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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
348 AM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026
TXZ012-112100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
348 AM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026
Date Thu 06/11/26 Fri 06/12/26 Sat 06/13/26
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 95 63 91 67 99
Temp 78 72 86 89 92 90 78 72 67 64 72 81 88 88 79 75 71 68 82 93 97 86
DewPt 69 60 56 45 44 43 44 45 46 49 55 59 58 58 60 61 63 62 61 57 53 57
Min/Max RH 18 63 33 81 23
RH 74 66 36 22 19 20 30 38 47 58 55 47 36 36 52 62 76 81 49 30 23 37
Wind Dir SW SW W N NE NE E E E E SE SE S S S S S S SW SW S S
Wind Spd 19 16 14 21 19 19 16 13 13 12 13 12 16 18 14 14 13 13 18 17 14 13
Clouds CL FW CL FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 2 6 2 8 38 22 37 54 68 78 62 18 29 29 44 47 38 23 16 11 25 42
PoP 12HR 0 10 10 10 40
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.02
Rain Shwrs SC SC O
Tstms SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 5 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 7 10 3
Vent Rate 16 12 33 95110 92 13 16 10 13 39 74108107 9 9 12 11 58112156 44
T Wind Dir SW SW W NE NE NE E E E E SE S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW E
T Wind Spd 26 19 17 24 21 21 20 20 16 16 17 17 19 20 18 18 18 16 21 19 17 17
RFTI 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sun 06/14/26Mon 06/15/26Tue 06/16/26Wed 06/17/26
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 60 78 56 78 55 85 61 97
Temp 70 61 70 74 63 59 71 75 63 59 77 83 69 65 88 95
DewPt 58 57 52 51 52 53 51 50 51 53 53 51 53 56 54 47
Max/Min RH 87 40 80 41 83 32 73 19
RH 66 87 53 44 67 80 49 41 65 80 43 33 57 73 31 20
PWind Dir E NE E E SE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 80 30 50 20 40 10 10 5
Rain Shwrs O SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC SC IS SC SC
$$
TXZ016-112100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
348 AM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026
Date Thu 06/11/26 Fri 06/12/26 Sat 06/13/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 95 61 91 64 97
Temp 74 67 85 89 93 91 79 71 65 63 72 81 89 88 78 72 68 65 81 91 95 88
DewPt 67 57 51 43 43 45 49 50 50 51 57 61 59 58 61 61 60 60 61 58 53 55
Min/Max RH 18 70 34 86 24
RH 80 70 32 20 18 20 35 47 58 66 58 51 37 36 56 68 76 84 52 33 24 32
Wind Dir SW SW W NE NE E E E E E SE SE S S S S SW SW SW SW S SW
Wind Spd 13 11 10 19 18 17 14 10 9 9 8 11 14 16 13 11 11 12 16 13 13 12
Clouds CL SC FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 3 28 6 26 29 23 39 42 59 64 61 48 16 50 65 55 32 24 12 8 19 33
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 20 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS NM
Tstms IS IS IS NM
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 5 6 4 <1 1 1 1 2 5 7 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 11 4
Vent Rate 12 9 15 86110 82 16 29 18 19 33 67108110 8 9 13 13 44 97157 62
T Wind Dir SW SW W NE NE E E E E E SE S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW NW
T Wind Spd 24 18 11 21 20 21 24 24 17 16 17 16 18 21 17 18 19 17 20 18 16 18
RFTI 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sun 06/14/26Mon 06/15/26Tue 06/16/26Wed 06/17/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 58 79 54 79 54 86 59 97
Temp 69 59 71 75 62 57 71 76 61 57 76 84 68 62 87 94
DewPt 59 57 56 55 56 54 56 54 54 54 56 52 55 55 54 45
Max/Min RH 93 45 90 46 93 32 81 19
RH 72 93 59 50 80 90 58 47 78 90 50 33 63 78 32 19
PWind Dir SE NE E E SE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW CL
PoP 12HR 70 30 50 30 40 20 10 0
Rain Shwrs NM SC IS SC SC SC SC IS SC SC IS
