Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 080023
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
723 PM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
TXZ245-080900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
723 PM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
Date 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed
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 94 77 93 77
Temp 80 78 77 77 84 91 92 89 83 81 79 78 87 91 92 88 83 82 79 77
Dewpt 77 77 76 76 77 78 79 79 79 77 77 76 78 78 78 79 78 78 77 77
Max/Min RH 100 63 96 63 99
RH 90 96 96 97 80 65 67 73 87 88 93 94 75 65 63 74 85 88 94 99
Wind Dir N N NW W W SW S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 17 18 19 16 13 13 10 9 8 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 90 70 30 30 20
QPF 12HR 0.87 0.09 0 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs NM NM O NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS NM
Tstms NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC
LAL 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 1300 4000 3400 1300 1000 4100 4400 1700 900
T Wind Dir N NW SW S S S S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 28 29 21 14 12 10 8 10 13 9
Flood A A A A A A
Hurricane W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Date 07/10Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24Sun 07/14/24
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 77 91 78 92 79 93 78 93
Temp 89 87 81 77 89 87 81 78 91 88 83 79 91 89 82 78 92 88
Dewpt 78 78 77 76 78 77 77 77 78 78 77 77 79 77 77 76 77 77
Min/Max RH 66 97 66 96 65 94 63 94 61
RH 69 74 87 97 71 72 87 96 66 72 84 94 67 69 85 94 62 71
Pwind Dir SE S SE S SE S SE S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 30 50 20 40 10 20 5 20
Rain Shwrs NM SC SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-080900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
723 PM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
Date 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 100 76 98 76
Temp 83 80 78 77 85 93 98 96 86 81 78 76 86 94 97 93 84 81 78 76
Dewpt 74 74 74 73 76 74 72 71 76 76 75 74 75 74 72 73 76 77 77 76
Max/Min RH 90 42 94 45 100
RH 74 84 87 87 74 54 44 45 74 85 91 94 70 52 45 52 77 88 97100
Wind Dir NE N NW NW NW NW N E E SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 6 8 8 9 9 8 8 6 4 4 3 4 5 6 8 5 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 30 10 20 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2500 1300 5700 7700 2500 800 5500 7400 2700 800
T Wind Dir NE N NW N SE SE SE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 17 12 12 11 14 10 8 10 16 9
Date 07/10Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24Sun 07/14/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 75 94 75 96 75 98 75 98
Temp 92 89 79 75 90 89 79 75 93 91 80 75 94 92 79 75 94 93
Dewpt 76 74 76 75 75 73 76 74 74 74 76 75 73 72 76 75 73 71
Min/Max RH 52 100 53 97 48 100 45 100 43
RH 59 61 90100 62 59 91 97 54 58 88100 51 52 91100 51 49
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 20 50 5 30 5 20 0 10
Rain Shwrs IS NM IS IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ247-080900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
723 PM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
Date 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed
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 79 91 81 90 80
Temp 81 80 80 80 84 88 89 87 85 84 83 81 86 88 90 87 84 84 83 81
Dewpt 77 77 76 77 78 78 79 78 79 78 78 77 78 77 78 78 78 78 78 78
Max/Min RH 94 70 88 67 90
RH 88 93 90 91 81 73 73 75 82 82 85 88 76 69 68 74 82 81 85 90
Wind Dir N NW W W SW SW S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 24 27 23 20 19 16 14 12 12 11 10 8 8 6 8 8 8 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 90 70 30 30 20
QPF 12HR 0.71 0.10 0.02 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs NM NM O NM SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS NM
Tstms NM SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC
LAL 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 2
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1900 2000 2500 2400 1500 1900 2800 2700 1700 1600
T Wind Dir N W SW S S S S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 35 33 24 18 16 12 9 10 16 11
Flood A A A A A A
Hurricane W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Date 07/10Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24Sun 07/14/24
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 89 82 90 83 90 83 90
Temp 87 87 84 81 87 87 84 82 88 87 85 83 89 87 84 83 89 88
Dewpt 78 77 77 76 78 77 76 77 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 77 77 77
Min/Max RH 68 87 68 85 67 84 66 82 65
RH 74 71 80 87 74 71 79 85 72 71 79 84 69 71 80 82 67 70
Pwind Dir SE S SE SE SE S SE S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 30 50 20 30 10 20 5 20
