Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 051601
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1101 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
TXZ245-052100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1101 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
Date Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 94 81 94 78 93
Temp 93 93 89 84 83 82 81 91 94 93 89 82 81 79 79 88 92 92 88
Dewpt 76 75 76 76 76 76 76 77 75 76 78 77 77 77 77 79 78 78 78
Min/Max RH 55 87 55 95 63
RH 57 57 66 77 78 81 87 65 55 58 69 85 88 94 93 74 64 65 73
Wind Dir S SE S SE S W N N SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E
Wind Spd 6 8 6 4 3 2 2 2 5 8 9 5 4 3 4 6 8 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 20 20 40
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.01 0.15
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3900 1000 500 3900 3600 1900 1300 4500 4200
T Wind Dir S S SW E SE SE SE E SE
T Wind Spd 11 11 5 4 11 11 8 11 18
Date Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 79 90 79 90 78 91 78 92
Temp 82 79 88 87 82 80 89 87 81 79 88 87 81 79 90 88
Dewpt 78 77 78 79 78 77 79 79 78 77 79 79 78 77 79 78
Max/Min RH 93 70 93 70 95 71 96 66
RH 87 93 72 76 87 93 74 78 91 94 75 78 91 96 71 73
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 40 60 50 70 50 50 40 50
Rain Shwrs IS SC NM NM SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-052100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1101 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
Date Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 99 74 99 76 97
Temp 95 99 94 83 79 75 74 85 96 99 95 85 80 78 76 87 94 96 92
Dewpt 72 68 72 74 74 74 73 74 70 69 71 73 74 75 74 76 74 73 73
Min/Max RH 37 97 39 95 47
RH 49 37 49 73 85 97 97 70 43 39 46 67 82 91 94 70 52 47 54
Wind Dir S SE SE SE S S NE S E SE SE SE SE SE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 6 9 11 6 4 2 2 2 4 6 9 5 2 2 2 4 8 10 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 5 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6900 2700 700 5900 7300 3200 700 5000 5700
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 16 6 5 11 13 8 11 17
Date Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 77 91 75 90 74 90 74 93
Temp 81 78 89 86 79 76 87 85 78 75 87 86 78 74 89 89
Dewpt 77 76 76 74 76 75 77 77 76 75 77 76 76 74 76 75
Max/Min RH 96 60 98 66 100 66 100 58
RH 90 96 65 68 91 97 72 76 94100 74 72 94100 67 65
Pwind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 20 50 40 60 40 60 30 40
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC NM SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ247-052100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1101 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
Date Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 90 82 90 82 90
Temp 89 89 87 84 84 83 83 87 90 90 87 84 83 83 82 88 89 90 87
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 75 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 78 79 78 78
Min/Max RH 64 84 65 86 69
RH 66 66 70 77 76 80 82 73 66 66 73 81 81 84 85 74 73 69 75
Wind Dir S SE SE SE S S NW N E SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E
Wind Spd 8 8 9 8 8 6 4 3 3 8 9 8 8 6 8 9 11 12 14
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 20 20 40
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.01 0.23
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2800 1600 1100 2600 2200 1900 2200 3200 3100
T Wind Dir S S S E SE SE SE E E
T Wind Spd 11 13 8 4 11 12 11 13 19
Date Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 81 89 80 89 81 89 82 90
Temp 84 82 87 86 83 82 87 86 83 82 87 86 84 83 88 87
Dewpt 78 78 78 78 78 78 79 78 78 78 79 77 77 77 78 78
Max/Min RH 88 72 91 74 88 71 87 68
RH 82 88 75 77 85 88 76 77 85 88 78 75 81 84 74 74
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 40 60 60 70 50 60 40 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM SC SC NM NM NM SC SC NM SC IS SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-052100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1101 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
Date Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 96 75 96 76 93
Temp 94 95 93 83 79 77 75 86 93 95 91 82 79 77 77 86 90 92 89
Dewpt 74 73 73 75 76 75 75 76 73 73 76 77 76 76 76 79 77 77 77
Min/Max RH 48 100 49 99 62
RH 53 49 52 77 91 94100 72 52 49 62 85 91 97 97 80 66 62 68
Wind Dir S SE S S S N N W NE E SE SE SE E NE E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 6 9 5 4 2 2 2 2 6 9 5 3 3 3 5 8 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 20 30 10 30
QPF 12HR 0.05 0 0 0 0.05
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 5900 600 400 5500 5700 1900 400 4800 5200
T Wind Dir SE S NW N E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 10 4 4 9 9 5 9 16
Date Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 77 88 76 87 76 87 75 88
Temp 81 78 87 86 79 76 85 85 78 76 84 86 78 76 86 86
Dewpt 77 76 78 78 76 76 80 80 77 76 80 79 77 76 80 79
Max/Min RH 95 74 100 82 100 80 100 75
RH 88 94 75 77 91100 85 85 97100 88 80 97100 82 80
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 30 50 50 70 40 60 30 50
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC NM IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ241-052100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1101 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
Date Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 99 74 97 75 95
Temp 95 98 93 82 79 75 74 86 94 97 93 82 79 77 76 87 92 94 90
Dewpt 73 71 73 74 75 74 74 75 72 73 73 75 76 76 75 76 75 75 75
Min/Max RH 42 99 46 99 54
RH 49 42 53 77 90 97 99 70 49 47 53 78 90 96 97 71 57 55 62
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S S E SE E E SE SE SE SE N NE E E E
Wind Spd 8 8 11 6 5 2 2 2 4 8 10 5 3 2 3 6 9 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 10 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.04
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC
Obvis F+
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6500 1900 600 5800 6200 3100 600 5800 5600
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE E SE SE E E
T Wind Spd 13 13 6 6 11 11 6 10 19
Date Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 77 90 76 91 76 91 76 93
Temp 81 78 87 86 79 76 88 87 79 76 87 87 78 76 90 89
Dewpt 77 76 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 76 76 77
Max/Min RH 94 68 99 67 100 68 100 60
RH 88 94 72 76 93 99 70 74 93100 73 73 96100 64 68
Pwind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 30 60 50 60 40 50 30 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM NM SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ229-052100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1101 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024
Date Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 101 77 101 78 102
Temp 93100 99 90 84 79 77 87 96100 99 90 85 80 78 87 96101 98
Dewpt 71 66 65 71 72 72 72 71 66 63 63 68 71 72 72 72 68 65 65
Min/Max RH 31 85 30 83 31
RH 49 33 33 54 67 79 85 59 38 30 31 49 63 77 82 61 40 31 34
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE E E SE SE SE SE E SE E E E
Wind Spd 6 8 10 10 8 5 2 2 4 6 9 9 6 5 4 5 6 9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds CL FW CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) CL FW CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 7500 1800 800 6800 8700 5200 800 6800 9400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 18 8 8 12 16 9 11 13
Date Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 79 96 77 91 76 93 76 93
Temp 84 79 92 91 82 77 85 88 80 76 88 89 80 76 88 91
Dewpt 74 74 71 70 74 74 73 72 73 73 73 72 74 74 73 71
Max/Min RH 85 45 90 54 91 51 94 49
RH 72 85 51 50 77 90 67 59 79 90 61 57 82 94 61 52
Pwind Dir E E E E E E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 40 30 50 40 40 30 30
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC
$$
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