Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 191959
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
259 PM CDT Thu Apr 19 2018
TXZ245-201015-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
259 PM CDT Thu Apr 19 2018
Date 04/19/18 Fri 04/20/18 Sat 04/21/18 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 60 72 67 77 64
Temp 76 72 67 65 63 62 68 71 71 68 68 69 69 67 71 75 77 75 69 67 65 64
Dewpt 50 53 56 57 56 55 57 58 59 61 62 65 65 65 66 67 67 67 66 65 65 64
Max/Min RH 81 62 96 74 100
RH 40 51 69 77 80 78 67 64 68 76 84 87 88 96 86 77 74 77 89 93 98100
Wind Dir NE E E NE NE NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S W NW
Wind Spd 9 6 4 5 8 9 13 14 13 12 12 12 12 9 11 12 12 10 8 6 9 13
Clouds SC SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 43 32 14 15 35 60 75 69 65 64 78 83 87 87 89 91 89 87 74 61 64 66
PoP 12HR 5 10 20 50 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.08 0.03
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1800 700 3500 3200 2200 2000 2400 2300 1600 1300
T Wind Dir NE NE E E SE SE SE SE S W
T Wind Spd 6 9 20 19 20 19 20 20 13 18
Date 04/22 Mon 04/23/18 Tue 04/24/18 Wed 04/25/18 Thu 04/26/18
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 59 77 62 78 65 78 65 78
Temp 75 76 64 59 73 75 66 62 75 77 68 65 76 77 68 65 75 77
Dewpt 58 55 56 53 53 55 58 57 58 58 62 61 60 60 61 61 59 62
Min/Max RH 47 80 46 85 51 88 53 86 56
RH 56 50 76 80 50 50 78 85 57 54 82 88 59 56 78 86 58 60
Pwind Dir N N N E E SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 5 5 10 10 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ231-201015-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
259 PM CDT Thu Apr 19 2018
Date 04/19/18 Fri 04/20/18 Sat 04/21/18 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 56 76 64 81 61
Temp 77 77 68 63 60 59 68 75 75 72 67 67 66 64 71 77 81 78 70 66 63 61
Dewpt 43 44 48 50 49 49 51 56 58 59 61 63 64 64 64 65 66 66 65 63 62 61
Max/Min RH 70 51 100 60 98
RH 29 30 49 63 67 70 57 51 56 65 83 89 95100 80 65 60 66 84 89 96 98
Wind Dir NE E E NE NE NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E N
Wind Spd 10 6 4 4 5 6 10 13 13 12 10 10 10 6 9 10 9 8 5 4 6 9
Heat Index 83
Clouds B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1
Clouds(%) 68 59 42 43 56 73 85 76 75 74 82 86 90 86 90 94 84 74 56 39 49 59
PoP 12HR 10 10 20 40 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.13 0.02
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2
Haines 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 5 5
Mixing Hgt 2200 500 4400 4700 2700 1800 1800 2200 2000 1300
T Wind Dir NE NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE NE
T Wind Spd 8 9 17 21 23 17 16 14 9 12
Date 04/22 Mon 04/23/18 Tue 04/24/18 Wed 04/25/18 Thu 04/26/18
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 82 56 82 58 84 60 85 61 86
Temp 78 79 62 56 77 80 64 58 79 81 66 60 80 82 67 61 81 83
Dewpt 54 50 53 51 51 50 55 55 54 55 58 58 56 56 58 58 55 57
Min/Max RH 35 83 32 90 36 94 37 93 36
RH 44 37 71 83 39 36 73 90 43 40 76 94 44 40 73 93 41 42
Pwind Dir N NE NE SE SE SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 10 10 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ247-201015-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
259 PM CDT Thu Apr 19 2018
Date 04/19/18 Fri 04/20/18 Sat 04/21/18 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 65 71 68 75 66
Temp 73 71 69 68 67 67 69 71 70 70 69 70 69 68 71 74 75 74 70 68 67 66
Dewpt 53 55 57 58 58 59 59 59 60 62 64 66 66 67 67 67 68 68 68 67 66 65
Max/Min RH 77 67 98 77 100
RH 50 57 68 73 75 77 71 68 72 78 86 87 90 98 89 80 77 81 93 97100 99
Wind Dir E E E E NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S W NW
Wind Spd 11 9 6 8 10 11 16 16 13 14 14 13 13 11 12 12 13 12 9 8 11 16
Clouds SC SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 41 37 20 18 33 59 74 70 67 68 80 82 85 82 85 89 86 84 74 63 64 64
PoP 12HR 5 10 20 40 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.07 0.02
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 2100 3400 2800 2200 2200 2300 2100 1500 1400
T Wind Dir E E E E SE SE SE SE S W
T Wind Spd 9 13 21 20 21 21 21 23 16 21
Date 04/22 Mon 04/23/18 Tue 04/24/18 Wed 04/25/18 Thu 04/26/18
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 63 75 65 76 67 77 67 76
Temp 74 75 66 63 73 74 68 65 74 75 69 67 75 76 70 67 74 75
Dewpt 59 59 58 55 53 57 60 60 59 60 63 63 61 62 63 63 61 64
Min/Max RH 54 76 50 83 56 86 60 86 62
RH 59 57 74 75 51 56 78 83 60 60 81 86 63 64 79 86 63 68
Pwind Dir N N N E E SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 5 5 10 10 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ234-201015-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
259 PM CDT Thu Apr 19 2018
