Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 060907
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
407 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
TXZ245-062100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
407 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
Date Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24
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 95 78 93 76 88
Temp 77 88 93 94 90 83 82 80 79 89 91 91 86 83 81 78 77 83 85 87 83
Dewpt 76 77 76 76 76 77 77 76 76 78 78 78 78 78 78 77 77 79 79 79 79
Min/Max RH 56 93 66 100 78
RH 96 71 57 56 65 81 85 88 91 71 66 67 76 84 90 97 99 88 83 78 87
Wind Dir NW N E SE SE SE E NE NE NE E E E E E E SE S S S S
Wind Spd 2 2 4 5 5 4 2 3 4 8 10 11 11 11 10 12 13 13 13 12 10
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1
Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1
PoP 12HR 20 10 50 60 70
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.02 0.18 1.66 3.16
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM NM NM NM NM SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3800 3900 1000 600 3200 3100 1900 1700 1700 1700
T Wind Dir N SE SE NE NE E E E S S
T Wind Spd 4 10 9 9 17 23 26 37 36 25
Hurricane A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24
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 75 92 75 92 77 92 78 93
Temp 79 76 90 89 81 76 90 89 81 78 90 88 82 79 90 89
Dewpt 77 75 77 78 78 76 78 78 78 77 79 78 78 77 78 78
Max/Min RH 99 64 100 65 99 68 96 65
RH 94 97 67 70 90100 69 70 90 97 70 74 87 94 68 70
Pwind Dir S S S S S S S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 50 30 60 40 50 20 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS SC NM SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS IS IS SC IS IS IS SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-062100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
407 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
Date Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 100 75 98 76 94
Temp 73 85 95 99 93 83 80 77 75 87 95 96 91 84 80 78 77 84 88 93 90
Dewpt 73 74 70 69 72 73 74 74 74 76 73 72 72 75 76 74 74 76 75 73 72
Min/Max RH 38 97 46 91 52
RH 100 70 45 38 50 72 82 90 97 70 49 47 54 74 87 88 90 76 65 52 56
Wind Dir N SE E SE SE SE E E NE NE E E E E NE NE N N N N NE
Wind Spd 1 2 4 5 8 4 2 2 2 4 8 10 11 8 6 6 8 11 12 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW CL FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%) FW FW CL FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 20 20 20 50
QPF 12HR 0.03 0.53 0 0.18 1.06
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 5800 7800 1900 600 6300 6300 3000 1700 4600 5100
T Wind Dir SE E SE E NE E E NE N W
T Wind Spd 4 9 11 6 12 19 20 23 28 18
Date Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 96 74 96 75 95 75 97
Temp 80 74 91 92 79 74 92 90 79 75 91 91 79 75 93 91
Dewpt 74 72 74 72 76 73 75 74 77 75 76 75 76 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 93 46 97 51 100 52 100 49
RH 81 93 57 52 91 97 57 60 93100 61 60 91100 57 60
Pwind Dir SE S SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 30 20 50 20 40 10 30
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS SC IS SC
Tstms SC IS SC IS SC SC
$$
TXZ247-062100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
407 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
Date Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24
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 91 82 90 79 88
Temp 82 86 89 91 87 85 84 83 83 86 88 88 85 83 83 81 80 84 86 87 84
Dewpt 76 77 77 76 76 77 77 76 77 78 79 78 78 78 78 77 78 79 79 78 78
Min/Max RH 62 85 73 94 75
RH 82 74 67 63 70 77 80 80 83 78 74 73 79 84 85 90 94 84 80 75 81
Wind Dir W N E SE SE SE E E NE NE E E E E E E S S S S S
Wind Spd 3 3 4 6 8 8 5 6 8 11 12 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 17 16 14
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1
Clouds(%) FW SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1
PoP 12HR 10 20 60 70 70
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.26 2.23 2.08
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM NM SC SC NM NM NM NM NM NM SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 2800 2000 1700 1200 2600 2900 2600 2500 2800 2600
T Wind Dir N SE SE NE E E E SE S S
T Wind Spd 5 10 10 11 20 25 34 46 41 27
Hurricane A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Date Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24
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 81 90 82 90
Temp 82 80 88 87 83 80 87 88 84 82 88 87 84 82 88 88
Dewpt 77 76 77 77 78 77 78 77 78 78 79 77 78 77 78 78
Max/Min RH 90 68 93 67 88 71 87 67
RH 87 88 70 71 84 91 74 71 82 88 75 74 82 87 72 73
