Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 122318
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
618 PM CDT Sun May 12 2024
TXZ245-130900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
618 PM CDT Sun May 12 2024
Date 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed
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 89 72 91 72
Temp 82 79 79 78 79 85 88 89 83 78 76 75 73 83 90 91 85 77 75 74 72
Dewpt 77 78 77 77 76 78 78 77 75 75 73 72 72 74 72 71 72 73 73 73 72
Max/Min RH 97 69 97 53 99
RH 85 96 96 96 91 80 74 69 77 91 92 92 95 74 57 53 64 89 92 95 99
Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S SE SE NE SE NE N NE E E SE SE SE E E
Wind Spd 10 8 6 8 6 6 8 8 6 4 3 3 3 4 6 8 6 4 3 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC
Clouds(%) B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC
PoP 12HR 10 40 10 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.21 0.04 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC
Obvis H H H H
LAL 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1400 1200 2400 2500 1300 700 3300 3100 1100 600
T Wind Dir S S S S E NE NE E SE E
T Wind Spd 17 14 16 14 10 9 10 11 10 8
Date 05/15Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24
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 87 77 90 76 90 77 91
Temp 87 83 79 78 87 84 78 78 89 86 77 76 89 86 79 78 90 86
Dewpt 73 74 76 76 78 77 78 76 75 75 75 75 75 75 77 76 76 76
Min/Max RH 63 93 74 99 61 97 62 96 63
RH 63 74 90 93 75 81 99 96 65 71 94 96 64 71 94 94 65 73
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE E E SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 20 50 20 10 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ231-130900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
618 PM CDT Sun May 12 2024
Date 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 95 70 95 69
Temp 89 80 78 77 76 83 90 93 91 78 75 72 71 82 92 95 91 78 73 71 69
Dewpt 72 74 75 75 74 75 73 71 70 71 71 70 69 71 67 62 62 66 69 69 69
Max/Min RH 97 48 99 33 100
RH 57 82 91 94 94 77 58 48 51 79 87 95 95 71 44 34 38 67 87 95100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S E E E E NE N NE E E E SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 10 9 8 5 6 8 10 6 6 6 4 2 5 8 8 10 8 6 5 4
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC FW B1 FW FW CL FW SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) B2 OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC FW B1 FW FW CL FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 10 40 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.06 0.06 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC
Obvis H
LAL 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1500 1100 3900 4900 1300 500 4700 6800 3200 400
T Wind Dir SE S S SE E NE NE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 18 12 13 12 14 6 9 14 13 8
Date 05/15Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 93 75 92 73 93 71 95 72 97
Temp 90 88 77 75 88 87 76 73 89 89 75 72 91 91 76 73 93 92
Dewpt 68 70 74 74 74 73 75 72 71 69 72 71 70 70 74 73 73 71
Min/Max RH 44 97 57 99 45 98 43 100 43
RH 49 56 92 97 63 62 96 97 55 52 90 97 50 50 94100 52 50
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E NE E SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 50 10 10 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ247-130900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
618 PM CDT Sun May 12 2024
Date 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed
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 85 75 87 77
Temp 81 79 79 79 79 83 84 85 81 78 77 76 75 82 86 86 82 79 78 77 77
Dewpt 78 78 77 77 77 78 78 78 76 75 75 75 74 75 73 73 73 73 74 73 74
Max/Min RH 97 80 99 65 92
RH 91 97 96 96 94 87 83 80 85 93 93 97 97 80 67 65 74 84 89 87 92
Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S S SE SE SE E NE NE E E SE E E E E
Wind Spd 10 10 8 9 6 8 9 9 8 5 4 3 4 5 8 9 8 6 6 5 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 30 10 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.09 0.03 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC
Obvis H H H H
LAL 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1400 1300 1500 1600 1200 1100 2000 1800 1300 1000
T Wind Dir S S S S SE NE NE E SE E
T Wind Spd 19 18 16 14 13 10 10 12 12 10
Date 05/15Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24
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 85 78 85 78 87 77 86 77 87
Temp 85 81 79 78 84 81 79 78 85 83 79 78 86 83 80 77 85 83
Dewpt 75 75 76 77 79 77 78 77 76 76 76 75 77 76 77 76 77 77
Min/Max RH 72 98 80 99 70 96 73 99 72
RH 74 84 91 97 84 88 97 99 76 79 93 93 75 80 93 99 76 82
