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
449 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
TXZ012-042100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
449 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
Date Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24
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 64 94 66 96
Temp 63 80 90 92 89 76 71 66 64 78 89 93 92 80 74 69 67 81 92 96 93
DewPt 63 50 51 52 53 56 58 59 59 58 53 50 49 53 55 58 59 61 57 55 54
Min/Max RH 26 84 22 77 25
RH 100 35 26 26 29 50 63 78 84 50 29 23 23 39 51 68 75 51 31 25 27
Wind Dir SW NW N N N E E E NE E E SE S SE S S S SW S SE SE
Wind Spd 11 14 17 17 17 14 13 12 10 13 13 14 14 14 14 13 9 9 9 12 13
Clouds SC B2 SC B1 B1 B2 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 41 74 41 58 63 73 41 31 22 7 2 2 4 4 2 3 10 9 7 19 36
PoP 12HR 10 10 0 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms SC
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3
Mix Hgt <1 1 6 9 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 8 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 10 6
Vent Rate 6 24 99122106 7 6 5 4 25 52 82 95 7 9 9 5 28 72115112
T Wind Dir SW NW N N N E E E E E E S S S S S SW W S S SE
T Wind Spd 13 21 19 19 19 17 16 13 11 14 16 17 17 17 20 19 12 14 11 13 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 Fri 06/07/24Sat 06/08/24Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24
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 94 68 96 66 89 63 87
Temp 73 66 89 90 75 69 92 92 73 67 87 88 72 64 84 84
DewPt 59 60 58 55 56 58 54 52 54 58 57 56 57 58 55 53
Max/Min RH 82 30 69 23 73 32 81 32
RH 62 81 35 31 52 68 28 26 51 73 36 34 59 81 37 34
PWind Dir SE S S S S SE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 10 40 30 50 30
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC IS SC IS SC SC SC IS SC
Tstms SC IS IS SC IS SC IS SC SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ016-042100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
449 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
Date Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 95 62 96 64 98
Temp 61 82 90 94 92 77 71 65 62 78 88 93 95 80 74 68 65 81 93 97 94
DewPt 40 37 42 41 46 50 56 58 59 57 51 47 45 50 54 57 58 61 54 50 50
Min/Max RH 16 89 19 81 21
RH 47 20 19 16 21 39 58 78 89 48 28 21 19 36 50 69 78 50 27 21 23
Wind Dir W NW N N NE NE E E NE E E SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE
Wind Spd 12 14 16 16 14 13 13 10 9 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 8 8 9 11 12
Clouds FW SC FW SC B1 SC B1 FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 25 44 7 50 55 42 59 24 10 6 2 4 14 9 8 7 10 7 8 18 38
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.05
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms SC
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3
Mix Hgt <1 1 10 13 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 7 10 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 14 7
Vent Rate 7 20159150106 8 9 7 5 32 69 97143 9 11 10 9 29 82150 90
T Wind Dir W N NW NW N E E E E E SE S S SE S S S SW S S S
T Wind Spd 14 19 18 18 17 16 17 13 11 14 16 16 16 17 19 18 16 12 10 12 14
RFTI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 06/07/24Sat 06/08/24Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 64 98 66 96 63 91 61 91
Temp 73 65 92 92 74 67 90 92 72 64 88 90 72 62 87 89
DewPt 57 60 54 51 56 57 52 49 55 58 55 53 58 59 53 49
Max/Min RH 85 22 72 21 81 28 92 24
RH 58 84 28 25 53 70 27 23 56 81 33 28 62 92 31 25
PWind Dir SE S S S S SE SE SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 10 50 30 50 30
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC
Tstms SC IS SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ008-042100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
449 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
Date Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24
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 65 98 69 100
Temp 65 81 91 94 94 81 73 68 65 79 90 96 97 85 79 73 70 83 94 99 94
DewPt 65 62 59 58 59 58 60 60 61 60 55 51 50 55 57 59 61 62 59 56 57
Min/Max RH 29 87 20 72 24
RH 100 53 34 30 32 45 65 76 87 53 31 22 21 36 47 62 72 49 31 24 29
Wind Dir S NW N N N NE E NE N E SE SE S S S S SW SW S SE E
Wind Spd 6 11 16 14 13 11 8 6 5 6 8 11 12 12 12 10 4 6 8 9 9
Clouds SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 42 14 7 3 7 9 27 34 31 4 1 1 4 3 2 4 11 11 7 20 42
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms SC
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mix Hgt <1 2 5 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 9 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 9 4
Vent Rate 7 32 99132107 9 8 6 4 20 52 88126 12 14 11 8 34 65 94 46
T Wind Dir SW NW N N N E E E E E SE S SW S S S SW W SW S NE
T Wind Spd 9 16 21 18 16 13 11 10 6 9 9 12 14 14 19 17 11 16 11 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 Fri 06/07/24Sat 06/08/24Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24
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 97 70 100 67 92 65 90
Temp 75 68 91 92 77 71 95 95 76 68 90 90 76 66 86 88
DewPt 61 61 61 58 59 60 56 55 58 59 60 58 60 60 58 57
