Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 211957
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024
TXZ245-220900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024
Date 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri
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 90 77 90 77
Temp 86 83 80 80 80 79 85 89 89 84 79 78 77 78 85 89 88 84 79 79 79 77
Dewpt 78 78 78 77 77 77 78 78 78 77 77 77 76 77 78 78 76 77 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH 96 69 99 68 99
RH 78 87 94 93 91 93 80 71 70 80 94 97 99 96 80 70 68 80 94 96 94 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 10 12 9 6 6 6 10 13 12 10 8 8 8 8 10 11 11 10 9 8 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1100 1100 2700 2700 1900 1800 3200 3100 1800 1700
T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE SE S SE S S
T Wind Spd 19 17 19 21 19 18 20 20 20 17
Date 05/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24
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 78 91 78 92 79 92 78 93
Temp 89 85 80 79 90 86 80 78 90 86 80 80 91 87 80 79 91 87
Dewpt 78 77 78 78 78 78 79 78 79 78 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 77
Min/Max RH 68 99 66 99 65 100 65 100 65
RH 70 78 94 97 68 79 97 99 69 77 97 99 69 77 97 99 68 74
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 FW FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
$$
TXZ231-220900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024
Date 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 98 76 98 75
Temp 98 92 81 79 78 78 86 95 96 90 79 77 77 76 86 95 97 92 81 78 77 76
Dewpt 73 74 75 75 75 75 75 72 72 73 74 74 75 75 74 72 71 71 74 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 91 45 99 43 99
RH 45 57 84 88 91 91 70 48 46 58 85 90 94 97 68 47 43 51 78 91 94 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 13 14 11 9 8 9 12 12 14 14 11 11 10 8 11 13 13 14 12 10 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2600 1700 4500 4600 2400 1700 5000 6100 2600 2000
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 21 16 20 23 20 17 19 21 20 12
Heat Y
Date 05/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 102 75 102 77 105 76 103 76 100
Temp 98 95 80 76 98 95 80 77100 98 80 76 99 96 80 77 97 94
Dewpt 73 72 75 76 73 73 75 75 73 73 76 76 74 73 75 76 73 71
Min/Max RH 39 100 40 94 36 100 37 100 41
RH 46 48 85100 45 49 85 94 42 46 87100 45 48 85 97 46 47
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 5
$$
TXZ247-220900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024
Date 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri
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 86 79 86 79
Temp 86 82 81 80 80 80 83 86 85 83 80 80 79 80 84 85 86 83 80 80 80 80
Dewpt 79 79 79 78 78 78 79 79 79 78 78 78 78 77 78 78 77 78 78 78 78 78
Max/Min RH 96 79 97 76 97
RH 80 90 94 94 96 94 87 80 81 85 94 94 97 93 84 80 76 84 93 94 96 96
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 11 12 12 10 10 11 12 14 13 12 12 12 12 10 12 12 13 12 13 13 12 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 1500 2000 2100 1600 1800 2600 2600 1900 1900
T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE SE S SE S S
T Wind Spd 23 20 18 21 23 21 21 20 21 19
Date 05/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24
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 87 80 87 80 88 81 88 80 88
Temp 86 83 81 80 87 84 81 81 87 84 82 81 87 84 81 81 87 85
Dewpt 79 79 79 79 80 79 80 79 80 79 80 80 80 79 80 80 79 78
Min/Max RH 76 98 78 98 75 98 78 99 75
RH 80 87 96 96 80 85 96 96 80 85 94 97 81 85 97 96 79 80
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
$$
TXZ234-220900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024
Date 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 90 76 90 77
Temp 91 87 80 81 79 78 84 89 90 85 79 78 76 78 84 89 90 86 79 79 79 77
Dewpt 77 76 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 77 76 74 75 76 77 76 76
Max/Min RH 94 65 100 60 97
RH 64 70 91 88 94 94 80 68 66 75 91 94100 94 80 66 60 70 91 94 91 97
Wind Dir S SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 13 12 10 8 6 8 11 13 16 14 11 11 10 8 11 16 17 14 12 11 10 8
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) SC SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 800 3700 3700 2100 800 4500 4500 2300 1600
T Wind Dir SE S S S SE SE S S SE S
T Wind Spd 16 13 18 21 18 14 18 20 17 12
Date 05/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 92 78 94 78 95 78 95 76 95
Temp 91 88 80 78 92 89 80 78 93 89 80 80 94 90 79 78 93 89
Dewpt 76 76 77 77 77 76 78 77 78 77 78 78 78 76 78 78 76 75
Min/Max RH 58 98 58 99 58 100 54 100 55
RH 62 68 91 97 62 66 94 97 62 68 94 94 60 64 97100 58 64
Pwind Dir S SE S SE S S S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5
$$
TXZ241-220900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024
Date 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri
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 97 77 97 77
Temp 95 87 81 80 80 78 85 94 96 90 81 80 79 77 86 94 96 90 82 80 79 78
Dewpt 77 77 77 77 76 76 76 75 75 76 76 76 76 76 76 74 75 76 77 77 76 76
Max/Min RH 94 51 98 49 96
RH 55 74 90 93 90 94 75 54 52 65 85 90 93 97 72 53 50 65 85 91 91 96
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 14 14 11 9 10 10 11 13 14 14 11 11 10 9 11 14 16 14 12 11 10 8
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC SC B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1800 1300 4000 3800 1800 1100 4700 5000 1700 1800
T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE SE S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 21 16 18 23 19 16 20 21 20 16
Heat Y
Date 05/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24
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 78 101 78 103 78 101 78 98
Temp 97 93 81 78 98 93 81 78 99 95 82 78 98 93 81 79 95 92
Dewpt 75 76 77 77 76 76 77 77 75 77 77 77 76 76 77 78 76 75
Min/Max RH 46 99 47 99 41 99 46 96 48
RH 51 59 90 97 51 58 88 97 47 55 84 97 51 58 88 96 54 58
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 SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5
$$
TXZ229-220900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024
Date 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 79 103 79 103 79
Temp 101 99 87 83 80 79 85 95101 99 87 83 80 79 86 95102101 89 84 81 79
Dewpt 72 72 76 75 74 74 74 72 69 69 74 73 73 74 74 72 71 70 74 73 73 74
Max/Min RH 85 34 85 35 85
RH 40 42 70 77 82 85 70 48 36 38 65 72 79 85 68 48 37 37 61 70 77 85
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 9 11 11 11 10 9 10 11 11 11 12 11 11 8 10 11 10 10 11 11 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW SC SC
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 1800 1500 4400 5900 3600 1500 5600 7400 5200 1500
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 21 19 18 19 20 16 17 17 23 12
Heat Y
Date 05/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 107 80 109 81 108 81 107 80 102
Temp 99105 85 80100106 87 81 99107 87 81100103 85 80 96 98
Dewpt 73 66 74 74 73 67 73 74 72 64 74 74 72 67 73 75 72 69
Min/Max RH 27 82 27 79 25 80 29 85 36
RH 44 29 70 82 42 29 63 79 42 25 65 79 41 32 67 85 46 39
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 5 0 5 5 5 10
$$
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