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
149 AM CDT Sat May 18 2024
TXZ012-182100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
149 AM CDT Sat May 18 2024
Date Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24
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 Temp 92 59 95 59 95
Temp 58 55 73 85 90 89 74 68 62 60 76 90 94 92 76 70 63 59 77 90 94 92
DewPt 47 46 45 44 41 40 48 52 53 53 47 41 37 35 36 36 36 35 35 30 26 23
Min/Max RH 17 81 13 41 8
RH 66 71 37 24 18 18 40 57 72 78 36 18 14 13 23 29 37 40 22 12 9 8
Wind Dir S SW W N NE SE SE SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW
Wind Spd 9 9 9 6 6 9 12 13 12 12 13 16 19 18 12 11 11 10 12 12 13 13
Clouds CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 3 9 4 3 2 8 12 7 2 5 12 8 25 28 20 6 2 4 7 11 21 33
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 8 13 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 11 14 13 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 9 12 11
Vent Rate 7 6 13 55 90114 10 10 9 8 34284405341 6 5 5 4 15150225222
T Wind Dir S SW W NW W S SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 19 16 11 8 8 13 24 24 21 20 21 28 32 29 14 12 13 11 13 18 21 23
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL
Date Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24Thu 05/23/24Fri 05/24/24
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 Temp 61 88 52 82 55 87 55 88
Temp 70 62 84 86 65 53 73 81 63 55 80 83 63 56 81 87
DewPt 30 32 31 26 33 42 40 34 41 47 43 35 43 46 40 34
Max/Min RH 33 11 67 18 75 17 71 14
RH 23 32 15 11 30 67 30 19 44 73 27 18 48 70 23 15
PWind Dir SW W W NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 5 5 0 0
$$
TXZ016-182100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
149 AM CDT Sat May 18 2024
Date Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 92 54 96 56 94
Temp 56 54 77 87 91 90 73 65 59 55 77 90 95 93 76 66 60 57 78 90 94 92
DewPt 42 40 40 37 32 30 36 40 40 40 38 33 30 25 29 30 29 28 28 23 19 18
Min/Max RH 12 58 8 34 6
RH 59 59 27 17 12 12 26 41 50 56 25 13 10 9 18 26 31 33 16 9 7 7
Wind Dir SW SW NW N N SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW W SW W W W W W SW
Wind Spd 8 6 9 8 6 6 5 8 9 9 12 16 19 17 9 10 9 9 11 16 16 17
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 2 2 2 2 4 17 24 4 3 5 2 3 7 17 6 5 3 6 8 17 22 30
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 10 15 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 13 16 14 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 11 13
Vent Rate 9 6 18 89102 83 6 6 8 8 25342448338 8 7 7 6 25172245251
T Wind Dir SW W NW N NW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW W SW W W W W W SW
T Wind Spd 18 13 13 10 8 8 11 12 16 16 16 29 32 27 16 13 14 12 13 21 26 23
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO CL CL CL
Date Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24Thu 05/23/24Fri 05/24/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 60 90 51 84 52 90 54 91
Temp 69 60 82 88 64 52 75 83 60 53 82 87 63 55 84 88
DewPt 25 27 26 19 23 33 33 24 36 40 33 19 28 34 32 20
Max/Min RH 28 7 49 11 62 8 47 8
RH 19 28 13 8 21 49 21 12 41 62 17 8 27 46 15 8
PWind Dir SW W W NW S SW SW SW
Wind Char <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ008-182100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
149 AM CDT Sat May 18 2024
Date Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24
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 Temp 95 63 99 61 99
Temp 61 59 75 87 93 92 77 73 67 64 78 93 98 96 81 73 65 61 78 93 99 97
DewPt 51 49 48 46 44 45 51 54 57 57 51 44 38 38 40 39 39 37 37 35 30 28
Min/Max RH 18 80 12 43 8
RH 69 70 38 25 19 20 40 53 70 79 38 18 12 13 23 29 38 40 23 13 9 9
Wind Dir SW S W N NE SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW
Wind Spd 5 4 5 4 5 6 9 10 10 9 12 13 16 13 9 8 6 5 6 9 9 9
Clouds FW CL FW CL CL FW FW CL FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 9 5 6 4 3 7 11 2 10 34 11 12 30 37 27 9 2 2 4 9 18 33
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 6 12 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 12 16 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 13 10
Vent Rate 10 8 17 44 94 65 16 17 15 12 41314461204 11 9 8 7 15144261210
T Wind Dir S SW W N N SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW S SW W W SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 13 12 11 8 9 10 20 24 21 17 21 29 32 24 13 13 12 10 9 16 23 23
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL
Date Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24Thu 05/23/24Fri 05/24/24
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 Temp 64 93 55 84 56 91 59 93
Temp 73 64 87 90 67 55 75 83 65 56 83 87 66 59 85 91
DewPt 33 33 33 28 36 44 41 37 42 48 45 40 48 48 42 37
Max/Min RH 31 10 68 19 74 17 69 14
RH 23 31 14 11 31 65 29 19 44 73 27 19 53 67 22 15
PWind Dir SW W W N SE S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 5 5 0 0
$$
TXZ008-182100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
