Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 262153
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
453 PM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024
TXZ245-270900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
453 PM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024
Date 06/26/24 Thu 06/27/24 Fri 06/28/24 Sat
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 93 79 94 81
Temp 88 84 82 81 79 88 91 92 88 83 83 81 80 90 93 94 90 85 84 82 81
Dewpt 78 78 78 77 77 79 79 78 78 78 78 78 78 79 80 79 79 78 79 79 78
Max/Min RH 94 62 93 63 93
RH 72 81 87 88 94 75 68 64 74 85 87 90 93 72 65 63 70 81 85 90 90
Wind Dir S S S S SW S SE SE S S S S S S S S SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 6 5 4 4 2 3 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 6 10 10 9 8 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
Clouds(%) FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 20 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.02 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1000 700 3400 3400 1700 1200 3800 3900 2500 1700
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 13 9 6 12 14 13 17 20 18 18
Date 06/29Sun 06/30/24Mon 07/01/24Tue 07/02/24Wed 07/03/24
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 80 94 79 95 79 94 80 93
Temp 92 89 83 80 92 89 82 79 93 90 83 79 93 88 82 80 92 88
Dewpt 79 79 78 79 79 78 78 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 78 78 79 78
Min/Max RH 64 96 61 97 57 96 59 93 64
RH 66 73 85 96 65 70 87 97 60 66 84 96 61 70 87 93 65 74
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 30 10 20 5 10 0 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-270900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
453 PM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024
Date 06/26/24 Thu 06/27/24 Fri 06/28/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 99 76 98 78
Temp 93 84 80 78 76 86 95 97 94 85 81 78 76 87 95 97 93 84 81 80 78
Dewpt 74 76 76 76 75 77 73 72 73 75 76 76 75 76 75 76 76 76 77 77 77
Max/Min RH 97 43 99 50 97
RH 54 76 90 94 97 74 50 45 51 73 85 93 97 71 53 51 57 77 88 90 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE S SE SE SE SE SE S SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 10 6 4 2 2 3 5 6 10 6 4 4 3 8 11 11 11 10 8 6 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 20 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 2200 900 4900 6300 2300 1100 5800 5400 3200 1400
T Wind Dir S S S SE SE S S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 17 10 8 11 17 11 17 19 20 14
Date 06/29Sun 06/30/24Mon 07/01/24Tue 07/02/24Wed 07/03/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 98 77 97 76 98 76 99 76 98
Temp 96 92 80 77 94 92 79 76 95 93 79 76 96 93 80 76 95 92
Dewpt 75 74 77 76 75 73 76 76 74 71 75 75 73 72 76 75 75 74
Min/Max RH 48 97 46 100 43 97 43 97 46
RH 51 56 91 97 54 54 91100 51 49 88 97 48 51 88 97 52 56
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 30 10 10 5 5 0 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC
Tstms IS SC
$$
TXZ247-270900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
453 PM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024
Date 06/26/24 Thu 06/27/24 Fri 06/28/24 Sat
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 90 82 91 83
Temp 88 85 83 83 82 87 89 89 87 84 84 84 83 88 90 91 88 86 84 84 83
Dewpt 78 77 78 77 78 79 79 78 78 78 78 78 78 79 80 79 78 78 79 79 79
Max/Min RH 87 68 85 69 88
RH 73 79 84 81 87 78 73 70 75 82 84 82 85 75 73 69 74 79 84 84 88
Wind Dir S S S S S S S SE S S S S S S S S SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 10 10 9 8 5 5 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 12 10
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 20 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.03 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1300 2500 2400 1900 2000 2700 2800 2600 2400
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 16 13 9 13 18 17 18 19 21 21
Date 06/29Sun 06/30/24Mon 07/01/24Tue 07/02/24Wed 07/03/24
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 83 91 82 91 82 90 83 91
Temp 90 87 84 83 90 87 84 82 88 87 84 83 89 87 84 83 89 87
Dewpt 80 79 78 79 79 78 78 78 78 77 77 78 78 77 78 78 79 78
Min/Max RH 70 88 68 88 66 87 68 85 68
RH 73 76 83 88 71 75 82 88 72 71 81 85 70 73 81 85 72 75
