Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 150854
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
253 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024
TXZ245-152200-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
253 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024
Date Fri 11/15/24 Sat 11/16/24 Sun 11/17/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
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 64 83 67 85
Temp 56 54 69 78 78 71 68 66 66 66 78 82 82 75 72 71 71 70 80 83 83 77
Dewpt 48 50 57 56 60 61 62 61 61 61 67 67 68 68 70 71 70 70 76 76 76 75
Min/Max RH 48 89 59 100 78
RH 76 85 67 48 55 71 80 83 83 84 69 60 63 79 92 99 99100 90 79 81 94
Wind Dir NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 2 2 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 8 10 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW FW B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL FW FW B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 30 40
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0.06
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3200 3500 800 900 4000 4000 1900 800 2600 2700
T Wind Dir E E E SE S SE SE SE S SE
T Wind Spd 9 11 13 12 12 12 13 11 18 21
Coast Flood Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Date Mon 11/18/24 Tue 11/19/24 Wed 11/20/24 Thu 11/21/24
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 69 85 58 83 52 74 43 70
Temp 73 72 82 73 64 59 78 72 64 56 71 63 51 45 65 60
Dewpt 73 71 69 60 55 50 53 56 56 50 46 42 37 34 35 36
Max/Min RH 99 55 74 38 83 38 65 30
RH 99 95 66 64 72 72 41 57 75 80 42 47 59 64 34 41
Pwind Dir SE SW N N N N N NW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 30 80 10 5 10 10 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC O SC
Tstms IS IS SC
$$
TXZ231-152200-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
253 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024
Date Fri 11/15/24 Sat 11/16/24 Sun 11/17/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 83 55 86 64 89
Temp 50 47 62 79 83 74 64 60 57 56 68 83 86 79 70 68 67 67 75 85 87 80
Dewpt 38 39 44 44 43 51 58 59 57 56 63 61 60 62 65 66 67 67 73 72 72 73
Min/Max RH 24 100 40 100 59
RH 65 73 51 29 24 44 80 96100100 83 47 41 56 84 93100100 94 65 60 79
Wind Dir E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 2 2 3 5 6 6 4 2 2 2 4 8 10 9 6 4 4 4 8 13 16 16
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3500 4600 500 500 4300 5000 1000 800 4200 4600
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 8 10 11 9 10 13 13 9 13 20
Date Mon 11/18/24 Tue 11/19/24 Wed 11/20/24 Thu 11/21/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 69 85 53 85 51 73 40 70
Temp 75 72 80 74 59 54 79 74 61 53 70 64 50 42 65 62
Dewpt 73 70 51 43 44 41 42 45 49 40 38 33 32 29 26 27
Max/Min RH 97 25 62 22 68 27 59 18
RH 94 93 36 33 57 61 27 35 66 61 31 31 50 59 23 26
Pwind Dir SE W N N N N N NW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12HR 30 50 5 5 10 5 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ247-152200-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
253 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024
Date Fri 11/15/24 Sat 11/16/24 Sun 11/17/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
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 69 81 72 82
Temp 66 65 72 75 76 72 71 71 71 71 78 79 80 76 75 74 74 75 79 80 81 76
Dewpt 51 54 58 59 62 62 62 63 63 64 66 67 68 69 71 72 73 74 76 76 75 74
Min/Max RH 56 81 63 98 84
RH 58 69 63 58 61 70 74 76 77 78 67 66 67 78 87 94 97 97 90 87 84 94
Wind Dir NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 12 12 13
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 30 40
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0.06
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3200 3400 1900 1700 3800 3700 2600 1800 1900 2200
T Wind Dir E E E SE S S SE SE S SE
T Wind Spd 9 11 16 13 12 12 17 16 18 21
Coast Flood Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Date Mon 11/18/24 Tue 11/19/24 Wed 11/20/24 Thu 11/21/24
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 73 83 65 80 58 72 50 68
Temp 76 75 80 75 70 67 76 74 70 63 69 64 57 53 63 63
Dewpt 74 74 71 61 57 55 55 58 60 56 49 45 42 40 39 38
Max/Min RH 96 61 66 46 79 45 63 38
RH 94 96 74 62 62 65 48 57 71 78 49 49 57 62 41 40
Pwind Dir SE SW N N N N N NW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 30 80 10 5 10 10 5 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC O SC
Tstms IS IS SC
$$
TXZ234-152200-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
253 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024
Date Fri 11/15/24 Sat 11/16/24 Sun 11/17/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 80 57 83 67 85
Temp 49 46 61 77 80 71 62 59 59 61 71 81 82 75 69 70 71 71 76 82 82 77
Dewpt 40 40 47 46 49 56 59 57 57 58 64 65 65 66 68 69 70 71 75 75 75 74
Min/Max RH 33 100 55 100 78
RH 71 79 60 33 34 59 90 93 93 90 79 58 56 74 97 97 97100 97 79 79 90
Wind Dir NE N NE E SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 3 4 4 4 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 8 10 6 5 6 6 6 11 14 16 13
