Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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FOUS54 KCRP 171053
PFWCRP
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
553 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025
TXZ245-172100-
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS-Aransas County TX
28.30N 96.82W Elev. 20 ft
553 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025
Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 88 75 88 76 89
Temp 77 83 86 86 82 78 77 77 76 84 86 87 83 77 77 76 76 83 87 88 84
Dewpt 76 78 77 77 77 77 77 76 76 78 77 76 76 77 77 76 76 78 77 77 77
Min/Max RH 69 100 70 100 70
RH 97 84 74 75 85 97100 99 99 83 74 70 81 99100100 99 85 71 71 81
Wind Dir S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE S S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 5 8 10 10 8 6 5 6 6 9 11 11 10 10 9 9 10 12 12 13 10
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) OV B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 2400 2300 1300 1200 2500 2400 1600 1500 2900 2900
T Wind Dir S SE SE S S S SE S S S
T Wind Spd 17 18 14 18 20 20 20 20 23 24
Date Tue 05/20/25Wed 05/21/25Thu 05/22/25Fri 05/23/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 76 91 73 92 68 88 70 88
Temp 78 76 88 86 77 75 90 86 75 69 85 82 74 71 86 82
Dewpt 78 76 78 77 75 69 67 67 67 66 65 66 69 69 71 71
Max/Min RH 99 66 97 44 92 48 94 58
RH 99 99 71 75 94 82 47 53 75 89 51 58 83 92 60 69
Pwind Dir S S E NE E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 10 10 5 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ231-172100-
George West RAWS-Live Oak County TX
28.37N 98.12W Elev. 215 ft
553 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025
Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 100 75 100 75 102
Temp 76 85 95 99 93 81 78 77 76 86 97 99 91 81 78 77 76 87 97101 95
Dewpt 75 76 75 74 74 75 76 76 75 76 72 71 72 74 76 75 75 76 74 72 73
Min/Max RH 45 97 40 100 40
RH 97 75 52 45 54 82 94 97 97 71 45 41 53 79 96 96 99 71 48 40 49
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE
Wind Spd 6 8 11 12 12 10 8 8 8 11 13 14 16 12 11 11 10 13 14 16 14
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B2 SC SC FW B2 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) B2 B2 SC SC FW B2 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 30 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms IS
Obvis H H H
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 3800 4600 2500 900 4600 5000 2100 1300 5400 7000
T Wind Dir S SE SE SE S SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 16 18 17 18 20 23 21 18 23 20
Date Tue 05/20/25Wed 05/21/25Thu 05/22/25Fri 05/23/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 75 102 72 99 67 96 67 98
Temp 80 75 97 97 79 73 95 94 75 68 91 90 73 68 93 91
Dewpt 75 75 74 69 72 64 61 59 64 63 60 58 66 67 64 63
Max/Min RH 100 35 82 26 86 27 100 33
RH 85100 47 40 79 73 33 31 69 84 35 34 79 97 39 40
Pwind Dir SE SE E E E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 5
$$
TXZ247-172100-
Matagorda Island RAWS-Calhoun County TX
28.12N 96.80W Elev. 36 ft
553 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025
Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 85 77 85 77 86
Temp 77 82 84 85 81 79 79 78 78 82 84 85 82 79 78 78 78 83 85 86 83
Dewpt 77 78 78 78 77 78 78 78 77 78 77 77 77 78 78 78 77 78 78 78 78
Min/Max RH 79 100 76 100 76
RH 100 90 83 80 90 99 99100 99 88 81 76 85 96 99100 99 87 81 76 87
Wind Dir S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE S S SE S S SE SE
Wind Spd 8 9 11 11 10 10 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 12
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) OV B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 2000 1900 1300 1300 2000 1900 1500 1500 2300 2300
T Wind Dir S SE SE S S SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 17 18 16 20 21 20 23 23 25 23
Date Tue 05/20/25Wed 05/21/25Thu 05/22/25Fri 05/23/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 78 87 76 88 73 84 74 85
Temp 79 78 86 84 79 76 86 84 78 73 82 81 77 74 83 82
Dewpt 78 78 79 77 77 72 70 71 69 69 68 69 70 71 72 72
Max/Min RH 100 74 96 56 88 58 91 63
RH 97 99 80 81 94 87 59 64 74 86 62 67 81 90 70 72
Pwind Dir S SE E E E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 5
$$
TXZ234-172100-
Victoria RAWS-Victoria County TX
28.85N 96.92W Elev. 23 ft
553 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025
Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 92 76 91 76 91
Temp 76 83 90 90 85 79 78 78 77 85 91 89 84 79 78 76 77 85 90 90 86
Dewpt 76 77 76 75 75 76 77 76 76 77 74 73 73 76 76 76 75 77 75 74 75
Min/Max RH 60 97 56 100 58
RH 100 82 64 62 72 91 97 94 97 77 58 59 70 91 94100 94 77 62 60 70
Wind Dir S S S S SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S
Wind Spd 6 9 12 13 12 9 8 8 8 12 16 16 16 11 11 11 11 16 18 19 14
