Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 181628
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1128 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
TXZ245-182100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1128 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24
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 76 87 77 90
Temp 90 89 84 80 80 78 77 83 85 85 84 81 82 80 79 87 89 90 87
Dewpt 77 77 76 76 77 76 77 80 80 80 79 78 78 78 78 80 80 80 79
Min/Max RH 65 100 84 96 72
RH 66 68 77 88 91 94100 91 84 85 87 91 88 93 96 81 76 72 76
Wind Dir E E NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 13 13 13 13 11 11 11 13 13 14 16 16 13 13 12 13 13 13 12
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 60 90 100 90 80
QPF 12HR 0.21 2.40 3.25 0.98 0.41
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC NM O O O O O O O O O O O NM NM SC
Tstms SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM O NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3100 1100 1500 1700 2100 1900 1600 3700 3800
T Wind Dir E E NE E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 29 27 26 29 32 31 26 27 28
Coast Flood W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Trop Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Date Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24
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 90 77 91 77 93 78 93
Temp 81 78 89 88 81 78 90 88 81 78 90 88 82 79 91 89
Dewpt 77 77 78 78 77 76 78 77 77 77 79 78 79 78 80 79
Max/Min RH 96 69 97 65 98 66 98 68
RH 88 96 71 74 87 96 68 69 88 97 71 73 90 97 71 74
Pwind Dir E E E E E E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 70 30 50 20 40 20 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC IS IS SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ231-182100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1128 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 96 74 83 74 88
Temp 91 93 87 81 78 76 75 78 81 80 78 77 77 76 76 80 85 87 83
Dewpt 73 73 72 73 73 73 73 76 77 77 78 77 77 76 76 78 79 79 78
Min/Max RH 52 100 89 100 76
RH 56 52 61 77 85 90 94 94 90 91 99100100100 99 94 82 76 85
Wind Dir E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 11 14 16 12 10 10 11 13 13 16 14 13 13 13 13 16 16 16 12
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 30 40 100 80 80
QPF 12HR 0.05 0.20 3.09 1.87 0.65
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS O O O O O O O O O O NM NM IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC NM SC IS
LAL 2 1 2 3 4 3 3 3 3
Haines 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 5200 3200 2100 2000 1700 1600 1300 3800 3800
T Wind Dir E E NE NE NE E E E E
T Wind Spd 21 21 20 27 25 26 19 25 26
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 90 74 92 73 95 74 95
Temp 77 74 87 85 77 74 89 87 77 73 90 89 78 75 92 90
Dewpt 77 74 78 77 76 74 78 76 76 73 77 77 77 75 78 77
Max/Min RH 100 69 100 63 100 59 100 59
RH 100100 75 77 97100 69 70 97100 66 67 97100 63 66
Pwind Dir E E E E E E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 50 10 40 5 30 10 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS SC SC SC
$$
TXZ247-182100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1128 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24
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 90 79 87 81 89
Temp 88 88 84 82 82 81 80 84 86 86 84 83 83 83 83 87 88 89 87
Dewpt 78 77 76 77 77 78 79 80 80 80 79 79 79 79 79 80 80 79 78
Min/Max RH 68 97 82 87 72
RH 73 70 77 84 87 90 97 88 83 84 84 87 87 87 87 79 77 73 74
Wind Dir E E NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 18 18 19 19 18 18 18 19 19 21 21 23 21 19 18 18 17 18 17
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 60 90 100 90 90
QPF 12HR 0.26 2.91 2.80 1.18 0.43
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC NM O O O O O O O O O O O NM NM NM
Tstms SC NM SC SC SC SC NM NM NM O O NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 3 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 2900 2600 1800 2000 2500 2500 2500 3700 3700
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 32 33 32 36 36 36 33 31 29
Coast Flood W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Trop Storm W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Date Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24
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 81 89 81 89 81 90 82 90
Temp 83 82 88 87 83 82 89 87 84 82 89 87 84 83 89 88
Dewpt 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 78 79 78 79 79 80 79
Max/Min RH 86 70 87 68 88 71 88 72
