Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 290314
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1014 PM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024
TXZ245-290900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1014 PM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024
Date 06/28/24 Sat 06/29/24 Sun 06/30/24 Mon
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 82 94 80 93 79
Temp 84 83 82 90 93 93 89 85 84 82 80 89 92 92 88 84 83 81 79
Dewpt 79 78 79 80 80 79 78 79 78 78 78 79 78 79 78 78 78 77 78
Max/Min RH 91 62 93 64 97
RH 85 85 91 74 66 64 70 82 82 87 93 73 65 65 71 82 85 88 96
Wind Dir S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 6 5 8 9 10 9 8 5 5 4 5 9 9 6 5 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW CL SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW FW FW CL SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 30 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 800 3600 3500 2400 1500 4100 4000 2300 800
T Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 18 18 18 19 13 11 13 13 6
Date 07/01Tue 07/02/24Wed 07/03/24Thu 07/04/24Fri 07/05/24
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 78 94 80 93 80 93 81 94
Temp 93 88 82 78 93 88 82 80 91 88 83 80 92 89 83 81 92 88
Dewpt 77 76 77 77 76 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 79 79 78 78 78 78
Min/Max RH 58 96 58 91 63 93 64 91 62
RH 60 68 85 96 59 69 85 91 66 71 84 93 66 73 85 91 64 71
Pwind Dir SE S S S SE S S S S
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 0 5 5 20 5 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ231-290900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1014 PM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024
Date 06/28/24 Sat 06/29/24 Sun 06/30/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 79 99 77 97 75
Temp 81 80 79 87 96 96 91 84 81 79 77 86 94 96 92 83 80 77 76
Dewpt 77 77 77 78 75 73 73 76 77 77 76 78 75 73 73 75 76 76 75
Max/Min RH 94 47 98 48 100
RH 88 91 94 74 52 48 56 77 88 93 97 76 55 48 54 77 88 97 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE NE
Wind Spd 8 5 4 8 11 12 12 8 4 2 2 5 9 11 11 5 2 1 1
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 30 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1200 5100 5600 2300 1200 5900 6000 3300 700
T Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 19 21 20 10 12 17 13 6
Date 07/01Tue 07/02/24Wed 07/03/24Thu 07/04/24Fri 07/05/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 99 74 100 76 98 76 99 76 101
Temp 96 94 79 75 96 94 80 76 95 92 80 77 96 94 81 76 97 95
Dewpt 73 70 75 75 72 70 75 74 73 73 76 76 74 74 76 76 73 73
Min/Max RH 39 100 39 94 46 99 45 99 39
RH 49 46 88 99 46 46 85 94 49 54 88 97 49 53 85 99 46 49
Pwind Dir SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 5 0 10 0 5
$$
TXZ247-290900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1014 PM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024
Date 06/28/24 Sat 06/29/24 Sun 06/30/24 Mon
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 83 91 83 90 82
Temp 85 84 84 88 89 90 88 85 84 83 84 87 89 90 87 85 84 83 83
Dewpt 79 79 79 80 80 79 78 79 78 78 78 78 79 79 78 78 78 77 78
Max/Min RH 87 68 85 70 85
RH 82 85 84 78 74 70 72 82 81 84 84 75 72 71 74 80 82 83 84
Wind Dir S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 13 12 10 10 11 11 12 12 10 10 8 9 11 11 10 9 6 5 4
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 20 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Mixing Hgt 1500 2800 2900 2300 2400 3500 3300 2600 2200
T Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 21 19 19 23 17 12 14 14 9
Date 07/01Tue 07/02/24Wed 07/03/24Thu 07/04/24Fri 07/05/24
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 81 91 83 90 83 90 83 91
Temp 89 87 84 82 89 87 84 83 89 87 84 83 89 88 84 83 89 88
Dewpt 78 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 79 78 78 78 78 78
