Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 191958
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
257 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
TXZ245-200900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Date 09/19/24 Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun
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 77 92 76 91 75
Temp 92 87 81 80 78 78 87 90 91 87 80 79 78 76 85 89 91 85 80 79 77 76
Dewpt 79 79 79 78 77 76 80 79 79 78 77 76 75 74 78 76 76 76 75 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 100 67 95 62 92
RH 66 77 93 94 96 96 80 70 67 76 90 91 91 94 79 65 63 74 86 89 90 90
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 5 3 2 2 2 3 5 6 5 4 2 2 2 4 6 8 5 5 4 4 3
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 5 10 5
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.01 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 500 3000 3000 1800 1200 3900 3900 2300 1300
T Wind Dir SE S E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 5 5 12 13 9 11 13 13 10
Date 09/22Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24
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 92 74 92 74 92 73 92 72 91
Temp 89 86 78 74 89 86 78 74 89 86 78 73 89 85 77 72 88 85
Dewpt 76 76 75 73 76 76 75 73 76 75 75 72 74 74 72 69 71 70
Min/Max RH 61 97 62 99 61 98 58 90 55
RH 65 73 91 95 66 73 90 97 64 71 91 97 61 69 85 89 59 62
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E E E NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 20 10 30 20 40 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ231-200900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Date 09/19/24 Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 75 95 74 94 73
Temp 95 91 81 78 77 75 85 93 94 90 81 77 76 74 84 91 93 88 80 76 75 73
Dewpt 77 78 79 78 77 75 80 78 76 76 78 77 76 74 78 75 73 74 75 75 74 73
Max/Min RH 100 56 100 53 100
RH 56 67 93100100100 85 61 56 64 90100100 99 83 60 53 64 87 97 98 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 6 8 4 2 2 2 2 4 8 8 5 2 2 2 4 6 9 11 6 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 20 0 20 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 700 5100 5400 2100 1200 5700 6000 3200 1300
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 6 6 11 17 10 11 13 16 11
Date 09/22Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 72 95 72 95 71 94 69 93
Temp 93 90 76 72 92 89 77 72 92 89 77 72 91 88 76 70 90 87
Dewpt 74 72 74 72 73 72 74 72 73 71 74 72 72 69 69 67 68 66
Min/Max RH 48 100 47 100 47 100 46 92 45
RH 54 57 93100 54 57 92 99 54 55 89100 54 54 81 91 50 50
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E SE E E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 0 20 0 20 5 30 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS
$$
TXZ247-200900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Date 09/19/24 Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun
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 80 89 79 88 79
Temp 89 85 83 82 82 80 85 87 88 85 82 82 81 79 85 87 87 84 81 80 80 79
Dewpt 79 79 79 78 78 77 79 79 79 78 77 76 76 76 77 77 76 76 75 75 75 75
Max/Min RH 93 74 89 69 88
RH 74 81 88 88 88 91 81 77 74 79 84 84 86 88 76 71 70 78 81 83 84 87
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S S E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 8 8 5 4 3 4 6 8 9 8 6 5 5 6 8 10 10 10 9 8 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 20 10 5 10 10
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.03 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1000 900 2400 2300 2100 2000 2900 3100 2600 2500
T Wind Dir SE S E E E SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 13 8 6 13 14 11 11 14 16 13
Date 09/22Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24
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 88 78 88 78 88 77 88 75 87
Temp 86 84 81 78 85 84 81 78 86 83 81 77 85 83 80 76 85 83
Dewpt 75 76 75 75 76 76 75 75 76 75 75 74 75 74 73 71 73 72
Min/Max RH 68 90 70 89 71 91 66 87 63
RH 71 76 84 89 73 76 84 88 73 77 82 90 71 74 79 86 67 69
