Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 070910
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
410 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
TXZ245-072100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
410 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24
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 93 75 92 75 93
Temp 78 87 90 91 87 82 80 77 77 85 91 91 87 79 79 77 76 86 91 93 89
Dewpt 76 79 78 78 77 78 77 77 76 78 78 78 79 78 78 77 75 78 78 78 78
Min/Max RH 64 100 64 99 62
RH 94 78 68 65 74 87 91100 97 80 66 67 76 97 97 99 97 76 66 62 69
Wind Dir N NE NE NE NE NE N NW W SW SW SW S S S S SW W SW SE SE
Wind Spd 4 8 10 11 12 17 20 23 18 17 13 12 10 9 8 6 6 6 6 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 70 80 80 40 40
QPF 12HR 1.06 4.08 1.07 0.01 0.01
Rain Shwrs SC NM NM SC SC SC O O O NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS
LAL 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 2
Haines 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2600 2800 1300 1400 3600 3100 1200 800 4400 4400
T Wind Dir NE NE NE N W SW S SE E SE
T Wind Spd 14 25 29 40 29 16 11 9 9 10
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
Date Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24
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 76 92 77 92 78 93 79 93
Temp 82 77 91 89 81 77 90 89 82 78 91 90 82 79 92 89
Dewpt 78 77 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 78
Max/Min RH 99 65 99 64 96 63 93 62
RH 88 99 66 69 87 99 69 69 85 96 67 67 85 93 65 69
Pwind Dir S SE S SE S S S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 60 30 50 20 30 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS NM SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-072100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
410 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 98 77 97 75 99
Temp 75 86 95 97 92 84 81 79 77 86 93 97 94 81 79 77 76 86 94 99 95
Dewpt 73 76 73 72 72 74 75 75 73 76 74 72 72 73 74 73 73 75 73 72 72
Min/Max RH 44 89 44 92 42
RH 94 71 50 44 52 72 82 87 87 70 54 45 48 77 85 87 90 70 51 42 48
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE N N NW NW NW NW NE E SE SE N N N NE E
Wind Spd 2 4 8 10 11 8 6 9 11 11 11 10 8 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 8
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 50 20 30
QPF 12HR 0 0.08 0.06 0.01 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC
LAL 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 3
Haines 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 5500 6000 2300 1700 5600 6900 3200 800 6200 6800
T Wind Dir NE NE NE N NW N E E E E
T Wind Spd 9 19 19 18 18 12 11 9 9 9
Date Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 75 97 75 96 75 97 75 99
Temp 81 76 94 91 80 75 93 91 80 75 94 93 79 75 96 94
Dewpt 77 76 74 73 76 75 75 73 76 75 74 72 76 75 73 72
Max/Min RH 100 46 100 49 100 43 100 42
RH 88100 53 56 88100 55 56 88100 52 51 91100 49 50
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 40 20 40 10 20 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ247-072100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
410 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24
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 79 91 79 90
Temp 82 85 87 89 86 83 81 80 80 86 90 90 87 82 82 82 80 86 88 89 87
Dewpt 78 79 78 78 77 78 78 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 78 77 77
Min/Max RH 70 96 66 91 68
RH 87 81 74 70 75 85 90 91 93 76 67 67 76 88 87 87 91 76 73 68 73
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE N W SW SW SW S S S S S SW W SW SE SE
Wind Spd 8 11 13 16 21 26 32 33 25 23 18 16 13 13 13 11 10 10 9 9 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 70 80 80 40 40
QPF 12HR 1.32 3.86 1.09 0.04 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC NM SC SC NM O O O NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC NM SC SC SC NM SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2
Haines 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2000 2300 2000 2000 2900 2800 1800 2000 2700 2500
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NW SW SW S S E SE
T Wind Spd 18 28 37 46 32 20 17 13 11 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 W
Date Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24
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 90 81 90 82 90 83 91
Temp 84 81 88 87 83 82 88 87 84 83 89 88 84 83 89 88
Dewpt 78 77 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 77
Max/Min RH 88 68 87 68 84 67 84 67
RH 82 88 73 71 81 84 72 71 80 81 70 70 80 84 69 69
