Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 052104
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
403 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
TXZ245-060900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
403 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
Date 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 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 76 95 78 92 78
Temp 90 83 81 78 76 88 94 94 90 84 82 80 79 88 91 90 86 83 82 80 79
Dewpt 77 76 76 76 76 77 76 76 76 76 77 77 76 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 77
Max/Min RH 99 55 93 66 95
RH 66 81 85 93 99 71 56 56 65 79 84 90 93 73 66 68 77 85 87 93 94
Wind Dir S S S S NW N SE SE SE SE SE E NE NE E E E E E E SE
Wind Spd 5 4 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 2 3 3 5 8 10 10 10 9 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 40 50
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.18 1.19
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Mixing Hgt 800 500 3800 3400 1400 900 2500 3000 1900 1800
T Wind Dir S S NE SE SE E NE E E E
T Wind Spd 11 6 4 11 10 6 14 23 23 29
Hurricane A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date 07/08Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24
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 86 76 92 78 89 78 92 78 92
Temp 86 82 80 77 89 87 82 79 89 85 81 78 91 87 83 79 92 88
Dewpt 79 79 77 76 78 79 78 77 78 79 78 77 78 78 77 77 79 78
Min/Max RH 80 99 67 94 71 97 64 94 64
RH 81 90 93 99 70 76 87 93 71 81 90 96 66 74 84 93 66 72
Pwind Dir SE SE S S S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 70 60 60 40 60 30 40 20 30
Rain Shwrs NM NM SC NM NM NM SC SC NM SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC
Tstms SC NM SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ231-060900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
403 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
Date 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 73 100 74 96 77
Temp 95 84 79 75 73 85 96 99 94 84 80 76 75 86 93 95 91 83 81 78 77
Dewpt 71 73 75 74 73 75 70 68 70 73 74 74 74 76 73 72 72 75 76 76 75
Max/Min RH 100 37 99 47 96
RH 46 70 87 97100 71 44 37 46 69 82 94 97 71 52 47 54 77 85 93 94
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE E SE SE SE SE SE NE E E E E E E NE NE
Wind Spd 11 6 3 2 1 2 4 5 8 4 2 2 2 3 6 9 11 8 5 5 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 10 0 20 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0.05
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
Haines 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2400 600 5900 7700 2400 600 5400 6100 2500 1300
T Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE E E E NE
T Wind Spd 14 6 5 11 16 4 10 18 17 16
Date 07/08Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 90 74 91 75 91 74 92 75 94
Temp 88 85 78 74 88 87 78 75 88 88 78 74 89 88 78 75 91 90
Dewpt 76 75 75 74 75 74 75 74 76 75 76 74 77 75 77 75 76 74
Min/Max RH 65 100 59 97 61 100 58 100 53
RH 68 71 91100 66 65 91 97 68 66 96100 67 65 97100 61 60
Pwind Dir NE E S S E SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 40 60 30 50 30 40 20 30
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC NM IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC IS SC IS SC IS SC SC
$$
TXZ247-060900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
403 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
Date 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 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 82 91 81 89 81
Temp 87 84 84 83 82 86 89 91 87 85 84 83 82 87 88 89 86 83 83 82 82
Dewpt 76 76 76 75 76 77 76 76 76 76 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78
Max/Min RH 82 61 86 70 91
RH 70 77 77 78 82 75 66 61 70 76 80 81 85 74 73 71 76 85 84 90 88
Wind Dir SE S S S SW N E SE SE SE SE E NE NE E E E E E E SE
Wind Spd 9 8 5 4 3 2 4 6 8 6 5 5 6 9 11 12 13 14 14 14 16
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW CL FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW FW CL FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 40 50
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.21 1.40
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
Mixing Hgt 1400 1100 2500 2200 1500 1700 2600 2800 2500 2800
T Wind Dir S S NE SE SE E NE E E SE
T Wind Spd 13 8 4 11 11 10 18 25 29 35
Hurricane A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date 07/08Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24
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 80 90 81 88 81 90 82 90
Temp 86 84 82 80 87 87 83 81 88 86 83 81 89 87 84 82 89 87
Dewpt 79 78 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 77 78 78 78
Min/Max RH 77 90 69 90 73 88 67 87 69
RH 80 84 85 90 74 74 84 90 74 77 84 87 68 72 80 87 72 74
