Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 181703
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
TXZ245-190900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun
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 83 69 83 63
Temp 82 78 72 71 71 71 80 83 82 77 72 71 71 69 77 82 81 77 71 70 68 64
Dewpt 71 70 72 71 71 71 74 73 72 71 71 71 71 69 73 72 70 70 71 70 68 64
Max/Min RH 100 71 100 68 100
RH 68 78100100100100 81 73 72 82 99100100100 88 71 69 81100100100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E N N
Wind Spd 9 8 6 4 4 4 5 8 9 8 6 5 5 5 6 10 10 10 8 8 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 10 50
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0.02 0.15
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC IS
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 2400 1300 1300 2100 2200 1500 1200 2400 2800 1700 1200
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE NE
T Wind Spd 16 14 9 10 13 14 11 14 17 14 11
Date 04/21Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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 79 58 77 64 82 67 84 70 85
Temp 77 72 63 59 75 73 65 66 80 77 69 69 83 79 71 71 83 80
Dewpt 64 61 59 57 61 61 64 65 69 69 69 69 72 71 71 71 73 72
Min/Max RH 58 96 58 99 64 100 64 100 66
RH 65 67 87 95 62 67 95 99 70 76100100 70 78100 99 72 77
Pwind Dir N NE E SE SE 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 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC
PoP 12HR 10 5 20 5 10 5 5 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS
$$
TXZ231-190900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 69 90 69 87 61
Temp 93 87 74 71 70 70 78 86 89 84 73 71 71 69 77 84 86 82 72 69 65 62
Dewpt 67 67 68 70 70 70 72 70 69 68 68 70 70 69 71 69 67 66 69 69 65 62
Max/Min RH 100 52 100 53 100
RH 42 53 82 97100100 81 58 52 58 84 97 99100 82 60 53 58 89100100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE E E E E E E SE E E SE SE SE SE E NE N N
Wind Spd 10 12 11 8 6 6 6 8 11 13 11 9 8 6 11 11 11 13 11 8 8 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 20 60
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0.05 0.21
Rain Shwrs IS IS NM NM SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2
Haines 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 2
Mixing Hgt 4600 1400 1200 3600 3700 2000 1300 4600 5200 2400 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE E NE
T Wind Spd 14 17 10 13 17 16 11 16 18 13 13
Date 04/21Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 76 56 78 61 84 66 87 69 90
Temp 73 72 62 57 73 76 65 63 80 80 69 67 84 84 72 69 87 86
Dewpt 58 56 56 54 57 59 62 63 66 66 69 67 68 67 71 69 70 68
Min/Max RH 52 91 51 100 56 100 51 100 49
RH 59 56 81 90 57 55 90100 62 62100100 58 56 97100 57 55
Pwind Dir N NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 5 10 5 5 0 5
$$
TXZ247-190900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun
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 80 71 79 66
Temp 79 76 73 73 73 72 78 80 79 75 73 72 72 72 77 79 79 75 72 72 69 67
Dewpt 72 72 72 72 73 72 73 73 72 72 72 72 72 72 73 72 71 71 71 71 69 67
Max/Min RH 100 80 100 77 100
RH 80 86 99 97100 99 86 81 81 90 97100 99100 88 81 78 89 97 99100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E NE N
Wind Spd 10 9 8 6 5 6 6 8 10 10 8 8 6 6 8 9 11 11 9 9 6 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 10 50
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0.02 0.11
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 1800 1300 1300 1200 1500 1300 1300 1800 1800 1500 1100
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE E SE SE SE SE SE NE
T Wind Spd 16 18 11 11 14 16 13 16 16 16 11
Date 04/21Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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 77 62 74 67 79 70 81 72 81
Temp 75 72 66 62 72 71 69 69 78 74 72 71 79 76 73 73 81 77
Dewpt 65 63 60 59 62 63 65 66 69 70 71 71 72 72 72 73 74 73
Min/Max RH 66 90 67 92 73 100 75 100 77
RH 71 73 83 90 72 75 87 92 76 87 99100 80 86 97100 80 89
