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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
258 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
TXZ012-172100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
258 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
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 85 49 65 42 63
Temp 51 47 62 77 83 83 66 61 56 52 53 60 64 62 51 48 44 42 48 57 62 61
DewPt 30 36 38 34 27 25 26 24 23 26 41 40 40 38 39 37 36 35 35 36 37 37
Min/Max RH 11 61 27 76 38
RH 44 65 41 21 13 12 22 24 27 36 64 47 41 41 63 65 73 76 60 45 39 41
Wind Dir S S W W SW SW S SW W NW N N NE E NE E E E E E SE SE
Wind Spd 6 5 10 12 16 14 11 11 10 12 21 21 16 13 13 14 12 9 11 11 12 16
Clouds CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL B1 FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
Clouds(%) 1 6 7 1 2 5 3 3 2 2 52 11 7 10 29 69 75 78 75 80 76 58
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
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 5 4 5 5
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 5 10 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 3 3 <1 1 2 1 3 3 4 3
Vent Rate 6 5 17 70213113 8 9 7 9 47 58 54 42 7 20 28 14 32 44 46 50
T Wind Dir SE S W W W SW S SW W N N N NE E E E E E E SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 14 11 14 17 24 24 18 20 17 19 25 25 18 16 16 18 18 12 13 14 14 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 1 2 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 Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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 39 49 37 59 42 80 50 77
Temp 48 40 46 47 40 37 50 58 46 43 73 78 57 50 71 73
DewPt 39 36 34 34 35 35 38 39 41 42 44 40 46 45 45 44
Max/Min RH 85 59 92 48 98 24 84 32
RH 71 85 63 60 82 92 63 49 83 96 35 26 67 83 39 35
PWind Dir E E E SE S SW SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 70 40 10 5 5 10 10
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ016-172100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
258 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 84 49 70 40 66
Temp 49 45 64 78 83 82 63 57 55 51 58 65 69 68 54 48 44 41 48 58 65 65
DewPt 27 31 35 29 21 21 24 21 20 21 39 41 39 39 40 40 39 39 39 39 40 41
Min/Max RH 10 47 26 92 39
RH 43 58 35 16 10 10 22 24 26 30 48 42 33 34 59 74 82 92 71 50 40 42
Wind Dir W W W W SW SW SW W W NW N NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 9 9 12 13 17 14 9 9 9 9 16 14 11 13 10 11 10 8 9 9 11 16
Clouds CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
Clouds(%) 3 7 7 3 2 4 3 3 3 4 12 6 4 10 40 64 77 81 74 79 62 45
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 8 11 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 4 3 <1 2 2 1 2 4 4 3
Vent Rate 7 7 19150223158 7 7 8 6 31 41 41 41 8 40 29 11 27 47 51 51
T Wind Dir W W W W W W SW W W NW N NE E E E E E E SE S S S
T Wind Spd 16 17 19 21 24 23 16 17 19 16 21 17 12 17 18 24 18 11 13 14 14 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO CL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 38 50 36 63 41 82 47 77
Temp 48 40 47 48 39 37 52 62 45 42 75 80 56 48 71 75
DewPt 42 40 37 37 38 37 41 42 44 42 42 35 43 46 43 42
Max/Min RH 100 63 100 46 100 19 95 29
RH 82100 68 65 96100 66 47 96100 32 20 62 95 36 31
PWind Dir SE E E S S SW S E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15
Avg Clouds SC B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 50 70 40 10 5 0 5 10
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-172100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
258 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
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 89 51 67 43 67
Temp 54 50 66 80 88 87 71 65 59 53 55 61 66 65 54 50 46 43 50 60 66 64
DewPt 36 39 39 36 29 26 27 26 26 35 42 40 39 39 38 37 36 35 32 33 34 35
Min/Max RH 11 67 28 72 30
RH 51 65 37 20 12 11 20 23 28 49 61 45 38 38 54 62 68 72 51 36 30 34
Wind Dir E NE SE W SW SW S SW W N N N NE NE NE E E E E E SE SE
Wind Spd 4 4 4 8 13 12 9 10 6 14 17 18 13 11 9 9 8 5 8 9 10 12
Clouds CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL B1 SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 2 5 7 1 2 5 3 2 2 3 64 33 14 14 20 67 71 77 74 75 68 57
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
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 5 4 5 5
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 4 10 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 3 4 4 <1 1 2 <1 3 4 5 4
Vent Rate 5 4 8 32165115 8 9 7 15 65 61 57 50 6 17 32 10 41 51 55 54
T Wind Dir SE E S W SW SW SW SW W N N N NE E E E E E E SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 10 6 9 19 20 17 19 16 20 26 20 16 14 13 17 18 11 14 13 13 14
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 Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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 41 53 39 63 44 85 51 80
Temp 51 42 50 51 43 39 54 62 48 45 77 81 60 51 73 77
DewPt 36 35 33 34 36 37 38 40 43 45 44 41 47 45 45 45
Max/Min RH 75 48 91 41 100 22 81 29
RH 57 75 53 53 76 91 53 44 82100 31 24 63 79 37 32
PWind Dir E E E SE S SW SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 60 30 10 5 5 10 10
