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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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272 FOUS54 KAMA 112214 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 514 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 TXZ012-120900- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 514 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 Date 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 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 74 49 77 48 Temp 57 54 53 54 54 59 68 71 70 58 54 52 50 61 71 76 75 62 57 52 49 DewPt 55 54 53 53 54 55 55 50 49 52 50 49 47 48 46 44 43 45 47 47 46 Max/Min RH 100 45 95 30 93 RH 93 99 99 96100 85 64 47 48 81 86 90 90 62 41 32 32 54 69 83 89 Wind Dir SE SE SE S S SE S W S W NW NW NW NW N N N NE E S SW Wind Spd 17 13 13 10 9 11 11 13 12 9 9 10 11 17 19 19 16 8 5 5 5 Clouds B2 B1 B1 OV B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL Clouds(%) 70 59 64 89 86 76 43 39 39 14 15 17 22 22 16 17 25 16 14 6 5 PoP 12HR 80 70 20 5 0 QPF 12HR 0.19 0.41 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs NM O NM SC IS IS IS IS Tstms SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 7 4 1 <1 <1 <1 4 7 9 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 54 11 16 11 8 20 60103 50 20 4 7 15 98171196108 5 5 5 5 T Wind Dir SE SE S S S S SW W W N NW NW NW N N N N NE E SE S T Wind Spd 20 20 21 18 11 14 16 17 14 19 10 16 19 28 27 24 19 11 12 11 12 RFTI 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 Date 05/14Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24 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 56 82 52 73 51 85 55 89 Temp 78 81 63 57 77 72 58 53 66 71 56 52 78 81 63 56 84 86 DewPt 46 42 48 50 52 54 54 53 51 47 48 48 47 44 46 44 43 41 Min/Max RH 24 77 38 100 42 89 25 69 19 RH 32 25 58 77 42 53 86100 58 42 74 86 33 27 54 64 24 21 PWind Dir S S S SE N W SW S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 10 50 70 30 10 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC SC Tstms SC NM SC SC SC $$ TXZ016-120900- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 514 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 Date 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 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 78 46 78 47 Temp 62 55 54 55 53 60 71 76 75 59 52 49 47 62 73 77 76 62 55 51 48 DewPt 53 55 53 54 53 55 47 37 36 43 46 45 44 45 43 40 37 44 45 45 44 Max/Min RH 100 22 97 24 89 RH 72 99 97 98 98 84 42 25 24 57 78 88 90 54 34 26 24 52 69 82 86 Wind Dir SE SE S S S S W W NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N NE S S Wind Spd 16 11 10 9 9 9 12 16 16 9 8 9 9 13 14 13 11 5 4 5 5 Clouds OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) 88 80 93 86 85 80 25 21 16 14 9 3 5 8 9 18 32 22 13 6 6 PoP 12HR 80 40 5 5 0 QPF 12HR 0.13 0.07 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS SC O O SC IS IS Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 3 <1 <1 1 <1 2 6 10 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 8 11 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 64 14 16 20 10 26 86192157 14 6 8 7 78167192144 5 5 5 6 T Wind Dir SE SE S S S SW W W W N N NW NW N N NW NW N E S S T Wind Spd 21 20 21 19 13 16 17 21 21 19 12 17 16 25 23 19 16 12 11 12 13 RFTI 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 Date 05/14Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24 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 85 52 83 49 73 49 86 54 91 Temp 79 84 61 53 79 75 55 50 65 72 54 50 79 83 61 55 85 88 DewPt 42 36 44 47 50 47 54 50 49 43 47 45 42 33 39 38 38 32 Min/Max RH 18 80 31 100 36 89 16 54 13 RH 27 18 53 80 36 37 96100 56 36 77 83 27 16 44 53 19 13 PWind Dir SW