Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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429 FOUS54 KCRP 162243 PFWCRP Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 543 PM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 TXZ245-170900- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX 28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft 543 PM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 Date 07/16/24 Wed 07/17/24 Thu 07/18/24 Fri 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 93 80 94 76 Temp 88 82 82 80 79 88 92 92 89 83 83 81 80 87 92 94 88 83 81 79 76 Dewpt 79 78 77 76 77 79 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 78 78 77 77 77 76 76 76 Max/Min RH 94 64 90 59 100 RH 74 87 87 88 94 74 65 64 70 84 84 90 90 76 63 59 70 81 85 91100 Wind Dir SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE S S SW SW S SE SE S S SW W Wind Spd 5 5 4 4 3 4 5 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 3 5 4 3 2 2 2 Wind Gust Clouds B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12HR 5 30 0 20 10 QPF 12HR 0 0 0.03 0.01 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS SC Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC LAL 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 1100 500 3300 2900 1700 1000 3800 3700 1800 800 T Wind Dir S S S SE S SW SW SE S SW T Wind Spd 13 11 8 11 12 9 5 9 11 8 Date 07/19Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24 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 76 92 77 92 77 91 74 91 Temp 92 87 81 77 89 86 81 77 90 87 81 77 89 87 80 75 88 86 Dewpt 77 77 77 76 77 77 76 76 78 78 77 76 78 78 76 75 78 78 Min/Max RH 60 98 64 97 65 97 67 100 68 RH 62 74 87 97 68 75 85 97 68 75 87 97 70 75 90100 73 77 Pwind Dir S S S SE SE S S SE SE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12HR 40 20 30 10 50 40 60 50 50 Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC NM SC IS SC SC SC Tstms SC SC IS SC SC SC SC IS SC SC IS SC SC SC $$ TXZ231-170900- George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX 28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft 543 PM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 Date 07/16/24 Wed 07/17/24 Thu 07/18/24 Fri UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 76 98 75 98 74 Temp 91 82 79 78 76 85 95 97 92 82 79 77 75 85 94 98 94 84 79 77 74 Dewpt 74 76 77 75 75 77 74 72 74 75 76 75 74 76 73 71 71 74 75 74 74 Max/Min RH 97 45 97 42 100 RH 58 82 94 91 97 76 52 45 56 79 91 94 97 75 52 42 47 73 90 92100 Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE S S SE SE SE SE S SE S SE SE SE SE S S SE Wind Spd 10 6 4 3 2 4 5 6 9 6 3 2 1 2 2 4 6 4 2 2 1 Wind Gust Clouds B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12HR 5 20 0 10 10 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.02 Rain Shwrs IS IS Tstms IS LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 Mixing Hgt 2800 900 5100 6500 2100 1400 5400 7500 4700 800 T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE S S SE SE S T Wind Spd 17 11 11 11 17 10 6 8 12 9 Date 07/19Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 97 75 96 73 96 75 93 73 91 Temp 94 92 79 75 93 91 77 74 92 90 79 75 90 87 77 74 88 85 Dewpt 74 72 75 74 74 72 75 74 75 73 76 75 76 75 76 74 76 75 Min/Max RH 44 98 47 100 50 100 56 100 61 RH 54 52 88 97 53 54 94100 57 59 91100 63 67 97100 68 72 Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12HR 30 10 20 5 30 30 60 40 50 Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC Tstms IS SC IS SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC $$ TXZ247-170900- Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX 28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft 543 PM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 Date 07/16/24 Wed 07/17/24 Thu 07/18/24 Fri 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 82 90 81 90 80 Temp 87 84 84 83 82 87 88 89 87 84 83 83 81 86 89 90 87 84 84 82 81 Dewpt 78 78 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 77 78 77 77 78 78 77 77 76 77 77 77 Max/Min RH 87 69 90 67 90 RH 74 82 81 84 87 75 72 69 75 80 84 84 90 78 71 67 73 79 80 85 90 Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE S S SW SW S SE SE S S SW SW Wind Spd 9 10 9 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 4 4 4 6 8 6 5 5 4 Wind Gust Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12HR 5 20 0 20 10 QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0.01 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS SC Tstms IS IS IS IS SC LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mixing Hgt 1700 1200 2500 2200 1900 1900 2600 2400 2000 2000 T Wind Dir S S S SE S S SW SE S SW T Wind Spd 17 14 9 11 13 12 6 9 12 10 Date 07/19Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24 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 90 81 90 80 90 78 89 Temp 89 86 83 81 87 86 83 81 88 87 83 81 87 87 83 79 86 86 Dewpt 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 77 78 77 78 77 78 77 77 77 78 77 Min/Max RH 65 87 68 88 69 89 69 93 69 RH 68 74 81 87 72 74 81 88 73 74 84 88 74 72 82 93 76 75 Pwind Dir S S S SE S S S SE