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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
149 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025
TXZ012-070900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
149 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025
Date 10/06/25 Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu
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 63 50 74 57
Temp 69 64 55 53 52 51 53 58 62 61 55 53 53 51 56 67 73 72 63 61 59 57
DewPt 54 55 55 53 52 51 53 54 54 54 55 53 53 51 55 56 56 55 55 55 55 55
Max/Min RH 100 75 100 53 93
RH 59 73100100100100100 87 75 78100100100100 96 68 55 55 75 81 87 93
Wind Dir NE NE N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 8 10 11 10 11 11 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 12 12 11 11 11 11 10
Clouds FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 23 43 66 82 89 92 92 86 94 72 57 73 78 85 77 68 65 29 17 17 14 20
PoP 12HR 50 30 30 10 5
QPF 12HR 0.16 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS
Mix Hgt 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 3 4 1 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 31 18 18 15 16 14 13 18 20 15 8 7 7 6 14 48 67 19 7 7 6 6
T Wind Dir E E N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE S S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 9 12 16 14 14 12 12 10 10 11 10 10 10 9 12 16 17 14 18 16 14 14
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 10/09Fri 10/10/25Sat 10/11/25Sun 10/12/25Mon 10/13/25
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 58 84 59 84 60 86 57 78
Temp 77 78 65 59 80 78 65 59 80 79 68 61 81 80 66 58 74 73
DewPt 57 54 54 54 55 51 51 49 51 47 48 48 50 48 49 48 48 48
Min/Max RH 40 83 34 69 29 62 28 69 35
RH 50 43 68 83 42 39 60 69 36 32 49 62 34 33 54 69 40 41
PWind Dir S S SW S SW S SW SW N
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10
$$
TXZ016-070900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
149 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025
Date 10/06/25 Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 51 65 52 75 54
Temp 76 70 58 55 54 53 54 60 63 63 55 55 54 53 58 68 74 73 63 59 56 55
DewPt 54 57 58 55 54 53 54 57 57 56 55 55 54 53 58 58 57 56 56 56 56 55
Max/Min RH 100 74 100 52 100
RH 47 62100100100100100 89 81 78100100100100 98 70 54 54 78 92100100
Wind Dir SE E E E NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 9 9 8 6 5 6 8 9 9 9 6 5 4 5 8 11 11 9 9 8 8 8
Clouds SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC FW
Clouds(%) 30 61 72 85 92 81 96 81 81 82 58 76 87 86 87 74 63 37 19 21 29 22
PoP 12HR 60 40 40 20 5
QPF 12HR 0.18 0.06 0.09 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Mix Hgt 7 1 <1 <1 1 1 1 2 3 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 4 2 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 86 14 13 13 16 16 13 16 23 11 8 7 10 11 20 50 59 31 8 7 8 7
T Wind Dir SE E E E E E E E E SE E SE S S S S S S S S S SW
T Wind Spd 14 16 16 14 13 12 11 10 10 10 10 9 11 13 14 16 16 16 16 14 14 13
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 10/09Fri 10/10/25Sat 10/11/25Sun 10/12/25Mon 10/13/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 82 55 83 56 84 58 86 55 79
Temp 77 78 63 56 79 79 63 57 80 80 65 59 81 80 63 56 75 73
DewPt 58 54 55 54 55 50 51 51 52 48 50 50 52 50 51 49 50 51
Min/Max RH 40 96 34 80 31 71 31 77 37
RH 51 43 74 93 44 37 65 80 37 32 57 71 36 35 65 77 41 45
PWind Dir SW S SW S SW S SW SW W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10
$$
TXZ008-070900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
149 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025
Date 10/06/25 Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu
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 62 53 76 58
Temp 68 65 56 53 53 52 54 58 61 60 55 54 54 53 58 69 75 75 67 63 60 58
DewPt 56 56 56 53 53 52 54 54 55 56 55 54 54 53 56 58 58 58 57 57 57 57
Max/Min RH 100 78 100 53 96
RH 65 73100100100100 99 86 81 86100100100100 91 68 55 55 72 81 90 96
Wind Dir NE NE N NE N NE NE NE NE E E E E SE S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 6 9 8 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 9 9 9 8 8
Clouds SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 37 34 73 86 93 91 88 84 86 68 68 75 84 80 71 72 53 24 20 9 11 12
PoP 12HR 50 30 20 10 5
QPF 12HR 0.08 0.02 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS
Mix Hgt 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 2 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 33 25 21 23 24 21 21 19 19 13 14 13 10 8 18 54 68 23 11 12 12 11
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE N NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE S S S S S S S SW
T Wind Spd 10 12 14 14 14 13 12 9 6 8 11 10 8 8 11 16 17 16 17 18 16 14
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 10/09Fri 10/10/25Sat 10/11/25Sun 10/12/25Mon 10/13/25
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 60 88 61 88 64 90 59 81
Temp 81 81 68 61 83 82 69 62 84 84 72 65 85 84 68 60 76 76
DewPt 59 57 56 56 57 54 53 52 53 51 51 51 52 52 52 50 49 52
Min/Max RH 37 85 32 70 28 61 27 70 34
RH 48 43 66 85 41 38 57 70 35 32 48 61 32 33 57 70 39 43
PWind Dir SW S SW S SW S SW SW NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 5
