Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
249 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
TXZ012-020900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
249 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
Date 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 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 Temp 62 91 62 96 62
Temp 85 84 73 68 64 63 74 83 89 86 74 70 65 63 76 88 95 90 77 71 65 63
DewPt 57 57 60 61 61 61 63 61 57 54 58 60 58 55 54 50 43 43 50 52 51 45
Max/Min RH 93 32 83 16 60
RH 39 40 64 78 90 93 69 47 34 34 57 71 78 76 46 27 17 19 39 51 60 51
Wind Dir S S SE S SE S S S S S S S S SW W W SW SE SE SE S SW
Wind Spd 14 17 16 16 14 12 14 16 18 17 17 16 13 11 11 8 9 9 9 10 9 9
Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 8 11 31 26 40 38 18 9 8 17 15 18 10 18 15 6 14 14 17 19 10 34
PoP 12HR 20 20 10 5 5
QPF 12HR 0.06 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 8 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 7 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 12 4 1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 131113 12 12 15 17 50 74155 67 9 12 10 8 20 25146 60 18 7 7 6
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW E SE S S W
T Wind Spd 19 25 24 26 21 20 24 21 24 23 21 25 21 19 13 9 13 16 19 17 16 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/04Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24Fri 06/07/24Sat 06/08/24
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 Temp 99 63 93 65 93 63 91 63 91
Temp 94 95 73 64 88 90 72 66 90 87 71 64 84 86 70 64 87 88
DewPt 42 42 54 57 58 55 59 61 59 56 57 56 56 54 55 56 55 52
Min/Max RH 13 79 28 86 30 77 31 77 28
RH 17 16 52 79 36 31 64 85 36 34 61 76 38 33 59 76 34 29
PWind Dir NW NE E SE E SE SE S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 10 20 20 30 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ016-020900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
249 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
Date 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 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 Temp 60 95 58 97 60
Temp 86 87 72 67 62 60 73 85 93 91 74 68 61 58 75 88 94 95 77 68 63 61
DewPt 54 52 56 58 60 60 61 57 43 38 45 50 47 38 43 40 30 26 32 37 33 29
Max/Min RH 100 15 60 8 33
RH 33 30 57 73 93100 66 38 18 16 35 52 59 48 31 18 10 8 20 32 33 30
Wind Dir S S S S S S S SW SW SW S S SW W NW NW W SW S S SW W
Wind Spd 16 16 14 13 13 12 14 14 16 16 12 12 10 9 8 8 8 9 6 6 6 8
Clouds CL FW SC FW FW SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 5 20 28 10 18 30 19 5 5 16 13 10 8 10 3 11 6 9 8 18 9 18
PoP 12HR 20 10 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 9 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 13 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 15 15 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 175145 10 12 15 16 53 92275209 10 9 9 8 15 69179195 7 7 7 7
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S SW NW W W SW S S SW W
T Wind Spd 23 24 19 21 19 18 25 23 24 26 18 18 18 12 10 10 13 14 12 13 14 13
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/04Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24Fri 06/07/24Sat 06/08/24
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 Temp 99 61 94 62 95 63 92 61 93
Temp 94 96 72 61 89 91 71 63 90 89 70 63 86 87 70 62 88 91
DewPt 33 31 49 56 55 51 58 61 55 52 59 59 56 52 56 58 53 47
Min/Max RH 9 83 24 96 26 88 27 88 21
RH 12 10 43 82 31 26 63 94 31 29 68 87 37 30 61 86 31 23
PWind Dir NW NE E SE E SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 10 20 20 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-020900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
249 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
Date 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 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 Temp 65 96 64 98 64
Temp 89 88 77 71 67 65 77 86 93 90 76 72 68 65 76 89 96 93 81 74 67 65
DewPt 58 59 62 63 64 63 65 64 60 59 63 64 62 59 58 57 51 49 56 60 58 54
Max/Min RH 95 32 89 20 75
