Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 232308
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
508 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024
TXZ245-241000-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
508 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024
Date 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue
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 62 83 65 85 54
Temp 70 66 65 63 64 76 82 81 73 70 68 67 66 78 84 83 75 70 65 58 55
Dewpt 62 62 61 61 61 67 65 67 68 67 66 65 65 71 69 70 70 69 63 50 45
Max/Min RH 92 57 95 60 99
RH 76 86 87 92 89 74 57 63 83 92 92 93 95 80 61 64 85 97 92 74 71
Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S N N N
Wind Spd 3 4 4 4 4 8 9 9 6 6 5 5 4 5 8 6 2 2 2 4 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 3
Mixing Hgt 600 400 4200 4000 1000 800 3900 4000 500 1300
T Wind Dir S S S S S S SW S SE N
T Wind Spd 13 14 18 19 18 14 14 12 9 13
Date 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24 Sat 11/30/24
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 76 60 84 64 81 51 70 54 73
Temp 73 69 64 63 83 76 69 65 78 70 61 53 68 62 57 55 71 66
Dewpt 51 60 64 63 69 71 69 65 63 57 51 45 43 44 45 45 55 58
Min/Max RH 45 100 61 100 51 74 39 71 56
RH 46 72 99 100 63 85 99 100 59 62 68 73 41 51 64 70 56 77
Pwind Dir NE S S S NW N NE NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
$$
TXZ231-241000-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
508 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024
Date 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max 57 86 61 89 54
Temp 76 66 62 59 58 70 84 86 80 70 66 63 62 70 85 89 82 71 65 58 55
Dewpt 56 59 60 58 58 63 63 60 62 63 63 62 62 67 64 60 61 62 51 45 41
Max/Min RH 100 42 100 38 73
RH 50 80 93 96100 78 50 42 54 78 90 97100 90 51 38 48 73 60 61 59
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE S S S S S S SE E NE NE NE
Wind Spd 6 6 6 6 5 9 12 11 8 8 8 6 4 6 9 5 2 4 6 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 3
Mixing Hgt 600 500 4000 4800 1200 800 3400 5100 1300 1300
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S E NE
T Wind Spd 16 13 18 17 16 12 12 8 11 14
Date 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24 Sat 11/30/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min 79 58 89 58 80 47 69 48 73
Temp 73 74 61 59 84 82 67 59 78 72 60 48 66 64 53 49 68 68
Dewpt 44 53 59 59 64 61 62 59 55 45 43 37 34 31 35 37 46 50
Min/Max RH 33 100 41 100 34 65 24 65 41
RH 36 48 95 100 52 49 86 100 44 38 53 65 30 29 50 63 45 54
Pwind Dir NE SE S S N N NE NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ247-241000-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
508 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024
Date 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue
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 68 79 70 80 59
Temp 71 70 70 70 70 75 78 78 74 72 72 72 72 77 80 80 75 72 71 64 60
Dewpt 62 63 63 64 64 67 67 68 68 68 68 68 69 71 70 71 71 71 68 56 53
Max/Min RH 84 66 90 71 97
RH 73 79 78 81 81 75 68 73 81 87 87 87 90 82 72 75 87 95 92 75 77
Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S NW N N
Wind Spd 6 8 9 10 9 10 11 11 10 11 10 10 8 8 9 8 5 5 5 8 9
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 3
Mixing Hgt 700 900 1700 1900 1400 1400 1800 1500 700 1300
T Wind Dir S S S S S S SW S SW N
T Wind Spd 17 18 18 18 20 18 14 11 8 16
Date 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24 Sat 11/30/24
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 75 67 80 69 78 55 67 59 72
Temp 70 69 70 69 80 75 73 70 77 70 64 57 65 64 62 60 69 66
Dewpt 54 62 67 68 70 71 70 70 66 59 55 51 48 47 50 53 58 59
Min/Max RH 55 99 71 100 64 82 50 77 65
RH 56 77 90 97 72 87 92 100 70 69 73 80 54 53 65 77 67 78
Pwind Dir NE S S S W N NE NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
$$
TXZ234-241000-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
508 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024
Date 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max 59 84 64 88 54
Temp 71 62 60 60 60 71 82 82 74 69 67 66 64 74 86 87 79 69 64 58 54
Dewpt 59 61 59 59 59 66 63 65 66 67 65 65 64 69 66 66 66 64 50 45 41
Max/Min RH 100 53 100 48 84
RH 66 97 96 96 96 84 53 56 76 93 93 97100 84 51 50 64 84 60 62 61
Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S SW S S S N N N N
Wind Spd 6 5 5 4 4 8 13 14 10 9 8 6 4 6 11 9 6 6 8 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) CL CL FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 3
Mixing Hgt 400 400 4300 4800 400 400 4400 5600 1300 1300
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S SW S NE N
