Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 222023
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
223 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024
TXZ245-231000-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
223 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024
Date 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max 55 80 62 83 65
Temp 78 68 61 60 57 55 70 79 79 70 67 66 64 64 78 82 82 74 71 70 67 66
Dewpt 40 46 48 49 50 51 60 59 60 62 62 61 61 61 67 66 67 68 68 66 65 65
Max/Min RH 90 51 91 57 97
RH 26 46 61 67 78 85 72 51 53 75 84 83 90 89 70 57 62 82 89 87 92 97
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE NE E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 8 9 10 6 8 6 5 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC 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 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 400 400 4300 4200 1100 700 4800 4600 1900 800
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 8 5 6 11 13 16 18 18 17 16
Date 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min 85 57 77 61 84 63 81 46 69
Temp 83 76 68 58 74 70 65 63 82 75 69 64 79 66 57 48 66 63
Dewpt 69 71 67 52 54 61 64 63 69 70 68 64 61 55 48 43 43 43
Min/Max RH 60 99 49 100 63 100 49 85 39
RH 62 84 95 80 50 73 95 100 65 83 95 100 54 67 72 85 44 49
Pwind Dir S SE NE SE S S NW N NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 5
$$
TXZ231-231000-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
223 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024
Date 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max 46 83 57 87 60
Temp 79 72 58 52 48 46 61 79 83 75 65 62 59 58 69 83 87 80 71 67 62 61
Dewpt 35 35 41 46 47 46 54 56 53 56 59 60 58 58 63 62 60 61 62 62 62 61
Max/Min RH 100 37 100 40 100
RH 20 27 54 80 95100 77 45 37 52 80 95 96100 81 49 40 52 73 84100100
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE S S S S S S SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 8 6 6 6 5 5 9 12 11 8 8 8 6 4
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL CL CL CL FW CL FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%) FW CL CL CL CL FW CL FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 500 500 4300 5200 900 700 4200 4900 1000 600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 10 8 10 13 16 13 18 17 16 12
Date 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min 89 57 79 58 88 59 80 46 69
Temp 86 83 67 58 73 73 61 60 83 82 67 60 77 70 57 47 66 63
Dewpt 63 61 63 45 48 55 58 59 63 60 62 60 52 46 42 37 36 33
Min/Max RH 38 88 39 98 39 100 34 68 26
RH 47 48 87 62 41 52 90 96 50 47 84 100 43 42 56 68 33 32
Pwind Dir S E NE SE S SE NE N NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ247-231000-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
223 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024
Date 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max 65 77 69 80 71
Temp 74 69 67 67 66 65 72 77 76 72 70 71 70 71 75 79 79 75 74 73 73 72
Dewpt 45 47 48 50 52 55 59 60 61 61 62 62 63 64 66 67 68 68 68 68 68 68
Max/Min RH 70 55 81 65 89
RH 36 45 50 54 61 70 63 56 61 68 75 75 79 80 74 66 68 79 83 83 84 89
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 6 8 6 8 10 10 9 10 11 11 10 11 11 10 9
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC 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 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 500 1000 3900 3700 3000 2700 3700 3500 2000 1900
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 6 6 9 11 17 18 18 18 19 19
Date 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min 81 62 77 67 80 67 78 53 67
Temp 80 75 72 63 72 70 70 69 79 74 73 68 77 68 62 54 65 63
Dewpt 71 71 69 59 58 62 66 68 70 70 69 68 64 57 52 49 47 46
Min/Max RH 71 92 60 96 72 100 60 85 49
RH 73 87 90 87 62 76 87 95 73 86 89 99 65 67 71 85 53 54
Pwind Dir S SE NE SE S S NW N NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 5
$$
TXZ234-231000-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
223 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024
Date 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max 45 81 59 84 64
Temp 78 69 57 51 47 45 60 78 80 71 62 60 60 60 70 82 83 76 69 68 66 64
Dewpt 34 36 41 42 41 41 49 54 56 58 59 59 59 59 65 63 64 65 66 65 65 64
Max/Min RH 86 43 97 50 100
RH 20 30 55 71 79 86 67 43 44 64 90 96 96 96 84 53 53 69 90 90 97100
