Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 181708
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1208 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024
TXZ245-190900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1208 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024
Date 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24 Sat 07/20/24 Sun
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 94 76 93 76
Temp 92 88 82 81 80 79 86 92 93 88 81 80 78 77 86 91 91 87 81 80 79 78
Dewpt 77 77 77 77 77 76 78 76 77 77 77 77 76 76 78 77 77 77 77 76 76 76
Max/Min RH 93 59 97 62 93
RH 61 69 85 87 90 91 76 60 61 70 87 90 93 96 78 64 64 74 87 87 90 93
Wind Dir SE S S S W NW NW E SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 5 5 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 3 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 40 20 30 5
QPF 12HR 0.06 0.26 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC
LAL 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4100 900 600 3800 3600 1700 900 4000 3900 2100 1000
T Wind Dir S S SW NW S S S S SE S S
T Wind Spd 8 10 8 5 8 11 8 6 12 14 9
Date 07/21Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
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 77 91 76 92 76 90 75 91
Temp 90 87 81 79 88 86 80 78 89 86 80 78 87 84 79 77 88 86
Dewpt 78 77 77 76 78 78 77 76 78 78 77 76 78 78 77 76 78 78
Min/Max RH 67 94 71 94 69 96 74 97 73
RH 68 74 88 93 74 76 90 94 71 78 91 94 76 83 94 97 74 79
Pwind Dir S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 40 20 50 40 60 50 70 50 50
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC SC NM SC IS SC NM NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC IS SC SC
$$
TXZ231-190900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1208 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024
Date 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24 Sat 07/20/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 96 74 98 74
Temp 97 94 84 79 77 75 84 93 95 91 82 79 76 75 85 93 95 90 82 79 76 75
Dewpt 69 69 72 75 74 74 77 76 72 72 74 75 74 74 76 73 70 71 74 75 74 74
Max/Min RH 97 48 100 45 100
RH 40 44 69 87 92 97 79 57 48 54 78 90 94 97 75 52 45 54 77 88 94 97
Wind Dir N E SE S SE SE NE NE NE E SE SE SE SE S SE E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 6 5 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 30 5 20 0
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.05 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 7500 1800 900 6400 6600 3200 800 6400 7800 3700 900
T Wind Dir NE SE S NW E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 6 11 8 5 6 12 8 8 11 17 6
Date 07/21Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 98 75 95 75 91 74 91 73 90
Temp 93 89 79 76 91 86 78 76 86 84 77 76 85 82 76 74 85 82
Dewpt 73 73 76 75 76 74 76 75 77 76 76 75 78 76 76 74 78 77
Min/Max RH 46 99 58 99 69 100 76 100 74
RH 52 59 91 97 61 68 94 97 75 76 97 97 80 82100100 79 84
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 20 10 50 40 60 40 60 50 50
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS SC SC NM SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ247-190900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1208 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024
Date 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24 Sat 07/20/24 Sun
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 79 90 80 90 81
Temp 89 86 84 83 82 80 85 88 90 86 84 83 82 81 85 87 88 85 84 83 82 82
Dewpt 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 76 77 77 77 77 76 77 77 76
Max/Min RH 93 67 85 70 85
RH 68 74 80 81 87 93 79 70 67 75 80 81 83 85 76 72 70 76 79 81 84 82
Wind Dir S S S S SW W NW SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 6 8 8 6 6 5 5 4 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 8 8 6 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 30 20 30 10
QPF 12HR 0 0.22 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC
LAL 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1900 1200 1000 2200 1700 1800 1900 2800 2700 2300 2000
T Wind Dir S S SW W S S S S SE S S
T Wind Spd 9 12 10 6 9 13 11 6 12 18 13
Date 07/21Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
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 80 89 80 89 79 89 79 89
Temp 87 86 83 83 86 86 83 82 87 85 83 81 86 84 82 82 86 85
Dewpt 78 77 77 78 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 77
Min/Max RH 71 87 73 85 71 88 75 88 73
RH 74 75 81 85 78 75 84 84 75 78 82 87 79 80 85 87 76 77
Pwind Dir S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 30 20 50 40 60 50 60 50 50
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC SC NM SC IS SC NM NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-190900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1208 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024
