Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 102025
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
324 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024
TXZ245-110900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
324 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024
Date 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon
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 84 73 86 75
Temp 89 85 78 76 75 73 81 83 83 79 75 75 75 75 84 86 85 82 77 77 76 75
Dewpt 75 74 74 72 70 68 70 71 71 71 73 74 74 74 77 77 76 76 76 76 75 75
Max/Min RH 90 65 98 74 100
RH 63 71 88 86 84 84 71 66 66 77 92 97 96 97 80 75 75 84 97 96 99100
Wind Dir E E E NE NE NE E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 11 10 6 6 6 6 10 11 11 11 8 8 6 6 9 12 11 11 10 6 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
Clouds(%) B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 40 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.05 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS SC
Obvis H H H H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 1000 2500 2600 1800 1400 2900 3200 1900 1400
T Wind Dir E NE E E E SE SE S SE S
T Wind Spd 16 16 20 20 18 17 19 19 17 13
Date 05/13Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24
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 72 90 73 87 76 88 71 88
Temp 86 83 74 72 88 84 75 74 86 83 77 76 87 84 76 72 87 84
Dewpt 77 75 73 72 73 72 74 73 74 74 75 76 77 75 74 71 69 68
Min/Max RH 70 100 56 99 66 99 69 98 52
RH 74 78 97100 61 68 96 97 69 76 96 99 73 76 94 97 56 59
Pwind Dir S E NE SE E SE SE NE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 50 10 5 5 20 30 30 10 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
$$
TXZ231-110900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
324 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024
Date 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 71 86 72 91 74
Temp 90 88 79 76 73 71 78 84 84 80 74 73 74 73 79 86 89 87 79 77 75 74
Dewpt 70 69 70 68 66 64 65 66 69 69 70 71 72 72 73 73 73 73 74 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 79 55 97 58 99
RH 51 54 74 76 78 79 64 55 60 69 87 93 93 97 82 64 58 62 85 94 97 97
Wind Dir NE E E NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 10 8 8 8 8 11 11 11 11 11 9 8 6 10 11 10 11 11 10 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2
Clouds(%) SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2
PoP 12HR 40 10 20 40 30
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0.07 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms SC IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
LAL 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 3
Haines 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 2100 1000 3900 3800 2100 1200 4100 4100 2300 1000
T Wind Dir E NE E E E SE S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 13 19 18 17 12 17 17 18 12
Date 05/13Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 69 93 69 90 73 91 69 91
Temp 89 90 73 70 90 90 74 70 87 85 76 74 88 88 75 69 87 89
Dewpt 73 70 71 70 67 66 70 69 70 71 73 72 73 71 72 68 65 63
Min/Max RH 48 100 38 100 54 94 53 99 40
RH 59 52 93100 47 45 87 99 57 62 90 93 61 57 89 97 48 42
Pwind Dir SE E NE SE SE SE E NE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC FW B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR 40 5 5 5 20 20 20 10 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ247-110900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
324 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024
Date 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon
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 82 75 83 76
Temp 85 82 79 78 77 76 80 81 82 78 77 77 77 77 81 82 82 80 78 78 78 76
Dewpt 75 75 75 74 72 71 70 72 72 73 74 75 75 75 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 76
Max/Min RH 89 71 96 82 100
RH 72 78 87 89 86 83 72 76 73 84 92 94 96 94 87 84 83 88 96 96 96100
Wind Dir E E E NE NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 11 11 10 9 9 9 12 13 14 12 11 10 8 8 10 12 12 11 11 8 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
Clouds(%) B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR 10 10 20 40 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.03 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS SC
Obvis H H H H H H H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 2
Haines 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 1500 2300 2400 1800 1700 2300 2300 1600 1400
T Wind Dir E E E E E SE SE S SE S
T Wind Spd 20 19 23 23 20 18 19 19 19 14
Date 05/13Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24
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 84 75 86 76 84 77 85 73 85
Temp 83 81 77 75 84 82 78 76 83 80 78 77 83 82 77 74 83 81
Dewpt 77 76 74 75 75 74 75 74 75 76 76 76 77 76 75 73 71 70
