Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 170933
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
433 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024
TXZ245-172100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
433 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024
Date Wed 07/17/24 Thu 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24
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 94 76 93
Temp 79 89 92 92 88 82 81 79 78 87 92 92 87 83 80 79 76 86 91 92 87
Dewpt 77 79 78 78 78 78 78 77 76 78 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 78 77 77 77
Min/Max RH 63 97 61 99 61
RH 93 73 65 63 74 87 91 94 94 76 63 62 71 83 89 94 99 79 63 62 71
Wind Dir S S SE SE SE S S S SW SW SE SE SE S S S SW NW SE SE SE
Wind Spd 3 3 5 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 3 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 10 20 20 50
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.03 0 0.08
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
LAL 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
Mixing Hgt 3400 3200 1100 600 3600 3300 1300 1100 3800 3600
T Wind Dir S S S S SW SE S SW SW SE
T Wind Spd 9 11 12 8 5 9 10 9 6 9
Date Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24
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 92 77 93 76 92 76 92
Temp 80 76 90 88 81 77 90 88 81 77 90 86 81 76 89 88
Dewpt 76 75 77 77 77 76 78 78 77 77 77 78 77 76 78 78
Max/Min RH 96 61 98 64 100 67 99 65
RH 87 96 66 70 87 96 68 72 90 99 68 76 87 98 69 74
Pwind Dir S S SE S S S S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 40 10 50 30 70 40 60
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC NM NM IS SC NM SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ231-172100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
433 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024
Date Wed 07/17/24 Thu 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 98 74 98 76 96
Temp 76 85 95 97 92 83 80 76 74 85 94 97 93 84 81 78 76 86 93 95 90
Dewpt 75 77 75 72 74 75 76 75 74 76 74 71 70 73 75 75 75 76 75 73 73
Min/Max RH 45 100 43 96 50
RH 97 77 53 45 55 77 90 97100 75 52 43 47 69 83 90 96 73 57 50 58
Wind Dir S S S SE SE SE S S SE S SE SE SE SE S S SE SE E E E
Wind Spd 2 4 5 6 9 5 3 2 1 2 2 4 6 4 2 2 1 2 3 4 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 5 10 10 40
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 5000 6200 2400 1000 5300 6400 4100 1100 5900 6200
T Wind Dir S SE SE S SE E SE S SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 11 17 9 4 6 14 6 4 9
Date Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 75 97 75 97 75 95 74 92
Temp 79 75 94 91 79 75 94 91 79 75 92 86 78 74 89 86
Dewpt 75 74 74 73 75 74 74 74 76 75 75 75 76 74 77 75
Max/Min RH 99 44 97 47 100 54 100 59
RH 89 96 53 56 88 96 53 59 90 99 58 69 94 99 67 69
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 20 5 30 20 70 40 60
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC NM SC SC SC NM
Tstms IS SC IS IS SC SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ247-172100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
433 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024
Date Wed 07/17/24 Thu 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24
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 80 90
Temp 82 86 88 89 87 84 84 83 81 86 88 89 86 84 83 82 81 85 88 89 87
Dewpt 77 78 78 78 78 78 78 77 77 78 77 76 76 77 77 77 77 78 77 76 76
Min/Max RH 69 90 67 90 65
RH 85 76 73 69 74 82 82 84 90 79 70 67 74 80 81 87 88 79 70 65 72
Wind Dir S S S SE SE S S S SW SW S SE SE S S S SW W SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 5 5 8 8 8 6 5 4 3 4 6 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 10 20 20 40
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.07
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
Mixing Hgt 2700 2400 1800 1200 2300 2100 1700 1700 2400 2300
T Wind Dir S SE S S SW SE S SW S SE
T Wind Spd 10 11 14 11 5 10 12 12 8 9
Date Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24
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 90 81 90 80 90 80 89
Temp 83 81 87 87 83 81 87 86 84 80 88 86 83 80 87 86
Dewpt 76 76 77 76 77 77 78 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 78 77
Max/Min RH 87 66 89 69 90 71 91 71
RH 79 86 70 72 81 88 74 74 81 90 72 75 82 90 74 76
Pwind Dir S S SE S S S S SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 20 30 10 40 30 70 40 60
