Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 132319
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
618 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024
TXZ245-140900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
618 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024
Date 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu
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 69 89 71 88 76
Temp 74 72 72 72 69 80 88 88 83 75 74 72 72 84 88 87 82 77 77 77 77
Dewpt 70 69 68 69 69 72 71 71 71 73 73 72 71 73 72 72 72 73 75 76 77
Max/Min RH 100 55 100 60 99
RH 87 90 87 90100 78 57 57 68 92 97 99 99 70 60 62 72 87 94 96 99
Wind Dir E E NE NE N NE E SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 10 5 5 2 2 4 6 8 6 4 4 4 3 5 9 10 9 8 6 6 9
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1
Clouds(%) OV B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 50 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.28 0 0 0 0.05
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS
Obvis H PF PF
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3
Mixing Hgt 1200 1000 2500 2800 800 500 2400 2400 1400 1400
T Wind Dir E NE NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 6 6 10 9 6 11 18 17 13
Date 05/16Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24
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 75 88 74 90 75 91 76 91
Temp 87 84 76 77 87 83 76 74 88 85 77 75 91 85 78 76 90 86
Dewpt 79 77 76 76 78 76 76 74 76 76 76 75 76 76 77 75 75 75
Min/Max RH 73 100 71 100 63 100 61 100 58
RH 76 81100 99 76 81100100 68 76 97100 63 75 96 97 63 71
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 20 10 10 5 5 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ231-140900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
618 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024
Date 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 65 95 68 93 75
Temp 72 68 69 67 66 78 91 95 91 78 72 70 68 80 90 93 87 78 77 76 76
Dewpt 69 66 65 65 66 69 64 60 62 67 69 69 68 69 65 62 66 71 74 75 75
Max/Min RH 100 31 100 36 97
RH 92 93 87 93100 73 42 31 38 70 90 99100 69 43 36 49 78 89 96 96
Wind Dir NE E NE W NW N NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 9 6 5 4 2 4 5 8 9 8 6 5 4 8 11 13 14 11 8 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC SC B1 B1 FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B1 SC SC B1 B1 FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 20 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.10 0 0 0 0.10
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1100 700 3300 5500 1000 600 3700 4200 2400 1200
T Wind Dir E NE N E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 6 6 12 12 9 13 23 19 11
Date 05/16Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 74 90 72 95 73 99 73 99
Temp 91 90 76 74 87 88 75 72 91 93 76 73 95 94 78 73 94 94
Dewpt 74 75 74 74 74 71 74 72 71 69 74 73 72 70 74 73 70 68
Min/Max RH 52 100 54 100 42 100 39 100 37
RH 58 62 94100 64 57 97100 52 46 92100 49 46 88100 45 43
Pwind Dir SE SE NE E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 20 10 5 5 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ247-140900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
618 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024
Date 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu
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 86 76 84 78
Temp 78 77 76 76 73 79 84 84 81 77 77 77 76 81 84 84 81 79 79 78 79
Dewpt 72 72 71 73 71 72 72 72 73 74 73 73 73 74 73 73 74 75 76 77 77
Max/Min RH 95 66 91 70 98
RH 83 86 85 90 95 80 69 68 76 89 87 89 90 78 71 71 79 88 91 97 96
Wind Dir S E NE NE N NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 6 6 4 4 5 6 8 8 6 6 5 5 6 10 11 10 10 9 8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) OV B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 50 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.30 0 0 0 0.05
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS
Obvis H
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3
Mixing Hgt 1300 1200 1600 1600 900 800 1800 1800 1600 1600
T Wind Dir E N NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 9 8 10 10 9 13 18 18 16
Date 05/16Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24
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 85 77 87 78 87 79 87
Temp 84 82 79 78 84 81 78 77 85 83 79 78 86 84 80 79 87 84
Dewpt 79 78 77 78 79 77 77 76 77 76 77 76 77 77 77 76 76 76
Min/Max RH 80 100 81 99 73 96 73 93 70
RH 85 88 96100 86 87 96 99 76 80 93 96 76 80 93 93 72 77
