Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 262108
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
408 PM CDT Thu Sep 26 2024
TXZ245-270900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
408 PM CDT Thu Sep 26 2024
Date 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24 Sat 09/28/24 Sun
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 66 92 67 94 68
Temp 86 77 73 69 67 80 89 92 86 78 75 70 68 81 90 92 85 79 76 72 69
Dewpt 64 64 63 61 60 64 61 61 64 66 67 66 63 66 63 63 66 68 68 66 63
Max/Min RH 81 37 86 37 83
RH 48 64 71 76 80 59 39 37 48 67 78 86 83 61 41 38 53 68 78 80 81
Wind Dir NE N N N NW NW NW NW S S SW NW NW NW N SE S S SW NW NW
Wind Spd 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 600 400 5400 5900 500 400 4300 4600 500 400
T Wind Dir N N NW NW S W NW NW SW NW
T Wind Spd 8 5 5 8 10 6 6 6 9 8
Date 09/29Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24Wed 10/02/24Thu 10/03/24
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 94 70 93 71 93 70 92 71 91
Temp 89 85 76 70 88 83 76 71 90 84 76 70 89 83 76 72 87 82
Dewpt 63 67 68 65 67 69 71 69 69 70 70 67 69 70 70 68 72 72
Min/Max RH 39 88 47 96 48 90 50 90 57
RH 41 55 78 86 50 63 84 95 50 63 81 89 52 65 81 89 60 72
Pwind Dir NE SW SE S NE E NE E 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 FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 5 10 5 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ231-270900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
408 PM CDT Thu Sep 26 2024
Date 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24 Sat 09/28/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 63 94 64 96 65
Temp 87 76 70 65 63 79 89 93 90 78 72 67 65 79 91 94 90 79 73 69 66
Dewpt 57 56 56 56 56 61 58 55 57 57 59 59 57 61 58 56 58 58 59 58 57
Max/Min RH 77 27 77 28 73
RH 36 51 61 72 77 54 35 28 34 48 65 75 75 54 33 28 35 49 62 68 72
Wind Dir N NE N NW NW N NW N NW SE SE N NE N N N NE E SE N N
Wind Spd 4 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 2 1 1 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6
Mixing Hgt 900 500 5700 7000 300 500 6100 7600 400 500
T Wind Dir NE N N N S W N NE E NE
T Wind Spd 6 4 5 8 6 5 6 8 10 6
Date 09/29Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24Wed 10/02/24Thu 10/03/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 65 96 66 96 68 95 68 93
Temp 92 88 72 66 92 90 73 67 92 89 73 69 91 88 74 69 89 86
Dewpt 59 58 62 61 62 59 67 66 64 61 66 64 64 62 68 66 67 66
Min/Max RH 28 85 30 99 34 90 36 94 44
RH 33 36 70 84 37 35 81 97 40 39 79 86 41 43 83 92 48 51
Pwind Dir N S E SE NE E NE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ247-270900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
408 PM CDT Thu Sep 26 2024
Date 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24 Sat 09/28/24 Sun
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 89 74 90 75
Temp 84 81 78 76 74 80 86 87 84 82 80 77 75 81 86 87 84 82 80 78 75
Dewpt 65 65 65 64 65 66 63 63 65 67 68 69 67 68 65 65 67 69 70 69 68
Max/Min RH 73 42 78 47 78
RH 52 58 63 68 73 61 47 44 53 61 67 76 76 64 50 48 56 65 71 74 78
Wind Dir NE NE N N NW NW NW S S S SW W NW NW N SE S S SW W NW
Wind Spd 8 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 3 4 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL CL CL FW CL FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW CL CL CL FW CL FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1700 700 3800 3900 1600 1100 2400 2100 1100 800
T Wind Dir N N NW SW S W NW S S NW
T Wind Spd 10 8 6 8 12 9 8 6 10 8
Coast Flood Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Date 09/29Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24Wed 10/02/24Thu 10/03/24
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 75 88 76 88 76 88 76 87
Temp 86 83 80 76 85 82 80 76 86 83 80 76 85 82 80 77 85 81
Dewpt 66 68 70 70 70 70 71 71 72 71 71 70 71 71 71 70 73 73
Min/Max RH 50 82 59 85 61 81 62 81 67
