Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
149 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
TXZ012-202100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
149 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
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 51 37 60 40 77
Temp 45 42 43 46 49 48 43 41 39 38 43 52 58 59 48 45 42 41 55 69 76 74
DewPt 32 32 33 32 33 32 35 34 34 33 34 35 36 35 38 38 38 38 42 42 42 42
Min/Max RH 50 86 39 92 29
RH 60 67 67 58 54 54 73 76 81 83 69 52 43 40 68 76 84 90 62 37 29 32
Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E SE SE S S S S S S S SW SW SW S
Wind Spd 13 13 13 13 12 12 9 9 6 5 9 9 9 11 9 11 12 13 19 24 27 21
Clouds B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
Clouds(%) 84 85 88 90 93 91 98 88 79 73 60 49 49 31 8 6 7 9 8 2 6 13
PoP 12HR 70 30 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.28 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 <1 2 <1 3 4 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 6 3
Vent Rate 25 30 46 44 35 26 22 9 16 6 25 40 53 57 7 7 8 9 52 95153 84
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E SE E SE SE S SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 18 19 20 17 13 13 13 10 10 6 10 10 11 12 16 17 18 20 26 27 31 27
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL EL
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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 51 78 49 71 54 84 54 81
Temp 58 51 75 74 56 50 64 70 57 55 78 80 62 55 77 78
DewPt 45 46 44 41 43 43 46 47 52 52 47 37 42 39 34 31
Max/Min RH 83 27 77 43 91 20 58 16
RH 62 82 33 30 62 77 52 44 83 90 33 21 48 55 21 18
PWind Dir SW N E SE S SW SW SW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 20 10 20 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ016-202100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
149 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 49 36 60 38 77
Temp 45 40 41 44 47 47 42 40 38 37 42 50 58 60 47 42 40 39 53 67 75 76
DewPt 40 40 39 37 36 36 38 37 36 36 37 37 37 38 40 39 39 39 44 43 41 39
Min/Max RH 63 98 43 100 25
RH 82100 92 76 65 65 88 87 93 98 80 60 47 44 76 89 95100 74 42 29 26
Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E SE SE S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S
Wind Spd 9 10 11 12 10 9 8 8 6 5 6 8 9 10 8 9 9 12 17 21 23 20
Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 92 94 94 91 96 90 96 83 84 92 80 68 51 26 9 8 13 26 20 5 4 10
PoP 12HR 90 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.09 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs NM O NM SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mix Hgt 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 7 6
Vent Rate 26 32 36 39 28 21 14 12 9 8 22 32 49 45 6 8 8 9 50 75159128
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E SE SE SE S SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 18 19 20 17 11 11 11 10 9 8 10 9 11 11 13 18 19 19 25 24 26 25
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 48 79 47 75 52 83 52 81
Temp 55 49 75 75 54 48 66 74 57 53 78 80 59 52 77 78
DewPt 46 47 43 40 45 44 47 45 51 51 40 28 32 32 30 25
Max/Min RH 97 25 87 35 98 14 47 14
RH 73 95 32 28 71 87 49 36 80 96 26 15 36 47 18 14
PWind Dir SW N E SE S SW SW SW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 10 10 10 10 5
$$
TXZ008-202100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
149 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
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 57 39 65 43 82
Temp 47 45 48 51 54 53 47 45 42 39 46 55 63 64 52 48 45 44 57 73 81 79
DewPt 30 30 31 30 31 33 34 34 35 35 35 35 35 37 39 38 39 40 42 43 42 43
Min/Max RH 38 87 34 90 24
RH 51 56 51 44 41 46 61 66 76 85 65 46 35 37 60 70 81 87 57 34 24 28
Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E SE S S S S S S S SW SW S S
Wind Spd 9 9 9 12 10 9 6 6 4 4 5 5 6 9 8 9 9 12 18 23 23 20
Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%) 70 69 73 74 80 86 90 90 83 76 65 42 38 25 7 4 5 5 3 2 6 19
PoP 12HR 50 30 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.04 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 1 1 3 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 5 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 8 4
Vent Rate 19 18 54 55 56 44 15 14 13 8 20 41 60 61 6 7 8 8 53106198102
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E S S S SW S S S S SW SW SW SW S
T Wind Spd 17 17 19 17 14 14 12 11 10 6 8 9 11 12 14 17 17 18 26 27 27 28
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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 53 80 51 74 55 88 57 85
Temp 61 53 77 75 58 51 67 72 59 56 81 83 65 57 81 82
DewPt 47 48 43 40 42 43 46 49 53 54 49 40 46 42 35 33
Max/Min RH 83 25 72 39 99 20 59 15
RH 61 82 31 28 54 72 46 45 81 94 32 22 51 56 20 17
PWind Dir SW N E SE S S S SW
Wind Char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 20 10 20 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ008-202100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
