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
248 AM CDT Sun Jun 1 2025
TXZ012-012100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
248 AM CDT Sun Jun 1 2025
Date Sun 06/01/25 Mon 06/02/25 Tue 06/03/25
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 86 63 88 61 75
Temp 63 60 73 82 85 84 73 69 65 63 74 86 85 78 69 66 64 62 68 71 70 66
DewPt 54 54 58 58 58 58 60 61 62 63 63 61 59 59 62 63 62 59 57 56 53 51
Min/Max RH 40 99 41 93 54
RH 72 81 59 44 40 41 64 76 91 99 69 44 42 52 78 90 93 91 68 59 54 58
Wind Dir NW N NE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S SW NW N N N
Wind Spd 5 5 8 9 11 13 13 13 12 12 14 18 19 16 13 14 14 13 16 18 19 16
Clouds FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 18 8 11 2 6 9 48 33 29 45 35 50 67 72 72 51 27 12 14 45 38 36
PoP 12HR 5 10 40 60 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.15 0.16 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM NM IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 4 5 4 2 1 1 1 2 5 4 5 2 2 2 1 4 3 4 4
Vent Rate 3 3 14 33 60 59 29 27 26 19 45111112 81 25 25 32 22 66 57 84 67
T Wind Dir NW NW E SE S SE SE SE SE S S S SW S S S S SW NW N N N
T Wind Spd 9 8 10 10 12 18 21 23 21 18 23 25 28 18 16 17 20 19 19 20 25 20
RFTI 0 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 NO
Date Wed 06/04/25Thu 06/05/25Fri 06/06/25Sat 06/07/25
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 49 70 53 77 59 83 61 87
Temp 55 50 62 69 58 54 71 75 63 60 76 80 66 62 82 84
DewPt 49 47 52 54 55 54 59 59 61 60 63 61 62 60 62 59
Max/Min RH 92 57 100 54 100 48 95 40
RH 80 90 70 59 90100 66 58 93100 64 52 87 93 51 43
PWind Dir NE E SE SE SE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 30 50 40 20 40 30 40 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ016-012100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
248 AM CDT Sun Jun 1 2025
Date Sun 06/01/25 Mon 06/02/25 Tue 06/03/25
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 61 88 58 76
Temp 61 58 74 83 88 88 74 68 64 61 76 86 83 77 65 62 60 58 70 73 73 70
DewPt 56 56 57 57 55 55 60 61 61 61 61 57 57 59 64 62 60 57 57 56 53 52
Min/Max RH 30 99 38 100 49
RH 84 93 55 41 32 32 62 78 91 99 60 38 42 54 97100100 95 62 55 50 52
Wind Dir NW NW N NE SE SE SE SE SE S S SW SW S S S SW SW NW N N NE
Wind Spd 4 4 5 5 6 9 9 9 9 9 13 17 16 13 12 10 11 11 14 17 16 13
Clouds FW FW CL CL FW FW B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 SC FW FW FW SC SC FW
Clouds(%) 19 11 1 2 8 17 57 44 28 40 32 62 81 54 74 44 14 7 7 30 43 22
PoP 12HR 5 20 60 50 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.11 0.09 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS NM NM SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC IS
Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 5 9 5 <1 <1 1 <1 3 6 7 4 1 2 1 1 4 4 5 4
Vent Rate 5 3 13 40 65 53 14 14 14 13 48142140 81 20 17 20 15 57 67 87 60
T Wind Dir W NW W W W S SE SE S S S SW SW SW S S SW W N N N NE
T Wind Spd 13 9 9 9 8 11 18 18 12 14 21 27 24 20 18 12 17 14 17 20 18 16
RFTI 0 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 NO
Date Wed 06/04/25Thu 06/05/25Fri 06/06/25Sat 06/07/25
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 48 71 52 80 57 84 59 89
Temp 53 48 61 70 57 53 72 77 63 58 77 81 63 60 82 86
DewPt 51 48 53 56 57 53 60 60 63 58 63 61 63 60 61 55
Max/Min RH 100 58 100 50 100 46 100 32
RH 93100 74 60100100 66 55100100 62 51100100 48 35
