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
449 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
TXZ012-012100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
449 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
Date Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24
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 86 62 92 63 96
Temp 60 69 78 85 84 73 68 64 63 75 86 91 88 75 70 66 64 78 90 95 93
DewPt 57 58 58 56 56 59 60 60 60 61 60 55 53 56 60 59 55 50 46 39 37
Min/Max RH 37 90 29 83 14
RH 90 68 50 37 38 62 76 87 90 62 42 30 30 52 71 78 73 37 22 14 14
Wind Dir S S S S S S SE S S S S S S S S S SW W W SW S
Wind Spd 6 10 13 16 16 16 14 13 12 14 16 18 17 16 16 13 11 11 8 9 9
Clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 74 57 33 32 44 47 34 34 25 15 9 8 19 13 11 9 14 6 6 8 23
PoP 12HR 20 30 20 5 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0.27 0.01 0.02 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt <1 2 4 7 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 7 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 14 12
Vent Rate 4 16 50129109 11 10 9 12 50 95165 83 9 12 11 13 19 46198151
T Wind Dir S SW S S S S SE S S S S S S S S S S W W W SW
T Wind Spd 10 11 16 21 23 23 21 20 19 25 24 25 21 23 26 23 18 13 11 16 14
RFTI 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
Date Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24Fri 06/07/24
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 62 99 62 92 64 92 64 92
Temp 71 63 94 95 72 63 88 90 72 65 87 90 72 65 86 87
DewPt 48 44 38 40 51 54 52 49 53 57 52 51 53 54 53 50
Max/Min RH 54 12 74 23 76 24 69 26
RH 44 50 14 15 48 72 29 25 51 75 30 26 51 68 32 28
PWind Dir S W NE NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 5 10 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ016-012100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
449 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
Date Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 88 59 95 57 97
Temp 58 68 79 86 85 70 66 62 60 73 87 94 93 75 68 61 58 77 89 94 96
DewPt 58 60 60 54 53 56 58 58 59 61 54 38 34 41 49 44 38 40 35 27 26
Min/Max RH 32 97 12 67 8
RH 98 77 51 34 33 61 74 87 96 65 32 14 13 29 51 54 48 26 15 9 8
Wind Dir S S S S S SW S S S S SW SW S S S SW W W NW SW SW
Wind Spd 6 10 13 17 14 13 13 12 12 14 14 16 14 12 11 10 9 9 6 8 9
Clouds B1 B1 FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%) 67 57 19 31 50 39 21 16 19 12 6 8 10 9 8 6 7 3 4 7 14
PoP 12HR 20 30 10 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.11 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS
LAL 6HR 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt <1 2 5 9 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 14 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 15 15
Vent Rate 8 23 91182120 13 12 13 10 47 82330200 10 9 7 5 17118199198
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S SW W NW W W W
T Wind Spd 13 14 20 24 25 26 23 23 19 23 20 26 25 18 17 13 10 11 13 14 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24Fri 06/07/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 61 99 60 94 62 92 63 93
Temp 70 62 95 96 71 61 88 91 70 63 88 90 71 64 89 88
DewPt 36 30 29 28 46 50 48 43 52 57 50 46 53 56 51 46
Max/Min RH 33 8 68 18 81 20 75 21
RH 29 30 10 9 40 68 25 19 53 81 27 22 53 75 27 23
PWind Dir SW W NE NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 5 10 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-012100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
449 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
Date Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24
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 91 64 96 65 100
Temp 63 73 83 89 88 77 71 67 65 78 89 95 91 79 74 68 65 78 91 97 97
DewPt 58 60 60 59 58 61 63 63 62 63 63 59 57 61 63 62 59 56 54 47 44
Min/Max RH 34 90 29 88 16
RH 85 63 46 36 36 59 76 88 90 60 42 29 32 54 69 82 81 47 29 18 16
Wind Dir S S SW S S SE SE S S S S S S S S S SW W NW SW SE
Wind Spd 4 6 10 13 12 12 11 10 9 12 13 16 14 14 12 10 6 6 5 6 6
Clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 73 58 36 29 41 45 43 44 22 14 9 8 17 15 10 12 22 8 6 9 25
PoP 12HR 20 40 20 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.22 0.02 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt <1 2 5 7 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 7 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 13 10
Vent Rate 7 20 50133115 16 16 14 12 54100162113 18 18 18 13 30 42135101
T Wind Dir SW SW SW S S SE S S S SW S S S S S S S W W W SW
T Wind Spd 10 10 12 20 24 21 23 19 16 21 23 25 21 24 25 23 19 13 10 11 11
RFTI 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
Date Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24Fri 06/07/24
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 64 101 64 96 67 96 66 95
Temp 73 65 96 96 74 65 90 95 76 68 91 93 74 67 90 91
DewPt 57 54 48 47 56 58 56 51 56 59 56 52 56 58 56 52
Max/Min RH 71 16 77 23 75 23 73 24
RH 57 67 19 19 53 77 32 23 50 74 31 24 53 73 32 27
