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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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743 FOUS54 KAMA 220949 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 449 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 TXZ012-222100- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 449 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 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 61 46 78 54 80 Temp 60 58 56 55 53 51 50 48 47 57 69 76 74 64 59 57 54 66 76 79 74 DewPt 59 55 52 51 50 48 46 45 45 47 48 51 52 51 51 52 52 56 56 54 54 Min/Max RH 80 93 41 93 42 RH 96 90 86 86 89 89 86 89 93 69 47 42 46 63 75 83 93 70 50 42 50 Wind Dir N N N N N N N N NW NW W SW S SE S S SW SW W N N Wind Spd 12 17 19 19 17 12 6 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 6 6 5 6 8 8 9 Clouds OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) 90 84 83 68 59 44 13 13 9 5 3 6 8 2 6 18 27 28 35 45 49 PoP 12HR 30 0 0 10 30 QPF 12HR 0.08 0 0 0 0.04 Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS SC SC IS Tstms SC IS IS IS SC IS LAL 6HR 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 Haines 6HR 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 1 2 2 2 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 3 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 4 6 <1 Vent Rate 19 35 45 48 37 14 6 5 2 7 28 48 4 5 6 5 5 13 29 47 7 T Wind Dir N N N N N N N N NW NW W W S S S SW W W SW NW NE T Wind Spd 16 24 26 24 19 17 12 10 6 6 10 11 6 13 14 14 12 12 9 9 11 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 Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24 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 53 78 51 80 52 82 53 83 Temp 60 54 74 74 58 51 75 75 59 52 75 76 60 54 77 78 DewPt 53 52 50 48 47 48 50 49 49 48 50 49 49 49 50 48 Max/Min RH 94 36 89 35 87 33 85 31 RH 78 93 43 40 67 89 41 40 69 86 41 39 67 83 39 35 PWind Dir NE NE SE S SE N NE N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs IS IS Tstms IS IS $$ TXZ016-222100- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 449 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 62 43 77 51 78 Temp 57 56 56 58 57 51 47 45 43 55 69 76 73 61 57 53 52 64 74 77 73 DewPt 57 55 51 50 49 49 47 45 43 48 48 50 51 52 52 53 52 58 56 53 53 Min/Max RH 71 100 40 100 43 RH 100 97 82 75 76 93100100100 76 48 40 46 72 85100100 80 53 43 50 Wind Dir N N N N NE NE N N NW W SW SW S S S SW SW W N N NE Wind Spd 10 16 18 18 16 9 4 3 2 3 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 6 9 9 9 Clouds OV B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW SC SC FW Clouds(%) 93 86 85 49 45 24 15 9 10 4 2 5 3 5 10 21 29 23 26 33 24 PoP 12HR 10 0 0 10 30 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS Tstms SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Haines 6HR 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 1 2 2 3 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 4 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 4 7 2 Vent Rate 25 34 51 58 46 10 8 3 3 7 37 77 4 6 8 8 6 17 39 64 16 T Wind Dir N N N N NE NE NE N NW W W W SW S S SW W W NW NW NE T Wind Spd 19 24 25 23 19 13 12 6 5 5 11 14 8 11 16 16 12 13 10 10 11 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 50 76 48 80 50 81 50 82 Temp 56 51 72 73 55 49 74 77 56 51 74 75 57 51 77 78 DewPt 53 51 51 48 49 49 51 50 50 49 51 50 50 49 49 49 Max/Min RH 100 37 100 35 97 35 95 32 RH 90100 48 41 80100 44 39 80 95 45 41 77 93 38 36 PWind Dir NE NE SE S SE N E N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 10 5 5 0 0 5 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS Tstms IS $$ TXZ008-222100- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 449 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 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 62 46 78 53 82 Temp 60 57 57 58 57 53 51 48 46 57 67 74 76 65 60 56 54 65 75 80 75 DewPt 60 55 53 51 49 49 48 47 46 47 48 51 53 53 53 53 53 57 57 55 54 Min/Max RH 75 100 42 98 42 RH 100 91 84 77 76 84 88 95 99 71 50 44 44 65 77 91 96 75 54 42 49 Wind Dir N N N N N N N NW NW NW W SW S SE S S SW SW NW N NE Wind Spd 9 14 16 16 13 9 4 2 2 2 4 3 2 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 6 Clouds OV B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW CL FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC Clouds(%) 90 85 88 83 60 46 7 5 13 3 2 6 4 2 8 12 25 33 35 63 40 PoP 12HR 40 5 0 10 30 QPF 12HR 0.04 0 0 0 0.01 Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS SC SC IS Tstms SC IS IS SC IS LAL 6HR 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Haines 6HR 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 Mix Hgt 2 2 3 3 3 1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 5 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 4 6 <1 Vent Rate 26 49 51 65 53 14 7 4 4 10 26 44 4 7 9 8 6 11 23 39 11 T Wind Dir N N N N N NE N N NW NW W SW S S S SW SW SW NE NE NE T Wind Spd 17 25 21 21 18 13 10 6 5 6 8 9 4 10 13 11 9 9 6 8 13 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 Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24 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 53 82 52 83 53 85 55 85 Temp 60 54 75 77 60 53 