Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 180503
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1203 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
TXZ245-182100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1203 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 87 81 90
Temp 80 79 87 89 89 84 79 80 78 78 86 87 87 84 82 84 83 83 88 89 90 87
Dewpt 75 76 77 77 78 77 77 77 77 78 80 80 80 80 79 78 78 78 80 80 80 79
Min/Max RH 66 99 81 90 73
RH 85 90 74 68 71 81 93 93 96 99 84 81 81 87 90 82 84 85 78 75 73 78
Wind Dir SE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 8 6 10 12 13 13 12 10 10 12 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 12 13 13 12 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%) SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 60 80 100 90 90
QPF 12HR 0.34 3.07 2.78 1.43 0.51
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC NM NM NM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC NM NM NM NM NM NM NM O O NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1100 3400 3100 2000 2100 1800 1900 1500 1400 3500 3500
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 18 23 29 28 27 33 31 28 25 29 24
Coast Flood W W W 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 A A A A A A A A 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 80 90 79 91 79 92 80 92
Temp 82 81 90 86 82 79 91 88 82 80 92 89 83 80 92 88
Dewpt 77 77 79 77 77 76 79 78 77 77 79 79 78 78 80 79
Max/Min RH 87 70 91 67 91 66 93 67
RH 84 87 71 75 84 91 68 73 85 91 67 73 87 93 68 74
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 FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 70 30 50 20 40 30 50
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS SC IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ231-182100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1203 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 95 73 83 76 87
Temp 77 76 85 92 92 86 80 77 75 75 78 81 82 80 78 78 78 77 80 85 86 83
Dewpt 74 74 75 74 72 72 73 74 73 73 76 78 78 78 77 77 76 76 79 80 80 78
Min/Max RH 52 94 87 99 81
RH 90 94 71 55 52 63 78 90 94 94 93 93 87 94 97 99 96 97 96 85 81 85
Wind Dir SE E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 5 4 8 11 13 14 11 8 8 11 14 14 16 14 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 30 40 90 80 80
QPF 12HR 0.07 1.00 3.73 1.59 0.82
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS IS SC SC O O O O O O O O O O NM NM IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS
LAL 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1800 4400 4600 3200 1800 1500 1500 1400 1200 3700 3700
T Wind Dir SE E E E NE NE E E E E E
T Wind Spd 13 16 24 25 21 23 27 26 20 27 25
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 90 72 91 73 93 75 94
Temp 77 74 87 85 76 73 88 87 78 74 90 88 79 75 91 89
Dewpt 76 74 79 77 76 73 78 77 77 74 78 78 78 75 78 78
Max/Min RH 100 70 100 67 100 62 100 59
RH 97100 78 77100100 74 72 97100 67 71 97100 66 70
Pwind Dir E E E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 50 10 30 10 30 10 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
$$
TXZ247-182100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1203 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 89 78 88 83 89
Temp 83 82 87 88 87 84 82 81 81 80 84 87 87 85 84 85 85 85 88 89 89 87
Dewpt 76 77 77 78 77 77 77 77 78 79 80 80 80 79 79 78 78 79 79 80 79 78
Min/Max RH 70 96 81 84 72
RH 80 84 74 72 72 80 87 90 93 96 87 81 81 82 84 81 81 82 75 75 73 75
Wind Dir SE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 12 11 13 14 17 18 18 16 16 18 20 20 21 21 21 19 19 18 17 16 17 16
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC
Clouds(%) SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 70 90 100 90 90
QPF 12HR 0.65 3.36 2.69 1.60 0.49
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC NM NM NM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O NM
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC NM NM NM NM NM NM NM O O NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1800 3100 3000 2400 2100 2300 2300 2900 2900 3300 3600
T Wind Dir SE E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 24 26 34 34 35 37 35 35 32 32 25
Coast Flood W W W 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 A A A A A A A A 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 82 89 81 89 82 90 81 90
Temp 84 83 88 86 83 82 88 87 84 83 89 87 84 82 89 88
Dewpt 77 78 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 78 79 78 78 78 80 78
Max/Min RH 85 70 87 69 87 72 88 69
RH 81 85 72 76 81 84 73 71 81 85 73 75 82 88 74 72
