Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 231703
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1203 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024
TXZ245-240900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1203 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024
Date 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu
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 92 73 93 71
Temp 90 85 80 79 77 76 85 90 91 86 79 78 75 73 84 90 90 86 81 77 74 71
Dewpt 77 77 76 76 75 75 79 77 77 76 76 75 74 73 76 73 73 72 70 67 65 63
Max/Min RH 99 64 100 55 76
RH 65 77 88 91 93 96 83 67 65 74 89 92 96 99 79 59 57 62 71 71 75 74
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE NE NE E SE SE SE SE E N N NE NE NE N N N N
Wind Spd 5 4 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 6 6 4 3 4 5 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 50 30 50 20
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.04 0 0.07 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS SC IS SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3500 800 600 3500 3200 1600 800 4000 3700 1200 1000
T Wind Dir SE SE SE NE E SE SE NE E NE N
T Wind Spd 9 11 8 6 9 9 4 8 9 11 12
Date 09/26Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24Mon 09/30/24
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 91 66 91 73 92 71 93 72 93
Temp 88 85 72 66 87 86 76 73 89 86 76 71 89 87 77 72 90 87
Dewpt 63 60 60 58 61 64 67 64 67 70 70 67 68 70 71 68 70 70
Min/Max RH 38 78 39 76 46 87 48 89 48
RH 44 43 66 76 43 48 73 73 48 58 81 86 51 59 82 86 52 58
Pwind Dir N N NW W W SW E S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5
$$
TXZ231-240900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1203 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024
Date 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 95 72 94 67
Temp 93 90 81 77 75 74 83 92 94 89 80 76 73 72 82 91 91 86 79 75 70 67
Dewpt 71 72 75 76 75 74 78 75 74 74 75 75 73 72 76 73 71 70 68 63 62 60
Max/Min RH 100 53 100 51 79
RH 48 56 82 97100100 85 59 53 62 86 99100100 82 56 52 59 70 68 77 78
Wind Dir NE E SE SE SE NE E E E E SE SE SE NE N N NE NE NE N N N
Wind Spd 4 6 4 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 4 2 3 4 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW B1 B1 FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW B1 B1 FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 30 20 40 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS IS IS SC SC
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5
Mixing Hgt 7200 1600 700 5700 6300 2600 600 5900 6200 1200 900
T Wind Dir E SE SE NE E SE S NE NE NE N
T Wind Spd 6 13 5 6 9 11 5 6 11 10 10
Date 09/26Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24Mon 09/30/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 90 63 92 67 93 68 95 69 96
Temp 87 86 70 63 88 88 72 67 89 88 74 69 90 89 74 69 92 91
Dewpt 60 56 56 55 59 59 62 62 64 62 64 63 66 62 66 64 66 65
Min/Max RH 34 76 34 86 36 84 35 84 35
RH 39 37 61 74 38 39 71 85 44 42 71 82 45 40 75 83 43 43
Pwind Dir N N NW N NW E N S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ247-240900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1203 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024
Date 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu
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 88 77 89 72
Temp 87 84 83 82 81 79 85 86 88 84 82 81 79 78 83 86 88 84 81 79 75 73
Dewpt 77 77 76 76 76 76 78 78 77 76 76 75 75 75 76 75 74 72 71 69 68 66
Max/Min RH 90 71 92 63 82
RH 73 79 81 84 85 90 80 78 71 76 82 84 86 91 78 70 63 67 71 73 78 80
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE N N NE NE NE N N N N
Wind Spd 6 8 6 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 3 4 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 40 40 50 20
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.03 0 0.03 0.02
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS SC SC IS SC IS SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2500 1400 1400 2500 2400 1800 1400 2400 2200 2100 2300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE NE E SE SE NE E NE N
T Wind Spd 9 12 9 6 9 11 8 9 10 12 17
Date 09/26Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24Mon 09/30/24
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 71 88 74 88 76 89 76 88
Temp 84 84 77 71 84 84 78 74 85 84 80 77 86 84 80 76 85 84
Dewpt 65 62 63 62 63 65 68 67 68 70 71 69 70 71 72 71 71 71
Min/Max RH 44 73 46 80 56 81 55 84 57
