Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 061954
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
253 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
TXZ245-070900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
253 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu
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 86 75 88 76
Temp 85 80 77 77 76 76 81 85 85 80 75 75 75 75 82 87 88 84 78 78 77 77
Dewpt 74 75 76 75 75 75 77 77 75 75 75 75 75 74 78 77 77 76 77 76 75 75
Max/Min RH 99 73 100 70 98
RH 71 84 96 96 97 99 88 76 73 85100 99100 97 88 74 70 79 96 96 94 96
Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 11 10 11 9 6 5 6 8 10 11 10 8 8 8 9 11 11 10 8 6 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 1000 2100 2300 1400 1100 2600 2500 1500 1300
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 17 14 11 13 17 17 19 18 16 13
Date 05/09Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24
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 89 73 87 70 83 67 83 69 85
Temp 88 84 77 74 86 82 72 71 82 78 71 68 81 78 72 69 85 79
Dewpt 77 75 74 68 67 66 64 60 62 63 64 65 66 66 67 68 68 68
Min/Max RH 66 91 51 75 49 92 57 98 56
RH 69 76 90 82 54 58 75 70 51 61 79 92 60 67 84 97 58 69
Pwind Dir SE NE NE NE E E E E SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 5 10 10 20 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-070900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
253 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 73 95 74 101 71
Temp 87 86 77 75 75 74 80 88 93 89 78 75 74 75 81 94101 98 82 76 73 71
Dewpt 74 74 73 73 74 73 75 74 73 73 74 74 73 71 75 73 67 69 70 73 73 71
Max/Min RH 100 50 98 33 100
RH 64 68 87 94 99 97 84 63 52 59 87 96 97 87 81 51 33 39 67 90100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 10 11 10 8 6 4 4 6 6 10 11 10 8 6 9 9 9 6 9 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 1700 1100 2900 4000 1400 1100 3900 6600 1400 800
T Wind Dir SE S SE SE SE S S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 17 10 6 11 18 13 13 14 13 11
Date 05/09Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 98 70 88 64 82 64 85 66 88
Temp 94 94 75 70 85 84 70 64 79 80 68 64 82 82 70 66 86 83
Dewpt 73 67 70 64 62 60 60 55 58 59 62 62 62 62 65 65 64 63
Min/Max RH 39 84 40 74 44 93 46 97 42
RH 50 41 84 80 47 44 71 73 48 48 81 93 51 51 84 97 48 51
Pwind Dir E NE NE NE E E E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 5 20 10 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ247-070900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
253 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu
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 83 76 84 76
Temp 82 79 78 77 77 76 80 82 82 78 77 76 77 76 81 83 84 80 78 78 77 77
Dewpt 75 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 75 76 76 77 77 77 76 77 76 77 76
Max/Min RH 100 80 100 81 99
RH 80 91 96 97 99 99 90 83 82 93 97 97 99100 90 84 81 88 96 96 99 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 11 10 11 10 9 9 8 8 10 10 11 9 8 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1300 1600 1700 1200 1200 2100 2000 1300 1300
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 20 18 12 13 18 18 19 18 18 16
Coast Flood Y Y Y
Date 05/09Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24
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 74 84 71 81 71 81 72 82
Temp 84 81 77 74 83 79 74 71 79 77 74 71 79 77 74 73 82 78
Dewpt 77 76 75 70 69 69 65 63 64 65 66 67 68 67 68 69 70 69
Min/Max RH 78 96 60 78 58 87 65 89 65
RH 80 87 93 87 63 71 75 77 59 66 78 87 70 71 83 87 68 75
Pwind Dir SE NE NE NE NE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 5 10 10 20 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-070900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
253 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 89 74 90 74
Temp 86 83 78 78 76 76 80 87 89 84 77 76 76 76 81 88 90 86 78 77 75 75
Dewpt 74 74 75 75 75 75 76 77 76 74 74 74 75 74 77 77 77 74 76 75 75 74
Max/Min RH 98 66 97 65 100
RH 68 74 91 91 97 97 88 72 66 72 90 94 97 94 88 70 66 68 94 94100 97
Wind Dir S SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S SE SE S SE
Wind Spd 13 11 9 9 8 5 5 8 10 11 8 8 9 8 10 13 13 12 8 8 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1100 1100 2900 3100 1100 1000 3300 3500 1600 600
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S SE
T Wind Spd 13 11 8 13 13 12 18 17 12 10
Date 05/09Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 93 70 86 65 84 65 83 66 85
Temp 90 87 75 70 83 81 70 65 81 80 69 66 80 79 70 67 82 80
Dewpt 77 75 70 65 64 63 60 56 59 60 61 61 65 64 66 66 67 67
Min/Max RH 60 88 50 73 45 84 56 98 55
RH 66 68 84 84 53 54 71 73 47 51 76 84 60 60 87 97 61 65
Pwind Dir SE NE NE NE E E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 5 10 10 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ241-070900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
253 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu
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 95 74 100 74
Temp 88 86 78 77 75 75 81 90 94 88 79 76 76 75 83 95100 95 82 78 76 74
Dewpt 75 76 76 75 74 75 76 76 76 76 76 75 75 74 76 76 71 73 73 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 99 56 100 40 99
RH 66 73 94 96 97 99 87 65 56 67 91 97 99 96 80 55 40 49 73 93 94 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 11 10 9 6 5 5 6 8 11 10 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 9 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1000 2800 3500 1200 1000 3700 5200 1100 800
T Wind Dir SE S SE SE SE S S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 11 8 11 16 13 13 13 14 11
Date 05/09Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24
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 100 73 89 67 84 67 86 68 89
Temp 95 94 78 73 85 84 73 67 81 80 70 68 83 81 72 69 86 83
Dewpt 74 72 74 67 66 65 63 59 62 63 65 65 66 64 67 67 67 66
Min/Max RH 40 88 48 78 50 93 52 96 49
RH 52 49 88 83 53 52 72 75 54 57 84 92 58 57 86 95 54 57
Pwind Dir E NE NE NE E E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 10 20 10 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ229-070900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
253 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 98 77 104 75
Temp 91 93 83 78 77 75 80 88 95 96 85 81 78 77 83 95102103 89 82 77 75
Dewpt 74 74 75 74 74 73 74 75 73 71 74 74 74 73 74 69 60 57 59 67 69 69
Max/Min RH 94 44 89 22 82
RH 58 54 77 88 90 94 82 66 49 45 70 79 88 87 74 43 25 22 37 61 76 82
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S W W NW E SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 8 11 10 8 4 5 4 6 6 10 11 11 6 8 6 8 4 5 10 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
Clouds(%) SC FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 4
Mixing Hgt 1100 1100 3500 5700 1000 1100 4900 7400 1300 900
T Wind Dir SE SE E SE SE SE S W NE SE
T Wind Spd 16 9 6 9 16 13 11 11 10 12
Date 05/09Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 100 73 90 68 85 68 88 68 91
Temp 95 98 79 73 85 86 74 68 80 83 72 68 83 86 73 69 86 89
Dewpt 69 63 65 62 60 58 57 56 57 58 61 63 63 62 63 65 65 63
Min/Max RH 29 68 36 66 41 84 41 87 39
RH 43 32 62 68 43 39 55 65 45 43 68 84 51 45 71 87 50 42
Pwind Dir NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 10 20 10 20 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
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