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
543 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026
TXZ012-220900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
543 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026
Date 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon
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 73 103 73 103 75
Temp 99 86 81 77 73 86 97102 98 86 81 76 74 86 98103100 88 83 78 75
DewPt 49 51 53 54 53 54 50 48 49 51 53 54 52 52 47 45 45 47 50 50 49
Max/Min RH 49 16 48 14 40
RH 19 30 38 45 49 34 21 16 19 30 38 46 46 31 18 14 16 24 32 38 40
Wind Dir S S SW SW SW W SW SE S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW
Wind Spd 5 8 10 10 10 11 8 4 9 11 11 10 12 13 13 16 13 13 14 13 16
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW
Clouds(%) 16 12 12 15 9 28 8 27 53 40 18 30 37 10 9 14 20 23 28 22 13
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 10 13 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 12 15 10 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 49 7 8 8 7 22 79 79 51 8 8 7 7 34171236142 8 8 8 8
T Wind Dir SW S SW SW W W SW SW S S S S SW W SW SW SW S SW SW W
T Wind Spd 6 16 18 17 14 17 9 6 11 17 18 16 16 18 16 18 16 17 17 16 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 08/24Tue 08/25/26Wed 08/26/26Thu 08/27/26Fri 08/28/26
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 104 73 101 69 99 70 100 71 100
Temp 98100 82 74 95 96 77 70 92 94 78 70 93 95 79 72 94 96
DewPt 47 45 51 54 53 51 57 59 56 53 57 59 55 52 55 57 54 51
Min/Max RH 14 50 19 70 22 68 21 61 20
RH 18 16 34 50 24 22 50 68 30 25 48 68 28 24 44 59 26 22
PWind Dir W S NW NE NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC FW CL FW B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 20 20 30 5 40 10 20 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS SC IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ016-220900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
543 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026
Date 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 68 101 69 101 70
Temp 96 82 76 72 69 85 95 99 97 83 77 72 69 84 96100 98 85 78 73 71
DewPt 51 55 55 56 56 56 51 48 49 53 54 54 54 53 48 45 46 50 51 52 52
Max/Min RH 62 18 58 16 53
RH 23 41 49 57 62 37 23 18 20 36 45 53 58 34 20 16 18 30 39 48 52
Wind Dir S S SW SW SW W SW S S SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW
Wind Spd 6 5 6 6 8 10 8 8 9 8 6 9 11 13 13 13 13 10 11 12 13
Clouds FW FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW SC FW FW SC CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 18 11 5 5 8 1 3 19 18 28 11 18 29 4 3 5 6 13 6 11 9
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
Mix Hgt 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 11 13 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 13 14 13 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 82 6 8 7 8 23 87106 79 9 7 7 8 38179199177 8 7 6 7
T Wind Dir S S SW SW SW W SW SW SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 9 13 17 16 18 16 9 9 10 14 16 16 18 20 16 16 16 16 16 13 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 08/24Tue 08/25/26Wed 08/26/26Thu 08/27/26Fri 08/28/26
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 101 70 100 67 98 67 98 67 99
Temp 96 98 78 70 94 96 75 67 91 94 74 67 92 95 75 68 93 96
DewPt 49 45 52 55 52 49 58 59 55 52 58 59 55 51 56 58 54 50
Min/Max RH 16 58 18 76 22 77 20 69 20
RH 21 17 41 58 24 21 56 74 30 24 57 75 29 23 53 69 28 21
PWind Dir SW W W N N E SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC FW FW SC SC CL FW SC FW CL
PoP 12HR 0 10 5 30 5 30 5 20 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS
Tstms SC SC IS
$$
TXZ008-220900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
543 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026
Date 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon
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 75 107 75 109 78
Temp 104 90 83 78 75 88 98103102 89 83 78 75 88101106104 91 85 80 78
DewPt 49 52 55 56 57 56 52 50 51 54 56 57 57 55 48 45 46 50 53 54 54
Max/Min RH 53 16 53 13 43
RH 16 27 37 46 53 35 21 17 18 30 40 48 53 33 18 13 14 25 32 40 43
Wind Dir S S SW SW SW SW NE E E SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW SE SW SW W
Wind Spd 4 4 4 5 5 6 5 4 9 8 5 4 5 10 13 13 12 10 9 9 11
Clouds FW FW FW CL SC SC FW FW FW SC FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) 18 16 18 4 47 33 12 16 12 26 15 56 45 13 9 19 13 33 39 23 15
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 12 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 11 14 13 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 63 5 7 6 6 20 64 80 67 8 10 6 5 27155217184 8 5 6 6
T Wind Dir SW S SW SW SW W W E SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW E NE SW W
T Wind Spd 6 10 14 13 12 13 8 6 13 17 14 14 11 14 16 17 16 17 11 13 12
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO
Heat Y
Date 08/24Tue 08/25/26Wed 08/26/26Thu 08/27/26Fri 08/28/26
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 108 75 105 72 102 72 103 73 105
Temp 99103 84 75 97 99 80 73 93 98 80 72 95 99 81 74 97101
DewPt 50 48 56 59 57 54 61 63 59 55 60 62 57 53 58 60 55 52
Min/Max RH 14 57 20 71 22 70 20 62 18
RH 19 16 37 57 27 22 52 70 31 24 51 70 28 22 45 61 25 20