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC SC SC NM SC IS SC NM SC
Tstms IS SC IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ234-172100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
433 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024
Date Wed 07/17/24 Thu 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 94 75 93 75 91
Temp 76 86 91 93 89 81 78 77 75 85 91 91 87 81 79 77 75 83 88 90 87
Dewpt 76 79 78 77 76 77 77 76 75 78 77 76 77 76 76 75 75 78 78 77 77
Min/Max RH 60 100 61 100 65
RH 100 80 66 60 66 88 97 97100 80 64 62 72 86 89 94100 85 73 65 72
Wind Dir S S S SE S S S S SW W SW SE SE S S SW NW N NE E SE
Wind Spd 2 2 3 5 8 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 4
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 30 10 30 30 60
QPF 12HR 0.05 0 0.05 0.06 0.08
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC NM NM
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC IS IS IS SC SC SC NM SC
LAL 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4300 5100 600 400 3800 3900 1200 400 3500 4900
T Wind Dir S SE S S W SE S SW N SE
T Wind Spd 6 10 11 6 4 6 9 5 5 9
Date Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 74 91 75 90 74 90 74 89
Temp 77 74 88 86 77 75 88 86 78 75 87 84 78 75 86 85
Dewpt 76 74 77 76 76 75 78 77 77 75 78 78 76 75 78 78
Max/Min RH 100 65 100 69 100 75 100 73
RH 97100 69 72 97 99 72 75 97100 75 82 94100 78 80
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12HR 20 50 10 60 30 80 50 70
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC NM SC NM O SC SC NM NM
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ241-172100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
433 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024
Date Wed 07/17/24 Thu 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24
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 75 98 76 97
Temp 77 86 93 96 91 82 80 77 75 86 94 97 91 83 80 78 76 85 93 96 91
Dewpt 75 76 75 74 76 76 76 76 75 76 73 71 74 75 75 76 76 76 73 73 74
Min/Max RH 50 99 43 100 48
RH 94 74 55 50 62 82 88 96 99 74 50 43 58 77 85 94 99 75 53 48 57
Wind Dir SE S S SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S E E SE
Wind Spd 4 6 6 8 10 6 4 3 2 2 3 5 8 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 6
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 20 5 10 5 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 4100 5300 1900 900 5200 7000 2600 800 6000 6800
T Wind Dir S SE SE S S SE S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 12 16 9 5 9 14 9 5 10
Date Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24
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 97 75 96 76 95 76 93
Temp 80 76 94 91 79 75 93 91 80 76 92 89 79 76 90 89
Dewpt 75 75 74 74 75 75 75 75 76 75 75 75 76 75 76 76
Max/Min RH 99 47 98 52 97 55 97 58
RH 87 98 52 57 88 98 55 61 87 96 57 65 91 96 63 66
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 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 20 5 30 20 60 30 50
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC NM IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS SC IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ229-172100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
433 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024
Date Wed 07/17/24 Thu 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 101 77 101 78 98
Temp 78 85 95100 98 89 83 79 77 86 95 99 96 87 84 80 78 85 93 97 93
Dewpt 74 74 70 67 66 71 74 74 73 73 69 65 64 68 72 73 73 74 71 69 68
Min/Max RH 33 88 32 84 40
RH 88 70 45 34 35 56 74 85 87 65 43 33 35 53 67 78 84 70 49 41 44
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE E E E E E
Wind Spd 4 5 5 6 9 9 6 4 2 2 2 4 6 6 5 4 2 2 3 4 6
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 10 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
Haines 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 5600 7300 1100 900 5700 7600 4600 1000 6800 6500
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 10 11 18 9 5 8 12 9 5 8
Date Sat 07/20/24Sun 07/21/24Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 77 99 77 100 78 95 76 94
Temp 81 77 94 96 83 77 94 94 83 78 91 88 80 76 88 89
Dewpt 72 73 70 66 72 73 70 68 73 74 72 71 74 74 72 70
Max/Min RH 88 34 87 36 87 47 93 48
RH 73 87 46 38 70 87 46 42 72 87 54 57 82 93 59 53
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 20 30 50 40 40
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC SC IS SC
$$
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