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
349 PM CDT Tue Sep 2 2025
TXZ012-030900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
349 PM CDT Tue Sep 2 2025
Date 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri
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 58 91 60 92 65
Temp 84 80 70 64 61 60 73 85 90 88 76 70 64 61 72 85 92 89 77 72 69 68
DewPt 52 51 53 53 53 53 55 54 51 50 53 54 54 55 57 55 51 50 54 53 53 51
Max/Min RH 78 25 82 24 57
RH 33 36 55 67 75 78 53 35 26 27 44 58 70 81 59 36 25 26 45 51 57 55
Wind Dir N NE E SE SW SW W W W NW SE S NE E SE S S S S S SW SW
Wind Spd 9 9 5 4 5 6 9 11 8 4 4 6 6 5 4 6 9 9 9 9 9 11
Clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 7 5 11 25 17 8 3 4 13 12 19 15 8 10 3 5 23 36 56 51 55 66
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 7 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 6 10 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 5 13 5 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 91 55 4 3 3 4 17 73104 17 2 4 3 3 10 53151 47 7 8 7 8
T Wind Dir N NE E SE SW W W W W W SE S NE E S SW SW SW S SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 16 12 10 6 8 13 13 13 11 5 6 11 8 9 9 11 13 11 17 19 18 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 09/05Sat 09/06/25Sun 09/07/25Mon 09/08/25Tue 09/09/25
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 80 55 74 57 76 58 80 59 82
Temp 76 72 60 57 67 71 61 59 69 73 62 60 74 77 63 61 76 77
DewPt 55 55 55 53 56 56 58 58 60 59 61 60 61 59 61 60 61 59
Min/Max RH 46 86 56 96 57 100 48 100 49
RH 48 55 84 86 68 59 90 96 73 62 97100 64 54 93 97 60 54
PWind Dir N E SE SE SE SE S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 20 30 40 40 30 20 20 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ016-030900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
349 PM CDT Tue Sep 2 2025
Date 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 58 91 58 94 65
Temp 86 83 70 64 61 59 73 84 89 88 74 66 61 58 73 87 92 90 76 71 68 66
DewPt 48 49 52 52 53 53 55 54 51 49 53 53 54 53 56 53 48 46 49 50 50 49
Max/Min RH 82 25 85 21 54
RH 27 32 53 65 74 80 53 35 27 26 49 62 78 82 55 31 22 22 40 48 52 53
Wind Dir N NE E SE SW W SW W W NW SW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind Spd 8 5 4 4 4 4 9 11 9 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 8 9 5 5 6 8
Clouds FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1
Clouds(%) 8 9 31 54 34 21 10 11 10 23 20 21 21 13 18 14 33 35 53 62 73 68
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 8 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 10 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 10 14 6 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 84 60 6 4 4 5 22 81 98 55 4 6 5 3 10 70149 80 8 9 8 9
T Wind Dir N NE E SE SW SW W W W NW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 12 10 11 9 9 10 14 13 11 9 8 13 10 6 8 8 12 16 14 19 16 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 09/05Sat 09/06/25Sun 09/07/25Mon 09/08/25Tue 09/09/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 84 56 77 57 79 57 84 58 85
Temp 79 76 61 57 70 76 61 59 71 77 61 59 76 81 64 59 78 82
DewPt 54 56 57 56 58 57 60 59 61 59 61 59 61 58 61 59 61 58
Min/Max RH 41 95 51 100 52 100 43 100 43
RH 42 50 86 95 65 53 95100 71 55100100 60 45 90100 56 45
PWind Dir NW E SE SE S S SW SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 30 30 50 40 40 20 20 10
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC IS IS SC IS
$$
TXZ008-030900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
349 PM CDT Tue Sep 2 2025
Date 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri
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 60 94 60 95 67
Temp 84 82 71 66 62 60 75 88 93 91 78 70 63 60 70 85 92 91 80 75 71 68
DewPt 55 54 55 55 55 55 57 55 51 53 54 56 58 58 60 58 54 54 56 55 54 54
Max/Min RH 84 24 93 27 61
RH 37 37 56 68 78 84 53 32 24 27 43 61 82 92 69 40 28 30 44 50 56 61
Wind Dir N NE E S SW SW SW W W W SW NE NE NE E S S S S S SW W
Wind Spd 8 6 4 3 4 4 6 9 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 6 8 6 5 5 5
Clouds FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) 9 0 4 13 10 3 2 1 13 17 13 6 11 11 5 2 15 27 48 49 50 52
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 7 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 11 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 9 3 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 99 62 5 4 5 7 20 71116 27 6 8 7 6 12 36111 24 11 12 9 10
T Wind Dir N NE E S SW SW W W W W SW NE NE E SE S SW SW S SW SW W
T Wind Spd 16 12 8 5 8 11 14 16 12 9 9 11 10 9 9 11 13 9 16 17 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 09/05Sat 09/06/25Sun 09/07/25Mon 09/08/25Tue 09/09/25
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 57 77 60 78 60 83 61 85
Temp 77 73 62 58 70 74 64 61 71 75 65 62 76 80 66 62 78 80
DewPt 57 56 55 55 57 59 59 60 61 62 63 62 62 62 64 62 63 62
Min/Max RH 49 92 54 98 62 100 50 100 48
RH 50 55 79 91 62 59 85 98 72 64 93100 61 54 93100 59 54
PWind Dir NE E SE SE S SE S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 20 20 30 30 30 20 20 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-030900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
