Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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463 FOUS54 KCRP 040258 PFWCRP Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 958 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024 TXZ245-040900- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX 28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft 958 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024 Date 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 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 72 85 72 84 73 Temp 75 74 74 73 80 84 84 79 75 74 74 73 80 83 83 80 75 75 74 73 Dewpt 74 73 73 73 75 74 74 74 74 74 74 73 75 74 74 74 75 74 74 73 Max/Min RH 99 71 100 74 100 RH 97 95 97 99 85 72 73 85 97 99 99100 85 76 75 84100 99100100 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 12 10 6 5 8 11 11 11 8 8 8 8 8 11 11 10 8 8 6 9 Wind Gust Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12HR 20 20 20 20 10 QPF 12HR 0.07 0 0 0.09 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS LAL 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 Mixing Hgt 900 2400 2700 1500 1700 2800 2800 1600 1300 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 14 17 19 20 19 18 20 19 17 Date 05/06Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24 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 86 73 87 74 88 74 90 73 88 Temp 84 81 75 74 86 82 75 74 87 82 76 75 88 84 76 73 87 82 Dewpt 74 74 75 74 75 74 75 74 76 75 76 75 76 75 76 72 73 72 Min/Max RH 71 100 67 100 68 100 64 100 60 RH 72 81100100 71 78100100 72 79 99100 69 75 99 99 64 72 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE S S SE SE E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 $$ TXZ231-040900- George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX 28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft 958 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024 Date 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 71 90 71 88 73 Temp 75 74 73 71 78 86 89 84 76 74 73 72 78 85 87 83 76 74 74 73 Dewpt 72 72 72 71 73 71 69 69 72 73 72 72 72 70 70 71 72 73 73 73 Max/Min RH 100 51 100 56 100 RH 90 93 97100 85 61 53 61 87 97 97100 82 61 56 66 87 97 97100 Wind Dir E SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 10 10 6 5 9 11 12 14 12 11 11 8 11 12 12 13 11 9 9 10 Wind Gust Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12HR 30 20 30 40 5 QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0.01 0.05 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC LAL 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 Mixing Hgt 1000 3900 4200 2000 1500 4100 4900 2400 1400 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 11 16 20 21 17 17 20 18 13 Date 05/06Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 91 72 96 72 101 73 101 72 93 Temp 87 87 74 73 91 91 75 73 95 96 77 73 96 96 77 72 90 87 Dewpt 71 71 74 72 72 72 73 72 72 70 73 72 71 69 72 69 67 65 Min/Max RH 52 100 44 97 37 97 36 92 41 RH 59 59 99 97 54 54 94 97 47 43 87 97 44 42 85 89 47 48 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE SE E NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B2 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 $$ TXZ247-040900- Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX 28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft 958 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024 Date 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 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 74 82 75 82 75 Temp 76 76 75 75 79 81 81 78 76 76 75 75 78 81 80 78 76 76 76 75 Dewpt 74 74 74 74 74 75 74 75 74 74 74 74 74 75 74 75 75 75 74 74 Max/Min RH 100 77 99 81 99 RH 96 96 97 97 85 81 79 89 94 96 99 97 88 83 82 90 99 97 96 99 Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 16 13 11 8 9 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 9 11 11 11 10 9 9 11 Wind Gust Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12HR 20 20 20 20 10 QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0.04 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS IS IS LAL 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 Mixing Hgt 1400 2000 2000 1800 1700 2300 2200 1500 1600 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 17 18 19 23 23 19 20 20 18 Date 05/06Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24 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 82 75 83 75 84 77 85 76 84 Temp 81 79 76 75 81 80 77 76 82 80 77 77 83 81 77 76 83 80 Dewpt 75 75 76 75 76 76 76 75 76 76 76 75 77 76 76 74 74 73 Min/Max RH 81 100 77 100 77 99 75 99 70 RH 81 88 99100 84 88 97 99 83 88 97 96 