Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 192043
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
343 PM CDT Sat Oct 19 2024
TXZ245-200900-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
343 PM CDT Sat Oct 19 2024
Date 10/19/24 Sun 10/20/24 Mon 10/21/24 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
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 63 85 64 86 70
Temp 84 78 72 69 66 64 77 83 84 78 70 68 66 66 78 84 85 79 73 72 71 71
Dewpt 71 70 68 66 66 64 69 70 70 69 67 66 65 65 69 69 68 68 67 66 65 65
Max/Min RH 100 62 96 56 84
RH 66 75 87 89 99100 76 64 64 73 89 92 95 95 73 60 57 68 81 82 82 81
Wind Dir E E E E NE NE NE E E E E E E NE E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 10 10 8 6 5 6 9 9 9 8 6 4 4 4 5 8 8 5 3 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 0
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 4
Mixing Hgt 800 500 3400 3600 1500 800 4300 4500 800 600
T Wind Dir E NE NE E E NE E E E SE
T Wind Spd 17 13 16 16 14 9 11 12 10 6
Coast Flood Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Date 10/22Wed 10/23/24Thu 10/24/24Fri 10/25/24Sat 10/26/24
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 88 70 88 67 88 69 88 68 88
Temp 87 80 74 70 87 80 72 68 87 80 72 70 87 79 72 69 86 80
Dewpt 69 69 68 66 68 69 67 65 67 68 67 65 68 69 68 66 69 69
Min/Max RH 54 88 53 91 50 88 52 94 55
RH 55 68 83 85 54 71 87 91 52 66 85 86 54 73 88 92 57 70
Pwind Dir E SE E SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ231-200900-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
343 PM CDT Sat Oct 19 2024
Date 10/19/24 Sun 10/20/24 Mon 10/21/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 62 88 61 87 63
Temp 85 80 71 68 64 63 74 85 87 82 72 67 63 62 76 85 87 81 72 68 65 64
Dewpt 66 67 68 67 64 62 67 66 64 65 68 67 63 62 68 66 65 65 68 67 65 64
Max/Min RH 100 46 100 47 100
RH 53 64 90 95100 99 78 53 46 57 87100100100 76 53 48 58 86 97100100
Wind Dir E E E E NE NE NE E E E SE E E NE E E SE SE SE SE E E
Wind Spd 11 10 6 5 6 6 8 9 8 6 4 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 3 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 900 500 4700 5500 1300 600 4800 5800 700 500
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 16 11 13 11 13 9 9 10 13 8
Date 10/22Wed 10/23/24Thu 10/24/24Fri 10/25/24Sat 10/26/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 90 63 92 62 92 62 92 62 91
Temp 87 84 70 64 88 86 69 63 88 86 69 62 89 86 69 63 88 84
Dewpt 67 64 68 64 66 63 68 63 65 60 65 62 64 61 67 63 64 63
Min/Max RH 41 100 38 100 35 100 35 100 37
RH 52 51 93100 49 47 97100 46 43 87100 44 45 93100 45 49
Pwind Dir E SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ247-200900-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
343 PM CDT Sat Oct 19 2024
Date 10/19/24 Sun 10/20/24 Mon 10/21/24 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
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 82 71 82 72
Temp 81 76 75 74 72 71 78 80 81 76 74 73 72 72 80 82 81 77 75 75 74 73
Dewpt 71 70 69 68 69 69 71 71 71 69 68 68 69 69 70 69 68 68 67 68 68 68
Max/Min RH 93 71 92 65 86
RH 72 81 82 82 89 93 79 73 72 78 82 84 89 90 72 67 66 74 76 79 83 84
Wind Dir E E E E E NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E SE SE E
Wind Spd 13 13 13 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 11 9 8 8 9 9 10 8 6 5 4 4
Wind Gust
Clouds SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.03 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 800 900 2200 2300 2000 1700 3000 3000 1900 1600
T Wind Dir E E NE E E E E E E SE
T Wind Spd 20 17 19 19 17 11 12 14 12 9
Coast Flood Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Date 10/22Wed 10/23/24Thu 10/24/24Fri 10/25/24Sat 10/26/24
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 84 73 83 70 83 71 83 72 83
Temp 82 78 76 73 83 78 75 71 82 78 75 72 82 78 75 72 83 77
Dewpt 69 69 69 69 70 69 69 68 69 68 69 69 69 69 69 69 70 69
Min/Max RH 62 88 65 92 61 91 62 91 65
RH 64 73 80 86 66 74 82 90 64 71 82 90 64 74 83 89 65 76