PWind Dir NE E SE S S S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 50 40 20 40 30 30 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ008-012100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
248 AM CDT Sun Jun 1 2025
Date Sun 06/01/25 Mon 06/02/25 Tue 06/03/25
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 65 94 64 79
Temp 65 62 74 84 88 88 77 72 67 66 76 89 90 81 73 70 67 65 72 75 73 68
DewPt 57 58 61 60 59 60 61 62 64 66 66 63 61 62 62 64 65 63 61 58 53 51
Min/Max RH 36 100 37 97 50
RH 76 88 63 44 38 39 59 72 90100 70 41 38 52 69 83 93 94 67 55 50 55
Wind Dir NE N E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S SW NW N N N
Wind Spd 4 4 4 8 9 11 9 9 9 9 12 14 16 13 12 12 12 10 13 16 16 13
Clouds SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) 27 21 9 2 7 16 46 34 33 50 39 30 65 77 73 57 30 15 43 64 55 48
PoP 12HR 5 10 30 50 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.28 0.09 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC
Mix Hgt 1 <1 2 5 6 4 1 2 2 2 3 6 5 5 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4
Vent Rate 9 6 18 45 58 55 19 25 24 29 50116134 66 32 50 40 27 62 59 84 72
T Wind Dir NE NE E E SE SE SE S S S S S S SW SW S S SW NW N N N
T Wind Spd 9 9 12 11 10 14 17 16 14 18 21 24 27 16 23 24 20 18 19 19 24 19
RFTI 0 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 NO
Date Wed 06/04/25Thu 06/05/25Fri 06/06/25Sat 06/07/25
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 73 55 80 61 87 62 91
Temp 57 51 64 73 61 56 73 78 65 62 79 85 68 63 84 88
DewPt 50 49 52 54 58 56 60 60 63 62 64 62 65 63 64 61
Max/Min RH 94 50 100 51 100 45 100 38
RH 79 94 64 51 90100 64 54 93100 62 47 89100 50 41
PWind Dir NE E SE SE SE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 40 40 20 40 30 40 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ008-012100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
248 AM CDT Sun Jun 1 2025
Date Sun 06/01/25 Mon 06/02/25 Tue 06/03/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 88 64 91 64 76
Temp 65 61 72 82 86 86 76 71 67 65 76 88 86 79 72 69 67 64 70 73 71 67
DewPt 57 57 60 59 59 59 61 62 63 64 64 61 60 60 62 64 64 62 60 57 52 51
Min/Max RH 38 98 38 95 53
RH 75 85 66 46 41 40 59 73 88 98 66 41 41 53 70 83 91 93 69 58 53 57
Wind Dir E N E E SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S SW NW N N N
Wind Spd 4 4 5 8 9 11 12 12 11 11 13 16 17 13 13 13 13 12 16 17 17 14
Clouds SC SC FW CL CL FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) 31 26 8 2 4 22 51 42 30 47 36 36 62 71 72 57 26 13 44 65 52 41
PoP 12HR 5 10 40 50 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.29 0.11 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC SC SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 4 6 4 1 2 2 2 3 6 5 5 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 4
Vent Rate 7 6 17 44 64 56 20 23 21 25 48120122 70 24 40 35 23 48 58 82 71
T Wind Dir NE E E E SE SE SE SE S S S S SW SW SW S S SW NW N N N
T Wind Spd 9 8 12 11 11 17 18 16 13 18 21 23 26 16 21 23 20 18 18 19 24 19
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Wed 06/04/25Thu 06/05/25Fri 06/06/25Sat 06/07/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 51 71 55 79 61 86 62 89
Temp 57 52 63 71 61 56 70 77 65 62 77 83 68 63 82 86
DewPt 51 50 52 54 58 56 60 60 64 62 64 62 64 63 63 60
Max/Min RH 94 55 100 54 100 48 100 40
RH 80 94 68 56 91100 70 56 94100 64 49 86100 53 42
PWind Dir NE E SE SE SE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 50 40 20 40 30 40 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ006-012100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
