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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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989 FOUS54 KAMA 201949 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 249 PM CDT Mon May 20 2024 TXZ012-210900- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 249 PM CDT Mon May 20 2024 Date 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 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 90 51 79 56 Temp 97 94 78 72 67 62 74 83 88 87 72 65 57 52 62 71 77 78 67 62 59 57 DewPt 29 25 28 30 36 33 32 26 25 23 27 28 38 44 44 44 43 43 46 49 53 55 Max/Min RH 33 9 74 28 93 RH 9 8 16 21 32 33 21 12 10 10 19 25 49 74 52 38 30 29 47 62 80 93 Wind Dir SW SW S S W W W W W SW S S NE N NE NE E SE SE SE SE S Wind Spd 13 13 9 12 14 12 19 16 13 13 8 4 16 14 13 12 11 12 12 12 11 9 Clouds FW SC FW SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC Clouds(%) 23 35 7 34 21 14 3 3 2 4 3 5 2 13 16 15 9 7 7 10 36 45 PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 Mix Hgt 12 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 8 9 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 4 5 6 <1 <1 1 <1 Vent Rate 254153 6 10 12 9113181197219 5 4 9 22 45 52 57 75 7 20 22 8 T Wind Dir SW SW S S NW W W W W W SW S NE NE NE NE E S SE SE SE S T Wind Spd 24 21 16 24 25 17 29 27 24 23 13 10 20 25 20 16 12 14 14 24 18 14 RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/23Fri 05/24/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24 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 56 89 56 90 58 92 56 88 Temp 82 86 65 57 82 88 65 56 82 87 68 59 86 89 66 57 83 86 DewPt 43 29 42 37 36 28 37 45 43 30 34 37 32 28 38 44 43 38 Min/Max RH 13 50 11 66 13 44 10 62 17 RH 25 13 43 47 19 11 35 66 25 13 28 44 14 11 36 62 24 18 PWind Dir S SW W SE W S W E NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 $$ TXZ016-210900- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 249 PM CDT Mon May 20 2024 Date 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 58 88 50 83 52 Temp 96 94 77 72 64 59 73 81 86 86 70 63 56 50 62 72 81 82 67 61 56 53 DewPt 15 14 20 24 31 33 30 24 22 19 24 25 30 41 44 43 38 34 39 45 49 48 Max/Min RH 37 8 71 18 86 RH 5 5 12 17 30 37 20 12 9 8 18 24 38 71 52 35 21 18 36 56 77 83 Wind Dir SW SW S W W W W W W SW SW SW N N NE NE E S SE SE S S Wind Spd 16 14 9 14 13 12 18 16 18 20 4 4 10 12 12 10 9 11 10 11 9 9 Clouds SC SC SC FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) 27 31 26 21 29 9 2 2 3 4 2 3 2 8 16 17 10 8 6 8 16 22 PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 11 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 7 10 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 4 7 8 <1 <1 <1 1 Vent Rate 242215 9 14 12 12133169222221 6 5 8 13 44 48 81101 7 9 10 11 T Wind Dir W SW S W NW W W W W W SW SW N NE NE NE S S SE SE S S T Wind Spd 26 24 17 24 20 19 28 26 26 25 11 11 16 21 19 14 13 14 12 17 18 11 RFTI 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category CL CL NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/23Fri 05/24/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 91 55 91 54 91 56 92 54 90 Temp 85 89 63 56 84 88 64 55 84 89 67 57 86 89 64 55 83 87 DewPt 29 13 22 20 26 16 23 32 33 17 26 26 24 18 30 38 40 31 Min/Max RH 6 24 7 41 7 31 7 53 13 RH 13 6 21 24 12 7 21 41 16 7 22 30 10 7 28 53 22 13 PWind Dir SW SW W SW W SW W NW NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ TXZ008-210900- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 249 PM CDT Mon May 20 2024 Date 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 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 64 93 54 84 57 Temp 99 99 81 75 68 64 78 86 91 91 76 67 58 54 65 75 81 81 70 64 60 58 DewPt 40 36 40 41 43 35 34 28 26 25 28 33 46 46 44 43 42 42 46 50 54 56 Max/Min RH 39 9 74 24 93 RH 13 11 23 28 39 33 20 12 10 9 17 28 63 74 46 32 25 24 43 60 81 93 Wind Dir SW SW S S W W W W W SW S NE NE NE NE NE E SE E SE SE SE Wind Spd 10 12 9 9 11 10 17 14 11 10 5 8 16 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 5 4 Clouds FW B1 FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC Clouds(%) 24 52 8 19 13 3 2 2 2 4 5 10 12 15 11 11 11 12 7 6 35 42 PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10 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 6 6 Mix Hgt 12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 9 11 11 <1 <1 1 1 3 5 6 7 <1 1 1 1 Vent Rate 230208 11 14 15 12100197203222 8 8 27 31 59 70 69 79 11 21 11 6 T Wind Dir SW SW S S W W W W W SW SW NE NE NE NE NE E SE SE SE SE S T Wind Spd 21 21 16 18 20 16 26 25 21 23 13 11 21 24 19 16 13 13 14 19 10 6 RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/23Fri 05/24/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24 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 92 57 93 59 95 58 92 Temp 84 91 69 60 84 91 68 58 83 91 70 60 89 92 69 59 86 90 DewPt 48 36 48 46 44 36 45 47 48 36 39 42 37 34 43 48 45 39 Min/Max RH 14 64 14 69 15 53 12 66 16 RH 29 14 48 61 25 14 43 68 29 15 32 51 15 13 39 66 24 17 PWind Dir S