Min/Max RH 79 100 69 96 75 99 78 99 60
RH 83 85 92100 74 78 93 96 77 88 96 99 83 82 94 97 68 69
Pwind Dir S E NE SE E SE SE NE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 50 10 5 5 20 20 30 10 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ234-110900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
324 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024
Date 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 71 84 72 85 74
Temp 90 87 80 76 73 71 78 82 83 79 74 74 74 74 78 82 84 82 77 77 76 74
Dewpt 72 71 69 68 65 63 65 66 67 67 68 69 72 73 75 76 76 75 75 75 75 74
Max/Min RH 79 58 97 77 100
RH 56 59 69 76 76 76 64 58 59 67 82 84 93 97 91 82 77 79 94 94 97100
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 10 9 8 8 8 11 11 13 11 9 9 8 8 10 13 14 13 11 8 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2
PoP 12HR 10 10 20 60 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.05 0.12 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC NM NM SC SC IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC
Obvis H H H H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 900 500 3800 3300 1800 900 2700 3600 1900 700
T Wind Dir NE NE E E E SE SE S SE S
T Wind Spd 12 12 18 18 16 12 17 20 13 9
Date 05/13Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 88 69 90 70 87 73 87 69 86
Temp 85 83 73 70 87 87 74 71 86 82 77 74 85 83 75 70 85 84
Dewpt 76 75 71 70 71 69 71 70 72 72 74 74 76 74 72 69 69 68
Min/Max RH 68 100 49 99 62 100 72 99 55
RH 75 77 93100 59 55 90 97 63 72 90100 75 74 90 97 59 59
Pwind Dir S E N E SE SE SE NE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR 50 10 5 5 20 30 30 10 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
$$
TXZ241-110900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
324 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024
Date 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon
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 74 86 74 92 75
Temp 89 87 79 77 76 75 79 83 84 81 77 76 76 75 82 87 90 86 79 78 76 75
Dewpt 75 73 74 74 72 70 71 72 74 74 75 74 74 74 75 75 75 76 76 76 75 75
Max/Min RH 89 69 97 62 100
RH 64 63 85 89 86 84 77 70 72 81 94 96 96 97 81 67 62 71 91 94 97 99
Wind Dir E E E NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 14 11 9 8 8 6 11 12 14 11 10 10 8 6 10 11 12 12 11 9 9 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2
Clouds(%) B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR 30 20 20 30 20
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS
Obvis H H H H H H H H
LAL 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
Haines 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1100 1000 2800 2900 1700 1100 3900 4500 2000 1100
T Wind Dir E NE E E E SE S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 13 17 18 17 14 16 17 17 12
Date 05/13Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24
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 94 72 91 75 93 71 91
Temp 90 90 75 74 91 88 75 72 88 85 77 75 88 88 77 72 88 88
Dewpt 76 74 74 73 71 70 73 72 73 74 76 75 76 74 73 70 68 66
Min/Max RH 53 100 46 100 60 99 56 98 44
RH 63 61 97 99 52 55 94100 62 70 96 99 67 62 87 95 52 48
Pwind Dir SE E E SE SE SE E NE N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 40 10 5 5 20 20 20 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ229-110900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
324 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024
Date 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 88 75 95 77
Temp 90 90 83 79 76 75 79 83 87 84 78 76 76 75 80 87 93 93 85 81 79 77
Dewpt 67 66 66 64 65 64 65 66 68 70 71 71 72 72 72 71 71 70 73 74 74 73
Max/Min RH 69 53 91 46 88
RH 47 45 57 60 69 69 62 57 53 63 79 85 87 90 77 59 49 47 67 79 85 87
Wind Dir E NE NE E NE NE E E E E E E E SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 12 13 11 11 9 10 9 6 6 9 11 9 10
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
Clouds(%) SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 20 20 30 20 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.55 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 1700 1200 3500 3500 2400 1400 4600 6500 1700 1000
T Wind Dir NE E E E E SE SE S SE SE
T Wind Spd 18 16 18 17 20 16 16 11 16 12
Date 05/13Tue 05/14/24Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 97 72 97 73 94 75 94 71 94
Temp 90 94 78 72 91 93 78 73 88 90 78 75 88 91 78 71 88 92
Dewpt 72 66 69 69 67 61 67 69 69 69 72 71 72 69 69 66 64 60
Min/Max RH 38 91 32 87 46 89 46 86 33
RH 56 40 74 90 45 35 69 87 54 50 82 87 59 49 74 84 45 34
Pwind Dir S E E SE SE E E NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 FW FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 5 5 20 20 20 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS
$$
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