94 88 81 79 78 76
Dewpt 69 75 76 76 74 74 77 75 75 75 76 77 76 75 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 76
Max/Min RH 100 56 100 58 100
RH 50 66 88 97100100 84 62 56 68 88 99100 96 82 62 58 70 93 94 97100
Wind Dir SE SE SE S SW NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 5 2 2 1 2 2 4 6 8 4 4 2 2 4 6 9 9 6 4 4 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW FW FW B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW FW B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 30 0 20 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.02 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3
Mixing Hgt 900 500 4000 5200 1800 1000 4800 5700 2400 1500
T Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 9 5 6 11 13 10 11 13 14 10
Date 09/19Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24
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 95 74 94 73 93 71 93
Temp 93 89 78 76 91 87 77 75 90 87 76 74 89 86 76 72 89 86
Dewpt 77 77 78 76 76 75 76 74 74 74 74 72 72 72 73 71 71 71
Min/Max RH 56 100 58 100 56 96 52 99 50
RH 61 68 99100 61 67 97 97 60 66 92 93 58 62 90 97 55 60
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 0 20 0 10 5 10 0 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ229-170900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
Date 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 96 77 97 78
Temp 94 92 84 80 77 75 82 91 95 91 84 80 78 77 84 92 96 93 86 82 80 78
Dewpt 66 69 71 73 73 72 74 70 68 69 72 74 74 74 75 72 70 71 74 75 76 75
Max/Min RH 90 42 90 43 92
RH 40 47 65 79 87 90 77 50 42 49 67 82 88 90 74 52 43 49 68 79 89 90
Wind Dir SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 6 6 5 5 4 5 6 6 8 8 6 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW CL FW FW SC CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) SC FW FW CL FW FW SC CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 10 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 500 500 4800 6500 1200 1100 5600 6900 4000 1700
T Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 4 6 11 16 11 11 12 17 12
Date 09/19Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 100 78 99 77 98 74 97 73 96
Temp 94 95 83 79 94 94 82 78 92 92 80 76 90 91 79 74 90 91
Dewpt 73 71 75 75 72 69 74 74 70 67 70 71 68 65 69 69 66 63
Min/Max RH 40 89 39 88 38 85 37 85 36
RH 51 46 77 88 49 44 77 88 49 44 72 85 49 42 72 84 45 40
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 0 5 5 5 5 5
$$
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