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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
548 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024
TXZ012-182100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
548 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024
Date Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 Fri 09/20/24
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 67 97 68 96
Temp 66 77 89 94 89 77 74 70 67 79 91 96 91 80 75 71 68 80 92 95 90
DewPt 60 63 61 57 56 58 61 61 60 60 52 48 51 54 56 58 59 60 57 54 53
Min/Max RH 29 78 20 74 25
RH 81 62 39 29 33 52 64 73 78 52 27 20 26 41 52 63 73 51 31 25 28
Wind Dir S SW SW SW S S S S SW SW W SW S S S S SW SW S S S
Wind Spd 13 14 14 16 13 10 10 10 10 11 10 9 8 8 9 9 9 11 13 14 13
Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 1 0 9 19 20 11 4 11 13 6 7 17 23 17 17 27 32 22 21 37 39
PoP 12HR 20 10 5 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3
Mix Hgt <1 2 5 9 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 7 11 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 10 4
Vent Rate 8 36 76173 39 8 10 12 8 20 94141 9 6 7 8 7 30 99154 57
T Wind Dir S SW SW SW S S S SW SW W W W S S S S SW SW S S S
T Wind Spd 19 23 18 21 18 18 20 20 19 18 16 14 10 14 18 19 18 19 16 17 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 Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24
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 88 58 83 53 83 55 85
Temp 75 67 82 81 67 59 76 77 60 53 75 79 63 56 80 79
DewPt 56 58 61 58 56 53 49 47 46 45 45 45 47 49 50 49
Max/Min RH 73 40 81 30 74 26 77 30
RH 52 73 49 46 68 80 39 35 60 74 34 30 56 77 35 35
PWind Dir S S NE NW N NW S W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 50 40 5 5 5 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ016-182100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
548 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024
Date Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 Fri 09/20/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 91 60 94 63 93
Temp 62 71 83 90 87 73 67 64 61 74 88 93 88 75 70 66 63 75 87 91 86
DewPt 62 65 58 52 52 54 58 57 54 57 49 48 50 55 56 58 59 61 56 53 54
Min/Max RH 26 81 22 86 28
RH 100 80 42 27 30 50 72 78 78 55 26 22 28 50 62 75 86 61 35 28 34
Wind Dir S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 10 12 13 14 12 6 6 6 6 8 10 11 9 8 8 8 8 11 13 14 13
Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 5 9 12 6 9 11 6 14 26 12 13 13 18 22 15 21 26 26 22 41 45
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 0 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3
Mix Hgt <1 2 4 10 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 8 11 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 10 5
Vent Rate 9 24 54196 53 7 10 9 7 13112146 23 7 9 9 7 34132177 84
T Wind Dir S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW S S S
T Wind Spd 17 16 14 21 16 13 18 18 14 14 16 14 10 14 17 17 14 20 19 19 19
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 61 85 53 78 49 81 53 82
Temp 69 62 77 79 61 53 72 74 55 49 73 77 60 54 77 77
DewPt 58 59 61 53 49 51 47 45 46 44 46 46 49 51 50 47
Max/Min RH 90 40 94 31 85 30 89 29
RH 69 90 57 41 65 93 40 36 71 83 38 33 66 88 39 34
PWind Dir S S NW N NE W S W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 60 40 5 5 5 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC NM SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ008-182100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
548 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024
Date Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 Fri 09/20/24
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 68 99 67 99
Temp 68 78 89 95 92 79 75 71 68 78 92 98 94 80 74 69 67 79 93 98 93
DewPt 63 64 62 57 54 59 62 63 62 60 48 44 48 52 54 58 60 62 58 54 54
Min/Max RH 26 84 16 78 24
RH 83 63 40 28 28 51 65 76 83 54 22 16 21 38 50 67 78 55 31 24 27
Wind Dir S SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW W SW SW S S S SW SW S S S
Wind Spd 10 13 13 13 12 9 8 6 6 9 9 6 5 4 4 4 4 8 11 12 12
Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 4 0 2 18 17 8 0 11 6 6 7 11 13 16 13 20 34 26 22 40 45
PoP 12HR 20 10 5 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3
Mix Hgt <1 2 5 9 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 11 4
Vent Rate 11 53 94185 55 13 14 11 9 26 79157 7 6 9 8 8 37119165 60
T Wind Dir S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW W W W SW S S SW SW SW SW S S
T Wind Spd 16 24 19 23 20 19 20 14 12 17 14 17 9 8 12 12 12 19 17 17 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 Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24
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 69 89 58 83 52 86 57 85
Temp 76 69 83 81 67 58 76 77 60 52 74 83 64 57 79 79
DewPt 59 61 62 61 59 55 49 46 47 45 45 45 48 50 52 50
Max/Min RH 77 43 90 30 79 25 78 32
RH 55 77 48 51 75 89 40 33 62 77 35 26 55 78 40 36
PWind Dir S S N NW N NW S NW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 50 50 10 5 5 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC
$$
TXZ008-182100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
