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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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050 FOUS54 KAMA 152049 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 349 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024 TXZ012-160900- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 349 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024 Date 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 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 53 69 51 80 54 Temp 82 73 62 60 57 55 60 65 65 63 57 56 53 52 63 72 78 79 66 61 57 55 DewPt 47 51 56 55 55 54 55 56 55 56 56 54 53 52 53 51 47 45 48 48 47 46 Max/Min RH 100 68 100 30 74 RH 29 46 81 84 93 96 84 73 70 78 96 93100100 70 48 33 30 52 62 69 72 Wind Dir NE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E NW NW NW NW NW W SW S S S SW Wind Spd 5 11 8 9 9 11 13 13 12 11 6 4 4 5 6 4 5 6 9 9 9 9 Clouds SC B1 B2 B1 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL Clouds(%) 50 67 83 66 89 81 87 94 84 73 77 79 56 44 18 12 8 7 3 3 3 4 PoP 12HR 70 70 50 5 0 QPF 12HR 0.16 0.15 0.08 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC NM NM NM NM NM NM SC SC Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 5 5 Mix Hgt 12 3 1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 3 2 1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 7 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 183 61 21 8 11 14 27 39 38 27 11 3 4 4 18 42 70 76 6 7 7 6 T Wind Dir N SE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE S NW NW NW NW NW W W S S S SW T Wind Spd 17 20 23 14 13 16 16 14 13 13 11 8 11 12 11 8 11 12 13 17 17 16 RFTI 0 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 NO Svr Tstorm A A Date 05/18Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24 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 57 94 62 96 60 88 58 88 Temp 85 86 66 58 86 91 71 63 90 93 71 61 83 86 66 59 82 84 DewPt 45 44 53 53 49 40 42 41 37 34 35 38 34 31 33 37 39 37 Min/Max RH 20 86 16 46 11 42 13 44 18 RH 25 23 63 83 28 17 35 44 15 13 27 42 17 14 29 44 22 19 PWind Dir NW SE S SW SW W W S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 $$ TXZ016-160900- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 349 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024 Date 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 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 69 48 82 54 Temp 87 79 63 58 55 54 59 62 66 64 55 53 50 49 62 73 80 81 66 60 57 55 DewPt 37 43 52 53 53 53 55 55 52 51 54 53 50 49 52 48 42 38 43 44 43 41 Max/Min RH 100 58 100 21 65 RH 17 28 68 83 93 96 87 78 61 63 96100 98100 70 41 26 21 44 56 61 60 Wind Dir SE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N NW NW NW W W W S S SW W Wind Spd 13 14 14 11 11 10 12 12 11 9 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW CL FW CL CL CL FW Clouds(%) 43 61 56 68 59 83 95 95 78 77 77 74 45 41 16 10 5 6 4 4 5 6 PoP 12HR 50 70 50 5 0 QPF 12HR 0.07 0.22 0.18 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM SC SC LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 5 5 Mix Hgt 13 5 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 198 81 26 19 20 23 30 37 50 23 7 4 7 6 24 39 77 89 6 8 9 7 T Wind Dir SW S NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NW NE N NW NW NW W W W S S SW W T Wind Spd 17 18 24 19 18 19 18 16 14 12 10 9 11 12 11 6 11 12 12 16 17 14 RFTI 0 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 NO Svr Tstorm A A Date 05/18Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24 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 54 94 61 96 58 89 57 89 Temp 87 88 63 55 87 93 68 62 91 93 70 59 83 88 64 57 82 85 DewPt 37 34 47 49 41 29 36 34 30 