Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 041957
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024
TXZ245-050900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024
Date 07/04/24 Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 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 94 78 95 78
Temp 91 87 82 81 79 80 89 93 94 90 83 82 80 78 88 93 94 89 83 82 80 78
Dewpt 78 77 76 75 76 76 77 76 77 76 76 77 76 76 78 77 77 77 77 77 76 76
Max/Min RH 90 57 94 57 95
RH 67 72 82 82 90 87 68 58 57 65 80 84 88 94 73 59 59 67 81 84 88 94
Wind Dir S S S S S S S SE SE S S S S SW E SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 10 9 6 5 5 4 4 5 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 3 3 3
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) SC FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 20 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS
Obvis H H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1200 600 4000 4000 1500 900 4400 3700 1700 1000
T Wind Dir S S S S S SW NE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 11 9 11 11 6 5 11 12 10
Date 07/07Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
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 78 90 78 91 78 91 78 92
Temp 91 88 82 79 89 87 83 79 89 87 82 78 90 87 82 79 90 88
Dewpt 77 78 78 77 79 78 78 78 79 78 78 77 78 78 78 77 79 78
Min/Max RH 63 94 69 96 69 97 66 95 66
RH 65 72 87 94 73 75 84 96 73 75 88 97 69 75 87 94 70 74
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 40 50 70 60 70 40 50 20 30
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC NM NM NM SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ231-050900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024
Date 07/04/24 Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 100 74 99 75
Temp 99 94 84 79 77 75 86 95 99 95 84 79 76 74 85 95 99 95 85 80 77 75
Dewpt 72 72 73 75 74 74 75 72 69 71 73 74 74 74 75 72 70 71 73 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 97 38 99 39 100
RH 42 49 70 88 90 97 70 49 38 46 70 85 94 99 73 48 39 46 67 85 94 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE S SE SE E E SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 11 12 10 6 4 3 5 6 8 10 6 4 2 1 2 4 6 8 6 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Obvis H H H PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 2600 900 5500 7100 2400 700 5700 7100 4100 900
T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 18 11 13 11 16 6 6 10 16 6
Date 07/07Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 76 93 75 93 75 92 75 93
Temp 94 92 80 77 90 89 79 75 89 87 78 75 89 87 79 76 90 90
Dewpt 72 71 76 75 74 74 76 75 76 76 77 75 77 76 77 76 76 75
Min/Max RH 44 95 55 100 58 100 61 100 54
RH 50 51 88 94 60 61 91100 66 69 97100 67 69 94100 64 62
Pwind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 20 60 50 60 30 50 20 30
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS NM NM SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ247-050900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024
Date 07/04/24 Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 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 83 91 82 91 81
Temp 88 87 84 83 83 84 88 90 90 87 85 84 84 82 88 90 91 88 85 84 83 82
Dewpt 78 77 76 76 76 76 77 77 77 76 76 77 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77
Max/Min RH 81 64 85 64 85
RH 72 72 77 78 78 79 71 66 65 70 76 80 79 85 71 65 64 69 77 79 81 85
Wind Dir S S S S S S S S SE SE SE S S S E E SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 10 11 11 10 10 8 6 6 8 9 8 6 5 3 3 4 8 8 8 6 5 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 20 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS
Obvis H H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2000 1700 3000 2800 1700 1900 2700 2500 2400 2300
T Wind Dir S S S S S S E SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 18 14 9 11 13 9 5 11 16 13
Date 07/07Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
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 89 81 89 81 89 81 90 82 90
Temp 88 87 84 82 88 87 84 82 88 86 84 81 88 87 84 83 88 87
Dewpt 78 78 78 78 79 78 78 78 79 78 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 77
Min/Max RH 70 87 73 90 70 88 69 85 68
RH 72 74 82 87 75 74 82 90 75 76 81 88 73 74 82 85 73 73