RH 34 38 61 76 90 95 66 47 34 34 63 75 82 82 54 33 22 22 43 62 73 68
Wind Dir S S SE SE S S S S S S SE S S SW W NW SW S SE SE S SW
Wind Spd 12 13 12 12 10 9 12 13 16 14 14 12 10 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 4 4
Clouds FW FW SC SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 21 15 33 37 54 24 14 10 9 19 28 12 11 16 14 6 8 23 16 16 19 34
PoP 12HR 30 20 10 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.29 0 0.02 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 8 7 <1 <1 1 <1 3 5 7 6 1 1 <1 <1 2 4 9 5 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 123146 16 17 22 15 59 91146132 26 25 15 12 26 30 91 65 10 11 8 7
T Wind Dir S S SE SE S S S S S S S S S SW SW W SW S SE SE S SW
T Wind Spd 17 25 21 24 21 17 24 23 23 25 25 25 20 14 11 9 10 13 13 14 11 10
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/04Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24Fri 06/07/24Sat 06/08/24
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 Temp 101 66 96 67 96 66 93 66 94
Temp 94 96 74 66 90 94 76 68 91 91 74 66 85 90 73 67 90 91
DewPt 50 48 60 61 59 55 62 64 60 56 57 57 59 56 57 59 58 56
Min/Max RH 17 83 25 89 28 73 30 77 28
RH 22 20 61 82 34 27 62 88 36 30 56 72 40 32 58 76 34 30
PWind Dir NW NE E S NE SE SE S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 5 20 20 30 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ008-020900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
249 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
Date 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 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 Temp 65 95 64 96 65
Temp 87 86 76 71 67 65 76 84 90 89 76 72 68 65 76 88 94 91 80 74 68 65
DewPt 57 58 62 63 63 63 64 63 58 56 61 63 61 57 57 56 49 47 54 59 57 53
Max/Min RH 92 32 84 20 71
RH 37 39 62 75 89 92 67 49 35 33 60 73 77 77 53 34 22 22 41 59 69 64
Wind Dir S S SE SE SE S S S S S S S S SW W NW SW S SE SE S SW
Wind Spd 13 14 16 16 13 11 13 16 17 17 18 16 13 9 9 6 6 6 9 9 8 6
Clouds FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 13 13 32 36 39 23 12 6 7 12 22 12 13 15 15 4 9 20 15 14 15 31
PoP 12HR 30 20 10 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.23 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 8 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 4 7 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 10 7 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 125126 13 14 13 13 55 90155120 18 19 16 12 23 27105 75 8 9 7 6
T Wind Dir S S SE SE S S S S S S S S S SW SW W SW S SE SE S SW
T Wind Spd 18 24 21 24 19 17 23 24 23 25 21 24 21 16 12 9 11 11 13 16 13 12
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/04Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24Fri 06/07/24Sat 06/08/24
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 Temp 99 66 94 67 94 66 92 66 93
Temp 92 95 74 66 88 92 76 68 89 89 74 66 84 88 73 67 88 89
DewPt 48 47 59 61 58 55 61 64 60 56 57 58 58 55 58 59 57 55
Min/Max RH 17 83 28 87 30 75 31 76 29
RH 22 20 59 82 37 29 62 86 39 32 55 74 41 33 59 74 36 32
PWind Dir NW NE E SE NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 5 20 20 30 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ006-020900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
249 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
Date 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 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 Temp 58 94 56 92 55
Temp 86 84 70 65 60 58 73 84 92 91 72 66 60 57 76 88 92 88 72 66 59 56
DewPt 56 54 58 60 60 58 62 58 47 38 42 49 51 47 53 51 43 40 46 51 52 48
Max/Min RH 100 16 78 17 81
RH 36 36 65 86 99100 67 42 21 16 34 54 74 69 45 28 19 19 39 58 75 71
Wind Dir S S S SE S S S SW SW SW S S SW NW N N SE SE SE SE SW W
Wind Spd 14 13 13 12 12 10 14 16 16 14 12 11 9 6 8 5 6 8 6 6 4 4
Clouds CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 3 16 31 20 11 10 13 6 3 6 9 12 8 13 8 8 7 21 10 10 13 24
PoP 12HR 30 10 5 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC
Tstms SC IS SC
