Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 121554
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1053 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025
TXZ245-122100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1053 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025
Date Wed 03/12/25 Thu 03/13/25 Fri 03/14/25
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 57 86 61 85
Temp 76 78 72 65 65 61 58 68 83 85 74 64 64 63 64 71 82 84 75
Dewpt 66 65 65 65 64 61 57 57 51 52 59 63 63 63 64 68 65 62 64
Min/Max RH 66 100 30 100 47
RH 70 66 79 99 97100 96 67 33 32 58 95 97100 99 91 57 47 68
Wind Dir S S S S SW SW SW W SW S S S S S S S SW S S
Wind Spd 9 9 8 5 4 2 2 2 3 6 5 4 5 6 6 8 8 8 4
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 FW FW FW
Clouds(%) B1 FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2100 600 600 2100 2000 1000 1000 1900 1700
T Wind Dir S S SW W S S S SW S
T Wind Spd 20 19 11 9 11 16 20 20 12
Date Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25Mon 03/17/25Tue 03/18/25
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 60 83 54 81 52 77 58 77
Temp 65 60 80 77 61 55 77 75 58 53 74 70 61 59 75 71
Dewpt 64 54 38 39 41 37 38 37 40 41 44 50 53 54 60 62
Max/Min RH 99 20 54 21 64 32 84 55
RH 97 81 23 25 48 52 24 26 51 64 34 50 75 84 60 73
Pwind Dir S NW NW NW NE SE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ231-122100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1053 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025
Date Wed 03/12/25 Thu 03/13/25 Fri 03/14/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 95 52 94 62 97
Temp 84 94 92 72 65 59 55 68 88 94 89 72 65 64 64 75 93 96 90
Dewpt 62 51 46 56 54 45 37 38 38 35 38 47 58 63 62 60 42 32 35
Min/Max RH 19 69 13 100 11
RH 48 23 21 56 68 59 51 33 18 13 17 41 77 97 95 61 17 11 14
Wind Dir S SW SE SE SW SW W W W S SE SE S S S SW W W NW
Wind Spd 8 6 5 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 8 10 9 6 8 11 10 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 8300 700 500 3400 5600 600 900 6400 9200
T Wind Dir SW S W W SW S S SW NW
T Wind Spd 12 5 6 9 9 18 17 18 18
Date Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25Mon 03/17/25Tue 03/18/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 57 84 52 82 47 84 54 88
Temp 66 58 79 80 60 52 78 78 57 48 79 78 59 56 82 82
Dewpt 51 30 29 27 27 27 28 25 24 30 35 35 48 52 54 56
Max/Min RH 66 13 38 13 49 17 86 31
RH 58 34 16 14 28 38 16 14 28 49 20 22 67 86 38 41
Pwind Dir NE NW NW NW NE SE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ247-122100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1053 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025
Date Wed 03/12/25 Thu 03/13/25 Fri 03/14/25
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 73 60 78 63 77
Temp 72 73 69 66 65 63 61 66 76 76 69 65 65 65 65 69 74 76 71
Dewpt 66 66 65 66 64 63 61 59 58 59 62 64 64 65 65 67 66 65 66
Min/Max RH 79 100 51 100 69
RH 82 79 89 99 97100 99 79 54 56 80 97 99100 99 92 76 69 83
Wind Dir S S S S SW SW SW W SW S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 11 11 10 9 6 5 4 4 4 6 8 8 9 10 10 9 9 9 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 900 700 700 400 400 1100 1200 1100 900
T Wind Dir S S SW W S S S S S
T Wind Spd 23 23 14 9 12 19 23 21 14
Date Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25Mon 03/17/25Tue 03/18/25
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 62 79 59 76 57 72 61 73
Temp 66 62 75 73 64 59 72 70 61 57 69 67 62 62 71 68
Dewpt 64 59 45 47 47 44 44 45 45 45 49 53 54 56 62 63
Max/Min RH 98 32 59 34 65 46 84 70
RH 95 90 35 40 54 58 36 41 57 64 48 62 75 81 72 84
Pwind Dir S NW NW NW NE E SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ234-122100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1053 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025
Date Wed 03/12/25 Thu 03/13/25 Fri 03/14/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 84 56 92 62 93
Temp 79 84 78 68 65 61 57 68 87 92 83 66 64 64 65 72 87 92 84
Dewpt 65 64 65 65 63 59 55 53 45 39 47 57 62 64 65 66 58 45 48
Min/Max RH 51 97 16 100 20
RH 62 51 64 90 93 93 93 59 23 16 28 73 93100100 81 38 20 29
Wind Dir S S S S SW SW W W W S S S S S S S W W S
Wind Spd 12 12 11 8 6 4 4 3 4 5 9 8 9 11 10 11 11 11 8
