Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 281958
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
TXZ245-290900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 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 61 77 62 79 65
Temp 75 73 67 64 63 61 66 73 77 75 69 66 64 63 73 78 77 72 67 66 67 67
Dewpt 57 57 58 58 58 58 60 60 61 61 62 63 62 62 65 64 65 64 66 66 67 67
Max/Min RH 93 58 99 61 100
RH 54 57 73 80 84 90 83 65 58 63 80 90 92 95 78 62 66 76 95100 99 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 8 10 10 11 11 11 14 17 16 13 10 9 8 6 8 9 10 8 6 6 8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 500 600 3700 3800 2000 1100 3600 3600 1700 800
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 17 18 23 24 19 17 18 17 16 14
Date 03/31Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24
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 80 66 82 64 83 54 75 56 75
Temp 78 74 68 68 79 76 68 65 80 77 61 54 72 70 59 57 73 70
Dewpt 69 67 68 67 69 68 68 65 58 56 51 46 47 48 49 49 53 55
Min/Max RH 67 100 66 100 42 76 39 78 47
RH 74 80100 99 71 78 99100 48 49 69 74 42 46 68 75 50 59
Pwind Dir S S S SE N N N NE E
Wind Char <15 15> 15> <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10
$$
TXZ231-290900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 56 81 60 84 64
Temp 81 78 67 62 59 56 64 75 81 78 69 65 62 60 69 80 83 77 68 66 66 66
Dewpt 46 53 56 57 56 56 58 57 57 58 60 60 60 60 63 62 62 61 63 64 65 66
Max/Min RH 100 44 100 49 99
RH 29 41 68 83 90100 81 53 44 49 73 84 93100 81 54 49 58 84 93 97 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 12 12 11 11 11 16 16 17 16 16 12 11 6 10 11 11 14 11 10 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW CL FW CL SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW FW CL FW CL SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 700 600 4500 4900 1600 1300 3800 3800 2000 700
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 19 16 24 25 23 17 16 17 18 12
Date 03/31Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 89 67 94 65 86 55 75 52 77
Temp 82 83 70 68 89 90 72 66 82 81 63 55 71 73 59 53 74 74
Dewpt 66 65 68 67 66 64 65 58 48 46 48 43 41 40 44 44 46 47
Min/Max RH 48 100 36 84 26 64 27 73 33
RH 59 56 95 99 47 43 79 75 31 29 58 64 34 30 58 71 36 38
Pwind Dir SE SE S E N N N E E
Wind Char <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5 10 10 10 5
$$
TXZ247-290900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 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 64 74 66 75 67
Temp 74 73 69 67 65 64 67 72 74 73 69 68 67 66 71 75 74 71 68 68 68 68
Dewpt 59 58 60 59 60 59 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 65 65 66 66 67 67
Max/Min RH 84 67 93 72 99
RH 59 60 75 77 84 84 81 70 67 70 81 86 92 92 82 73 74 83 93 95 99 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 9 11 12 12 11 12 14 16 16 14 11 11 10 8 8 10 11 9 8 8 8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 700 900 2900 3000 2400 2000 2300 2200 1300 1300
T Wind Dir SE S S SE S S S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 20 23 24 24 23 20 18 18 17 18
Date 03/31Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24
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 68 77 66 79 57 72 60 73
Temp 75 71 69 68 76 72 69 67 77 74 65 57 69 68 63 61 72 68
Dewpt 68 67 69 68 69 69 69 67 60 59 53 49 48 50 51 52 55 56
Min/Max RH 78 100 75 100 51 77 45 72 54
RH 79 89100100 78 90100100 57 58 66 75 48 52 65 72 55 67
Pwind Dir SE SE S SE N N N NE E
Wind Char <15 15> 15> <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10
$$
TXZ234-290900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 56 79 62 79 66
