Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
309 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024
TXZ012-300900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
309 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024
Date 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu
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 91 55 90 54
Temp 80 80 65 59 53 51 72 84 89 88 71 64 59 56 71 85 90 87 70 64 60 55
DewPt 33 30 33 38 37 32 34 30 28 26 29 34 46 43 49 39 32 33 44 51 50 46
Max/Min RH 53 10 62 12 74
RH 18 16 30 45 53 48 25 14 11 11 21 33 62 62 46 20 13 15 39 63 70 71
Wind Dir SW SW SE SE S S SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S W
Wind Spd 13 13 10 13 10 11 16 19 17 14 9 11 13 11 13 17 23 20 18 21 16 13
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 3 4 2 5 2 2 3 2 3 5 3 4 2 2 3 3 6 12 21 17 11 10
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 11 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 11 12 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 12 14 13 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 158120 5 9 7 7 31225235163 6 7 11 10 36324399345 14 15 11 10
T Wind Dir SW SW S SE S SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S NW
T Wind Spd 17 14 12 21 17 17 24 24 21 23 13 17 24 20 23 32 32 29 28 28 23 21
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO CL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/02Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
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 78 46 75 52 77 53 79 57 88
Temp 73 76 56 46 68 74 57 52 72 71 58 54 72 76 61 58 83 86
DewPt 40 35 34 31 31 35 44 46 47 47 49 52 52 50 54 54 44 36
Min/Max RH 22 55 22 80 35 94 37 89 16
RH 30 22 43 55 25 24 62 79 41 42 72 94 49 40 78 87 25 17
PWind Dir NW NE E SE S SE S S SW
Wind Char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 10 30 40 30 10 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ016-300900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
309 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024
Date 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 48 90 49 89 50
Temp 78 78 62 56 52 49 71 84 88 87 69 59 54 50 69 85 88 87 69 61 56 51
DewPt 27 23 26 26 24 25 29 28 25 20 25 27 31 35 37 29 25 21 30 36 32 30
Max/Min RH 40 8 57 8 45
RH 15 13 25 31 34 40 22 13 10 8 20 29 42 57 32 13 10 9 24 40 41 45
Wind Dir SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S SW W
Wind Spd 8 9 4 5 9 6 12 13 16 14 8 6 9 8 11 16 19 18 11 12 9 10
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 1 3 1 1 2 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 7 5 4 4 8
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 10 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 11 14 14 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 124141 6 7 7 6 28210231206 6 7 7 8 32302372342 10 10 9 9
T Wind Dir SW W S SW SW SW SW W W SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S W NW
T Wind Spd 14 16 14 17 17 16 19 23 21 21 12 14 14 17 20 31 31 28 21 21 19 19
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/02Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 81 43 77 50 79 50 81 54 89
Temp 76 78 54 44 68 76 56 50 74 73 54 51 73 79 60 55 83 86
DewPt 35 25 31 31 33 32 43 46 46 45 50 51 52 45 53 47 38 24
Min/Max RH 13 60 19 87 29 100 29 84 10
RH 23 14 41 60 27 20 62 86 37 37 86100 48 31 78 75 20 10
PWind Dir NW NE SE S S SE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 0 10 10 10 30 30 30 5 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS SC
Tstms SC SC SC IS
$$
TXZ008-300900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
309 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024
Date 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu
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 97 57 95 57
Temp 85 84 68 64 57 53 74 89 95 93 75 67 62 57 72 88 94 91 74 70 63 58
DewPt 38 37 42 47 45 39 34 32 28 29 33 38 45 44 50 42 32 36 49 55 54 50
Max/Min RH 63 9 60 11 78
RH 19 19 38 54 63 58 23 13 9 10 21 35 54 60 46 20 11 14 41 61 73 74
Wind Dir SW SW SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW S SW SW S S S W
Wind Spd 12 9 9 14 10 5 11 13 13 10 6 10 10 8 9 13 19 14 16 20 13 16
Clouds FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 8 7 4 2 2 1 7 2 1 5 2 3 2 1 2 4 4 10 25 18 12 7
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 11 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 11 13 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 12 15 12 <1 1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 166129 7 12 9 6 28240256183 6 7 9 8 30301442320 13 26 11 9
T Wind Dir SW SW SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S SW NW
T Wind Spd 17 14 16 27 19 12 20 25 21 20 13 14 18 17 19 29 34 31 26 28 19 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/02Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
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 82 47 79 53 81 54 82 59 92
Temp 77 79 59 47 72 77 60 53 76 76 60 55 75 81 65 60 85 90
DewPt 41 36 34 34 31 34 44 47 47 48 50 53 53 52 56 56 45 38
Min/Max RH 20 59 18 80 29 95 34 93 15
RH 28 21 39 59 22 21 55 79 37 37 69 94 47 37 73 88 24 17
PWind Dir N NE E S S SE S S SW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 10 20 10 10 20 30 30 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ008-300900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