Tstms NM SC IS SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ008-112100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
348 AM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026
Date Thu 06/11/26 Fri 06/12/26 Sat 06/13/26
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 96 65 95 70 104
Temp 82 76 87 89 93 91 81 74 69 66 74 83 91 91 82 78 74 71 86 97 99 88
DewPt 67 58 50 44 42 40 39 42 45 48 52 58 59 60 63 64 64 64 62 58 54 60
Min/Max RH 16 55 32 79 22
RH 61 55 29 21 17 17 23 32 43 53 47 44 33 36 54 63 70 79 45 28 22 38
Wind Dir SW SW N N NE NE NE NE E E SE SE S S S S S S SW SW SW S
Wind Spd 13 11 16 19 17 16 13 9 8 6 8 10 13 13 12 11 10 11 16 14 12 10
Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 3 2 7 12 12 20 23 55 59 75 64 50 42 13 38 42 39 22 13 18 32 37
PoP 12HR 0 20 10 20 50
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.01 0.02
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC NM
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 5 6 5 2 <1 <1 <1 3 5 7 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 7 10 3
Vent Rate 12 8 56104106100 29 15 10 8 48 80116109 10 10 12 9 72128156 49
T Wind Dir SW SW N N NE NE NE E E E SE S S S S S S S SW SW SW SE
T Wind Spd 20 17 20 24 20 21 21 19 13 12 17 17 19 20 20 18 18 16 24 20 17 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sun 06/14/26Mon 06/15/26Tue 06/16/26Wed 06/17/26
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 62 80 58 81 58 89 64 101
Temp 73 63 71 76 66 61 73 78 66 61 80 86 73 67 91 99
DewPt 61 58 51 50 53 54 50 50 53 55 53 52 56 58 56 50
Max/Min RH 84 36 79 36 82 28 72 19
RH 66 84 48 40 63 79 44 38 63 82 39 30 55 72 31 19
PWind Dir E NE E E SE SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 70 30 40 20 40 10 10 5
Rain Shwrs NM SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC IS IS IS SC
$$
TXZ008-112100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
348 AM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026
Date Thu 06/11/26 Fri 06/12/26 Sat 06/13/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 93 65 93 70 101
Temp 82 74 84 86 90 88 80 73 69 66 72 80 88 88 81 77 74 71 83 94 96 86
DewPt 66 58 51 44 41 40 40 42 45 49 53 58 58 59 63 63 63 64 61 57 53 58
Min/Max RH 18 57 35 79 24
RH 59 57 32 24 19 19 25 32 42 53 51 48 36 39 55 63 70 79 49 30 24 40
Wind Dir SW SW N NE NE NE E E E E SE SE S S S S S S SW SW SW S
Wind Spd 16 13 17 20 17 17 14 11 10 9 10 11 13 16 14 13 13 13 18 14 13 10
Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 3 3 7 10 10 21 23 55 64 77 64 56 37 20 40 41 38 24 13 15 31 39
PoP 12HR 0 20 10 20 50
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.01 0.01
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC O
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 5 6 5 2 <1 <1 <1 3 5 7 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 7 11 3
Vent Rate 11 9 55 96104 91 33 17 10 8 46 81114111 10 10 11 10 71127150 47
T Wind Dir SW SW N NE NE NE E E E E SE S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SE
T Wind Spd 20 17 20 23 19 20 21 19 14 12 17 17 19 19 20 19 16 16 24 20 16 17
RFTI 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sun 06/14/26Mon 06/15/26Tue 06/16/26Wed 06/17/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 62 78 58 79 58 85 64 97
Temp 72 63 69 74 65 61 71 76 65 61 77 84 72 67 88 95
DewPt 60 58 51 50 52 54 50 50 52 55 53 51 55 58 55 49
Max/Min RH 85 40 79 40 83 32 72 21
RH 66 85 53 43 63 79 49 41 64 82 44 33 57 72 33 21
PWind Dir E NE E E SE SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 80 30 40 20 40 10 10 5
Rain Shwrs O SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC IS IS SC SC
$$
TXZ006-112100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