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 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 70 70 40 50 20 50 30 50
Rain Shwrs NM NM NM NM IS SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-182100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1203 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 89 73 80 76 85
Temp 77 77 84 87 85 82 78 77 76 75 79 79 80 79 78 78 78 78 81 83 84 83
Dewpt 74 75 76 75 75 75 74 74 75 75 78 79 79 79 78 77 77 76 81 82 81 80
Min/Max RH 68 100 97 100 90
RH 90 94 77 68 72 79 88 90 97100 97100 97100100 97 97 94100 97 91 91
Wind Dir SE E E E E E E E E NE E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 6 6 11 12 16 14 13 11 11 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 14 13 12 13 14 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
Clouds(%) SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 50 60 90 70 80
QPF 12HR 0.24 1.77 3.26 1.15 0.50
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC NM NM O O O O NM NM NM NM O O NM NM SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 800 4200 3700 2200 800 1800 1800 1100 500 2900 3600
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 11 19 25 24 24 26 27 20 18 25 20
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 86 73 89 73 90 75 91
Temp 77 75 84 84 76 74 86 86 78 74 87 87 79 76 88 88
Dewpt 76 75 80 80 76 74 81 79 76 74 80 79 78 76 80 80
Max/Min RH 100 85 100 77 100 74 100 75
RH 97100 88 88100100 85 80 94100 80 77 97100 77 77
Pwind Dir E E E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 50 10 40 10 40 10 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS SC
$$
TXZ241-182100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1203 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 93 76 84 78 87
Temp 79 77 86 89 90 85 80 79 77 77 78 80 82 81 79 80 80 79 82 85 86 84
Dewpt 74 75 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 75 77 79 80 79 79 78 78 77 79 80 80 79
Min/Max RH 61 97 92 99 81
RH 85 94 71 65 63 74 84 88 92 96 97 96 94 96 99 94 94 94 93 87 81 87
Wind Dir SE E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 5 4 9 12 14 14 11 9 9 11 13 16 16 14 14 13 12 13 12 14 14 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1
Clouds(%) SC FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 50 60 90 90 90
QPF 12HR 0.35 1.32 2.88 1.94 0.98
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC NM NM O O O O O O O O O O O O SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM NM NM SC SC SC NM SC SC
LAL 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1600 3700 3700 2700 1500 1300 1300 1300 900 3700 3800
T Wind Dir E E E NE NE NE E E E E E
T Wind Spd 11 16 24 25 18 23 25 24 21 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 75 89 74 91 75 93 77 93
Temp 78 76 86 85 77 75 88 87 78 75 89 88 79 77 90 88
Dewpt 76 75 79 77 76 75 78 77 77 75 78 78 78 77 79 78
Max/Min RH 99 73 100 70 100 65 99 64
RH 94 99 79 79 97100 74 74 96100 71 74 96 99 72 73
Pwind Dir E E E E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 70 20 40 10 40 20 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM NM IS SC SC SC SC IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ229-182100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1203 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 98 78 86 77 89
Temp 81 79 85 93 96 93 85 81 80 79 81 82 84 80 78 79 79 78 81 84 88 85
Dewpt 73 73 73 70 69 69 71 71 72 72 72 73 75 75 75 74 75 75 76 77 76 77
Min/Max RH 40 79 74 91 68
RH 77 82 67 47 42 46 63 72 77 79 74 74 74 85 91 85 88 91 85 80 68 77
Wind Dir SE SE SE E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 9 6 8 9 11 14 12 8 9 11 11 14 16 16 16 13 16 13 12 13 13 12
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12HR 10 10 70 80 80
QPF 12HR 0 0.13 2.28 2.60 1.08
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM NM O O O O O O NM NM SC
Tstms IS SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1400 5100 6000 3600 2300 2100 1900 1300 1100 2300 2900
T Wind Dir SE SE E E NE NE NE E E E E
T Wind Spd 16 13 20 24 19 24 24 25 23 23 20
Flood A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date Fri 06/21/24Sat 06/22/24Sun 06/23/24Mon 06/24/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 77 92 76 94 76 96 78 97
Temp 78 77 87 87 79 76 88 89 80 76 90 92 81 78 92 93
Dewpt 75 74 75 75 75 75 74 73 75 75 74 72 75 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 94 58 97 54 97 47 91 48
RH 91 90 68 68 88 97 63 59 85 97 60 52 82 91 56 52
Pwind Dir E E E E E E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 40 10 20 5 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS SC IS IS
$$
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