Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Versions:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
355
FOUS54 KCRP 262238
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
538 PM CDT Fri Jul 26 2024
TXZ245-270900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
538 PM CDT Fri Jul 26 2024
Date 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 Sun 07/28/24 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 77 90 78
Temp 83 78 78 77 76 82 84 85 84 80 80 79 78 84 88 89 86 81 81 80 78
Dewpt 76 75 75 75 74 77 77 77 77 76 76 76 76 79 80 80 79 79 79 78 78
Max/Min RH 99 75 94 74 99
RH 80 91 91 96 96 85 79 78 80 88 88 90 93 85 77 75 80 93 95 95 98
Wind Dir SE SE S S S E E SE SE SE SE S SE SE S SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 8 8 6 5 5 5 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC FW SC
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC FW SC
PoP 12HR 70 70 60 60 5
QPF 12HR 1.31 0.77 0.35 0.39 0.01
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM SC SC SC IS IS NM NM NM NM SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 900 1100 2000 2400 1700 1000 2200 2700 1800 1200
T Wind Dir SE SW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 10 6 6 12 16 12 12 16 16 14
Flood A A A A A A A A
Date 07/29Tue 07/30/24Wed 07/31/24Thu 08/01/24Fri 08/02/24
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 78 92 78 93 77 93 77 93
Temp 90 87 81 78 90 87 81 78 90 87 80 77 91 86 80 77 90 87
Dewpt 80 79 79 77 79 79 78 76 78 77 76 76 78 77 77 76 78 77
Min/Max RH 71 98 68 94 64 96 65 98 63
RH 72 77 93 96 71 78 91 91 67 72 87 95 68 75 90 96 67 72
Pwind Dir S S S S S S SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 10
$$
TXZ231-270900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
538 PM CDT Fri Jul 26 2024
Date 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 Sun 07/28/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 72 86 73 89 76
Temp 83 77 74 73 72 78 81 84 81 76 76 75 74 82 85 88 84 78 78 77 76
Dewpt 73 73 74 73 72 76 75 75 75 76 76 75 74 78 78 78 78 78 78 77 76
Max/Min RH 100 71 100 71 100
RH 72 87100100100 93 82 74 82100100100 99 91 79 71 83 99100100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 6 3 2 2 3 6 8 9 9 6 5 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 60 50 70 5
QPF 12HR 0.07 0.19 0.25 0.54 0.01
Rain Shwrs SC NM NM SC NM IS IS SC SC NM NM NM NM
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 1100 700 2100 3300 1400 900 3200 3300 2300 900
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 6 9 12 12 9 16 18 16 11
Date 07/29Tue 07/30/24Wed 07/31/24Thu 08/01/24Fri 08/02/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 75 96 75 96 74 97 74 97
Temp 91 89 78 76 93 90 79 75 93 90 77 74 93 89 77 74 92 91
Dewpt 78 76 77 76 77 76 77 75 74 73 75 74 75 74 76 74 75 73
Min/Max RH 58 100 55 100 48 100 51 100 50
RH 64 65 97100 61 65 94 99 53 58 94 99 56 60 97100 58 56
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5
$$
TXZ247-270900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
538 PM CDT Fri Jul 26 2024
Date 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 Sun 07/28/24 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 77 87 80 89 82
Temp 83 81 81 80 79 82 83 84 84 83 83 82 82 85 88 88 86 84 84 83 82
Dewpt 75 75 75 75 76 76 76 76 76 76 77 77 77 79 79 79 78 78 79 79 79
Max/Min RH 91 75 87 74 91
RH 77 81 81 85 91 84 81 76 77 81 82 83 86 82 76 75 77 84 85 88 89
Wind Dir SE SE S S S E SE SE SE SE SE S S SE S SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 8 8 9 9 8 8 9 10 11 10 10 10 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 70 60 60 5
QPF 12HR 0.77 0.62 0.44 0.42 0
Rain Shwrs SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC NM NM NM NM IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1600 1300 1800 2200 2100 1800 2000 2300 2200 2000
T Wind Dir SE S SE SE SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 12 10 8 13 18 17 14 17 19 19
Flood A A A A A A A A
Date 07/29Tue 07/30/24Wed 07/31/24Thu 08/01/24Fri 08/02/24
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 90 81 90 82 90 82 90 81 90
Temp 88 87 84 82 87 86 84 82 88 86 83 82 88 86 83 81 87 87
Dewpt 80 79 79 78 79 78 79 77 78 77 76 77 78 77 77 77 77 77
Min/Max RH 72 89 72 88 69 85 69 88 69
RH 76 76 84 88 76 78 85 86 72 74 80 84 73 75 84 87 71 73
