Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 202238
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
538 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
TXZ245-210900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
538 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 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 76 92 75 91 76
Temp 87 80 79 78 77 86 90 91 86 80 79 77 76 86 89 89 84 79 79 77 76
Dewpt 78 77 77 76 75 78 77 77 76 76 75 74 73 77 76 77 76 76 75 75 74
Max/Min RH 99 64 90 65 94
RH 76 90 93 94 94 76 66 64 72 87 87 89 89 75 66 67 77 90 90 92 94
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 4 3 3 3 4 6 8 6 5 4 4 3 5 5 6 5 4 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 10 5 10 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 600 3600 3500 2100 1400 3400 3500 2200 800
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 13 10 9 14 16 11 10 12 12 9
Date 09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
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 75 92 75 92 72 92 70 90
Temp 88 84 78 75 89 84 78 75 90 85 77 73 88 84 76 70 88 83
Dewpt 77 76 75 73 76 76 75 73 74 74 72 70 71 70 69 66 69 69
Min/Max RH 67 96 65 96 58 90 54 87 52
RH 69 77 91 96 67 77 91 96 61 70 85 90 57 64 81 86 54 63
Pwind Dir SE SE E E E NE NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 30 10 30 20 40 20 30 20 20
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-210900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
538 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 94 72 95 71
Temp 89 81 78 77 75 84 91 93 88 79 77 74 72 83 91 93 88 80 76 74 73
Dewpt 77 78 78 76 75 80 77 75 74 75 76 74 72 77 74 72 73 75 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 100 55 100 50 100
RH 68 93100 97100 87 63 55 63 88 97100100 81 58 50 61 85 97100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 4 3 2 2 4 6 10 11 6 4 2 2 4 6 8 9 5 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 10 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 700 4800 5800 2300 1000 5500 7200 2700 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 9 9 13 16 10 9 12 14 8
Date 09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 72 94 73 95 71 93 69 93
Temp 90 88 77 73 91 88 76 74 91 88 76 72 90 87 75 69 89 86
Dewpt 74 73 75 73 75 73 75 73 72 70 71 68 69 66 68 66 66 64
Min/Max RH 53 100 52 100 47 90 42 89 40
RH 59 61 94100 59 62 97 97 53 55 85 89 50 50 79 89 46 48
Pwind Dir E SE E SE E E NE E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 20 5 30 10 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ247-210900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
538 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 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 80 88 79 88 78
Temp 85 83 82 81 80 85 87 88 84 82 82 81 80 85 86 86 83 82 81 81 79
Dewpt 78 77 77 76 76 77 78 77 76 76 76 75 75 76 76 77 76 76 76 76 75
Max/Min RH 88 69 85 73 88
RH 80 82 85 85 87 78 74 69 76 81 82 82 85 76 73 74 79 82 85 85 87
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 9 8 8 6 5 6 8 10 10 10 9 8 6 6 8 8 8 8 6 5 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 10 10 10 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1100 1300 2900 2900 2500 2400 3200 2900 2500 2300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE E SE S
T Wind Spd 14 12 10 14 18 14 11 12 13 11
Date 09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
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 78 88 78 89 77 88 75 89
Temp 85 83 81 79 86 83 81 79 86 83 81 77 86 82 80 75 84 82
Dewpt 77 76 76 75 77 76 75 75 76 75 74 72 73 71 71 70 70 70
Min/Max RH 74 90 74 88 69 86 62 83 61
RH 76 80 84 90 75 80 82 88 72 76 79 86 66 70 74 83 63 67
Pwind Dir SE SE E E E E NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 20 40 30 30 20 20
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-210900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
538 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 94 73 92 74
Temp 89 80 77 75 75 84 91 93 87 79 77 75 74 83 90 90 86 79 76 75 75
Dewpt 77 77 76 75 75 77 75 73 74 75 75 74 73 76 75 75 75 75 75 74 74
Max/Min RH 100 52 98 60 100
RH 68 91 97100100 80 60 52 65 88 94 97 97 80 62 62 70 88 97 97 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E
Wind Spd 8 4 3 2 2 4 6 10 10 5 4 3 2 4 6 8 8 4 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds CL FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW CL FW SC
Clouds(%) CL FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW CL FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 20 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 400 400 5300 5500 700 400 4800 5500 1600 400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 6 8 13 11 9 9 11 11 6
Date 09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 93 73 94 74 94 72 93 69 92
Temp 90 86 77 75 90 86 76 74 90 86 76 73 89 85 73 70 88 84
Dewpt 75 75 75 73 75 75 75 72 72 71 70 67 69 68 67 65 67 66
Min/Max RH 58 97 58 97 51 84 45 87 44
RH 62 70 94 94 62 70 97 93 56 61 82 81 52 57 81 84 50 55
Pwind Dir E SE E E NE NE NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 5 30 10 40 10 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ241-210900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
538 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 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 76 92 74 94 74
Temp 88 81 78 78 76 85 89 92 87 79 77 76 74 84 90 92 86 79 76 75 74
Dewpt 78 79 78 77 76 79 77 76 76 76 76 75 73 76 74 72 74 75 75 74 74
Max/Min RH 100 61 97 53 99
RH 72 94 99 97100 83 68 61 70 90 96 96 97 79 60 53 67 88 97 97 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 9 4 4 3 2 5 8 10 11 6 4 3 2 4 6 8 9 4 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 20 0 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.08 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1600 600 3800 4500 2000 700 4800 6100 2400 600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 9 9 14 13 10 10 11 12 9
Date 09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
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 74 93 74 94 73 93 70 93
Temp 90 86 77 75 89 86 77 75 89 86 76 74 89 85 75 71 88 85
Dewpt 74 74 76 74 75 74 75 74 73 72 73 70 69 69 69 68 67 66
Min/Max RH 54 99 58 99 51 92 46 93 43
RH 60 68 96 97 63 68 94 97 58 62 89 89 53 58 82 92 50 53
Pwind Dir E SE E E E NE NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 30 10 40 20 30 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ229-210900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
538 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 96 76 97 74
Temp 92 86 82 80 78 84 92 96 92 85 80 78 76 83 91 95 92 85 80 77 76
Dewpt 73 74 75 76 75 76 72 70 71 72 73 74 73 73 70 67 67 69 72 72 72
Max/Min RH 91 43 91 40 87
RH 54 68 79 88 91 77 52 43 51 65 79 88 90 72 50 40 44 59 77 85 87
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 9 8 6 6 5 6 6 8 11 11 8 8 5 6 6 6 8 8 6 4 3
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW SC B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC FW FW SC B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 10 0 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs
Tstms
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 900 1000 5300 5900 2100 1500 6000 8100 4400 1200
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 17 11 11 13 20 14 12 11 16 10
Date 09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 97 75 96 76 95 74 96 72 96
Temp 91 92 80 76 90 90 80 76 90 89 79 74 90 89 77 72 90 89
Dewpt 68 66 71 72 70 68 72 72 68 65 67 67 63 61 64 64 62 59
Min/Max RH 39 87 41 87 40 79 35 76 32
RH 47 43 74 87 52 49 77 87 49 45 67 79 41 39 64 76 39 37
Pwind Dir E SE E SE E E NE E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 10 10 30 10 20 10 10
Rain Shwrs SC IS
Tstms IS
$$
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