Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 091957
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025
TXZ245-101000-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025
Date 03/09/25 Mon 03/10/25 Tue 03/11/25 Wed
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 44 72 52 75 60
Temp 68 63 54 50 47 45 56 69 72 66 56 54 54 52 64 74 75 69 62 61 61 61
Dewpt 39 41 42 42 42 41 45 42 44 46 49 49 50 50 56 54 56 58 59 59 59 60
Max/Min RH 88 36 93 49 96
RH 36 44 63 74 81 86 68 38 37 48 76 82 86 91 75 51 52 68 88 92 95 95
Wind Dir NW N N N N NW NW N S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 16 8 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 6 8 5 4 4 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 700 400 3400 3900 600 400 3300 3200 1900 1200
T Wind Dir N N N SW S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 16 10 5 8 11 10 12 16 16 16
Date 03/12Thu 03/13/25Fri 03/14/25Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25
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 78 58 83 63 84 59 83 54 82
Temp 76 72 63 58 82 71 65 65 81 75 65 60 79 76 61 55 79 73
Dewpt 64 63 62 58 59 64 64 65 66 64 61 41 35 36 39 40 42 48
Min/Max RH 62 100 42 100 52 93 19 58 25
RH 65 75 97100 45 79 97100 61 68 89 51 21 24 44 58 27 41
Pwind Dir S S S S S SW NW NW SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ231-101000-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025
Date 03/09/25 Mon 03/10/25 Tue 03/11/25 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 40 79 44 85 56
Temp 68 66 55 48 45 41 55 70 77 74 59 52 47 46 60 78 84 79 65 60 58 58
Dewpt 36 37 38 38 38 38 41 39 34 35 39 43 44 43 49 46 47 51 55 56 58 57
Max/Min RH 88 20 93 27 100
RH 30 34 52 68 76 88 59 32 22 24 48 73 91 91 69 32 27 39 72 87 99 98
Wind Dir NW N N N N NW W W NW SE SE S S S S S S SE SE SE SE S
Wind Spd 14 11 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 8 9 11 10 8 5 4
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5
Mixing Hgt 800 400 4100 5000 500 500 3800 4800 1200 800
T Wind Dir N NE W SW S S S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 5 4 4 12 12 13 16 17 13
Date 03/12Thu 03/13/25Fri 03/14/25Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 54 94 64 99 57 83 51 87
Temp 84 89 64 55 87 88 67 66 93 92 68 58 79 80 60 52 82 82
Dewpt 60 46 46 43 41 46 63 65 45 34 40 26 25 23 26 27 28 32
Min/Max RH 21 65 16 99 11 37 11 38 12
RH 45 23 53 64 20 24 87 95 19 13 36 29 14 12 27 38 14 16
Pwind Dir S S SW SE SW NE NW NW W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ247-101000-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025
Date 03/09/25 Mon 03/10/25 Tue 03/11/25 Wed
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 49 68 57 71 62
Temp 66 62 57 54 52 50 56 64 66 62 60 59 58 58 63 69 71 66 63 64 63 63
Dewpt 41 44 44 44 44 44 46 44 46 48 49 50 51 52 56 57 58 60 60 60 60 61
Max/Min RH 83 46 81 64 94
RH 41 51 63 69 76 80 71 49 48 60 68 72 77 80 76 67 65 79 89 89 90 93
Wind Dir NW N N N N N N N S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 16 9 8 6 5 4 2 2 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1100 800 2100 2000 800 1200 2600 2500 1900 2000
T Wind Dir N N N S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 20 13 6 8 12 12 13 17 18 19
Date 03/12Thu 03/13/25Fri 03/14/25Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25
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 73 61 76 64 76 62 78 59 76
Temp 73 68 64 61 74 69 65 65 74 71 66 62 74 73 63 59 73 70
Dewpt 64 64 63 61 62 66 65 65 67 65 62 47 43 44 47 47 47 53
Min/Max RH 74 100 65 100 72 92 30 63 39
RH 76 88 99 99 68 90100100 80 82 89 58 32 36 56 62 41 56
Pwind Dir S S S S S SW NW NW N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 FW CL FW FW CL CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ234-101000-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025
Date 03/09/25 Mon 03/10/25 Tue 03/11/25 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 41 75 46 79 58
Temp 66 62 52 49 46 42 54 68 73 71 56 52 48 47 59 75 79 72 61 60 59 60
Dewpt 39 40 41 42 41 40 44 41 38 39 45 47 47 46 52 48 49 54 58 58 59 59
Max/Min RH 93 27 97 34 100
RH 37 44 66 77 83 93 69 37 28 31 66 83 96 96 78 39 35 54 90 93100 98
Wind Dir NW N N N NW NW NW W W S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 14 11 6 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 4 8 11 11 8 6 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 600 400 3500 4500 300 400 4000 4600 800 700