Pwind Dir SE S S S S S SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 10
$$
TXZ234-270900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
538 PM CDT Fri Jul 26 2024
Date 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 Sun 07/28/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 83 75 87 77
Temp 82 77 77 75 74 75 79 81 80 76 76 76 76 80 84 86 84 79 79 79 77
Dewpt 76 75 74 74 74 75 78 78 77 76 76 75 75 78 80 80 80 78 78 77 77
Max/Min RH 100 88 100 82 100
RH 82 94 90 97100100 97 91 91100100 97 97 94 89 82 88 97 97 95 99
Wind Dir SE SE E S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 6 4 3 2 3 3 5 8 9 8 5 5 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 60 80 50 70 5
QPF 12HR 0.65 0.40 0.35 0.52 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS NM NM NM SC SC IS IS SC SC NM NM NM NM
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
Obvis PF
LAL 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 900 400 1700 2400 800 400 2500 3100 1400 500
T Wind Dir SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 8 5 6 11 10 9 12 16 11 11
Flood A A A A A A A A
Date 07/29Tue 07/30/24Wed 07/31/24Thu 08/01/24Fri 08/02/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 90 77 91 77 91 75 92 75 92
Temp 88 85 78 77 88 86 79 77 89 86 77 75 90 85 77 75 89 87
Dewpt 80 79 77 77 79 78 77 76 78 77 76 75 78 77 77 75 78 77
Min/Max RH 71 100 70 99 67 100 67 100 66
RH 77 82 97 99 74 77 94 96 69 74 97 99 69 77100 99 71 72
Pwind Dir S SE S S S SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 0 20 0 0 0 10 0 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ241-270900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
538 PM CDT Fri Jul 26 2024
Date 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 Sun 07/28/24 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 88 75 91 77
Temp 82 77 76 75 73 78 83 85 82 78 77 77 76 83 88 89 86 81 79 78 77
Dewpt 74 74 74 74 73 75 75 76 77 76 76 76 75 78 78 78 79 78 78 77 77
Max/Min RH 100 72 100 69 100
RH 77 90 96 97100 91 77 75 84 96 99 98 98 86 72 70 78 92 99 96 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 6 8 10 10 8 6 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 70 50 60 5
QPF 12HR 0.10 0.30 0.16 0.34 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC NM NM SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Obvis PF
LAL 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 800 1000 2700 3400 1500 700 3400 3200 1800 700
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 6 9 13 13 10 16 18 16 13
Date 07/29Tue 07/30/24Wed 07/31/24Thu 08/01/24Fri 08/02/24
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 77 96 77 96 75 97 75 97
Temp 92 89 79 77 93 90 80 77 93 90 79 75 94 88 78 75 93 90
Dewpt 77 78 77 76 77 78 77 75 74 75 75 75 75 75 76 75 75 75
Min/Max RH 57 99 57 97 51 100 51 99 50
RH 61 69 94 96 61 68 91 94 54 62 88 99 56 66 94 98 56 61
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5
$$
TXZ229-270900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
538 PM CDT Fri Jul 26 2024
Date 07/26/24 Sat 07/27/24 Sun 07/28/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 91 76 94 78
Temp 88 82 78 76 74 80 86 89 86 80 79 77 76 83 90 93 90 84 81 80 78
Dewpt 69 70 71 71 72 72 71 69 71 72 73 73 74 75 73 72 74 75 75 75 76
Max/Min RH 93 50 93 50 93
RH 54 67 79 85 93 77 61 52 61 77 82 88 93 76 58 50 60 75 81 85 92
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 5 3 3 4 4 6 8 9 6 4 5 5 6 8 9 10 9 8 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 50 30 50 10
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0.23 0.25 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 2 3 1 3 3 3 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4
Mixing Hgt 1600 900 4000 5100 2300 1100 4500 5000 2800 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 9 10 13 17 11 16 18 18 13
Date 07/29Tue 07/30/24Wed 07/31/24Thu 08/01/24Fri 08/02/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 99 78 99 78 100 76 101 76 101
Temp 94 94 82 78 94 95 82 78 95 96 81 76 96 95 82 76 95 96
Dewpt 73 72 75 75 72 71 74 74 69 68 73 73 70 68 73 74 70 67
Min/Max RH 40 90 39 87 33 91 34 93 33
RH 51 49 79 90 49 46 77 87 43 41 76 90 43 42 74 92 44 39
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
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