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
349 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024
TXZ012-250900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
349 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024
Date 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon
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 54 96 59 90 55
Temp 76 77 65 60 56 55 72 87 94 94 79 72 64 60 75 84 89 88 72 66 59 56
DewPt 30 31 36 38 42 43 48 41 28 19 19 19 23 28 31 29 26 25 30 31 36 38
Max/Min RH 64 7 30 10 51
RH 18 18 34 44 59 64 42 20 10 7 10 13 21 29 20 13 10 10 21 27 42 51
Wind Dir NE SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW W W W NW NW W W SE E NE NE
Wind Spd 10 10 13 13 13 13 16 20 23 21 14 13 12 12 12 11 10 9 9 10 10 10
Clouds CL SC FW CL CL CL FW FW B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
Clouds(%) 4 35 22 2 2 2 14 18 60 16 3 2 1 1 3 4 4 4 5 3 3 3
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 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 6 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 10 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 9 12 14 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 46 59 8 10 11 10 42126299313 12 10 9 7 74123192218 6 9 8 7
T Wind Dir NE S SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW W W NW N W W W S E E E
T Wind Spd 11 11 19 24 27 24 27 25 35 35 24 23 20 17 20 16 18 18 16 23 20 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CH CH CL EL NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W W W
Date 05/27Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24
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 88 58 87 58 82 60 84 61 89
Temp 82 86 67 58 80 80 63 59 76 78 64 60 78 79 65 61 82 85
DewPt 38 39 43 50 52 52 56 56 56 56 58 59 57 56 58 58 55 50
Min/Max RH 17 74 30 95 42 97 40 92 28
RH 21 19 42 74 37 38 78 91 50 47 81 95 48 45 78 89 39 30
PWind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL CL FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 20 40 40 30 30 20 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS
$$
TXZ016-250900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
349 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024
Date 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon
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 51 94 57 91 53
Temp 79 81 66 59 54 52 73 87 92 92 76 69 62 58 76 83 88 89 72 65 58 53
DewPt 24 22 26 32 35 39 41 29 17 14 16 18 24 25 28 25 23 20 27 26 31 34
Max/Min RH 61 6 29 8 48
RH 13 12 22 36 47 61 31 12 6 6 10 14 23 28 17 12 9 8 19 23 37 48
Wind Dir SE S SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW W W W NW W W W W W N N
Wind Spd 12 13 13 13 13 11 13 20 25 21 16 12 12 11 12 11 13 13 9 9 9 9
Clouds FW SC FW CL CL CL FW SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL
Clouds(%) 13 27 6 4 2 2 10 42 40 20 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 6 8 3 2 3
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 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 8 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 10 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 10 13 14 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 78104 10 11 12 10 42193298357 14 12 12 9 51155252262 7 8 9 8
T Wind Dir SW S SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW W W W NW W W W W W N N
T Wind Spd 13 14 19 20 21 19 23 26 34 36 24 23 23 17 13 17 21 21 13 16 18 16
RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO CL EX CH CL EL NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W W W
Date 05/27Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24
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 90 55 91 55 87 58 89 58 92
Temp 82 89 66 56 83 83 60 56 78 82 63 59 81 83 64 58 84 87
DewPt 36 29 42 51 51 44 56 56 57 51 59 59 56 49 57 57 49 42
Min/Max RH 12 84 20 100 31 100 28 100 19
RH 19 12 43 84 33 25 87100 49 35 87100 42 30 80 96 30 21
PWind Dir NE SE SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL CL FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 20 30 30 30 20 20 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-250900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
349 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024
Date 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon
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 56 100 60 94 57
Temp 79 80 68 63 58 56 74 88 97 97 80 73 65 61 76 84 91 92 76 68 60 57
DewPt 34 35 39 40 43 44 49 47 35 25 24 23 26 30 36 34 30 28 33 36 37 39
Max/Min RH 64 8 31 10 50
RH 20 20 34 43 57 64 41 24 12 8 13 16 23 31 23 16 11 10 20 30 41 50
Wind Dir NE E E SE SE SE S S SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW W E E NE NE
Wind Spd 9 6 10 10 10 8 13 16 19 17 9 9 8 8 9 9 8 5 5 6 5 5
Clouds CL SC FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL
Clouds(%) 2 40 7 3 2 3 7 9 30 28 4 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 8 6 3 3
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 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 11 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 9 12 13 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 42 43 10 12 11 10 61132340291 10 11 12 11 85137179172 8 13 10 8
T Wind Dir NE SE E SE SE SE S S SW SW SW W W NW N NW W W E E E NE
T Wind Spd 10 8 14 17 16 13 24 25 34 34 14 17 18 16 21 17 17 14 11 19 14 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/27Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24
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 60 91 60 86 62 88 63 92
Temp 85 89 69 60 83 83 66 61 78 82 68 63 82 82 68 63 84 87
DewPt 42 40 45 51 53 53 58 58 59 57 60 60 60 59 62 61 59 57
Min/Max RH 16 71 27 92 39 93 40 93 32
RH 22 18 41 71 35 36 75 91 50 43 77 91 48 46 81 92 42 36