26 32 33 29 22 29 33 36 31 Min/Max RH 13 82 10 36 9 37 9 40 13 RH 17 15 56 79 21 10 31 35 12 9 25 37 14 9 27 40 19 14 PWind Dir NW SE SW SW SW W W SW SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ TXZ008-160900- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 349 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024 Date 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 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 75 53 84 57 Temp 86 80 65 62 59 58 63 69 71 69 61 59 55 54 65 76 82 83 70 64 60 58 DewPt 50 54 58 57 56 56 56 57 56 56 57 57 55 53 54 51 47 47 50 51 51 49 Max/Min RH 94 54 100 28 76 RH 29 40 78 84 90 93 79 66 60 63 87 94 98 98 66 42 30 28 48 62 72 71 Wind Dir N NE NE NE N N NE NE NE NE E W NW NW NW NW SW SW SE S S SW Wind Spd 10 12 11 6 5 5 9 11 10 8 4 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL Clouds(%) 63 58 83 58 91 81 80 84 67 72 76 64 52 36 14 10 5 5 4 2 2 3 PoP 12HR 70 60 40 5 0 QPF 12HR 0.24 0.20 0.05 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC NM NM NM NM SC NM NM NM SC SC Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 Mix Hgt 10 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 <1 3 6 7 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 113 44 22 11 12 12 33 49 36 29 14 10 9 6 23 44 73 78 8 9 11 8 T Wind Dir W E NE E N N NE E NE NE SE SW W NW NW NW W SW S S S SW T Wind Spd 12 18 20 11 12 11 14 14 11 11 12 9 9 9 9 8 11 12 11 13 14 12 RFTI 0 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 NO Svr Tstorm A A Date 05/18Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24 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 97 65 99 62 92 59 92 Temp 87 89 68 60 88 94 74 66 93 95 74 62 85 89 68 60 84 87 DewPt 48 49 56 57 53 44 46 43 40 37 39 41 38 33 36 40 41 41 Min/Max RH 21 90 17 45 12 47 13 47 17 RH 26 25 64 89 30 18 37 45 16 13 28 47 18 14 31 47 22 20 PWind Dir N E S S SW W W S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 $$ TXZ008-160900- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 349 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024 Date 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 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 73 53 83 57 Temp 84 79 64 61 59 57 62 67 70 67 61 59 55 53 64 73 80 82 70 65 61 58 DewPt 50 54 57 56 56 55 56 56 56 56 57 56 55 53 54 51 47 46 48 50 50 48 Max/Min RH 97 59 100 28 73 RH 31 42 79 84 91 94 82 68 62 68 86 91100 97 69 45 32 29 46 59 68 69 Wind Dir N NE NE NE NE N NE NE NE NE NE W NW NW NW W SW SW SE S S SW Wind Spd 12 13 12 9 9 9 12 12 11 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 9 8 6 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL Clouds(%) 52 67 75 69 92 80 83 87 67 68 78 65 48 34 14 9 4 5 4 3 3 3 PoP 12HR 60 60 40 5 0 QPF 12HR 0.33 0.23 0.07 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC NM NM NM NM SC NM NM NM SC SC Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 Mix Hgt 10 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 <1 2 6 7 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 113 51 23 11 12 13 32 43 36 29 10 9 10 5 17 41 72 77 6 9 9 6 T Wind Dir W E NE E NE N NE E NE N E SW W NW NW NW W SW S S S SW T Wind Spd 13 17 18 11 12 12 14 14 12 12 10 10 9 9 9 8 11 12 10 14 16 12 RFTI 0 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 NO Svr Tstorm A A Date 05/18Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24 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 92 60 95 65 98 62 91 60 90 Temp 85 88 68 61 85 93 73 66 91 94 73 62 83 88 68 60 82 86 DewPt 47 48 56 57 52 43 45 42 38 36 39 41 36 33 36 39 40 40 Min/Max RH 22 88 17 44 12 46 13 45 18 RH 27 25 64 86 32 18 36 42 16 13 29 46 19 14 31 45 22 20 PWind Dir N E S SW SW W W S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 $$ TXZ006-160900- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 349 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024 Date 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 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 49 68 44 81 49 Temp 81 71 57 53 51 49 57 64 67 63 54 51 47 45 62 74 79 80 63 58 52 50 DewPt 45 49 54 53 51 49 54 53 52 52 53 51 47 45 50 47 42 40 44 44 44 42 Max/Min RH 100 59 100 24 80 RH 27 46 90 99100100 90 67 60 66 99 98 97100 66 38 27 24 49 60 73 73 Wind Dir E N NE N N N NE NE NE N NW NW NW NW W SW SW S S S SW W Wind Spd 11 17 11 10 10 10 12 12 11 9 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 8 6 5 4 4 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL Clouds(%) 54 62 62 72 82 75 75 83 90 84 60 39 31 18 10 5 6 10 5 3 3 2 PoP 12HR 60 60 20 0 0 QPF 12HR 0.03 0.14 0.02 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC NM NM SC NM NM NM IS IS Tstms SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 Mix Hgt 12 3 <1 1 1 <1 2 4 4 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 175 73 15 21 15 13 42 65 49 38 11 5 5 4 15 53 79 86 6 7 6 5 T Wind Dir SW N NE N N N NE NE NE N NW NW NW NW W W W SW S S SW NW T Wind Spd 16 26 21 17 16 16 19 17 14 13 12 12 10 9 8 9 11 12 13 14 13 11 RFTI 0 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 NO Svr Tstorm A A Date 05/18Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24 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 51 92 55 93 53 86 50 87 Temp 85 84 61 52 85 89 66 56 88 89 65 53 81 83 61 51 80 82 DewPt 41 41 51 52 47 33 37 36 32 30 36 37 32 27 32 36 36 34 Min/Max RH 18 99 14 50 11 53 13 55 15 RH 22 22 71 99 28 14 34 48 13 12 34 53 17 13 33 55 20 18 PWind Dir N E S SW SW W W SW SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 $$ OKZ002-160900- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 349 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024 Date 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 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 74 47 83 51 Temp 81 74 60 57 54 52 61 69 72 70 58 53 50 48 63 76 81 80 65 60 55 52 DewPt 51 54 58 56 53 52 55 53 52 51 54 53 50 47 53 48 44 44 48 48 48 47 Max/Min RH 100 48 100 25 87 RH 36 50 92 95 96 99 82 58 48 52 86100100 99 70 36 27 27 54 65 78 82 Wind Dir NE N NE N N N NE NE E NE E NW NW W W S S S S S S SW Wind Spd 12 12 10 8 8 6 10 10 11 8 4 3 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 8 6 5 Clouds FW B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL Clouds(%) 16 84 80 67 74 80 76 64 66 61 46 36 28 26 14 6 3 4 3 3 5 4 PoP 12HR 70 40 20 0 0 QPF 12HR 0.06 0.18 0.03 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC IS SC SC SC SC IS IS Tstms SC SC IS SC IS IS IS IS SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 Mix Hgt 8 2 <1 <1 1 <1 2 4 4 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 7 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 91 30 13 7 12 9 34 51 54 32 7 5 4 3 17 47 63 72 7 8 8 5 T Wind Dir NE N NE N N N NE NE NE NE SE W W NW NW W SW SW S S SW SW T Wind Spd 13 19 19 12 12 13 17 13 13 10 11 10 8 8 8 9 10 11 14 17 17 11 RFTI 0 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 NO Svr Tstorm A A Date 05/18Sun 05/19/24Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24 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 54 93 58 95 56 88 53 87 Temp 85 84 62 55 85 90 68 59 90 91 67 57 82 85 63 53 81 82 DewPt 45 44 53 53 54 42 45 41 41 35 40 43 40 33 37 40 41 40 Min/Max RH 21 97 18 55 12 61 15 62 19 RH 25 25 73 94 35 19 43 52 18 14 37 60 22 15 38 61 24 22 PWind Dir N E S SW SW W NW S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL CL FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 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