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC B1 OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC B1 OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF H H
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 3000 3200 1600 1000 3600 3600 1700 2000 4400 4400
T Wind Dir S S SE S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 14 18 13 16 20 21 18 18 24 25
Date Tue 05/20/25Wed 05/21/25Thu 05/22/25Fri 05/23/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 75 95 71 94 65 91 66 92
Temp 78 76 92 90 77 72 91 89 73 66 88 87 71 67 89 86
Dewpt 76 76 75 74 71 64 60 59 63 61 60 60 66 66 67 67
Max/Min RH 100 53 83 31 85 34 99 44
RH 94100 58 60 82 76 36 37 71 84 39 40 84 97 48 53
Pwind Dir S S E NE NE E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 10 10 5 0 0 0 5
$$
TXZ241-172100-
Alice International Airport-Jim Wells County TX
27.74N 98.03W Elev. 177 ft
553 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025
Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 99 76 97 76 101
Temp 77 85 95 97 89 80 79 78 77 86 94 96 89 81 79 77 77 87 97100 94
Dewpt 76 76 76 75 76 77 77 76 76 76 74 73 74 76 76 76 76 76 75 74 75
Min/Max RH 49 99 47 99 44
RH 96 75 55 49 67 90 94 94 99 73 52 47 61 87 93 97 97 70 49 44 54
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE
Wind Spd 6 9 11 12 13 11 8 8 9 11 13 14 16 13 11 11 10 13 16 16 14
Wind Gust
Clouds OV B1 SC SC FW B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW
Clouds(%) OV B1 SC SC FW B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 30 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
Obvis H H H H H
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 3800 4100 1800 800 4200 4300 1500 1100 5500 6700
T Wind Dir S SE SE SE S SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 17 18 16 16 21 21 20 18 24 21
Date Tue 05/20/25Wed 05/21/25Thu 05/22/25Fri 05/23/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 76 102 74 97 69 94 68 95
Temp 81 76 97 95 80 74 94 91 76 70 91 88 74 69 92 89
Dewpt 75 75 75 74 75 71 65 65 69 67 63 64 69 69 66 67
Max/Min RH 98 42 94 34 91 36 100 38
RH 82 97 49 51 85 89 39 43 79 90 41 46 86100 44 49
Pwind Dir SE SE E E E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 5
$$
TXZ229-172100-
La Salle County Airport-La Salle County TX
28.46N 99.22W Elev. 476 ft
553 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025
Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 105 77 105 78 107
Temp 78 85 96103101 88 83 79 77 87 98104100 90 84 80 78 87 98105106
Dewpt 74 74 72 69 68 72 73 72 72 73 69 67 67 71 72 71 72 73 70 65 62
Min/Max RH 32 85 30 83 23
RH 88 70 46 34 35 59 72 79 85 63 39 31 35 54 67 74 82 63 41 28 24
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Spd 6 6 8 8 9 10 9 9 8 10 11 11 12 12 11 10 9 11 11 10 8
Wind Gust
Clouds B1 B1 SC FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) B1 B1 SC FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 30 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.09 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC
Tstms SC IS
Obvis H H H H H H H H
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 4400 6900 800 800 5400 6700 3500 1600 5700 8700
T Wind Dir S SE SE SE S S SE S S S
T Wind Spd 13 14 20 16 20 20 23 18 18 12
Date Tue 05/20/25Wed 05/21/25Thu 05/22/25Fri 05/23/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 78 106 74 101 71 98 70 100
Temp 86 78 99103 84 74 96 98 80 71 93 96 78 71 94 97
Dewpt 70 70 61 49 61 59 56 53 61 62 58 54 62 64 59 58
Max/Min RH 77 16 59 20 73 22 80 25
RH 59 76 29 17 46 59 26 22 52 73 31 25 58 79 31 28
Pwind Dir SE NE NE E E E SE SE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 5 5 5 5 10 5
$$
TXZ442-172100-
Padre RAWS-Kleberg TX
27.44N 97.29W Elev. 6 ft
553 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025
Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min 85 78 84 79 86
Temp 79 82 84 85 83 80 79 79 78 82 84 84 83 80 80 80 79 83 86 86 83
Dewpt 76 77 78 78 77 78 78 77 77 77 77 76 77 77 78 77 77 78 78 77 78
Min/Max RH 80 97 77 94 74
RH 91 85 82 80 82 94 97 94 97 85 80 77 82 91 94 91 94 85 77 75 85
Wind Dir S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE S S SE S SE SE SE
Wind Spd 10 11 12 13 13 11 11 11 12 14 16 16 16 16 16 17 16 18 18 18 16
Wind Gust
Clouds B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC
Clouds(%) B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis H
LAL
Haines
Mixing Hgt 1700 1600 1300 800 1900 1800 1400 1400 2000 1900
T Wind Dir S SE SE SE S SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 18 20 17 19 24 24 24 24 25 25
Date Tue 05/20/25Wed 05/21/25Thu 05/22/25Fri 05/23/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max 79 87 78 86 75 83 74 84
Temp 80 80 86 84 80 78 85 84 78 75 82 81 77 74 84 81
Dewpt 78 77 79 77 77 75 72 72 72 70 69 69 71 71 72 72
Max/Min RH 97 75 94 61 84 63 90 66
RH 94 91 80 80 91 91 65 67 82 84 65 67 82 90 67 74
Pwind Dir SE SE E E E E SE SE
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 5 5 0 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