Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 060757
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
TXZ245-062100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 85 76 87 73 88
Temp 75 75 80 84 85 82 77 78 77 77 82 86 86 82 74 75 74 74 82 87 87 82
Dewpt 75 75 76 75 74 74 76 75 75 75 77 76 76 74 74 75 74 74 77 76 76 76
Min/Max RH 70 97 71 100 69
RH 99 99 87 76 71 78 96 93 96 94 84 74 71 78100100100100 85 72 70 82
Wind Dir S S S S SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 8 8 9 11 11 9 8 8 6 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 9 12 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 10 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2400 2800 1400 1300 2200 2200 1500 1400 2700 2600
T Wind Dir S S S S S S SE S S S
T Wind Spd 19 17 17 13 11 16 16 16 20 18
Date Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 89 71 87 68 84 68 83
Temp 76 75 87 84 75 71 85 82 72 68 83 79 72 69 81 79
Dewpt 76 75 76 75 73 69 68 66 66 64 66 67 68 67 68 67
Max/Min RH 100 68 96 52 87 55 96 61
RH 99100 71 76 94 93 57 59 80 87 58 68 87 95 64 68
Pwind Dir S SE NE NE NE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5 20 10 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-062100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 90 73 96 71 100
Temp 73 73 78 84 88 86 76 75 74 73 80 90 95 90 77 74 73 72 82 94100 97
Dewpt 73 73 75 74 74 73 73 73 73 73 74 73 72 72 72 73 73 72 74 73 70 69
Min/Max RH 59 100 48 100 37
RH 100100 93 71 62 64 90 94 97100 82 58 48 56 85 97100100 77 51 38 40
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE
Wind Spd 3 6 9 11 10 11 11 8 6 4 4 6 8 11 11 10 9 6 10 9 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 2600 3600 1600 1100 2800 4000 2000 900 3500 6300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 16 16 17 10 6 13 19 13 14 14
Date Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 72 99 70 89 65 87 65 84
Temp 77 72 93 93 75 70 86 85 71 66 83 82 71 66 80 81
Dewpt 73 72 73 69 68 65 63 63 63 60 62 64 65 65 65 64
Max/Min RH 100 40 86 42 85 46 98 49
RH 87100 52 46 79 83 47 47 76 81 49 54 81 97 59 56
Pwind Dir SE E NE NE NE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ247-062100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 83 76 83 76 84
Temp 76 76 80 81 81 78 77 77 77 76 80 82 82 79 77 77 76 76 81 82 84 80
Dewpt 75 75 75 75 75 75 76 75 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 77 77 76 76
Min/Max RH 78 100 80 100 79
RH 97 99 87 82 81 91 97 94 97 99 88 83 81 91 96 97 99100 88 84 79 88
Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 11 9 11 11 11 10 9 8 8 6 6 8 9 10 8 8 8 8 9 11 11 12
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1900 2000 1300 1400 1700 1700 1400 1400 2200 2000
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 21 17 18 17 12 16 18 19 20 17
Date Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 77 85 74 84 72 81 72 81
Temp 77 77 83 81 76 74 82 80 74 72 81 77 74 72 79 77
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 74 71 69 68 67 66 68 68 69 70 69 68
Max/Min RH 99 76 96 61 84 64 93 66
RH 97 99 81 85 94 90 65 67 80 83 65 75 84 93 71 74
Pwind Dir S SE NE NE NE E E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5 20 10 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-062100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 86 75 90 73 90
Temp 75 75 80 84 86 83 78 76 76 76 80 87 90 84 76 75 74 75 82 88 90 86
Dewpt 74 74 76 75 74 74 75 75 75 75 76 77 76 74 75 74 74 75 76 76 76 76
Min/Max RH 68 100 64 100 64
RH 97 97 88 74 68 74 91 97 97 97 88 72 64 72 97 97100100 82 68 64 72
Wind Dir SE SE S S S SE SE S S S S S S SE SE SE S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 5 9 11 13 13 12 9 8 8 4 4 6 10 11 10 10 9 9 11 14 13 13
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 OV B2 OV B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 OV B2 OV B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3100 3400 1200 800 2900 3100 1500 1300 3600 3800
T Wind Dir S S S S S S SE S S S
T Wind Spd 18 18 13 10 9 13 14 13 18 18
Date Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 91 70 85 65 84 65 82
Temp 77 74 88 87 75 71 83 83 71 66 81 80 70 66 79 79
Dewpt 75 74 76 75 71 66 66 65 63 60 63 65 65 65 67 67
Max/Min RH 100 62 88 52 83 52 97 61
RH 94100 68 68 87 84 57 55 76 81 54 60 84 97 67 67
Pwind Dir SE SE NE NE NE E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 10 5 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ241-062100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 91 75 96 74 101
Temp 76 76 80 86 89 86 79 77 76 76 81 90 94 88 78 77 75 74 84 94100 95
Dewpt 75 75 76 76 75 75 75 75 74 74 76 76 76 75 75 75 75 74 76 76 73 73
Min/Max RH 62 99 55 100 42
RH 97 97 90 73 65 70 90 96 96 96 87 64 55 65 91 94100100 79 57 42 49
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE E SE SE SE SE SE S SE S S S SE
Wind Spd 5 6 11 12 11 11 11 8 8 4 5 6 10 11 11 9 10 8 11 11 11 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 3100 3500 1200 1200 2900 3200 1600 1000 3600 4700
T Wind Dir S SE SE S SE SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 17 16 16 10 9 13 18 13 14 13
Date Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 75 101 72 89 68 87 68 86
Temp 79 75 95 95 77 73 86 85 73 69 84 82 73 69 83 82
Dewpt 74 74 74 71 72 69 68 66 66 65 66 67 68 67 67 66
Max/Min RH 99 40 89 49 89 51 96 53
RH 87 99 51 47 85 87 55 54 78 87 56 62 86 93 60 59
Pwind Dir SE E NE NE E E E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5 20 10 30
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ229-062100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 94 75 100 76 104
Temp 76 76 80 86 92 92 83 78 77 75 80 89 98 99 87 81 78 76 83 93101103
Dewpt 73 72 74 75 74 73 74 74 73 73 74 74 72 69 74 74 73 73 73 71 65 62
Min/Max RH 51 94 37 91 26
RH 90 87 82 70 56 54 74 88 87 94 82 61 43 38 65 79 85 90 72 49 31 26
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S SW W N
Wind Spd 4 6 6 8 8 8 12 10 8 4 5 5 6 8 14 12 11 6 8 6 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6
Mixing Hgt 3400 4900 1100 1100 3400 5900 3300 1100 4200 6300
T Wind Dir S S SE SE E SE SE S S SW
T Wind Spd 11 13 17 10 6 11 18 13 11 11
Date Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 75 101 74 89 70 90 69 88
Temp 82 75 95 98 80 74 85 87 75 70 82 88 74 69 81 86
Dewpt 70 71 70 63 67 64 62 61 62 61 62 62 64 65 65 63
Max/Min RH 87 30 74 40 73 41 87 44
RH 67 87 45 32 65 71 46 42 64 73 51 42 71 87 58 46
Pwind Dir E NE NE NE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 10 20 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
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