Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Graphics & Text |  Print | Product List |  Glossary Off
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
746
FOUS54 KCRP 011643
PFWCRP

Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1143 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

TXZ245-012100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N  96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1143 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

Date             Mon 07/01/24            Tue 07/02/24            Wed 07/03/24
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          78          94          80          94
Temp                   93 93 88 83 82 80 78 89 93 93 89 84 83 82 80 89 92 93 90
Dewpt                  77 78 77 78 78 77 77 78 77 78 77 77 77 77 77 78 77 77 77
Min/Max RH                   59          99          59          90          61
RH                     60 62 70 84 88 91 97 70 60 61 69 80 83 85 90 69 62 61 67
Wind Dir               SE SE  S  S  S SW  W SW SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd                5  5  5  4  2  2  1  1  5  6  8  6  5  6  4  6  8 10  9
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%)              SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR                      5           5           5           0          10
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                         H  H  H  H
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 3200   900   600  3400  3300  2000  1200  4700  4600
T Wind Dir                   SE     S    SW    SW     S     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   11    11     9     6    12    14    11    11    16


Date          Thu 07/04/24Fri 07/05/24Sat 07/06/24Sun 07/07/24
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            83      94      82      94      82      95      80      92
Temp          85 83 93 90 85 82 93 90 85 82 93 91 84 81 92 88
Dewpt         77 77 77 78 77 76 76 76 76 77 76 76 76 76 76 76
Max/Min RH         84      60      84      57      86      57      85      61
RH            79 82 61 68 78 82 58 64 76 85 58 63 78 84 61 68
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S      SE      SE      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       5       0       5       5      20      10      30
Rain Shwrs                                     IS       SC IS
Tstms                                          IS       IS IS

$$

TXZ231-012100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N  98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1143 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

Date             Mon 07/01/24            Tue 07/02/24            Wed 07/03/24
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                      99          74         100          75          99
Temp                   94 98 95 85 79 76 74 86 97100 95 85 80 77 75 87 96 99 94
Dewpt                  74 71 71 73 75 75 74 76 72 69 70 72 75 74 74 75 71 72 72
Min/Max RH                   41         100          37          98          41
RH                     53 42 46 67 88 96100 71 44 37 45 65 85 89 97 68 45 42 49
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE  S  S  N  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd                4  6  9  5  2  1  0  2  5  8 11  9  5  4  3  6  8 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%)              FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                         H  H  H  H  H                       H
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        5     5     5     5     5     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 6900  2300   800  4800  6700  3100  1000  6400  6600
T Wind Dir                   SE     S     S     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   11    14     9     9    13    18    11    13    17


Date          Thu 07/04/24Fri 07/05/24Sat 07/06/24Sun 07/07/24
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            76     100      76     101      75      99      76      97
Temp          81 76 97 95 81 76 97 95 80 76 96 94 81 76 94 93
Dewpt         76 75 72 73 75 75 70 70 75 75 72 71 74 74 70 69
Max/Min RH         98      40      97      37     100      39      96      39
RH            85 97 44 49 82 96 42 45 85 99 46 47 81 94 45 46
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0      10       5      20
Rain Shwrs                                              IS IS
Tstms                                                      IS

$$

TXZ247-012100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N  96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1143 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

Date             Mon 07/01/24            Tue 07/02/24            Wed 07/03/24
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                      92          82          91          83          90
Temp                   90 90 88 85 84 83 82 87 89 90 88 85 84 84 83 88 89 90 88
Dewpt                  78 78 77 78 78 77 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 77 77 78 78 77 78
Min/Max RH                   64          88          67          83          66
RH                     70 67 71 80 82 84 87 76 69 67 69 77 79 80 82 72 69 66 73
Wind Dir                E SE SE  S  S SW  W SW  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd                5  8  8  6  5  5  3  2  5  8  9  9  9  9  8  8  9 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%)              SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR                      0           5           0           0           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                         H  H  H  H
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 2100  1200  1200  2000  2300  2100  2200  3400  3400
T Wind Dir                   SE     S    SW    SW     S     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd                   10    13    12     6    12    16    16    12    17


Date          Thu 07/04/24Fri 07/05/24Sat 07/06/24Sun 07/07/24
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            84      90      83      90      83      91      81      90
Temp          85 84 90 88 84 83 89 88 84 83 90 88 84 82 88 87
Dewpt         77 77 78 78 77 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 77 76
Max/Min RH         81      67      82      65      84      64      84      66
RH            79 80 68 74 80 81 67 70 79 82 66 70 79 84 71 70
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S      SE      SE      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       5       0       5       5      20      20      30
Rain Shwrs                                     IS    IS SC IS
Tstms                                          IS          IS

$$

TXZ234-012100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N  96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1143 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

