Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 311103
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
503 AM CST Fri Jan 31 2025
TXZ245-312200-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
503 AM CST Fri Jan 31 2025
Date Fri 01/31/25 Sat 02/01/25 Sun 02/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 73 44 70 49 72
Temp 56 60 69 72 62 54 51 49 46 55 68 68 61 54 52 52 52 60 70 71 63
Dewpt 44 45 41 43 45 44 43 43 41 47 46 47 50 51 51 51 51 57 59 60 60
Min/Max RH 34 93 43 98 65
RH 66 57 36 35 53 69 74 80 84 73 46 46 67 91 97 96 97 92 67 67 90
Wind Dir W NW NW NW N N NE SE NW N E SE SE SE S S SW S S S SE
Wind Spd 2 5 8 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 5 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
Clouds(%) B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
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 2300 3100 400 400 1500 1600 500 400 1600 1800
T Wind Dir NW N N N NE SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 16 14 5 3 4 6 9 6 10 13
Date Mon 02/03/25 Tue 02/04/25 Wed 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 56 76 59 75 59 76 60 76
Temp 59 59 74 67 63 63 73 67 63 62 74 67 63 63 74 68
Dewpt 59 59 67 67 63 62 67 66 62 62 67 67 63 63 67 66
Max/Min RH 100 77 100 77 100 75 100 76
RH 98 100 79 99100 99 82 97 99 99 79 99100 100 79 95
Pwind Dir S S S SE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ231-312200-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
503 AM CST Fri Jan 31 2025
Date Fri 01/31/25 Sat 02/01/25 Sun 02/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 76 43 77 47 82
Temp 49 55 69 76 69 59 52 48 45 53 71 77 71 59 53 50 49 57 74 80 74
Dewpt 37 37 38 36 38 38 37 36 36 40 41 39 42 44 48 48 48 52 56 53 54
Min/Max RH 24 78 25 99 39
RH 65 50 32 24 32 46 56 63 72 61 34 25 35 59 85 93 98 83 53 39 50
Wind Dir W NW NW NW N SE S S S NW SE SE SE SE S S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 4 5 8 6 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 4 3 2 2 2 6 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
Clouds(%) B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2600 3800 400 400 2600 3900 500 500 2700 3700
T Wind Dir NW NW SE S S S SE S S S
T Wind Spd 14 10 3 4 5 8 12 11 13 13
Date Mon 02/03/25 Tue 02/04/25 Wed 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 55 86 63 84 62 85 63 86
Temp 60 57 76 79 66 64 77 77 66 64 78 78 66 64 79 80
Dewpt 58 57 64 64 65 64 66 63 64 63 65 64 64 64 65 63
Max/Min RH 100 52 100 56 97 52 99 50
RH 93 100 66 60 97 100 69 62 93 97 64 62 92 99 63 56
Pwind Dir SE S SE SE SE S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL FW SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ247-312200-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
503 AM CST Fri Jan 31 2025
Date Fri 01/31/25 Sat 02/01/25 Sun 02/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 69 52 65 54 67
Temp 56 60 67 68 63 59 56 54 53 56 62 63 59 57 58 56 57 61 65 66 62
Dewpt 48 46 43 44 46 47 46 47 47 48 48 50 52 53 53 54 55 57 59 60 60
Min/Max RH 40 85 59 95 80
RH 74 60 43 42 54 66 69 76 80 76 60 62 78 85 85 93 95 89 83 80 95
Wind Dir NW NW NW N N N NE NW N N E E SE SE S S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 5 6 8 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 4
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC 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 700 900 400 300 600 600 500 500 500 600
T Wind Dir NW N N N NE E SE S S S
T Wind Spd 17 12 6 3 4 6 10 9 10 11
Date Mon 02/03/25 Tue 02/04/25 Wed 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 59 71 61 70 61 71 61 71
Temp 61 62 68 65 64 63 68 65 63 63 69 65 64 64 69 65
Dewpt 60 62 66 65 64 63 66 65 63 63 66 65 64 64 66 65
Max/Min RH 100 90 100 90 100 88 100 90
RH 99 100 92100100 100 94100100 100 91100100 100 92100
Pwind Dir S S S SE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC B1 SC B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ234-312200-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
503 AM CST Fri Jan 31 2025
Date Fri 01/31/25 Sat 02/01/25 Sun 02/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 74 44 74 48 78
Temp 53 57 68 74 66 56 53 49 45 54 69 73 67 54 52 50 49 57 73 77 69
Dewpt 40 42 41 42 44 44 43 41 40 45 46 46 48 48 50 49 48 54 59 58 59
Min/Max RH 32 89 38 97 52
RH 61 56 37 32 45 64 69 74 82 71 44 38 50 80 93 96 96 90 62 52 70
Wind Dir W NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW N SE S SE S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 6 8 11 9 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 2 2 2 2 8 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL
