Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 281743
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1143 AM CST Fri Feb 28 2025
TXZ245-282200-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1143 AM CST Fri Feb 28 2025
Date Fri 02/28/25 Sat 03/01/25 Sun 03/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 73 52 77 55 73
Temp 71 73 66 58 56 55 53 61 73 76 67 58 57 56 55 63 71 73 67
Dewpt 54 56 58 57 56 55 53 60 60 59 59 58 56 56 55 61 62 62 62
Min/Max RH 54 100 56 100 69
RH 55 55 74 96100100100 95 64 56 75100 98100100 93 74 69 83
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE NE N N NE E SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 5 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 8 8 5
Wind Gust
Clouds SC CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) SC CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF F PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2300 400 400 2000 1800 600 400 2100 2200
T Wind Dir SE SE E NW E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 8 8 4 4 8 11 9 13 16
Date Mon 03/03/25 Tue 03/04/25 Wed 03/05/25 Thu 03/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 60 76 62 79 54 75 48 70
Temp 61 61 74 69 64 64 75 73 61 55 73 68 56 49 68 64
Dewpt 61 61 66 66 64 63 65 59 48 34 42 45 43 41 45 51
Max/Min RH 100 72 100 56 66 31 73 43
RH 99 99 75 89100 97 70 63 64 46 32 43 63 73 44 62
Pwind Dir SE S S S W NW NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ231-282200-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1143 AM CST Fri Feb 28 2025
Date Fri 02/28/25 Sat 03/01/25 Sun 03/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 81 53 84 56 82
Temp 73 80 78 65 59 55 55 62 79 84 80 66 60 57 56 64 77 81 76
Dewpt 50 53 53 55 57 55 55 59 59 55 54 55 56 57 56 60 59 59 60
Min/Max RH 38 100 36 100 47
RH 44 40 43 70 95100100 92 50 37 41 68 87100100 87 54 47 58
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 4 5 5 4 3 3 6 11 13 14
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW CL FW B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW CL FW B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF F PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6100 700 400 4000 5800 800 600 4200 5500
T Wind Dir SW SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 5 9 5 3 6 12 11 16 20
Date Mon 03/03/25 Tue 03/04/25 Wed 03/05/25 Thu 03/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 63 83 65 90 54 80 47 77
Temp 65 64 78 78 67 67 83 84 62 54 76 75 56 48 73 72
Dewpt 62 63 66 65 65 65 58 39 27 24 34 35 36 37 39 44
Max/Min RH 99 56 97 20 31 20 65 26
RH 92 97 68 64 93 93 43 20 26 31 22 23 47 65 30 38
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SW NW N NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ247-282200-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1143 AM CST Fri Feb 28 2025
Date Fri 02/28/25 Sat 03/01/25 Sun 03/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 67 54 69 57 69
Temp 65 66 61 59 57 56 56 60 66 68 62 59 58 58 57 62 67 69 65
Dewpt 55 57 58 57 57 56 56 59 59 60 59 58 58 58 57 61 61 62 62
Min/Max RH 67 100 74 100 80
RH 70 74 89 95100100100 97 80 74 90 97 98100100 95 83 80 92
Wind Dir E E E E E NE N N NE E SE SE SE E E E E SE SE
Wind Spd 4 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 8 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF F F+ F
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 500 400 400 400 400 500 500 700 800
T Wind Dir SE SE E N E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 8 9 4 4 9 11 9 12 14
Date Mon 03/03/25 Tue 03/04/25 Wed 03/05/25 Thu 03/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 62 71 63 73 57 71 53 66
Temp 62 62 69 66 63 64 70 68 62 58 69 66 58 54 64 63
Dewpt 61 62 65 65 63 64 64 60 53 41 46 49 47 45 48 52
Max/Min RH 100 83 100 70 78 43 74 55
RH 99 100 89 97100 100 82 76 72 54 44 55 67 73 57 69
Pwind Dir SE SE S S W NW NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ234-282200-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1143 AM CST Fri Feb 28 2025
Date Fri 02/28/25 Sat 03/01/25 Sun 03/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 78 53 82 55 77
Temp 73 77 73 62 57 55 55 62 78 82 77 62 58 55 55 62 74 76 70
Dewpt 52 54 56 57 56 55 55 59 59 55 56 57 57 55 55 59 60 60 61
Min/Max RH 43 100 40 100 56
RH 48 45 55 84 96100100 90 52 40 48 84 96100100 90 62 58 73
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE NE N N N E E SE SE SE E E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 3 4 5 4 2 1 1 2 2 4 6 4 3 3 3 8 12 14 11