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E E SE SE 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 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 20 10 10 5 5 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ234-140900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
618 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024
Date 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 65 91 67 91 73
Temp 72 70 68 66 66 78 87 90 88 76 72 69 68 81 89 90 84 76 75 75 75
Dewpt 65 67 65 64 66 71 69 67 69 70 70 69 68 71 68 67 69 71 72 74 75
Max/Min RH 100 45 100 46 100
RH 79 90 90 93100 79 55 47 54 82 93100100 72 50 47 61 85 90 97100
Wind Dir NE NE N N W N NE NE E SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 5 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 5 4 4 3 5 10 12 11 10 6 8 9
Wind Gust
Clouds OV SC SC SC B1 FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) OV SC SC SC B1 FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 30 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.22 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS
Tstms SC IS
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 400 2800 4000 500 500 3100 3400 1000 700
T Wind Dir NE N N E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 9 5 5 8 9 6 10 18 12 11
Date 05/16Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 88 73 85 72 91 73 93 74 94
Temp 87 83 76 74 85 83 75 73 88 89 76 73 91 89 77 74 91 89
Dewpt 78 76 75 74 78 76 74 73 75 74 75 73 75 74 76 74 74 73
Min/Max RH 72 100 77 100 56 100 54 100 49
RH 75 80 97100 80 80 97100 66 61 97100 60 61 97100 58 59
Pwind Dir SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 30 20 10 10 5 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ241-140900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
618 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024
Date 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu
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 68 95 70 93 77
Temp 83 74 71 69 70 80 90 93 88 76 73 72 71 83 91 92 86 79 79 78 78
Dewpt 73 69 68 66 69 72 70 65 66 70 72 71 71 71 68 69 73 75 76 76 77
Max/Min RH 99 40 100 45 98
RH 72 84 89 89 99 76 52 40 48 83 95 99100 68 47 47 65 88 93 94 97
Wind Dir NE E NE N N NE E E E SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 10 6 5 4 3 4 6 10 10 6 6 5 4 8 13 16 14 11 10 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 20 0 0 5 5
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3
Mixing Hgt 1000 700 3300 4700 700 600 4000 4400 2000 1000
T Wind Dir NE NE NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 6 6 13 11 9 16 20 17 11
Date 05/16Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24
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 77 92 74 95 74 99 75 99
Temp 92 90 79 77 90 89 78 74 92 91 78 75 95 93 79 76 95 92
Dewpt 76 77 77 76 77 74 76 74 74 74 76 75 75 73 76 75 72 73
Min/Max RH 55 98 57 99 48 100 45 100 44
RH 61 65 94 97 66 61 94 99 55 58 94100 54 53 93 99 48 54
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 10 20 10 10 5 5 5 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS
Tstms SC IS
$$
TXZ229-140900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
618 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024
Date 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 67 97 70 98 77
Temp 81 74 71 68 69 80 90 96 95 84 78 72 71 82 93 97 92 83 79 79 79
Dewpt 67 69 68 67 66 68 64 59 58 63 64 66 67 68 65 63 64 70 72 73 74
Max/Min RH 100 27 89 33 85
RH 63 84 90 97 90 67 42 29 29 49 62 81 87 63 40 33 40 65 79 82 85
Wind Dir NE E E E N NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE
Wind Spd 8 9 6 4 3 4 5 6 10 11 10 8 5 8 11 13 17 14 11 11 10
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) SC FW FW SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 10 0 0 5 10
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0.64
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3
Mixing Hgt 700 800 3800 7200 900 500 5000 6800 2900 1700
T Wind Dir E SE NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 6 6 11 16 11 16 21 21 16
Date 05/16Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 76 92 75 98 76 102 77 102
Temp 89 94 81 76 86 91 79 75 92 96 81 76 95100 83 77 96100
Dewpt 75 72 73 73 72 67 69 71 70 66 71 72 72 67 72 73 70 65
Min/Max RH 46 92 45 88 35 88 32 87 30
RH 64 49 77 90 63 45 72 87 49 38 72 87 48 34 70 87 43 32
Pwind Dir SE E N E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 10 20 10 5 5 0 5 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
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