PWind Dir SW NE N NE NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 20 20 40 20 40 5 20 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ008-220900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
543 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026
Date 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 75 104 75 105 77
Temp 100 88 82 78 75 85 95 99 99 87 82 78 76 85 96102102 89 83 79 77
DewPt 50 53 55 57 57 56 52 49 50 54 55 57 56 54 48 45 46 50 53 54 53
Max/Min RH 54 18 52 14 44
RH 19 31 40 49 54 37 24 19 20 32 41 48 51 34 20 15 16 27 35 42 44
Wind Dir S S S SW SW SW W E SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW W
Wind Spd 4 4 5 6 6 8 5 4 8 9 8 8 8 11 13 13 12 11 12 11 13
Clouds FW FW FW CL SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) 19 15 14 5 41 9 17 12 14 38 17 49 41 13 8 17 17 32 34 21 15
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 13 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 11 14 14 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 62 5 6 7 5 20 66 77 69 9 10 6 5 31166216191 8 6 6 7
T Wind Dir S S SW SW SW W W E SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW SE NE S W
T Wind Spd 6 10 14 16 12 13 8 6 14 18 14 14 12 14 17 17 16 16 13 12 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO
Heat Y
Date 08/24Tue 08/25/26Wed 08/26/26Thu 08/27/26Fri 08/28/26
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 104 75 101 72 99 71 100 73 101
Temp 95100 83 75 93 96 78 72 91 94 79 72 92 95 80 73 93 97
DewPt 49 48 55 59 57 54 61 62 59 55 60 61 57 53 58 59 55 52
Min/Max RH 16 57 22 70 25 70 22 62 21
RH 22 18 40 57 30 25 55 70 34 27 53 70 31 25 47 62 28 23
PWind Dir SW NE N NE NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 20 20 40 20 40 5 20 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ006-220900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
543 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026
Date 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon
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 67 101 68 102 68
Temp 98 83 76 71 67 83 96100 99 83 77 71 68 84 98102 99 83 76 71 68
DewPt 48 51 53 55 55 55 51 47 47 52 54 54 54 53 48 44 45 50 52 54 54
Max/Min RH 64 16 60 15 61
RH 18 33 45 57 64 38 22 17 17 34 45 54 60 34 19 15 16 32 43 55 61
Wind Dir S S SW W N E SW S SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW N NW W W
Wind Spd 9 4 4 5 6 5 5 10 11 10 9 8 10 12 17 17 14 10 8 6 8
Clouds CL FW FW SC SC FW CL FW SC SC SC SC B1 FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) 3 6 7 29 30 13 4 8 26 32 30 38 69 15 4 9 28 45 37 18 11
PoP 12HR 10 5 10 0 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 9 13 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 12 15 8 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 61 5 6 5 5 14 68128 41 9 8 7 10 33201250126 9 12 4 4
T Wind Dir S S SW W NW SW SW S NE SE SE S S SW SW SW W N N NW NW
T Wind Spd 10 10 13 11 11 11 8 11 12 19 16 14 13 16 19 19 17 19 17 10 9
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 08/24Tue 08/25/26Wed 08/26/26Thu 08/27/26Fri 08/28/26
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 101 66 98 64 96 64 97 65 98
Temp 96 98 75 67 92 94 72 65 88 94 72 65 90 95 73 66 92 96
DewPt 51 48 57 58 57 53 60 60 58 54 59 59 56 51 57 57 55 49
Min/Max RH 16 74 23 87 24 84 21 73 20
RH 22 18 54 73 31 26 67 84 36 26 65 81 33 23 56 73 29 21
PWind Dir NW N NE NE NE E S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC B1 FW CL SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 30 20 50 20 40 5 20 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC IS IS SC IS
Tstms SC IS SC IS SC IS
$$
OKZ002-220900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
543 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026
Date 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 68 101 68 104 68
Temp 99 83 76 70 68 81 94 99 97 82 76 71 68 81 98104 99 83 77 71 69
DewPt 50 55 57 58 58 59 57 54 55 58 59 59 59 59 53 48 51 55 55 57 57
Max/Min RH 71 21 74 16 67
RH 19 38 51 65 71 48 30 23 24 44 55 68 74 47 22 16 20 39 48 60 67
Wind Dir E E E SE E E E E E E SE SE SE S SW SW SE SE W W W
Wind Spd 6 6 4 4 4 4 8 10 13 10 8 5 5 8 12 13 13 10 6 5 5
Clouds CL FW FW SC SC SC CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW
Clouds(%) 3 16 15 27 46 29 4 19 13 17 28 66 62 34 9 16 34 53 44 29 15
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 5 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 8 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 11 4 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 59 7 6 4 5 15 39 76 86 9 7 8 8 28 81160 51 6 6 4 4
T Wind Dir E E E SE E NE E E E E E SE SE S SW SW SE E N N W
T Wind Spd 8 14 12 9 11 11 10 11 16 18 14 12 14 13 13 16 14 12 12 10 9
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 08/24Tue 08/25/26Wed 08/26/26Thu 08/27/26Fri 08/28/26
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 103 68 99 65 97 64 99 66 101
Temp 97 99 77 68 92 93 72 66 90 93 73 65 92 95 75 67 94 97
DewPt 56 52 59 61 59 58 63 63 60 58 62 62 58 55 59 59 57 53
Min/Max RH 19 79 25 93 28 90 24 75 21
RH 26 21 55 78 33 30 72 91 38 31 68 90 33 26 59 75 30 23
PWind Dir N N NE NE E S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW B2 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 40 20 60 20 30 5 20 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS NM IS IS SC IS
Tstms SC IS SC IS IS SC IS
$$
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