248 AM CDT Sun Jun 1 2025
Date Sun 06/01/25 Mon 06/02/25 Tue 06/03/25
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 86 58 87 55 70
Temp 58 55 70 80 85 84 71 66 61 59 73 85 82 76 66 62 58 55 65 65 66 64
DewPt 55 55 57 57 56 56 60 61 60 59 61 59 56 57 61 60 58 55 55 51 48 48
Min/Max RH 36 99 39 99 52
RH 88 99 62 45 38 38 66 84 95 99 67 41 41 52 84 93 98 98 71 60 52 56
Wind Dir NE N E SE SE SE SE S S S S S SW S S S SW NW N N N NE
Wind Spd 5 4 6 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 13 16 19 16 13 12 12 11 19 19 18 14
Clouds SC SC CL CL CL B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) 47 26 3 1 2 53 57 34 9 37 33 49 74 71 55 42 19 23 58 52 58 45
PoP 12HR 5 10 30 30 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.19 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS
Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 1 2 5 7 5 3 2 2 1 3 3 5 5
Vent Rate 6 6 20 35 51 43 22 19 17 17 42107225107 63 39 31 19 78 94 93 80
T Wind Dir NE NE E SE SE S SE S S S S S SW SW S S S NW N N N NE
T Wind Spd 12 10 12 10 11 16 18 14 16 18 19 25 34 24 25 21 19 17 28 31 23 18
RFTI 0 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 NO
Date Wed 06/04/25Thu 06/05/25Fri 06/06/25Sat 06/07/25
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 45 69 49 76 54 83 55 86
Temp 51 45 62 68 55 50 70 74 60 55 76 80 61 56 81 81
DewPt 48 45 49 52 55 50 57 57 59 55 61 58 61 56 59 55
Max/Min RH 100 52 100 51 100 43 100 36
RH 90 99 62 57 99100 62 55 98100 59 47 98100 48 40
PWind Dir NE E SE S SE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 40 30 20 30 20 20 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS SC IS IS IS
$$
OKZ002-012100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
248 AM CDT Sun Jun 1 2025
Date Sun 06/01/25 Mon 06/02/25 Tue 06/03/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 87 61 92 57 70
Temp 60 57 72 82 86 85 72 67 63 61 74 88 90 79 70 66 62 58 66 65 64 62
DewPt 57 56 56 55 54 55 58 59 60 61 64 60 57 57 61 61 60 58 57 53 49 47
Min/Max RH 32 100 33 100 56
RH 90 96 56 40 34 36 61 74 90 99 70 39 33 47 73 84 93 99 71 63 57 57
Wind Dir NE N E SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S SW N N N N
Wind Spd 4 4 4 8 9 11 9 9 10 11 14 17 19 16 13 13 13 12 17 19 18 13
Clouds B1 FW CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC
Clouds(%) 64 16 1 3 4 15 39 20 24 25 46 38 62 84 66 45 32 29 65 75 72 48
PoP 12HR 0 5 30 30 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.20 0.01 0.02
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 4 5 6 <1 1 2 2 2 5 6 5 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 4
Vent Rate 6 2 17 32 55 88 13 20 21 26 52 98131 83 44 49 49 26 60 96 83 69
T Wind Dir E NE E SE SE S SE S S S S S S S S S S SW N N N N
T Wind Spd 12 10 12 10 11 17 18 17 14 17 24 24 26 18 17 24 24 17 21 32 24 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Wed 06/04/25Thu 06/05/25Fri 06/06/25Sat 06/07/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 46 71 50 76 55 84 57 87
Temp 51 46 63 69 55 51 70 75 60 56 78 80 63 58 82 84
DewPt 48 46 47 49 53 51 56 56 60 56 60 59 61 58 60 57
Max/Min RH 100 45 100 50 100 44 100 38
RH 89 99 55 48 93100 60 51 99100 54 48 93100 47 40
PWind Dir NE E E SE SE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 40 40 20 40 20 30 20
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS SC IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS SC IS IS SC IS IS
$$
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