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 5000 400 400 3300 6200 500 400 2600 3900
T Wind Dir S S S W NE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 5 9 4 4 9 10 9 13 18
Date Mon 03/03/25 Tue 03/04/25 Wed 03/05/25 Thu 03/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 63 79 67 84 54 75 46 72
Temp 64 64 77 74 68 67 78 78 62 55 72 70 54 47 69 67
Dewpt 62 63 65 65 66 66 64 54 37 29 38 40 40 38 40 46
Max/Min RH 100 62 97 41 48 27 71 32
RH 93 97 67 74 93 97 62 43 39 37 29 34 59 71 35 47
Pwind Dir SE S S SW W NW NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 10 5 0 0 0
$$
TXZ241-282200-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1143 AM CST Fri Feb 28 2025
Date Fri 02/28/25 Sat 03/01/25 Sun 03/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 79 55 83 57 81
Temp 73 79 76 65 60 58 57 63 78 83 78 64 61 58 58 65 76 81 75
Dewpt 54 54 57 59 60 58 57 61 61 57 58 59 60 58 58 63 62 62 63
Min/Max RH 43 100 41 100 54
RH 50 43 51 81 98100100 95 55 41 50 84 97100100 92 62 54 68
Wind Dir E SE E SE S S N NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 2 3 6 4 2 2 1 2 2 5 9 6 4 4 3 6 11 13 13
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis F+ F+ PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 6200 800 400 4200 6100 1800 700 4400 4900
T Wind Dir S SE S SE E SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 5 10 4 3 9 12 9 14 19
Date Mon 03/03/25 Tue 03/04/25 Wed 03/05/25 Thu 03/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 64 84 67 92 55 80 48 76
Temp 66 66 78 78 69 68 84 84 64 56 77 75 56 49 73 71
Dewpt 64 64 68 67 66 66 60 49 35 28 34 37 42 41 43 48
Max/Min RH 97 58 99 26 36 19 73 33
RH 93 95 72 70 92 93 44 30 34 34 21 26 58 73 35 45
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SW NW N NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ229-282200-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1143 AM CST Fri Feb 28 2025
Date Fri 02/28/25 Sat 03/01/25 Sun 03/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 80 56 86 59 85
Temp 71 79 78 67 62 58 56 65 79 85 84 73 67 63 60 67 79 84 83
Dewpt 44 48 51 52 53 53 53 56 57 55 53 53 54 55 56 58 58 58 58
Min/Max RH 34 90 33 87 40
RH 38 34 39 59 72 83 90 73 47 36 34 49 63 75 87 73 49 41 43
Wind Dir SE S SE SE SE SE E E SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 4 6 8 6 6 5 8 11 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW CL CL CL SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW CL CL CL SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 5800 500 400 4400 6000 1200 600 3600 6000
T Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 6 6 6 4 6 13 11 13 19
Date Mon 03/03/25 Tue 03/04/25 Wed 03/05/25 Thu 03/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 64 87 66 93 56 83 49 81
Temp 68 66 79 85 70 67 86 87 65 56 77 79 60 50 74 79
Dewpt 61 62 63 62 64 63 48 27 22 23 28 27 33 35 36 38
Max/Min RH 90 43 90 11 28 13 56 19
RH 78 87 58 46 81 87 27 11 19 28 16 15 36 56 25 23
Pwind Dir SE SE SE W NW N NE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ442-282200-
Padre RAWS-Kleberg TX
27.44N 97.29W Elev. 6 ft
1143 AM CST Fri Feb 28 2025
Date Fri 02/28/25 Sat 03/01/25 Sun 03/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 67 56 69 59 70
Temp 65 67 65 61 60 58 57 60 66 68 64 62 60 60 59 64 68 70 67
Dewpt 56 58 60 59 60 58 57 59 60 60 60 60 59 58 59 61 62 62 62
Min/Max RH 70 100 75 100 76
RH 73 73 84 93100100100 96 81 76 87 93 96 93100 90 81 76 84
Wind Dir NE E E E E N N N NE E E E SE E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 6 6 4 3 2 2 2 5 8 8 6 4 4 4 6 11 11 11
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 FW FW FW SC B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 B1 FW FW FW SC B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis F+ F+ F
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 900 400 400 800 700 700 700 1400 1400
T Wind Dir E SE S N E E SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 9 9 5 4 10 12 10 13 16
Date Mon 03/03/25 Tue 03/04/25 Wed 03/05/25 Thu 03/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 63 71 64 76 58 72 55 66
Temp 64 63 70 68 64 64 72 71 64 58 70 68 59 56 65 64
Dewpt 62 63 65 65 64 64 63 59 50 40 42 47 50 47 49 53
Max/Min RH 100 81 100 60 70 36 72 54
RH 93 100 84 90100 100 73 66 60 51 36 47 72 72 56 67
Pwind Dir SE SE S S NW N NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC 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