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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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380 FOUS54 KAMA 161849 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 149 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 TXZ012-170900- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 149 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Date 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 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 80 53 90 58 Temp 72 69 60 57 53 51 65 73 78 78 66 60 57 54 71 84 89 86 71 66 61 59 DewPt 53 54 55 54 52 51 53 49 46 44 47 48 49 48 49 47 44 45 51 53 55 54 Max/Min RH 100 30 79 21 90 RH 52 58 83 90 96 99 65 43 33 30 51 63 76 79 46 27 21 24 48 64 81 84 Wind Dir NE E E NW NW NW N E S S S S S S SW SW SE SE SE SE SE S Wind Spd 13 11 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 9 9 9 9 9 6 6 9 11 12 11 11 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL Clouds(%) 59 80 70 69 61 34 17 5 11 8 4 3 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 8 6 5 PoP 12HR 40 5 0 0 0 QPF 12HR 0.05 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC Tstms SC SC SC LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 Mix Hgt 6 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 7 11 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 81 54 5 3 4 3 17 26 34 47 5 6 6 6 21 50110 97 10 10 10 9 T Wind Dir NE E SW W NW N N NE NW SW S S S S SW SW SW S SE SE S S T Wind Spd 14 16 9 6 10 8 10 5 5 6 13 16 17 17 17 8 11 16 24 25 24 23 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 Date 05/19Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24Thu 05/23/24 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 93 58 83 51 81 57 89 Temp 88 92 69 59 88 89 68 58 77 79 61 52 74 80 63 58 84 87 DewPt 44 38 40 37 33 30 33 43 42 40 41 45 46 45 50 52 41 33 Min/Max RH 14 44 11 56 23 78 28 82 14 RH 21 15 35 43 14 12 27 56 28 25 48 77 37 29 62 81 22 14 PWind Dir S SW W W NW E SE S SW Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ TXZ016-170900- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 149 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Date 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 48 80 49 92 56 Temp 70 65 56 53 51 49 63 73 78 79 65 57 53 50 72 86 91 89 72 64 59 57 DewPt 54 52 55 53 51 49 52 47 43 40 45 46 44 43 43 39 34 33 41 45 47 45 Max/Min RH 100 25 77 12 70 RH 57 62 95100 99100 67 40 28 25 48 66 71 76 36 19 13 13 33 50 64 66 Wind Dir NE E N NW NW NW N NE SW SW S S SW SW W NW NW S SE S S S Wind Spd 13 10 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 8 6 6 8 8 9 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL Clouds(%) 81 87 81 76 74 55 29 6 14 6 3 3 2 4 3 3 6 9 14 4 3 4 PoP 12HR 50 5 0 0 0 QPF 12HR 0.14 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs NM SC SC Tstms NM SC SC LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 5 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 9 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 10 14 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 70 25 6 4 6 5 20 34 62 58 6 8 7 8 16 79111106 8 10 9 7 T Wind Dir NE N E NW NW NW N N NW W S S SW SW W W W SW SE S S S T Wind Spd 16 11 11 8 11 11 10 5 8 8 12 16 14 17 12 10 9 11 14 18 17 14 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/19Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24Thu 05/23/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 94 58 93 58 86 50 84 55 91 Temp 89 92 65 59 88 91 66 58 78 84 60 51 77 82 62 56 85 89 DewPt 38 30 33 29 25 21 30 35 36 31 41 45 43 37 46 47 33 19 Min/Max RH 10 33 7 41 14 80 19 74 8 RH 17 11 30 32 10 8 26 41 22 14 49 80 29 20 57 72 15 8 PWind Dir SW W W W W SE SE S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 $$ TXZ008-170900- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 149 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Date 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 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 84 56 94 62 Temp 76 75 65 60 56 53 68 77 82 82 71 64 60 57 73 87 93 90 76 70 65 63 DewPt 53 53 55 55 54 52 54 49 46 45 48 49 51 50 50 49 48 50 55 56 58 58 Max/Min RH 98 26 78 21 87 RH 45 46 70 83 96 97 61 38 28 27 45 58 73 77 44 27 21 25 47 62 78 84 Wind Dir NE NE E NW NW NW NE E SE SE SE S S S SW S SE SE SE SE S S Wind Spd 13 10 5 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 8 9 8 8 Clouds B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) 55 44 54 46 31 24 8 5 3 7 6 2 2 7 2 4 3 10 15 9 8 11 PoP 12HR 20 5 0 0 5 QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 Mix Hgt 7 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 7 9 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 10 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 88 69 8 6 5 4 18 42 35 40 7 11 10 9 28 35111 86 15 16 16 14 T Wind Dir NE E SE W W NW NE E E SW SE S S SW SW S S SE SE SE S S T Wind Spd 14 16 9 9 8 6 8 6 4 5 11 17 14 13 14 8 12 16 21 23 21 19 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 Date 05/19Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24Thu 05/23/24 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 98 63 97 61 86 54 86 60 94 Temp 90 94 72 63 90 94 71 61 80 82 64 55 78 82 65 61 87 90 DewPt 48 42 44 37 37 33 37 44 43 41 42 46 47 48 53 55 44 36 Min/Max RH 15 40 11 54 21 74 26 83 14 RH 23 16 36 38 15 12 29 54 