Pwind Dir N NE E SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 5 20 5 10 5 5 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ234-190900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 70 85 69 83 62
Temp 86 82 73 73 72 72 76 82 85 80 74 72 72 70 77 81 83 79 72 70 67 63
Dewpt 70 70 71 71 71 71 73 73 72 71 71 71 71 70 72 72 70 69 70 70 67 63
Max/Min RH 100 65 100 65 100
RH 59 67 93 93 97 97 90 74 65 74 90 97 97100 85 74 65 72 93100100100
Wind Dir S SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE N N
Wind Spd 12 11 8 8 5 5 5 8 11 11 8 8 8 8 9 11 12 11 10 8 9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 20 60
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0.04 0.25
Rain Shwrs IS IS NM NM NM NM
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC IS
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 2
Mixing Hgt 3400 1100 1100 3000 3200 1400 700 3500 4400 1900 1300
T Wind Dir S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E N
T Wind Spd 16 12 8 9 13 12 10 13 17 12 13
Date 04/21Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 73 56 76 61 82 67 85 71 86
Temp 71 70 62 57 72 74 65 63 80 78 71 68 82 81 73 72 84 82
Dewpt 62 59 57 54 59 61 62 63 69 69 70 68 72 71 72 72 73 71
Min/Max RH 66 91 60 100 66 100 63 100 61
RH 73 68 84 90 64 64 90100 69 74 97100 72 72 97100 70 69
Pwind Dir N NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 10 5 10 5 10 5 5 0 5
$$
TXZ241-190900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun
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 91 71 88 66
Temp 92 85 75 74 73 73 79 88 90 83 74 73 72 71 78 85 87 82 74 72 69 67
Dewpt 69 70 71 72 72 71 73 72 71 69 71 72 72 71 73 71 70 69 71 71 69 66
Max/Min RH 99 54 100 58 99
RH 48 61 87 94 97 95 82 60 54 63 92 95 99100 85 63 58 66 90 97 99 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE E E SE SE E SE E E SE SE E SE SE SE SE E E N N
Wind Spd 11 12 11 8 6 6 8 10 13 14 11 10 8 8 11 14 14 14 11 10 8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 10 40
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0.02 0.10
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 4000 1300 1100 3300 3700 1900 1300 4300 4300 2100 1300
T Wind Dir SE SE E SE E E SE SE SE SE NE
T Wind Spd 16 17 11 12 18 16 11 16 18 13 12
Date 04/21Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
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 79 60 79 64 85 69 88 71 91
Temp 76 75 64 60 73 75 67 66 82 81 72 69 85 83 73 71 88 86
Dewpt 62 59 58 57 60 61 64 65 69 68 71 69 70 70 72 71 72 71
Min/Max RH 56 89 58 97 59 100 54 100 51
RH 61 59 81 89 63 62 89 95 64 66 95100 61 64 97100 59 61
Pwind Dir N NE E E SE E 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 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 SC
PoP 12HR 20 10 20 5 10 5 5 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ229-190900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1203 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 72 93 72 91 64
Temp 96 95 83 76 74 72 76 83 89 91 81 75 74 72 77 84 89 85 75 71 67 65
Dewpt 70 68 70 69 69 70 71 70 69 67 69 68 69 69 69 68 66 66 68 66 64 61
Max/Min RH 93 45 90 47 90
RH 43 42 65 79 84 93 85 65 52 45 67 79 84 90 76 59 47 53 79 84 90 87
Wind Dir SE SE SE E E E E E E E E E E E SE SE SE E E NE NE N
Wind Spd 6 8 14 10 9 8 8 8 11 12 14 11 11 9 10 9 10 13 12 13 11 13
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 20 10 10 30 70
QPF 12HR 0.05 0 0.03 0.13 0.43
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC NM NM SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 2
Mixing Hgt 5700 700 1200 3000 4200 2300 1400 4100 5800 1500 1300
T Wind Dir SE SE E E E E SE SE SE NE NE
T Wind Spd 10 16 12 13 19 18 16 16 16 17 17
Date 04/21Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 78 60 80 65 87 70 90 73 94
Temp 73 75 65 60 72 78 69 67 79 86 73 70 85 88 76 73 87 92
Dewpt 58 56 55 54 57 58 61 63 66 65 67 67 67 66 69 70 69 66
Min/Max RH 48 81 47 87 48 91 43 90 41
RH 59 52 70 81 59 50 76 87 64 50 81 90 55 48 79 90 55 43
Pwind Dir NE NE E SE SE E SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5
$$
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