Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 051954
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
253 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
TXZ245-060900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
253 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
Date 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 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 73 85 74 85 74
Temp 83 79 76 75 75 74 81 84 85 80 76 75 75 74 80 85 85 81 76 75 75 75
Dewpt 74 74 74 75 75 74 76 75 75 74 76 75 75 74 77 76 76 74 76 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 100 72 100 74 100
RH 75 84 96 99 99100 85 75 74 82 99100100100 91 76 76 81100100100100
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 13 11 8 8 6 6 8 11 10 9 6 8 6 8 6 9 10 11 11 10 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS
Tstms SC IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1300 2500 2700 1900 1300 2500 2400 1500 1400
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 19 16 18 18 18 16 12 16 16 17
Date 05/08Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
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 75 88 74 87 66 83 67 82
Temp 86 82 76 76 87 84 76 74 86 81 70 67 82 78 70 67 81 77
Dewpt 76 75 76 75 77 75 74 69 67 65 62 61 62 63 65 64 66 66
Min/Max RH 71 100 68 97 49 84 49 91 58
RH 74 81100 99 71 74 94 83 53 59 75 81 52 60 84 90 60 69
Pwind Dir S S SE E NE NE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 10 10 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ231-060900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
253 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
Date 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 72 91 72 95 73
Temp 84 82 75 74 74 74 79 86 89 87 76 74 74 72 80 90 95 90 78 74 74 73
Dewpt 70 71 72 74 73 73 74 73 72 73 73 74 74 72 74 74 73 73 73 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 100 55 100 50 100
RH 62 69 90 99 97 97 85 65 57 63 90100100100 82 59 50 57 85 97 97100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 12 11 11 8 6 6 9 11 10 11 11 8 8 4 5 8 9 11 11 10 9 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS
Tstms SC IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1000 3400 4200 1900 1200 3300 4600 2100 1300
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 11 16 17 17 11 9 14 18 13
Svr Tstorm A
Date 05/08Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 99 72 98 70 89 65 88 64 85
Temp 92 94 76 73 93 93 75 71 86 85 69 65 83 83 69 64 82 82
Dewpt 73 71 74 73 72 69 69 63 59 57 58 56 55 57 62 61 62 62
Min/Max RH 42 100 40 84 36 75 34 90 46
RH 54 47 94 99 51 45 82 76 40 39 68 73 38 41 78 90 50 51
Pwind Dir S SE E NE NE NE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 10 5 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ247-060900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
253 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
Date 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 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 82 76 84 76
Temp 81 78 77 77 76 76 79 81 82 79 77 77 77 76 80 82 83 80 77 76 77 76
Dewpt 74 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 76 76 76 75 77 76 76 75 76 76 76 76
Max/Min RH 100 80 100 80 100
RH 81 90 94 96 99 99 88 82 81 90 99 99 99 97 91 83 81 87 99100 99100
Wind Dir E SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 12 11 10 10 9 8 9 10 11 10 9 9 8 9 8 9 10 11 11 10 10 12
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS
Tstms SC IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 1500 2000 2100 1600 1400 2000 2000 1400 1400
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 20 18 19 18 19 17 13 16 18 19
Date 05/08Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
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 77 86 74 84 70 81 71 81
Temp 83 80 78 77 84 81 78 75 83 79 73 70 79 77 73 71 80 77
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 77 76 75 71 69 68 64 63 64 65 66 66 67 67
Min/Max RH 78 98 76 96 58 78 57 86 65
RH 80 88 96 97 80 85 93 86 62 69 73 77 59 66 79 86 66 71
Pwind Dir S S SE E NE NE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 10 10 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ234-060900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
253 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
Date 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 73 87 75 90 74
Temp 81 80 76 75 75 75 79 85 86 83 76 76 76 75 81 87 89 84 75 75 74 76
Dewpt 73 73 74 74 74 74 75 75 74 74 74 75 75 75 77 77 75 74 74 75 74 75
Max/Min RH 100 68 100 64 100
RH 77 79 94 97 97 97 88 72 68 74 94 97 97100 88 72 64 72 97100100 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 16 12 10 9 8 8 11 13 14 11 9 10 9 6 6 8 11 11 9 9 8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.06 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1200 900 3200 3700 1200 1100 3000 3200 1700 1400
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 13 11 18 19 14 11 10 14 13 14
Svr Tstorm A
Date 05/08Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 91 75 92 71 86 64 83 64 83
Temp 88 86 77 75 89 88 76 71 82 82 69 65 80 80 68 65 81 79
Dewpt 76 75 76 74 76 75 72 65 62 60 59 56 58 60 62 61 63 64
Min/Max RH 62 98 60 90 44 76 44 89 53
RH 68 70 97 97 66 66 87 81 51 47 70 73 47 51 81 87 54 60
Pwind Dir S SE SE NE NE NE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ241-060900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
253 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
Date 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 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 74 92 74 95 75
Temp 84 82 77 76 76 76 80 88 90 85 78 76 76 74 81 91 95 88 79 77 76 75
Dewpt 73 73 74 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 74 76 76 76 75 75 75 75 74
Max/Min RH 99 60 100 55 100
RH 70 74 92 96 97 96 85 66 62 71 93 99 97100 85 63 55 66 90 96 99 97
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 14 11 10 8 6 6 11 11 11 11 11 8 6 6 6 8 11 12 11 10 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1500 1200 3600 4000 1600 1200 3500 3700 1500 900
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 16 11 17 16 16 11 10 14 17 13
Date 05/08Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
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 100 74 101 72 90 67 88 67 86
Temp 94 94 79 75 96 95 78 73 86 84 72 67 84 81 70 67 82 80
Dewpt 75 73 75 74 74 72 73 68 65 63 61 58 60 61 64 63 65 65
Min/Max RH 44 97 39 86 43 75 40 88 51
RH 55 50 88 96 50 49 84 83 50 49 67 74 45 50 81 87 57 59
Pwind Dir S SE S NE NE NE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 10 10 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ229-060900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
253 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024
Date 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 95 75 100 76
Temp 85 85 79 77 77 76 81 87 93 93 84 78 76 75 81 90 97 99 86 80 78 76
Dewpt 72 72 72 73 73 73 74 74 74 72 74 74 73 73 74 74 71 69 74 74 73 73
Max/Min RH 90 49 94 37 90
RH 65 65 79 87 87 90 79 65 54 51 72 88 90 94 79 60 43 38 68 82 85 90
Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE S S SE E SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 9 10 10 8 6 8 8 8 6 11 11 8 4 5 6 8 9 13 11 11 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1100 1200 3400 4600 1300 1000 4300 7800 2200 1100
T Wind Dir E SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 10 12 11 16 11 8 11 17 12
Svr Tstorm A
Date 05/08Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 102 75 101 73 90 68 89 68 88
Temp 94101 82 76 94 97 79 73 85 86 73 68 82 86 73 68 82 85
Dewpt 72 62 71 71 70 60 65 61 57 55 56 56 55 55 58 61 60 59
Min/Max RH 28 85 28 69 32 65 31 78 39
RH 49 28 69 85 46 30 62 66 39 35 55 65 40 35 59 78 47 41
Pwind Dir SW E NE NE NE NE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 10
$$
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