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE E E E NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 20 20 30 20 40 30 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ234-200900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Date 09/19/24 Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 76 95 73 93 74
Temp 94 89 81 78 77 76 84 92 94 89 79 77 74 73 83 91 92 87 78 76 75 74
Dewpt 78 78 78 78 77 76 80 77 76 76 76 76 74 73 77 75 73 74 75 74 73 73
Max/Min RH 100 56 100 53 98
RH 60 70 91100100100 88 62 56 66 91 97100100 81 60 54 66 91 94 94 96
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE NE E E E SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 6 8 4 2 2 2 2 4 8 8 4 2 2 2 4 6 10 9 4 3 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW CL FW FW B1 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) SC FW CL FW FW B1 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 5 10 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF PF PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 400 400 4700 5700 700 400 5500 6300 1600 400
T Wind Dir SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 10 4 5 10 11 6 9 12 11 8
Date 09/22Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 93 73 93 73 93 72 92 71 91
Temp 90 87 77 74 90 87 76 73 90 87 76 72 89 86 75 71 88 85
Dewpt 75 74 75 73 75 74 74 73 74 73 73 71 72 71 69 68 69 67
Min/Max RH 56 99 56 100 51 97 52 90 49
RH 62 66 94 98 62 65 94 99 59 64 90 95 57 62 82 89 54 54
Pwind Dir SE SE E SE E E E NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 20 5 30 5 30 10 40 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS SC IS
Tstms SC SC IS SC IS
$$
TXZ241-200900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Date 09/19/24 Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun
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 77 94 76 92 74
Temp 94 89 81 79 78 78 85 91 93 88 81 78 77 76 84 89 91 86 79 77 75 74
Dewpt 78 79 79 78 78 77 80 78 77 78 78 78 77 76 78 76 76 76 76 75 75 74
Max/Min RH 100 61 100 62 100
RH 61 73 94 97 99 97 85 65 61 72 93 99 99 99 82 67 62 72 90 94 99 99
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 9 4 3 2 2 3 5 8 9 4 2 2 2 5 6 9 10 6 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW FW SC FW SC B1 FW SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC FW FW SC FW SC B1 FW SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 20 0 30 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1500 500 4000 4800 1900 1000 4700 5000 2600 1000
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 6 6 12 13 10 11 13 14 9
Date 09/22Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24
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 94 73 94 73 93 73 92 72 91
Temp 91 88 76 73 90 88 77 73 90 86 77 73 89 86 76 73 88 85
Dewpt 74 73 75 73 74 74 75 73 74 74 75 73 72 72 72 69 69 68
Min/Max RH 53 100 54 100 54 100 52 89 48
RH 58 63 96100 59 64 92100 60 66 93 98 57 63 86 89 54 55
Pwind Dir SE SE E SE E E E NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 0 20 5 20 10 40 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ229-200900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
257 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Date 09/19/24 Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 78 98 78 97 76
Temp 98 93 86 82 80 79 85 94 97 93 87 82 79 78 84 92 96 92 84 80 78 76
Dewpt 72 72 75 76 76 76 76 73 71 72 74 75 75 75 75 72 69 69 72 73 73 73
Max/Min RH 94 43 91 41 90
RH 43 51 70 82 88 91 75 51 43 51 65 79 88 90 74 52 41 47 67 79 86 89
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 8 8 5 4 4 4 4 6 8 8 6 6 4 6 6 8 10 11 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 10 0 10 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 900 5400 6300 2000 1600 5700 7100 4400 1600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 9 8 11 18 11 11 13 18 13
Date 09/22Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 98 75 97 75 97 74 94 72 95
Temp 93 94 80 75 92 92 80 75 92 91 79 74 90 88 78 72 89 89
Dewpt 70 67 71 72 68 65 71 71 68 67 71 71 67 66 66 66 63 62
Min/Max RH 37 89 36 89 38 89 40 81 35
RH 48 42 73 89 46 41 74 87 46 45 77 89 47 48 67 80 42 41
Pwind Dir SE SE E SE SE SE E E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 10 0 10 10 20 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
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