149 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 55 39 63 43 81
Temp 47 45 46 49 52 51 47 45 41 40 45 53 61 62 52 48 45 44 57 72 80 79
DewPt 31 30 32 31 31 33 34 34 35 35 35 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 43 42 42
Min/Max RH 43 87 38 91 25
RH 53 56 57 50 45 49 62 65 77 83 67 50 40 39 60 72 81 89 60 36 27 27
Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E SE S S S S S S S SW SW SW S
Wind Spd 11 10 12 12 11 10 8 8 6 4 6 6 8 10 11 12 12 13 19 23 24 21
Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%) 70 69 74 74 79 86 91 91 84 76 66 42 35 26 7 4 6 5 4 2 7 18
PoP 12HR 60 30 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.05 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 3 5 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 8 5
Vent Rate 18 22 54 53 55 38 18 18 18 10 21 41 58 59 6 8 7 8 53107199118
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E SE E S S S SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 17 16 20 17 14 13 12 10 10 8 8 9 11 12 14 17 17 18 26 27 27 29
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL EL
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 54 78 51 72 56 86 58 83
Temp 61 54 74 75 58 52 65 71 59 57 80 82 65 58 78 81
DewPt 47 48 44 40 42 43 46 49 53 54 48 39 45 41 34 32
Max/Min RH 79 27 72 43 96 20 57 15
RH 60 79 34 29 55 72 51 45 80 91 32 22 48 52 21 17
PWind Dir SW N E SE S S S SW
Wind Char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 20 10 20 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ006-202100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
149 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
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 51 32 63 37 81
Temp 41 38 42 46 49 49 40 37 35 33 42 54 61 61 47 42 40 38 54 72 80 78
DewPt 30 30 32 30 31 32 33 34 34 32 36 36 37 38 40 40 39 38 43 42 37 38
Min/Max RH 46 98 39 100 21
RH 65 72 68 53 49 52 76 88 95 98 78 50 40 43 75 91 99100 66 33 22 25
Wind Dir E E E E SE SE SE E SE S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind Spd 10 9 9 11 9 10 8 5 5 4 8 9 11 11 9 11 11 14 21 21 21 20
Clouds B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW FW CL CL FW SC
Clouds(%) 87 87 89 81 88 83 73 89 79 76 64 41 26 13 5 4 6 8 5 3 11 26
PoP 12HR 30 30 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 1 <1 <1 3 5 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 11 4
Vent Rate 21 33 36 46 38 37 17 13 9 9 28 49 65 61 7 8 8 9 62109242 93
T Wind Dir E E E E E SE E E S S S S SW S S S SW SW SW SW W SW
T Wind Spd 17 16 17 14 11 11 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 13 17 18 19 21 28 26 25 27
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL
Freeze A A
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
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 45 74 43 73 47 83 47 79
Temp 55 46 71 71 50 43 65 70 53 48 78 78 57 48 76 76
DewPt 44 44 39 38 39 39 45 45 49 47 38 31 34 32 32 29
Max/Min RH 94 27 86 36 99 16 55 15
RH 67 92 32 30 66 85 48 40 85 98 24 18 42 54 20 18
PWind Dir SW NE E SE S SW SW SW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 10 10 10 10 5 5
$$
OKZ002-202100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
149 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Date Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 54 33 64 39 83
Temp 39 37 43 49 52 51 42 39 37 34 46 56 62 63 47 44 41 40 57 74 82 79
DewPt 27 27 30 28 27 27 31 33 33 33 34 35 35 35 37 38 39 40 43 42 39 39
Min/Max RH 35 95 33 100 20
RH 62 68 59 44 38 39 64 79 88 95 64 45 36 35 67 79 92 99 59 33 21 24
Wind Dir E E E E E SE SE E SE S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW S
Wind Spd 8 6 10 11 11 9 8 5 4 4 8 9 10 10 10 10 12 14 20 24 21 19
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%) 67 61 74 84 75 82 84 82 75 67 49 31 18 14 5 4 4 4 3 2 6 21
PoP 12HR 30 30 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4
Mix Hgt <1 1 2 4 5 4 1 1 <1 <1 3 5 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 9 2
Vent Rate 6 13 39 57 59 39 15 12 7 8 33 56 67 66 7 8 8 9 64110199 42
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E E SE S S SW SW S S S S SW SW SW SW S
T Wind Spd 13 13 18 16 13 11 13 11 8 9 12 12 12 12 17 19 19 20 29 27 24 21
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO
Freeze A A
Date Tue 04/23/24Wed 04/24/24Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 48 74 42 71 49 85 51 83
Temp 57 48 71 71 51 43 64 70 53 50 80 80 58 51 79 77
DewPt 45 44 38 34 37 37 42 45 51 50 47 36 45 38 38 34
Max/Min RH 86 24 82 38 100 18 65 17
RH 65 86 30 26 58 82 44 41 93100 31 20 62 60 23 21
PWind Dir SW NE E SE S S S SW
Wind Char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 10 0 10 10 10 20 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
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
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