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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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285 FOUS54 KAMA 212055 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 355 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024 TXZ012-220900- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 355 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024 Date 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 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 50 77 56 91 54 Temp 88 87 72 64 56 51 61 71 76 75 65 61 58 57 72 86 90 89 73 66 60 55 DewPt 24 22 26 30 42 45 45 45 45 46 49 51 55 56 51 34 24 20 22 23 23 32 Max/Min RH 80 32 99 8 41 RH 10 9 18 28 59 80 56 39 33 36 56 70 90 96 48 16 9 8 15 19 24 41 Wind Dir W W SW S N N NE NE E SE SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W N Wind Spd 12 13 6 5 11 16 14 13 12 12 13 13 12 11 12 13 17 17 12 10 12 13 Clouds CL CL CL SC CL SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW Clouds(%) 2 3 4 44 4 29 19 17 8 4 4 4 21 35 20 4 3 3 3 4 4 7 PoP 12HR 0 0 10 0 0 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 6 6 6 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 10 12 <1 <1 1 2 3 4 5 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 14 13 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 209271 5 4 32 55 57 63 62 66 7 8 8 16 36167332290 7 8 8 10 T Wind Dir W W SW S NE NE NE NE E SE SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W N T Wind Spd 23 26 11 11 28 27 23 18 13 13 17 18 19 18 18 26 27 26 16 18 19 23 RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL EL NO NO NO Date 05/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24 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 83 54 91 59 91 55 85 54 85 Temp 75 82 63 55 83 90 68 60 85 89 66 56 80 83 64 55 79 83 DewPt 33 32 38 44 34 22 27 31 30 24 34 42 38 34 38 44 43 42 Min/Max RH 16 66 8 33 9 59 16 66 22 RH 21 16 39 66 17 8 21 33 14 9 30 59 22 17 38 66 28 24 PWind Dir NE SE S SW W NW N E E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 $$ TXZ016-220900- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 355 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024 Date 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 50 82 54 91 54 Temp 85 86 70 63 54 50 60 71 80 80 67 61 57 55 73 86 90 88 71 64 60 55 DewPt 18 18 24 26 38 45 46 44 42 39 45 49 52 50 39 21 15 10 13 13 14 22 Max/Min RH 83 22 89 5 29 RH 9 8 18 24 53 83 60 38 26 23 45 65 83 83 30 9 6 5 11 13 17 28 Wind Dir W W SW W N NE NE NE E SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW W SW SW W NW Wind Spd 12 11 4 2 5 12 13 11 10 11 11 12 12 11 12 16 18 17 10 9 10 11 Clouds CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW Clouds(%) 3 5 2 11 1 22 16 11 3 6 3 3 13 24 5 3 3 4 3 6 6 9 PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 Mix Hgt 11 11 <1 <1 <1 2 3 4 7 8 <1 <1 <1 1 2 11 13 13 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 284262 5 5 19 42 51 54 66 99 9 9 13 17 33255328310 9 12 10 11 T Wind Dir W W SW SW NE NE NE E SE S SE SE S S SW SW SW W SW SW W NW T Wind Spd 29 26 10 10 26 25 23 14 11 13 16 17 21 19 17 26 28 27 17 23 19 19 RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL CL EL NO NO NO Date 05/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 87 52 92 57 91 52 88 53 88 Temp 75 86 62 53 86 89 67 58 85 89 64 53 81 86 64 54 80 86 DewPt 31 22 32 34 25 14 19 26 25 17 29 39 34 26 37 43 42 37 Min/Max RH 9 49 6 29 7 59 11 66 17 RH 20 9 33 48 11 6 16 29 11 7 27 59 19 11 37 66 26 18 PWind Dir NE S SW W W NW NE E SE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 $$ TXZ008-220900- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 355 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024 Date 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 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 82 59 96 57 Temp 89 89 75 67 59 55 64 74 80 80 69 63 59 60 74 89 95 93 77 70 62 57 DewPt 27 26 29 38 46 46 46 46 45 46 50 51 55 57 55 39 27 24 28 28 29 37 Max/Min RH 72 28 92 8 47 RH 11 10 18 34 63 72 52 37 30 31 50 65 85 90 52 18 9 8 16 21 29 47 Wind Dir W SW SW N N NE NE NE E SE SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W N Wind Spd 12 13 10 9 13 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 6 9 11 13 12 9 8 9 9 Clouds CL CL CL SC FW SC FW FW FW CL FW CL FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW Clouds(%) 2 5 4 50 14 31 14 12 6 5 10 4 17 26 16 3 3 4 4 2 7 6 PoP 12HR 5 0 10 5 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 12 13 <1 1 2 3 3 5 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 10 14 12 <1 <1 <1 1 Vent Rate 216302 8 15 51 68 66 72 67 71 13 12 11 11 54176358288 13 12 13 20 T Wind Dir W SW SW NE NE NE NE NE E SE SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW NW N T Wind Spd 19 27 11 14 27 26 21 16 12 12 17 14 14 12 18 20 28 27 19 17 19 18 RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO Date 05/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24 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 85 56 95 60 95 57 89 56 89 Temp 77 84 66 57 86 93 70 61 88 93 69 58 82 87 66 56 82 86 DewPt 33 34 38 45 40 28 34 37 38 28 40 45 40 35 41 46 45 44 Min/Max RH 16 63 10 41 9 62 15 69 21 RH 21 16 36 63 20 10 26 41 17 10 35 62 23 16 40 69 27 23 PWind