Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 141714
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1214 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024
TXZ245-150900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024
Date 07/14/24 Mon 07/15/24 Tue 07/16/24 Wed
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 93 78 93 78
Temp 91 87 82 80 79 77 87 91 92 87 81 80 79 79 88 91 91 87 82 81 80 79
Dewpt 78 78 77 76 77 76 77 77 76 76 76 75 75 76 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH 97 61 91 65 93
RH 65 74 85 90 94 97 74 64 61 69 84 84 88 90 73 66 66 75 84 87 90 93
Wind Dir SE SE S S S SW S S S SE S S S S S S SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 6 5 4 4 3 2 4 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 4 3
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3300 1100 700 3600 3400 1900 1200 3800 3700 2400 1100
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 11 12 10 10 13 14 11 11 13 16 11
Date 07/17Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24
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 78 94 77 94 75 92 76 93
Temp 91 87 81 79 92 87 81 78 91 87 80 77 90 87 80 78 91 87
Dewpt 78 78 77 77 78 78 78 77 77 77 76 75 77 76 76 75 77 77
Min/Max RH 67 93 64 97 63 95 64 92 64
RH 67 75 87 93 65 75 91 96 64 73 88 94 66 71 87 91 65 73
Pwind Dir S S SE S S SE E SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 20 5 20 10 40 30 40 20 30
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ231-150900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024
Date 07/14/24 Mon 07/15/24 Tue 07/16/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 74 97 74 97 76
Temp 95 91 83 78 76 74 83 92 96 91 81 78 76 74 84 92 94 90 82 79 78 76
Dewpt 73 73 75 76 74 74 75 73 69 71 73 74 73 73 75 74 72 73 75 76 76 75
Max/Min RH 100 42 97 48 97
RH 50 56 78 94 94100 77 53 42 51 77 88 90 97 74 56 48 58 79 91 93 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE S S SE SE SE SE S SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 8 5 4 3 2 5 8 8 9 6 5 4 2 5 8 9 11 6 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6100 2300 800 4400 5900 2900 1100 4600 5900 3800 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S SE S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 17 11 13 13 17 12 12 13 18 11
Date 07/17Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 97 75 98 75 96 74 95 74 95
Temp 92 89 79 76 93 91 79 76 92 90 79 75 91 89 78 75 91 88
Dewpt 75 73 76 75 75 73 76 75 75 72 75 74 74 73 75 74 74 72
Min/Max RH 51 99 47 98 49 99 51 97 51
RH 57 59 91 97 55 56 91 97 57 56 88 97 58 59 91 97 58 59
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 5 10 10 30 20 30 10 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ247-150900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024
Date 07/14/24 Mon 07/15/24 Tue 07/16/24 Wed
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 89 82 90 82
Temp 88 86 83 81 79 79 85 88 88 86 83 83 83 83 87 88 88 86 84 84 83 83
Dewpt 78 77 77 76 77 76 77 77 76 75 76 76 76 77 78 78 77 77 77 78 77 78
Max/Min RH 93 66 83 70 86
RH 72 75 82 87 93 91 79 71 68 71 79 80 81 82 75 73 70 74 80 82 84 85
Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S S S SE S S S S S S SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 8 8 8 8 6 5 6 8 9 9 10 10 9 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 9 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) B2 OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2800 1500 1300 2500 2500 2100 3000 3000 3000 2500 2000
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 11 16 13 11 12 16 16 12 13 18 14
Date 07/17Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24
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 82 90 80 90 80 90 80 90
Temp 88 86 84 83 89 86 83 82 88 86 83 81 87 86 83 81 88 86
Dewpt 78 77 77 77 77 77 78 77 77 76 76 76 77 76 76 76 77 76
Min/Max RH 71 86 68 87 69 86 70 85 69
RH 73 76 80 84 69 74 84 87 70 73 81 85 72 71 81 84 71 71
