Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 142323
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
623 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024
TXZ245-150900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
623 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024
Date 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri
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 90 77 86 77
Temp 86 76 73 72 72 84 89 90 85 78 78 78 78 84 86 86 82 79 79 78 77
Dewpt 69 71 71 71 70 72 71 71 71 73 74 76 76 78 79 78 77 78 78 78 76
Max/Min RH 95 53 95 78 100
RH 58 84 92 95 94 67 56 55 64 84 88 94 94 84 80 79 85 99 97 99 97
Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 5 4 3 3 5 9 11 11 9 8 8 8 11 11 13 14 11 10 10 6
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL FW FW SC SC FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) CL CL FW FW SC SC FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 20 30 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.08 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 2
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 600 500 2300 2500 1300 1300 2500 2600 1800 1200
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 9 8 11 18 18 16 20 20 18 12
Date 05/17Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24
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 74 91 75 91 75 90 78 91
Temp 87 83 76 75 90 85 77 75 90 85 77 76 89 84 79 79 90 85
Dewpt 78 76 76 74 73 74 75 74 74 74 76 75 75 75 76 76 75 76
Min/Max RH 70 100 57 98 57 98 63 92 60
RH 75 80 99 99 59 70 96 97 60 70 96 96 65 74 91 90 62 76
Pwind Dir SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ231-150900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
623 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024
Date 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 66 94 75 92 74
Temp 92 78 71 67 66 81 92 93 87 77 76 76 76 83 87 91 89 80 79 76 74
Dewpt 60 64 65 66 65 68 62 60 62 69 73 74 74 76 75 75 75 76 76 74 73
Max/Min RH 97 32 95 59 97
RH 34 62 81 97 97 65 37 33 43 76 89 94 94 81 67 60 64 88 93 94 97
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 8 6 5 4 8 11 13 14 11 10 9 6 10 11 11 11 11 11 9 6
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL SC FW B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) CL CL SC FW B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 30 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.09 0.02
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2
Haines 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 600 400 3700 4300 1600 1100 3500 3800 2100 900
T Wind Dir SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 9 13 21 17 13 17 18 18 11
Date 05/17Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 92 70 97 70 99 72 100 74 99
Temp 89 88 76 71 93 95 76 71 95 94 76 73 95 93 77 75 96 94
Dewpt 73 70 72 71 69 66 73 71 67 68 74 72 68 68 74 73 70 71
Min/Max RH 52 100 35 100 34 100 35 97 38
RH 59 55 89100 46 38 89100 40 43 94 97 42 44 92 94 43 47
Pwind Dir SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ247-150900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
623 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024
Date 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri
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 89 78 85 78
Temp 85 80 78 77 76 83 87 87 83 80 79 79 78 82 83 83 81 79 79 79 78
Dewpt 71 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 73 74 76 77 77 78 79 78 78 78 78 79 78
Max/Min RH 87 59 97 85 100
RH 62 78 82 86 87 71 60 60 72 82 90 96 96 88 87 85 91 97 97 99 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE
Wind Spd 6 5 4 4 4 6 9 11 11 10 9 9 10 11 11 13 14 12 11 11 9
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL FW FW SC SC FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) CL CL FW FW SC SC FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 20 30 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.05 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 600 800 1900 2200 1400 1500 2000 2100 1500 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 10 9 12 18 20 18 20 20 20 16
Date 05/17Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24
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 77 87 77 86 78 86 78 86
Temp 84 82 79 77 85 83 79 77 86 82 79 79 85 82 80 79 86 83
Dewpt 78 77 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 76 77 76 76 76 76 76 77 77
Min/Max RH 80 96 69 94 70 93 74 93 73
RH 83 85 93 96 72 77 88 94 71 82 93 91 75 82 90 91 75 82
Pwind Dir SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ234-150900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
623 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024
Date 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 66 89 71 87 74
Temp 86 74 71 67 66 79 89 88 82 74 73 73 74 81 84 86 83 79 78 76 74
Dewpt 67 67 68 67 66 71 67 66 68 70 72 73 74 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 74
Max/Min RH 100 48 100 75 100
RH 53 79 90100100 77 48 48 63 87 97100100 88 80 75 82 94 97100100
Wind Dir NE E S S E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 5 4 4 3 5 9 11 11 8 6 6 6 11 14 16 14 11 11 8 9
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL FW FW B1 SC FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) CL CL FW FW B1 SC FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 40 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.22 0.16
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 400 400 3200 3300 700 500 2900 3100 1300 600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 8 6 9 18 11 10 18 20 14 11
Date 05/17Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 87 69 93 70 93 73 93 74 94
Temp 86 83 74 70 90 90 75 71 92 89 76 74 91 88 77 75 92 87
Dewpt 77 74 72 70 72 71 73 71 71 71 75 74 73 72 75 75 73 74
Min/Max RH 70 100 49 100 47 100 52 100 51
RH 75 74 93100 56 54 94100 51 56 97100 56 59 94100 54 65
Pwind Dir SE E N SE SE SE S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ241-150900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
623 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024
Date 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri
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 93 77 94 77
Temp 90 76 71 69 68 81 91 92 85 78 78 78 77 84 88 91 88 80 79 78 77
Dewpt 64 67 69 68 68 70 66 65 70 74 76 77 76 77 77 77 77 78 77 77 76
Max/Min RH 100 41 99 65 100
RH 43 74 92 97100 70 43 41 60 88 94 97 97 81 71 65 70 94 94 97 99
Wind Dir SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 9 6 5 5 4 8 13 16 13 10 9 10 8 11 11 12 12 11 11 10 9
Wind Gust
Clouds CL FW FW FW B2 B1 FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) CL FW FW FW B2 B1 FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 30 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.04 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS
Tstms SC IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 600 400 3700 3800 1500 1100 3700 3600 1900 900
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 8 13 20 17 14 18 17 18 12
Date 05/17Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24
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 72 98 71 98 73 99 74 99
Temp 91 90 77 73 93 93 76 72 95 92 76 74 95 91 78 75 96 92
Dewpt 76 74 74 73 71 71 74 72 69 71 75 74 70 72 76 74 71 74
Min/Max RH 53 100 39 100 39 100 40 98 42
RH 62 59 92100 48 50 94100 43 51 97 99 45 53 94 96 46 56
Pwind Dir SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW CL FW SC SC CL FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ229-150900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
623 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024
Date 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 69 98 76 96 75
Temp 94 83 77 71 69 82 91 97 93 81 78 77 77 81 86 93 94 85 80 77 75
Dewpt 57 61 61 62 63 64 59 58 60 66 71 73 73 75 75 73 72 74 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 81 28 89 48 94
RH 29 47 58 73 81 55 34 28 33 60 79 87 87 82 70 52 49 70 85 90 94
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE E E SE S S SE E SE E E
Wind Spd 9 11 10 8 5 9 11 14 16 14 12 11 8 8 8 8 8 11 11 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL SC FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) CL CL SC FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 20 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.02 0.11
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
Haines 6 5 6 6 5 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 600 500 4700 6500 1700 1500 3200 5100 2500 900
T Wind Dir SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 11 14 21 20 14 13 12 17 11
Date 05/17Sat 05/18/24Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 72 100 75 103 74 103 75 104
Temp 89 92 79 73 93 98 82 75 97100 81 75 96101 81 76 96101
Dewpt 71 66 69 70 68 62 69 70 66 62 69 71 65 62 71 72 70 65
Min/Max RH 41 91 29 85 25 89 26 89 29
RH 56 43 72 90 44 31 65 84 36 29 67 87 36 28 72 87 43 31
Pwind Dir NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW SC CL FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
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