Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 220053
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
653 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024
TXZ245-221000-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
653 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024
Date 11/21/24 Fri 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 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
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 44 77 55 80 63
Temp 58 55 52 50 62 75 77 68 61 59 56 56 72 79 79 71 68 67 65 65
Dewpt 42 43 42 42 46 39 40 47 49 50 51 50 58 57 60 60 61 61 60 61
Max/Min RH 82 25 83 47 88
RH 54 63 69 74 56 28 26 47 64 71 82 79 62 47 53 69 78 81 84 87
Wind Dir S W NW N N N E SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE S S S S
Wind Spd 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 6 6 4 4 4 5 5
Wind Gust
Clouds CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW 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 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 400 400 2500 3300 500 400 4800 4600 1400 800
T Wind Dir S NW N NE SE E SE S S S
T Wind Spd 4 4 6 6 8 4 9 12 13 14
Date 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24
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 84 66 86 61 83 63 83 61 81
Temp 84 74 70 67 84 77 69 62 80 74 68 64 82 74 68 62 78 69
Dewpt 66 68 66 65 69 71 68 60 64 67 67 64 69 70 68 62 63 59
Min/Max RH 55 94 58 98 57 100 64 100 56
RH 55 82 87 93 61 82 95 95 58 80 95 100 65 87 99 100 59 70
Pwind Dir S S S SE E SE S S NW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5
$$
TXZ231-221000-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
653 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024
Date 11/21/24 Fri 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max 40 80 47 83 57
Temp 56 50 46 44 57 75 79 71 58 53 49 48 63 79 83 76 66 63 59 59
Dewpt 29 36 37 36 40 36 33 36 43 47 48 45 53 55 53 56 58 59 58 57
Max/Min RH 76 19 98 36 97
RH 35 57 70 73 53 25 19 28 56 80 96 91 70 43 36 49 77 89 96 93
Wind Dir SE S W N N NE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 8 9 8 6 6 6 5
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5
Mixing Hgt 500 500 3400 4700 400 500 4500 5400 800 600
T Wind Dir SE S NE SE SE SE S S SE S
T Wind Spd 8 4 3 4 11 9 11 14 14 12
Date 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min 87 61 89 59 86 60 88 59 81
Temp 84 81 68 62 86 83 68 60 80 80 66 61 83 81 67 60 76 72
Dewpt 61 60 62 62 64 62 64 54 58 60 62 60 61 61 62 60 56 45
Min/Max RH 39 100 39 89 40 99 40 100 35
RH 46 49 80 100 48 49 87 81 46 50 87 97 48 51 86 100 49 38
Pwind Dir S SE S SE E SE S SE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW CL FW FW CL FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ247-221000-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
653 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024
Date 11/21/24 Fri 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 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
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 58 75 64 77 69
Temp 64 65 63 61 66 72 73 69 67 67 66 66 74 77 76 72 71 72 71 71
Dewpt 44 46 48 48 50 45 45 48 49 51 54 53 58 59 60 61 62 62 63 64
Max/Min RH 67 34 66 54 80
RH 48 50 58 63 55 37 36 47 53 57 64 63 58 54 58 67 72 72 76 80
Wind Dir S W NW N N N E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S
Wind Spd 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 8 8 9 10 10 10
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW 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 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 600 500 1600 2100 1800 1500 4700 4500 3800 3600
T Wind Dir SE NW N E SE SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 4 4 9 6 8 6 9 12 17 19
Date 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24
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 80 71 81 67 79 68 79 65 78
Temp 80 75 74 72 80 76 73 67 77 74 72 69 79 75 72 67 76 70
Dewpt 67 68 68 68 70 71 70 66 66 68 69 69 70 70 69 67 65 61
Min/Max RH 64 89 71 96 68 100 74 100 67
RH 65 79 82 89 72 85 90 95 68 82 90 100 74 86 90 100 69 74
Pwind Dir S S S S E S S S NW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5
$$
TXZ234-221000-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
653 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024
Date 11/21/24 Fri 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max 39 78 45 81 59
Temp 53 49 45 41 56 74 76 66 56 51 47 46 62 78 80 72 63 61 61 60
Dewpt 34 35 34 32 36 33 34 39 42 44 44 40 48 53 55 58 59 58 59 59
Max/Min RH 70 20 90 40 97
RH 48 58 65 70 47 22 22 37 59 77 89 79 60 42 42 61 87 90 93 96