348 AM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026
Date Thu 06/11/26 Fri 06/12/26 Sat 06/13/26
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 87 57 90 62 96
Temp 64 64 79 82 86 85 72 66 60 58 70 79 88 87 74 71 66 63 81 92 93 84
DewPt 44 38 41 39 38 37 39 37 39 43 49 56 58 58 60 59 58 59 60 55 52 54
Min/Max RH 17 59 34 85 24
RH 49 38 26 22 18 18 30 35 46 58 47 45 36 38 61 67 76 84 48 29 25 36
Wind Dir SW SW N NE NE E E E E E SE S S S SW S S SW SW SW SW N
Wind Spd 11 9 23 21 17 16 12 10 6 5 9 12 14 17 17 13 13 14 18 13 9 10
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW FW B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 1 3 5 0 3 8 8 52 68 81 66 35 8 32 51 35 27 18 29 33 33 41
PoP 12HR 0 20 0 30 30
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0 0.01 0.03
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 4 5 6 <1 <1 <1 1 3 5 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 7 6
Vent Rate 9 6 64 93 93 94 11 16 7 14 43 72115105 13 11 12 10 58 75 97 96
T Wind Dir SW W N NE E E E E E E SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
T Wind Spd 19 14 26 24 19 19 19 19 14 14 17 18 21 23 23 21 19 17 23 16 16 17
RFTI 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO EL EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sun 06/14/26Mon 06/15/26Tue 06/16/26Wed 06/17/26
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 54 74 51 76 51 83 56 96
Temp 65 55 69 71 59 54 70 73 59 54 76 82 65 60 88 94
DewPt 55 52 51 51 51 51 53 53 52 53 54 52 53 54 53 46
Max/Min RH 90 45 89 47 98 34 85 19
RH 70 90 53 49 75 89 55 49 78 95 47 35 65 82 30 19
PWind Dir NE NE E SE SE SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 50 30 40 30 50 10 20 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC IS IS SC IS SC IS
$$
OKZ002-112100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
348 AM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026
Date Thu 06/11/26 Fri 06/12/26 Sat 06/13/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 87 57 91 64 99
Temp 74 68 78 82 86 85 71 65 60 58 71 79 89 87 75 72 69 66 84 94 95 87
DewPt 34 37 44 40 36 34 36 37 40 44 47 54 58 60 61 62 61 59 59 55 52 55
Min/Max RH 16 61 35 84 24
RH 23 32 31 22 17 16 28 36 47 61 42 42 35 40 61 72 77 79 43 27 24 33
Wind Dir SW W N N NE NE E E E SE SE S S S S S S S SW W NW N
Wind Spd 13 12 21 19 14 13 9 6 4 4 10 13 13 13 13 12 13 14 18 13 10 13
Clouds CL CL FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW CL B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 4 4 9 3 2 6 6 31 59 53 54 21 12 3 53 54 40 29 32 29 35 31
PoP 12HR 0 20 5 40 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS NM
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS SC
Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 5 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 7 3
Vent Rate 11 8 81100 98 96 8 7 5 5 48 93121117 15 13 12 12 69 82 97 47
T Wind Dir SW W N N NE NE E E E SE SE S S S S S S S SW W NW N
T Wind Spd 23 18 28 23 18 17 16 14 11 11 17 19 20 23 21 19 19 19 25 19 14 16
RFTI 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO EL NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sun 06/14/26Mon 06/15/26Tue 06/16/26Wed 06/17/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 56 75 52 77 52 85 59 99
Temp 67 57 69 73 61 56 70 74 60 56 77 84 67 63 90 96
DewPt 54 52 48 48 49 49 51 51 52 52 53 51 54 54 54 48
Max/Min RH 84 38 81 41 90 31 75 19
RH 64 84 47 41 66 79 50 44 74 86 43 32 63 72 30 20
PWind Dir NE NE E E S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12HR 60 30 40 30 40 10 20 0
Rain Shwrs NM SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC IS IS SC
$$
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