Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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547 FOUS54 KCRP 170718 PFWCRP Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 217 AM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 TXZ245-172100- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX 28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft 217 AM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 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 96 77 98 Temp 83 82 91 95 94 89 84 82 80 79 89 94 95 91 83 81 80 77 88 94 96 91 Dewpt 77 76 79 78 77 78 78 78 77 76 79 78 78 78 78 77 76 75 79 77 76 77 Min/Max RH 55 97 58 94 53 RH 84 82 68 58 58 70 81 87 91 93 74 61 58 67 84 87 90 92 74 57 54 65 Wind Dir S S S SE SE SE SE SE S SW E E SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE Wind Spd 2 2 3 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 5 4 Wind Gust Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 10 10 0 0 QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 Mixing Hgt 3800 3700 1000 600 3600 3400 1700 1000 3500 3300 T Wind Dir S SE SE S E E SE S S SE T Wind Spd 5 10 12 6 5 10 11 6 5 11 Heat Y Y Date Tue 08/20/24Wed 08/21/24Thu 08/22/24Fri 08/23/24 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 98 78 97 77 96 77 95 Temp 81 78 94 91 82 79 94 90 82 79 94 90 82 79 93 89 Dewpt 77 75 77 77 78 76 78 78 77 75 77 77 76 74 75 75 Max/Min RH 93 55 90 57 90 57 86 55 RH 88 91 58 65 87 90 60 68 84 88 58 67 82 85 56 65 Pwind Dir S S S S S SE SE SE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 5 10 5 10 $$ TXZ231-172100- George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX 28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft 217 AM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min 100 76 100 74 102 Temp 77 75 87 96 99 95 84 80 78 76 87 96100 95 84 80 77 75 87 96101 95 Dewpt 77 75 78 74 72 73 77 77 77 76 79 76 74 73 76 77 76 75 79 74 70 70 Min/Max RH 41 100 44 100 37 RH 100100 75 49 42 49 79 91 99100 79 53 44 50 76 90 97100 78 49 37 45 Wind Dir SE SE S SE E SE SE SE S E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 2 2 3 4 6 9 6 3 2 1 2 4 6 8 4 2 1 1 2 3 6 9 Wind Gust Clouds FW SC FW CL FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW Clouds(%) FW SC FW CL FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 Mixing Hgt 5600 7200 2400 1000 5600 6700 3700 900 5300 7500 T Wind Dir S SE SE S SE E SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 9 11 17 8 5 12 13 6 6 13 Date Tue 08/20/24Wed 08/21/24Thu 08/22/24Fri 08/23/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max 74 103 77 103 77 102 74 99 Temp 80 75 97 96 82 78 99 97 82 77 98 94 80 76 95 90 Dewpt 75 74 73 72 76 74 73 71 76 74 72 72 76 73 72 70 Max/Min RH 100 38 92 36 92 38 94 41 RH 87 97 46 46 82 89 43 43 82 90 43 48 87 92 48 52 Pwind Dir S S S S SE SE SE SE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 $$ TXZ247-172100- Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX 28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft 217 AM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 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 82 92 82 93 Temp 84 82 88 90 91 89 86 85 84 83 89 90 92 88 85 85 84 83 88 90 91 88 Dewpt 78 78 79 79 78 78 78 78 78 78 79 79 79 78 78 77 77 77 78 79 78 77 Min/Max RH 63 85 66 84 65 RH 81 87 74 70 65 70 77 80 82 85 74 70 66 71 79 77 80 84 74 69 65 70 Wind Dir S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S E E E SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE Wind Spd 5 4 4 5 6 8 8 6 5 3 3 5 6 8 6 5 4 3 3 4 6 8 Wind Gust Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 10 10 0 0 QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 Mixing Hgt 3000 2800 1600 1200 2800 2600 2000 2300 2700 2500 T Wind Dir S SE SE S SE E SE S S SE T Wind Spd 6 10 13 10 5 11 12 9 4 10 Date Tue 08/20/24Wed 08/21/24Thu 08/22/24Fri 08/23/24 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 82 93 82 92 81 92 82 91 Temp 85 83 90 88 85 83 90 87 85 82 90 87 85 83 89 87 Dewpt 78 77 79 78 78 78 79 79 78 77 77 77 76 75 76 75 Max/Min RH 83 65 86 67 85 66 78 64 RH 80 82 70 71 80 85 70 76 80 85 67 71 75 77 66 