Pwind Dir E SE E SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ234-200900-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
343 PM CDT Sat Oct 19 2024
Date 10/19/24 Sun 10/20/24 Mon 10/21/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 61 87 61 87 62
Temp 85 79 69 64 62 61 74 84 87 80 68 63 62 62 75 85 87 79 69 66 64 63
Dewpt 66 67 66 63 61 60 64 65 63 64 64 63 61 61 64 65 65 65 66 65 64 63
Max/Min RH 97 45 100 48 100
RH 53 67 90 97 97 97 71 53 45 58 87100 97 97 70 52 49 62 90 97100 99
Wind Dir E E E NE NE NE NE NE E SE E E NE NE E E SE SE SE E E NE
Wind Spd 12 10 8 6 6 8 10 9 8 8 5 4 4 5 6 6 8 6 4 2 2 3
Wind Gust
Clouds SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 400 400 4500 5600 400 400 5100 6100 400 400
T Wind Dir E NE NE E E NE E SE SE E
T Wind Spd 12 11 13 11 11 8 10 11 10 6
Date 10/22Wed 10/23/24Thu 10/24/24Fri 10/25/24Sat 10/26/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 89 63 91 63 91 63 91 64 90
Temp 86 82 68 64 87 83 68 64 88 83 68 64 87 82 68 64 87 81
Dewpt 67 66 68 64 67 66 67 64 64 63 65 64 65 65 67 64 65 66
Min/Max RH 46 100 43 100 37 100 41 100 45
RH 54 59100100 52 57 97100 45 51 90100 48 56 97100 49 60
Pwind Dir E SE E SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ241-200900-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
343 PM CDT Sat Oct 19 2024
Date 10/19/24 Sun 10/20/24 Mon 10/21/24 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
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 66 86 65 87 66
Temp 84 79 72 70 68 66 76 83 85 79 72 69 67 66 77 85 86 80 72 69 68 66
Dewpt 69 70 70 69 68 66 69 70 69 70 70 68 67 66 70 69 68 69 68 68 67 66
Max/Min RH 100 60 100 55 100
RH 61 74 93 95 99100 81 66 60 75 92 97100 99 80 60 56 70 89 95 98100
Wind Dir E E E NE NE NE NE E E E E E NE NE NE E E E E SE E E
Wind Spd 11 10 8 6 6 6 9 11 11 9 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 8 3 2 2 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12HR 10 20 0 10 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.07 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 1000 500 3700 4100 1500 600 4800 5600 1400 400
T Wind Dir E NE NE E E E E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 11 16 16 12 8 11 13 11 6
Date 10/22Wed 10/23/24Thu 10/24/24Fri 10/25/24Sat 10/26/24
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 65 91 65 90 65 91 65 90
Temp 86 82 70 66 87 83 70 65 87 82 69 65 87 82 69 65 87 82
Dewpt 68 68 69 66 68 68 70 65 66 65 66 65 65 66 68 65 66 68
Min/Max RH 49 100 45 100 41 100 43 100 45
RH 57 63 95100 54 60100100 51 56 89 99 49 58 95100 51 62
Pwind Dir E SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ229-200900-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
343 PM CDT Sat Oct 19 2024
Date 10/19/24 Sun 10/20/24 Mon 10/21/24 Tue
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max 67 88 66 88 68
Temp 86 82 75 72 69 67 74 83 87 83 76 72 68 66 74 84 88 83 76 73 70 68
Dewpt 64 65 66 66 65 64 65 64 63 63 64 66 65 64 66 65 63 64 65 66 66 65
Max/Min RH 90 45 94 44 91
RH 48 56 74 81 87 90 74 53 45 51 66 81 90 93 76 53 44 52 69 79 88 89
Wind Dir E E SE E E E E E E E SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 11 9 6 8 8 8 8 6 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 3 2
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 SC FW SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) B1 SC FW SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 10 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
Mixing Hgt 600 600 4400 5600 900 600 4200 5500 1400 800
T Wind Dir E E E E SE E E SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 17 13 13 11 13 10 10 10 13 9
Date 10/22Wed 10/23/24Thu 10/24/24Fri 10/25/24Sat 10/26/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min 90 67 93 67 92 66 92 66 92
Temp 86 85 73 67 88 87 73 67 88 87 73 66 88 86 73 66 87 86
Dewpt 66 62 65 64 64 60 64 64 64 58 62 61 60 57 62 62 62 58
Min/Max RH 41 90 34 92 33 83 31 87 33
RH 52 46 76 89 45 40 73 89 45 37 68 83 39 37 68 86 43 38
Pwind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
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