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE E E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 20 40 20 10 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ234-130900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
618 PM CDT Sun May 12 2024
Date 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 89 69 92 67
Temp 83 78 78 77 78 82 86 88 84 75 74 71 70 81 90 92 89 77 73 69 68
Dewpt 76 76 77 76 76 78 77 76 75 72 72 70 70 73 69 66 68 69 69 68 68
Max/Min RH 100 68 100 43 100
RH 80 94 97 97 94 88 75 68 74 90 93 97100 77 50 43 50 76 87 97100
Wind Dir S SE SE S SE S S SE S NE NE N NW N NE NE E SE SE E E
Wind Spd 11 9 9 8 5 6 8 9 6 5 4 4 4 4 6 8 8 5 4 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1
Clouds(%) B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12HR 10 40 10 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.21 0.10 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC
Obvis H H
LAL 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1100 900 3000 2700 1100 600 3600 4600 600 400
T Wind Dir SE S S S NE N N NE SE E
T Wind Spd 13 10 12 13 10 5 9 11 9 8
Date 05/15Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 89 74 86 74 88 72 91 72 92
Temp 88 84 77 75 84 83 78 75 87 86 75 73 88 88 77 73 89 88
Dewpt 68 71 74 75 77 77 76 74 75 74 73 72 74 74 75 73 76 75
Min/Max RH 50 100 77 98 63 98 58 100 60
RH 52 65 90100 80 82 94 97 68 68 94 97 63 63 94100 66 66
Pwind Dir SE E SE SE NE E SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 20 60 20 10 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC NM IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ241-130900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
618 PM CDT Sun May 12 2024
Date 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed
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 97 72 94 72
Temp 88 80 79 77 78 83 91 95 90 79 76 74 73 82 91 94 89 78 74 74 72
Dewpt 75 77 77 76 76 77 76 74 75 75 74 74 72 75 71 67 70 71 72 72 72
Max/Min RH 100 51 100 41 100
RH 67 91 94 97 96 83 61 51 62 88 96 99 99 78 52 41 55 81 93 94100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S S S S E E E E NE NE E E E SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 11 10 9 8 6 8 9 9 8 6 6 5 4 5 8 11 11 8 6 5 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 CL FW FW SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 CL FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 10 30 10 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.08 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC
Obvis H
LAL 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 1100 1100 3700 5300 1100 700 4200 5200 1500 600
T Wind Dir SE S S SE E NE NE E SE E
T Wind Spd 17 13 13 12 12 9 10 17 11 8
Date 05/15Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24
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 76 95 75 94 75 95 75 97
Temp 89 86 78 77 90 89 78 75 90 90 78 75 92 90 78 75 94 90
Dewpt 73 74 76 76 77 76 76 75 73 72 75 74 73 73 76 75 75 75
Min/Max RH 55 98 55 99 49 98 48 100 50
RH 59 68 94 97 65 65 94 99 58 56 91 97 54 58 94100 55 61
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 10 40 10 10 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC
$$
TXZ229-130900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
618 PM CDT Sun May 12 2024
Date 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 99 70 98 72
Temp 94 86 82 80 78 84 92 97 96 83 77 73 71 84 94 98 96 85 79 74 72
Dewpt 70 73 74 74 74 73 70 68 63 67 68 68 67 69 66 60 58 62 64 67 68
Max/Min RH 88 34 91 27 88
RH 46 65 77 82 88 70 49 39 34 59 74 84 87 61 40 29 28 46 60 79 87
Wind Dir NE E SE SE E S SW N N NE E E NE E E E E SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 4 8 10 8 6 6 8 8 6 10 9 4 4 5 6 8 11 12 11 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW SC FW CL CL FW FW SC SC B1
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW SC FW CL CL FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 20 30 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 5
Mixing Hgt 700 700 5400 7600 700 500 5200 8900 4900 800
T Wind Dir E SE S NW NE E E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 11 11 11 13 9 9 13 17 11
Date 05/15Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 78 95 75 96 75 98 76 99
Temp 91 91 80 78 87 92 79 75 89 92 79 75 92 96 80 76 93 96
Dewpt 68 68 74 74 75 71 72 71 69 66 69 70 70 68 72 73 72 69
Min/Max RH 40 88 46 88 38 85 37 90 38
RH 47 47 82 88 68 51 79 87 52 43 72 84 49 40 77 90 51 42
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E NE E E E SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 30 30 20 10 10 10 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS IS
$$
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