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-172100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
258 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 86 52 63 43 65
Temp 54 50 64 77 85 84 71 66 60 53 54 59 62 62 53 50 46 44 49 57 64 63
DewPt 35 38 39 36 29 25 27 26 27 34 42 40 39 38 38 37 36 35 33 33 35 36
Min/Max RH 11 65 28 72 34
RH 48 63 40 23 13 11 20 22 28 48 64 50 42 42 58 62 70 71 54 40 34 37
Wind Dir E E SE W SW SW S SW SW N N N NE E NE E E E E E SE SE
Wind Spd 4 4 4 9 13 13 11 12 10 16 20 19 14 12 12 13 11 8 10 10 12 13
Clouds CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL B1 SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 2 5 7 1 2 5 3 3 2 2 64 26 14 15 20 67 73 77 75 75 68 55
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 4 10 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 3 4 3 <1 1 2 1 3 4 5 4
Vent Rate 5 4 7 36164130 8 9 7 15 58 62 63 45 7 23 29 10 39 51 56 57
T Wind Dir SE E S W SW W S SW W N N N NE E E E E E E SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 9 5 10 19 21 18 19 16 20 26 21 18 14 13 18 17 11 14 13 13 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 42 51 40 62 45 83 52 78
Temp 52 43 48 50 43 40 53 62 49 46 75 81 60 53 71 76
DewPt 37 35 33 35 37 37 38 40 43 45 44 41 47 45 45 44
Max/Min RH 74 54 90 44 97 22 77 30
RH 57 74 56 58 78 90 57 46 80 95 34 24 62 76 39 33
PWind Dir E E E SE S SW SE E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15
Avg Clouds B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 60 30 10 5 5 10 10
Rain Shwrs SC NM SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ006-172100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
258 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
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 82 43 62 37 66
Temp 45 41 62 75 81 80 63 56 51 45 50 57 62 61 47 44 39 37 46 57 65 63
DewPt 34 36 39 34 27 22 21 23 24 35 41 39 38 38 37 36 35 34 35 36 38 39
Min/Max RH 12 80 35 87 35
RH 64 82 43 22 14 12 20 27 35 67 70 51 41 42 68 74 84 87 66 44 36 40
Wind Dir N N N SW SW SW SW W W N N NE NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 5 4 4 8 12 13 10 9 8 16 21 16 12 12 10 11 8 6 9 10 12 16
Clouds CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW B1 SC FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) 3 7 8 2 3 5 3 3 2 6 64 28 20 21 22 44 75 73 67 55 47 38
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
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 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 7 10 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 4 4 <1 1 1 1 2 4 5 4
Vent Rate 6 4 7 65153171 9 7 7 14 52 61 47 49 6 17 12 12 30 57 75 65
T Wind Dir E NE N W W SW SW W W N N NE NE E E E E SE S S S SE
T Wind Spd 14 9 5 10 17 21 18 17 16 24 26 20 13 14 13 17 12 12 14 16 17 20
RFTI 0 0 0 0 1 2 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 Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
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 33 48 32 63 39 82 43 75
Temp 45 34 44 46 36 33 52 62 45 40 74 78 53 43 68 73
DewPt 37 32 34 36 36 33 40 41 43 40 40 35 40 41 41 42
Max/Min RH 92 60 100 43 100 19 93 29
RH 73 91 67 66 98100 63 45 92100 29 21 62 93 37 32
PWind Dir E E E S S SW E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15
Avg Clouds SC B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 30 40 30 10 5 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC
Tstms SC IS
$$
OKZ002-172100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
258 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Date Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 84 44 63 36 63
Temp 48 43 65 78 83 82 63 58 55 46 49 56 62 60 47 42 39 36 46 57 62 61
DewPt 36 38 40 35 31 28 28 24 27 42 41 37 36 34 34 33 31 29 30 29 31 31
Min/Max RH 13 89 33 77 30
RH 64 81 40 21 15 14 26 27 33 86 72 49 38 38 61 69 74 75 53 34 31 32
Wind Dir W W S SE S S S SW NW N N N NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 4 4 5 8 11 11 9 10 12 18 19 18 13 11 9 9 6 4 9 12 12 13
Clouds CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) 4 10 8 1 2 3 2 3 3 57 66 56 21 22 16 49 54 81 72 68 50 47
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt <1 <1 1 7 10 8 <1 <1 <1 2 3 3 4 4 <1 <1 1 <1 3 5 5 5
Vent Rate 3 3 13 64124109 6 9 11 62 72 66 56 50 6 12 15 9 42 66 64 69
T Wind Dir S SW S S SW SW S W NW N N N NE E E E E SE SE S SE SE
T Wind Spd 8 8 10 10 13 16 14 19 24 31 27 21 14 13 13 17 13 11 16 16 13 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 04/20/24Sun 04/21/24Mon 04/22/24Tue 04/23/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 35 50 34 63 40 82 43 75
Temp 45 36 47 48 38 34 53 62 45 41 75 76 53 44 68 72
DewPt 28 30 31 32 34 34 37 38 41 41 43 42 43 42 41 41
Max/Min RH 80 49 100 40 100 22 93 29
RH 52 80 53 54 84100 53 41 87100 32 29 69 93 37 32
PWind Dir E E E S S SW E E
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15
Avg Clouds SC B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12HR 30 40 30 10 5 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
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
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