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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
448 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2026
TXZ012-242100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
448 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2026
Date Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26
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 103 71 100 66 93
Temp 74 84 95101 98 86 80 74 71 82 94 99 94 81 74 70 67 77 87 91 88
DewPt 50 53 51 50 50 54 56 58 59 59 56 53 54 59 60 62 63 63 61 59 59
Min/Max RH 17 66 22 87 34
RH 43 34 23 18 20 34 44 57 66 46 28 22 26 47 62 76 87 62 42 34 38
Wind Dir W NW NW N NE E SW N N N NE E E E E N N N NE E E
Wind Spd 10 10 10 6 8 9 6 6 4 4 5 5 11 10 8 8 8 8 6 5 8
Clouds FW CL FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 9 4 13 25 27 44 24 31 24 11 23 28 35 46 72 72 57 37 19 24 26
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 30 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.02 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS NM
Tstms SC SC IS IS SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 6 12 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 11 6 <1 <1 <1 1 2 5 6 4
Vent Rate 5 20 82105 68 5 6 5 4 20 46 67 67 8 10 4 14 30 45 51 31
T Wind Dir W NW NW NW NE E E NE NE NE NE NE E E E W N NE NE NE E
T Wind Spd 12 14 14 10 10 12 13 11 9 11 9 6 12 18 17 9 14 18 10 9 9
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 Thu 08/27/26Fri 08/28/26Sat 08/29/26Sun 08/30/26
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 65 92 65 96 69 100 71 101
Temp 73 66 86 88 73 68 90 93 77 70 94 96 80 72 95 96
DewPt 60 63 61 58 59 59 58 55 55 56 55 52 54 55 54 51
Max/Min RH 90 34 75 26 61 21 55 19
RH 64 90 43 36 62 73 34 28 47 61 27 23 41 55 25 22
PWind Dir E SE S S S S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg Clouds SC B1 SC FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 60 20 30 5 5 5 5 0
Rain Shwrs NM NM IS SC
Tstms SC SC SC
$$
TXZ016-242100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
448 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2026
Date Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 101 68 100 64 93
Temp 70 83 95 99 98 83 76 71 68 81 92 98 95 78 72 68 64 75 87 91 87
DewPt 50 51 50 48 48 54 57 58 57 59 54 51 53 59 62 63 63 63 60 58 60
Min/Max RH 17 69 20 97 33
RH 48 33 22 18 19 37 52 63 69 47 29 21 25 52 71 84 97 66 41 33 41
Wind Dir W W NW N E E NE N N N NE E E NE NE NE N NE NE E E
Wind Spd 9 9 9 8 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 8 10 6 4 4 4 5 6 9
Clouds FW FW FW SC FW B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 8 8 13 28 17 55 34 31 61 45 9 9 39 63 70 56 46 16 9 18 23
PoP 12HR 5 20 10 60 20
QPF 12HR 0 0.02 0 0.06 0.02
Rain Shwrs IS IS NM NM SC SC IS IS NM
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS IS SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 9 13 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 12 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 7 4
Vent Rate 5 19104115 84 7 6 6 4 17 54 75 90 10 8 6 4 36 58 56 47
T Wind Dir W W NW W NW E NE NE N NE NE N W SE NE SE N NE NE NE E
T Wind Spd 12 12 13 10 9 14 13 12 9 9 9 6 11 17 17 13 10 18 11 9 12
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 08/27/26Fri 08/28/26Sat 08/29/26Sun 08/30/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 63 92 63 95 67 98 68 99
Temp 70 63 86 87 70 65 89 91 74 67 92 94 76 68 93 95
DewPt 63 63 61 59 61 61 58 56 57 59 56 53 55 57 55 52
Max/Min RH 100 33 87 28 74 23 68 22
RH 78100 44 39 73 87 36 31 55 74 30 25 49 68 28 24
PWind Dir E SE S S S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 60 20 40 5 10 0 5 0
Rain Shwrs NM SC IS SC
Tstms SC IS IS SC
$$