Min/Max RH 65 87 65 84 68 85 69 84 67
RH 69 71 81 87 67 71 79 84 70 74 82 85 73 73 81 84 71 71
Pwind Dir SE S S S SE S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 5 10 5 10 5 10
$$
TXZ234-290900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1014 PM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024
Date 06/28/24 Sat 06/29/24 Sun 06/30/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 79 94 78 93 75
Temp 82 80 79 88 92 92 89 82 81 79 78 86 91 93 90 82 79 77 76
Dewpt 78 78 78 80 78 78 78 77 77 78 77 79 77 77 77 77 77 76 76
Max/Min RH 97 64 100 60 100
RH 88 94 97 77 64 64 70 85 88 97 97 80 64 60 66 85 94 97100
Wind Dir S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE S N
Wind Spd 8 6 5 8 11 11 11 8 5 4 3 5 8 10 9 4 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 5 30 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 500 4700 4600 1900 500 4600 5500 1800 500
T Wind Dir S S S SE SE SE SE S SW
T Wind Spd 11 16 18 13 9 10 13 10 5
Date 07/01Tue 07/02/24Wed 07/03/24Thu 07/04/24Fri 07/05/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 75 96 77 93 77 94 77 95
Temp 93 93 79 75 93 91 80 77 91 90 80 78 91 90 81 77 93 90
Dewpt 76 74 76 75 75 75 76 76 78 77 77 77 78 77 78 77 77 77
Min/Max RH 51 100 53 97 62 97 62 100 58
RH 58 54 91100 56 60 88 97 66 66 91 97 66 66 91100 60 66
Pwind Dir E S S S SE S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 20 0 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ241-290900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1014 PM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024
Date 06/28/24 Sat 06/29/24 Sun 06/30/24 Mon
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 97 78 95 76
Temp 82 80 79 88 95 96 91 84 82 80 78 88 93 94 90 82 80 78 77
Dewpt 78 78 77 78 76 75 75 77 77 77 77 78 76 75 75 77 77 76 76
Max/Min RH 94 50 97 55 99
RH 87 93 94 73 56 51 60 81 85 93 96 73 59 55 61 84 90 94 97
Wind Dir S S SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE NE
Wind Spd 9 6 5 9 11 13 12 9 6 4 3 6 11 11 11 5 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 40 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 4900 5000 2300 1200 5400 5200 2700 500
T Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 18 21 20 11 13 18 11 5
Date 07/01Tue 07/02/24Wed 07/03/24Thu 07/04/24Fri 07/05/24
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 75 97 76 97 77 98 77 99
Temp 94 92 80 75 94 92 80 77 94 92 81 77 95 92 81 77 96 93
Dewpt 74 73 76 75 74 73 75 75 74 75 76 76 75 76 76 76 74 75
Min/Max RH 48 100 46 97 50 97 51 97 47
RH 54 53 88100 53 53 85 94 54 59 87 97 54 61 85 97 50 55
Pwind Dir E S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 0 0 0 5 0 10 0 5
$$
TXZ229-290900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1014 PM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024
Date 06/28/24 Sat 06/29/24 Sun 06/30/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 81 102 80 99 78
Temp 85 82 81 87 95 99 98 88 84 81 80 86 93 98 95 86 83 80 78
Dewpt 76 75 76 75 72 69 70 72 74 75 76 75 72 70 70 72 73 74 75
Max/Min RH 85 36 89 41 91
RH 75 79 85 68 48 38 41 59 72 82 88 70 51 41 45 63 72 82 91
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 9 8 8 10 11 12 14 11 8 6 5 6 8 10 11 8 5 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 20 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1500 5600 6800 3500 1700 6900 8300 4100 800
T Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 20 21 24 11 13 18 18 9
Date 07/01Tue 07/02/24Wed 07/03/24Thu 07/04/24Fri 07/05/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 101 78 102 79 102 79 102 79 103
Temp 95 99 83 78 97 99 85 79 96 98 85 79 96 99 85 79 97101
Dewpt 70 66 72 73 68 65 72 74 69 67 74 74 70 68 74 75 69 65
Min/Max RH 31 85 30 85 33 85 33 88 29
RH 45 34 70 85 39 33 65 85 42 37 70 85 43 37 70 88 40 31
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
$$
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