76 78 61 53 77 79 62 55 77 79 DewPt 54 53 51 49 50 50 51 50 51 51 52 50 52 52 51 50 Max/Min RH 99 32 90 33 94 32 91 31 RH 81 98 44 37 68 88 41 37 70 93 42 37 70 90 40 36 PWind Dir N NE SE S SE NE NE N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 5 5 5 5 5 10 5 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS $$ TXZ008-222100- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 449 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 61 47 76 54 79 Temp 60 56 55 57 55 53 51 49 48 55 64 72 74 64 60 56 55 63 72 77 73 DewPt 60 55 53 51 49 49 48 48 47 48 49 51 53 53 52 53 54 57 57 54 55 Min/Max RH 76 100 45 97 46 RH 97 95 91 81 80 85 89 96 95 76 57 47 48 68 76 90 96 80 58 46 53 Wind Dir N N N N N N N NW NW W W SW S SE S S SW SW N N NE Wind Spd 11 16 17 16 13 9 4 3 2 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 Clouds OV B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC Clouds(%) 90 85 88 77 58 43 7 5 8 3 2 3 3 2 8 13 25 34 32 51 39 PoP 12HR 30 0 0 10 30 QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0 0 0.02 Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS SC SC IS Tstms SC IS IS SC IS LAL 6HR 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Haines 6HR 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 Mix Hgt 2 2 2 3 3 1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 5 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 3 6 <1 Vent Rate 28 45 48 65 52 15 6 4 3 10 27 43 7 6 8 6 6 10 23 41 10 T Wind Dir N N N N N N N N NW NW W SW S S S S SW W NE NE NE T Wind Spd 17 25 23 23 19 14 10 6 5 6 9 10 5 11 14 12 11 9 8 8 13 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 54 80 53 81 54 82 55 82 Temp 60 54 72 75 60 53 73 76 60 54 74 76 61 56 75 77 DewPt 54 53 52 49 49 50 52 51 51 51 52 51 51 52 51 51 Max/Min RH 99 36 89 36 91 36 88 34 RH 82 96 49 39 67 87 47 42 72 89 47 41 69 86 44 40 PWind Dir N NE SE S SE E NE N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS $$ TXZ006-222100- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 449 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 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 60 41 74 48 75 Temp 52 54 57 59 57 48 46 44 42 55 67 73 72 58 54 50 49 62 72 75 70 DewPt 51 50 50 50 47 48 46 44 42 48 51 53 53 53 52 50 49 54 54 53 52 Min/Max RH 67 100 47 100 45 RH 98 87 77 71 69 98 98100100 77 56 48 50 83 93 99100 76 53 45 52 Wind Dir N N N N N NE N W W SW SW SW S S S SW W NW N NE NE Wind Spd 19 21 21 19 13 6 3 2 2 4 9 6 4 4 4 4 4 6 10 10 9 Clouds OV B2 B2 SC B1 FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW Clouds(%) 88 87 78 49 53 20 5 7 18 3 3 2 3 8 10 25 35 34 26 36 23 PoP 12HR 10 0 0 20 20 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS Tstms IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Haines 6HR 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 2 2 3 3 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 3 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 4 7 1 Vent Rate 38 50 58 59 36 5 3 2 2 12 34 54 7 5 5 5 4 8 45 73 11 T Wind Dir N N N N NE NE NE NW W SW W W S S S SW W NW NE N NE T Wind Spd 24 27 26 21 17 10 8 5 5 10 11 11 8 10 11 11 9 8 11 12 11 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 Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24 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 46 76 46 78 46 79 48 79 Temp 53 47 72 73 53 46 73 75 54 47 73 74 54 49 74 76 DewPt 51 47 51 49 48 46 53 51 50 47 52 51 51 49 52 51 Max/Min RH 100 38 100 40 100 39 100 37 RH 93100 47 42 82100 49 43 86100 47 44 90100 46 43 PWind Dir N NE SE S SE NE NE N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 5 5 0 5 5 10 0 $$ OKZ002-222100- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 449 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 58 40 73 46 76 Temp 52 53 54 55 54 46 45 42 41 53 65 72 70 56 52 49 47 60 71 74 70 DewPt 52 51 51 50 47 46 45 42 41 46 48 51 52 53 51 49 47 54 55 54 53 Min/Max RH 74 100 47 100 49 RH 100 93 90 81 79100100100100 77 54 48 53 89 96100100 81 56 49 55 Wind Dir N N N N N N NW NW W W SW S SE SE S SW SW NW N NE NE Wind Spd 13 16 16 14 11 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 5 Clouds B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC Clouds(%) 83 91 88 74 60 42 7 6 5 3 3 4 5 6 10 30 41 52 50 38 29 PoP 12HR 20 0 0 10 20 QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Haines 6HR 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 4 4 Mix Hgt 1 2 3 3 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 4 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 4 1 Vent Rate 28 41 54 59 33 6 4 2 3 8 26 39 5 4 5 5 4 5 28 45 10 T Wind Dir N N N N N N N NW W W SW W SE S S SW W NW NE NE NE T Wind Spd 23 23 21 19 14 9 9 5 6 6 8 9 8 10 11 11 10 6 11 11 11 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24Sat 09/28/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 46 78 45 78 47 80 48 79 Temp 52 47 72 73 53 46 73 73 53 48 72 73 54 49 73 73 DewPt 52 47 51 49 48 46 53 50 51 48 54 52 52 49 53 51 Max/Min RH 100 37 100 40 100 41 100 39 RH 99100 48 43 83100 49 44 91100 52 47 92100 49 45 PWind Dir NW NE SE SE SE NE NE N Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12HR 10 5 5 5 5 5 10 5 $$ 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