Rain Shwrs NM SC SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ234-080900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
723 PM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
Date 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 90 74 91 75
Temp 79 78 77 77 80 84 88 87 80 78 76 75 84 88 90 89 81 78 77 75
Dewpt 76 76 75 75 77 78 78 77 76 76 75 74 78 78 78 78 78 78 77 75
Max/Min RH 97 70 100 68 100
RH 91 94 94 94 91 82 72 72 88 94 97 97 82 72 68 70 91100100100
Wind Dir NE N N NW W W W SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE S S NE
Wind Spd 13 16 24 18 18 16 13 10 8 6 5 4 4 4 5 6 4 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 90 60 20 40 20
QPF 12HR 0.71 0.11 0.01 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC O NM SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS
LAL 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 1 2
Haines 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 600 800 2600 4500 800 400 4400 4300 2500 400
T Wind Dir NE N W W SE SE SE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 21 29 23 16 10 6 6 9 10 4
Flood A A A A A A
Hurricane W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Date 07/10Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24Sun 07/14/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 89 75 88 75 90 75 91 75 92
Temp 86 87 78 75 86 86 78 75 88 88 79 76 89 89 79 75 90 89
Dewpt 79 78 77 75 79 79 76 75 79 79 77 76 79 78 77 75 78 77
Min/Max RH 72 100 75 100 70 100 68 100 66
RH 80 75 97100 80 80 94100 75 75 94100 73 70 94100 68 68
Pwind Dir E S SE SE SE S S S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 70 20 60 10 50 5 30 5 20
Rain Shwrs SC NM IS SC NM SC SC IS SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC SC SC IS SC IS
$$
TXZ241-080900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
723 PM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
Date 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed
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 78 100 78 98 77
Temp 83 81 79 78 87 95 98 96 85 82 79 78 87 95 98 93 84 81 79 77
Dewpt 75 74 74 73 76 74 74 75 77 76 75 76 77 75 74 75 78 78 77 77
Max/Min RH 88 45 94 47 100
RH 76 81 85 85 70 52 46 50 76 84 88 94 73 53 47 56 81 90 94100
Wind Dir N NW NW W W W N E SE SE SE SE SE E SE E SE SE S SE
Wind Spd 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 9 6 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 30 10 20 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1700 900 6000 7200 1800 700 6000 7600 3100 800
T Wind Dir N NW W N SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 11 11 11 14 10 9 11 16 6
Date 07/10Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24Sun 07/14/24
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 76 93 75 96 76 97 76 97
Temp 92 89 79 76 90 89 79 76 93 90 80 77 94 91 80 76 94 92
Dewpt 75 75 77 76 76 74 76 75 75 75 77 75 74 74 76 75 74 74
Min/Max RH 56 99 57 100 53 97 49 97 47
RH 59 64 93 99 64 62 91 99 56 62 90 96 53 58 88 97 53 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 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 20 50 10 30 5 20 0 10
Rain Shwrs IS NM IS IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS SC IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ229-080900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
723 PM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
Date 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 103 80 99 78
Temp 88 83 80 79 87 95101101 92 86 82 80 87 95 97 96 89 84 80 78
Dewpt 71 72 72 72 72 69 66 65 69 72 73 73 73 71 69 69 72 74 74 75
Max/Min RH 79 30 79 40 91
RH 57 70 77 79 61 43 32 31 47 63 74 79 63 46 40 42 57 72 82 91
Wind Dir E E N NW N NW N NE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 8 6 5 4 6 6 6 9 8 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 8 6 4 3
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 20 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.09
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
Haines 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2200 800 6400 8700 3000 700 6700 5700 2300 600
T Wind Dir E N NW N E SE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 6 8 9 16 11 11 9 14 9
Date 07/10Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24Sun 07/14/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 97 77 95 78 98 78 100 78 101
Temp 93 93 82 77 90 91 82 78 93 93 83 78 94 97 84 78 95 98
Dewpt 72 69 73 74 72 70 73 74 70 69 73 74 70 67 73 74 69 66
Min/Max RH 40 90 44 88 39 88 36 88 33
RH 51 46 74 90 56 50 74 88 47 46 72 88 46 38 70 88 43 35
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 40 20 30 10 20 10 10 0 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS SC IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS SC IS
$$
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