RH 53 47 61 72 49 54 71 78 58 64 74 79 60 64 77 82 61 65
Pwind Dir N N NW W W SW NE S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 5 0 5 5 5 5
$$
TXZ234-240900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1203 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024
Date 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 93 72 92 66
Temp 90 86 79 77 76 74 84 90 92 86 78 76 73 72 81 88 90 85 77 72 69 66
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 75 74 78 76 75 76 76 75 73 72 75 73 72 71 67 63 62 60
Max/Min RH 100 58 100 54 81
RH 64 72 91 97 97100 82 64 58 72 93 97 99 99 81 61 55 64 72 72 79 80
Wind Dir SE SE SE E NE N NE E E SE SE SE N N N N NE N N N N N
Wind Spd 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 8 8 5 5 5 6 8
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 50 20 50 10
QPF 12HR 0.17 0.01 0 0.03 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
Obvis PF PF
LAL 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 1
Haines 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4300 400 400 4700 4800 900 400 5000 4700 400 400
T Wind Dir SE SE E NE E SE SW N N N N
T Wind Spd 8 9 4 4 6 8 4 8 10 10 11
Date 09/26Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24Mon 09/30/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 88 64 90 66 91 68 94 68 94
Temp 85 84 70 64 86 84 70 66 87 86 72 68 89 87 73 69 89 88
Dewpt 61 58 56 56 61 62 62 62 66 65 66 63 66 66 66 64 67 66
Min/Max RH 37 76 38 87 43 85 39 86 40
RH 44 41 61 74 43 47 76 86 50 50 80 83 47 49 78 83 48 49
Pwind Dir N N NW NW NW NW NW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5
$$
TXZ241-240900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1203 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024
Date 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu
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 93 74 93 69
Temp 94 88 80 77 75 74 84 90 92 88 81 78 76 74 83 89 92 87 79 75 72 69
Dewpt 72 74 76 76 75 74 78 75 75 75 76 75 74 74 76 73 71 71 71 68 63 62
Max/Min RH 100 58 99 50 79
RH 50 62 88 97100100 83 63 58 67 84 93 95 97 79 58 50 59 77 78 73 77
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE NE NE E E E SE SE SE N N NE NE NE NE N N N
Wind Spd 4 6 3 2 2 2 2 4 5 6 2 2 2 2 4 6 5 4 2 3 4 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 40 20 50 10
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS IS SC SC
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 1
Haines 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 6200 1500 500 4600 4600 2300 600 5500 6800 1400 700
T Wind Dir E SE SE E E SE SE N NE NE N
T Wind Spd 8 11 5 6 11 9 4 6 10 9 11
Date 09/26Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24Mon 09/30/24
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 64 92 68 93 69 94 70 95
Temp 86 86 69 65 87 87 73 68 89 88 74 70 90 88 74 70 90 89
Dewpt 60 58 58 57 59 61 64 63 65 65 67 66 66 65 68 67 66 66
Min/Max RH 35 78 34 85 39 90 38 91 37
RH 42 40 67 76 40 42 75 83 46 46 79 88 45 46 83 89 45 47
Pwind Dir N N N S NW S NE S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
$$
TXZ229-240900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1203 PM CDT Mon Sep 23 2024
Date 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 96 75 94 69
Temp 95 93 85 81 78 76 83 92 95 90 84 80 77 75 82 89 93 88 80 77 72 69
Dewpt 65 65 67 71 73 72 73 71 69 69 71 73 73 72 73 69 67 67 64 61 59 57
Max/Min RH 87 43 92 43 65
RH 37 40 55 72 85 87 72 51 43 50 65 79 89 89 75 51 43 50 57 59 64 65
Wind Dir E E E SE E NE E E E E SE SE E E NE NE NE NE NE NE N N
Wind Spd 3 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 6 6 4 3 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds CL FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) CL FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 20 30 30 5
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0.01 0.04 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 7400 700 600 5800 6700 2900 600 6600 7500 1100 900
T Wind Dir E SE E E E SE SE NE NE NE N
T Wind Spd 6 10 6 6 9 11 6 5 10 12 10
Date 09/26Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24Sun 09/29/24Mon 09/30/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 93 66 94 69 96 70 97 71 97
Temp 88 88 72 66 88 89 75 69 89 90 77 70 90 92 77 71 92 92
Dewpt 54 53 54 54 55 56 59 59 59 58 60 61 61 58 61 61 61 58
Min/Max RH 26 66 28 71 29 73 28 71 27
RH 31 30 53 65 32 33 58 70 36 34 56 72 38 32 58 70 36 32
Pwind Dir N NE N NE N E NE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
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