309 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024
Date 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu
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 54 94 57 93 57
Temp 82 82 68 64 58 54 72 86 92 90 74 67 62 58 71 86 92 90 73 68 63 58
DewPt 36 33 37 43 42 36 33 31 28 28 31 36 44 43 48 41 32 33 46 54 54 49
Max/Min RH 56 10 57 11 76
RH 19 17 31 48 56 51 24 15 10 11 20 32 52 57 45 20 12 13 38 60 73 71
Wind Dir SW SW SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW S SW SW S S S W
Wind Spd 9 6 6 13 12 9 13 14 13 12 9 11 12 9 10 13 20 16 16 20 14 16
Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 10 5 3 2 2 2 8 2 1 6 2 3 1 1 3 3 4 8 23 16 10 6
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 11 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 11 13 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 12 15 14 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 161128 6 12 8 5 24233249211 6 7 9 9 31315438381 14 17 10 9
T Wind Dir SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S S SW NW
T Wind Spd 17 14 14 27 18 13 20 24 21 20 14 14 19 18 20 29 34 32 27 28 19 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO CL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/02Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
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 80 48 77 54 79 55 81 60 90
Temp 75 78 58 48 70 76 60 54 73 75 60 56 73 79 65 60 84 88
DewPt 41 35 34 33 31 33 44 47 47 48 50 53 53 51 56 56 44 38
Min/Max RH 21 57 20 77 33 92 36 88 15
RH 29 22 40 57 24 21 55 76 40 39 68 90 50 39 72 84 25 17
PWind Dir N NE E S S SE S S SW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 5 20 10 10 30 30 30 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ006-300900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
309 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024
Date 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu
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 42 88 42 89 46
Temp 78 77 60 54 48 43 69 82 87 85 65 57 49 43 64 82 88 86 65 58 50 47
DewPt 31 28 28 29 31 29 31 29 25 23 25 27 28 33 35 32 26 21 28 35 36 38
Max/Min RH 57 10 65 9 71
RH 18 16 29 38 51 57 25 14 10 10 22 31 45 65 33 16 11 9 24 43 58 71
Wind Dir S S SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW NW W S S SW SW SW S W N
Wind Spd 8 9 6 8 8 6 9 12 12 12 8 8 6 4 6 12 20 18 9 9 9 16
Clouds CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW
Clouds(%) 3 7 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 7 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 7 7 13 4 12
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 10 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 11 13 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 11 14 15 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 107120 5 7 7 5 16189226222 6 8 5 4 18253398421 8 7 9 18
T Wind Dir SW SW S S SW SW SW W SW SW S SW W SW S SW SW SW SW SW N N
T Wind Spd 11 13 12 17 14 11 12 19 19 20 13 17 12 8 12 25 33 32 18 16 19 23
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL NO NO NO NO
Fire Weather A A A
Date 05/02Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
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 75 38 75 45 77 47 80 50 87
Temp 70 73 48 38 67 72 53 45 71 72 52 48 70 78 58 51 82 85
DewPt 37 31 29 31 32 32 39 41 41 44 47 48 51 43 51 46 37 27
Min/Max RH 21 76 21 86 28 100 27 91 12
RH 30 21 47 73 27 22 59 84 33 36 82100 52 28 77 85 20 12
PWind Dir N NE S S S SE S S SW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 10 20 30 20 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS
$$
OKZ002-300900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
309 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024
Date 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 47 92 47 91 50
Temp 79 79 62 56 53 48 71 87 91 88 67 59 52 48 65 83 90 87 67 62 56 51
DewPt 39 35 41 45 44 37 34 31 28 27 34 38 39 40 43 39 32 29 41 48 49 46
Max/Min RH 73 10 77 11 86
RH 24 20 46 66 73 66 26 13 10 11 30 46 61 76 44 21 13 12 39 61 77 85
Wind Dir S S SE S S SW SW SW SW S SE E S SW SW S S SW S S SW N
Wind Spd 10 6 6 11 12 8 11 13 12 9 8 9 6 6 6 10 17 17 11 13 12 17
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 5 5 3 2 3 4 2 2 11 12 5 2 3 4 4 3 2 4 7 21 10 18
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 11 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 12 14 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 9 14 7 <1 1 <1 1
Vent Rate 140122 7 10 10 7 20214217142 5 6 5 4 13188385209 9 19 8 18
T Wind Dir SW SW S S S SW W W SW SW S S SW SW SW S SW SW S S W N
T Wind Spd 14 13 16 23 21 17 16 20 17 14 11 13 11 10 10 23 31 31 18 20 18 20
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/02Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 76 40 75 48 77 48 81 53 89
Temp 71 73 50 41 69 73 55 48 72 74 55 49 73 78 59 54 83 86
DewPt 38 32 31 32 30 31 41 44 43 43 49 49 51 47 53 51 42 34
Min/Max RH 21 73 19 86 29 100 30 96 14
RH 30 22 48 71 23 21 60 84 35 33 81100 45 33 81 90 23 15
PWind Dir N N S S S SE S S SW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 5 20 10 10 20 20 20 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
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