Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 281203
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
703 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025
TXZ245-282100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
703 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025
Date Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 Sun 03/30/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
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 78 67 81 65 82
Temp 72 75 76 72 68 68 68 69 75 80 80 75 69 69 67 66 75 80 82 76
Dewpt 66 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 71 72 71 70 69 69 67 66 72 72 72 71
Min/Max RH 74 100 74 100 73
RH 83 78 77 86100100100 99 87 76 75 84100100100100 92 78 73 85
Wind Dir S S S SE SE S S S S S S SE SE S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 6 8 8 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC
Clouds(%) B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 50 20 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.55 0.02 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 2200 2300 600 1100 2500 2300 1300 1300 2500 2400
T Wind Dir S S SE S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 17 12 16 14 18 16 16 18 19 17
Flood A
Date Mon 03/31/25Tue 04/01/25Wed 04/02/25Thu 04/03/25
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 65 85 63 81 66 85 67 86
Temp 69 66 82 78 66 64 79 76 69 68 83 79 69 68 83 79
Dewpt 68 66 72 68 64 62 70 70 69 68 72 71 69 68 71 71
Max/Min RH 100 63 100 69 100 63 100 62
RH 99100 71 73 95 95 76 82 99 99 70 77100 99 68 76
Pwind Dir S NE NE SE SE S S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 5
$$
TXZ231-282100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
703 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025
Date Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 Sun 03/30/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 79 66 87 66 88
Temp 67 73 76 76 69 68 67 68 72 81 86 82 72 70 68 68 74 83 87 85
Dewpt 65 68 68 68 68 67 67 67 71 72 72 73 71 70 68 68 72 73 72 72
Min/Max RH 73 100 63 100 61
RH 93 84 75 76 99 97100 99 97 74 63 73 97100100100 95 72 61 65
Wind Dir S S S S SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SW SE
Wind Spd 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 8 9 8 8 8 6 4 4 6 5 3
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW
Clouds(%) B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW
PoP 12HR 50 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.62 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS
Tstms SC SC IS
Obvis PF F PF
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 2300 2800 700 600 2500 3300 1100 1300 3400 4200
T Wind Dir S S SE S S SE SE SE S SW
T Wind Spd 13 10 11 9 13 13 18 16 14 12
Flood A
Date Mon 03/31/25Tue 04/01/25Wed 04/02/25Thu 04/03/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 64 88 62 87 68 95 68 94
Temp 70 65 84 83 67 63 80 81 72 70 88 89 73 69 88 88
Dewpt 69 65 71 66 62 61 70 69 70 69 70 68 70 68 70 67
Max/Min RH 100 51 96 58 99 42 99 43
RH 97100 65 58 84 95 72 67 95 97 55 50 90 99 56 50
Pwind Dir SE NE NE SE SE S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC FW SC B1 B2 SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ247-282100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
703 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025
Date Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 Sun 03/30/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
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 75 69 78 68 78
Temp 72 74 74 71 69 70 70 70 74 77 77 73 70 69 68 70 73 76 77 74
Dewpt 66 68 67 68 68 69 70 69 71 71 70 70 70 69 68 70 72 71 71 71
Min/Max RH 77 100 79 100 82
RH 81 80 79 90 97 99100 99 90 83 79 92 99100100100 97 86 82 92
Wind Dir S SE S SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE S S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 10 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
Clouds(%) B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 60 20 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.31 0.02 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC SC SC IS
Obvis PF PF
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 1700 1600 1200 1200 1200 1200 1300 1400 1500 1500
T Wind Dir S S SE S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 21 13 18 18 18 14 18 21 19 17
Flood A
Date Mon 03/31/25Tue 04/01/25Wed 04/02/25Thu 04/03/25
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 67 79 66 78 69 80 69 81
Temp 70 69 77 73 67 66 75 74 70 70 78 75 71 69 78 75
Dewpt 70 69 71 69 66 66 70 70 70 70 71 71 70 69 71 71
Max/Min RH 100 74 99 79 100 76 100 73
RH 100100 83 87 95 99 83 89100 99 81 86 99100 80 87
Pwind Dir S NE NE E SE S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ234-282100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
703 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025
Date Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 Sun 03/30/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 76 66 84 67 82
Temp 68 71 74 74 68 68 67 68 72 81 83 78 71 70 69 68 74 80 82 79
Dewpt 66 67 68 68 67 67 67 68 71 72 72 71 70 70 69 68 73 74 75 74
Min/Max RH 79 100 69 100 79
RH 93 87 82 82 97 97100100 97 74 70 79 97100100100 97 82 79 85
Wind Dir S S SW SE SE S S SE S S S SE SE S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 10 11 11 8 6 6 6 6 8 10 11 10 8 8 8 8 8 11 11 8
Wind Gust
Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 60 10 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.74 0.03 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs NM SC IS
Tstms SC SC IS
Obvis PF PF
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 1800 2000 600 500 3000 3300 900 900 3000 3100
T Wind Dir S S S S S S SE S S S
T Wind Spd 14 13 11 9 16 13 14 14 16 17
Flood A
Date Mon 03/31/25Tue 04/01/25Wed 04/02/25Thu 04/03/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 65 84 61 81 68 88 69 88
Temp 70 66 81 78 66 62 78 77 71 70 85 82 72 69 85 82
Dewpt 70 66 71 67 61 60 71 70 70 70 72 72 70 69 72 71
Max/Min RH 100 61 96 72 100 61 100 59
RH 100100 72 69 84 93 79 79 97100 65 72 93100 65 69
Pwind Dir S N NE SE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 0 5 0 5
$$
TXZ241-282100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
703 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025
Date Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 Sun 03/30/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
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 79 67 88 67 90
Temp 70 73 77 77 69 68 68 68 73 82 87 82 72 70 69 68 75 84 89 85
Dewpt 67 68 69 69 68 68 68 68 71 73 72 74 72 70 69 68 73 74 73 74
Min/Max RH 73 100 62 100 59
RH 92 85 77 78 97100100100 95 76 62 77 99 99100100 96 74 59 69
Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE S SE S S SE SE SE SE S SE S S SW E
Wind Spd 8 9 8 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 9 11 9 9 8 6 8 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 70 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.61 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs NM SC IS
Tstms SC SC IS
Obvis PF PF
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 2500 2700 900 600 2500 3300 1400 800 3900 4900
T Wind Dir S S SE S S SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 16 11 11 9 14 13 18 14 16 13
Flood A
Date Mon 03/31/25Tue 04/01/25Wed 04/02/25Thu 04/03/25
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 65 90 65 87 69 96 69 93
Temp 70 66 84 83 70 66 81 81 72 71 89 89 73 69 88 87
Dewpt 70 66 72 70 67 66 72 71 71 70 71 71 70 69 71 69
Max/Min RH 100 55 100 61 98 43 100 44
RH 99100 68 66 90100 75 71 95 97 55 56 90100 56 55
Pwind Dir SE NE E SE SE S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC FW SC B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ229-282100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
703 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025
Date Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 Sun 03/30/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 80 67 91 69 92
Temp 67 73 78 78 72 69 69 67 73 82 89 88 80 74 72 69 75 82 90 91
Dewpt 63 64 64 64 65 66 67 66 68 69 67 68 69 69 67 67 68 68 64 63
Min/Max RH 56 100 48 93 38
RH 87 73 62 62 79 90 93 97 84 65 48 52 69 84 84 93 79 63 42 40
Wind Dir SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE E SE NW N SE
Wind Spd 5 6 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 6 4 4 5 4 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 FW CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW
Clouds(%) B2 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 FW CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.05 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms SC
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 2300 3500 700 900 2500 4300 1100 1100 3300 4200
T Wind Dir S S SE SE S S SE SE SW W
T Wind Spd 6 6 11 10 13 14 18 11 8 6
Flood A
Date Mon 03/31/25Tue 04/01/25Wed 04/02/25Thu 04/03/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 65 92 64 88 70 96 69 95
Temp 72 65 86 87 70 64 79 87 76 70 89 93 76 69 88 92
Dewpt 64 62 60 59 59 58 64 65 66 66 64 60 66 65 62 59
Max/Min RH 90 31 81 47 88 31 87 31
RH 76 90 42 39 68 81 60 48 71 87 44 33 71 87 42 33
Pwind Dir SE NE E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 5 0 5 0
$$
TXZ442-282100-
Padre RAWS-Kleberg TX
27.44N 97.29W Elev. 6 ft
703 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025
Date Fri 03/28/25 Sat 03/29/25 Sun 03/30/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
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 72 68 77 69 77
Temp 69 72 72 70 68 68 68 69 72 76 76 73 70 69 69 69 72 75 77 74
Dewpt 67 68 67 68 68 68 68 68 70 70 70 69 69 69 68 68 70 71 71 71
Min/Max RH 84 100 80 100 82
RH 93 87 84 93100100100 97 93 82 82 87 97100 97 97 93 87 82 90
Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE SE S S S S SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE
Wind Spd 11 11 10 9 10 10 9 8 8 9 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR 60 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.26 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC
Tstms SC SC SC
Obvis PF PF
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 700 800 500 500 700 700 600 600 1000 900
T Wind Dir S S SE S S SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 18 12 13 14 14 16 17 19 18 16
Flood A
Date Mon 03/31/25Tue 04/01/25Wed 04/02/25Thu 04/03/25
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 68 77 67 76 70 80 70 80
Temp 70 68 75 73 69 67 74 73 71 70 78 75 71 70 78 76
Dewpt 69 68 71 70 67 66 70 70 69 69 71 70 69 69 71 71
Max/Min RH 100 79 97 82 98 74 98 74
RH 97100 87 90 93 97 87 90 93 97 79 84 93 97 79 85
Pwind Dir S NE E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 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