Wind Gust
Clouds SC CL CL SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC CL CL SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 3100 700 500 3100 5500 600 800 4200 7800
T Wind Dir S S SW W SW S S SW SW
T Wind Spd 17 16 9 8 9 14 18 18 16
Date Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25Mon 03/17/25Tue 03/18/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 59 82 52 80 48 80 56 80
Temp 65 59 79 77 60 53 77 75 56 49 77 73 59 58 78 75
Dewpt 61 45 32 30 33 32 31 29 31 34 36 41 51 54 57 60
Max/Min RH 87 15 45 15 57 20 87 45
RH 87 60 18 18 36 45 19 18 38 56 23 31 75 87 48 60
Pwind Dir S NW NW NW NE SE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ241-122100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1053 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025
Date Wed 03/12/25 Thu 03/13/25 Fri 03/14/25
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 94 55 94 63 99
Temp 84 93 89 72 66 61 56 71 89 94 88 71 67 66 65 76 94 98 92
Dewpt 64 56 57 61 59 53 43 42 39 39 47 58 62 65 65 64 49 38 42
Min/Max RH 27 80 15 100 13
RH 50 29 35 70 78 75 61 35 18 15 24 63 84 99 99 68 22 13 17
Wind Dir S S SE SW S W W W W S SE SE S S S SW W W N
Wind Spd 8 6 8 5 4 4 3 2 2 4 9 9 10 10 9 8 10 9 6
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC 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
Haines 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 6800 500 400 4300 5700 1000 800 6100 9400
T Wind Dir SW S W NW SW SE S SW W
T Wind Spd 11 9 6 8 11 17 18 17 16
Date Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25Mon 03/17/25Tue 03/18/25
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 60 85 53 82 48 82 54 87
Temp 68 61 80 81 61 54 78 77 57 49 78 75 60 57 81 81
Dewpt 59 39 31 30 33 30 30 28 31 35 37 42 50 52 55 58
Max/Min RH 75 14 41 14 59 20 85 34
RH 72 43 17 16 35 41 17 16 36 59 23 30 69 85 41 46
Pwind Dir E NW NW NW NE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ229-122100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1053 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025
Date Wed 03/12/25 Thu 03/13/25 Fri 03/14/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 99 53 95 62 97
Temp 87 98 94 77 69 59 54 70 89 95 92 78 72 67 64 76 92 96 92
Dewpt 53 38 29 25 27 26 29 33 33 30 32 36 49 55 57 49 33 27 27
Min/Max RH 10 38 10 79 9
RH 31 13 10 14 21 28 38 25 14 10 12 22 44 65 78 39 12 9 10
Wind Dir SW W NW NW N W W W W S S SE S S S W W W NW
Wind Spd 4 8 11 8 5 4 4 4 3 5 6 8 10 9 6 8 11 10 8
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
Mixing Hgt 13100 600 400 4300 6200 800 700 8100 9400
T Wind Dir W NW NW NW SW S S W NW
T Wind Spd 23 19 10 9 11 17 14 18 19
Date Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25Mon 03/17/25Tue 03/18/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 57 83 53 85 49 87 55 92
Temp 67 57 79 81 63 54 79 82 60 49 79 84 63 57 82 90
Dewpt 28 19 24 22 27 27 24 20 22 27 29 30 40 46 47 44
Max/Min RH 23 10 35 9 42 12 67 18
RH 23 22 13 11 25 35 13 10 23 42 16 14 43 67 29 20
Pwind Dir N NW NW NW NE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ442-122100-
Padre RAWS-Kleberg TX
27.44N 97.29W Elev. 6 ft
1053 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025
Date Wed 03/12/25 Thu 03/13/25 Fri 03/14/25
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 74 60 77 64 80
Temp 72 74 69 66 65 62 60 65 74 76 70 66 65 65 65 70 77 79 73
Dewpt 65 65 64 64 63 62 59 58 56 58 62 63 64 65 64 66 64 63 64
Min/Max RH 74 100 51 100 58
RH 79 74 84 93 93100 96 78 53 54 76 90 97100 97 87 64 58 73
Wind Dir S S S S S SW SW W S SE SE S S S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 11 13 14 12 8 6 4 4 4 9 10 11 12 13 11 11 9 9 11
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 600 500 600 500 800 800 1300 1000
T Wind Dir S S SW SW S S S SW S
T Wind Spd 23 21 11 8 12 20 21 18 16
Date Sat 03/15/25Sun 03/16/25Mon 03/17/25Tue 03/18/25
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 63 77 58 74 58 72 62 72
Temp 66 63 74 74 63 58 71 71 62 58 69 67 63 62 71 69
Dewpt 64 57 42 45 46 40 41 44 47 47 48 51 54 56 60 62
Max/Min RH 96 29 56 31 67 45 82 66
RH 93 81 32 35 54 51 34 38 58 67 47 56 72 81 68 78
Pwind Dir S NW NW N NE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL 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