PWind Dir SE NW NE NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 5 10 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ008-012100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
449 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
Date Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 90 64 94 65 97
Temp 62 71 80 88 86 76 71 67 65 76 87 93 89 78 73 69 65 77 88 94 96
DewPt 58 60 59 58 57 61 63 62 61 62 61 56 55 59 62 62 57 54 53 45 43
Min/Max RH 35 90 29 84 16
RH 86 69 50 37 38 60 76 85 89 62 43 30 32 51 67 80 75 45 30 19 17
Wind Dir S S SW S S S SE S S S S S S S S S SW W NW SW SE
Wind Spd 5 9 11 13 13 13 13 12 11 13 16 17 17 17 16 13 9 9 6 8 8
Clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
Clouds(%) 71 58 34 30 43 45 39 40 20 13 8 8 16 13 9 12 20 8 5 9 25
PoP 12HR 20 40 20 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.20 0 0.02 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt <1 2 4 7 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 7 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 13 11
Vent Rate 5 18 45133109 13 15 12 11 52104168111 15 16 16 10 26 46146115
T Wind Dir S SW SW S S SE SE S S SW SW S S S S S S W NW W SW
T Wind Spd 9 10 12 20 24 21 23 19 16 23 24 25 23 25 26 24 18 13 10 12 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24Fri 06/07/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 65 99 64 94 67 94 67 93
Temp 73 66 94 95 74 65 88 92 75 68 88 92 74 67 88 90
DewPt 55 51 46 45 56 57 55 50 56 59 55 51 56 58 55 52
Max/Min RH 65 16 78 24 74 25 72 26
RH 53 60 19 18 53 76 33 24 51 74 33 26 52 72 33 28
PWind Dir SE NW NE NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 5 5 10 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ006-012100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
449 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
Date Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24
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 87 58 95 55 93
Temp 55 68 78 86 83 69 63 60 58 73 87 94 92 73 67 58 56 75 88 93 90
DewPt 55 59 60 56 55 57 59 59 58 60 56 43 32 41 46 49 47 50 48 41 39
Min/Max RH 35 99 12 81 16
RH 98 73 54 37 37 67 86 96 99 64 36 17 12 32 48 71 72 41 24 17 16
Wind Dir NW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW NW N NE E SE
Wind Spd 5 10 13 17 14 13 12 11 10 13 14 16 13 12 12 9 6 8 5 8 8
Clouds B1 B1 FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%) 51 55 23 32 56 43 24 14 9 6 6 6 10 7 6 9 12 5 4 13 22
PoP 12HR 20 30 10 5 5
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.02 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS
Tstms IS SC IS
LAL 6HR 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt <1 2 4 8 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 4 12 14 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 14 12
Vent Rate 4 20 74165156 11 9 10 10 50 86254288 9 11 6 5 27 82111110
T Wind Dir N SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S SW NW N N W SW
T Wind Spd 8 13 20 25 28 20 20 19 18 21 21 24 24 19 21 13 10 16 10 9 10
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24Fri 06/07/24
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 55 95 58 93 60 92 60 92
Temp 67 56 93 91 67 59 87 90 69 60 87 89 69 61 88 87
DewPt 48 46 42 42 53 53 52 47 54 55 53 48 53 55 54 51
Max/Min RH 73 16 87 22 84 23 81 23
RH 50 69 17 18 61 83 30 23 60 83 32 24 57 79 31 29
PWind Dir S N NE E SE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 5 10 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
OKZ002-012100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
449 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
Date Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 88 60 94 59 93
Temp 57 71 81 87 85 67 64 62 61 75 88 93 90 73 69 63 59 74 87 92 90
DewPt 57 60 60 58 57 60 62 61 61 63 61 57 53 57 60 58 58 60 59 55 52
Min/Max RH 35 100 28 99 27
RH 100 68 48 37 38 77 93 98100 66 40 30 28 58 74 86 96 61 39 29 27
Wind Dir SW SW SW S S SE SE S S S S S S S S SW W NW N NE E
Wind Spd 5 10 13 14 13 12 12 11 12 14 16 18 16 14 13 10 8 9 6 6 6
Clouds B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
Clouds(%) 59 45 22 28 55 55 46 36 16 6 9 10 22 16 12 19 24 13 5 10 24
PoP 12HR 20 40 20 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.09 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt <1 2 4 8 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 4 8 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 9 7
Vent Rate 5 25 67146109 9 12 11 11 62 95185107 11 14 10 6 31 41 60 64
T Wind Dir SE SW SW S S SE SE S S S S S S S S SW W NW N N NW
T Wind Spd 9 14 17 21 21 19 21 21 19 24 24 25 25 21 27 19 12 16 11 8 9
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Tue 06/04/24Wed 06/05/24Thu 06/06/24Fri 06/07/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 58 94 59 93 60 93 62 92
Temp 67 59 90 89 68 60 87 90 70 61 87 90 69 62 87 88
DewPt 59 57 55 53 57 56 54 51 56 57 55 53 56 56 56 54
Max/Min RH 97 26 90 25 87 26 81 28
RH 75 93 31 29 69 87 32 26 61 87 34 28 63 81 35 31
PWind Dir SE NW NE NE S S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 5 5 10 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
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