Max/Min RH 80 30 69 23 74 32 81 33
RH 63 78 37 32 54 68 27 26 55 74 37 34 58 81 39 35
PWind Dir SE S S S S NE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 10 40 30 40 20
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC IS
$$
TXZ008-042100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
449 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
Date Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 94 65 96 69 97
Temp 65 80 89 92 92 80 73 68 65 78 87 94 95 84 78 72 69 81 92 96 92
DewPt 65 60 57 57 58 57 60 60 60 59 54 51 49 54 57 59 60 62 59 55 56
Min/Max RH 30 85 21 74 26
RH 100 51 34 31 32 45 64 75 85 53 32 24 22 36 49 63 73 53 34 26 31
Wind Dir SW NW N N N E E NE NE E SE SE S S S S SW W S SE E
Wind Spd 9 13 17 16 14 13 11 9 9 9 10 12 13 13 16 13 8 9 9 10 11
Clouds SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 41 17 6 2 9 12 22 34 32 4 1 1 6 4 3 5 10 10 6 20 42
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms SC
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3
Mix Hgt <1 2 5 9 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 9 4
Vent Rate 6 31104136107 8 6 5 3 19 48 83106 10 12 10 6 34 64 88 40
T Wind Dir SW N N N N E E E E E SE S S S S S SW W S S E
T Wind Spd 10 18 21 18 17 14 12 10 10 10 11 13 16 17 19 17 11 16 11 11 12
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 06/07/24Sat 06/08/24Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 67 95 70 98 67 90 65 89
Temp 75 68 88 91 77 71 92 92 75 68 88 88 75 66 85 86
DewPt 61 61 60 57 59 60 56 54 58 60 60 58 60 60 58 56
Max/Min RH 81 32 69 23 74 34 80 34
RH 62 79 39 32 55 68 29 28 55 74 39 36 60 79 40 37
PWind Dir SE S S S S NE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 10 40 30 40 20
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC IS
$$
TXZ006-042100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
449 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
Date Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24
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 58 95 61 94
Temp 58 81 87 90 88 72 67 61 58 77 88 93 93 79 72 65 61 78 89 94 91
DewPt 54 52 52 52 51 52 54 55 54 56 53 49 48 51 53 55 55 57 56 53 54
Min/Max RH 27 85 21 81 25
RH 86 36 30 27 28 48 63 81 85 49 30 23 22 38 51 69 80 49 33 25 29
Wind Dir W N N N NE E E N NW SE S S S S S S W W S SE E
Wind Spd 9 17 21 17 14 13 9 8 6 8 10 13 13 12 13 12 6 9 9 10 10
Clouds B1 SC CL SC B2 B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC
Clouds(%) 69 47 4 38 82 67 33 24 8 1 1 4 5 9 3 4 3 2 2 17 41
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms SC
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt <1 3 7 11 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 7 10 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 9 4
Vent Rate 7 63132171102 8 7 4 3 24 72134136 8 10 6 8 52 78104 42
T Wind Dir NW N N N N E E E NW S SW SW SW S S SW W W SW S E
T Wind Spd 13 26 24 19 17 14 14 9 8 10 11 16 16 17 20 13 16 20 13 12 12
RFTI 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 06/07/24Sat 06/08/24Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24
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 62 96 63 95 61 87 58 87
Temp 69 63 90 86 70 64 90 90 69 62 84 85 68 59 84 85
DewPt 59 60 57 54 56 56 55 53 57 58 60 56 60 58 58 53
Max/Min RH 95 24 77 24 88 37 97 32
RH 71 91 33 33 61 75 31 28 66 87 44 38 76 95 41 33
PWind Dir SE S S S SE NE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 10 50 40 50 30
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC SC IS
$$
OKZ002-042100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
449 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
Date Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 89 59 96 63 94
Temp 62 76 83 88 86 72 67 61 59 75 89 95 94 78 73 67 63 78 90 93 88
DewPt 62 65 65 59 56 54 57 57 58 60 55 51 50 53 55 56 57 58 56 57 56
Min/Max RH 35 95 21 80 30
RH 100 68 55 38 36 54 71 87 95 61 32 23 22 42 52 67 79 49 32 30 34
Wind Dir S NW N N NE E SE N W S S S S S S SW SW NE E E E
Wind Spd 8 14 20 17 14 10 8 6 4 5 9 13 13 12 12 13 9 10 10 10 10
Clouds B2 B2 FW CL SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW SC
Clouds(%) 72 73 15 2 41 42 17 18 7 2 1 1 5 4 3 7 10 7 5 17 33
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.06
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms SC
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
Mix Hgt <1 2 5 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 9 9 <1 <1 <1 1 3 6 8 7
Vent Rate 5 45102141117 6 5 4 2 16 53132130 9 9 7 17 46 80 91 82
T Wind Dir S NW N N N E SE E SW S SW SW SW S S SW W W NE SE SE
T Wind Spd 9 23 25 19 17 13 11 9 5 8 10 16 16 19 19 14 18 18 14 12 12
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 06/07/24Sat 06/08/24Sun 06/09/24Mon 06/10/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 62 95 66 96 62 87 60 85
Temp 68 63 90 90 73 66 91 92 70 63 86 86 69 61 82 83
DewPt 60 59 61 57 59 59 58 55 60 59 61 58 59 59 58 57
Max/Min RH 91 30 79 26 89 37 94 39
RH 74 88 38 33 63 77 33 29 71 87 43 39 71 93 44 42
PWind Dir SE S S S S NE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 10 40 30 40 20
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
$$
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