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
223 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
TXZ012-260900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
223 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
Date 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 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 59 89 54 89 59
Temp 92 91 75 70 63 60 75 83 87 87 71 64 58 55 72 83 88 86 73 67 62 60
DewPt 34 26 25 25 24 28 29 26 25 24 29 32 35 38 40 38 37 37 40 42 47 50
Max/Min RH 29 10 53 16 70
RH 13 10 15 18 22 29 18 12 10 10 21 30 42 53 31 20 16 18 30 41 58 70
Wind Dir SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW N E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 19 19 12 12 13 12 14 13 13 10 8 9 8 8 10 12 11 12 12 13 12 10
Clouds B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 53 24 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 4 16 8 7 7 24
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 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 6
Mix Hgt 11 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 8 11 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 7 10 9 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 350286 10 10 9 8 84174206153 5 6 6 5 51102165129 10 12 10 6
T Wind Dir SW SW SW W W W NW NW W W E E E E SE S S SE SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 35 35 20 24 20 19 26 25 21 16 12 16 17 13 18 17 18 17 21 24 23 13
RFTI 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL CL EL NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W W
Date 05/28Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24
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 58 81 60 87 60 87 58 84
Temp 83 78 63 59 77 78 65 61 80 81 66 61 80 84 65 59 78 80
DewPt 52 52 57 57 58 57 59 59 58 55 58 58 53 47 54 53 50 50
Min/Max RH 29 95 45 96 33 90 26 82 31
RH 34 40 80 94 52 49 81 94 47 40 75 89 39 28 68 81 37 35
PWind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE SE E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 40 50 30 30 20 20 20 20 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ016-260900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
223 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
Date 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 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 57 89 52 91 56
Temp 90 90 74 68 62 58 76 83 87 89 71 64 56 52 72 84 90 89 71 66 60 57
DewPt 22 19 22 24 24 27 29 24 22 21 26 26 30 33 37 35 31 28 34 42 48 51
Max/Min RH 31 8 51 10 81
RH 9 7 14 19 24 31 18 11 9 8 18 23 37 48 29 17 12 11 25 43 66 81
Wind Dir SW SW SW W W W NW W W W SW NW NE NE E SE S SW E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 20 20 14 11 12 12 13 12 13 12 8 6 5 5 8 9 9 9 9 11 10 9
Clouds SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 30 6 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 6 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 17 9 8 7 17
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 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 10 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 9 12 13 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 8 14 14 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 310369 16 13 14 9 81161247221 7 7 7 6 48109199187 9 13 12 7
T Wind Dir SW SW SW W W W NW W W W W SE E E SE S SW SW E SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 34 35 26 23 24 19 20 19 23 19 13 14 14 12 19 16 16 14 17 23 19 12
RFTI 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category CH CH EL NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W W
Date 05/28Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24
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 93 55 87 58 93 58 88 56 88
Temp 85 85 62 56 79 85 63 59 85 88 65 59 82 84 65 57 79 83
DewPt 50 44 58 56 57 47 59 59 52 41 57 56 48 41 52 52 49 44
Min/Max RH 19 100 26 100 17 96 20 87 23
RH 29 24 87100 46 27 87100 32 19 75 91 30 22 63 85 35 25
PWind Dir S SE SE SE S S SE E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 20 30 30 20 10 10 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS SC IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC IS
$$
TXZ008-260900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
223 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
Date 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 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 60 91 55 93 62
Temp 95 95 78 71 63 60 77 84 89 89 74 66 58 55 73 86 91 91 77 70 65 62
DewPt 39 27 28 28 27 30 34 34 29 27 33 35 37 40 43 39 38 38 41 45 49 53
Max/Min RH 32 10 57 14 71
RH 14 9 16 20 24 32 21 16 12 11 22 32 45 56 33 19 15 15 28 41 57 71
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW W W NW NW NW N NE NE NE NE E SE S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 16 16 8 5 9 9 12 11 10 6 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 6 4
Clouds SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 34 3 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 10 11 7 16 30
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 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 6
Mix Hgt 11 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 8 11 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 12 11 <1 <1 <1 1
Vent Rate 333370 12 12 11 12 89168212150 9 8 7 6 28109164142 15 15 12 13
T Wind Dir SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW NE E E E E S S S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 33 34 16 18 17 18 25 23 21 16 12 11 10 9 11 13 14 14 19 19 16 12
RFTI 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL CL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/28Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24
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 93 60 86 62 90 63 90 61 88
Temp 86 83 67 61 79 84 68 63 83 84 69 64 83 85 68 61 81 84
DewPt 55 53 58 60 61 59 62 62 62 58 63 60 57 55 59 57 54 54
Min/Max RH 26 97 40 99 35 92 32 86 32