67 Pwind Dir S S S S S SE SE SE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ TXZ234-172100- Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX 28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft 217 AM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min 98 77 99 76 100 Temp 78 78 87 95 98 92 84 81 79 77 88 96 98 93 83 80 78 77 88 96 99 93 Dewpt 77 76 79 77 77 76 77 78 77 76 79 77 76 76 77 77 76 75 78 75 74 74 Min/Max RH 51 100 49 96 45 RH 97 94 77 56 51 60 80 91 94 97 75 55 50 58 82 91 94 94 72 51 45 54 Wind Dir S S S SE SE SE SE S S N NE E SE SE SE S S W SW SE SE SE Wind Spd 2 2 2 3 6 8 4 2 2 2 2 3 6 8 4 2 2 2 2 2 5 8 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 0 10 0 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS Obvis PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 Mixing Hgt 5000 5600 500 400 5100 5600 1900 400 4700 6100 T Wind Dir S SE S S E SE S S S SE T Wind Spd 4 9 10 4 4 10 9 6 5 10 Heat Y Y Date Tue 08/20/24Wed 08/21/24Thu 08/22/24Fri 08/23/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max 76 100 78 100 78 98 77 97 Temp 81 77 96 94 82 79 96 94 82 78 95 90 80 77 94 89 Dewpt 76 75 75 74 77 75 76 75 77 75 75 75 76 74 72 73 Max/Min RH 96 47 89 47 91 49 91 47 RH 85 94 51 53 85 88 53 54 85 91 53 62 88 90 49 59 Pwind Dir S S S S S SE SE SE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 5 5 10 5 10 5 20 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS $$ TXZ241-172100- Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX 27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft 217 AM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 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 77 98 76 101 Temp 78 77 88 97100 94 84 81 79 77 87 95 97 92 84 80 78 77 88 95 99 93 Dewpt 77 76 78 74 73 74 77 78 77 77 78 76 75 75 77 77 77 76 78 74 72 73 Min/Max RH 43 99 49 99 42 RH 97 97 73 48 43 54 80 90 93 99 75 55 49 57 79 91 96 97 74 50 42 52 Wind Dir S SE S SE SE SE SE SE S S E E E E SE SE SE E SE E E SE Wind Spd 3 2 4 4 8 10 6 4 2 1 2 4 8 9 4 2 1 1 2 4 8 10 Wind Gust Clouds SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 0 5 0 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Obvis PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 Mixing Hgt 5500 6600 2100 1000 5600 5600 3000 900 5600 7300 T Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE E SE SE SE E T Wind Spd 9 12 14 6 6 12 13 6 8 13 Heat Y Y Date Tue 08/20/24Wed 08/21/24Thu 08/22/24Fri 08/23/24 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 76 102 77 102 77 100 76 99 Temp 80 76 96 95 82 78 98 96 82 77 97 92 80 77 94 91 Dewpt 77 75 73 73 76 75 73 73 76 75 72 72 76 74 72 71 Max/Min RH 97 41 93 40 95 40 94 45 RH 90 96 48 49 84 91 44 48 82 94 44 53 87 92 48 52 Pwind Dir S S S S SE SE SE SE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 $$ TXZ229-172100- La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX 28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft 217 AM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min 105 78 104 77 105 Temp 81 79 88 98103102 92 86 80 78 87 98103100 91 85 81 77 87 97103102 Dewpt 75 74 74 67 62 63 70 73 74 74 74 68 64 66 70 74 75 74 75 68 62 62 Min/Max RH 25 88 28 91 25 RH 82 85 63 37 26 28 49 65 82 88 65 38 28 33 50 70 82 90 68 39 26 27 Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE E SE SE SE E SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 6 4 5 4 6 10 10 8 5 3 3 4 6 10 8 6 4 2 2 4 6 9 Wind Gust Clouds FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW Clouds(%) FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 Mixing Hgt 5900 8500 1000 700 6000 8100 4500 700 6400 9100 T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 9 11 19 10 6 13 16 9 8 12 Date Tue 08/20/24Wed 08/21/24Thu 08/22/24Fri 08/23/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max 76 107 79 108 80 107 78 104 Temp 85 76 99103 87 79101103 88 80100102 85 78 97 99 Dewpt 72 73 67 62 70 72 66 62 70 71 66 62 71 73 65 62 Max/Min RH 90 23 79 23 74 24 85 26 RH 65 90 36 26 57 79 32 26 55 74 33 27 63 85 35 30 Pwind Dir SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ 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