T Wind Spd 11 10 16 18 13 11 14 11 10 14
Date 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24 Sat 11/30/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min 77 59 86 63 78 46 68 47 72
Temp 71 71 60 61 84 78 68 64 75 68 59 47 65 60 51 48 68 66
Dewpt 46 54 59 61 67 67 67 64 57 49 45 39 37 36 36 38 49 52
Min/Max RH 39 100 52 100 45 76 31 70 49
RH 41 55 96 100 57 69 97 100 54 51 60 74 35 41 56 68 51 61
Pwind Dir NE S S S NW N N NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ241-241000-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
508 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024
Date 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue
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 60 87 62 90 58
Temp 75 67 64 61 60 71 84 87 79 71 68 64 63 73 86 89 81 71 67 62 59
Dewpt 60 61 60 59 58 64 63 61 64 64 63 63 63 67 65 63 65 66 63 51 46
Max/Min RH 96 42 99 41 89
RH 61 83 87 92 93 78 50 42 60 78 86 95 99 82 50 42 57 83 86 69 62
Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S S SE S S S S S S S SE SE E NE NE
Wind Spd 9 8 6 6 6 9 12 11 9 11 9 6 5 8 10 6 5 4 4 5 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW B1 B1
Clouds(%) FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW B1 B1
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 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 3
Mixing Hgt 600 400 4100 4600 1100 700 3600 4900 500 1300
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S SE NE
T Wind Spd 14 13 19 18 16 12 13 11 10 11
Date 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24 Sat 11/30/24
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 79 61 89 61 84 49 69 51 74
Temp 74 73 63 62 84 81 67 62 80 71 60 50 66 63 55 52 70 68
Dewpt 49 58 62 61 65 64 64 62 60 50 46 39 37 37 39 40 50 54
Min/Max RH 39 100 43 100 36 69 30 69 47
RH 41 59 95 99 53 55 89 100 51 47 60 66 34 37 56 65 50 62
Pwind Dir NE SE S S NW N NE NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ229-241000-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
508 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024
Date 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max 60 88 61 88 55
Temp 78 69 65 62 61 68 82 88 82 72 67 63 62 69 81 87 82 72 66 60 56
Dewpt 56 56 58 59 59 62 60 57 57 58 60 61 60 63 62 58 57 55 48 45 41
Max/Min RH 93 35 95 37 58
RH 47 63 78 90 93 81 47 35 43 61 78 93 93 81 53 38 43 55 52 58 57
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind Spd 5 6 6 6 6 8 11 10 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 4 8 10 8
Wind Gust
Clouds CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 3
Mixing Hgt 600 500 3600 4400 600 500 2500 4000 1300 1500
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S N NE NE
T Wind Spd 16 12 16 16 13 10 6 5 18 16
Date 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24 Sat 11/30/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min 76 60 88 59 80 47 69 47 72
Temp 71 72 63 61 82 82 67 60 76 72 58 48 66 64 54 48 66 66
Dewpt 44 51 56 58 62 59 59 57 51 44 41 36 32 31 32 35 42 45
Min/Max RH 36 90 39 93 31 65 24 63 36
RH 38 48 78 90 51 46 75 90 42 37 53 63 28 29 43 60 42 47
Pwind Dir E SE S SE N NE NE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ442-241000-
Padre RAWS-Kleberg TX
27.44N 97.29W Elev. 6 ft
508 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024
Date 11/23/24 Sun 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue
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 70 79 72 80 65
Temp 73 73 73 71 71 76 78 79 77 75 74 73 72 77 80 80 77 75 74 69 65
Dewpt 62 63 63 63 63 66 67 67 67 67 68 67 68 69 69 70 70 71 70 65 59
Max/Min RH 79 64 87 68 89
RH 68 71 71 76 76 71 69 67 71 76 82 81 87 76 69 72 79 87 87 87 81
Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SE S S N N
Wind Spd 11 12 12 12 11 12 14 16 16 16 14 13 11 11 11 11 11 9 6 8 9
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1
Clouds(%) FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 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 3
Mixing Hgt 700 1100 3500 3100 2300 1900 3100 2900 800 1300
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S NE
T Wind Spd 19 19 20 23 23 18 16 16 12 11
Date 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24 Fri 11/29/24 Sat 11/30/24
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 74 70 80 71 78 58 67 62 72
Temp 71 72 72 71 80 77 75 71 77 73 67 60 66 65 64 63 70 69
Dewpt 59 65 69 67 69 70 70 69 67 60 57 51 50 50 52 54 60 62
Min/Max RH 66 91 68 93 63 73 56 74 67
RH 66 79 90 87 69 79 84 93 71 64 70 72 56 58 65 72 71 78
Pwind Dir NE SE S S SW N NE NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
$$
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