RH 34 37 74 96 53 43 82 97 47 41 80 89 41 35 73 84 39 35
PWind Dir SE SE SE SE S S S E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 30 50 30 30 20 20 20 20 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-260900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
223 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
Date 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 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 62 89 56 91 62
Temp 94 93 78 71 64 62 75 82 87 87 74 66 59 56 72 84 90 89 77 70 65 62
DewPt 37 27 30 30 28 30 34 32 29 27 32 36 37 40 42 39 37 37 41 44 49 53
Max/Min RH 30 11 55 16 71
RH 14 10 17 22 25 30 22 17 13 12 22 33 44 54 34 21 16 16 28 40 57 71
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW W W NW NW NW N NE E NE NE E SE S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 18 19 10 9 11 11 13 12 11 8 6 5 5 4 8 9 9 9 10 11 9 8
Clouds SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 26 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 3 5 3 2 2 3 3 3 9 12 8 18 28
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 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 6
Mix Hgt 11 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 8 11 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 313361 9 11 11 11 95171199140 6 7 7 5 26112179138 12 12 10 11
T Wind Dir SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW NE E E E E S S S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 32 34 16 19 19 19 25 24 20 16 11 12 11 10 11 14 17 14 19 20 16 12
RFTI 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL CL EL NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/28Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24
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 91 60 85 62 89 63 88 61 87
Temp 84 82 66 61 78 82 67 63 81 83 69 64 81 85 68 61 79 83
DewPt 54 52 58 60 60 58 62 63 61 58 62 60 57 52 58 57 53 52
Min/Max RH 26 96 42 99 36 90 31 86 32
RH 35 37 76 96 53 45 83 97 50 42 78 86 43 33 71 85 41 35
PWind Dir SE SE SE SE S S S E NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 30 40 30 30 20 20 20 20 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ006-260900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
223 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
Date 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 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 85 47 88 53
Temp 89 88 68 61 56 52 72 79 84 83 66 58 51 47 70 81 87 87 69 63 56 54
DewPt 30 28 31 32 27 28 30 28 25 24 29 33 34 35 39 38 35 32 39 42 45 47
Max/Min RH 39 11 64 14 78
RH 12 12 25 33 32 39 22 15 11 11 26 38 50 61 33 22 16 14 33 46 65 78
Wind Dir SW SW W W W W NW NW NW N NE NE NE N E SE S S SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 32 31 21 19 9 9 12 9 9 8 8 8 6 5 6 8 9 9 9 9 5 4
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 4 5 3 2 2 1 2 1 9 13 8 5 4 3 2 2 4 17 25 15 14 17
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 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
Mix Hgt 13 14 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 9 12 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 13 14 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 388460 7 9 10 9126175208159 6 7 6 5 36121201183 9 9 7 4
T Wind Dir SW SW W W W NW NW NW W NW NE E NE NE SE S SW SW SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 36 37 24 21 20 19 26 21 19 14 13 14 14 11 11 14 17 14 18 18 13 9
RFTI 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category CH CH EL NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W W
Wind Y Y
Date 05/28Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24
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 54 84 55 88 54 85 53 83
Temp 82 82 59 56 79 79 61 56 82 82 62 55 80 81 61 54 77 80
DewPt 53 50 58 56 58 55 60 56 58 51 58 55 51 44 54 51 50 48
Min/Max RH 24 100 38 100 28 99 25 93 29
RH 36 33 97100 49 43 95100 43 34 86 99 37 27 78 90 39 32
PWind Dir SE SE S S S SE NE NE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 30 30 30 20 20 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS
$$
OKZ002-260900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
223 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
Date 05/25/24 Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 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 85 49 89 55
Temp 92 91 73 64 58 55 72 80 84 83 66 58 53 50 71 83 88 86 70 64 58 56
DewPt 30 23 26 27 31 36 41 37 34 30 35 37 39 40 44 41 38 37 42 43 46 48
Max/Min RH 49 15 71 16 75
RH 11 9 17 24 35 49 33 22 17 15 32 45 59 67 38 22 17 17 36 46 64 75
Wind Dir SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW NE NE N NW NE SE S SE SE SE SE E
Wind Spd 17 14 6 4 10 11 13 12 12 9 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 8 8 8 5 4
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 2 5 2 2 4 4 2 1 0 4 4 5 11 10 5 3 1 13 13 18 32 35
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4
Mix Hgt 13 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 9 11 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 410310 10 8 9 10102180240169 5 5 4 3 14 83141134 8 9 5 4
T Wind Dir SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NE NE NE NE SE SW S S SE S S E
T Wind Spd 35 33 20 18 19 21 25 24 25 20 11 11 10 6 6 10 13 13 16 18 9 9
RFTI 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W W
Date 05/28Wed 05/29/24Thu 05/30/24Fri 05/31/24Sat 06/01/24
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 87 56 83 58 88 58 85 55 85
Temp 83 80 62 57 77 80 62 59 82 82 64 59 81 81 62 56 78 81
DewPt 54 53 58 57 60 58 62 59 63 58 62 59 58 53 58 54 52 51
Min/Max RH 32 100 42 100 38 100 34 95 32
RH 37 39 88100 55 47100100 52 45 94100 46 38 87 94 40 36
PWind Dir SE SE SE S S S E NE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR 30 50 30 40 20 30 10 20 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC SC SC SC IS IS 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