Wind Dir S W NW N N N NE E SE SE E NE E SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 6 9 6 5 5 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 400 400 3300 4400 400 400 4700 5000 500 400
T Wind Dir S NW N NE E E SE S S S
T Wind Spd 6 5 5 5 6 4 9 12 11 10
Date 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min 84 65 87 61 84 62 84 61 79
Temp 82 77 69 65 85 80 66 61 79 76 65 63 82 78 67 62 75 69
Dewpt 63 65 65 64 66 66 63 53 59 62 63 62 65 67 66 62 58 52
Min/Max RH 49 97 49 92 45 98 54 100 48
RH 53 67 87 97 53 62 90 75 50 62 93 97 56 69 97 100 56 55
Pwind Dir S S S E E SE S S NW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 5
$$
TXZ241-221000-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
653 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024
Date 11/21/24 Fri 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 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
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 43 80 50 84 60
Temp 56 52 49 47 61 76 80 71 59 55 52 51 67 80 83 75 67 64 62 61
Dewpt 40 42 42 42 47 42 38 45 49 51 51 49 55 57 56 59 60 59 58 58
Max/Min RH 86 23 97 40 92
RH 56 70 76 81 60 30 23 40 68 85 95 93 67 46 41 58 78 83 89 90
Wind Dir SE SW W NW N E SE SE SE S S E SE S SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 8 9 9 8 6 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL 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 5 5 5 4 4 4 5
Mixing Hgt 400 400 3600 4700 300 400 4400 5200 900 500
T Wind Dir SE W NE SE SE SE S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 8 4 4 6 10 6 11 14 14 12
Date 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24
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 63 90 62 87 62 88 61 82
Temp 84 79 69 63 86 81 69 62 82 78 67 63 84 80 67 62 79 72
Dewpt 62 63 62 63 65 65 65 60 62 63 65 62 64 64 64 61 58 51
Min/Max RH 41 100 43 94 43 100 44 98 40
RH 48 57 80 100 51 58 87 93 50 60 92 99 51 57 90 97 50 47
Pwind Dir S S S SE SE SE S SE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ229-221000-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
653 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024
Date 11/21/24 Fri 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max 42 80 52 84 60
Temp 58 52 48 45 55 74 80 74 63 57 54 52 62 78 83 78 70 65 62 61
Dewpt 26 27 31 33 38 41 38 40 37 43 48 47 53 56 55 55 55 57 58 57
Max/Min RH 68 22 84 38 88
RH 29 38 51 63 53 30 22 29 38 59 80 83 72 47 38 45 59 75 87 87
Wind Dir E SE SE NE E SE SE E SE SE SE E SE S S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 9 8 6 6 6 6 6
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4
Mixing Hgt 400 400 3200 4700 400 400 4300 5500 700 600
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE
T Wind Spd 8 6 5 8 12 11 12 13 16 12
Date 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min 89 62 89 61 85 62 86 59 81
Temp 83 83 69 62 84 83 69 62 77 79 67 62 81 80 67 60 77 74
Dewpt 59 56 59 60 61 58 58 54 55 56 58 59 60 56 57 56 50 42
Min/Max RH 34 94 35 75 37 90 37 87 29
RH 44 40 70 93 46 43 68 75 47 45 73 90 49 44 70 87 39 32
Pwind Dir S SE SE E E SE SE SE NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW CL FW FW CL FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ442-221000-
Padre RAWS-Kleberg TX
27.44N 97.29W Elev. 6 ft
653 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024
Date 11/21/24 Fri 11/22/24 Sat 11/23/24 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
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 74 66 76 70
Temp 65 64 62 60 68 73 73 70 68 68 68 67 72 76 76 74 73 72 72 71
Dewpt 49 50 51 50 54 52 52 53 53 55 56 56 59 60 62 62 62 63 63 63
Max/Min RH 72 44 68 58 76
RH 56 60 67 69 61 48 48 55 59 63 65 68 64 58 62 66 68 73 73 76
Wind Dir E SW NW N N NE E E SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S
Wind Spd 3 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 9 11 11 12 12 13 11
Wind Gust
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL 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 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mixing Hgt 600 500 3100 3100 1600 1500 4300 4100 3000 2800
T Wind Dir E NW N E SE SE S S S S
T Wind Spd 4 4 6 8 9 9 11 13 18 18
Date 11/24/24 Mon 11/25/24 Tue 11/26/24 Wed 11/27/24 Thu 11/28/24
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 80 73 81 71 79 71 79 68 78
Temp 79 77 75 73 80 78 75 71 78 76 74 71 79 76 74 69 76 72
Dewpt 66 68 67 68 69 71 70 67 68 70 69 68 69 70 69 67 65 61
Min/Max RH 64 85 68 87 70 90 72 93 68
RH 64 74 76 84 69 79 84 87 71 82 84 90 72 82 84 93 69 68
Pwind Dir S S S S SE SE S S E
Wind Char <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 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