S NW E NW S W NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 $$ TXZ008-210900- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 249 PM CDT Mon May 20 2024 Date 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 65 90 54 82 58 Temp 97 97 81 75 69 65 76 84 88 89 75 67 58 54 63 73 80 80 70 64 61 59 DewPt 40 35 37 39 44 35 34 28 26 25 28 32 44 46 44 43 42 42 46 50 54 56 Max/Min RH 40 10 72 25 90 RH 14 12 21 27 40 32 22 13 11 10 18 28 59 72 51 34 27 26 42 59 79 90 Wind Dir SW SW S S W SW W W W SW S NE NE NE NE NE E SE E SE SE SE Wind Spd 11 13 9 11 12 12 18 14 12 11 6 6 17 13 12 11 10 10 11 11 9 6 Clouds SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC Clouds(%) 27 45 7 22 14 3 3 2 1 4 5 14 12 14 15 10 8 10 8 6 35 41 PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 Mix Hgt 11 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 9 10 11 <1 <1 1 1 3 5 5 6 <1 <1 1 1 Vent Rate 219199 9 11 13 11 91189198219 6 6 27 31 60 64 60 77 9 17 11 7 T Wind Dir SW SW S S W W W W W SW SW N NE NE NE NE E S SE SE SE S T Wind Spd 21 21 16 19 19 16 26 25 21 23 11 10 24 24 21 16 12 13 13 19 10 8 RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/23Fri 05/24/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 93 60 90 57 91 60 93 59 90 Temp 83 89 69 60 81 89 68 58 82 90 70 61 87 92 69 59 83 88 DewPt 47 33 47 43 43 34 45 47 47 35 38 41 35 33 42 47 45 39 Min/Max RH 13 58 14 67 14 49 12 64 17 RH 29 14 46 54 26 14 43 67 30 14 31 48 16 13 38 64 27 18 PWind Dir S S NW E NW S W E NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 $$ TXZ006-210900- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 249 PM CDT Mon May 20 2024 Date 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 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 86 46 80 49 Temp 94 91 72 66 60 55 71 81 85 84 67 59 51 47 60 70 78 78 63 57 52 50 DewPt 27 23 30 31 38 33 32 28 25 23 25 36 43 43 43 42 39 38 42 47 49 50 Max/Min RH 44 10 87 23 99 RH 9 8 21 27 43 44 24 14 11 11 20 42 74 86 54 36 25 24 46 68 88 99 Wind Dir SW SW SW W W SW W W SW SW SW N NE N NE E SE S SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 14 17 8 10 12 10 18 13 11 14 9 16 16 11 10 9 10 11 11 10 6 5 Clouds FW SC CL SC FW CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC Clouds(%) 23 32 5 40 13 1 2 1 3 7 5 20 17 28 8 8 11 11 11 6 14 27 PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10 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 4 5 6 6 Mix Hgt 12 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 10 12 12 <1 <1 1 2 3 5 7 7 <1 <1 1 <1 Vent Rate 268237 7 11 10 8110197241285 9 9 32 31 50 47 83109 7 9 15 12 T Wind Dir SW SW SW W W W W W W SW SW N NE NE NE E SE S SE SE S S T Wind Spd 26 27 13 21 18 16 27 23 23 27 18 18 25 21 17 11 13 17 14 18 16 13 RFTI 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category CL CL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/23Fri 05/24/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24 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 50 86 49 88 51 90 50 86 Temp 82 86 61 50 78 85 60 50 80 86 62 52 86 87 61 51 81 83 DewPt 40 20 31 32 39 27 38 44 42 26 34 37 31 29 38 43 42 36 Min/Max RH 9 50 12 79 12 57 11 74 18 RH 22 9 32 49 25 12 44 79 26 12 35 55 14 12 42 74 25 19 PWind Dir S SW NE E SE SW W NE E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 $$ OKZ002-210900- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 249 PM CDT Mon May 20 2024 Date 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 58 87 48 80 51 Temp 90 94 73 68 63 59 74 82 85 85 68 59 52 49 62 72 79 77 64 59 55 52 DewPt 53 40 34 35 37 35 36 34 33 31 37 46 46 44 45 43 41 41 44 47 49 52 Max/Min RH 41 14 86 25 99 RH 28 15 24 30 38 41 25 18 15 15 32 61 79 83 54 35 26 27 48 64 81 99 Wind Dir E S S W W SW W NW NW S NE NE NE N NE NE E SE SE SE SE SE Wind Spd 3 10 9 6 9 10 18 13 8 11 10 13 13 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 6 5 Clouds FW SC FW SC SC CL CL CL CL FW SC FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC Clouds(%) 16 29 23 45 27 5 1 2 0 7 28 15 35 23 10 7 4 11 8 11 20 37 PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 10 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 6 6 4 6 6 6 4 4 5 6 Mix Hgt 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 9 12 11 <1 1 2 1 3 5 6 6 <1 <1 2 1 Vent Rate 58 78 7 6 9 9 88175150205 7 24 35 15 41 44 57 77 7 9 23 11 T Wind Dir S SE S SW W W W W W SW NE NE NE NE NE NE SE SE SE SE S S T Wind Spd 10 16 16 13 19 18 24 20 14 20 17 23 24 16 13 10 10 13 14 18 14 10 RFTI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/23Fri 05/24/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 91 53 86 51 87 54 89 53 88 Temp 82 86 63 54 80 83 61 52 78 86 64 55 84 86 63 54 82 85 DewPt 51 34 47 47 45 39 46 46 50 38 43 45 44 37 46 47 46 40 Min/Max RH 15 79 20 83 18 71 17 80 19 RH 34 15 57 78 30 21 59 81 37 18 46 69 25 18 55 78 28 20 PWind Dir S S N E NE S NW NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 $$ 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)...........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