Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 050345
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1045 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024
TXZ245-050900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1045 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024
Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue
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 76
Temp 75 74 73 79 82 83 79 74 74 74 74 81 84 85 82 78 78 77 77
Dewpt 74 73 73 75 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 75 75 75 74 76 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 100 72 100 71 95
RH 96 97100 88 77 73 87100100 99 99 84 74 71 77 94 93 94 92
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 9 8 5 8 11 11 10 8 8 6 8 9 11 12 11 10 11 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 30 40 10 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.04 0.01 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC
Obvis PF PF
LAL 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1100 2500 2600 1400 1300 3100 3100 1900 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 18 16 19 19 17 18 18 18 18
Date 05/07Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24
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 76 88 77 90 76 89 74 84
Temp 86 82 77 77 87 84 78 77 89 85 77 76 88 84 76 74 84 79
Dewpt 76 74 75 75 76 75 76 75 76 75 76 74 75 73 72 68 69 66
Min/Max RH 70 96 68 97 65 96 61 91 59
RH 73 77 94 92 70 76 94 94 67 73 96 94 65 71 86 82 61 65
Pwind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE E NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10
$$
TXZ231-050900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1045 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024
Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 72 87 72 90 73
Temp 75 74 73 77 84 86 82 74 74 74 73 79 86 90 87 77 75 74 73
Dewpt 72 73 72 72 71 70 70 72 73 73 73 74 72 72 72 73 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 97 58 100 55 100
RH 92 97 97 85 64 58 67 93 97 99100 85 63 55 60 87 94 97100
Wind Dir SE SE E E SE E SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 10 8 11 13 12 11 11 8 8 8 11 11 10 12 11 11 11 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 40 50 10 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.03 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS
LAL 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1200 3400 3900 2000 1200 4700 6000 2600 1300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 18 19 18 13 17 17 19 13
Date 05/07Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 73 101 73 102 73 94 70 85
Temp 91 91 75 73 94 96 78 74 97 97 79 74 91 88 74 70 84 82
Dewpt 73 73 73 73 73 72 74 73 72 70 73 70 69 68 69 63 63 62
Min/Max RH 47 100 38 99 35 90 45 84 46
RH 56 55 94100 50 46 88 97 45 42 82 87 50 52 83 78 49 51
Pwind Dir SE SE S SE SE E E NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ247-050900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1045 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024
Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue
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 81 75 83 76
Temp 76 76 76 79 81 80 77 76 76 75 75 79 82 82 79 77 78 77 76
Dewpt 74 74 74 74 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 76 76 76 76 75
Max/Min RH 100 80 100 78 98
RH 94 96 96 87 83 84 94 97 97100 99 88 81 79 91 97 96 97 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 10 9 8 9 11 12 11 10 9 8 9 10 10 11 11 11 12 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 20 40 10 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.03 0.01 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1600 2200 2000 1600 1600 2200 2200 1700 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 20 18 19 20 18 18 17 19 19
Date 05/07Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24
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 82 77 84 77 86 76 85 74 81
Temp 81 79 77 77 83 81 79 77 84 81 77 76 84 80 76 74 81 77
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 75 75 74 73 70 69 69
Min/Max RH 84 98 78 98 75 99 73 93 68
RH 87 91 97 97 81 87 93 97 78 85 97 99 76 84 92 89 68 75
Pwind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE E NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ234-050900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1045 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024
Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 73 83 73 86 74
Temp 75 75 73 77 80 81 79 74 74 75 75 79 84 86 82 77 76 75 75
Dewpt 74 73 72 73 74 73 73 74 74 74 74 75 74 74 74 75 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 97 74 100 67 100
RH 97 94 97 87 82 77 82100100 97 97 88 72 68 77 94 97100100
Wind Dir SE SE E E SE E SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 11 10 8 10 13 13 11 10 10 9 8 11 14 14 13 11 12 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV
Clouds(%) B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12HR 40 50 10 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.18 0.19 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC
Obvis PF
LAL 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 700 2700 3200 1000 800 4000 4500 2300 1300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S SE S
T Wind Spd 13 14 18 16 12 18 18 16 13
Date 05/07Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 89 74 90 74 93 73 90 71 85
Temp 86 84 76 75 88 86 77 75 90 88 77 74 88 86 76 72 84 81
Dewpt 76 74 75 75 76 75 76 75 76 75 75 72 72 71 69 65 66 65
Min/Max RH 66 100 64 100 60 97 56 81 51
RH 72 72 97100 68 70 97100 64 66 94 93 59 61 79 79 55 58
Pwind Dir S SE S SE S E E NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ241-050900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1045 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024
Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue
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 88 74 92 74
Temp 77 76 76 79 86 86 81 77 76 76 75 81 88 91 87 78 77 76 75
Dewpt 74 74 73 73 73 73 74 75 75 75 74 75 74 74 74 75 75 75 74
Max/Min RH 97 64 99 59 100
RH 92 94 92 82 66 66 78 94 97 99 97 84 63 59 67 91 96 99 99
Wind Dir SE SE E E SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 10 8 11 13 14 12 11 8 8 8 11 12 12 13 11 11 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 30 50 10 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS
Obvis PF
LAL 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 3600 3600 1600 1100 4800 4800 2100 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 17 18 19 17 14 17 18 17 13
Date 05/07Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24
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 96 75 101 74 103 74 95 73 88
Temp 91 88 77 75 96 94 79 75 97 95 78 75 92 87 77 73 85 83
Dewpt 76 75 75 74 75 75 75 73 73 73 74 73 72 72 71 67 67 67
Min/Max RH 51 99 42 96 36 98 50 85 53
RH 61 65 94 97 52 55 88 94 46 49 88 96 53 60 84 80 56 59
Pwind Dir SE SE S SE SE E E NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 FW B1 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ229-050900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1045 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024
Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 89 75 95 75
Temp 77 76 76 77 82 85 86 79 77 76 77 81 87 92 94 84 78 76 75
Dewpt 72 72 72 71 72 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 74 73 71 74 74 73 73
Max/Min RH 87 57 90 47 94
RH 85 87 87 82 72 63 61 79 85 90 87 79 65 54 47 72 88 90 94
Wind Dir SE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 14 11 10 11 10 9 10 11 10 9 6 9 9 9 9 14 12 11 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 50 50 5 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.14 0.05 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM NM SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1200 3100 3900 1300 1600 4400 5900 3900 1100
T Wind Dir E E SE E SE SE S SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 16 16 16 13 16 13 17 13
Date 05/07Wed 05/08/24Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 100 76 104 76 105 76 96 73 89
Temp 90 99 82 76 94102 82 76 97101 82 76 90 90 77 73 83 85
Dewpt 75 70 73 72 72 63 72 72 70 61 70 69 68 66 65 63 62 61
Min/Max RH 38 87 27 88 26 80 41 71 42
RH 62 39 74 87 49 28 72 87 42 27 67 79 49 45 67 71 49 45
Pwind Dir SE SE SW E NE E NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10
$$
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