PWind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 20 40 40 30 20 20 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-250900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
349 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024
Date 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon
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 97 61 91 57
Temp 76 77 68 63 58 57 73 86 94 94 79 72 65 61 75 83 88 90 75 68 61 57
DewPt 34 34 38 40 43 44 49 45 33 23 24 25 27 29 35 33 30 27 32 35 38 39
Max/Min RH 62 8 30 10 50
RH 22 21 34 44 57 62 43 24 12 8 13 17 24 29 23 17 13 11 21 30 42 49
Wind Dir NE E SE SE SE SE S S SW SW SW SW W W NW NW W W E E NE NE
Wind Spd 8 6 11 11 11 11 16 17 21 20 13 12 11 10 11 10 9 8 8 9 9 9
Clouds CL SC FW CL CL CL FW CL SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL
Clouds(%) 2 39 6 3 2 3 9 5 35 25 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 10 7 4 3
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 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 11 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 9 12 13 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 45 47 9 11 11 9 59134331322 9 9 10 9 78125176172 6 12 10 7
T Wind Dir NE SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW W W NW N NW W W SE E E NE
T Wind Spd 9 9 16 18 18 13 26 25 34 34 16 16 18 16 20 16 17 14 11 21 16 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CH EL NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/27Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24
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 60 89 60 84 62 87 63 91
Temp 83 87 69 60 81 82 66 61 76 80 67 63 80 81 68 64 82 87
DewPt 41 40 44 51 53 52 58 58 58 57 60 61 60 58 61 61 58 55
Min/Max RH 17 70 28 90 42 94 40 93 31
RH 23 19 40 70 37 35 75 89 53 45 78 94 50 46 79 90 44 33
PWind Dir E SE SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 20 40 40 30 20 20 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ006-250900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
349 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024
Date 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon
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 49 90 51 88 50
Temp 76 76 62 57 51 50 70 85 90 87 70 62 56 52 71 80 86 86 68 60 54 50
DewPt 30 30 34 36 38 38 40 34 22 20 23 24 26 28 32 30 27 25 31 33 34 36
Max/Min RH 65 8 41 10 56
RH 19 18 35 46 60 65 33 16 9 8 17 24 31 39 23 16 12 11 26 36 47 56
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW W W NE NE NE N
Wind Spd 13 16 17 16 13 9 13 18 21 21 13 10 9 9 9 6 9 9 9 10 9 9
Clouds FW B1 FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL
Clouds(%) 6 52 8 3 6 1 2 2 6 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 6 23 18 13 4 2
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 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 7 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 12 13 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 11 14 13 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 65 98 9 10 10 10 48222396426 10 9 10 7 73134221175 7 9 8 8
T Wind Dir S S SE SE SE S S SW SW SW W W NW NW NW W W W NW E NE NE
T Wind Spd 16 18 19 20 19 18 24 28 37 39 20 20 20 16 17 13 18 14 14 19 16 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CH CH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W W W
Date 05/27Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24
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 86 53 87 53 84 55 87 56 89
Temp 80 84 63 53 80 80 60 54 77 80 60 56 80 81 62 57 82 82
DewPt 40 35 41 47 52 50 56 54 58 53 58 56 59 54 58 57 55 49
Min/Max RH 16 80 27 100 36 100 33 99 27
RH 24 17 45 80 37 35 89 99 51 40 93100 47 40 86 99 40 31
PWind Dir E SE SE SE S SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 20 30 30 30 20 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS
$$
OKZ002-250900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
349 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024
Date 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon
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 49 94 55 87 51
Temp 76 76 63 57 52 50 68 85 93 91 74 65 60 56 72 82 87 85 67 60 54 51
DewPt 32 33 37 39 40 41 47 44 34 23 25 28 31 38 41 36 32 29 34 36 38 40
Max/Min RH 72 8 52 12 65
RH 21 21 39 50 65 72 47 24 13 8 16 25 33 51 33 19 14 13 29 41 54 65
Wind Dir NE SE E SE SE SE S S SW SW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NE NE NE N
Wind Spd 8 9 10 10 10 9 14 17 20 20 13 9 10 10 11 10 10 8 8 8 6 5
Clouds CL FW FW CL FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 0 25 15 4 11 6 2 9 5 4 2 5 4 3 3 2 1 10 13 12 13 8
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 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 13 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 9 12 13 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 45 48 6 9 6 6 70129386348 11 9 11 8 94147220187 11 7 6 5
T Wind Dir N SE SE SE SE SE S S SW SW W W NW NW NW NW W W NE E NE NE
T Wind Spd 9 10 14 19 14 13 27 25 34 35 21 20 21 17 21 19 20 16 19 14 14 12
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CH NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W W W
Date 05/27Tue 05/28/24Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24
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 86 55 87 55 83 57 86 58 88
Temp 81 84 63 55 81 79 60 56 77 78 62 58 80 80 64 59 82 84
DewPt 42 38 43 47 51 52 55 56 58 56 59 58 60 58 62 59 59 55
Min/Max RH 18 74 29 100 41 100 41 100 33
RH 24 19 48 74 35 40 84100 52 47 90100 50 47 94100 45 37
PWind Dir NE SE SE SE SE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 20 40 30 30 20 20 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS 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