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 Sun May 19 2024
TXZ012-200900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
349 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024
Date 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed
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 99 62 90 51
Temp 96 95 79 70 62 59 79 91 97 95 79 73 67 62 75 84 89 87 71 63 56 52
DewPt 35 33 35 33 30 30 34 31 28 24 26 29 32 35 31 27 25 23 27 29 39 43
Max/Min RH 33 8 36 9 71
RH 12 11 20 25 30 33 20 12 9 8 14 19 27 36 20 12 10 10 19 27 53 71
Wind Dir SW SW W SW W W NW SW SW SW S S W W W W W W SW W N N
Wind Spd 19 17 11 8 9 9 9 9 13 14 12 12 13 13 17 19 19 18 12 10 13 13
Clouds SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
Clouds(%) 40 29 19 5 1 1 3 23 28 40 9 40 25 8 8 9 7 7 9 7 2 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 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 17 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 10 12 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 8 10 11 <1 <1 1 1
Vent Rate 506324 6 5 5 5 12148256131 7 10 11 6119183231257 6 5 23 29
T Wind Dir SW SW W W W W NW W SW SW S S NW W W W W W SW SW N N
T Wind Spd 34 29 13 13 12 13 11 17 24 23 17 24 24 14 31 27 26 26 14 12 25 24
RFTI 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL EL NO NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/22Thu 05/23/24Fri 05/24/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24
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 81 57 88 57 91 57 88 57 90
Temp 72 79 62 58 81 85 64 58 86 88 66 58 81 87 67 58 83 89
DewPt 42 39 47 53 45 36 46 43 31 24 33 39 42 33 37 43 36 28
Min/Max RH 23 83 16 62 9 49 14 57 11
RH 34 24 58 83 28 17 52 57 14 10 29 49 25 14 33 57 19 11
PWind Dir NE SE S S SW S W SW W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ016-200900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
349 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024
Date 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 56 97 59 88 49
Temp 94 93 74 65 60 57 80 91 96 95 77 71 64 60 74 83 87 86 70 63 54 50
DewPt 28 23 24 24 24 24 28 24 19 17 22 25 31 33 28 23 21 18 21 23 30 41
Max/Min RH 29 6 37 8 71
RH 10 8 16 22 26 29 15 9 6 6 13 18 29 37 18 11 9 8 15 22 40 71
Wind Dir SW SW W W W W NW SW SW SW S SW W W W W W W SW W N N
Wind Spd 19 17 9 6 6 8 9 12 16 14 9 11 11 12 16 19 20 18 9 9 9 10
Clouds FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
Clouds(%) 14 16 3 3 2 2 2 13 28 25 28 34 33 12 7 9 7 7 7 7 3 11
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 16 15 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 11 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 8 10 11 <1 <1 <1 1
Vent Rate 467398 9 7 6 5 16178253223 9 13 10 10119184244249 7 9 12 18
T Wind Dir SW SW W W W W W W W SW S W NW W W W W W SW W N NE
T Wind Spd 33 29 17 13 13 11 11 21 27 25 17 24 19 19 28 27 28 26 13 17 18 19
RFTI 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category CL CL NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO EL CH CL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/22Thu 05/23/24Fri 05/24/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 83 53 90 55 92 55 90 54 91
Temp 72 82 60 54 84 87 64 56 87 89 65 56 82 89 66 55 84 88
DewPt 39 30 43 48 33 16 28 25 22 14 22 29 34 20 29 35 30 19
Min/Max RH 15 83 7 32 6 35 8 47 8
RH 30 15 53 80 16 7 25 30 9 6 20 35 18 8 26 47 14 8
PWind Dir E SE SW SW SW SW W SW W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ008-200900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
349 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024
Date 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed
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 60 102 65 94 54
Temp 98 97 81 71 64 60 79 92100 99 82 75 69 65 79 88 93 91 75 67 58 54
DewPt 37 37 39 39 35 34 39 38 32 28 28 31 32 35 32 27 25 24 28 31 43 44
Max/Min RH 37 8 33 8 70
RH 12 12 22 31 34 37 24 15 10 8 14 20 25 33 18 11 9 9 17 26 57 70
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW W W W W SW SW S S W W W W W SW SW NW N N
Wind Spd 16 12 8 4 4 4 4 5 9 11 8 8 9 9 13 16 16 13 9 8 9 9
Clouds B1 SC FW CL FW CL CL FW SC B2 FW SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 56 27 9 3 6 4 1 6 32 73 15 34 20 8 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 10
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 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 15 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 13 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 8 11 11 <1 <1 2 2
Vent Rate 408293 9 8 8 9 16122271 80 10 12 15 11107185239255 10 9 29 29
T Wind Dir SW SW W SW W W NW W SW SW S S W W W W W SW W NW N NE
T Wind Spd 31 29 13 11 12 14 10 16 24 19 14 18 21 14 27 25 25 26 14 12 20 20
RFTI 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/22Thu 05/23/24Fri 05/24/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24
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 84 57 93 59 94 58 92 59 94
Temp 75 82 65 58 85 88 67 60 89 92 69 59 83 91 69 60 86 92
DewPt 41 38 46 53 52 44 53 49 36 31 36 43 45 37 42 45 39 34
Min/Max RH 20 83 20 72 11 55 15 59 12
RH 29 21 50 83 32 22 61 67 15 11 29 55 26 15 37 58 19 13
