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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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724 FOUS54 KAMA 240849 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 349 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 TXZ012-242100- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 349 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Date Wed 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 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 71 56 85 52 82 Temp 56 56 60 64 68 67 59 58 58 58 68 79 84 82 69 62 56 52 65 77 81 79 DewPt 48 49 52 54 52 52 55 56 57 57 56 49 39 29 26 24 26 29 32 29 25 23 Min/Max RH 55 100 14 41 12 RH 74 77 75 70 57 59 87 93 96 96 65 35 20 14 20 23 31 41 29 17 13 12 Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE S S SW S S SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW Wind Spd 10 10 11 9 11 14 13 14 13 12 16 16 23 27 19 16 16 16 21 24 28 25 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL Clouds(%) 57 57 72 67 57 68 69 80 78 85 88 67 37 25 14 22 9 1 3 3 3 4 PoP 12HR 5 5 20 10 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Drizzle S S S S S S S S S S S Rain Shwrs IS IS Tstms IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 Mix Hgt 1 1 2 2 3 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 10 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 11 10 Vent Rate 21 21 25 29 36 30 9 10 9 8 29 79311180 13 11 11 11 72222295287 T Wind Dir E E E SE SE S SE S S S S S SW SW SW W W W W W W SW T Wind Spd 20 19 18 13 13 17 18 20 20 17 20 21 36 35 26 25 23 20 26 28 32 32 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 5 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL NO NO NO NO EL CL CH CH Fire Weather A A A Date Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24 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 52 81 48 76 45 79 50 85 Temp 60 52 77 75 57 48 71 73 54 45 71 77 58 51 82 82 DewPt 23 25 26 23 29 33 33 29 34 37 37 33 42 45 43 42 Max/Min RH 35 13 56 19 73 19 80 21 RH 24 35 15 14 34 56 25 19 46 73 29 20 55 80 25 24 PWind Dir SW SW W NW NE SE SE S Wind Char 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 5 5 0 0 5 0 10 $$ TXZ016-242100- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 349 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Date Wed 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 77 54 85 49 79 Temp 54 51 59 66 75 77 64 60 57 56 68 82 84 81 66 58 52 49 63 75 78 77 DewPt 50 50 53 53 49 45 52 56 54 50 50 32 24 19 17 19 24 29 32 28 24 21 Min/Max RH 33 93 10 45 12 RH 86 96 82 63 39 33 65 89 90 80 52 16 11 10 15 22 33 45 32 18 13 12 Wind Dir E E E E SE S SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W SW Wind Spd 6 5 5 4 9 12 9 12 10 9 12 17 25 27 18 14 13 14 21 26 29 24 Clouds SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL Clouds(%) 43 61 57 49 52 53 57 85 70 72 73 44 14 11 12 8 6 3 2 4 2 4 PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Drizzle S S S S LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 1 1 2 3 5 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 13 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 9 10 Vent Rate 17 15 17 19 48 55 12 16 9 13 35277461460 12 9 11 12 69224272301 T Wind Dir E E E E S S SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W T Wind Spd 18 14 11 6 11 16 18 20 17 18 20 33 39 47 26 20 21 23 27 29 33 33 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 1 0 0 0 2 3 5 5 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CH CH EL NO NO NO EL CL CH CH Fire Weather A A A Date Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 49 78 45 75 42 80 49 86 Temp 57 50 75 72 53 45 69 74 52 43 72 79 56 50 82 83 DewPt 21 23 25 22 28 32 31 22 32 34 34 26 34 40 42 38 Max/Min RH 35 13 59 14 72 14 70 19 RH 24 35 15 15 38 59 24 14 46 72 25 14 43 70 24 20 PWind Dir SW SW W W NW SW S S Wind Char 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 $$ TXZ008-242100- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 349 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Date Wed 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 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 70 56 90 53 87 Temp 58 57 62 66 69 69 60 59 59 59 70 83 89 85 72 65 57 54 67 80 86 84 DewPt 46 46 47 50 53 54 56 58 58 58 57 52 44 42 34 26 28 30 33 30 26 25 Min/Max RH 56 100 20 39 11 RH 64 65 59 57 56 60 87 96 96 97 64 34 21 22 24 23 33 39 28 16 11 11 Wind Dir NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE S SW S S S SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW Wind Spd 4 5 5 6 10 10 9 10 9 8 11 13 20 19 20 13 12 13 17 17 19 19 Clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW Clouds(%) 39 57 73 75 57 62 60 80 81 80 90 65 49 31 20 18 9 1 2 3 3 7 PoP 12HR 10 10 30 10 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.01 0 Drizzle S S S S S S S S S S S Rain Shwrs SC SC Sprinkles SC SC SC SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 Mix Hgt <1 1 2 3 4 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 4 8 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 11 11 Vent Rate 13 17 37 46 48 39 12 12 10 8 22 74238123 14 10 10 11 63210271287 T Wind Dir E E E E SE S SE S S S SW S SW S SW W SW W W W SW SW T Wind Spd 17 19 20 18 14 16 14 14 16 13 17 21 33 29 25 21 20 20 25 26 27 29 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL Date Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24 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 86 51 79 46 83 53 91 Temp 64 54 81 80 61 51 72 76 57 47 74 82 61 54 86 86 DewPt 24 28 30 26 31 38 36 33 37 39 38 36 44 48 45 44 Max/Min RH 36 12 61 19 76 18 80 18 RH 22 36 16 14 32 61 27 21 48 75 27 20 52 79 24 24 PWind Dir SW SW SW NW NE S S S Wind Char <15 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW PoP 12HR 0 10 10 5 