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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 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
TXZ012-302100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
349 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Date Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24
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 89 56 92 55 79
Temp 53 51 70 83 87 86 70 63 60 57 71 87 92 89 72 65 59 56 65 74 78 77
DewPt 37 29 32 31 29 27 30 34 44 47 50 41 33 32 47 52 52 50 43 41 37 33
Min/Max RH 11 70 12 84 20
RH 53 42 24 15 12 12 22 34 56 70 47 20 13 13 42 62 77 81 45 31 23 20
Wind Dir S S SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S SW NW N N NE
Wind Spd 10 11 16 18 16 16 9 10 13 12 16 18 24 20 19 20 18 13 16 14 12 11
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 4 2 2 2 2 6 3 5 0 1 0 0 3 6 31 18 11 9 6 3 3 11
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 10 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 4
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 10 13 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 14 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 7 7
Vent Rate 8 7 29220262173 6 8 13 11 24235367264 23 14 11 8 52 78 91 82
T Wind Dir S S SW SW W SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S S SW NW N N N NE
T Wind Spd 18 16 23 25 23 21 13 19 25 20 18 27 31 28 28 28 23 18 24 19 14 12
RFTI 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Fire Weather A A A
Date Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
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 78 53 79 53 76 57 86
Temp 57 49 70 77 59 54 74 76 58 53 70 73 61 57 80 83
DewPt 38 37 40 40 48 49 45 42 49 51 51 50 53 52 43 35
Max/Min RH 69 25 85 27 92 42 86 18
RH 50 64 33 26 66 84 35 30 72 92 51 45 75 82 27 18
PWind Dir E SE S N E SE S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 20 40 40 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ016-302100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
349 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Date Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 87 51 89 51 82
Temp 51 49 72 82 86 85 68 61 55 52 71 85 89 87 69 61 55 52 66 76 82 80
DewPt 26 24 28 28 25 21 27 27 30 36 40 29 24 22 31 43 38 31 36 33 29 24
Min/Max RH 9 55 9 54 12
RH 38 37 20 14 11 9 22 28 38 55 32 13 10 9 25 51 53 45 34 21 15 13
Wind Dir SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S SW W NW N W S
Wind Spd 9 9 13 14 16 14 8 8 9 8 10 16 21 18 13 13 11 9 12 12 11 12
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 3 1 5 2 2 7 8 20 14 7 6 3 4 2 10
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4
Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 10 12 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 13 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 10 10
Vent Rate 8 6 31195255233 6 6 9 8 28266355288 10 12 8 9 41 58113110
T Wind Dir SW SW W W SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S SW NW N N W S
T Wind Spd 18 16 21 21 24 23 12 13 19 17 17 31 31 28 20 24 19 21 19 13 12 13
RFTI 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL
Fire Weather A A A
Date Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 46 80 49 81 51 79 54 86
Temp 57 47 70 78 56 50 76 76 55 51 71 78 60 55 81 84
DewPt 32 35 37 33 43 43 38 38 49 51 51 44 51 49 36 21
Max/Min RH 63 18 82 21 100 29 87 10
RH 39 62 30 19 62 77 25 25 80100 48 30 72 82 20 10
PWind Dir E SE S SW SE SE S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 20 40 40 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ008-302100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
349 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Date Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24
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 95 58 97 56 83
Temp 60 55 75 88 93 92 74 66 61 58 72 90 96 92 74 67 61 56 67 77 83 80
DewPt 44 34 32 31 29 29 33 36 45 48 48 43 32 32 50 56 55 55 47 44 38 36
Min/Max RH 10 69 11 93 19
RH 55 45 21 13 10 11 23 33 55 69 42 20 11 12 43 67 81 93 49 30 21 20
Wind Dir S S SW SW SW SW S SE S SW SW SW SW SW S S S W N N N NE
Wind Spd 11 8 11 14 13 12 8 10 12 11 13 13 21 14 19 20 17 12 13 13 12 10
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 5 2 1 1 2 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 23 17 10 8 4 4 2 9
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 4
Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 9 13 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 14 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 6 7
Vent Rate 9 6 25211258189 6 11 11 9 31161397261 26 18 10 11 68 82 91 84
T Wind Dir S SW SW SW W SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S SW NW N N N NE
T Wind Spd 19 13 18 25 21 19 13 18 19 18 17 19 32 31 29 29 19 18 24 19 16 13
RFTI 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO CL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
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 50 80 54 82 55 81 60 91
Temp 61 51 73 79 62 55 76 79 60 55 72 78 64 60 83 87
DewPt 43 41 40 44 51 50 48 43 49 51 52 52 54 54 43 40
Max/Min RH 70 27 86 24 88 35 87 17