Date 04/19/18 Fri 04/20/18 Sat 04/21/18 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 53 72 61 79 60
Temp 78 75 63 59 56 55 66 71 71 68 63 64 65 61 69 75 79 77 68 65 62 60
Dewpt 43 43 49 50 49 49 51 53 54 56 57 60 62 61 65 65 66 66 65 63 62 60
Max/Min RH 80 52 100 65 100
RH 29 31 58 72 76 80 59 53 55 65 82 88 90100 88 71 65 70 88 93 99100
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE E E SE E SE SE SE S S S W N
Wind Spd 10 6 5 4 5 6 11 11 10 10 8 8 8 6 11 13 12 10 6 4 6 9
Clouds SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 34 15 13 16 32 64 73 64 63 61 72 81 91 93 94 94 92 90 76 62 66 69
PoP 12HR 0 10 20 60 40
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.17 0.05
Rain Shwrs IS IS NM NM NM NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS NM NM NM NM SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 3
Haines 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1900 300 3300 3700 1700 1000 2200 2200 1700 800
T Wind Dir NE NE E SE E SE SE SE S W
T Wind Spd 8 8 18 16 14 11 20 20 11 12
Date 04/22 Mon 04/23/18 Tue 04/24/18 Wed 04/25/18 Thu 04/26/18
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 79 53 79 56 81 59 81 60 80
Temp 75 76 60 53 74 77 62 56 76 79 65 59 77 79 65 60 76 78
Dewpt 55 52 53 50 52 52 56 54 57 57 59 58 56 56 57 57 56 58
Min/Max RH 41 88 39 93 43 94 42 91 44
RH 50 43 78 88 45 43 80 93 50 47 82 94 48 46 76 91 49 50
Pwind Dir N N N NE E SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 10 10 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ241-201015-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
259 PM CDT Thu Apr 19 2018
Date 04/19/18 Fri 04/20/18 Sat 04/21/18 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 58 78 65 83 64
Temp 78 76 67 63 61 60 71 75 78 71 68 67 67 65 72 79 83 80 72 68 66 64
Dewpt 43 42 44 48 52 53 56 58 61 62 63 64 63 64 65 66 66 67 67 66 65 63
Max/Min RH 77 53 96 59 99
RH 29 30 44 57 70 77 59 54 56 72 84 87 89 96 78 63 59 63 83 91 98 98
Wind Dir E E E NE NE NE E SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S E N
Wind Spd 13 8 4 3 4 5 9 14 13 13 10 9 10 8 10 11 11 10 6 4 5 6
Heat Index 85 83
Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) 61 65 55 42 51 69 84 74 75 76 87 82 87 83 87 92 84 77 61 45 55 64
PoP 12HR 10 10 20 40 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.08 0.02
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2
Haines 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2600 400 5000 5100 2800 1900 3300 3000 1700 1000
T Wind Dir E NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE NE
T Wind Spd 5 5 17 21 19 17 17 19 12 10
Date 04/22 Mon 04/23/18 Tue 04/24/18 Wed 04/25/18 Thu 04/26/18
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 84 58 83 59 84 61 85 61 85
Temp 80 81 64 58 78 81 65 59 79 81 66 61 81 83 67 61 81 83
Dewpt 57 53 55 52 51 52 56 56 55 56 59 58 57 58 60 60 57 60
Min/Max RH 36 83 33 88 38 92 39 94 40
RH 45 39 72 83 38 37 72 88 43 42 78 92 45 43 77 94 44 45
Pwind Dir N NE NE SE SE SE E SE SE
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 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 5 5 10 10 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ229-201015-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
259 PM CDT Thu Apr 19 2018
Date 04/19/18 Fri 04/20/18 Sat 04/21/18 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 59 79 65 84 61
Temp 77 77 67 64 61 59 66 73 79 76 70 68 67 65 73 81 84 82 71 67 63 61
Dewpt 41 45 47 47 47 48 48 53 56 58 60 61 62 63 63 63 62 60 60 60 59 58
Max/Min RH 66 45 93 46 90
RH 28 32 49 53 58 66 52 48 45 54 71 79 84 93 72 55 47 49 69 79 87 90
Wind Dir E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE E SE SE E N
Wind Spd 12 9 6 6 6 6 11 12 13 14 12 12 9 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 5 8
Clouds B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) 69 59 49 49 64 82 83 74 75 80 87 87 93 91 90 89 63 38 32 27 39 52
PoP 12HR 10 20 30 40 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0.03 0.07 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 1 1
Haines 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 2900 800 4600 4800 3800 1700 1500 2800 2300 1400
T Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE NE
T Wind Spd 10 12 17 24 25 16 11 11 8 11
Date 04/22 Mon 04/23/18 Tue 04/24/18 Wed 04/25/18 Thu 04/26/18
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 82 58 84 61 85 62 86 62 87
Temp 78 80 64 58 79 81 67 61 81 83 68 62 82 84 68 62 82 84
Dewpt 52 46 51 51 50 48 53 54 53 52 55 57 56 55 57 58 56 56
Min/Max RH 29 78 28 77 32 83 34 86 35
RH 40 31 62 78 36 31 61 77 38 35 64 83 41 38 67 86 41 38
Pwind Dir NE E E SE SE SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 10 5 10 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
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