Pwind Dir S S S S S S S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 50 50 40 50 40 40 20 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-062100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
407 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
Date Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 96 75 93 76 83
Temp 75 86 93 94 89 81 79 77 76 86 91 89 86 82 81 79 77 80 81 82 82
Dewpt 75 78 76 76 77 76 76 76 75 79 77 78 77 77 76 76 75 78 79 79 78
Min/Max RH 56 97 64 94 85
RH 100 77 58 56 68 85 91 97 97 80 64 70 75 85 85 91 94 94 94 91 88
Wind Dir NW NW NE SE S E NE NE NE E E E E E E E E SE S S SE
Wind Spd 2 2 2 4 6 4 2 2 4 6 9 11 11 11 11 11 13 16 16 16 12
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1
Clouds(%) SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1
PoP 12HR 40 20 50 50 70
QPF 12HR 0.33 0.03 0.25 0.85 4.60
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC NM NM NM NM SC
Tstms SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC NM SC SC
LAL 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 5700 6500 600 400 3900 3700 2000 500 2400 2400
T Wind Dir NW SE SE NE E E E E SE S
T Wind Spd 4 9 8 5 13 18 17 19 33 23
Date Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 89 73 89 75 89 75 91
Temp 77 74 86 87 77 74 86 88 78 75 86 86 78 76 88 88
Dewpt 76 74 78 78 77 74 79 79 77 75 80 80 78 76 80 79
Max/Min RH 100 72 100 75 100 77 100 70
RH 97100 77 75100100 80 75 97100 82 82100100 77 75
Pwind Dir SE S S SW S S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 50 50 30 60 30 50 20 50
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS SC SC NM IS SC SC SC IS SC SC
Tstms SC IS IS IS IS IS SC IS IS SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ241-062100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
407 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
Date Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24
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 76 97 77 96
Temp 73 86 94 98 94 83 80 78 77 88 95 95 90 83 81 79 78 84 91 95 92
Dewpt 73 75 70 70 71 74 75 75 75 76 74 74 75 75 76 75 74 76 75 74 73
Min/Max RH 41 96 50 90 51
RH 100 70 46 41 49 74 87 90 92 68 51 51 61 77 85 87 89 77 60 51 55
Wind Dir SE SE E E SE SE E NE N NE E E E NE NE N N NW W NE E
Wind Spd 2 2 4 6 9 4 2 2 2 6 9 11 11 9 8 8 9 11 11 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC
Clouds(%) SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 40 30 60
QPF 12HR 0 0.03 0.04 0.42 1.02
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC NM NM SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 3
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 5300 7000 1700 400 5700 5700 3300 1400 5600 5700
T Wind Dir SE E SE E NE NE NE N NW W
T Wind Spd 4 10 10 5 16 23 23 25 26 18
Date Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24
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 75 97 75 96 76 95 76 96
Temp 81 75 92 93 80 76 92 91 80 77 92 91 80 76 93 91
Dewpt 74 73 74 75 76 75 75 75 77 76 75 75 77 76 75 76
Max/Min RH 94 47 100 53 100 54 99 53
RH 81 94 55 56 88 97 57 60 90 97 58 60 90 99 56 63
Pwind Dir SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 30 20 50 20 40 10 30
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS SC IS SC
Tstms SC IS SC IS SC SC
$$
TXZ229-062100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
407 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
Date Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 102 78 102 79 98
Temp 77 87 96101100 88 85 80 78 88 96100 97 90 85 81 79 87 92 96 95
Dewpt 72 70 66 63 63 69 71 72 72 72 69 65 66 70 72 73 73 73 70 67 65
Min/Max RH 28 82 32 82 36
RH 85 57 38 29 30 54 63 77 82 59 42 32 36 52 65 77 82 63 49 39 37
Wind Dir E E E SE E E E SE E E E E E E E NE N N N N NE
Wind Spd 2 2 3 5 8 6 5 3 2 4 5 8 11 9 6 6 6 8 9 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW CL SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW CL SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 5 30
QPF 12HR 0 0.04 0 0 0.29
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS
Tstms SC SC IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
Haines 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 6400 8200 1800 500 6400 8400 4200 1000 7200 9400
T Wind Dir E E E SE E E E NE NE N
T Wind Spd 5 9 13 6 9 16 17 13 21 23
Date Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 77 100 79 100 78 99 78 99
Temp 82 77 93 97 84 79 94 96 84 78 94 95 83 78 93 96
Dewpt 69 70 69 65 72 73 70 68 74 74 71 69 73 74 71 68
Max/Min RH 79 32 82 37 88 38 88 38
RH 65 79 46 35 67 82 46 40 72 88 47 43 72 88 49 40
Pwind Dir NE N E NE E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 30 20 30 20 30 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS IS SC IS IS IS SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS SC IS IS
$$
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