Date 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24 Sat 07/20/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 93 74 92 75
Temp 93 90 81 78 77 75 84 90 92 89 80 78 76 75 84 89 90 86 80 78 76 76
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 76 75 78 77 75 75 76 76 75 75 78 77 76 76 76 76 75 75
Max/Min RH 100 58 100 64 100
RH 58 64 85 94 97100 82 66 58 64 88 94 97100 82 68 64 72 88 94 97 97
Wind Dir NW SE S SW W NW N N NE E SE S S NE S SE SE SE SE S SE E
Wind Spd 2 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 4 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 40 20 40 5
QPF 12HR 0.11 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC IS
LAL 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 2 3 1 1
Haines 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4300 500 400 4900 5000 2200 400 4700 4800 1800 400
T Wind Dir N S W NW NE S S S SE S S
T Wind Spd 5 9 6 5 6 9 5 5 11 11 5
Date 07/21Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 91 75 89 74 88 74 86 74 87
Temp 88 86 78 76 85 83 77 75 84 83 77 76 83 80 76 76 83 82
Dewpt 77 77 76 75 78 78 76 75 79 78 76 76 80 79 76 75 79 79
Min/Max RH 70 97 80 100 82 100 91 100 85
RH 70 75 94 97 80 85 97100 85 85 97100 91 97100 97 88 91
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 50 20 60 40 70 50 70 50 60
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC NM IS SC NM NM SC SC NM NM SC SC NM NM
Tstms IS SC IS SC SC IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ241-190900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1208 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024
Date 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24 Sat 07/20/24 Sun
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 98 75 98 76
Temp 98 94 84 80 78 76 86 94 97 91 83 79 78 76 86 93 96 90 82 79 78 77
Dewpt 70 72 74 76 76 75 76 74 73 74 75 75 75 75 76 73 72 73 75 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 97 47 99 47 94
RH 40 49 72 87 93 97 74 53 47 59 78 88 91 97 74 52 47 58 79 88 90 94
Wind Dir E SE SE S S SE E NE E SE SE S S SE S SE SE SE SE SE S SE
Wind Spd 3 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 4 6 4 3 2 2 2 3 6 8 6 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 20 5 20 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.07 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 7100 2000 700 6100 6600 2200 1000 6100 7300 2900 500
T Wind Dir E S S SE E SE S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 6 13 8 5 9 13 9 8 11 14 8
Date 07/21Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
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 97 77 96 77 94 76 92 75 91
Temp 94 90 80 77 93 88 80 77 89 87 79 77 87 84 78 76 87 85
Dewpt 73 74 76 75 75 75 76 76 76 76 76 76 77 77 76 75 77 77
Min/Max RH 49 94 55 97 65 97 69 100 69
RH 51 61 88 94 56 67 90 97 67 70 91 97 73 80 94 97 73 76
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 20 5 40 20 60 40 70 50 50
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS SC NM SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ229-190900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1208 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024
Date 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24 Sat 07/20/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 79 100 77 100 77
Temp 99 95 88 84 80 79 87 95 98 94 86 82 80 77 86 94 98 95 88 83 80 77
Dewpt 64 65 68 71 73 73 74 71 66 66 69 71 72 72 73 68 64 64 68 72 72 72
Max/Min RH 82 35 85 32 85
RH 32 37 52 65 79 82 65 46 35 40 57 69 77 85 65 43 33 36 52 70 77 85
Wind Dir NE NE E E E E E NE E E SE SE SE E SE SE E E SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 3 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 8 8 8 6 4
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
Clouds(%) B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 20 5 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.03 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 7600 1000 600 7100 6800 4400 600 8000 9900 5800 1500
T Wind Dir NE E SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 9 9 8 5 8 13 9 8 10 19 9
Date 07/21Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 101 77 98 77 93 76 94 76 92
Temp 94 95 83 77 92 89 81 77 87 86 79 77 86 85 78 76 85 85
Dewpt 69 64 73 73 71 69 74 73 72 71 74 74 73 73 74 74 74 73
Min/Max RH 31 87 42 87 52 94 59 94 61
RH 44 36 72 87 51 52 79 87 61 61 85 90 65 67 88 94 70 67
Pwind Dir SE SE SE E E E SE E SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 20 40 50 60 50 60 50 40
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC NM SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS SC
$$
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