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 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
TXZ012-062100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
349 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
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 80 46 85 47 78
Temp 63 63 71 78 79 77 64 58 52 47 66 78 84 82 68 61 53 48 60 71 77 76
DewPt 63 60 55 34 25 16 13 13 14 16 20 19 19 20 20 20 23 25 26 26 25 24
Min/Max RH 10 28 9 40 14
RH 100 90 57 20 14 10 13 17 22 28 17 11 9 10 16 20 31 40 27 18 14 14
Wind Dir S S SW W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW W NW N N N W SW
Wind Spd 20 20 20 21 28 26 16 16 12 10 12 17 26 24 12 11 11 12 13 9 12 13
Clouds OV B2 SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 93 85 42 2 2 5 4 3 2 3 3 4 2 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 10
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 4 4
Mix Hgt <1 1 3 7 10 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 8 11 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 11 11
Vent Rate 23 25 83194309249 13 14 11 6 43193326237 8 8 7 8 34 80196171
T Wind Dir S S SW W W W W W NW W W W SW SW SW W N N N W W SW
T Wind Spd 28 27 28 29 35 36 23 24 23 16 19 26 34 33 18 18 16 18 16 16 20 18
RFTI 0 0 0 2 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CH CH EL NO NO NO NO EL CH CH NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL
Fire Weather A A A
Red Flag W W W
Date Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
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 47 72 45 71 48 72 48 74
Temp 57 48 68 69 53 45 67 69 54 48 67 68 53 48 70 71
DewPt 29 31 32 34 34 38 38 38 39 42 44 44 45 46 44 44
Max/Min RH 51 23 76 30 80 38 93 35
RH 34 51 26 27 48 76 34 32 57 80 43 42 74 93 39 38
PWind Dir E NE NE NE SE SE S S
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 10 30 30 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ016-062100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
349 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 79 43 84 48 81
Temp 63 61 70 75 78 76 61 55 48 44 65 76 82 83 67 60 54 48 63 73 80 79
DewPt 63 59 42 29 16 10 12 11 12 14 17 16 16 14 16 16 16 20 23 22 18 15
Min/Max RH 8 30 7 33 9
RH 99 93 36 18 10 8 14 17 23 30 15 10 8 7 14 18 23 33 21 15 10 9
Wind Dir S S W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW W W NW NW W W W
Wind Spd 21 20 21 28 28 24 12 12 9 8 12 19 26 21 10 10 9 9 9 11 16 18
Clouds OV SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 93 44 4 2 2 5 2 3 2 4 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 11
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 2 1 5 7 10 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 8 11 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 8 12 12
Vent Rate 41 25109188314303 10 12 8 5 56195348307 8 9 8 7 37167335297
T Wind Dir S SW W W W W W NW NW W W W SW SW SW W W N NW W W W
T Wind Spd 31 25 27 32 36 35 20 23 18 13 19 28 35 35 18 19 19 16 14 25 31 27
RFTI 0 0 1 4 7 7 1 0 0 0 1 3 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 4
RFTI Category NO NO EL CL EX EX EL NO NO NO EL CL EX CH EL NO NO NO NO EL CL CL
Fire Weather A A A
Red Flag W W W
Date Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 45 73 43 71 47 71 45 76
Temp 56 46 69 71 52 43 65 70 53 48 65 65 51 46 70 72
DewPt 26 31 32 31 35 37 37 36 40 42 45 44 47 45 44 40
Max/Min RH 55 21 79 28 83 40 100 29
RH 31 55 25 23 52 79 35 28 61 82 48 46 88 96 39 31
PWind Dir NE E E E SE SE SE SW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 10 10 30 30 30
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS SC
Tstms SC SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ008-062100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
349 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
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 89 49 80
Temp 63 64 74 82 84 81 67 60 53 49 67 80 87 87 71 63 55 50 61 71 78 79
DewPt 61 61 56 35 22 15 13 14 15 18 23 22 21 23 24 24 26 27 26 27 26 28
Min/Max RH 8 28 9 40 14
RH 91 90 53 18 10 8 12 16 22 28 19 12 9 10 17 22 33 40 26 19 15 15
Wind Dir S S SW SW SW W W W W W W SW SW SW SW W N N N N N E
Wind Spd 14 16 14 18 25 21 14 13 10 5 8 13 21 18 12 9 10 9 10 9 9 11
Clouds OV B2 B1 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 92 82 58 5 1 4 5 3 3 2 3 5 2 4 4 25 3 2 3 3 2 8
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 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 3 4
Mix Hgt <1 <1 4 8 10 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 12 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 9 8