Temp 77 75 66 61 58 56 63 73 79 77 69 66 64 62 72 78 79 74 68 69 68 68
Dewpt 54 55 56 57 56 56 59 56 57 58 60 61 62 61 64 64 63 63 65 66 67 67
Max/Min RH 100 47 97 58 97
RH 45 50 70 87 93100 87 55 47 52 73 84 93 97 76 62 58 69 90 90 97 97
Wind Dir S SE SE SE S SE S S S S SE S S S S S S SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 6 11 8 8 8 8 13 17 18 14 11 10 9 8 10 11 14 12 8 9 9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL CL CL FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW CL CL CL FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 500 400 4000 4400 800 700 3900 4100 1200 600
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 13 13 20 23 17 14 16 17 13 13
Date 03/31Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 81 69 85 66 81 53 72 53 75
Temp 79 76 71 70 82 79 72 67 78 77 62 54 69 70 58 54 73 71
Dewpt 69 67 70 69 69 69 69 65 56 54 49 44 45 46 48 46 51 53
Min/Max RH 65 97 59 97 41 69 38 77 43
RH 72 74 97 97 65 72 90 93 47 45 62 69 42 42 69 74 46 53
Pwind Dir S S S SE N N N NE E
Wind Char 15> <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5 10 10 10 10
$$
TXZ241-290900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 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 58 82 62 85 66
Temp 83 80 69 64 61 58 66 76 82 79 71 67 64 62 72 81 84 78 70 69 68 68
Dewpt 49 54 58 58 58 56 60 59 60 60 62 62 62 61 65 64 64 64 66 66 67 67
Max/Min RH 96 47 99 52 99
RH 32 40 68 81 89 93 83 55 47 53 74 86 95 97 80 57 52 62 87 92 99 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 14 12 11 11 10 16 17 19 17 14 11 11 8 11 12 14 16 12 10 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2
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 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 700 4400 4800 2000 1400 4200 3900 2000 900
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 18 16 24 26 23 16 17 19 17 12
Date 03/31Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24
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 69 97 68 88 56 77 54 79
Temp 84 82 72 70 91 91 74 68 85 83 65 57 73 73 60 56 75 74
Dewpt 69 67 70 68 68 65 67 63 50 49 50 45 44 43 48 47 51 51
Min/Max RH 49 97 34 87 25 67 30 76 36
RH 61 61 95 95 47 42 79 84 31 31 58 65 36 34 64 73 42 45
Pwind Dir SE SE S SE N N N NE E
Wind Char <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5 10 10 10 10
$$
TXZ229-290900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Date 03/28/24 Fri 03/29/24 Sat 03/30/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 60 87 63 90 66
Temp 85 82 71 66 63 60 68 80 86 84 74 69 66 63 70 82 89 86 76 71 68 68
Dewpt 44 45 50 53 54 55 57 56 56 56 59 60 60 61 63 62 61 60 63 63 64 65
Max/Min RH 87 35 93 38 93
RH 24 27 47 63 72 84 68 44 36 38 59 73 81 93 78 51 39 42 64 76 87 90
Wind Dir S SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 10 17 16 14 11 17 14 14 14 16 12 11 6 9 8 10 13 16 11 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%) CL CL CL FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 700 700 4600 5300 1200 1500 3800 4400 2400 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 19 17 24 21 20 14 13 16 18 12
Date 03/31Mon 04/01/24Tue 04/02/24Wed 04/03/24Thu 04/04/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 93 69 99 66 89 56 80 54 81
Temp 86 91 75 70 91 96 77 67 84 86 67 57 74 78 63 56 76 78
Dewpt 66 62 66 67 65 54 58 45 41 39 43 43 38 36 42 43 42 42
Min/Max RH 36 90 22 54 17 59 20 62 24
RH 51 38 74 90 42 25 52 45 22 19 42 59 27 22 46 62 30 28
Pwind Dir SE SE S NE N N NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5 10 5 10 5
$$
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