Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 021243
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
643 AM CST Thu Jan 2 2025
TXZ245-022200-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
643 AM CST Thu Jan 2 2025
Date Thu 01/02/25 Fri 01/03/25 Sat 01/04/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 69 55 73 56 77
Temp 61 65 68 64 61 59 58 57 64 70 72 65 60 59 59 59 66 73 75 67
Dewpt 58 58 61 62 61 59 58 57 63 62 62 61 60 59 59 59 65 67 66 66
Min/Max RH 76 100 71 100 75
RH 87 77 80 93100100100100 97 76 72 86 98100100100 97 80 75 95
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE N NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 4 3 3 2 2 4 6 8 5
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 5 5 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0
Drizzle
Rain Shwrs SC
Obvis F+ PF F PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1200 1300 600 500 1800 2000 1600 900 2000 2900
T Wind Dir NE E NE NE NE E E E SE S
T Wind Spd 13 13 11 10 11 13 13 11 14 16
Date Sun 01/05/25 Mon 01/06/25 Tue 01/07/25 Wed 01/08/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 62 81 36 59 33 55 34 52
Temp 64 65 78 69 55 45 55 51 41 37 50 47 41 38 48 45
Dewpt 64 64 67 57 42 33 34 35 31 30 33 34 31 31 35 36
Max/Min RH 100 62 66 40 77 47 77 58
RH 99 97 70 66 61 63 46 53 66 76 52 59 69 76 61 70
Pwind Dir S SW N N N NE NE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 5 5 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
$$
TXZ231-022200-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
643 AM CST Thu Jan 2 2025
Date Thu 01/02/25 Fri 01/03/25 Sat 01/04/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 67 52 74 54 81
Temp 57 62 65 66 60 57 56 55 60 70 73 69 62 59 57 57 62 74 79 74
Dewpt 48 52 55 56 56 56 55 55 59 59 59 57 58 57 56 57 61 63 62 60
Min/Max RH 63 100 60 100 55
RH 72 70 68 70 89 98 98100 95 68 61 66 87 95 96 98 97 69 55 62
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE E N N NE NE E E E E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 5 9 11 10
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW
Clouds(%) OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Drizzle
Obvis PF F+ F PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 2000 600 500 2600 3300 1100 700 3400 5600
T Wind Dir NE E E NE NE E E E SE S
T Wind Spd 9 6 8 6 8 9 13 11 16 18
Date Sun 01/05/25 Mon 01/06/25 Tue 01/07/25 Wed 01/08/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 61 84 38 60 31 52 33 48
Temp 65 62 78 74 55 44 56 54 42 35 48 48 41 36 45 45
Dewpt 61 60 61 42 34 26 25 22 22 20 23 23 23 24 28 28
Max/Min RH 93 31 50 24 54 31 63 46
RH 87 93 56 32 44 49 30 28 45 54 37 36 49 61 52 51
Pwind Dir S SW N NE NE NE NE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS
$$
TXZ247-022200-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
643 AM CST Thu Jan 2 2025
Date Thu 01/02/25 Fri 01/03/25 Sat 01/04/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 69 59 70 61 74
Temp 65 66 67 65 64 62 62 61 65 68 69 65 63 63 62 63 67 71 72 67
Dewpt 61 61 63 64 64 62 62 61 63 63 63 61 61 62 62 63 66 67 67 66
Min/Max RH 82 100 81 100 84
RH 91 83 86 97100100100100 95 84 82 87 95 97100100 95 87 85 95
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE N N NE NE NE E E E E E E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 8 8 5 4 3 4 5 6 8 9 8 6 5 5 5 6 6 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 0 5 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.02 0.01 0 0
Drizzle
Rain Shwrs SC
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1200 1200 1100 1400 1700 1900 1300 1000 1300
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE S
T Wind Spd 17 18 13 12 16 16 16 13 14 16
Date Sun 01/05/25 Mon 01/06/25 Tue 01/07/25 Wed 01/08/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 65 76 41 57 40 55 41 52
Temp 67 67 73 68 58 49 53 52 47 43 50 49 46 43 48 46
Dewpt 65 66 67 61 47 40 38 38 37 37 38 38 38 38 39 39
Max/Min RH 99 71 80 52 79 60 82 69
RH 93 99 82 77 67 70 58 58 68 78 62 66 72 81 72 76
Pwind Dir S S N N NE NE NE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 0 5 5 20 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS
$$
TXZ234-022200-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
643 AM CST Thu Jan 2 2025
Date Thu 01/02/25 Fri 01/03/25 Sat 01/04/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 66 55 72 55 77
Temp 55 60 64 65 60 58 57 57 60 69 72 67 60 58 57 56 61 72 75 70
Dewpt 49 55 58 59 59 58 57 57 59 61 60 59 57 57 56 56 61 64 64 63
Min/Max RH 73 100 66 100 69
RH 83 78 78 81 96100100100 96 76 66 75 90 96 96100100 76 69 78
Wind Dir NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 6 5 4 3 3 4 4 6 8 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 10 11 10
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 0 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis F+ F+ F PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1000 1400 500 500 2100 2600 1000 500 3100 3700
T Wind Dir NE E E NE NE E E E SE S
T Wind Spd 10 9 9 8 11 9 11 9 13 16
Date Sun 01/05/25 Mon 01/06/25 Tue 01/07/25 Wed 01/08/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 64 81 36 56 31 52 33 48
Temp 65 65 78 69 54 44 52 50 40 35 47 47 40 36 45 45
Dewpt 63 63 65 50 37 29 29 28 25 22 25 27 25 26 30 32
Max/Min RH 97 50 57 35 61 37 69 51
RH 93 93 64 51 52 55 41 42 55 59 42 45 55 67 55 60
Pwind Dir S SW N N N NE NE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0 5 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS
$$
TXZ241-022200-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
643 AM CST Thu Jan 2 2025
Date Thu 01/02/25 Fri 01/03/25 Sat 01/04/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 67 55 74 56 81
Temp 58 63 66 66 61 58 57 57 61 70 73 68 62 60 59 59 64 75 80 73
Dewpt 55 57 59 60 60 58 57 57 60 62 61 60 60 59 59 59 63 65 63 63
Min/Max RH 71 100 65 100 57
RH 90 81 73 81 97 98100100 99 76 65 76 93 96 98100 97 72 57 70
Wind Dir N NE NE NE NE N N N NE NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 6 4 4 2 2 3 4 4 6 5 6 4 4 3 4 5 10 11 10
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW
Clouds(%) OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Drizzle ?