Pwind Dir S S SE S S S SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 20 5 20 10 30 30 40 20 30
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-150900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024
Date 07/14/24 Mon 07/15/24 Tue 07/16/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 93 75 93 76
Temp 91 88 81 78 77 75 83 89 92 87 79 78 77 76 85 90 90 86 80 79 78 77
Dewpt 78 77 77 76 76 75 78 77 77 75 76 75 75 75 78 77 77 77 77 76 76 76
Max/Min RH 100 62 97 64 97
RH 66 70 88 94 97100 85 68 62 68 91 91 94 97 80 66 66 75 91 91 94 97
Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 6 8 4 3 2 2 3 5 8 8 5 4 3 2 4 6 9 9 5 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1
Clouds(%) OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 10 0 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS
Tstms SC IS
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4700 500 400 4100 4800 1500 400 4600 4700 1600 400
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 10 10 8 9 11 11 10 10 13 11 8
Date 07/17Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 92 76 94 75 91 74 91 74 92
Temp 89 86 79 77 90 86 78 76 88 85 77 75 88 86 78 76 89 86
Dewpt 78 78 77 76 77 77 77 75 77 77 75 74 77 76 76 75 77 76
Min/Max RH 70 98 63 100 67 98 69 97 67
RH 70 77 94 97 66 75 97 97 70 77 94 97 70 72 94 97 68 72
Pwind Dir S SE SE S W E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 40 5 30 10 50 30 50 20 40
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS SC
Tstms IS SC IS SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ241-150900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024
Date 07/14/24 Mon 07/15/24 Tue 07/16/24 Wed
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 97 75 96 77
Temp 94 90 82 80 77 75 84 93 96 91 81 78 77 76 85 92 94 89 82 81 78 77
Dewpt 74 74 76 76 75 74 75 73 72 73 74 74 74 74 76 74 74 75 76 76 76 75
Max/Min RH 97 47 95 51 96
RH 52 61 81 88 94 97 74 53 47 57 79 88 90 94 74 56 52 65 82 87 94 94
Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE S S SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 9 10 6 5 4 4 6 8 9 11 8 6 5 4 6 8 11 11 8 6 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6200 1900 600 4100 5400 1900 900 5000 5400 2900 1100
T Wind Dir SE SE S S SE SE S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 14 11 13 13 14 10 12 13 17 9
Date 07/17Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24
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 96 76 97 75 96 75 96 75 95
Temp 92 89 80 77 93 91 79 76 92 91 80 76 91 89 80 76 92 89
Dewpt 75 76 76 76 75 75 76 75 74 75 76 75 74 74 76 75 74 75
Min/Max RH 54 97 51 99 50 98 53 99 54
RH 58 66 90 96 56 61 91 97 55 60 88 97 59 60 88 97 56 65
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 5 20 5 20 20 30 10 30
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ229-150900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024
Date 07/14/24 Mon 07/15/24 Tue 07/16/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 99 76 100 77
Temp 96 94 88 82 79 76 83 93 98 96 86 82 78 76 84 93 97 94 87 83 80 77
Dewpt 66 67 71 73 73 72 72 70 65 65 69 72 71 71 72 70 66 67 71 73 73 74
Max/Min RH 87 33 85 36 90
RH 38 41 57 74 82 87 70 47 34 36 57 72 79 85 67 47 36 41 59 72 79 90
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 9 8 6 6 5 6 6 8 10 9 8 8 5 6 8 9 11 11 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 5 0 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 7000 1000 1000 4700 6400 3700 1000 5000 7200 4700 1600
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 16 11 13 13 17 11 12 13 19 11
Date 07/17Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 100 77 100 77 98 76 97 76 98
Temp 93 93 82 77 93 95 82 77 92 92 82 77 92 93 82 76 92 93
Dewpt 70 68 74 74 70 66 73 73 70 68 73 73 70 68 73 72 70 67
Min/Max RH 39 90 36 88 40 88 40 88 39
RH 47 44 77 90 47 39 74 87 49 46 74 87 49 44 74 87 49 43
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
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