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 20 50
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.03
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3300 4300 400 400 4000 4000 600 400 2200 3100
T Wind Dir E SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 6 9 11 6 11 12 10 8 14 19
Date Mon 11/18/24 Tue 11/19/24 Wed 11/20/24 Thu 11/21/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 71 83 55 81 51 71 42 67
Temp 74 74 78 71 61 55 77 71 59 54 66 60 48 43 63 58
Dewpt 72 71 67 57 50 46 50 52 51 45 43 37 32 30 32 32
Max/Min RH 100 50 73 34 76 36 60 27
RH 93 90 69 61 67 72 39 51 75 71 43 42 54 60 31 37
Pwind Dir SE SW NW N N N NW NW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 30 80 5 5 10 10 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC O SC
Tstms IS IS SC
$$
TXZ241-152200-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
253 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024
Date Fri 11/15/24 Sat 11/16/24 Sun 11/17/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
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 83 58 86 66 89
Temp 53 51 65 80 83 73 64 61 59 59 70 83 85 77 70 68 68 68 76 85 87 79
Dewpt 44 45 50 52 52 56 59 59 58 57 63 62 62 64 66 67 67 68 73 73 73 74
Min/Max RH 35 100 44 99 62
RH 70 79 58 38 35 55 84 93 96 95 79 50 46 63 86 95 97 99 89 68 63 84
Wind Dir N NE NE E E E E SE E E S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 2 3 4 6 6 8 3 2 2 2 3 8 10 10 6 6 5 5 10 14 16 14
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3500 4900 500 400 4000 4500 1100 700 3500 4000
T Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 9 10 10 6 10 13 13 9 13 20
Date Mon 11/18/24 Tue 11/19/24 Wed 11/20/24 Thu 11/21/24
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 72 88 57 85 54 74 43 70
Temp 76 74 82 76 62 57 80 74 62 57 70 64 52 45 65 61
Dewpt 73 70 57 46 46 43 43 47 51 42 38 35 33 30 27 28
Max/Min RH 95 27 60 23 68 26 55 20
RH 92 87 44 35 56 58 27 38 67 57 31 34 49 54 24 28
Pwind Dir SE W N N N N N NW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 20 50 5 5 5 5 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ229-152200-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
253 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024
Date Fri 11/15/24 Sat 11/16/24 Sun 11/17/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 83 58 86 65 91
Temp 54 51 63 78 83 77 69 64 60 59 67 80 86 80 74 70 68 67 73 84 89 85
Dewpt 39 42 44 46 46 46 50 55 57 57 60 59 58 57 60 63 63 64 68 67 66 68
Min/Max RH 27 93 39 91 47
RH 57 71 50 32 27 33 51 73 90 93 78 49 39 45 62 78 84 90 84 57 47 57
Wind Dir E E E SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 3 3 4 6 8 6 8 5 5 4 5 8 9 8 9 8 8 6 8 11 14 13
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL SC SC B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL SC SC B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Haines 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 3000 4700 500 500 3400 4900 800 600 5000 5600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 9 12 16 10 11 13 14 11 14 20
Date Mon 11/18/24 Tue 11/19/24 Wed 11/20/24 Thu 11/21/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 69 84 52 85 52 73 42 70
Temp 77 72 79 75 60 52 79 76 62 54 69 65 51 43 64 63
Dewpt 71 65 41 36 38 37 37 39 44 34 32 30 29 27 25 26
Max/Min RH 83 18 56 17 52 22 53 18
RH 82 79 26 24 44 56 22 26 52 47 25 27 42 53 23 24
Pwind Dir SE W N NW N NW N NW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 SC CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12HR 30 20 0 0 5 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ442-152200-
Padre RAWS-Kleberg TX
27.44N 97.29W Elev. 6 ft
253 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024
Date Fri 11/15/24 Sat 11/16/24 Sun 11/17/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
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 77 70 80 74 81
Temp 68 66 72 76 76 73 72 72 72 72 76 79 80 77 76 76 76 75 78 81 81 79
Dewpt 52 54 57 59 61 61 62 63 63 63 65 66 68 68 69 72 73 73 75 76 76 75
Min/Max RH 56 76 64 94 84
RH 57 65 59 56 60 66 71 73 73 73 69 64 67 74 79 87 90 94 91 85 85 88
Wind Dir NE NE E E E E E SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 4 5 8 9 8 9 9 8 8 8 9 11 11 11 11 12 11 13 16 17 18
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 20 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Mixing Hgt 3600 3700 1100 900 3500 3300 2200 1900 2000 2100
T Wind Dir E E E S S SE SE SE S SE
T Wind Spd 9 11 13 11 11 13 17 16 17 23
Coast Flood Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Date Mon 11/18/24 Tue 11/19/24 Wed 11/20/24 Thu 11/21/24
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 76 82 68 79 61 71 53 67
Temp 78 77 80 76 71 68 76 75 71 65 69 67 60 54 63 63
Dewpt 75 74 69 62 57 54 56 58 61 54 48 45 42 39 38 37
Max/Min RH 91 62 63 47 71 42 57 34
RH 91 90 69 62 61 61 50 56 71 68 47 45 51 57 39 38
Pwind Dir SE SW N N N N N NW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL
PoP 12HR 20 60 10 5 10 10 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS NM SC
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
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