Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
449 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
TXZ012-170900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
449 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Date 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 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 46 84 49 71 41
Temp 78 62 56 50 47 62 76 83 82 66 60 55 50 56 64 70 66 54 48 44 41
DewPt 27 31 31 30 32 35 34 29 25 27 25 23 27 38 38 38 36 38 37 35 34
Max/Min RH 56 12 50 29 75
RH 15 31 38 46 56 36 22 14 12 23 26 29 40 51 38 31 32 55 65 70 75
Wind Dir W SE SE S SW W SW SW SW S SW W NW N N NE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 10 8 9 6 6 10 11 14 14 11 11 11 13 21 23 18 14 13 13 11 9
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2
Clouds(%) 4 3 4 1 2 2 2 3 5 3 3 2 4 11 7 7 12 19 60 58 71
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 9 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 4 3 <1 1 1 <1
Vent Rate 77 6 8 6 4 22 94186105 8 9 8 15 65 69 63 49 7 17 13 8
T Wind Dir W SE SE SE S S SW SW SW S SW W NW N N NE E E E E E
T Wind Spd 10 14 18 14 11 16 17 23 21 18 19 18 26 32 26 20 17 16 19 13 12
RFTI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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 63 41 51 37 58 41 77 48 76
Temp 57 61 48 42 48 49 41 38 49 57 44 42 69 75 55 49 70 74
DewPt 35 37 36 34 36 36 36 35 37 38 39 40 43 41 46 44 44 42
Min/Max RH 38 77 59 90 48 93 28 84 29
RH 44 41 63 74 64 61 82 90 63 49 82 93 38 30 72 84 39 31
PWind Dir E E E E SE S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 40 60 30 10 5 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS
$$
TXZ016-170900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
449 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Date 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 45 83 49 73 40
Temp 77 60 55 50 46 63 76 81 81 63 57 53 50 59 67 72 70 55 49 43 40
DewPt 21 24 24 27 29 34 30 23 21 23 19 18 23 37 39 37 36 39 39 37 36
Max/Min RH 51 10 43 25 85
RH 12 25 31 41 51 34 18 12 11 21 22 25 35 44 35 28 29 54 69 79 84
Wind Dir SW SW W W W W W SW SW SW SW W NW N NE NE E E E E E
Wind Spd 13 10 11 9 8 9 12 13 13 9 9 9 9 16 16 12 13 10 10 9 9
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) 5 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 2 2 3 12 7 7 14 28 46 61 63
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 10 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 4 3 <1 1 1 1
Vent Rate 128 7 9 7 5 18119204150 8 9 8 8 51 56 48 46 8 20 14 15
T Wind Dir W W W W W W W W SW SW W W NW N NE NE E E E E E
T Wind Spd 17 14 19 16 13 13 19 24 24 17 19 19 19 25 18 13 16 17 20 14 12
RFTI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 68 40 51 36 59 40 79 46 77
Temp 59 66 48 41 48 50 40 37 50 59 44 41 68 77 55 47 71 75
DewPt 39 40 40 39 41 40 39 37 40 40 42 41 44 37 45 45 44 40
Min/Max RH 35 96 66 100 49 100 22 95 25
RH 48 38 74 93 77 69 96100 67 50 95100 42 23 70 94 38 28
PWind Dir SE SE E E SE S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 40 50 30 10 5 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-170900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
449 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Date 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 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 49 87 51 71 43
Temp 81 65 59 53 49 65 79 86 85 70 64 57 52 58 65 70 68 55 50 45 43
DewPt 32 35 37 36 36 37 35 30 27 28 28 26 31 40 39 37 37 38 37 34 31
Max/Min RH 60 12 52 29 65
RH 17 32 44 53 60 36 20 13 12 21 25 30 43 51 39 30 32 52 61 64 63
Wind Dir N E E E SE SW S SW SW S SW W N N N NE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 12 8 6 4 4 5 9 11 10 8 9 6 14 19 19 13 11 9 9 6 8
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) 5 4 2 2 1 1 2 2 7 2 2 2 7 16 21 11 20 23 48 67 66
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4
Mix Hgt 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 9 6 <1 <1 <1 1 3 4 4 4 <1 <1 1 1
Vent Rate 70 4 5 5 5 26 73153116 7 9 7 35 83 76 60 49 8 16 12 12
T Wind Dir NW E E SE SE SE S SW SW S SW W N N N NE E E E E E
T Wind Spd 13 10 11 11 11 16 13 19 20 17 19 17 28 29 23 16 13 14 18 11 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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 66 41 55 39 60 43 81 51 80
Temp 59 64 50 42 51 53 44 39 52 60 47 43 73 78 58 51 73 78
DewPt 32 35 34 32 33 35 36 36 37 38 41 42 44 43 48 46 44 43
Min/Max RH 32 69 45 90 43 98 25 83 26
RH 35 35 54 69 50 49 75 89 58 44 78 95 36 29 69 82 35 29
PWind Dir E E E E SE S SW SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 30 50 30 10 5 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-170900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
