Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 201048
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
548 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024
TXZ245-202100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
548 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024
Date Sat 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24
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 93 77 92 80 93
Temp 75 84 90 92 88 81 80 79 78 87 90 90 87 84 83 81 80 88 91 91 87
Dewpt 75 78 77 77 76 77 77 77 76 78 78 78 78 78 77 77 76 78 79 78 78
Min/Max RH 62 97 67 88 67
RH 100 84 66 62 69 87 90 94 94 75 67 67 74 82 84 87 87 72 68 67 74
Wind Dir NW W SE SE SE SE S S SW S S SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE
Wind Spd 2 2 3 5 5 3 3 2 2 3 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 10 40 20 60
QPF 12HR 0.24 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.07
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC SC SC IS IS NM NM SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC
LAL 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 3
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4
Mixing Hgt 3100 3400 1000 600 3400 3200 1800 900 3500 3600
T Wind Dir W SE S S S S S S S SE
T Wind Spd 4 10 12 9 10 13 16 11 11 13
Date Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
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 79 91 77 86 77 90 78 91
Temp 82 80 89 86 82 78 85 83 79 78 89 87 82 79 90 87
Dewpt 77 76 78 78 77 76 78 78 77 76 78 78 77 76 78 77
Max/Min RH 90 68 93 80 96 68 93 66
RH 85 90 69 78 85 93 81 84 94 93 70 74 84 91 69 73
Pwind Dir SE SE SE S S S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 30 70 60 90 60 60 40 50
Rain Shwrs SC NM NM IS NM O O SC NM NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC
$$
TXZ231-202100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
548 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024
Date Sat 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 97 74 95 75 95
Temp 74 84 92 96 91 82 78 76 75 85 93 94 89 83 79 78 75 86 93 93 88
Dewpt 74 76 74 71 73 74 75 75 75 77 74 73 75 75 76 75 75 76 75 74 74
Min/Max RH 45 100 51 100 52
RH 100 79 57 45 56 77 91 97100 79 54 52 64 78 91 91100 72 55 53 63
Wind Dir E S SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE S S SE SE
Wind Spd 1 2 2 4 6 4 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 5 3 2 2 4 6 8 9
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 5 20 5 40
QPF 12HR 0 0.02 0.03 0 0.03
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC IS
LAL 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6200 8000 2500 900 5800 6700 3200 1200 6200 6600
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S SE SE SE S SE
T Wind Spd 4 8 16 10 9 11 18 10 14 17
Date Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 75 92 73 88 73 89 73 90
Temp 79 75 90 84 77 74 85 84 76 74 86 85 77 73 87 85
Dewpt 76 75 77 75 76 74 78 76 76 74 77 75 76 73 77 75
Max/Min RH 100 63 100 70 100 63 100 63
RH 91100 65 76 97100 79 79 99100 75 73 97100 71 72
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 20 60 40 80 50 60 30 50
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC NM IS SC NM O SC SC NM NM IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ247-202100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
548 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024
Date Sat 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24
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 90 81 90 81 90
Temp 80 84 87 89 86 84 83 83 81 85 88 88 86 84 84 83 82 86 88 88 86
Dewpt 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 78 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 78 78 77
Min/Max RH 68 87 70 85 72
RH 91 79 73 68 74 80 81 82 87 78 73 70 76 81 81 81 85 76 73 73 74
Wind Dir W W SE SE SE SE S S SW S S SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE
Wind Spd 4 3 4 6 8 6 6 6 5 5 6 8 9 8 8 8 6 6 8 9 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 40 10 40 20 50
QPF 12HR 0.24 0.04 0.10 0.02 0.06
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
LAL 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1900 2100 1600 1400 2500 2200 2200 2000 2800 2900
T Wind Dir SW SE S S S S S S S SE
T Wind Spd 5 10 14 13 10 13 18 14 11 13
Date Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
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 80 89 79 88 79 88 80 89
Temp 83 81 87 85 83 80 85 84 81 80 86 86 84 81 88 86
Dewpt 77 77 78 77 77 77 78 77 78 77 78 77 77 76 78 77
Max/Min RH 87 70 91 73 94 71 87 70
RH 83 87 75 76 81 91 79 79 90 93 77 74 80 87 73 74