RH 51 68 30 29 67 83 37 28 67 87 49 40 71 82 24 19
PWind Dir NE E S N E SE S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 20 40 40 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ008-302100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
349 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Date Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 93 58 94 56 82
Temp 60 55 73 86 91 90 75 67 61 58 71 87 94 90 73 67 61 56 66 75 80 80
DewPt 41 32 32 31 28 28 32 34 42 47 47 42 31 32 47 53 53 53 47 44 38 35
Min/Max RH 10 65 11 89 20
RH 50 40 22 14 11 11 21 30 50 65 43 20 11 13 39 61 76 89 50 33 22 20
Wind Dir S S SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S W N N N NE
Wind Spd 13 10 13 16 14 13 9 10 13 13 14 13 21 17 19 21 19 13 14 14 12 11
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 4 2 1 1 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 16 9 8 4 3 2 10
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 9 13 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 14 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 7 7
Vent Rate 9 6 23193264198 6 7 11 10 26179386273 15 18 11 12 69 81 92 87
T Wind Dir S SW SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S SW N N N N NE
T Wind Spd 19 13 18 23 23 20 13 17 21 19 17 21 32 31 27 31 21 19 24 19 16 13
RFTI 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO CH EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 51 78 55 80 55 80 60 89
Temp 60 52 72 78 62 55 74 77 60 55 69 77 64 60 81 86
DewPt 42 41 40 43 51 50 47 43 50 51 52 51 54 55 42 37
Max/Min RH 68 28 83 26 87 37 84 17
RH 51 67 32 29 67 83 39 30 70 86 54 40 69 82 25 18
PWind Dir NE E S N E SE S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 20 40 40 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ006-302100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
349 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Date Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24
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 44 89 47 77
Temp 48 44 69 84 88 86 66 57 50 45 64 82 88 87 66 59 52 48 59 72 77 74
DewPt 26 27 30 29 25 24 26 29 31 33 38 33 25 22 26 36 37 37 43 39 34 32
Min/Max RH 10 64 9 69 20
RH 42 51 23 14 10 10 22 34 48 64 39 17 10 9 22 43 59 68 55 30 21 21
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW SW SW S S NW NW W S SW SW SW S W N N N NE E
Wind Spd 6 5 9 12 12 14 8 10 9 9 8 11 21 21 11 11 13 11 13 12 10 11
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 4 2 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 7 11 5 3 4 15
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 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 6 6 4 3
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 11 13 13 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 8 12 13 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 9 6
Vent Rate 7 6 17208227207 6 6 4 5 8133317379 7 9 8 11 66 78 88 78
T Wind Dir W SW SW W W SW S SW NW N SW SW SW SW SW S NW N N N N E
T Wind Spd 17 13 13 21 18 18 13 12 11 11 9 19 29 32 16 17 18 21 23 16 11 14
RFTI 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Fire Weather A A A
Date Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
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 40 76 45 76 46 77 51 86
Temp 51 41 68 74 53 46 71 74 52 46 66 76 57 51 80 83
DewPt 34 35 38 38 46 44 41 37 46 46 51 46 51 46 38 25
Max/Min RH 80 26 96 23 100 33 93 12
RH 52 78 34 28 77 95 34 27 80 99 56 35 81 84 22 12
PWind Dir E SE S NE E SE S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 10 30 30 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC
Tstms IS SC IS SC
$$
OKZ002-302100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
349 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Date Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 89 48 91 51 77
Temp 56 50 73 87 89 87 66 59 53 48 64 81 90 87 67 64 56 52 62 72 77 75
DewPt 44 31 32 30 28 27 36 38 39 39 45 44 33 29 34 50 50 48 46 40 35 32
Min/Max RH 11 70 12 89 19
RH 63 49 22 13 11 11 32 46 60 70 51 27 13 12 29 60 78 88 56 31 22 21
Wind Dir S SW SW SW SW SE E E SE W W S S SW S S SW NW N N N NE
Wind Spd 10 8 11 13 13 16 10 11 9 13 11 9 16 18 12 17 17 11 13 14 12 12
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 3 2 1 1 11 10 3 2 3 7 1 0 0 4 7 10 9 15 10 5 3 10
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 3
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 13 15 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 3 13 8 <1 1 <1 <1 4 6 7 8
Vent Rate 10 6 22227193101 9 10 10 8 9 31291216 10 31 15 11 75 95 99101
T Wind Dir S SW W W W S E E SE SE W S SW SW S S W N N N N NE
T Wind Spd 23 16 18 20 14 18 17 19 16 14 12 10 26 31 17 29 21 19 24 19 16 14
RFTI 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 43 76 48 76 48 79 54 86
Temp 53 44 68 75 56 48 71 73 52 48 68 75 57 54 80 83
DewPt 36 37 36 39 48 47 43 40 46 47 50 48 52 51 42 36
Max/Min RH 77 26 98 26 96 35 96 17
RH 53 77 31 27 76 94 36 30 78 94 51 38 83 90 26 19
PWind Dir NE SE S NE E SE S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 10 30 20 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS
$$
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