81 84 99 96 74 79 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 $$ TXZ234-040900- Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX 28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft 958 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024 Date 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 72 86 72 84 73 Temp 75 74 74 73 79 84 86 81 76 76 74 73 79 82 83 81 75 75 74 73 Dewpt 73 73 73 73 74 74 73 72 74 74 73 73 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 73 Max/Min RH 100 65 100 74 100 RH 94 97 97100 85 72 65 74 94 94 97100 85 77 74 79 97 97100100 Wind Dir SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 10 8 5 6 10 12 14 13 11 11 11 9 11 13 14 13 10 10 10 11 Wind Gust Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12HR 30 10 30 30 10 QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0.04 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC LAL 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 Mixing Hgt 800 3200 3600 1100 900 2800 4100 1500 700 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 11 14 20 17 13 14 20 13 12 Date 05/06Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 86 74 89 74 90 75 94 73 88 Temp 84 82 76 75 86 84 77 75 88 85 77 75 91 88 76 73 88 82 Dewpt 74 74 75 74 75 74 75 75 75 75 76 75 76 75 75 71 71 69 Min/Max RH 67 99 64 100 61 100 56 97 56 RH 72 77 97 97 70 72 94100 66 72 97100 62 66 97 93 57 65 Pwind Dir SE SE S SE S SE SE E NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 $$ TXZ241-040900- Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX 27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft 958 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024 Date 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 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 74 90 74 89 75 Temp 77 76 75 74 80 87 89 83 77 76 76 74 80 86 87 83 77 77 76 75 Dewpt 74 74 74 74 74 73 72 72 74 75 74 73 74 73 72 74 75 75 74 74 Max/Min RH 99 57 99 62 99 RH 92 96 97 99 84 63 57 71 90 96 96 97 81 65 62 73 94 94 94 99 Wind Dir E SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 11 10 6 6 10 12 14 14 11 11 11 10 12 14 14 14 11 10 8 11 Wind Gust Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 Clouds(%) OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12HR 20 20 20 30 5 QPF 12HR 0.06 0 0 0.04 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC LAL 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 Mixing Hgt 1200 3600 3700 1700 1500 3900 3800 2000 1400 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 12 17 20 21 18 19 20 17 16 Date 05/06Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24 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 74 97 75 100 75 101 74 94 Temp 88 87 77 74 92 90 77 75 96 95 79 75 97 96 79 74 91 87 Dewpt 73 74 75 74 74 74 75 74 74 73 74 73 72 72 74 72 70 69 Min/Max RH 57 100 49 98 41 96 37 95 47 RH 62 65 96100 56 61 94 96 50 50 85 94 45 47 85 93 51 55 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE SE E E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 $$ TXZ229-040900- La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX 28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft 958 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024 Date 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 76 94 75 89 76 Temp 80 77 77 77 79 86 92 91 81 78 77 75 78 83 88 87 80 78 77 76 Dewpt 74 72 73 72 73 72 71 70 72 72 72 72 72 72 71 70 72 72 73 72 Max/Min RH 90 47 90 55 88 RH 82 85 87 85 82 63 51 50 74 82 85 90 82 70 57 57 77 82 87 87 Wind Dir E E E E SE SE SE E SE E E E SE SE SE E E SE SE SE Wind Spd 12 10 6 8 8 8 11 14 16 12 12 10 11 11 9 11 12 11 10 10 Wind Gust Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 PoP 12HR 40 10 40 40 5 QPF 12HR 0.14 0 0.06 0.18 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC LAL 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 Haines 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mixing Hgt 1300 3900 5400 1600 1400 3500 4800 2200 1700 T Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 13 14 18 21 16 17 17 19 13 Date 05/06Tue 05/07/24Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 95 74 100 77 104 77 104 75 95 Temp 87 93 79 74 91 99 82 77 96101 83 77 97101 82 75 90 91 Dewpt 73 71 73 72 73 69 72 72 71 62 71 71 68 61 68 67 66 64 Min/Max RH 47 95 37 85 27 83 25 76 37 RH 63 49 82 93 56 38 72 85 45 28 67 82 39 27 63 76 45 41 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE S E NE NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B2 SC FW SC SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 $$ 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