Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 061958
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
258 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
TXZ245-070900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
258 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
Date 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat 06/08/24 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 77 94 77 92 78
Temp 94 89 82 80 78 78 87 94 94 89 82 81 79 78 88 92 92 87 81 80 80 79
Dewpt 77 76 77 77 76 75 76 73 73 74 75 76 75 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 75
Max/Min RH 93 50 96 58 89
RH 59 66 87 90 93 93 69 52 52 62 79 84 88 93 69 60 59 70 84 87 87 88
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE NE N E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 2 2 4 8 8 6 8 5 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL CL CL CL SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW CL CL CL CL SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 600 400 3300 3200 1300 700 3200 3100 1900 1900
T Wind Dir SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 9 5 8 12 12 10 11 14 14 11
Date 06/09Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24Thu 06/13/24
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 78 94 77 93 78 94 78 94
Temp 91 88 81 79 92 89 81 78 92 88 81 79 91 88 82 79 93 88
Dewpt 75 75 76 76 75 75 75 76 76 76 77 76 76 76 76 76 75 76
Min/Max RH 57 92 56 94 58 90 56 92 54
RH 60 67 84 91 58 64 82 93 60 68 87 90 61 67 82 91 57 68
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 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 10 10 10 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ231-070900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
258 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
Date 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat 06/08/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 100 73 100 74
Temp 101 97 84 79 76 75 86 97100 94 81 77 74 74 85 95 99 94 81 77 76 75
Dewpt 71 70 72 75 75 74 73 67 66 66 70 73 73 73 73 69 69 68 71 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 97 33 100 38 96
RH 38 42 67 88 97 97 64 37 33 40 69 87 97 99 68 43 38 44 72 87 92 94
Wind Dir E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 8 4 2 2 2 2 6 9 11 6 4 2 1 4 9 11 11 8 5 4 3
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL FW FW SC B1 FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW CL FW FW SC B1 FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H H PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 2300 600 5700 6400 2400 900 5500 5700 2900 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 6 9 16 14 8 10 16 16 11
Heat Y
Date 06/09Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24Thu 06/13/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 101 75 100 75 100 75 100 74 102
Temp 96 95 79 75 96 95 80 76 96 95 80 76 97 95 79 75 97 96
Dewpt 70 69 74 74 69 67 73 72 69 68 74 74 70 68 74 74 70 68
Min/Max RH 37 98 35 91 36 96 38 99 34
RH 44 43 85 97 42 40 79 89 41 42 82 94 43 42 85 97 43 40
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 10 5 5 10 0 10
$$
TXZ247-070900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
258 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
Date 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat 06/08/24 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 80 91 80 89 81
Temp 89 87 83 82 81 81 86 89 89 85 83 82 81 80 85 88 88 85 83 83 82 81
Dewpt 78 77 77 77 76 76 76 75 75 75 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76
Max/Min RH 88 59 90 67 85
RH 71 74 84 85 85 87 73 63 63 72 78 82 84 88 75 68 68 75 81 80 82 85
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 6 6 4 4 2 2 4 6 8 9 8 6 5 4 5 8 9 9 9 10 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW CL SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW CL SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 900 1000 2400 2300 1400 1600 2500 2500 2800 2800
T Wind Dir SE SE E E SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 11 6 9 11 16 12 11 14 17 16
Date 06/09Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24Thu 06/13/24
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 80 90 81 90 81 90
Temp 88 86 83 81 89 86 83 80 88 86 83 81 88 87 83 82 89 87
Dewpt 76 77 76 77 76 76 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 76 76 77 77
Min/Max RH 66 88 64 90 67 87 66 84 65