Pwind Dir SE SE SE S S S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 30 70 60 90 60 60 40 50
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC IS NM O NM SC NM NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-202100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
548 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024
Date Sat 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 93 75 90 75 89
Temp 74 82 89 92 87 80 77 77 75 84 88 88 85 80 78 78 75 84 87 87 84
Dewpt 74 78 77 76 76 76 76 76 75 79 79 78 78 77 77 76 75 79 79 79 78
Min/Max RH 60 100 72 100 77
RH 100 88 68 60 70 88 97 97100 85 75 72 80 91 97 94100 85 77 77 82
Wind Dir N W NE E SE SE S S NE S S SE SE SE S S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 2 2 2 4 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 4 2 2 2 3 5 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC SC CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC SC CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 30 5 40 10 70
QPF 12HR 0.28 0 0.04 0.01 0.25
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC NM NM NM NM IS
Tstms IS SC IS SC SC SC SC SC IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Mixing Hgt 4900 5900 600 400 3700 3400 1400 400 3200 4900
T Wind Dir NW SE SE S SW S SE S S S
T Wind Spd 4 8 9 6 6 11 11 9 10 13
Date Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 75 87 74 84 74 85 74 88
Temp 77 75 85 81 77 74 81 81 76 75 83 83 77 74 86 84
Dewpt 77 75 79 79 77 74 79 78 76 75 79 79 77 74 79 78
Max/Min RH 100 82 100 89 100 82 100 77
RH 100100 82 94100100 94 91100100 88 88100100 80 82
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 30 90 60 90 60 70 40 60
Rain Shwrs IS SC NM O IS NM O O SC NM NM NM IS SC SC NM
Tstms IS SC SC NM IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ241-202100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
548 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024
Date Sat 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24
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 75 96 76 95
Temp 76 85 93 95 91 82 80 77 75 86 93 94 88 82 80 78 76 87 93 93 89
Dewpt 75 76 73 73 74 75 76 76 75 77 75 75 76 75 76 76 75 76 75 75 75
Min/Max RH 49 100 53 97 54
RH 99 76 53 50 58 79 88 96100 75 55 55 67 79 87 93 97 71 56 56 63
Wind Dir SE S SE E SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S SE S SE SE SE
Wind Spd 2 2 2 5 8 5 4 2 2 3 4 8 9 6 4 3 3 5 8 9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 5 30 0 40
QPF 12HR 0.12 0.01 0.01 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC
Obvis PF
LAL 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6000 6300 2200 600 5500 5600 2600 1200 5600 5700
T Wind Dir S SE SE S S SE SE S SE SE
T Wind Spd 6 10 14 10 10 13 17 10 14 17
Date Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
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 94 75 90 75 91 74 91
Temp 80 76 92 87 79 76 87 86 78 75 88 87 78 75 88 87
Dewpt 76 76 76 76 76 75 77 76 76 75 76 76 76 74 76 75
Max/Min RH 99 58 99 68 100 62 99 62
RH 88 99 60 70 91 97 73 73 94100 68 70 94 99 68 69
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 10 60 40 80 50 60 30 50
Rain Shwrs IS NM IS SC SC O SC SC SC NM IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ229-202100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
548 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024
Date Sat 07/20/24 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 99 77 100 78 98
Temp 76 85 94 99 96 88 82 79 77 86 95 98 93 86 82 79 78 86 93 96 91
Dewpt 74 73 69 65 66 70 72 73 73 73 69 65 67 71 72 73 72 73 70 67 69
Min/Max RH 33 87 34 84 39
RH 94 67 44 33 38 55 72 82 87 65 43 34 43 61 72 82 82 65 47 39 49
Wind Dir E S SE E SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 3 2 2 4 8 6 6 5 4 4 4 6 9 8 6 5 4 5 5 6 9
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 5 30
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.03 0 0 0.02
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
Haines 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 6900 8900 1200 700 6600 8900 4100 1300 7600 8700
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 6 6 16 11 10 12 19 11 13 16
Date Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 77 95 76 91 75 91 75 91
Temp 82 77 91 87 79 76 86 85 77 75 87 86 78 75 88 87
Dewpt 74 73 72 71 74 73 73 73 74 73 73 71 74 73 72 72
Max/Min RH 87 49 90 56 94 52 94 52
RH 77 87 54 59 85 90 65 67 90 94 63 61 88 94 59 61
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 40 50 50 70 50 60 40 50
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC
$$
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