Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 062056
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
356 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
TXZ245-070900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
356 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
Date 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 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 77 94 76 89 76
Temp 94 90 83 81 79 77 88 91 92 88 82 82 78 78 83 86 88 86 82 81 78 76
Dewpt 77 76 77 76 76 77 79 78 78 78 78 78 77 78 78 79 78 78 77 77 76 75
Max/Min RH 99 63 100 72 96
RH 58 65 81 84 91 99 75 66 63 74 87 88 97 99 87 79 72 76 85 87 93 96
Wind Dir SE E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE E E NE NE NE SW SW S S S SW SW
Wind Spd 5 5 3 2 2 4 6 10 10 11 10 10 18 23 35 19 16 10 10 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 30 50 70 80 60
QPF 12HR 0 0.35 1.79 3.15 0.27
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM O O NM NM SC SC NM NM SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 900 500 3300 2800 2300 2100 2600 2400 1200 800
T Wind Dir E NE NE NE E E SE S S SW
T Wind Spd 9 9 16 23 25 32 57 41 21 17
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 W W
Date 07/09Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24
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 93 76 92 77 93 78 93 79 93
Temp 90 88 81 76 91 88 82 78 91 88 82 79 91 88 82 79 92 88
Dewpt 77 78 78 76 79 79 78 77 79 78 77 77 78 78 78 77 79 78
Min/Max RH 63 100 66 97 64 94 64 93 64
RH 65 71 90100 68 74 88 97 67 74 84 94 66 71 87 93 65 72
Pwind Dir SW SE SE S S S SE S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 30 50 30 50 20 30 5 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS IS SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-070900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
356 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
Date 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 98 77 90 74
Temp 99 94 84 80 77 75 86 94 97 92 84 80 79 77 83 87 89 88 82 79 76 74
Dewpt 70 72 73 74 74 73 76 73 72 73 75 76 76 75 76 75 73 71 72 72 71 71
Max/Min RH 94 44 94 56 90
RH 39 48 70 82 90 94 71 51 44 54 73 88 90 94 79 67 58 57 72 79 85 90
Wind Dir SE E E SE NE N NE NE NE E NE NE N N N NW NW N NE S S W
Wind Spd 5 6 3 2 1 2 3 6 10 11 8 6 8 9 11 13 12 11 9 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 20 20 60 30
QPF 12HR 0.33 0 0.09 1.07 0.22
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2400 600 5300 6600 3500 1700 3500 4000 2100 800
T Wind Dir SE E NE NE NE NE N NW W W
T Wind Spd 12 5 11 18 18 21 37 31 16 10
Date 07/09Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 98 75 98 76 97 75 97 76 98
Temp 92 94 80 75 93 92 80 76 93 91 80 75 94 92 80 76 95 93
Dewpt 73 71 76 75 75 74 77 76 75 74 76 75 74 74 76 76 74 74
Min/Max RH 42 99 46 99 49 100 44 100 43
RH 53 47 87 99 55 55 91 99 55 58 88100 52 55 88100 50 53
Pwind Dir N SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 20 40 20 40 10 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS SC IS IS SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS SC IS
$$
TXZ247-070900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
356 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
Date 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 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 81 90 79 89 80
Temp 90 87 84 84 83 82 87 88 90 86 84 83 81 81 84 86 88 86 84 83 82 80
Dewpt 77 77 76 76 76 77 79 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 77 77 76
Max/Min RH 88 69 94 72 88
RH 65 71 79 77 80 85 78 73 70 76 82 85 93 93 83 76 72 76 82 82 85 88
Wind Dir SE E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE SW SW S S S SW SW
Wind Spd 6 8 6 5 5 6 10 12 14 16 17 23 25 32 8 29 20 14 13 13 12 10
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 40 60 70 80 60
QPF 12HR 0 0.46 2.46 2.10 0.28
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM O O NM NM SC SC NM NM SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 1000 2300 2300 2800 2800 2800 3400 1800 2000
T Wind Dir E NE NE NE E E SE S S SW
T Wind Spd 10 11 18 26 32 46 65 41 26 20
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 W W
Date 07/09Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24
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 91 81 90 82 90 82 90 83 90
Temp 88 88 83 81 88 87 84 82 89 87 84 83 89 88 84 83 89 87
Dewpt 77 77 78 77 78 78 78 77 78 77 77 77 78 77 78 78 78 77
Min/Max RH 68 90 69 87 68 84 67 84 67
RH 69 69 85 90 73 74 82 87 72 71 80 83 69 70 82 84 71 73