Date             Mon 07/01/24            Tue 07/02/24            Wed 07/03/24
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                      96          77          97          77          94
Temp                   93 95 93 83 79 78 77 86 94 95 91 83 80 79 77 87 92 93 90
Dewpt                  76 75 75 76 77 77 77 78 75 75 75 76 76 76 76 78 75 75 75
Min/Max RH                   53         100          51          97          55
RH                     58 53 56 80 94 97100 77 54 53 60 80 88 91 97 75 58 56 62
Wind Dir                E SE  S  S  S SW  W SW  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
Wind Spd                2  5  8  5  3  2  1  2  4  8 10  6  4  3  2  4  8 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds                 FW SC CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
Clouds(%)              FW SC CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR                      5           5           5           0          10
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Obvis                         H  H  H  H
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 5800   600   500  4100  4500  1500   500  5900  5900
T Wind Dir                   SE     S    SW    SW     S     S     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd                    9    11     9     4    11    11     9    10    14


Date          Thu 07/04/24Fri 07/05/24Sat 07/06/24Sun 07/07/24
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      94      77      96      76      94      77      92
Temp          81 78 92 91 81 77 93 91 80 77 92 91 80 77 91 90
Dewpt         77 76 76 76 77 75 74 75 76 76 74 75 75 75 74 75
Max/Min RH         94      58      95      51      99      52      94      55
RH            88 94 60 62 88 94 54 60 88 97 56 60 85 94 58 62
Pwind Dir           S       S       S       S      SE      SE      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       5       0       5       0      20      10      30
Rain Shwrs                                     IS       IS SC
Tstms                                          IS       IS SC

$$

TXZ241-012100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N  98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1143 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

Date             Mon 07/01/24            Tue 07/02/24            Wed 07/03/24
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                      97          75          99          76          98
Temp                   94 96 93 83 80 77 75 86 95 99 93 84 80 78 76 87 95 97 92
Dewpt                  75 74 73 75 77 76 75 76 73 71 73 75 75 75 75 75 73 74 74
Min/Max RH                   46          99          41          98          47
RH                     55 49 53 77 91 96 99 71 49 41 52 76 85 91 97 68 50 48 56
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE
Wind Spd                4  8 10  6  3  2  1  2  6  9 11  8  6  4  5  6  9 11 12
Wind Gust
Clouds                 FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW
Clouds(%)              FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR                      5           0           0           0           5
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Obvis                         H  H  H  H  H                       H
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        5     5     5     5     5     4     4     4     4
Mixing Hgt                 5700  1700   800  4600  5700  2400   800  5900  5800
T Wind Dir                   SE     S     S     S    SE    SE     S    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   12    13    10     9    13    17    11    13    18


Date          Thu 07/04/24Fri 07/05/24Sat 07/06/24Sun 07/07/24
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            77      99      77      99      76      98      77      95
Temp          81 77 96 94 81 77 96 93 80 76 95 93 81 77 92 91
Dewpt         76 76 73 75 75 75 72 72 75 75 72 73 75 75 72 73
Max/Min RH         98      44      95      42      99      44      95      47
RH            85 97 49 55 82 94 47 52 85 97 48 54 84 94 52 56
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE       E      SE       E
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       0       0      10      10      20
Rain Shwrs                                              IS IS
Tstms                                                      IS

$$

TXZ229-012100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N  99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1143 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

Date             Mon 07/01/24            Tue 07/02/24            Wed 07/03/24
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                     101          77         104          78         102
Temp                   94100 99 90 84 79 77 87 97103101 91 85 81 78 87 96101 99
Dewpt                  71 67 66 70 72 73 74 73 67 63 64 69 72 72 72 72 68 66 67
Min/Max RH                   31          90          27          82          32
RH                     47 34 34 52 67 82 90 63 38 27 30 49 65 74 82 61 40 32 36
Wind Dir               SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd                4  6 10  9  6  3  2  3  6  9 11 11  8  6  5  8  9 11 12
Wind Gust
Clouds                 FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW
Clouds(%)              FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW
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
Haines                        5     4     5     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mixing Hgt                 7300  1300   800  5800  7800  5000  1400  6900  8200
T Wind Dir                   SE    SE     S     S    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   11    16     9    10    16    20    11    13    17


Date          Thu 07/04/24Fri 07/05/24Sat 07/06/24Sun 07/07/24
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            79     103      79     103      78     102      79     101
Temp          85 79 97101 86 79 97101 84 78 96100 85 79 95100
Dewpt         73 74 69 66 72 74 68 63 71 73 68 65 71 73 67 64
Max/Min RH         86      30      85      27      86      29      83      30
RH            67 85 40 32 63 85 39 29 65 85 40 32 63 82 40 31
Pwind Dir          SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE      SE
Wind Char         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
Avg Clouds    FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR            0       0       0       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