Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 050327
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1027 PM CDT Fri Oct 4 2024
TXZ245-050900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
1027 PM CDT Fri Oct 4 2024
Date 10/04/24 Sat 10/05/24 Sun 10/06/24 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
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 89 74 93 73
Temp 78 77 76 84 87 87 83 78 78 76 75 82 91 92 86 80 78 76 74
Dewpt 74 74 73 76 75 75 75 75 74 73 71 76 73 73 73 74 72 69 67
Max/Min RH 93 66 93 53 84
RH 89 90 90 79 68 68 77 91 88 91 87 81 57 54 66 81 82 81 80
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE E E E NE NE N NE NE E E E NE N N
Wind Spd 5 5 6 8 8 8 6 5 3 5 5 8 8 8 5 3 2 3 5
Wind Gust
Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
Clouds(%) SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12HR 40 60 10 10 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.02 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC NM NM SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC
LAL 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1300 2900 3300 1300 800 5000 5400 900 500
T Wind Dir NE NE E E NE NE E E N
T Wind Spd 13 16 14 12 11 16 14 10 9
Coast Flood
Date 10/07Tue 10/08/24Wed 10/09/24Thu 10/10/24Fri 10/11/24
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 71 92 66 90 65 89 65 88
Temp 92 85 76 72 90 82 72 66 86 80 71 66 86 82 72 66 86 81
Dewpt 69 70 69 65 65 65 63 57 59 61 62 60 63 64 64 62 64 64
Min/Max RH 45 83 40 76 36 85 43 88 45
RH 47 60 79 80 44 56 74 73 41 53 75 82 46 56 76 87 47 57
Pwind Dir NE NE NE E NE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ231-050900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
1027 PM CDT Fri Oct 4 2024
Date 10/04/24 Sat 10/05/24 Sun 10/06/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 70 91 70 95 68
Temp 75 72 70 80 87 89 84 77 74 72 71 81 91 94 89 79 74 71 68
Dewpt 74 72 70 75 73 71 72 74 74 72 70 75 71 68 68 71 71 69 66
Max/Min RH 100 56 100 43 97
RH 99100100 84 62 56 67 90100100 95 83 53 43 50 77 90 95 92
Wind Dir NE N N NE NE NE E SE E N N NE NE NE E SE SE N N
Wind Spd 3 4 5 8 8 6 5 2 1 2 3 6 8 8 4 2 1 2 3
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 40 5 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC
LAL 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5
Mixing Hgt 1200 4800 5200 900 500 6600 8700 900 600
T Wind Dir NE NE NE E NE NE NE SE N
T Wind Spd 10 13 12 9 5 12 13 11 5
Date 10/07Tue 10/08/24Wed 10/09/24Thu 10/10/24Fri 10/11/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 95 64 95 63 93 60 92 61 91
Temp 92 89 72 65 91 87 71 64 89 84 68 61 88 86 68 61 88 85
Dewpt 63 60 67 63 61 58 61 57 53 51 58 56 57 54 62 60 58 56
Min/Max RH 31 95 31 84 24 86 27 98 30
RH 39 39 84 92 37 37 71 80 30 32 70 84 35 34 81 95 37 37
Pwind Dir NE S N SE NE SE E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ247-050900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
1027 PM CDT Fri Oct 4 2024
Date 10/04/24 Sat 10/05/24 Sun 10/06/24 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
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 86 76 88 75
Temp 78 78 77 81 84 85 81 80 79 78 77 81 87 87 83 80 79 77 75
Dewpt 75 75 75 76 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 76 74 74 73 74 73 72 71
Max/Min RH 94 75 93 63 88
RH 91 91 92 85 79 76 82 87 88 91 92 84 67 66 74 80 82 84 86
Wind Dir E NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE E E E NE N N
Wind Spd 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 10 8 9 10 10 11 11 10 8 5 8 10
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
Clouds(%) B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12HR 60 60 20 10 0
QPF 12HR 0.10 0.12 0.02 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC NM SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1400 2200 2200 1800 1500 3500 3400 1500 1200
T Wind Dir NE NE E NE NE NE E E N
T Wind Spd 16 17 16 16 13 18 17 14 12
Coast Flood
Date 10/07Tue 10/08/24Wed 10/09/24Thu 10/10/24Fri 10/11/24
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 89 74 87 72 85 72 85 72 84
Temp 87 85 79 74 86 82 78 72 83 79 77 73 83 80 77 73 83 79
Dewpt 70 70 70 69 67 65 65 63 62 62 63 65 65 65 65 66 66 65