449 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Date 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 50 86 52 70 43
Temp 79 65 59 53 50 63 77 84 84 70 64 58 53 57 63 69 66 56 50 46 43
DewPt 31 34 36 35 36 37 35 30 26 29 27 27 30 40 38 37 37 38 38 34 32
Max/Min RH 58 12 52 29 65
RH 18 32 42 51 58 37 22 14 12 22 24 29 41 53 40 32 35 51 61 63 64
Wind Dir N E E E S SW S SW SW S SW SW N N N NE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 10 8 6 4 4 6 9 12 11 10 12 10 16 19 20 16 12 12 13 9 9
Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) 6 5 2 2 1 2 1 2 8 2 2 2 6 15 18 10 20 22 48 65 67
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4
Mix Hgt 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 9 6 <1 <1 <1 2 3 4 4 4 <1 <1 1 <1
Vent Rate 66 5 5 5 4 25 71150113 7 9 7 39 82 75 65 50 7 14 11 7
T Wind Dir NW E E SE SE S S SW SW S SW W N N N NE E E E E E
T Wind Spd 10 11 11 11 11 14 13 19 20 17 20 16 28 29 23 18 14 14 18 11 11
RFTI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 65 42 53 39 60 44 80 52 79
Temp 57 63 51 43 49 51 44 39 50 59 48 44 71 77 59 52 71 77
DewPt 32 36 35 33 34 35 37 36 37 38 41 42 44 42 48 46 44 43
Min/Max RH 34 70 51 88 45 93 26 81 28
RH 39 38 55 69 57 53 75 88 62 47 77 91 38 29 68 80 38 29
PWind Dir E E E E SE S SW SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 30 50 30 10 5 5 5 10
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ006-170900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
449 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Date 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 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 41 81 43 65 36
Temp 76 59 52 45 42 62 74 80 79 62 56 49 44 52 59 65 62 48 43 38 36
DewPt 30 34 37 34 33 36 34 28 22 22 22 24 29 39 37 36 36 37 36 33 31
Max/Min RH 70 12 64 34 84
RH 18 38 55 63 70 38 23 15 12 21 27 37 55 62 42 35 37 64 76 82 82
Wind Dir SW E E N NW NW S SW SW S W W N N NE NE E E E E E
Wind Spd 9 5 5 5 5 6 8 10 12 9 9 9 16 21 18 13 12 10 10 8 6
Clouds SC B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
Clouds(%) 41 59 10 3 2 2 3 4 7 2 2 2 12 27 13 17 23 17 32 49 55
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 5 6 6 5 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 9 9 <1 <1 <1 1 3 4 4 4 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 124 6 6 6 5 17 70154191 9 8 8 38 72 64 59 50 7 7 9 5
T Wind Dir W E E E E S SW SW SW SW W NW N N N NE E E E E SE
T Wind Spd 12 13 13 14 11 11 12 19 24 19 18 19 29 27 20 16 14 14 16 12 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W
Date 04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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 66 34 49 32 59 37 79 43 77
Temp 58 63 44 35 46 48 38 33 48 58 43 38 71 75 52 44 70 75
DewPt 35 38 34 31 35 38 36 33 38 40 41 38 43 38 42 40 40 38
Min/Max RH 35 85 61 100 49 100 22 89 24
RH 42 39 68 85 63 66 94100 69 51 94100 36 25 69 88 33 27
PWind Dir SE E E E S S SW E S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 30 30 30 5 10 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC
Tstms IS
$$
OKZ002-170900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
449 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Date 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 43 83 43 64 36
Temp 76 60 53 47 43 64 77 83 81 63 57 52 44 50 59 64 61 48 42 38 36
DewPt 33 36 37 36 36 38 35 32 29 29 28 29 37 39 35 34 33 33 32 30 29
Max/Min RH 75 14 76 32 76
RH 21 40 54 65 75 38 22 16 15 27 33 41 75 64 41 33 35 58 66 72 74
Wind Dir N NE S W SW S S S S S SW NW N N N NE NE NE E E E
Wind Spd 11 4 4 4 4 5 10 11 10 9 9 13 18 20 19 13 12 9 9 6 5
Clouds FW B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC FW SC FW SC SC B1
Clouds(%) 10 52 8 4 3 2 2 2 5 2 3 4 14 42 33 18 27 24 32 45 67
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 3
Mix Hgt 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 9 7 <1 <1 <1 2 3 4 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 129 4 3 3 3 22 98147115 7 9 25 63 79 74 63 55 7 7 5 5
T Wind Dir NW NE E S S S S S SW S SW NW N N N NE E E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 20 9 6 8 9 14 17 18 18 14 19 28 32 28 21 16 13 13 14 12 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W
Date 04/19Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 63 36 51 33 59 39 80 45 78
Temp 57 61 43 36 48 49 37 33 50 58 42 40 72 74 53 45 71 75
DewPt 29 31 28 29 31 32 34 33 36 37 39 40 43 41 43 42 40 40
Min/Max RH 30 75 48 100 43 100 25 89 25
RH 33 32 55 75 50 51 88100 57 44 89100 35 30 69 87 32 28
PWind Dir SE E E E SE S SW SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 30 30 30 10 5 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC
$$
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