Pwind Dir S SE S SE S S S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 50 30 40 20 20 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-072100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
410 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 92 75 87 74 91
Temp 75 84 89 90 86 80 80 77 76 79 84 87 85 76 75 75 74 83 88 91 89
Dewpt 74 79 78 78 78 76 76 76 75 77 78 78 78 76 75 74 74 77 78 79 79
Min/Max RH 68 100 75 100 68
RH 97 85 70 68 77 88 88 97 97 94 82 76 78100100 97100 82 72 68 73
Wind Dir N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N W W W W S S SW W W W N E
Wind Spd 4 6 9 11 12 12 24 27 29 23 19 16 11 11 9 6 8 8 8 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 50 70 90 40 40
QPF 12HR 0.54 2.96 1.41 0.04 0.03
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS NM O O O O SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS IS SC SC SC NM NM SC SC IS SC IS IS SC SC
LAL 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 2 3
Haines 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3600 3600 1200 600 2000 4400 500 400 4600 6000
T Wind Dir NE E NE NE W W NE NE N N
T Wind Spd 11 19 23 35 41 19 12 10 10 10
Flood A A A A A A
Hurricane W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Date Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 90 74 89 75 90 75 91
Temp 78 75 88 88 78 74 87 87 78 75 88 88 79 75 90 89
Dewpt 77 75 79 78 76 74 79 78 77 75 79 78 76 75 79 78
Max/Min RH 100 71 100 74 100 70 100 66
RH 97100 75 72 94100 77 75 97100 75 72 91100 70 70
Pwind Dir SE NE S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 60 20 50 10 40 5 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC NM IS SC SC SC SC IS SC
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS SC IS SC IS SC
$$
TXZ241-072100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
410 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24
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 78 98 77 99
Temp 76 86 93 95 91 84 81 80 78 87 96 98 96 82 79 79 77 87 95 99 95
Dewpt 75 76 74 74 74 75 75 75 74 76 74 74 74 77 75 75 75 76 74 73 75
Min/Max RH 51 90 46 93 45
RH 96 71 53 51 57 74 81 85 88 69 49 46 49 85 88 88 92 70 52 45 52
Wind Dir N NE NE NE NE NE N N NW W W W E SE SE S NW N N E E
Wind Spd 3 6 9 11 11 9 9 10 11 11 10 9 9 8 6 4 5 6 6 6 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 30 50 20 30
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.07 0.04 0.03 0.05
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS IS SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC
LAL 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 3
Haines 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4700 5000 2400 1700 6400 6400 3600 800 5900 7800
T Wind Dir NE NE NE N W W SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 11 20 18 16 14 11 12 8 9 10
Date Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24
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 76 96 76 96 76 97 76 98
Temp 81 76 93 91 80 77 93 91 80 76 94 92 80 76 95 93
Dewpt 78 76 75 75 77 76 75 74 77 75 74 74 76 75 74 74
Max/Min RH 100 51 97 51 98 47 98 47
RH 90100 56 59 90 96 55 59 90 97 53 56 88 97 51 54
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 50 20 40 10 20 5 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ229-072100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
410 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024
Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 102 80 102 79 101
Temp 78 86 96101 99 90 85 81 80 88 96101100 88 85 81 79 87 93 98 99
Dewpt 72 72 69 65 66 69 72 72 73 73 70 67 66 69 70 71 71 71 69 67 66
Min/Max RH 31 79 31 77 33
RH 82 63 42 31 34 50 65 74 79 61 43 33 33 54 61 72 77 59 46 37 34
Wind Dir E E E E E E NE NE N N N N NE E E E NE N NE NE E
Wind Spd 2 3 4 6 11 8 6 6 6 6 8 8 9 8 6 6 6 8 6 6 9
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
Clouds(%) SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 20 10 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.05
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
Haines 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 6300 8000 1700 900 7500 8300 5200 800 5900 5400
T Wind Dir E E E NE N N E E E E
T Wind Spd 5 11 16 9 12 13 16 13 10 10
Date Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 79 99 78 98 78 100 78 101
Temp 85 79 94 96 84 78 93 96 83 78 95 98 84 78 94100
Dewpt 73 74 70 67 73 74 71 68 73 74 69 66 73 74 70 65
Max/Min RH 86 37 88 38 88 32 89 31
RH 67 85 46 39 70 88 49 40 72 88 43 35 70 88 46 32
Pwind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 10 30 10 10 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS SC
$$
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