Pwind Dir SW S SE S S S SE S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 40 40 50 30 40 20 30 5 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS SC IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ234-070900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
356 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
Date 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 93 75 82 74
Temp 94 90 80 78 76 75 86 90 91 88 82 80 78 77 79 80 81 80 78 78 76 75
Dewpt 77 76 76 75 75 74 79 78 77 77 77 77 76 75 78 79 79 77 75 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 100 64 97 91 94
RH 58 64 88 91 97 97 80 68 64 70 85 91 94 94 97 97 94 91 91 91 94 94
Wind Dir E E E E NE NE NE E NE E E E E NE NE NE NW W S SW SW SW
Wind Spd 4 6 3 2 2 3 5 8 11 11 11 11 11 23 28 34 10 19 11 9 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 40 50 50 80 50
QPF 12HR 0.05 0.18 1.11 4.58 0.31
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS SC SC O O O O SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS
LAL 2 1 1 3 2 3 3 4 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 500 400 4300 3900 1800 900 2000 2300 1000 500
T Wind Dir E NE NE E E NE E S S SW
T Wind Spd 6 6 12 17 14 20 41 41 21 14
Flood A A A A A A
Hurricane W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Date 07/09Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 90 73 90 74 90 75 91 76 92
Temp 85 87 77 74 87 88 78 75 87 89 78 76 88 88 79 76 89 89
Dewpt 78 78 76 74 79 79 78 75 80 79 77 76 79 79 78 76 80 79
Min/Max RH 72 100 73 100 73 100 70 100 68
RH 80 75 97100 77 75100100 80 73 97100 75 75 97100 75 73
Pwind Dir W SE N SE S SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 30 50 20 60 20 40 5 30
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC NM IS SC SC IS SC
Tstms SC SC IS IS SC IS SC SC IS SC IS SC
$$
TXZ241-070900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
356 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
Date 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 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 76 97 78 94 76
Temp 98 94 83 80 77 76 87 93 95 91 83 81 79 79 84 89 93 92 84 81 78 76
Dewpt 71 72 74 75 75 74 76 74 74 75 75 76 76 75 76 75 74 74 74 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 96 51 93 53 90
RH 43 49 73 85 92 96 70 55 51 60 77 85 91 90 77 63 54 56 72 82 88 90
Wind Dir E E E E N N NE NE NE NE NE N N N NW W NW N SE S S W
Wind Spd 6 8 4 2 2 2 5 8 11 11 9 8 9 10 11 12 12 11 9 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 30 30 60 30
QPF 12HR 0 0.06 0.35 1.02 0.12
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2200 500 4500 5500 2800 1700 4500 6300 3100 800
T Wind Dir SE E NE NE NE N NW NW W SW
T Wind Spd 11 6 13 20 20 25 39 23 12 9
Date 07/09Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24
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 98 76 97 77 95 76 97 76 98
Temp 93 94 81 76 94 91 80 77 92 90 80 76 94 91 81 77 95 92
Dewpt 73 74 78 76 75 76 77 76 75 75 76 76 74 75 76 76 75 75
Min/Max RH 46 100 52 97 52 99 50 100 48
RH 54 53 90100 56 61 91 97 58 62 88 99 54 60 85 99 53 58
Pwind Dir W 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 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 20 40 20 40 10 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS SC IS IS SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC IS SC IS
$$
TXZ229-070900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
356 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
Date 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 102 80 98 77
Temp 101100 90 84 80 78 88 96101 98 89 85 82 80 87 92 97 96 88 83 79 77
Dewpt 64 63 69 71 71 72 71 68 65 65 70 72 73 73 73 70 67 66 68 67 68 68
Max/Min RH 82 31 79 35 74
RH 30 30 50 65 74 82 57 40 31 34 54 65 74 79 63 49 38 38 52 59 69 74
Wind Dir SE E E E E E E E E E E E NE N N N N NE NE NE NE N
Wind Spd 5 8 6 4 2 2 3 4 8 11 9 6 6 6 8 9 11 11 10 8 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 30 20
QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0.23 0.18
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1
Haines 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 900 600 6300 8200 3500 1500 6100 7300 4400 1300
T Wind Dir E SE E NE E NE NE N N N
T Wind Spd 13 6 8 13 17 16 24 23 16 11
Date 07/09Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 100 79 98 79 99 78 101 79 102
Temp 93 98 86 79 94 93 83 79 94 95 84 78 95 97 84 79 96 99
Dewpt 67 63 72 72 69 68 74 75 71 67 73 73 69 66 73 74 70 66
Min/Max RH 31 79 36 88 37 85 32 85 31
RH 43 32 63 79 44 44 74 88 47 40 70 85 43 36 70 85 43 34
Pwind Dir N E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 30 10 30 10 20 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS
$$
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