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 30 20 20 5 10 0 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ234-270900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
453 PM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024
Date 06/26/24 Thu 06/27/24 Fri 06/28/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 95 77 93 79
Temp 89 83 79 78 77 86 91 93 91 82 81 79 77 86 91 92 90 83 81 80 79
Dewpt 78 77 78 77 77 79 78 77 78 78 78 77 77 79 79 79 78 78 77 77 77
Max/Min RH 100 60 100 66 94
RH 70 82 97 97100 80 66 60 66 88 91 94100 80 68 66 68 85 88 91 94
Wind Dir S S S S SW SW S SE S S S S S S S S S SE S S SE
Wind Spd 9 6 4 3 2 3 5 8 10 6 5 4 4 8 11 13 12 10 8 6 4
Wind Gust
Clouds CL SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW
Clouds(%) CL SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 20 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 700 500 4500 5100 1400 500 4500 4800 2400 600
T Wind Dir S S S SE S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 12 8 6 11 11 9 14 20 14 11
Date 06/29Sun 06/30/24Mon 07/01/24Tue 07/02/24Wed 07/03/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 92 77 94 76 95 76 94 78 93
Temp 92 88 80 77 91 90 79 76 92 91 79 76 91 89 80 78 91 89
Dewpt 78 78 78 77 77 76 77 76 77 75 76 76 77 76 77 77 78 78
Min/Max RH 64 100 58 100 54 100 58 97 64
RH 64 72 94100 64 64 94100 62 60 91100 64 66 91 97 66 70
Pwind Dir SE SE SE S S S S S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 30 10 10 5 10 0 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC
Tstms IS SC
$$
TXZ241-270900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
453 PM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024
Date 06/26/24 Thu 06/27/24 Fri 06/28/24 Sat
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 98 78 97 80
Temp 91 83 80 78 76 86 93 96 93 84 81 79 78 87 94 95 91 84 81 81 80
Dewpt 76 77 77 76 76 77 76 75 76 77 77 77 76 77 77 78 77 78 78 78 77
Max/Min RH 99 50 96 56 94
RH 62 82 91 94 99 75 57 50 58 80 87 93 94 74 59 57 64 84 90 91 93
Wind Dir SE SE S S SE S S SE SE SE S S SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 8 4 3 2 4 5 8 11 8 6 5 4 8 11 11 12 11 8 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds CL FW SC B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) CL FW SC B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 20 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1700 700 4300 5400 1500 800 5700 5200 2400 1200
T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 9 9 11 16 10 16 20 20 16
Heat
Date 06/29Sun 06/30/24Mon 07/01/24Tue 07/02/24Wed 07/03/24
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 77 95 76 96 76 97 78 97
Temp 94 91 81 77 92 90 80 77 93 92 80 76 94 91 80 78 94 92
Dewpt 76 77 78 77 76 75 77 77 75 74 76 76 75 75 76 76 76 76
Min/Max RH 53 99 54 100 50 100 51 94 51
RH 56 63 90 99 61 63 90 99 57 55 90100 55 59 88 94 56 60
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 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 40 10 10 5 5 0 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC
Tstms IS SC
$$
TXZ229-270900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
453 PM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024
Date 06/26/24 Thu 06/27/24 Fri 06/28/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 79 103 80 101 81
Temp 99 90 85 81 79 86 95101100 91 85 82 80 86 96100 98 89 84 82 81
Dewpt 69 74 75 75 75 74 71 67 68 73 75 74 75 74 72 70 71 74 75 76 76
Max/Min RH 88 32 85 38 85
RH 38 60 72 82 88 68 46 33 36 56 72 77 85 68 46 38 42 61 74 82 85
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 9 9 8 5 4 4 5 6 9 9 8 6 6 8 10 11 11 11 11 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1000 800 5300 7200 3100 1200 6400 6400 4300 1600
T Wind Dir SE S SE SE SE S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 18 10 8 11 19 12 16 18 23 16
Date 06/29Sun 06/30/24Mon 07/01/24Tue 07/02/24Wed 07/03/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 102 79 100 79 101 79 102 80 102
Temp 96 97 83 79 94 95 83 79 95 98 84 79 96 98 85 80 96 97
Dewpt 71 70 75 75 72 68 74 75 70 67 72 73 70 67 73 74 70 68
Min/Max RH 36 88 37 88 34 82 32 82 35
RH 45 42 77 88 49 42 74 88 45 37 67 82 43 37 67 82 43 39
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 30 10 10 5 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC
Tstms IS
$$
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