S S E N SW W SW SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 10 40 60 30 10 5 0 5 Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC SC Tstms SC SC SC SC IS $$ TXZ008-120900- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 514 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 Date 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 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 55 79 51 80 50 Temp 65 62 58 56 56 62 69 75 73 61 56 53 52 63 73 78 78 64 58 53 51 DewPt 53 55 54 55 55 56 57 53 54 55 52 51 50 50 48 46 45 49 49 50 49 Max/Min RH 98 43 96 30 96 RH 65 80 88 95 96 81 64 47 52 81 87 93 90 62 42 32 32 58 73 88 93 Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE S S S S N NW NW NW N N N N NE NE SW SW Wind Spd 8 5 5 6 5 8 9 10 9 5 5 6 8 12 16 16 11 5 4 4 4 Clouds B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) 80 72 56 82 71 57 67 59 30 47 25 28 27 25 18 20 26 22 10 11 6 PoP 12HR 90 70 30 10 0 QPF 12HR 0.39 0.33 0.03 0 0 Rain Shwrs NM O NM SC SC SC SC SC Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 3 <1 <1 <1 1 2 4 6 2 1 1 <1 <1 4 7 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 48 10 11 9 11 25 51 70 35 15 10 8 9 98171178156 5 4 4 5 T Wind Dir S S S S S S SW SW E N W NW NW N N N N NE E SE SW T Wind Spd 18 17 17 13 11 13 14 13 16 14 9 13 17 26 26 25 21 11 9 10 11 RFTI 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 Date 05/14Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24 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 88 60 86 54 75 53 88 57 93 Temp 81 85 66 60 81 76 61 55 68 73 59 54 81 85 66 58 87 89 DewPt 48 46 50 51 53 55 55 55 52 49 50 50 48 45 49 47 46 44 Min/Max RH 22 73 33 100 42 89 22 71 18 RH 32 25 56 72 37 47 82100 57 44 72 86 32 25 54 67 24 21 PWind Dir SW S S E N W SW S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 10 50 70 30 10 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC SC Tstms SC NM SC SC SC $$ TXZ008-120900- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 514 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 Date 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 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 55 77 53 78 50 Temp 63 60 57 56 55 62 68 73 72 61 57 54 53 62 71 76 77 64 58 53 51 DewPt 54 55 55 55 55 56 56 52 53 54 51 50 49 49 47 45 45 48 49 49 48 Max/Min RH 98 43 92 31 93 RH 73 86 94 96 97 80 64 47 51 76 80 87 85 63 43 34 32 56 72 85 88 Wind Dir SE SE S S SW S S S S NW NW NW NW N N N N NE NE SW SW Wind Spd 11 8 8 9 8 11 10 10 11 6 8 9 10 16 17 16 12 6 4 4 4 Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL Clouds(%) 80 68 63 81 75 57 63 56 26 30 23 23 30 24 17 19 27 18 11 6 4 PoP 12HR 90 60 30 10 0 QPF 12HR 0.38 0.22 0.01 0 0 Rain Shwrs NM O NM SC SC SC SC SC Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 7 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 7 9 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 50 9 9 9 6 28 50 92 41 10 7 9 9 90172187137 5 4 4 5 T Wind Dir S SE S S S S SW SW W N W NW NW N N N N NE E SE SW T Wind Spd 17 17 17 14 9 13 13 14 17 13 9 14 17 25 26 25 20 12 10 10 11 RFTI 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 Date 05/14Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24 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 86 60 84 54 73 53 86 58 91 Temp 79 84 66 60 80 74 60 55 67 71 59 54 78 84 66 59 84 87 DewPt 47 44 50 51 52 54 55 54 52 49 50 49 48 44 49 46 45 43 Min/Max RH 23 72 35 98 44 88 23 67 20 RH 32 25 55 71 38 49 84 98 59 45 73 84 36 25 54 64 25 22 PWind Dir SW S S E N SW SW S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 10 50 60 30 10 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC SC Tstms SC NM SC SC SC $$ TXZ006-120900- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 