RH 83 85 74 74 81 84 69 73 81 88 73 74 85 88 74 74
Pwind Dir E E E E E E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 70 70 40 50 20 50 30 40
Rain Shwrs NM NM NM SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ234-182100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1128 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 91 74 79 75 86
Temp 88 87 83 79 77 76 74 76 78 79 79 78 78 77 77 81 84 85 84
Dewpt 76 76 75 74 75 74 74 76 78 79 79 78 77 76 76 80 81 81 79
Min/Max RH 68 100 94 100 85
RH 68 70 77 85 94 94100100100100100100 97 97 97 97 91 88 85
Wind Dir E E E NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 14 16 16 16 12 12 14 16 16 17 16 16 16 13 12 14 16 16 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 40 70 100 70 70
QPF 12HR 0.13 0.80 3.93 0.64 0.34
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS SC O O O O NM NM NM NM NM NM NM NM IS
Tstms SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC NM SC IS
LAL 3 1 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3900 1800 1000 1600 1900 1400 700 3600 3300
T Wind Dir E E NE NE E E E E E
T Wind Spd 23 20 19 27 27 20 17 23 24
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 87 74 89 73 91 75 91
Temp 78 75 84 85 77 74 86 87 77 74 88 87 79 76 89 88
Dewpt 76 75 80 78 76 74 79 78 76 74 80 80 78 76 81 80
Max/Min RH 100 78 100 72 100 73 100 73
RH 94100 88 80 97100 80 75 97100 77 80 97100 77 77
Pwind Dir E E E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 60 10 40 5 30 10 40
Rain Shwrs IS IS NM SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS SC IS SC IS SC
$$
TXZ241-182100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1128 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24
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 76 82 77 87
Temp 91 91 86 81 79 78 77 79 80 80 79 79 79 79 79 82 85 86 84
Dewpt 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 77 78 79 79 78 77 77 77 79 80 80 78
Min/Max RH 56 99 91 99 81
RH 61 59 70 81 88 91 96 94 94 97 99 97 94 94 96 91 87 81 84
Wind Dir NE E NE NE NE NE N NE NE E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 13 16 16 12 10 10 11 12 14 16 14 14 13 12 12 14 16 16 12
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1
Clouds(%) SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 50 60 100 90 90
QPF 12HR 0.16 0.66 3.91 1.50 0.86
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC O O O O O O O O O O NM NM SC
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC SC NM NM NM SC NM SC SC SC NM NM SC
LAL 3 1 3 3 4 4 3 3 4
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 4700 2600 1700 1500 1100 1200 1300 3300 3900
T Wind Dir E NE NE NE NE E E E E
T Wind Spd 24 23 21 25 23 23 20 25 27
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24
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 89 75 91 75 93 76 94
Temp 78 76 86 85 78 75 87 87 78 75 89 88 79 76 91 89
Dewpt 77 75 79 78 76 75 78 77 76 75 78 77 77 76 78 78
Max/Min RH 99 73 100 67 100 63 100 62
RH 96 99 82 80 96100 74 74 96100 71 72 96100 67 71
Pwind Dir E E E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 70 20 50 10 40 20 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM SC IS SC SC SC SC IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
$$
TXZ229-182100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1128 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 99 79 86 77 89
Temp 94 97 93 85 82 80 79 81 83 82 79 77 78 78 77 80 84 88 85
Dewpt 70 69 69 71 71 71 72 72 72 73 74 74 74 74 74 75 76 76 77
Min/Max RH 39 82 70 90 68
RH 46 40 46 63 69 74 79 74 70 74 85 90 88 88 90 85 77 68 77
Wind Dir E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 10 12 16 12 10 10 10 11 13 16 16 14 13 16 13 13 16 16 13
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1
Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 10 10 80 90 70
QPF 12HR 0 0 1.29 2.62 0.62
Rain Shwrs NM NM O O O O O O NM NM NM NM SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 6700 2900 2000 2300 2200 1600 1500 3600 4400
T Wind Dir E E NE NE NE NE E E E
T Wind Spd 19 21 18 26 27 27 24 25 25
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 77 91 75 94 75 97 77 98
Temp 79 77 87 88 79 75 89 91 80 75 90 93 82 77 92 95
Dewpt 75 75 75 75 74 74 74 74 74 74 73 73 75 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 94 60 97 52 97 48 94 46
RH 88 94 68 66 85 97 61 58 82 97 58 52 79 94 56 49
Pwind Dir E E E E SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 40 10 20 5 10 5 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS SC IS IS
$$
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