Pwind Dir SE SE S S S S S S S
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 70 60 60 40 50 30 40 20 30
Rain Shwrs NM NM SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC IS
Tstms SC NM SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-060900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
403 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
Date 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 95 76 92 78
Temp 92 82 79 76 75 86 92 94 91 82 80 78 76 86 91 89 87 82 81 79 78
Dewpt 75 76 76 75 75 77 75 75 76 76 75 75 76 78 78 77 77 77 77 76 77
Max/Min RH 100 54 100 66 97
RH 58 82 91 97100 75 58 54 62 82 85 91100 77 66 68 72 85 88 91 97
Wind Dir S S S SW N N E SE SE SE SE NE NE E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 9 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 8 4 2 2 2 4 8 10 11 9 8 9 10
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 30 5 40 30
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0.01 0.06 0.61
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC NM
Tstms SC IS SC SC IS IS SC SC IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
Mixing Hgt 600 400 5500 6100 1300 400 5400 4600 2100 500
T Wind Dir S SW NE SE SE NE E E E E
T Wind Spd 10 4 4 9 9 4 11 17 14 17
Date 07/08Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 85 75 88 75 88 75 88 75 90
Temp 85 83 78 76 85 86 78 75 86 86 78 75 86 87 78 75 88 88
Dewpt 79 79 77 76 79 79 77 75 79 79 77 75 79 78 77 75 79 78
Min/Max RH 82 100 77 100 77 100 72 100 69
RH 82 88 97100 82 80 97100 80 80 97100 80 75 97100 75 72
Pwind Dir SE SE S S SW S E S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 70 50 70 40 60 30 50 20 40
Rain Shwrs NM NM SC SC NM NM SC SC SC NM IS SC SC SC IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC IS IS IS SC IS SC
$$
TXZ241-060900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
403 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
Date 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 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 99 75 95 78
Temp 94 83 79 75 73 86 95 98 94 84 80 77 76 86 92 94 90 82 81 79 78
Dewpt 74 75 75 75 73 75 71 71 72 74 75 75 75 76 74 74 76 77 77 76 76
Max/Min RH 100 42 98 52 94
RH 53 77 88 99100 70 46 42 49 71 87 94 97 73 56 53 64 84 87 91 93
Wind Dir SE SE SE S S SE E E SE SE SE NE N NE E E E E NE NE N
Wind Spd 11 8 4 2 2 2 4 6 9 4 2 2 2 4 8 11 11 8 6 6 8
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW CL FW SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
Clouds(%) FW FW CL FW SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 30 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.03 0.19
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS IS SC SC IS
Obvis F
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
Mixing Hgt 2000 500 5500 6700 2400 500 4800 5100 2200 800
T Wind Dir SE S SE E SE E NE NE NE N
T Wind Spd 13 6 6 12 13 5 13 19 17 19
Date 07/08Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24
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 93 77 91 76 93 76 94
Temp 85 84 78 76 89 89 81 77 89 87 80 77 91 89 79 76 91 89
Dewpt 76 76 76 75 75 75 76 76 77 77 77 76 76 76 77 76 76 76
Min/Max RH 73 98 60 97 62 97 58 99 57
RH 76 77 93 97 65 64 87 97 67 73 93 96 63 66 96 99 62 65
Pwind Dir NE SE SW SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 60 40 50 30 50 20 40 10 30
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS SC
Tstms SC SC SC IS IS SC IS IS IS SC IS SC SC
$$
TXZ229-060900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
403 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
Date 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 103 77 101 79
Temp 101 91 85 79 77 87 96102 99 89 85 80 77 87 96100 97 88 84 81 79
Dewpt 64 70 72 71 71 70 65 62 62 68 70 71 71 72 67 63 65 70 73 74 74
Max/Min RH 82 27 82 30 85
RH 30 50 65 77 82 57 36 27 30 50 61 74 82 61 39 30 35 55 70 79 85
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE E SE E SE SE SE E SE E E E E E E NE
Wind Spd 11 11 8 4 3 3 4 5 9 8 5 4 2 4 5 8 11 9 6 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 800 700 6200 8600 3200 700 7200 9300 5600 1800
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE E E E
T Wind Spd 17 8 6 9 16 6 10 14 17 13
Date 07/08Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 77 96 77 93 77 94 78 97
Temp 91 91 82 77 89 92 82 77 89 90 81 77 90 90 81 78 92 93
Dewpt 72 70 72 72 71 68 72 72 71 69 74 74 72 70 74 75 71 68
Min/Max RH 46 85 43 85 46 91 46 91 40
RH 54 50 72 85 56 46 72 85 56 50 79 90 56 52 79 91 51 44
Pwind Dir NE NE N E E SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 30 40 30 40 30 30 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC IS SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS IS IS IS SC IS
$$
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