Dir NE SE S SW W NW N NE NE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 $$ TXZ008-220900- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 355 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024 Date 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 54 81 59 94 57 Temp 86 87 74 66 58 54 63 71 78 79 69 63 60 60 73 87 93 91 76 70 63 57 DewPt 26 26 29 37 46 46 46 45 46 46 49 51 55 57 54 37 26 22 26 27 28 36 Max/Min RH 74 31 90 8 44 RH 12 11 19 35 64 73 54 40 32 32 49 63 83 89 51 17 9 9 16 20 27 44 Wind Dir W SW SW N N NE NE NE E SE SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W N Wind Spd 12 13 9 9 14 13 12 11 10 10 12 12 11 10 12 12 16 14 11 10 11 12 Clouds CL CL CL B1 FW SC FW FW CL CL FW CL FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW Clouds(%) 1 4 4 52 13 33 14 13 4 4 10 5 17 26 19 2 2 3 4 3 5 6 PoP 12HR 5 0 10 0 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 12 12 <1 <1 2 3 3 5 6 6 <1 <1 <1 1 3 9 14 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 222294 6 9 49 65 65 69 64 69 11 10 10 21 48179348296 9 9 11 12 T Wind Dir W SW SW N NE NE NE NE E SE SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW NW N T Wind Spd 21 27 12 13 27 25 21 16 12 12 16 16 14 16 18 21 28 27 17 16 19 19 RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL EL NO NO NO Date 05/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 84 57 93 61 93 58 87 56 87 Temp 74 83 66 58 84 92 70 61 85 91 69 58 81 86 66 57 80 85 DewPt 33 33 39 45 39 27 33 37 37 27 40 44 40 35 41 45 45 43 Min/Max RH 17 62 10 40 10 61 16 65 22 RH 23 17 37 62 20 10 25 40 18 11 34 61 24 17 40 65 29 24 PWind Dir NE SE S SW W NW N NE E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 $$ TXZ006-220900- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 355 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024 Date 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 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 47 78 50 89 48 Temp 84 83 66 59 50 47 59 69 76 77 64 58 53 51 69 85 88 86 69 61 53 49 DewPt 27 22 29 43 45 44 44 42 41 40 46 49 51 50 46 28 20 16 19 20 25 31 Max/Min RH 90 26 100 7 50 RH 12 11 24 55 83 90 57 37 28 26 52 71 93100 44 13 8 7 15 20 34 50 Wind Dir SW SW SW N N N NE E SE S SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW W NW N Wind Spd 10 14 8 8 10 11 10 9 10 12 12 10 9 6 10 13 17 17 12 9 10 12 Clouds CL FW FW B1 FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL Clouds(%) 4 6 21 66 16 16 10 2 3 7 4 4 7 7 3 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 PoP 12HR 0 0 10 0 0 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 6 6 6 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 13 13 <1 2 2 1 3 5 7 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 11 13 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 301360 7 52 46 20 42 48 76113 9 9 9 7 33243333298 9 8 10 10 T Wind Dir SW W W NE NE NE NE E S S SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW W N N T Wind Spd 25 32 14 31 27 20 14 11 12 17 17 17 17 13 17 25 28 29 19 17 21 19 RFTI 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 RFTI Category EL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL EL NO NO NO Date 05/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24 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 81 49 89 51 90 48 84 49 85 Temp 72 80 60 50 83 86 62 52 84 86 59 49 79 82 59 50 78 82 DewPt 31 29 36 41 33 22 29 33 29 25 40 39 37 32 39 42 43 40 Min/Max RH 15 72 9 49 10 72 16 77 21 RH 22 15 42 72 17 9 28 48 14 11 49 69 22 16 47 76 29 22 PWind Dir NE SE S W W NW N NE SE Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 $$ OKZ002-220900- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 355 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024 Date 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 49 78 52 92 50 Temp 75 75 62 55 50 49 61 71 76 76 64 59 55 53 70 85 91 88 70 64 56 50 DewPt 44 42 46 50 49 45 46 42 41 42 48 49 52 53 55 44 28 23 27 29 35 33 Max/Min RH 96 27 100 9 52 RH 32 30 55 83 96 85 57 35 28 30 56 69 90100 60 24 10 9 20 27 46 51 Wind Dir N SE E N N N NE NE E SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW N N Wind Spd 9 12 11 13 12 9 8 8 9 11 11 11 9 8 11 12 13 14 12 11 12 12 Clouds CL B1 B1 SC B2 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL Clouds(%) 0 51 57 36 78 31 8 3 0 5 13 6 11 24 7 2 1 3 2 2 3 4 PoP 12HR 5 0 10 0 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 9 5 <1 <1 2 1 3 5 6 6 <1 <1 <1 1 3 9 14 13 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 113 81 11 20 38 15 29 40 55 83 9 9 7 16 49168357290 10 9 11 11 T Wind Dir W SE E NE N N NE NE SE S SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW W N N T Wind Spd 13 18 19 24 23 16 11 9 10 14 17 17 14 14 18 19 28 26 20 19 20 21 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL NO NO NO NO Date 05/24Sat 05/25/24Sun 05/26/24Mon 05/27/24Tue 05/28/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 79 49 90 53 90 50 85 50 85 Temp 74 77 59 50 82 88 64 54 84 85 61 51 79 82 59 51 79 82 DewPt 33 32 37 41 44 30 41 44 45 35 45 44 42 36 43 45 45 43 Min/Max RH 18 72 12 71 15 80 18 81 23 RH 22 19 44 72 26 12 43 70 26 17 56 77 26 19 55 80 30 25 PWind Dir NE E S W W N N NE E Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 5 $$ 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