548 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024
Date Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 Fri 09/20/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 95 67 96 69 96
Temp 68 76 87 92 90 78 74 71 68 76 89 94 91 78 73 70 69 78 90 94 90
DewPt 62 64 61 57 55 58 61 62 62 59 49 45 49 52 55 58 60 61 59 54 54
Min/Max RH 28 82 19 73 27
RH 80 66 43 31 31 51 66 74 81 56 26 19 23 40 53 64 73 56 36 27 31
Wind Dir S SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW W SW SW S S S SW SW S S S
Wind Spd 13 13 13 13 12 10 9 9 9 9 9 6 5 5 6 8 6 9 11 12 12
Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 3 0 4 14 18 8 0 10 8 7 7 12 13 16 13 21 35 25 23 41 47
PoP 12HR 10 5 5 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3
Mix Hgt <1 2 5 9 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 6 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 11 4
Vent Rate 10 45 87200 60 10 12 9 8 20 72139 5 6 8 8 7 35 84161 52
T Wind Dir S SW SW SW S S S S SW W W SW SW S S SW SW SW SW S S
T Wind Spd 17 24 20 24 19 18 20 14 14 16 14 17 9 10 14 14 13 19 17 17 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 68 86 58 79 53 83 58 83
Temp 76 68 80 79 66 59 73 74 59 53 73 79 64 58 76 78
DewPt 58 61 62 61 59 54 50 46 47 46 45 45 48 50 52 51
Max/Min RH 79 47 86 34 78 28 76 33
RH 55 78 55 55 77 85 44 37 64 77 37 31 56 76 43 39
PWind Dir S S NE NW N NW S NW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 50 50 5 5 5 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC
$$
TXZ006-182100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
548 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024
Date Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 Fri 09/20/24
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 88 55 90 59 90
Temp 58 70 83 88 85 70 64 60 57 71 85 89 87 71 65 62 59 72 85 89 81
DewPt 58 65 56 48 46 47 49 50 48 46 45 44 46 49 50 51 53 58 59 56 58
Min/Max RH 24 73 21 81 33
RH 100 82 39 25 26 44 58 70 72 41 25 21 25 44 57 69 80 60 41 33 45
Wind Dir S SW SW SW SW SW S SW W W W SW SW SE SE S SW SW SW S SW
Wind Spd 10 13 16 19 14 9 6 5 4 5 9 9 8 5 5 5 5 9 13 13 12
Clouds FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) 13 12 2 2 3 5 2 5 4 14 19 9 10 16 12 26 37 39 34 48 68
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC
Tstms IS IS SC
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 6HR 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3
Mix Hgt <1 1 5 8 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 8 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 10 1
Vent Rate 6 16 84203 21 4 6 5 4 10 57102 9 4 6 7 6 27100166 13
T Wind Dir S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW W W SW SE S S SW SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 13 16 19 27 17 10 13 11 10 11 14 14 9 8 12 13 12 19 19 18 14
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 Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24
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 79 50 75 45 78 50 77
Temp 65 59 75 76 57 50 70 71 52 45 72 76 57 50 74 74
DewPt 59 58 62 56 53 49 48 44 45 42 47 47 47 49 51 49
Max/Min RH 97 49 100 34 91 33 95 35
RH 80 96 64 52 88 97 45 38 76 89 41 36 69 95 44 41
PWind Dir S S N N N W S NW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 60 50 5 5 0 10 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM NM SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC IS SC SC SC SC
$$
OKZ002-182100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
548 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024
Date Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 Fri 09/20/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 93 58 92 58 95
Temp 62 73 87 93 89 73 67 63 58 72 86 91 88 71 66 61 59 73 89 94 88
DewPt 62 65 62 52 48 51 56 56 53 46 44 44 45 48 48 51 53 57 58 56 55
Min/Max RH 22 84 20 81 28
RH 100 76 43 25 24 47 68 80 83 39 23 20 23 43 53 69 81 56 35 28 34
Wind Dir S SW SW SW SW S S SW W W NW W S E SE S S SW SW S S
Wind Spd 12 13 13 16 13 9 8 8 6 8 8 6 4 4 4 4 4 8 12 13 10
Clouds FW CL CL CL FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) 8 2 1 2 10 7 3 6 4 3 11 15 13 14 12 22 33 38 30 41 61
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 6HR 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mix Hgt <1 2 5 10 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 5 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 5 12 4
Vent Rate 8 30 69248 50 7 8 8 5 17 54 91 6 4 5 6 6 23 73201 54
T Wind Dir S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW NW NW W N NE SE S S SW SW SW W
T Wind Spd 16 19 16 26 19 14 18 17 12 14 12 13 6 8 11 11 13 19 17 19 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24Tue 09/24/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 62 82 51 75 45 80 50 80
Temp 68 62 77 75 59 51 71 71 52 45 72 75 57 51 75 74
DewPt 59 58 63 60 57 51 49 46 46 44 46 47 48 49 51 50
Max/Min RH 88 50 100 37 98 32 94 36
RH 72 88 61 60 93100 46 41 80 95 40 37 71 93 43 43
PWind Dir S S N NW N W S N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 30 50 60 10 5 0 10 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC NM SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC
$$
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