149 AM CDT Sat May 18 2024
Date Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 93 63 97 61 97
Temp 62 59 74 85 91 90 77 71 66 63 77 90 96 94 80 73 65 61 77 91 96 94
DewPt 50 48 46 46 44 43 50 54 56 56 49 42 37 36 38 38 38 36 37 34 29 27
Min/Max RH 19 78 12 41 9
RH 66 67 37 26 20 20 39 53 69 77 38 18 13 13 22 29 37 38 24 13 10 10
Wind Dir S SW W N NE SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW
Wind Spd 9 8 8 5 6 9 11 13 13 12 13 14 18 16 12 10 9 9 9 9 12 12
Clouds FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 10 12 7 4 2 7 13 4 7 32 10 8 26 36 25 9 2 3 5 8 18 34
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 6 12 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 12 16 14 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 13 11
Vent Rate 8 7 12 43 93 75 13 15 13 10 36319458358 8 6 7 6 17165253222
T Wind Dir S S W N N E SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 14 13 10 8 9 12 20 25 21 18 21 29 32 27 13 11 12 10 11 18 23 24
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL
Date Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24Thu 05/23/24Fri 05/24/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 64 91 55 83 57 89 59 91
Temp 72 64 85 89 67 55 73 82 65 57 81 86 65 60 82 89
DewPt 32 33 32 27 35 43 40 36 42 48 44 37 47 48 41 36
Max/Min RH 31 11 65 19 73 16 68 15
RH 23 31 15 11 30 64 31 20 43 72 28 17 51 66 23 15
PWind Dir SW W W N SE S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 5 5 0 0
$$
TXZ006-182100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
149 AM CDT Sat May 18 2024
Date Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24
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 Temp 89 51 93 51 92
Temp 53 50 75 85 88 87 70 62 56 52 71 88 93 90 72 63 56 52 77 89 92 89
DewPt 43 41 40 40 37 38 43 47 49 48 46 39 32 28 29 30 30 28 32 28 23 21
Min/Max RH 15 87 11 40 8
RH 68 69 28 20 16 18 39 58 76 85 41 17 12 11 20 29 37 39 19 11 8 8
Wind Dir SW W N NE NE E E SE S S SW SW SW SW W W W W W SW SW SW
Wind Spd 5 4 9 10 9 9 8 9 6 4 8 13 19 18 11 6 5 5 8 11 13 16
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 3 1 2 1 3 11 17 12 7 13 4 3 8 11 7 3 3 2 5 11 22 36
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6
Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 8 12 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 13 16 15 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 11 12 10
Vent Rate 6 5 34108 99113 6 8 6 6 25375500407 10 8 6 5 33193288225
T Wind Dir SW W N NE E SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW W W W W W SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 14 11 19 14 10 13 13 17 12 12 16 33 35 31 20 17 11 11 11 19 28 26
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL
Date Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24Thu 05/23/24Fri 05/24/24
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 Temp 56 86 46 81 47 86 50 88
Temp 64 56 82 83 58 47 72 79 57 48 80 84 59 51 81 86
DewPt 28 29 29 23 31 40 37 29 38 42 36 24 37 41 36 26
Max/Min RH 36 10 78 15 83 10 71 11
RH 25 35 15 11 36 78 27 16 49 80 20 11 44 68 20 11
PWind Dir SW W NW NE SE SW SE SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 5 5 0 0
$$
OKZ002-182100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
149 AM CDT Sat May 18 2024
Date Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 90 58 95 54 95
Temp 57 53 74 84 89 87 70 65 61 58 73 89 94 90 73 66 58 55 74 88 94 92
DewPt 49 47 46 44 45 45 51 54 56 55 55 47 37 34 38 39 38 35 40 40 35 29
Min/Max RH 21 92 12 49 10
RH 74 80 37 25 22 23 51 67 85 90 53 24 14 14 28 37 46 46 29 19 13 11
Wind Dir S SW N NE NE E E SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW W W NW W S SW
Wind Spd 8 5 8 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 12 13 17 16 11 9 8 6 8 8 9 11
Clouds FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW B1 FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 6 3 2 3 0 8 24 9 15 51 9 8 9 17 10 3 4 4 4 6 13 32
PoP 12HR 0 10 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6
Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 5 10 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 14 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 13 5
Vent Rate 8 5 31 74 97 66 5 9 8 6 29176401243 9 8 7 6 20102237 78
T Wind Dir S SW N NE NE E E SE S S S SW SW SW SW W W W NW W SW SW
T Wind Spd 17 12 18 18 11 12 12 17 18 13 17 24 32 31 19 16 14 13 13 16 20 19
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL
Date Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24Thu 05/23/24Fri 05/24/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 58 87 48 78 50 87 53 88
Temp 67 58 81 84 59 48 72 76 58 50 80 83 61 53 82 85
DewPt 34 35 39 32 43 43 41 36 42 45 44 37 46 47 42 36
Max/Min RH 42 14 83 22 84 18 81 16
RH 29 41 22 15 55 83 32 23 55 82 28 19 58 79 24 18
PWind Dir SW W N N SE S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 5 5 0 0
$$
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)...........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