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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
549 AM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
TXZ012-162100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
549 AM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
Date Mon 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24
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 94 65 93 64 94
Temp 64 78 89 93 88 78 73 69 65 76 88 92 86 76 71 67 64 75 87 92 89
DewPt 57 56 55 53 54 56 59 61 60 62 58 55 55 59 60 62 61 63 60 56 56
Min/Max RH 26 83 29 93 30
RH 77 47 32 26 31 47 62 76 83 62 36 29 34 56 68 84 90 66 40 30 33
Wind Dir S SW S S S SE SE S S S S S S S S S S SW SW S S
Wind Spd 8 9 12 14 16 13 12 12 11 13 18 20 20 16 13 12 12 14 14 16 13
Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%) 0 1 3 16 14 6 4 2 3 1 5 22 48 51 46 25 6 5 5 20 18
PoP 12HR 5 5 20 50 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.05 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Mix Hgt <1 2 7 11 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 9 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 11 3
Vent Rate 4 17101167 74 9 13 8 7 33130197118 8 14 13 7 44123202 46
T Wind Dir S SW S S SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW S
T Wind Spd 11 12 16 17 21 20 20 18 16 19 21 24 25 19 20 19 18 23 21 21 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 09/19/24Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24
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 66 96 67 93 63 86 57 85
Temp 73 66 91 91 76 67 88 86 71 63 80 80 64 57 79 79
DewPt 61 61 58 57 59 60 59 58 60 58 57 55 52 52 50 48
Max/Min RH 85 27 78 31 85 37 83 30
RH 66 84 33 32 56 78 38 39 68 84 45 42 65 83 36 34
PWind Dir S SW S S S SW W N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 30 50 30 20 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ016-162100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
549 AM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
Date Mon 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 90 59 88 59 90
Temp 60 74 84 88 85 74 68 64 61 73 83 87 80 67 65 62 60 71 83 89 85
DewPt 52 54 54 50 50 54 57 58 58 60 57 56 59 62 63 62 60 62 56 51 51
Min/Max RH 26 94 35 100 27
RH 76 50 35 27 30 49 67 81 91 64 41 35 49 83 94100100 73 39 27 31
Wind Dir SW SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW S
Wind Spd 4 9 13 16 17 13 10 9 9 14 18 19 17 13 10 10 9 11 12 13 12
Clouds FW CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW CL CL SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW
Clouds(%) 10 1 5 4 8 7 7 5 14 4 5 32 66 43 29 8 13 14 4 10 11
PoP 12HR 0 10 30 60 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.06 0.07 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Mix Hgt <1 2 7 11 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 9 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 9 5
Vent Rate 6 28130197146 11 11 9 7 48137182 70 9 10 10 8 29118166 75
T Wind Dir SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 12 17 20 20 21 19 20 17 14 23 23 24 24 16 18 18 16 18 20 20 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 09/19/24Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 59 92 61 89 57 83 52 81
Temp 67 59 85 86 69 62 83 80 64 58 77 78 60 52 75 77
DewPt 53 53 58 56 58 58 59 59 59 57 55 49 49 50 49 47
Max/Min RH 82 30 88 36 98 34 91 31
RH 61 80 40 37 68 87 45 48 86 95 47 36 68 91 41 35
PWind Dir S S S S S SW SW NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 40 40 20 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ008-162100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
549 AM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
Date Mon 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24
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 97 66 96 64 96
Temp 67 79 91 95 91 80 76 70 66 78 90 94 90 77 72 67 64 76 89 94 91
DewPt 61 60 56 54 55 60 62 63 63 65 59 55 55 61 63 64 63 65 61 55 54
Min/Max RH 25 90 27 97 27
RH 83 53 31 25 30 50 63 78 90 64 35 27 30 58 72 87 95 68 38 27 29
Wind Dir SW SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW S
Wind Spd 4 6 10 12 14 12 10 9 8 12 14 18 18 13 11 11 9 12 13 13 12
Clouds FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%) 8 1 2 15 22 4 2 4 6 2 7 22 60 57 47 26 6 3 3 18 15
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 60 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.14 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS NM NM SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2
Mix Hgt <1 2 7 12 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 7 10 6 <1 <1 1 <1 3 7 12 5
Vent Rate 7 18 97181 88 15 15 12 9 47130202143 18 16 16 8 64149236 83
T Wind Dir S SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 11 11 14 17 19 19 20 17 13 19 20 24 25 21 20 17 12 24 23 23 19
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 Thu 09/19/24Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24
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 67 99 68 97 64 87 57 86
Temp 74 67 92 93 77 69 90 88 71 64 81 81 66 57 79 81
DewPt 64 63 57 55 61 62 59 59 62 62 58 54 54 54 51 49
Max/Min RH 88 23 79 28 94 35 92 29
RH 70 86 31 28 58 78 36 37 73 93 45 40 66 91 38 32
PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW SW N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 30 50 30 20 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-162100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