T Wind Dir N N NW W S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 11 6 4 5 10 9 11 16 13 12
Date 03/12Thu 03/13/25Fri 03/14/25Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 83 56 90 64 93 58 81 52 84
Temp 80 77 63 57 86 81 68 67 86 83 67 59 78 77 60 52 81 78
Dewpt 63 62 61 56 48 56 65 67 60 56 55 33 27 27 29 31 34 38
Min/Max RH 49 100 22 100 24 67 14 44 16
RH 57 61 93 97 27 42 90 99 41 39 65 37 15 16 31 44 19 23
Pwind Dir S S SW S SW SW NW NW W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 OV B2 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
$$
TXZ241-101000-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025
Date 03/09/25 Mon 03/10/25 Tue 03/11/25 Wed
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 42 78 45 83 57
Temp 71 68 57 52 48 44 57 70 76 73 58 52 48 47 59 77 82 75 65 61 59 59
Dewpt 36 37 39 39 39 39 42 39 35 36 44 46 46 46 52 52 52 56 58 58 59 59
Max/Min RH 86 22 98 35 100
RH 28 33 50 61 71 82 57 32 23 26 60 80 93 98 78 43 35 51 80 90100100
Wind Dir NW NW N N N NW NW NW SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 16 11 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 3 5 9 10 12 10 8 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 5
Mixing Hgt 800 400 4200 5100 400 400 3300 4600 1200 800
T Wind Dir N N N S SE S S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 12 6 3 4 12 11 12 16 17 13
Date 03/12Thu 03/13/25Fri 03/14/25Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25
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 56 92 64 99 60 84 52 87
Temp 84 87 66 57 87 84 68 67 93 91 69 61 80 80 61 53 83 81
Dewpt 62 54 55 52 48 56 65 66 53 43 50 28 28 27 29 29 31 35
Min/Max RH 29 86 21 100 14 50 13 41 13
RH 47 33 69 82 26 38 89 97 26 19 50 29 15 14 30 40 16 19
Pwind Dir S S S S SW SW NW NW N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW CL FW SC FW SC B2 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL FW CL CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ229-101000-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025
Date 03/09/25 Mon 03/10/25 Tue 03/11/25 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 44 81 48 88 57
Temp 71 71 59 53 47 44 57 72 79 78 65 56 51 49 60 79 87 85 72 64 59 58
Dewpt 32 33 36 36 36 36 38 34 30 30 31 35 37 38 44 44 43 44 49 53 55 55
Max/Min RH 73 16 66 21 91
RH 24 25 42 52 65 73 49 25 17 17 28 45 59 66 55 29 21 24 45 67 85 89
Wind Dir NW N N NE NE W SW SW S SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 14 10 4 2 1 2 2 3 2 4 4 6 5 4 6 8 9 9 9 8 6 4
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 500 300 4900 5800 400 400 4600 5500 1800 800
T Wind Dir NE E SW S SE S S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 4 5 6 11 12 14 13 16 12
Date 03/12Thu 03/13/25Fri 03/14/25Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 56 96 66 98 58 85 54 89
Temp 87 92 68 57 88 93 73 68 92 92 70 59 79 82 63 55 82 85
Dewpt 53 31 32 32 34 36 56 58 36 26 27 23 24 21 24 25 24 25
Min/Max RH 11 39 11 75 9 25 10 32 9
RH 31 11 26 39 15 14 55 71 14 9 20 25 13 10 22 31 12 11
Pwind Dir SW NW SW S W N NW NW NW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ442-101000-
Padre RAWS-Kleberg TX
27.44N 97.29W Elev. 6 ft
257 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025
Date 03/09/25 Mon 03/10/25 Tue 03/11/25 Wed
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 51 66 56 69 61
Temp 67 65 59 56 53 51 56 62 64 62 59 58 57 57 61 67 69 66 63 63 62 62
Dewpt 38 40 44 44 44 44 45 44 46 47 49 50 50 51 55 56 57 58 59 60 60 60
Max/Min RH 77 50 84 65 95
RH 34 40 57 64 71 77 66 52 52 58 69 75 77 80 79 68 66 76 87 90 94 94
Wind Dir NW NW N N N N N E E SE SE S S S S S SE SE S S S S
Wind Spd 17 13 10 8 6 4 3 3 5 8 6 8 6 6 6 9 11 11 11 11 11 10
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 600 2300 2000 700 800 2400 2300 1600 1200
T Wind Dir N N N E SE S S S S S
T Wind Spd 18 13 6 8 13 14 14 18 19 19
Date 03/12Thu 03/13/25Fri 03/14/25Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25
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 74 60 75 64 80 63 76 58 75
Temp 72 70 64 60 72 69 65 65 77 74 66 63 73 73 63 58 72 70
Dewpt 63 62 62 60 62 65 65 65 64 63 61 44 39 41 45 42 44 51
Min/Max RH 69 100 67 100 58 87 28 55 34
RH 74 76 93 99 70 86100100 65 69 84 49 29 32 52 55 36 51
Pwind Dir S S S S S S NW NW NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12HR 0 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