$$
TXZ008-070900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
149 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025
Date 10/06/25 Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 52 62 53 75 58
Temp 67 64 55 54 53 53 54 58 60 61 56 54 55 54 58 66 73 74 67 63 61 59
DewPt 55 55 55 54 53 53 53 54 55 56 55 54 55 54 56 57 57 57 57 57 57 57
Max/Min RH 100 77 100 55 93
RH 65 73100100100100 98 88 83 84 99100100100 92 72 59 57 72 79 87 93
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E SE S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 6 8 6 5 4 4 6 10 11 10 11 11 11 10
Clouds SC SC B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 38 30 70 88 91 90 84 79 89 68 69 74 85 83 72 70 50 20 19 10 11 13
PoP 12HR 50 30 20 10 5
QPF 12HR 0.08 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS
Mix Hgt 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 2 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 36 25 20 21 22 17 22 17 19 15 12 10 7 8 16 51 69 22 9 10 10 9
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE N NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE S S S S S S S SW
T Wind Spd 11 13 14 14 14 12 11 9 8 9 10 10 8 8 11 16 17 16 17 17 16 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 10/09Fri 10/10/25Sat 10/11/25Sun 10/12/25Mon 10/13/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 85 61 86 62 86 64 88 60 79
Temp 79 80 68 61 82 81 69 63 82 83 72 65 83 83 68 61 75 75
DewPt 58 56 56 56 56 53 53 52 53 50 50 51 52 51 52 50 50 51
Min/Max RH 39 83 34 69 30 60 28 67 36
RH 50 43 64 83 42 38 57 69 36 33 46 60 34 34 56 67 42 43
PWind Dir SW S SW S SW S SW SW NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5
$$
TXZ006-070900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
149 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025
Date 10/06/25 Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu
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 46 57 48 73 54
Temp 60 58 48 48 47 48 50 55 57 56 52 51 50 49 56 66 73 71 62 58 56 54
DewPt 51 52 48 48 47 48 50 53 53 54 52 51 50 49 56 57 56 57 58 56 55 54
Max/Min RH 100 84 100 55 100
RH 72 80100100100100100 94 88 91100100100100100 73 55 60 87 92 96100
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE S S S S S S S S SW
Wind Spd 11 11 10 9 9 9 9 8 9 8 6 5 5 6 11 14 16 12 11 11 11 11
Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 32 30 53 76 72 92 92 87 87 72 80 84 88 90 84 67 46 20 19 15 10 18
PoP 12HR 60 40 30 10 5
QPF 12HR 0.09 0.06 0.07 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM SC SC SC IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS IS
Mix Hgt 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 4 2 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 37 29 18 19 15 14 14 15 21 12 8 8 6 8 23 58 78 24 9 8 8 8
T Wind Dir NE E NE NE NE NE NE E SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW S S SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 12 14 14 14 12 12 12 9 10 9 10 10 9 12 17 21 21 17 17 17 16 17
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 10/09Fri 10/10/25Sat 10/11/25Sun 10/12/25Mon 10/13/25
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 82 55 82 56 83 57 84 52 74
Temp 77 78 61 55 79 78 63 57 79 80 64 58 80 79 61 52 71 71
DewPt 57 55 55 54 55 51 51 51 52 49 49 49 49 47 48 45 44 45
Min/Max RH 40 96 35 80 31 71 28 76 33
RH 50 45 81 95 43 39 66 80 39 34 58 71 34 32 64 76 38 40
PWind Dir SW SW SW S SW SW SW W NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5
$$
OKZ002-070900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
149 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025
Date 10/06/25 Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 46 57 47 73 54
Temp 55 52 46 46 47 46 50 54 56 54 49 50 49 48 55 67 73 70 62 60 57 55
DewPt 51 52 46 46 47 46 50 52 52 53 49 50 49 48 54 56 57 57 57 56 56 55
Max/Min RH 100 82 100 57 100
RH 87100100100100100100 92 85 94100100100100 95 69 58 63 84 88 97100
Wind Dir N NE NE N N NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 10 9 9 6 8 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 9 13 13 11 11 11 12 12
Clouds B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 64 56 69 94 92 96 87 85 78 79 79 86 87 92 77 68 45 17 15 10 6 13
PoP 12HR 60 40 20 10 5
QPF 12HR 0.03 0.07 0.02 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC NM NM SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS
Mix Hgt 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 <1 1 <1 <1 2 3 4 1 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 29 22 23 18 23 15 16 14 17 15 8 9 8 8 26 65 86 20 10 9 9 9
T Wind Dir N NE NE N N NE NE NE E E E E SE S S S S S S S S SW
T Wind Spd 12 12 17 13 13 11 11 8 8 8 10 10 9 11 17 21 24 14 18 19 18 19
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 10/09Fri 10/10/25Sat 10/11/25Sun 10/12/25Mon 10/13/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 85 57 85 59 86 60 86 54 74
Temp 80 79 64 58 82 79 65 60 83 81 68 61 83 80 63 55 71 70
DewPt 58 56 55 54 56 53 54 52 53 50 50 49 50 49 49 46 43 44
Min/Max RH 37 90 33 76 29 65 27 72 32
RH 47 45 74 88 41 41 67 76 36 34 53 65 32 34 60 72 36 40
PWind Dir SW SW SW S SW S SW W NE
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 10 5
$$
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