SE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12HR 30 20 30 20 40 30 60 50 50 Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC IS IS SC SC SC NM SC IS SC SC SC Tstms SC IS IS SC IS IS IS SC IS SC SC IS SC SC SC $$ TXZ234-170900- Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX 28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft 543 PM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 Date 07/16/24 Wed 07/17/24 Thu 07/18/24 Fri UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 76 93 75 94 75 Temp 88 81 79 78 76 86 91 92 88 81 79 77 76 85 91 93 88 81 79 77 75 Dewpt 78 78 77 76 76 79 78 78 77 77 77 77 76 78 77 76 77 76 76 76 75 Max/Min RH 100 64 100 58 100 RH 72 91 94 94100 80 66 64 70 88 94100100 80 64 58 70 85 91 97100 Wind Dir S SE S S S S S SE SE SE S S W SW S SE SE S S SW W Wind Spd 9 5 4 3 2 2 4 6 8 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 4 2 2 2 Wind Gust Clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12HR 0 40 0 30 20 QPF 12HR 0 0.03 0 0.04 0.03 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS IS SC Tstms IS SC SC SC IS IS IS Obvis PF LAL 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 Mixing Hgt 600 400 4500 4400 1000 400 4900 6000 1400 400 T Wind Dir S S S SE S SW W S S SW T Wind Spd 11 8 6 9 12 6 4 6 9 5 Date 07/19Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 91 75 91 75 91 75 87 73 87 Temp 89 87 78 75 88 87 78 75 88 86 78 75 85 84 76 74 84 84 Dewpt 77 77 76 75 77 77 76 75 78 78 76 75 79 78 76 74 79 77 Min/Max RH 62 100 66 100 68 100 75 100 77 RH 68 72 94100 70 72 94100 72 77 94100 82 82100100 85 80 Pwind Dir N S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12HR 50 20 50 10 60 40 70 40 50 Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC SC NM SC NM NM SC SC SC SC Tstms SC SC IS SC SC IS SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC $$ TXZ241-170900- Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX 27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft 543 PM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 Date 07/16/24 Wed 07/17/24 Thu 07/18/24 Fri 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 96 75 98 75 Temp 90 83 81 79 77 86 93 95 90 82 80 77 75 86 94 98 93 83 80 77 75 Dewpt 75 76 76 76 75 77 75 74 75 76 76 76 75 76 73 72 74 75 76 75 75 Max/Min RH 94 51 100 43 99 RH 61 80 87 90 94 75 56 51 61 82 88 96100 72 51 43 54 76 88 94 99 Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE S S SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE S S S Wind Spd 11 8 6 4 3 5 6 9 10 6 4 2 2 2 3 5 8 5 4 2 2 Wind Gust Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12HR 0 20 0 10 5 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 Mixing Hgt 2100 800 4500 5900 1900 1000 5500 7000 2700 800 T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE S S SE SE S T Wind Spd 17 11 12 12 16 10 6 9 13 8 Date 07/19Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24 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 96 75 96 77 95 75 93 Temp 94 91 80 75 93 91 80 75 93 91 80 77 92 89 79 76 90 88 Dewpt 73 73 75 75 74 74 76 75 75 75 76 76 75 75 76 75 75 76 Min/Max RH 47 100 48 100 51 98 55 99 57 RH 51 56 87100 54 58 90100 56 61 88 97 59 65 91 97 62 68 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 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12HR 20 10 20 5 30 20 50 30 50 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS SC SC IS SC SC SC Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS IS SC $$ TXZ229-170900- La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX 28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft 543 PM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 Date 07/16/24 Wed 07/17/24 Thu 07/18/24 Fri UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max 78 100 78 101 78 Temp 96 88 83 80 78 86 95100 95 88 83 80 78 84 95100 97 88 84 80 78 Dewpt 67 72 73 74 74 74 70 67 67 71 73 74 73 73 70 66 65 69 72 73 73 Max/Min RH 88 34 86 32 85 RH 39 59 72 82 88 68 45 34 40 57 72 82 85 70 45 33 35 54 67 79 85 Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE E Wind Spd 10 10 8 6 5 6 5 6 9 9 6 4 2 2 2 4 6 6 5 4 2 Wind Gust Clouds SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12HR 5 5 0 10 10 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.05 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 Mixing Hgt 1100 1000 5400 7200 2400 1300 6400 9500 6500 1300 T Wind Dir SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE T Wind Spd 18 11 10 11 17 8 6 8 16 9 Date 07/19Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min 97 78 99 77 99 78 95 75 92 Temp 92 92 82 78 94 95 82 77 94 94 83 78 91 88 79 75 88 87 Dewpt 70 68 72 73 70 66 72 73 70 67 73 74 72 71 73 73 73 72 Min/Max RH 40 86 36 88 37 88 47 94 52 RH 49 46 72 85 46 39 72 87 46 41 72 88 54 57 82 94 61 61 Pwind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE E E E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12HR 30 10 10 5 20 20 50 40 40 Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC Tstms SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC IS SC $$ 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