Min/Max RH 53 84 51 72 46 77 52 79 52
RH 57 62 73 84 54 57 64 72 49 55 63 76 55 59 67 79 57 61
Pwind Dir NE NE NE E NE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ234-050900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
1027 PM CDT Fri Oct 4 2024
Date 10/04/24 Sat 10/05/24 Sun 10/06/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 72 91 70 94 68
Temp 74 73 74 81 88 89 84 77 74 72 71 82 91 93 87 78 73 70 68
Dewpt 74 73 72 75 73 73 74 74 73 72 70 74 71 68 68 70 68 66 64
Max/Min RH 100 59 100 44 89
RH 100100 93 82 61 59 72 90 97100 97 77 51 44 53 77 83 88 86
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE E E E NE N N NE NE NE E E NE N N
Wind Spd 5 6 6 9 9 8 5 2 2 4 5 8 11 9 4 2 2 4 6
Wind Gust
Clouds FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL
Clouds(%) FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL
PoP 12HR 20 40 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS
Obvis PF
LAL 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 1100 4400 4800 500 400 6100 8000 400 400
T Wind Dir NE NE E E NE NE NE E N
T Wind Spd 10 14 11 8 8 13 13 6 8
Date 10/07Tue 10/08/24Wed 10/09/24Thu 10/10/24Fri 10/11/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 94 66 93 63 92 61 91 61 90
Temp 91 88 72 67 90 85 69 63 88 82 65 62 88 84 67 62 87 83
Dewpt 65 64 67 62 61 57 58 52 53 52 57 54 55 55 62 58 58 58
Min/Max RH 36 86 31 69 26 81 29 89 32
RH 42 46 84 83 38 39 68 66 30 35 75 76 33 37 84 86 38 43
Pwind Dir NE W NE NE NE E E E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ241-050900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
1027 PM CDT Fri Oct 4 2024
Date 10/04/24 Sat 10/05/24 Sun 10/06/24 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
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 72 87 72 92 70
Temp 76 74 73 80 84 86 82 76 74 73 72 80 87 91 85 77 74 72 70
Dewpt 74 73 72 75 75 74 75 76 74 73 71 76 73 71 73 74 73 71 69
Max/Min RH 100 68 100 52 98
RH 96 97 97 87 75 68 78 99100100 97 87 62 52 67 91 96 95 94
Wind Dir NE N N NE NE NE E E N N N N NE NE E SE NE N N
Wind Spd 5 6 6 9 8 8 5 2 2 3 6 8 9 8 4 2 1 3 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 60 10 10 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.09 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC NM SC
Tstms SC SC IS SC NM SC
LAL 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5
Mixing Hgt 1300 3700 3500 700 400 5000 7000 700 400
T Wind Dir NE NE NE E N NE E SE N
T Wind Spd 11 14 12 8 8 14 13 9 6
Date 10/07Tue 10/08/24Wed 10/09/24Thu 10/10/24Fri 10/11/24
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 67 93 65 91 62 90 63 89
Temp 89 85 72 67 90 85 71 65 87 82 68 63 87 84 68 63 86 83
Dewpt 66 67 68 65 63 64 65 61 57 59 62 60 61 61 64 62 62 61
Min/Max RH 39 95 35 89 31 92 36 96 38
RH 47 54 88 91 42 49 81 86 37 45 81 89 42 47 87 94 44 47
Pwind Dir NE S NE S NE SE NE E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ229-050900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
1027 PM CDT Fri Oct 4 2024
Date 10/04/24 Sat 10/05/24 Sun 10/06/24 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 73 93 71 95 71
Temp 76 75 73 81 88 91 87 79 76 73 72 82 90 94 90 81 77 73 71
Dewpt 69 68 68 70 69 67 67 70 72 71 70 73 68 64 64 65 67 66 65
Max/Min RH 84 45 94 37 82
RH 79 79 84 69 54 45 52 74 87 93 93 75 48 37 43 58 72 78 80
Wind Dir E NE N NE NE NE E SE SE NE N NE NE NE NE E E E NE
Wind Spd 2 4 5 6 6 6 4 3 2 2 2 4 6 6 4 2 2 2 3
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 30 5 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
LAL 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 500 5200 5600 500 400 6200 8100 900 400
T Wind Dir NE NE NE E E NE NE SE SE
T Wind Spd 8 11 11 10 5 9 10 11 6
Date 10/07Tue 10/08/24Wed 10/09/24Thu 10/10/24Fri 10/11/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 96 69 96 66 95 64 93 64 93
Temp 91 90 75 69 91 89 74 66 90 87 71 64 88 87 72 64 87 87
Dewpt 61 57 60 60 58 55 57 56 54 50 53 53 53 51 56 56 56 51
Min/Max RH 28 73 28 70 24 68 24 76 25
RH 36 33 59 72 33 32 55 69 29 28 53 67 30 29 57 74 35 29
Pwind Dir NE SE NE SE E SE E SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
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