PWind Dir NE SE S S SW S W S W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 10 10 5 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ008-200900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
349 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024
Date 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 61 100 65 91 54
Temp 95 95 80 71 64 61 78 91 98 97 82 75 70 65 77 85 90 89 75 67 58 54
DewPt 38 36 37 37 33 33 38 37 31 28 27 30 33 35 32 27 25 23 27 31 43 45
Max/Min RH 35 8 32 9 71
RH 14 13 21 29 31 35 24 15 10 9 14 19 25 32 19 12 10 9 18 26 58 71
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW S S W W W W W SW SW NW N N
Wind Spd 17 14 9 6 6 6 6 8 12 12 10 10 12 12 16 17 18 16 11 9 12 11
Clouds SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL SC B2 FW SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 49 21 5 3 4 2 2 3 31 75 12 34 20 7 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 11
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 15 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 12 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 8 11 11 <1 <1 1 1
Vent Rate 411319 8 6 7 7 13114255 73 9 12 12 9108172243253 8 8 24 25
T Wind Dir SW SW W W W W W W SW SW S S W W W W W W W NW N N
T Wind Spd 32 29 13 11 12 13 9 14 24 19 16 20 20 14 27 25 26 26 13 12 21 21
RFTI 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/22Thu 05/23/24Fri 05/24/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 82 58 91 60 92 59 91 59 92
Temp 73 81 65 59 83 87 67 61 86 90 68 59 81 90 69 60 84 90
DewPt 40 38 46 53 50 42 52 48 35 30 35 43 44 36 41 45 38 32
Min/Max RH 21 82 19 67 11 55 15 57 12
RH 30 22 51 82 33 21 58 62 16 12 29 55 28 15 37 57 19 13
PWind Dir NE SE S S SW S W SW W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 5 0 0 0 0 0
$$
TXZ006-200900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
349 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024
Date 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed
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 93 54 87 46
Temp 91 89 72 63 56 52 76 89 93 90 73 64 60 55 72 82 86 84 67 57 50 46
DewPt 37 32 32 32 27 28 38 32 25 22 25 27 33 32 30 25 23 22 25 34 41 41
Max/Min RH 39 8 41 9 83
RH 15 13 23 31 32 39 25 13 9 8 17 24 36 41 21 12 10 10 21 41 70 83
Wind Dir SW SW W W W NW NW SW SW SW SW W W W W W SW SW SW N N N
Wind Spd 19 18 11 8 6 6 5 9 14 16 10 9 10 11 14 16 18 19 12 11 11 9
Clouds CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 4 6 3 2 3 1 2 7 42 66 16 34 21 4 3 2 3 5 6 6 12 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 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 16 14 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 10 11 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 10 11 11 <1 1 1 1
Vent Rate 485378 10 7 7 6 14182276211 8 8 10 9116214270270 9 30 27 21
T Wind Dir SW SW W W NW NW NW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W SW N N NE
T Wind Spd 35 31 19 16 16 14 11 20 28 28 16 16 19 19 26 24 27 27 19 26 25 19
RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL CL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/22Thu 05/23/24Fri 05/24/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24
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 79 50 89 50 88 50 86 51 88
Temp 71 78 58 51 81 86 61 51 83 86 60 51 78 84 61 52 82 85
DewPt 38 33 43 49 45 23 35 34 30 23 31 41 41 31 39 41 34 26
Min/Max RH 19 92 10 55 10 68 15 68 11
RH 30 20 57 92 28 10 37 51 15 10 33 68 27 15 45 66 18 12
PWind Dir E SE S SW W S W W W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
OKZ002-200900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
349 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024
Date 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 53 96 59 89 47
Temp 94 89 71 63 57 54 73 86 95 93 75 68 63 59 75 85 89 85 69 58 51 48
DewPt 41 39 43 45 42 42 50 49 40 32 35 31 35 34 34 31 28 28 31 42 44 43
Max/Min RH 64 12 39 11 84
RH 16 18 37 52 59 64 44 28 15 12 23 25 35 39 22 14 11 13 24 56 76 84
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW W NW NW NW SE S S SW W W W W W SW W N N N
Wind Spd 17 16 9 6 6 6 6 5 9 13 10 9 10 11 14 14 14 16 12 12 10 8
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B2 FW SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 25 12 8 6 12 21 20 12 21 70 14 40 31 12 3 2 1 9 6 9 11 9
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 16 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 11 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 10 12 11 <1 2 1 1
Vent Rate 523151 6 4 5 6 15 41192 36 7 5 9 7 90198231206 10 34 32 16
T Wind Dir SW SW SW SW W NW NW W SW SW S SW NW W W W W SW SW N N N
T Wind Spd 36 26 13 10 11 13 11 10 19 16 16 11 19 14 23 21 21 21 19 24 24 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO
Svr Tstorm A A
Date 05/22Thu 05/23/24Fri 05/24/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 80 51 88 54 88 52 87 53 89
Temp 72 78 59 52 80 84 63 55 84 86 62 53 79 85 62 54 83 86
DewPt 39 36 43 49 53 44 53 49 39 32 39 44 48 40 49 46 45 36
Min/Max RH 21 89 23 85 13 72 20 76 16
RH 30 22 56 89 39 25 71 80 20 14 43 71 33 20 63 73 26 17
PWind Dir NE SE S S W SE NE E W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL FW FW SC CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 0 10 5 5 0 0 0 5 5
$$
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