5 5 0 10 $$ TXZ008-242100- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 349 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Date Wed 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 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 70 57 89 55 84 Temp 57 56 61 64 68 68 61 59 59 60 70 82 88 84 72 65 58 56 66 78 83 82 DewPt 48 48 50 53 53 53 55 57 58 58 57 50 40 33 29 25 27 29 32 30 26 24 Min/Max RH 56 100 16 36 12 RH 72 73 66 67 58 59 83 92 95 94 63 34 19 16 20 22 30 36 28 17 12 12 Wind Dir NE E E E SE SE SE SE S S SW S S S SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW Wind Spd 8 9 10 9 10 12 11 12 12 11 14 16 21 20 20 16 14 16 20 19 23 21 Clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW Clouds(%) 36 57 76 78 57 63 66 77 80 81 90 61 46 28 17 16 7 1 2 3 3 7 PoP 12HR 10 5 30 10 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Drizzle S S S S S S S S S S S Rain Shwrs SC SC Sprinkles SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 Mix Hgt <1 1 2 3 4 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 9 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 11 11 Vent Rate 13 18 34 41 46 39 12 9 9 9 32 77292177 15 11 11 12 64210268305 T Wind Dir E E E E SE SE SE S S S SW S SW SW SW W W W W W SW SW T Wind Spd 17 18 19 16 13 16 14 14 16 16 20 21 35 32 26 24 21 23 25 26 27 32 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO EL NO CL CL Date Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24 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 84 51 77 46 82 54 89 Temp 64 55 79 78 61 51 70 75 57 47 73 80 62 55 84 85 DewPt 25 27 29 25 31 37 36 32 36 38 38 35 44 47 44 43 Max/Min RH 35 12 58 20 74 18 77 19 RH 23 35 16 14 32 58 29 21 46 73 28 20 51 76 25 23 PWind Dir SW SW SW NW NE S S S Wind Char 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW PoP 12HR 0 10 10 5 5 5 0 10 $$ TXZ006-242100- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 349 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Date Wed 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 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 70 50 85 44 81 Temp 50 49 57 61 69 69 57 55 53 52 66 81 84 80 63 55 48 45 62 76 81 77 DewPt 40 40 43 46 50 49 53 54 53 51 48 36 24 21 20 24 26 27 31 28 24 23 Min/Max RH 48 100 11 50 12 RH 68 70 60 58 51 49 84 98100 99 52 20 11 11 19 30 42 49 31 17 13 13 Wind Dir E E E SE SE S SE S S S S S SW SW SW W W SW W SW SW SW Wind Spd 6 8 8 8 10 12 11 12 11 8 11 18 27 27 18 16 16 12 16 16 19 21 Clouds SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 FW SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW Clouds(%) 48 57 72 68 57 49 61 78 65 47 66 25 29 22 9 5 3 2 4 3 6 18 PoP 12HR 10 5 10 5 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Drizzle S S S S S S S S S S Sprinkles SC SC LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 Mix Hgt <1 1 2 3 4 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 14 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 11 12 12 Vent Rate 8 16 25 36 51 53 9 9 7 6 26200510470 12 11 11 9 56189251308 T Wind Dir E E E SE S S SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W SW W T Wind Spd 14 14 14 13 14 17 18 18 13 12 17 28 42 44 24 23 23 20 20 20 24 28 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CH CH EL NO NO NO NO NO EL CH Fire Weather A A A Date Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24 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 44 77 40 72 37 79 44 87 Temp 54 44 74 71 50 41 66 69 47 38 71 77 53 45 81 83 DewPt 25 28 29 26 31 33 35 32 37 37 37 31 38 39 41 36 Max/Min RH 55 16 75 23 98 18 84 17 RH 32 54 19 19 47 74 31 25 67 96 29 18 55 81 24 19 PWind Dir SW SW W N N SW S SW Wind Char <15 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg Clouds FW FW FW B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW PoP 12HR 0 10 5 5 5 0 0 5 $$ OKZ002-242100- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 349 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Date Wed 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 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 64 48 87 48 84 Temp 48 47 56 60 64 63 53 53 53 54 68 82 87 82 66 59 53 48 64 78 84 80 DewPt 35 33 38 43 48 49 52 53 53 54 55 46 35 32 35 27 28 28 33 31 27 26 Min/Max RH 50 100 16 46 12 RH 60 58 51 54 55 60 97100100100 64 28 16 16 32 29 38 45 31 17 12 13 Wind Dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S SW SW SW SW W W SW SW Wind Spd 4 4 8 10 12 12 10 10 9 8 13 19 25 23 17 13 16 11 13 13 13 14 Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) 29 56 62 70 58 57 71 77 81 63 68 44 36 30 31 8 6 5 17 10 16 25 PoP 12HR 10 10 30 10 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Drizzle S S S S S Rain Shwrs SC SC Sprinkles SC SC SC SC SC Tstms IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 3 3 3 1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 12 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 13 10 Vent Rate 5 12 38 50 51 48 17 11 13 10 27112394208 9 10 11 8 41180221184 T Wind Dir E E E SE S S SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW W SW W W W SW SW T Wind Spd 12 16 21 19 17 17 18 16 14 13 18 25 39 35 19 23 23 19 20 20 19 21 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL Fire Weather A A A Date Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24Tue 04/30/24 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 81 44 73 39 80 48 88 Temp 57 46 77 75 54 44 67 70 49 40 72 77 56 49 83 85 DewPt 32 35 34 29 34 38 37 32 37 39 40 35 41 44 43 39 Max/Min RH 66 15 80 23 97 20 87 18 RH 39 65 21 18 47 80 33 24 63 96 31 22 58 85 24 20 PWind Dir W SW W NW N SW S S Wind Char <15 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC SC FW SC FW SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW PoP 12HR 0 20 10 5 5 5 0 5 Rain Shwrs 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