Wind Dir NE E SE E NE NE E SE S SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 8 6 4 4 4 4 8 13 14 9 9 8 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW SC FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW
Clouds(%) FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW SC FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Mixing Hgt 400 400 4500 5000 400 400 4800 4700 600 400
T Wind Dir SE E SE S SE S S S S S
T Wind Spd 6 6 8 12 11 10 16 17 14 11
Date 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min 88 57 76 59 86 62 78 46 67
Temp 85 79 65 58 72 71 60 61 82 77 68 63 74 66 55 47 64 62
Dewpt 67 67 60 45 48 55 58 60 65 66 65 62 54 50 43 38 38 36
Min/Max RH 49 91 42 98 50 98 45 71 33
RH 55 67 84 62 43 57 93 97 56 69 90 97 50 56 64 71 38 38
Pwind Dir S NE NE SE S S NW N NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ241-231000-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
223 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024
Date 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max 50 83 58 88 62
Temp 80 71 59 55 52 50 64 80 83 75 66 64 60 60 72 84 88 79 71 68 64 62
Dewpt 38 42 50 51 51 50 56 57 57 59 61 60 58 58 64 62 61 63 63 63 62 62
Max/Min RH 100 42 95 41 99
RH 23 36 72 86 95100 76 46 42 58 83 87 93 93 76 49 41 57 76 83 93 99
Wind Dir E E SE S W NE SE S SE SE SE S S S S S S SE S S S S
Wind Spd 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 6 8 9 6 6 5 5 9 12 11 9 10 9 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL 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 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
Mixing Hgt 400 400 4500 5200 900 600 4300 4800 900 500
T Wind Dir SE S S S SE S S S S S
T Wind Spd 9 5 9 13 14 12 18 17 16 11
Date 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min 90 60 80 61 89 61 83 49 69
Temp 86 80 68 61 76 74 63 62 84 80 68 62 79 71 59 50 66 64
Dewpt 65 65 63 53 55 60 62 61 64 63 63 62 58 49 44 39 38 38
Min/Max RH 42 89 45 98 42 99 36 66 31
RH 51 59 86 77 48 62 95 97 52 55 84 99 49 45 59 66 36 39
Pwind Dir S SE NE SE S S NE N NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ229-231000-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
223 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024
Date 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max 51 83 60 87 60
Temp 79 74 63 57 53 51 62 78 83 77 69 65 62 62 69 82 87 81 73 67 63 61
Dewpt 39 40 38 42 47 49 54 57 56 55 55 58 58 58 62 60 58 57 57 59 60 59
Max/Min RH 93 40 88 38 94
RH 24 29 39 57 80 93 75 48 40 47 61 78 87 87 78 47 38 44 57 75 90 93
Wind Dir SE E E SE SE E SE S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 3 4 4 3 2 3 4 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 8 11 10 6 5 4 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 500 400 3600 5000 900 800 3900 4400 700 600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE SE S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 12 10 11 14 16 13 18 13 13 10
Date 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min 89 59 77 60 87 59 79 48 69
Temp 82 83 68 60 72 73 63 61 80 81 67 60 75 71 58 49 65 64
Dewpt 61 58 55 46 49 53 55 57 60 57 57 55 49 44 40 37 34 32
Min/Max RH 36 67 41 87 37 85 31 63 25
RH 49 43 63 60 44 49 75 87 51 44 70 84 40 38 51 63 31 30
Pwind Dir SE NE NE SE S SE NE NE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ442-231000-
Padre RAWS-Kleberg TX
27.44N 97.29W Elev. 6 ft
223 PM CST Fri Nov 22 2024
Date 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max 65 77 70 80 72
Temp 74 71 69 68 67 65 71 76 77 74 73 72 72 71 76 79 80 77 75 75 73 72
Dewpt 52 54 55 56 57 58 60 61 61 62 63 63 63 64 66 66 68 68 68 68 67 67
Max/Min RH 78 58 79 64 84
RH 46 55 61 65 70 78 68 60 58 66 71 73 73 79 71 64 67 74 79 79 81 84
Wind Dir E E SE SE S SE S SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 8 10 11 11 12 12 11 12 14 16 16 16 14 14 11
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW 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 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 600 600 4000 3800 2800 2500 4000 3600 2400 1500
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 9 8 9 13 18 18 18 21 21 18
Date 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min 81 67 76 70 80 70 78 56 66
Temp 80 77 74 68 73 73 73 71 78 76 74 70 76 71 65 58 64 64
Dewpt 69 71 70 65 64 66 68 67 69 70 69 67 66 58 55 51 49 50
Min/Max RH 69 90 73 87 71 90 60 77 56
RH 69 82 87 90 73 79 84 87 74 82 84 90 71 64 70 77 58 60
Pwind Dir S S NE SE S S N N NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
$$
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