27 23 45 72 33 31 64 81 22 15 PWind Dir S SW W W N E SE S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 10 5 5 5 $$ TXZ008-170900- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 149 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Date 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 53 82 56 92 62 Temp 74 73 64 60 56 53 66 74 80 81 70 64 59 57 72 85 91 88 76 69 65 63 DewPt 52 53 54 54 54 52 54 48 46 45 47 49 50 49 49 48 47 48 53 56 58 57 Max/Min RH 98 28 76 22 86 RH 45 50 69 81 93 97 65 40 30 29 44 59 72 73 44 28 22 25 45 62 79 81 Wind Dir NE NE E W NW NW N E SE S SE S S S SW S SE SE SE SE S S Wind Spd 13 10 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 9 8 6 6 5 6 8 10 11 11 11 Clouds B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) 59 50 60 45 33 23 9 4 2 7 6 3 3 5 3 4 2 8 15 9 9 10 PoP 12HR 20 5 0 0 0 QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC IS IS Tstms SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 Mix Hgt 7 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 10 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 78 60 8 5 4 3 15 40 42 39 6 9 8 8 21 34100 85 12 14 13 11 T Wind Dir NE E E W NW NW NE E N SW S S S S SW S S SE SE SE S S T Wind Spd 14 16 9 8 8 6 8 6 5 5 11 17 14 14 13 8 11 14 21 24 21 19 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/19Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24Thu 05/23/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 96 63 96 61 85 55 84 60 93 Temp 89 93 71 63 89 92 71 61 77 82 64 55 76 82 65 61 85 90 DewPt 46 40 42 37 36 31 37 44 43 40 42 46 47 47 52 55 43 35 Min/Max RH 15 40 11 53 22 72 28 83 14 RH 23 16 35 37 15 12 29 53 29 23 45 71 35 30 61 80 22 15 PWind Dir S SW SW W N NE SE S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 10 5 5 5 $$ TXZ006-170900- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 149 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Date 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 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 45 81 45 89 51 Temp 71 70 58 53 49 45 65 75 80 79 62 56 50 47 72 84 88 85 68 61 55 52 DewPt 49 49 52 51 49 45 50 45 41 39 43 44 44 43 44 42 39 40 47 51 52 50 Max/Min RH 100 23 91 18 98 RH 45 47 81 95100 99 58 34 25 24 49 64 80 87 37 22 18 20 47 69 87 94 Wind Dir E E SE SW NW NW NW S S S S S SW SW NW NE NE E SE SE S S Wind Spd 11 9 4 4 3 4 4 5 8 8 8 6 5 4 6 9 9 9 8 9 6 5 Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL Clouds(%) 66 62 63 32 16 7 3 2 3 8 4 3 3 2 3 3 11 20 19 11 12 4 PoP 12HR 20 0 0 0 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC IS Sprinkles SC Tstms SC IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 Mix Hgt 7 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 8 10 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 13 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 87 57 6 5 4 3 15 46 77 86 6 6 6 4 23 82111 86 8 12 10 6 T Wind Dir E E S SW W NW N SE SW SW S S SW W N N NE SE SE S S S T Wind Spd 13 12 11 10 9 8 5 6 9 10 14 14 13 10 13 12 10 12 16 24 19 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 Date 05/19Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24Thu 05/23/24 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 52 92 52 80 46 83 52 90 Temp 86 89 63 53 88 88 62 52 75 77 56 47 74 81 59 53 84 87 DewPt 41 30 32 29 29 24 33 41 41 37 41 43 45 38 48 49 35 25 Min/Max RH 12 41 9 65 22 87 20 89 10 RH 20 12 31 39 12 10 33 64 29 24 58 85 35 22 67 86 17 11 PWind Dir SW W W W N NE S 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 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 10 0 5 0 $$ OKZ002-170900- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 149 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Date 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 48 82 50 89 57 Temp 75 73 61 55 51 48 67 77 81 80 65 59 54 51 70 84 89 86 70 65 60 58 DewPt 52 51 55 55 51 48 53 47 44 44 47 48 48 47 49 48 47 48 53 56 57 57 Max/Min RH 100 26 90 24 98 RH 44 46 81100100 99 60 34 26 28 52 67 80 85 47 28 24 27 55 73 88 97 Wind Dir E E SE S W W W SE S S S S S S W NE E SE SE SE S S Wind Spd 9 6 4 3 3 4 4 4 6 8 9 9 6 5 6 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 Clouds SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC Clouds(%) 29 44 30 21 14 5 2 5 3 6 2 4 8 5 3 4 1 10 18 22 23 32 PoP 12HR 10 0 0 0 5 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Sprinkles SC SC LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 Mix Hgt 8 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 9 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 4 9 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 70 51 5 4 3 3 13 45 70 65 6 7 8 6 12 48 91 85 9 9 8 7 T Wind Dir NE E SE S SW W W SE S S S S S SW W NE SE S SE SE S S T Wind Spd 10 11 11 10 8 6 5 6 9 9 14 16 18 13 10 12 11 19 19 19 16 13 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/19Mon 05/20/24Tue 05/21/24Wed 05/22/24Thu 05/23/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 94 57 92 54 79 48 83 55 91 Temp 87 91 67 57 87 89 64 54 75 77 56 49 75 80 61 56 86 88 DewPt 50 36 39 34 42 35 43 43 43 39 44 45 47 45 52 53 43 34 Min/Max RH 14 42 14 69 24 90 26 93 14 RH 27 15 35 41 21 15 47 66 32 26 64 88 36 29 73 91 22 15 PWind Dir S SW W W N NE SE S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12HR 5 0 0 10 5 10 0 5 5 $$ 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