Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 180033
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
TXZ245-180900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat
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 70 83 69 84 68
Temp 72 72 71 70 78 82 82 77 72 72 71 70 80 83 83 78 71 71 70 69
Dewpt 72 72 71 70 73 72 71 71 72 72 71 70 74 73 71 71 71 71 70 69
Max/Min RH 100 68 100 68 100
RH 100 99100100 86 71 70 84100100100100 84 72 68 79100100100100
Wind Dir SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 6 6 8 8 10 10 8 6 6 6 5 5 8 9 8 6 5 5 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF PF PF 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 2100 2300 1400 1100 2700 2700 1900 1200
T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 18 17 18 17 14 13 12 14 16 13
Date 04/20Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24
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 83 64 80 59 78 64 82 68 84
Temp 82 78 70 65 78 74 63 59 75 73 66 66 81 78 70 69 84 78
Dewpt 71 69 70 65 64 62 60 58 60 61 64 65 69 69 70 69 72 70
Min/Max RH 64 100 58 97 56 99 63 100 65
RH 71 75100100 63 67 89 95 60 66 93 99 66 75100100 68 76
Pwind Dir SE E N NE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 50 20 5 10 5 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS
$$
TXZ231-180900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 70 93 69 90 69
Temp 74 73 72 72 77 88 93 86 74 72 71 70 77 87 89 84 73 71 71 69
Dewpt 70 72 71 71 71 68 66 67 69 70 71 70 72 69 67 66 68 70 70 69
Max/Min RH 100 41 100 48 100
RH 87 95 97 97 82 52 41 52 84 93100 99 86 56 48 55 84 97 99100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 11 9 8 8 10 11 10 12 10 9 8 6 8 10 11 14 11 8 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV OV
Clouds(%) OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV OV
PoP 12HR 10 5 10 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1500 1200 3100 4300 1300 1300 4200 5200 2200 2100
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 17 13 16 16 18 13 13 16 17 12
Date 04/20Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 88 62 76 56 80 60 85 66 87
Temp 85 82 69 63 74 73 62 57 74 78 64 62 83 82 70 67 84 84
Dewpt 68 65 68 63 60 57 57 54 57 58 62 62 66 66 69 67 68 67
Min/Max RH 49 100 56 93 48 100 50 100 51
RH 57 56 97100 61 57 83 92 55 50 93100 56 58 97100 59 56
Pwind Dir SE E N NE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 20 60 10 5 10 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS NM SC
Tstms IS SC SC
$$
TXZ247-180900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat
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 79 71 80 71
Temp 73 73 73 72 76 79 78 75 73 73 73 72 77 79 79 75 73 72 72 72
Dewpt 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 72 72 73 73 72 73 73 72 71 72 72 72 71
Max/Min RH 100 80 100 79 100
RH 99 99 99100 91 81 81 92 99100100100 88 82 80 89 97100100 99
Wind Dir SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 9 9 8 8 8 10 10 9 8 8 6 6 6 8 9 9 8 8 8 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF PF PF 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 1800 1700 1300 1200 1900 1900 1700 1400
T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 20 19 18 17 17 16 12 14 18 16
Date 04/20Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24
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 79 67 77 63 75 67 79 71 81
Temp 79 75 72 68 75 72 66 63 73 71 69 69 78 75 73 71 80 77
Dewpt 72 71 71 68 66 64 62 60 61 62 65 66 69 70 71 71 72 72
Min/Max RH 76 100 67 92 66 93 73 100 75
RH 81 86 99100 73 76 87 90 68 73 89 92 74 83 95100 78 85
Pwind Dir SE E N NE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 50 30 5 10 5 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC SC SC
$$
TXZ234-180900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 72 86 71 86 70
Temp 74 74 74 72 77 84 86 81 74 73 73 72 76 83 85 80 73 72 70 72
Dewpt 72 72 72 72 73 71 70 70 72 73 72 70 74 73 71 69 71 71 70 71
Max/Min RH 100 59 100 63 100
RH 93 93 93100 87 65 59 69 93100 97 93 94 72 63 69 93 97100 97
Wind Dir SE SE S SE S S S SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 10 9 9 8 9 11 12 11 8 8 8 6 6 8 11 11 9 8 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV
Clouds(%) B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 10 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF PF PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 1100 3000 3200 800 700 3900 4200 1600 600
T Wind Dir SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 14 16 17 13 10 10 14 13 10
Date 04/20Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 84 63 74 58 78 61 83 68 85
Temp 82 79 71 64 72 71 63 58 73 75 64 63 81 79 70 69 82 80
Dewpt 71 68 70 64 64 60 58 55 59 61 62 63 68 68 70 69 72 70
Min/Max RH 63 100 66 90 56 100 61 100 65
RH 69 69 97100 76 68 84 90 62 62 93100 65 69100100 72 72
Pwind Dir SE E N NE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 60 20 5 5 5 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS NM NM IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ241-180900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat
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 92 71 91 71
Temp 75 75 74 73 79 88 90 83 75 73 73 72 79 88 90 84 74 73 73 71
Dewpt 73 73 73 72 73 71 70 70 72 73 72 72 74 71 69 69 71 72 72 71
Max/Min RH 99 49 100 51 100
RH 94 94 95 97 82 57 52 66 92100 97100 84 58 51 61 92 99 97100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 11 8 8 8 11 11 11 12 11 9 8 8 10 11 13 14 11 10 9 9
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW SC B1 B2 OV B2
Clouds(%) OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW SC B1 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 5 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 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1100 3200 3600 1300 1200 4200 4800 2200 1600
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 13 17 17 17 13 16 17 17 13
Date 04/20Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24
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 80 59 81 63 86 68 88
Temp 86 82 72 68 78 74 65 60 76 76 66 65 84 81 71 69 85 83
Dewpt 70 68 71 67 63 61 59 56 60 61 64 64 68 68 71 69 70 69
Min/Max RH 52 99 57 89 53 98 54 100 55
RH 59 63 97 99 60 63 81 87 59 59 92 97 59 65 99100 61 64
Pwind Dir SE NE N NE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 50 20 10 10 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ229-180900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
733 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 98 73 94 73
Temp 81 76 75 75 80 89 96 95 82 76 74 73 78 86 93 90 80 75 74 73
Dewpt 71 71 71 72 73 71 68 67 70 69 70 70 71 70 68 67 68 68 69 69
Max/Min RH 90 38 91 43 88
RH 72 85 87 90 79 56 40 40 67 79 87 90 79 59 44 47 67 79 84 87
Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE S SE SE SE E E E E E E E E E SE E
Wind Spd 11 10 9 6 8 8 8 10 12 11 10 9 8 8 10 13 13 12 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 10 20 10 10 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.01 0.11
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Haines 3 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1200 1200 3600 5300 1100 1600 3900 5900 2100 2100
T Wind Dir SE SE S S SE E SE SE E SE
T Wind Spd 18 12 11 11 17 13 10 14 18 14
Date 04/20Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 92 66 79 60 83 65 88 70 92
Temp 84 86 72 67 75 75 65 60 74 81 69 67 81 87 73 71 85 88
Dewpt 68 66 67 63 59 57 56 55 57 58 61 63 65 65 67 69 67 65
Min/Max RH 45 88 50 84 43 87 46 93 43
RH 59 51 84 87 58 54 73 84 55 46 76 87 58 48 81 93 55 47
Pwind Dir SE NE NE NE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 40 70 10 10 5 5 10 5 5
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC
Tstms SC NM SC
$$
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