514 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 Date 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 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 73 43 76 43 Temp 63 56 52 51 49 57 67 71 67 52 49 46 44 60 71 75 73 57 51 47 44 DewPt 55 54 52 50 48 55 51 45 47 49 48 46 44 47 46 42 42 47 46 46 44 Max/Min RH 100 38 100 30 99 RH 75 94 98 98 98 94 57 39 49 90 97 99 97 62 41 31 33 67 82 98 99 Wind Dir SE SE SE SW S S SW W NW N NW NW NW N N N N NE E SW SW Wind Spd 8 4 4 8 8 9 9 10 12 9 9 9 9 14 16 13 11 5 4 4 4 Clouds B2 OV B2 OV B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL Clouds(%) 84 95 77 88 65 64 27 41 56 30 40 12 14 10 13 21 24 14 11 7 4 PoP 12HR 90 60 10 10 0 QPF 12HR 0.62 0.06 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs O O NM NM SC SC NM IS IS Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 3 <1 <1 1 <1 2 6 8 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 8 11 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 50 11 9 14 5 27 69108 33 9 10 8 8103189236119 4 6 6 5 T Wind Dir S SE S SW S S SW W NW NW NW N N N N N N E E S SW T Wind Spd 19 16 16 12 10 14 13 14 18 11 17 18 18 28 26 23 16 10 12 12 12 RFTI 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 Date 05/14Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24 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 49 80 46 71 45 84 49 87 Temp 77 81 57 50 78 69 53 47 65 68 52 46 78 81 57 50 82 84 DewPt 46 39 46 46 48 51 52 47 48 44 47 45 43 36 43 41 42 38 Min/Max RH 22 90 35 100 40 99 19 73 18 RH 32 22 67 86 36 52 97100 53 42 83 95 29 20 58 70 24 19 PWind Dir SW S S NE N SW SW SW SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW PoP 12HR 5 10 40 50 30 5 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS SC Tstms SC SC SC IS IS $$ OKZ002-120900- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 514 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 Date 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 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 50 73 48 76 46 Temp 67 58 56 52 51 60 68 72 66 53 52 50 49 60 70 76 73 58 52 48 47 DewPt 51 54 54 52 51 56 55 52 52 52 51 50 47 51 49 46 45 50 50 48 47 Max/Min RH 100 51 100 34 100 RH 57 85 95 99 98 84 63 51 61 96 99 98 93 72 46 35 37 76 93100100 Wind Dir S S S SW S S SW SW E NE NW NW NW N N N N NE S W SW Wind Spd 11 6 9 8 6 9 9 10 9 8 8 9 10 16 18 16 12 5 4 4 4 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 OV SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW CL FW Clouds(%) 85 76 82 75 57 57 57 48 60 89 45 33 57 28 22 25 27 16 9 5 7 PoP 12HR 90 80 40 20 5 QPF 12HR 0.30 0.27 0.12 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC O O O SC IS NM O SC SC IS IS IS IS Tstms SC SC SC SC SC IS SC NM SC SC IS IS IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 2 <1 <1 1 <1 2 5 5 2 <1 <1 1 <1 4 7 9 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 32 7 7 12 8 26 58 53 27 8 6 19 17 91167196113 4 4 4 5 T Wind Dir S S S S S S SW SW NE N NW NW N N N N N NE SE S SW T Wind Spd 16 12 12 12 11 14 13 12 13 9 13 19 19 26 27 25 19 10 10 10 11 RFTI 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 Date 05/14Wed 05/15/24Thu 05/16/24Fri 05/17/24Sat 05/18/24 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 85 53 81 49 72 48 86 52 89 Temp 80 82 60 54 78 73 56 50 66 71 54 49 79 83 60 53 84 85 DewPt 47 44 50 49 51 52 55 50 50 46 49 47 46 39 49 45 46 43 Min/Max RH 25 86 35 100 40 100 20 81 21 RH 31 26 68 84 39 48 97100 55 41 83 93 31 21 67 75 27 23 PWind Dir S S SW NE N SW SW S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 10 40 60 30 10 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC SC Tstms SC SC SC SC 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