TXZ008-242100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
448 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2026
Date Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26
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 105 73 103 69 95
Temp 76 85 96102101 89 82 77 74 84 93 99 97 83 77 72 70 78 87 93 91
DewPt 59 59 57 54 54 57 60 62 63 63 60 57 57 62 64 64 65 65 64 62 60
Min/Max RH 19 70 23 87 33
RH 55 41 27 20 21 34 47 61 70 49 33 25 27 49 63 76 84 63 47 36 35
Wind Dir W W N N NE E NE N N N NE NE E NE E NW N NE NE E E
Wind Spd 5 5 6 4 8 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 9 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 5
Clouds FW CL CL SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 7 5 2 28 31 34 59 31 37 26 19 29 20 52 77 70 56 39 26 29 31
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 60 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.12 0
Rain Shwrs NM NM SC SC IS IS NM
Tstms SC SC SC IS IS SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 7 11 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 10 4 <1 1 <1 <1 2 4 6 4
Vent Rate 4 16 71 91 67 6 5 5 3 20 48 69 61 17 18 5 9 25 39 49 35
T Wind Dir W NW NW N NE E E NE NE N NE NE E NE SE NW N NE NE NE E
T Wind Spd 10 10 11 9 10 12 11 11 8 12 10 8 17 23 16 10 12 13 10 9 9
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 Thu 08/27/26Fri 08/28/26Sat 08/29/26Sun 08/30/26
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 96 69 100 73 105 75 106
Temp 76 69 87 92 77 71 93 96 81 73 97100 84 76 98100
DewPt 63 65 63 58 61 62 60 56 58 59 57 53 56 57 55 52
Max/Min RH 86 30 75 24 61 19 53 18
RH 65 86 46 32 59 72 33 26 45 60 27 21 39 53 24 21
PWind Dir E SE S S S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 SC FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 60 20 20 5 5 0 10 5
Rain Shwrs NM NM IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS
$$
TXZ008-242100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
448 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2026
Date Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 102 73 100 69 92
Temp 76 83 93 99 98 87 81 76 74 82 91 96 94 82 76 72 70 76 84 89 88
DewPt 58 58 56 53 53 57 60 62 63 62 59 56 57 62 63 64 64 65 63 61 60
Min/Max RH 21 70 25 83 36
RH 55 43 29 22 23 36 48 61 69 51 35 27 30 51 66 78 83 67 51 39 39
Wind Dir W W NW N NE E E NE NE N NE NE E NE E NW N NE NE E E
Wind Spd 6 5 6 4 6 6 4 4 3 4 4 5 9 8 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Clouds FW FW CL SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 7 6 4 31 38 38 55 32 26 34 11 21 25 54 77 69 53 41 24 29 28
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 50 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.09 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS NM
Tstms SC SC SC IS IS SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 7 11 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 10 5 <1 <1 <1 1 2 4 6 4
Vent Rate 4 16 69 95 65 6 5 6 4 21 48 68 64 14 13 4 13 27 44 61 34
T Wind Dir NW NW NW N NE E E NE NE N NE NE E NE SW W N NE NE NE E
T Wind Spd 9 10 11 10 10 13 11 12 8 12 9 8 14 21 17 10 13 14 11 11 10
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 08/27/26Fri 08/28/26Sat 08/29/26Sun 08/30/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 67 93 69 97 72 101 74 102
Temp 75 68 84 88 76 70 90 93 79 73 93 97 82 75 95 97
DewPt 63 64 63 59 61 61 59 56 57 58 57 53 56 57 55 52
Max/Min RH 87 34 75 27 60 22 54 20
RH 66 87 49 38 60 73 36 29 47 59 30 23 42 54 27 23
PWind Dir E SE S S S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 SC FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW CL FW SC FW CL
PoP 12HR 70 20 30 5 5 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs NM NM IS SC
Tstms SC SC SC
$$