Obvis PF F+ F PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1800 600 500 2100 2600 1300 500 4300 5500
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE S
T Wind Spd 12 9 6 6 8 10 12 10 14 17
Date Sun 01/05/25 Mon 01/06/25 Tue 01/07/25 Wed 01/08/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 62 85 41 60 34 53 35 48
Temp 66 64 79 75 58 47 56 55 44 37 48 49 43 39 45 46
Dewpt 63 61 62 49 38 31 28 26 26 23 28 28 27 26 31 32
Max/Min RH 90 37 53 28 57 40 65 53
RH 89 90 56 39 48 52 35 32 50 56 46 44 54 59 58 58
Pwind Dir S SW N NE NE NE NE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS
$$
TXZ229-022200-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
643 AM CST Thu Jan 2 2025
Date Thu 01/02/25 Fri 01/03/25 Sat 01/04/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 69 54 74 57 80
Temp 58 63 67 65 60 56 55 55 59 68 73 70 64 61 60 59 62 71 78 76
Dewpt 43 47 51 53 53 52 52 52 55 57 56 56 55 56 56 56 59 60 59 58
Min/Max RH 52 96 55 92 51
RH 62 58 56 65 78 86 90 90 87 68 55 61 73 84 87 90 90 68 52 54
Wind Dir NE E E E E E NE NE NE NE E E E E E E SE SE S SE
Wind Spd 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW
Clouds(%) OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis F
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1600 2400 500 500 2300 3300 900 1200 3100 4600
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E SE SE S
T Wind Spd 6 6 6 5 6 8 11 12 16 18
Date Sun 01/05/25 Mon 01/06/25 Tue 01/07/25 Wed 01/08/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 59 84 42 62 35 54 36 50
Temp 67 62 76 75 57 47 57 58 45 38 49 51 43 39 46 48
Dewpt 60 58 54 32 29 23 21 19 20 19 19 19 22 23 26 26
Max/Min RH 87 20 40 20 46 25 53 39
RH 78 87 46 21 34 38 24 22 36 46 30 28 43 52 45 42
Pwind Dir SE W NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
$$
TXZ442-022200-
Padre RAWS-Kleberg TX
27.44N 97.29W Elev. 6 ft
643 AM CST Thu Jan 2 2025
Date Thu 01/02/25 Fri 01/03/25 Sat 01/04/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 68 61 69 63 72
Temp 65 67 67 66 65 64 63 62 65 67 68 67 65 65 64 64 67 71 72 69
Dewpt 64 65 65 64 64 64 63 62 64 64 64 63 63 63 63 63 66 67 67 65
Min/Max RH 84 100 86 97 84
RH 97 90 93 93 97100100100 97 90 87 87 93 93 97 97 97 87 84 87
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE N N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 8 8 6 4 4 4 6 6 9 10 9 8 6 5 5 6 9 11 12
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW
Clouds(%) OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 40 5 10 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0.01 0 0
Drizzle ?
Rain Shwrs SC
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1200 1500 500 600 1200 1400 1300 600 1500 1500
T Wind Dir NE NE NE N N NE E E SE S
T Wind Spd 18 16 11 10 14 16 14 11 14 19
Date Sun 01/05/25 Mon 01/06/25 Tue 01/07/25 Wed 01/08/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 67 77 46 57 45 55 45 52
Temp 68 67 74 71 62 53 54 54 52 47 51 51 51 47 49 48
Dewpt 65 65 67 63 50 42 40 40 41 39 43 42 43 41 42 41
Max/Min RH 94 71 76 53 74 71 85 74
RH 90 93 79 76 65 66 59 59 66 74 74 71 74 79 77 77
Pwind Dir S S NE N NE NE NE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 10 20 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC
$$
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