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 7 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 4 12 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 13 7 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 171141 10 10 10 10 60 83242278 9 9 6 12 23 47132 93 7 9 6 7
T Wind Dir S S SE S S S SW S SW SW S S SW NW N NW W S SE S SW NW
T Wind Spd 26 25 19 20 19 19 26 23 24 27 18 18 13 14 12 9 11 14 14 18 12 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/04Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24Fri 06/07/24Sat 06/08/24
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 Temp 95 59 92 60 91 60 90 59 89
Temp 92 91 67 60 88 89 68 61 88 85 67 60 84 86 67 60 86 87
DewPt 45 44 57 57 55 51 58 58 57 54 56 56 58 54 57 57 56 54
Min/Max RH 17 93 24 93 30 87 30 91 30
RH 20 20 70 91 33 27 70 90 35 34 67 86 40 34 69 88 36 33
PWind Dir N NE E S NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 10 20 20 30 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS IS
$$
OKZ002-020900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
249 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
Date 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 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 Temp 61 94 58 92 60
Temp 88 84 67 64 63 61 75 85 92 88 71 67 62 58 73 86 92 89 74 68 63 61
DewPt 57 56 62 62 63 61 65 63 58 55 61 62 59 58 61 59 56 52 57 61 61 59
Max/Min RH 100 30 99 27 100
RH 35 38 82 93100100 71 47 32 33 71 84 90 98 65 40 30 28 56 79 93 95
Wind Dir S S SE SE S S S S S S S S SW W NW N NE SE SE SE S SW
Wind Spd 13 13 13 13 12 12 16 17 18 16 14 13 10 8 9 8 6 6 6 8 5 4
Clouds CL B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW CL SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 4 54 48 40 47 18 11 10 4 39 24 16 19 22 17 5 5 16 14 26 44 32
PoP 12HR 60 20 10 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.07 0 0.04 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC IS
Tstms SC NM SC SC IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 8 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 6 5 1 <1 <1 1 2 4 7 6 <1 <1 1 <1
Vent Rate 162125 12 9 11 10 57 96144110 25 18 9 12 25 32 55 56 7 8 15 3
T Wind Dir SW S SE S S S S S S S S S SW W NW N W S SE SE S SW
T Wind Spd 21 20 19 19 18 18 25 25 26 25 27 23 12 12 12 9 8 11 14 17 17 8
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/04Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24Fri 06/07/24Sat 06/08/24
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 Temp 94 60 92 61 91 60 90 60 89
Temp 90 89 67 60 88 90 70 62 87 87 67 60 83 85 67 61 85 86
DewPt 55 55 59 59 55 52 58 60 56 53 55 56 59 57 57 58 59 57
Min/Max RH 26 97 26 94 28 86 35 93 34
RH 31 31 77 95 33 27 66 93 35 32 65 86 44 38 70 91 41 37
PWind Dir N NE E S NE SE SE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 5 20 20 30 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS
$$
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)...........20ft Wind Direction
Wind Spd(MPH).......................20ft Wind Speed
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
Snow Shwrs......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
LAL(CAT)............................Lightning Activity Level
Haines(CAT).........................Haines Index
Mix Hgt(Thousands of FT AGL)........Mixing Height
Example: 6 = 6000 Feet; 12 = 12000 Feet; <1 = Less than 1000 Feet
Vent Rate(Thousands of KT-FT AGL)...Ventilation Rate
Example: 12 = 12,000 Feet; 120 = 120,000 Feet; <1 = Less than than 100 Foot
T Wind Dir(8 Point Compass).........Transport Wind Direction
T Wind Spd(MPH).....................Transport Wind Speed
RFTI................................Red Flag Threat Index
Category...
HS............Historically Critical
EX............Extremely Critical
CH............Critical - High
CL............Critical - Low
EL............Elevated
NO............None
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
Avg Clouds(CAT).....................Average Cloud Cover Category
PoP 12HR(%).........................Probability for Accumulating Precipitation
Weather...
See Day 1 through 3 Weather Descriptions