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 50 60 70 60 60 40 50 20 30
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM NM NM NM NM SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-050900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024
Date 07/04/24 Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 95 75 95 76
Temp 94 92 83 79 78 76 87 92 94 92 82 79 77 75 86 92 94 92 82 80 78 76
Dewpt 76 77 76 75 75 75 77 76 75 76 76 76 76 75 78 76 76 76 76 76 75 75
Max/Min RH 97 53 100 56 97
RH 56 62 80 88 91 97 72 60 54 60 82 91 97100 77 60 56 60 82 88 91 97
Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S S S SW NW NW E SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 11 12 8 5 4 2 3 4 6 8 6 4 2 2 2 3 5 8 5 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 10 0 20 20
QPF 12HR 0 0.04 0.02 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS
Obvis H H H PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 700 400 5400 6000 1000 500 5300 5500 1900 500
T Wind Dir S S S SE S SW N E SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 6 6 9 10 5 4 9 9 5
Date 07/07Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 92 77 89 76 88 75 88 76 90
Temp 91 89 81 78 87 87 80 77 85 87 79 76 86 86 79 77 87 88
Dewpt 76 76 77 77 78 77 77 76 80 79 77 76 80 79 77 77 79 78
Min/Max RH 59 97 70 97 77 100 75 100 71
RH 62 66 88 97 75 72 91 97 85 77 94100 82 80 94100 77 72
Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 40 30 70 60 70 40 50 20 40
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC NM NM NM SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ241-050900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024
Date 07/04/24 Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 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 99 75 98 76
Temp 96 92 81 80 77 76 87 96 99 93 83 79 77 75 86 94 98 94 84 80 78 76
Dewpt 74 74 75 75 75 75 75 73 72 73 74 75 75 74 76 73 73 73 75 76 75 75
Max/Min RH 96 42 98 45 97
RH 49 55 82 87 92 96 68 48 42 52 74 87 94 97 73 50 45 51 76 87 91 97
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE E SE SE SE SE S NE
Wind Spd 11 13 10 6 5 4 6 6 10 11 8 4 2 2 2 4 8 10 6 3 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.02 0
Rain Shwrs SC
Obvis H H H PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1900 800 5300 6600 2000 600 6000 6100 3100 900
T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 18 11 13 13 13 8 6 12 12 6
Date 07/07Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
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 95 77 91 76 92 76 92 77 94
Temp 93 91 81 78 89 87 80 77 89 87 79 77 89 88 80 77 91 89
Dewpt 73 75 76 76 75 76 77 76 76 77 77 76 77 77 77 77 76 76
Min/Max RH 49 96 61 99 64 99 64 100 58
RH 53 60 85 96 64 70 90 97 67 72 93 99 69 70 91100 62 66
Pwind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 30 30 70 50 60 30 50 20 30
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ229-050900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024
Date 07/04/24 Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 77 103 77 102 78
Temp 100 99 89 83 79 77 86 94101101 91 84 80 77 86 96102 99 91 85 80 78
Dewpt 66 65 71 72 72 73 73 70 64 63 69 71 72 71 71 65 62 63 68 72 73 73
Max/Min RH 87 27 83 27 86
RH 33 33 56 70 79 87 65 46 30 29 49 65 77 82 61 36 27 31 47 65 79 85
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 12 12 9 6 5 6 6 8 10 10 8 4 2 3 4 6 9 9 6 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL CL CL CL SC SC CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW CL CL CL CL SC SC CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H H H
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1000 1000 5200 8000 3200 900 6600 8800 5400 900
T Wind Dir SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 19 12 12 12 18 9 6 11 18 9
Date 07/07Mon 07/08/24Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 102 78 97 77 93 77 94 77 95
Temp 96 99 84 79 92 93 83 77 88 90 81 77 89 90 81 77 90 92
Dewpt 67 63 73 74 71 68 73 73 72 72 74 74 73 72 74 74 73 71
Min/Max RH 28 86 40 87 51 90 52 91 47
RH 39 31 70 85 51 44 72 87 59 56 79 90 59 56 79 90 58 51
Pwind Dir SE E E E E E E E SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 40 40 40 30 40 30 30
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC
$$
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