349 PM CDT Tue Sep 2 2025
Date 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 61 92 60 94 66
Temp 83 82 71 65 63 62 74 85 91 90 78 69 64 60 70 84 91 90 79 74 71 68
DewPt 54 52 54 55 56 55 56 54 51 51 54 55 57 57 59 57 53 53 56 55 54 53
Max/Min RH 80 25 89 26 58
RH 36 36 55 69 77 79 54 35 26 27 43 61 77 89 69 40 28 29 45 51 55 58
Wind Dir N NE E S SW SW SW W W SW S NE NE NE SE S S S S S SW W
Wind Spd 8 6 4 4 4 5 8 10 6 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 8 9 8 8 9
Clouds FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) 6 2 5 17 12 5 1 2 9 11 12 8 9 11 2 2 16 26 47 50 50 57
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 7 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 5 10 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 3 10 4 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 100 54 5 3 5 6 17 66106 18 4 7 6 4 11 34122 33 8 9 8 9
T Wind Dir N NE E S SW W W W W SW S NE E E SE S SW SW S SW SW W
T Wind Spd 17 11 10 5 9 12 14 16 12 6 8 11 11 8 9 11 13 9 13 16 16 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 09/05Sat 09/06/25Sun 09/07/25Mon 09/08/25Tue 09/09/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 80 57 76 59 77 60 81 61 83
Temp 75 72 61 58 69 72 63 61 70 74 64 62 75 79 65 62 77 79
DewPt 56 55 55 55 56 58 60 60 61 61 63 62 62 61 64 62 62 61
Min/Max RH 48 92 56 98 61 100 50 100 50
RH 51 56 83 92 63 61 88 98 75 65 95100 63 54 95 99 61 54
PWind Dir NE E SE SE S SE S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 20 20 30 30 30 20 20 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ006-030900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
349 PM CDT Tue Sep 2 2025
Date 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri
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 56 90 55 91 59
Temp 86 82 68 63 59 57 73 85 90 88 73 65 58 55 70 83 90 89 75 69 64 60
DewPt 47 49 52 53 52 53 55 53 48 46 50 51 53 53 56 54 51 47 51 51 50 51
Max/Min RH 84 22 94 23 73
RH 26 32 57 70 78 84 53 33 24 24 44 60 83 92 61 37 26 24 43 54 60 72
Wind Dir NE E E SW SW SW SW W W N NE NE NE N S S SW SW SW SW W N
Wind Spd 8 8 4 4 4 5 9 11 9 6 5 8 4 4 4 9 11 10 6 6 6 9
Clouds CL CL FW SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC B1 SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) 4 3 21 42 14 11 3 3 13 16 13 9 9 9 4 4 18 37 51 46 51 57
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 8 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 5 12 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 4 11 8 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 109 61 5 4 4 5 20 60133 57 4 6 5 4 12 46138107 6 7 6 12
T Wind Dir N NE E S SW SW W W NW N NE E E E S SW SW SW W SW W N
T Wind Spd 14 11 11 8 10 11 16 12 12 10 8 12 10 8 10 13 14 16 11 14 12 16
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 09/05Sat 09/06/25Sun 09/07/25Mon 09/08/25Tue 09/09/25
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 74 53 75 55 78 55 81 56 83
Temp 69 71 58 54 69 73 60 57 72 75 60 58 76 79 61 58 77 80
DewPt 53 52 53 54 56 55 59 57 59 59 60 57 59 56 60 58 58 56
Min/Max RH 50 99 52 100 52 100 43 100 42
RH 57 52 85 99 62 54 97100 64 57 98 97 56 46 96 99 52 43
PWind Dir NE E S S S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 20 20 40 30 30 10 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC SC IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC IS SC
$$
OKZ002-030900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
349 PM CDT Tue Sep 2 2025
Date 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 56 93 55 92 57
Temp 83 80 67 62 59 57 72 88 92 88 72 64 58 55 67 81 90 88 73 69 64 60
DewPt 54 52 55 54 54 52 55 53 48 50 53 56 58 55 59 58 54 53 56 55 55 54
Max/Min RH 84 22 100 28 82
RH 38 38 66 76 83 84 55 31 22 26 53 75100100 74 46 30 30 56 62 73 82
Wind Dir NE NE SE SW SW SW SW W NW N NE NE E NE SE S S S S S NW NE
Wind Spd 8 6 4 4 4 5 8 9 6 5 6 6 4 3 4 8 9 9 8 6 6 9
Clouds CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW CL CL FW SC SC SC B1
Clouds(%) 3 0 12 3 2 4 1 5 20 10 11 9 22 32 20 3 5 24 48 46 41 55
PoP 12HR 0 20 0 0 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
Mix Hgt 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 6 13 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 3 7 3 <1 <1 <1 1
Vent Rate 85 45 4 3 5 5 16 64163 29 5 10 4 4 11 44 86 29 7 6 7 15
T Wind Dir N NE SE SW W W SW W NW N NE NE E E S S SW S S SW W NE
T Wind Spd 16 11 9 8 11 12 14 11 14 13 12 13 9 6 9 16 13 12 13 11 16 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 09/05Sat 09/06/25Sun 09/07/25Mon 09/08/25Tue 09/09/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 73 51 75 55 76 55 81 56 82
Temp 68 67 56 53 70 71 60 57 71 71 61 58 75 76 61 58 77 78
DewPt 52 51 52 52 56 56 58 57 60 60 60 58 61 59 61 58 61 60
Min/Max RH 51 98 54 100 59 100 52 100 49
RH 56 56 86 97 61 60 94100 68 68 98100 63 56100100 58 55
PWind Dir NE SE S SE S S SE SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 30 10 30 30 30 10 20 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
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