Clouds(%) B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2700 3400 400 400 2300 3400 400 400 3100 3700
T Wind Dir NW NW N NW NE S S S S S
T Wind Spd 17 14 4 3 3 6 10 9 11 14
Date Mon 02/03/25 Tue 02/04/25 Wed 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 57 82 63 80 64 81 64 81
Temp 60 59 76 74 66 66 77 73 66 65 78 74 67 66 77 75
Dewpt 59 59 67 68 66 65 69 66 66 65 67 67 66 66 68 66
Max/Min RH 100 68 100 67 100 64 100 67
RH 96 100 74 82100 97 76 79100 100 69 79 97 100 74 74
Pwind Dir S S S S SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ241-312200-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
503 AM CST Fri Jan 31 2025
Date Fri 01/31/25 Sat 02/01/25 Sun 02/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 76 46 76 49 82
Temp 53 58 71 76 69 58 53 49 46 55 71 75 69 58 54 52 50 59 74 80 74
Dewpt 39 40 37 35 37 39 39 38 36 42 42 41 45 49 51 50 49 55 58 56 58
Min/Max RH 23 74 29 97 45
RH 60 51 29 23 31 49 59 67 69 62 35 29 41 72 88 95 96 89 57 45 58
Wind Dir W NW NW N N NE W W W NW SE SE SE SE S S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 5 8 11 8 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 6 4 3 2 2 3 8 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW CL CL CL
Clouds(%) B2 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW CL CL CL
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 5 5 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 2400 4000 400 400 2800 4000 400 400 2800 3800
T Wind Dir NW N NE SW S SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 16 12 4 5 4 8 11 9 12 14
Date Mon 02/03/25 Tue 02/04/25 Wed 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 57 85 63 83 63 85 63 86
Temp 61 59 77 77 67 66 77 76 67 65 78 77 67 65 80 78
Dewpt 60 59 67 68 66 65 67 66 66 64 67 66 65 64 67 66
Max/Min RH 100 56 100 58 97 57 99 54
RH 95 100 70 73 97 99 72 73 97 95 68 68 95 97 65 67
Pwind Dir SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL FW SC FW FW B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW B1 B1 FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ229-312200-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
503 AM CST Fri Jan 31 2025
Date Fri 01/31/25 Sat 02/01/25 Sun 02/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 79 45 79 49 84
Temp 46 53 71 78 73 60 54 49 46 55 73 79 75 62 55 52 50 58 74 82 79
Dewpt 30 30 31 30 31 32 33 33 33 36 35 34 35 38 41 43 45 50 52 50 51
Min/Max RH 17 60 20 83 33
RH 53 40 22 17 21 35 45 54 60 49 25 20 23 41 59 71 83 75 46 33 38
Wind Dir W NW NW NW N E E S N SE S S SE SE SE S S S S S S
Wind Spd 5 6 8 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 6 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
Clouds(%) FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
Mixing Hgt 3000 4900 400 400 2700 4400 500 400 2700 3800
T Wind Dir NW NW NE E S S SE S S S
T Wind Spd 14 11 4 4 4 10 12 12 12 12
Date Mon 02/03/25 Tue 02/04/25 Wed 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 55 87 64 87 64 87 63 88
Temp 62 56 76 82 69 66 78 83 69 65 78 83 69 65 78 84
Dewpt 54 53 59 58 63 62 63 60 62 61 62 59 61 61 62 60
Max/Min RH 90 40 90 45 88 43 87 42
RH 75 90 56 44 81 87 60 46 78 87 58 44 76 87 58 44
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL CL FW CL CL SC B1 FW FW SC B1 FW CL FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ442-312200-
Padre RAWS-Kleberg TX
27.44N 97.29W Elev. 6 ft
503 AM CST Fri Jan 31 2025
Date Fri 01/31/25 Sat 02/01/25 Sun 02/02/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
Max/Min 69 51 66 56 68
Temp 57 60 67 69 63 60 58 55 52 55 64 65 62 59 58 57 57 60 66 68 64
Dewpt 49 46 41 41 44 47 48 47 47 49 49 50 53 54 55 54 55 57 59 60 61
Min/Max RH 36 83 56 93 75
RH 75 60 39 36 49 62 69 74 83 80 58 58 72 83 90 90 93 90 78 76 90
Wind Dir NW NW NW N N NE E E NW N NE E E SE S S S S S SE SE
Wind Spd 5 8 11 10 6 4 3 2 3 3 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 3 6 8 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC 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 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1500 1600 400 400 800 700 500 500 900 1200
T Wind Dir NW N NE E NE E SE S S S
T Wind Spd 18 13 6 4 5 8 10 11 11 14
Date Mon 02/03/25 Tue 02/04/25 Wed 02/05/25 Thu 02/06/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Min/Max 60 71 63 70 63 71 64 72
Temp 62 62 69 67 65 64 69 66 65 65 70 67 65 65 70 67
Dewpt 61 62 67 67 65 64 66 66 65 64 67 66 65 65 67 66
Max/Min RH 100 87 100 89 100 84 100 87
RH 97 100 93100100 100 90100100 97 90 97100 100 90 97
Pwind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 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