RH 51 60 72 82 62 67 76 85 63 66 73 81 63 68 74 81 68 76
Pwind Dir NE S E SE NE E NE E E
Wind Char <15 <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 SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ234-270900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
408 PM CDT Thu Sep 26 2024
Date 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24 Sat 09/28/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 62 93 63 95 64
Temp 84 74 68 64 62 78 88 92 88 75 70 66 64 79 90 93 87 76 72 68 65
Dewpt 59 57 56 55 55 60 58 57 57 59 59 56 56 61 59 58 59 60 59 58 56
Max/Min RH 78 31 75 31 74
RH 43 55 65 73 78 54 36 31 35 58 68 70 75 54 35 31 39 58 64 70 73
Wind Dir N N N N NW NW N N N E W NW NW N N N E NE NW NW N
Wind Spd 4 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6
Mixing Hgt 400 400 6100 6800 400 400 5600 7400 400 400
T Wind Dir N N N N S NW N NE NE NW
T Wind Spd 8 5 6 9 5 6 8 9 9 5
Date 09/29Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24Wed 10/02/24Thu 10/03/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 67 95 68 96 69 95 68 93
Temp 90 87 72 68 91 87 72 69 91 87 73 69 90 85 73 69 88 84
Dewpt 58 59 64 61 62 64 69 66 65 65 67 65 64 65 68 66 68 69
Min/Max RH 31 82 35 94 37 89 40 92 49
RH 34 39 76 78 38 46 90 90 42 48 81 87 42 51 84 90 52 61
Pwind Dir N S NE S NE NE NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 0 5 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ241-270900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
408 PM CDT Thu Sep 26 2024
Date 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24 Sat 09/28/24 Sun
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 66 94 66 95 68
Temp 86 75 70 68 66 79 89 93 89 76 72 68 67 81 90 93 88 78 73 70 69
Dewpt 62 63 64 63 61 64 59 56 59 63 64 63 62 65 60 58 60 64 65 63 61
Max/Min RH 84 29 86 31 80
RH 44 66 80 83 84 59 36 30 37 64 76 84 84 58 38 31 40 61 76 78 77
Wind Dir N E W NW NW N N N N S S SW NW NW N N E SE S W NW
Wind Spd 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6
Mixing Hgt 1100 400 5800 6700 400 400 5400 7300 400 400
T Wind Dir SE W NW N S SW NW NE SE W
T Wind Spd 6 5 5 6 9 8 5 8 11 6
Date 09/29Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24Wed 10/02/24Thu 10/03/24
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 68 95 69 94 69 93 69 91
Temp 90 87 73 68 90 87 74 70 90 86 73 69 88 85 73 70 87 84
Dewpt 60 61 66 63 63 64 69 67 66 65 69 66 65 66 69 67 69 70
Min/Max RH 31 85 36 94 39 93 41 93 50
RH 37 41 79 83 41 46 86 92 46 49 87 90 47 52 87 90 55 62
Pwind Dir N S E S NE SE NE E 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 FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 0 5 5 10 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ229-270900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
408 PM CDT Thu Sep 26 2024
Date 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24 Sat 09/28/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 66 95 67 97 67
Temp 89 79 73 67 66 79 89 95 91 81 75 69 68 80 91 95 91 82 75 71 68
Dewpt 55 54 54 54 54 56 53 52 54 53 54 54 54 56 54 52 53 53 55 56 55
Max/Min RH 65 23 62 23 64
RH 32 42 51 63 65 45 29 23 29 38 48 59 61 44 29 23 28 37 50 59 63
Wind Dir N NE NE NE NE E N N N S NE NE NE NE N N NE E E NE N
Wind Spd 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mixing Hgt 500 400 5400 6700 300 300 6700 8300 400 400
T Wind Dir NE E NE N N NE NE N NE NE
T Wind Spd 9 6 5 6 5 6 8 8 11 9
Date 09/29Mon 09/30/24Tue 10/01/24Wed 10/02/24Thu 10/03/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 97 68 98 69 98 70 96 70 96
Temp 92 91 75 68 92 92 76 70 92 91 77 70 90 89 76 70 89 89
Dewpt 54 52 56 57 57 53 58 61 58 55 59 61 59 56 61 63 62 60
Min/Max RH 23 68 24 73 25 74 28 78 33
RH 28 27 52 68 31 27 54 73 32 30 54 73 35 33 60 78 41 38
Pwind Dir NE E E SE NE E E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
$$
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