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
234 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
TXZ012-230900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
234 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat
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 56 91 53 83 55
Temp 77 77 67 61 58 59 70 85 89 89 72 66 59 54 64 73 79 80 68 63 59 57
DewPt 46 47 49 52 55 58 54 37 24 18 20 21 25 30 30 30 32 32 36 38 42 45
Max/Min RH 96 7 40 17 64
RH 33 35 52 72 90 96 57 18 9 7 14 18 27 40 28 20 18 17 31 39 53 64
Wind Dir E SE SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW NW N N NE E SE SE SE SE S
Wind Spd 16 17 14 16 13 12 16 18 20 18 12 11 11 14 16 12 10 10 12 12 12 12
Clouds CL CL CL CL SC B1 SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 5 5 4 2 31 56 39 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 6 10 7 7 10 15 8 10
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 13 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 4 6 7 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 72 78 9 10 16 12 38194310278 8 8 10 14 67 51 57 86 8 10 10 9
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW W N N N NE SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 18 19 19 24 25 19 20 25 27 27 19 19 23 26 24 13 11 13 18 23 25 21
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
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 59 88 55 86 57 88 58 87
Temp 86 90 70 61 82 86 65 56 79 84 65 57 81 81 65 60 81 80
DewPt 33 18 22 28 29 25 36 41 39 35 43 47 46 45 48 51 51 50
Min/Max RH 7 28 10 57 17 69 25 72 31
RH 15 7 16 28 14 11 34 57 24 17 45 69 29 28 54 72 35 35
PWind Dir SW W W N NE SE S S S
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ016-230900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
234 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 55 90 52 85 52
Temp 79 80 67 61 57 56 73 85 89 88 71 65 58 53 65 74 82 84 69 62 58 55
DewPt 41 39 44 50 56 55 44 21 14 10 13 14 16 27 29 29 28 24 29 35 37 39
Max/Min RH 96 5 36 11 57
RH 26 23 43 67 95 96 35 9 6 5 11 14 19 36 26 19 14 11 22 36 45 56
Wind Dir SE S SE SE S S SW SW SW W SW SW W N NE E SE S SE SE S S
Wind Spd 14 14 12 13 12 11 14 19 20 17 10 9 11 11 12 10 10 11 10 11 10 9
Clouds CL FW CL CL SC B1 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL
Clouds(%) 4 8 2 3 39 51 2 3 3 5 2 3 4 6 7 13 11 10 7 9 5 5
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 7 8 <1 <1 <1 1 2 10 12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 7 9 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 84117 11 11 14 20 33227298250 9 10 11 11 55 45 88135 10 11 13 11
T Wind Dir SE S SE SE S S SW SW SW W W W N NE NE E S S SE SE S S
T Wind Spd 19 20 20 20 21 21 18 25 27 25 18 19 19 19 19 11 13 17 18 20 23 19
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CH CL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 91 57 89 52 87 54 89 56 88
Temp 86 88 68 59 82 87 63 54 79 85 64 55 82 83 64 59 83 80
DewPt 21 13 19 25 26 19 32 39 38 29 43 46 44 41 48 52 51 48
Min/Max RH 6 27 8 57 13 72 20 78 26
RH 9 6 15 27 13 8 31 57 23 13 46 71 26 23 56 78 34 33
PWind Dir SW W W N NE SE S S S
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10
$$
TXZ008-230900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
234 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat
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 96 56 84 57
Temp 80 80 69 64 60 61 73 88 94 93 77 69 61 56 66 75 80 82 70 66 61 58
DewPt 45 45 49 51 55 58 58 43 28 22 25 27 31 31 31 33 34 34 38 40 44 46
Max/Min RH 93 7 41 17 64
RH 29 29 48 64 84 90 59 21 10 7 14 21 33 39 28 21 18 18 31 38 53 64
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW NW N N NE NE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 9 6 6 8 6 12 13 16 13 9 10 6 10 12 10 6 6 9 8 8 6
Clouds CL FW FW CL FW SC SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 2 7 9 2 19 49 36 2 2 4 3 2 1 2 3 5 11 7 19 21 10 9
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
Haines 6HR 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 6 7 <1 <1 1 1 3 9 14 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 5 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 56 88 14 14 14 19 58171336287 10 10 19 16 77 58 51 68 13 14 13 10
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW W N N N NE E SE SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 10 14 18 19 14 16 20 21 27 27 14 14 24 20 25 13 10 12 18 19 18 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
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 96 61 92 56 89 58 91 60 90
Temp 87 93 72 63 85 89 67 57 81 85 67 59 84 84 68 63 83 83
DewPt 42 23 25 33 35 30 39 44 42 40 43 48 47 47 49 52 54 53
Min/Max RH 8 32 11 61 19 67 23 69 29
RH 21 8 17 32 17 12 36 61 25 20 42 67 28 28 51 68 37 35
PWind Dir S W NW N NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ008-230900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
