Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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
316
FOUS54 KCRP 060534
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1233 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
TXZ245-062100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1233 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
Date Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat 06/08/24
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 94 78 93 77 93
Temp 81 80 88 93 93 89 82 81 79 79 87 92 93 87 82 81 79 78 87 92 93 88
Dewpt 78 78 78 78 78 78 79 79 78 78 77 75 75 75 76 76 76 77 77 76 76 75
Min/Max RH 60 98 56 96 58
RH 91 94 74 63 62 71 90 93 96 97 73 58 57 68 82 85 91 96 71 61 58 66
Wind Dir E NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE
Wind Spd 2 2 3 5 5 6 4 2 2 2 3 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 5 8 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 0 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H PF H H H H PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 700 2800 2800 1100 800 3400 3300 1700 1300 4000 3900
T Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE
T Wind Spd 6 6 9 10 8 9 12 13 12 12 17
Date Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24
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 93 79 93 77 93 77 94
Temp 81 80 92 88 81 79 92 88 81 78 91 87 81 78 92 89
Dewpt 76 76 77 76 77 77 76 76 75 75 75 76 76 75 76 MM
Max/Min RH 87 58 93 58 90 57 93 57
RH 84 87 62 68 87 93 61 67 82 90 60 69 85 91 60 61
Pwind Dir SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 30 30 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-062100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1233 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
Date Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat 06/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 102 75 101 74 100
Temp 78 77 86 96100 97 85 79 77 76 86 97101 95 82 78 76 75 85 96 99 94
Dewpt 74 74 76 74 71 72 75 75 76 75 75 69 67 67 72 74 74 74 73 69 67 68
Min/Max RH 38 100 33 99 36
RH 88 90 71 50 40 45 71 88 97 97 70 40 33 40 71 88 94 97 69 42 36 43
Wind Dir E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE
Wind Spd 3 3 4 6 6 8 4 2 2 2 3 6 8 11 6 4 3 2 4 9 10 12
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H PF H H H PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1000 4500 6100 2000 800 5700 7100 3300 1500 5600 6500
T Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE S S SE
T Wind Spd 9 9 11 13 8 8 11 17 11 12 17
Date Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 75 102 76 99 74 98 73 98
Temp 79 76 97 96 79 76 94 93 79 75 94 93 79 74 95 94
Dewpt 74 74 70 70 75 75 71 69 73 71 69 68 72 73 72 MM
Max/Min RH 96 36 96 39 90 39 98 39
RH 87 94 42 43 88 96 47 47 82 87 45 44 79 97 47 42
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 20 20 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ247-062100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1233 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
Date Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat 06/08/24
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 91 80 89 81 90
Temp 81 82 86 89 89 86 84 83 82 81 86 89 88 86 83 82 81 82 86 89 89 86
Dewpt 78 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 78 78 78 77 76 77 76 77 76 77 77 77 77 76
Min/Max RH 69 91 66 88 67
RH 91 90 81 72 72 79 87 88 88 91 78 68 68 75 80 84 85 87 75 69 68 74
Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE
Wind Spd 5 4 4 6 6 8 6 4 4 3 4 6 8 8 8 8 6 6 8 9 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 0 5 0 0
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 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1000 2200 1900 1200 1400 2700 2600 1800 2500 3400 3300
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE
T Wind Spd 8 6 9 10 9 9 12 14 16 13 17
Coast Flood Y Y Y Y
Date Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24
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 82 90 81 90 80 89 80 91
Temp 83 82 88 87 83 82 88 86 83 80 89 86 83 81 89 86
Dewpt 76 77 78 78 78 78 77 77 76 76 76 76 77 77 76 MM
Max/Min RH 87 66 90 67 87 66 89 64
RH 81 87 72 75 84 87 69 74 80 87 67 74 81 88 66 68
Pwind Dir SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 30 30 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-062100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1233 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
Date Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat 06/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 98 75 96 75 95
Temp 77 76 84 92 97 94 82 78 77 75 84 93 96 91 81 78 77 75 85 93 94 89
Dewpt 75 75 77 76 74 73 76 77 76 75 77 74 72 73 75 75 76 75 75 74 72 73
Min/Max RH 46 100 46 100 49
RH 94 97 80 60 48 51 82 97 97100 80 54 46 56 82 91 97100 72 54 49 59
Wind Dir NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE
Wind Spd 2 2 3 4 6 8 4 2 2 2 2 5 8 10 6 4 2 2 5 9 12 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC FW CL CL CL
Clouds(%) SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC FW CL CL CL
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF H H H PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 700 3800 5000 900 400 5000 4900 1800 700 5100 5100
T Wind Dir E E E SE S SE SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 4 5 8 8 6 8 11 11 9 11 16
Date Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 76 96 76 94 74 93 73 94
Temp 79 77 93 91 80 77 91 89 78 75 90 89 79 74 91 90
Dewpt 75 75 74 74 75 75 75 73 73 72 73 72 73 74 74 MM
Max/Min RH 94 49 95 54 92 52 100 50
RH 88 94 54 58 85 94 60 59 85 90 58 57 82100 58 55
Pwind Dir SE S SE SE E SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 30 20 20 10 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ241-062100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1233 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
Date Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat 06/08/24
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 100 76 98 75 99
Temp 80 78 87 95 98 94 83 79 78 76 87 96 98 92 81 79 77 76 86 96 98 92
Dewpt 75 76 77 76 74 74 77 77 77 76 76 71 70 71 74 75 75 75 75 72 71 73
Min/Max RH 45 99 41 99 42
RH 87 94 74 54 47 53 82 94 96 99 70 46 42 51 79 88 92 99 69 47 43 53
Wind Dir E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 4 4 6 8 9 6 3 2 2 4 6 11 11 6 4 4 3 6 9 12 13
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H PF H H H H H PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1000 4200 5500 1700 700 5700 5600 2300 1300 5500 5600
T Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE S S SE
T Wind Spd 9 9 11 11 8 9 14 16 12 13 17
Date Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24
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 77 100 78 97 76 96 75 97
Temp 80 78 96 93 81 78 94 91 80 76 93 91 80 76 94 92
Dewpt 75 75 72 75 76 75 73 73 75 73 70 70 75 74 74 MM
Max/Min RH 93 43 93 47 91 45 97 45
RH 85 93 47 56 84 93 51 56 84 89 49 51 85 96 53 52
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 20 20 20 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ229-062100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1233 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024
Date Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat 06/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 103 77 103 77 103
Temp 79 79 86 94101100 90 84 79 78 86 97102101 89 82 79 77 85 95102101
Dewpt 72 72 74 73 70 68 70 72 73 74 73 69 63 62 69 71 72 73 73 68 65 65
Min/Max RH 34 89 26 87 29
RH 79 79 68 51 37 36 52 67 82 88 65 40 28 28 52 69 79 87 67 42 30 31
Wind Dir E E E E E E E SE SE E SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 5 6 6 6 9 8 5 4 4 4 6 8 11 10 8 6 4 6 9 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 800 4200 6100 1800 600 5500 7800 5100 1400 4900 6600
T Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 9 11 11 14 9 11 12 19 13 12 16
Date Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24Tue 06/11/24Wed 06/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 79 104 79 99 77 99 76 100
Temp 83 79 96101 84 79 92 96 81 77 93 97 82 77 93 98
Dewpt 73 73 70 65 73 73 70 67 70 70 67 64 69 71 70 MM
Max/Min RH 83 29 82 37 79 32 83 31
RH 72 82 43 31 70 82 49 39 69 79 43 34 65 82 47 33
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E E SE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 20 20 10 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
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