TXZ006-242100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
448 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2026
Date Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26
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 99 66 96 62 89
Temp 66 82 94 98 96 81 75 69 66 79 90 95 91 74 70 65 63 73 83 88 88
DewPt 59 59 55 53 53 58 59 60 60 61 59 56 57 63 63 63 62 64 63 61 59
Min/Max RH 21 81 26 100 37
RH 78 45 28 22 23 46 58 73 81 54 35 27 32 68 79 93 97 72 50 41 38
Wind Dir NW NW N NE E N N NE N N NE E E E N NW N NE NE E E
Wind Spd 5 4 4 5 8 8 4 4 5 4 4 5 10 10 5 8 5 6 6 6 6
Clouds FW FW CL CL SC B2 SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 17 8 4 4 39 72 42 31 62 36 8 7 38 71 73 52 51 34 14 18 35
PoP 12HR 10 30 20 70 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.19 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS IS IS NM NM SC SC IS IS NM
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS SC
Mix Hgt <1 1 7 10 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 11 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 6 5
Vent Rate 4 10 57 84 48 6 7 6 5 24 42 65 68 8 8 6 9 29 49 49 40
T Wind Dir NW NW N N E NE N NE NE N NE W N E W W N NE NE NE E
T Wind Spd 9 9 8 9 9 13 14 12 10 14 6 6 11 18 14 12 18 14 10 9 9
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 Thu 08/27/26Fri 08/28/26Sat 08/29/26Sun 08/30/26
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 61 91 62 95 65 99 67 99
Temp 69 62 83 89 70 64 88 94 74 67 93 97 77 68 95 97
DewPt 63 62 62 57 61 60 60 54 57 58 57 51 56 56 55 50
Max/Min RH 100 32 90 25 73 20 68 19
RH 82100 50 34 73 87 39 26 55 72 30 21 48 65 27 21
PWind Dir N S S S S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW CL FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 70 10 30 0 5 0 10 0
Rain Shwrs NM SC SC
Tstms SC IS SC
$$
OKZ002-242100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
448 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2026
Date Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 100 66 98 62 91
Temp 67 80 93 98 97 82 75 69 66 79 90 96 92 76 70 65 63 73 84 90 88
DewPt 63 63 60 57 56 61 62 63 63 63 61 58 59 64 65 65 63 66 63 61 60
Min/Max RH 24 91 28 100 36
RH 88 55 34 26 25 49 63 81 91 59 37 28 34 65 84100100 78 50 38 40
Wind Dir NW NW N NE E E N NE NW N NE E E E N N N N NE E E
Wind Spd 5 5 5 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 10 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6
Clouds FW FW CL CL CL SC SC SC B2 B1 SC CL FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 22 6 1 4 4 37 47 50 76 67 46 5 13 60 64 59 51 47 18 14 27
PoP 12HR 0 20 30 80 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.02 0.25 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC O O NM NM NM
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 6 9 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 8 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 6 5
Vent Rate 5 17 56 71 58 6 5 4 5 21 38 58 60 8 4 5 6 22 34 38 38
T Wind Dir NW NW N N E E NW NE N N NE N E E E N N N NE NE E
T Wind Spd 11 11 11 9 8 13 11 9 10 13 9 8 11 18 10 9 11 12 9 6 9
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 08/27/26Fri 08/28/26Sat 08/29/26Sun 08/30/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 61 92 63 97 67 101 69 102
Temp 69 62 85 89 71 65 90 94 75 68 95 98 78 70 97 98
DewPt 64 62 63 59 62 63 61 57 59 60 59 54 57 58 57 53
Max/Min RH 100 33 97 26 77 21 68 19
RH 83100 47 38 73 93 38 28 58 76 30 23 49 67 27 23
PWind Dir E S S S S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 SC FW FW SC FW CL CL SC FW CL FW SC FW CL
PoP 12HR 60 20 20 5 5 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs NM SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS
$$
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