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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
549 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025
TXZ012-162100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
549 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025
Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25
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 94 67 90 67 93
Temp 67 78 89 93 92 81 76 70 67 75 85 89 86 78 73 69 68 78 88 92 91
DewPt 64 65 62 59 59 61 63 63 63 65 65 62 63 65 63 61 60 61 60 56 56
Min/Max RH 31 87 41 78 29
RH 90 64 41 32 33 51 64 78 87 71 51 41 46 64 71 76 76 56 39 30 31
Wind Dir S SW S S SE SE S NE NE E SE S E SE SE S S SW S S S
Wind Spd 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 9 6 6 8 9 10 10 10 9 9 12 13 13 13
Clouds FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 12 5 5 10 21 24 19 20 36 30 31 42 51 64 52 36 34 20 11 20 24
PoP 12HR 0 30 20 20 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.13 0.03 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS IS IS
Mix Hgt <1 2 6 8 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 6 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 8 6
Vent Rate 8 26 69 91 78 11 11 9 7 13 35 66 20 4 12 5 6 27 93123 97
T Wind Dir S SW S S S SE S N E SE S SE SE SE S S SW SW S SW S
T Wind Spd 17 16 13 13 13 18 18 13 14 9 9 12 11 14 17 11 11 19 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
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 07/19/25Sun 07/20/25Mon 07/21/25Tue 07/22/25
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 69 95 70 97 71 98 71 98
Temp 75 69 90 92 76 71 92 94 78 72 94 95 77 71 93 93
DewPt 57 55 57 56 59 57 59 56 60 58 58 56 60 58 59 58
Max/Min RH 61 28 61 26 64 26 64 27
RH 54 61 33 30 56 61 33 28 54 61 30 27 56 64 32 31
PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0
$$
TXZ016-162100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
549 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025
Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 94 64 91 66 92
Temp 64 77 88 92 92 80 74 70 65 74 84 90 88 76 72 68 66 77 86 90 91
DewPt 64 65 63 59 57 61 62 63 64 67 66 62 63 65 64 62 61 62 63 60 58
Min/Max RH 29 97 39 84 32
RH 100 67 43 33 31 52 66 80 97 78 55 39 43 69 76 80 84 61 46 36 33
Wind Dir S SW S S S SE S SE NE E SE SE S SE SE S S SW S S S
Wind Spd 9 11 11 11 10 10 9 8 5 6 8 9 9 8 6 6 6 10 12 13 12
Clouds FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 14 3 1 15 19 20 18 17 26 22 18 24 40 59 58 47 43 18 9 14 27
PoP 12HR 0 20 20 40 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.03 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 5 9 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 8 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 10 6
Vent Rate 11 25 56101 88 10 10 7 6 13 45 82 73 10 4 8 8 35 97146108
T Wind Dir S S S S S SE S S E SE SE S SE SE SE SW SW SW SW SW S
T Wind Spd 16 17 12 12 11 16 16 10 11 8 9 11 17 14 8 13 12 19 17 17 19
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 07/19/25Sun 07/20/25Mon 07/21/25Tue 07/22/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 66 93 68 96 69 96 68 97
Temp 73 66 87 92 74 68 91 93 75 69 92 94 74 68 92 93
DewPt 57 56 60 58 58 59 60 56 58 58 58 54 58 58 58 56
Max/Min RH 69 31 72 27 68 25 70 26
RH 56 69 40 32 57 72 36 29 56 68 32 26 57 70 32 29
PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 0
$$
TXZ008-162100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
549 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025
Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25
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 98 68 92 69 97
Temp 70 81 92 96 96 84 78 72 69 77 86 91 87 79 74 72 69 81 90 96 94
DewPt 66 67 64 61 61 63 65 65 66 67 67 67 66 68 66 65 63 64 62 59 58
Min/Max RH 30 91 45 84 28
RH 87 63 39 32 32 50 65 81 91 72 55 45 50 70 75 79 83 56 38 29 29
Wind Dir SW SW SW S S SE E NE NE NE E E SE E SE SE S SW S S S
Wind Spd 8 9 9 9 10 10 9 6 4 4 5 6 8 6 6 5 5 9 11 12 12
Clouds FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 10 2 2 8 9 22 27 29 41 31 37 39 48 67 64 54 41 25 14 22 23
PoP 12HR 0 40 20 30 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.47 0.11 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 5 8 6 <1 <1 1 1 2 4 5 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 7 5
Vent Rate 10 30 48 83 65 16 9 18 14 13 30 56 24 9 11 5 8 30 94119 99
T Wind Dir SW SW S S S SE SE NE E E E SE SE E E SE S SW SW SW S
T Wind Spd 12 16 10 11 11 19 11 16 12 6 8 12 14 14 14 6 10 16 18 19 21
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 Sat 07/19/25Sun 07/20/25Mon 07/21/25Tue 07/22/25
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 73 100 74 102 74 102 74 102
Temp 79 73 94 97 81 74 95 97 81 74 96 96 81 74 96 97
DewPt 57 56 58 58 59 59 60 59 61 60 60 59 61 60 60 59
Max/Min RH 56 26 60 25 62 24 62 24
RH 48 55 31 28 47 60 32 29 52 61 31 29 51 62 30 28
PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
$$
TXZ008-162100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
549 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025
Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 96 68 90 69 94
Temp 70 79 89 94 93 83 77 71 68 75 83 88 85 78 74 71 69 79 87 92 93
DewPt 65 66 64 61 61 63 64 65 65 66 67 66 65 67 65 64 63 63 62 59 58
Min/Max RH 32 92 48 82 30
RH 86 64 43 33 35 51 66 83 90 76 59 48 52 71 73 79 80 58 43 33 31
Wind Dir SW SW SW S S SE SE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE S SW S S S
Wind Spd 10 10 9 10 11 12 10 9 5 5 5 6 9 9 9 8 8 10 11 13 12
Clouds FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 10 1 2 6 10 20 26 26 40 34 34 38 45 64 64 54 47 19 12 19 23
PoP 12HR 5 40 20 30 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.22 0.07 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 5 8 6 <1 <1 1 1 2 4 5 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 7 5
Vent Rate 9 28 49 84 61 14 8 15 12 16 31 54 34 7 8 6 7 28 89113 92
T Wind Dir SW SW S S S SE SE E E E E SE SE E SE SE S SW SW SW S
T Wind Spd 13 17 10 11 12 19 11 14 12 9 8 12 14 14 12 9 10 17 18 19 21
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 07/19/25Sun 07/20/25Mon 07/21/25Tue 07/22/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 73 97 73 99 74 100 74 99
Temp 78 73 91 95 79 74 93 95 80 74 93 95 79 74 94 94
DewPt 57 56 59 57 58 59 60 59 60 59 60 58 60 60 59 58
Max/Min RH 56 27 61 27 61 25 63 25
RH 48 55 34 29 49 61 34 30 52 61 33 29 52 63 32 30
PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0
$$
TXZ006-162100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
549 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025
Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25
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 93 62 85 63 91
Temp 64 78 87 93 91 78 70 65 63 71 79 85 83 73 68 65 63 75 85 90 89
DewPt 61 62 61 60 58 61 62 63 62 64 66 65 65 66 65 64 63 64 64 62 61
Min/Max RH 31 98 51 100 37
RH 90 59 42 33 33 56 76 93 97 79 64 52 55 79 90 97100 70 49 39 38
Wind Dir S SW S S S E NE NE NE NE E SE SE NE NE E S SW SW S S
Wind Spd 9 10 9 10 11 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 6 5 5 5 11 13 13 13
Clouds FW CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 16 4 1 1 11 45 44 57 55 46 37 27 38 72 76 61 41 22 10 13 21
PoP 12HR 5 50 20 40 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.02 0 0.13 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 4 8 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 5 3 <1 <1 1 <1 2 5 8 3
Vent Rate 9 28 39 94 80 11 13 7 5 17 26 63 58 14 10 7 8 25 86159 51
T Wind Dir S SW S S S E NE NE NE E E S S N NE E S SW SW SW S
T Wind Spd 16 16 10 12 13 14 16 12 9 9 8 14 19 17 13 6 10 14 20 23 21
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 Sat 07/19/25Sun 07/20/25Mon 07/21/25Tue 07/22/25
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 67 93 66 95 66 96 66 96
Temp 73 67 89 91 73 66 90 93 74 66 92 92 73 66 92 94
DewPt 58 56 60 58 60 58 60 57 59 58 58 56 58 57 58 55
Max/Min RH 68 31 75 28 75 26 74 25
RH 59 68 38 33 64 75 37 30 61 73 32 30 59 74 31 27
PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 0
$$
OKZ002-162100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
549 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025
Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 97 62 84 63 95
Temp 67 82 92 96 92 78 69 65 63 71 77 82 83 71 67 65 63 77 89 94 92
DewPt 62 63 61 60 59 63 63 64 63 66 66 65 66 67 66 65 63 65 63 61 59
Min/Max RH 30 100 54 100 31
RH 85 53 36 31 33 60 82 97100 83 68 56 56 87 97100100 65 42 34 34
Wind Dir S SW SW S SE S N NE NE NE NE E E E NE S S S S S S
Wind Spd 10 11 9 10 10 9 9 8 5 5 6 8 8 6 5 5 5 9 12 13 12
Clouds FW CL CL FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 13 2 1 9 21 65 70 59 65 66 68 45 38 73 75 71 44 32 15 22 25
PoP 12HR 5 70 20 50 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.23 0 0.12 0
Rain Shwrs SC NM NM SC IS IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC NM SC SC IS SC SC IS
Mix Hgt <1 2 5 9 5 <1 <1 <1 1 2 4 6 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 7 6
Vent Rate 8 36 46 93 55 11 12 9 10 16 30 43 29 7 9 10 4 24 96147117
T Wind Dir SW SW SW S SE SE N NE NE NE E SE SE SE SW SW S SW SW SW S
T Wind Spd 16 17 10 11 11 16 20 12 9 8 8 9 13 14 16 12 6 13 19 23 23
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 07/19/25Sun 07/20/25Mon 07/21/25Tue 07/22/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 68 98 67 98 66 99 68 100
Temp 75 68 93 95 75 67 92 95 74 67 95 93 76 68 96 95
DewPt 57 56 59 57 59 59 61 58 61 60 58 56 59 58 58 56
Max/Min RH 66 26 76 28 81 24 70 23
RH 53 65 32 28 58 75 35 29 64 78 29 29 57 70 28 27
PWind Dir S SW SW SW SW SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 5 20 5 10 0 10 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
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