RH 67 75 80 88 66 72 80 90 69 74 83 87 69 70 80 84 68 71
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 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 10 10 10 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ234-070900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
258 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
Date 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat 06/08/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 73 96 73 95 75
Temp 96 93 81 77 75 74 85 93 95 91 80 77 75 74 85 93 95 90 80 78 77 76
Dewpt 72 71 73 74 74 74 74 71 70 71 73 74 74 74 75 73 72 73 74 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 100 45 100 48 98
RH 46 49 77 90 97100 70 49 45 52 79 90 97100 72 52 48 58 82 91 94 97
Wind Dir E E SE S NW N E E SE SE SE S S E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 6 4 2 1 2 2 5 8 10 6 3 2 2 4 9 11 11 8 5 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW SC FW CL FW CL FW FW FW SC FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL FW SC FW CL FW CL FW FW FW SC FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 600 400 4900 5600 1200 400 5100 5000 1900 700
T Wind Dir SE NE E SE SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 8 4 6 11 10 5 11 16 13 8
Date 06/09Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24Thu 06/13/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 74 95 75 94 75 95 74 96
Temp 92 90 78 75 93 91 79 76 93 90 80 76 92 91 79 75 94 91
Dewpt 73 73 75 75 73 72 74 74 73 73 74 74 74 73 74 74 74 73
Min/Max RH 49 100 48 95 50 95 51 98 46
RH 54 58 91100 52 54 85 94 52 58 82 94 56 56 85 97 53 56
Pwind Dir SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 20 10 10 5 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ241-070900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
258 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
Date 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat 06/08/24 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 76 98 74 97 75
Temp 100 94 83 79 77 77 87 95 97 90 81 77 76 75 85 94 96 91 81 78 77 76
Dewpt 74 74 76 77 76 76 74 68 68 69 73 74 74 74 74 71 70 71 74 74 74 74
Max/Min RH 99 39 100 43 94
RH 45 54 80 93 96 97 67 43 39 51 78 90 94 97 70 48 44 53 78 88 89 92
Wind Dir E E SE SE SE E SE E E E SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 9 11 5 2 2 2 4 8 11 11 6 4 2 2 4 9 11 11 8 6 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW SC SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 1800 700 5300 5700 2200 800 5300 5100 2400 900
T Wind Dir SE SE E E SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 6 10 16 12 9 10 17 13 10
Heat Y
Date 06/09Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24Thu 06/13/24
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 98 76 99 75 98 76 99 76 99
Temp 95 92 80 76 95 93 79 76 95 93 80 76 95 93 80 77 96 93
Dewpt 72 73 75 75 71 71 75 74 71 72 75 75 72 73 76 76 72 73
Min/Max RH 44 97 41 94 41 99 43 98 43
RH 48 54 85 96 46 50 87 92 45 51 85 97 48 53 88 97 47 53
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 10 5 5 10 5 10
$$
TXZ229-070900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
258 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
Date 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat 06/08/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 102 74 103 76
Temp 102102 91 84 79 78 86 94101 99 87 80 76 74 84 95102100 89 82 78 77
Dewpt 68 68 70 72 73 73 72 66 61 61 66 69 70 71 71 66 63 64 69 71 72 72
Max/Min RH 85 25 92 28 86
RH 34 34 50 67 82 85 63 40 27 29 50 69 82 90 65 39 28 31 52 69 82 85
Wind Dir E E SE SE E E SE SE E SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 8 8 4 4 3 4 6 8 11 11 8 4 3 6 8 9 11 11 10 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 800 700 5600 7900 2700 600 5700 7600 4700 900
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 8 9 16 18 9 11 16 19 12
Heat Y
Date 06/09Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24Thu 06/13/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 104 78 102 77 102 78 104 78 104
Temp 96101 83 78 95 99 83 77 96100 84 78 96101 84 78 97101
Dewpt 69 66 73 73 69 65 70 71 68 64 71 72 68 64 71 73 69 64
Min/Max RH 29 85 31 83 29 82 28 85 28
RH 42 32 72 85 43 33 65 82 40 31 65 82 40 30 65 85 40 30
Pwind Dir SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 10 5 5 5 0 5
$$
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