549 AM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
Date Mon 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 93 67 93 65 93
Temp 67 77 88 92 88 79 74 70 67 76 87 92 87 75 71 67 66 75 86 92 88
DewPt 60 58 56 53 56 59 61 62 63 64 59 56 56 62 63 64 64 64 60 54 54
Min/Max RH 27 87 30 95 29
RH 79 53 34 27 33 51 65 76 85 66 39 30 35 64 75 89 93 69 42 29 31
Wind Dir S SW SW S S SE S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW S
Wind Spd 6 8 10 12 14 13 12 11 10 12 16 18 18 14 12 12 12 13 13 13 12
Clouds FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW B1 B1 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW
Clouds(%) 7 1 4 13 18 4 2 3 4 1 6 19 59 53 43 22 5 3 3 18 15
PoP 12HR 5 5 20 60 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.15 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS NM NM SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2
Mix Hgt <1 2 7 12 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 10 6 <1 <1 1 <1 3 7 11 5
Vent Rate 6 18 95178 72 15 14 11 8 44120209153 12 11 16 7 60140223 93
T Wind Dir S SW S S S S SE S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 10 13 16 17 19 23 21 18 14 20 20 24 27 21 19 17 13 24 23 23 20
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 09/19/24Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 67 96 69 94 63 84 57 83
Temp 73 67 89 90 76 69 87 85 70 64 78 79 64 57 75 79
DewPt 62 62 57 56 61 63 60 59 62 61 57 54 53 54 52 49
Max/Min RH 84 26 80 32 92 40 91 32
RH 70 83 35 32 61 80 41 42 76 91 49 43 66 89 44 36
PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW SW N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 10 30 50 20 20 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ006-162100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
549 AM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
Date Mon 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24
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 90 59 88 57 87
Temp 59 74 85 89 87 74 68 65 61 73 85 87 78 66 63 60 58 69 82 86 84
DewPt 52 54 55 52 50 54 57 58 59 60 59 57 60 63 62 60 58 62 53 48 47
Min/Max RH 25 97 36 100 26
RH 78 50 36 27 28 50 67 79 95 63 42 36 53 90 98100100 77 37 27 28
Wind Dir SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
Wind Spd 6 10 14 16 16 14 12 12 10 16 19 20 17 13 11 10 9 12 16 18 13
Clouds CL FW CL FW FW SC FW FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL
Clouds(%) 4 9 4 9 18 28 12 11 5 5 11 39 67 55 30 7 9 5 2 3 5
PoP 12HR 5 20 30 70 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.19 0.26 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC NM NM IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Mix Hgt <1 2 6 11 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 9 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 8 1
Vent Rate 5 28112209 89 11 11 9 8 47144220 50 8 12 7 6 26154182 20
T Wind Dir SW SW SW S S S S S S SW S S S S S SW S SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 12 18 21 21 20 19 19 18 16 24 25 26 25 16 17 16 13 17 26 25 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 09/19/24Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24
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 55 90 57 85 54 80 49 79
Temp 64 56 85 86 66 58 81 79 61 55 75 77 58 50 74 76
DewPt 51 50 50 52 56 54 54 59 59 55 55 48 49 49 49 47
Max/Min RH 83 26 89 38 100 36 98 33
RH 62 80 30 31 69 88 40 50 93100 49 37 73 95 42 35
PWind Dir S SW S SW S W N N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 30 50 20 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC SC SC IS
$$
OKZ002-162100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
549 AM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
Date Mon 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 93 63 92 60 91
Temp 63 77 89 93 88 74 70 65 63 75 87 91 86 69 66 62 61 72 86 90 87
DewPt 59 57 55 52 53 59 62 62 62 63 60 56 57 62 63 62 61 64 58 50 49
Min/Max RH 25 95 31 100 25
RH 84 50 32 25 30 59 75 89 94 66 40 31 38 78 90100100 74 39 25 27
Wind Dir S SW S S S SE S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
Wind Spd 9 10 13 14 13 13 12 11 10 13 17 19 17 13 12 11 11 12 13 16 13
Clouds FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW B1 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 17 7 3 4 25 25 5 9 5 7 6 18 68 67 38 16 4 2 2 5 6
PoP 12HR 10 10 20 60 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.23 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS NM NM SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mix Hgt <1 2 7 12 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 10 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 10 2
Vent Rate 7 22125210 80 17 12 9 9 45146229 90 13 15 7 7 43171215 37
T Wind Dir S SW S S S S S S S SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 14 16 19 20 19 20 23 18 17 23 24 27 25 20 21 16 16 21 26 24 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 09/19/24Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 58 94 62 90 58 81 50 80
Temp 66 59 88 88 69 62 87 84 64 58 77 76 57 51 74 76
DewPt 57 57 50 51 58 58 56 58 61 58 58 54 54 51 52 49
Max/Min RH 94 22 91 32 100 42 100 35
RH 74 91 27 28 68 89 35 41 90100 52 46 90100 45 39
PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW N N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 30 50 20 20 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS IS
$$
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