234 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 59 94 56 82 58
Temp 78 78 69 64 60 61 72 86 92 91 76 69 61 56 65 73 79 81 70 66 61 59
DewPt 46 46 49 52 56 58 57 41 26 21 24 26 31 32 31 33 34 33 37 39 44 46
Max/Min RH 92 8 40 17 63
RH 32 33 50 65 85 91 58 20 10 8 15 20 33 40 28 22 20 18 30 38 52 63
Wind Dir E SE SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW NW N N NE E SE SE SE SE S
Wind Spd 6 9 8 9 11 10 13 14 18 17 11 10 10 13 14 10 8 8 11 11 11 10
Clouds CL CL FW CL FW SC SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 2 5 10 2 23 46 35 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 11 7 23 21 7 7
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 6 7 <1 <1 <1 1 3 9 14 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 6 7 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 55 90 12 12 11 20 52175331262 8 9 16 14 75 50 50 82 11 11 11 9
T Wind Dir E SE SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW W N N N NE E S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 11 14 19 19 14 17 20 23 27 27 16 17 23 20 25 12 10 13 18 20 19 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 95 62 90 57 87 59 90 61 89
Temp 85 91 72 63 83 87 67 58 79 83 67 59 82 82 68 63 82 82
DewPt 40 22 25 31 34 29 39 43 42 39 44 48 47 47 49 52 54 52
Min/Max RH 9 31 12 58 20 67 24 67 31
RH 20 9 17 31 17 12 36 58 27 21 44 66 30 29 50 67 39 36
PWind Dir S W NW N NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ006-230900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
234 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat
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 50 88 48 79 50
Temp 76 76 64 58 53 52 69 84 88 86 69 61 52 48 61 70 77 78 64 59 54 52
DewPt 39 40 45 48 52 51 50 30 20 19 21 22 29 30 29 30 31 29 33 36 38 39
Max/Min RH 100 8 51 16 64
RH 26 27 51 68 96100 51 14 8 8 16 23 40 49 30 22 18 16 31 42 54 62
Wind Dir SE S SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW W N N N NE SE S SE SE SE S
Wind Spd 12 13 11 12 8 8 12 16 19 20 12 10 10 12 12 8 10 11 11 10 9 8
Clouds CL FW FW CL CL SC FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL
Clouds(%) 3 11 6 3 4 26 10 1 2 6 4 2 3 2 3 3 6 9 16 10 12 4
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 7 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 5 7 7 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 82140 11 11 9 10 30223289259 10 8 13 10 61 46 88123 10 10 10 10
T Wind Dir S S SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW NW N NE NE NE S S SE SE S S
T Wind Spd 13 20 21 20 17 16 17 25 27 27 21 18 23 19 19 11 14 19 20 21 20 19
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CH EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
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 89 52 85 48 83 51 86 53 87
Temp 84 86 63 53 80 82 59 51 76 81 60 52 80 81 61 56 81 80
DewPt 30 20 24 29 31 27 37 40 40 35 42 44 45 41 48 50 52 48
Min/Max RH 8 39 12 68 18 75 21 80 28
RH 14 9 22 39 17 13 43 66 27 19 51 74 29 24 63 79 37 33
PWind Dir SW W NW N NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL CL FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10
$$
OKZ002-230900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
234 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024
Date 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 52 92 49 79 51
Temp 76 76 64 59 54 54 70 85 91 89 70 63 55 50 62 71 77 76 63 59 55 53
DewPt 38 41 47 49 52 54 58 47 28 24 26 30 32 30 32 32 33 33 37 39 41 44
Max/Min RH 100 9 49 19 72
RH 25 28 53 68 92100 67 27 10 9 19 28 41 47 32 24 20 20 38 46 60 72
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE S S SW S SW SW SW W NW N N N E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 8 11 11 11 9 8 11 13 17 17 11 13 11 11 12 10 8 9 10 9 8 8
Clouds CL FW CL CL FW SC FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 0 6 5 2 13 50 10 1 0 5 2 6 3 3 2 3 2 21 14 21 24 24
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 5
Mix Hgt 6 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 13 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 4 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 55 96 10 10 7 13 46153327223 9 14 13 10 68 48 51 76 9 9 9 9
T Wind Dir SE S SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW NW N N N N SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 11 16 20 20 14 16 19 20 27 26 19 27 21 16 23 12 10 13 18 19 18 19
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/25Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 93 55 86 50 84 52 87 55 87
Temp 84 88 65 56 81 82 60 52 78 81 61 53 81 83 62 58 83 80
DewPt 43 25 33 39 39 33 42 42 43 37 43 46 48 44 51 51 53 52
Min/Max RH 10 53 16 71 20 80 24 78 29
RH 24 10 30 53 22 17 51 70 29 21 51 78 32 25 67 77 36 38
PWind Dir S W NW N N E SE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 10 10
$$
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