Vent Rate 19 20 97229334315 12 13 10 6 29180393346 9 6 10 8 44 58120135
T Wind Dir S S SW SW SW W W W W W W SW SW SW SW NW N N N NW W SE
T Wind Spd 26 26 31 34 37 36 23 21 19 13 16 26 36 37 19 13 18 16 16 12 14 18
RFTI 0 0 0 1 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CH CH EL NO NO NO NO EL CH CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL
Date Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
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 49 75 46 76 50 75 50 79
Temp 59 49 70 72 55 47 69 73 57 50 70 72 56 50 74 76
DewPt 29 31 35 34 37 40 39 39 40 43 44 45 46 47 45 45
Max/Min RH 50 23 77 26 77 34 89 30
RH 32 50 27 25 51 76 34 28 52 77 40 38 69 89 36 33
PWind Dir NE NE NE NE SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 10 10 20 30 30
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ008-062100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
349 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 83 51 87 50 79
Temp 63 63 72 79 81 78 67 60 54 51 66 78 85 85 70 63 55 50 60 70 77 77
DewPt 61 61 55 34 22 16 14 16 18 19 23 21 21 23 23 23 27 26 25 27 26 27
Min/Max RH 10 28 9 40 15
RH 96 91 55 20 11 10 13 18 24 28 19 12 10 10 17 22 33 39 26 20 15 16
Wind Dir S S SW SW W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW W N N N N NW E
Wind Spd 20 20 21 21 27 25 16 14 12 9 10 16 23 20 11 9 11 10 12 9 9 12
Clouds OV B2 B1 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 92 82 53 4 1 4 4 3 3 2 3 4 2 4 4 23 3 2 3 3 2 9
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4
Mix Hgt <1 <1 4 7 10 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 10 8
Vent Rate 23 23107231340315 13 13 11 6 30177407364 8 6 9 8 42 53149131
T Wind Dir S S SW SW SW W W W W W W SW SW SW SW W N N N W W S
T Wind Spd 27 27 31 35 37 36 24 21 19 14 16 26 37 37 18 13 17 16 16 11 17 18
RFTI 0 0 0 2 7 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL EX CH EL NO NO NO NO CL CH CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL
Date Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 50 73 47 74 51 73 51 77
Temp 59 50 68 71 55 47 67 72 57 51 67 70 56 51 71 75
DewPt 29 31 34 34 36 39 39 38 40 43 44 45 46 46 45 44
Max/Min RH 49 24 73 28 74 37 84 32
RH 31 49 28 26 49 73 37 29 52 73 43 41 68 83 39 34
PWind Dir NE NE NE NE SE SE S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 10 10 20 30 30
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ006-062100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
349 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
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 77 38 84 39 76
Temp 63 61 70 75 77 73 57 51 44 39 62 75 83 81 62 53 45 40 56 68 75 73
DewPt 57 55 33 21 12 7 11 11 12 13 18 17 15 14 17 18 21 21 22 22 19 19
Min/Max RH 8 34 7 46 12
RH 83 80 25 13 8 8 16 20 27 34 18 11 8 8 17 25 38 46 26 17 12 13
Wind Dir S S SW SW W W W W W W SW SW SW SW W N N N N NE SW E
Wind Spd 26 20 25 25 24 23 16 13 10 6 11 16 26 24 11 10 10 9 9 9 12 13
Clouds B2 SC FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 79 46 6 2 2 6 3 2 3 3 21 15 3 7 4 13 2 2 3 3 5 15
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 1 <1 5 7 12 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 8 13 13 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 8 13 9
Vent Rate 39 18157211339337 15 12 8 5 53202482464 8 7 9 7 38115270187
T Wind Dir S SW SW W W W W W W W W W SW W W NW N N N W W NE
T Wind Spd 32 27 35 32 32 33 26 24 17 12 20 27 41 41 18 16 17 16 13 16 23 23
RFTI 0 0 3 4 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
RFTI Category NO NO CL CL CH EX EL NO NO NO NO EL EX EX NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL
Fire Weather A A A
Red Flag W W W
Wind Y
Date Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
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 68 39 69 42 70 41 74
Temp 51 43 63 66 47 40 64 67 50 43 65 66 47 42 70 71
DewPt 24 26 32 32 35 38 39 36 39 40 44 43 44 42 44 42
Max/Min RH 52 26 94 30 90 39 100 32
RH 35 52 31 28 63 94 40 32 67 88 46 43 89 99 39 35
PWind Dir NE NE NE E E E S SW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 10 10 30 30 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS IS SC
Tstms IS SC IS IS SC
$$
OKZ002-062100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
349 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 81 44 86 43 74
Temp 62 62 73 80 81 77 59 53 48 44 65 77 83 84 64 56 48 43 58 68 73 71
DewPt 59 60 53 28 17 14 17 16 17 17 21 20 18 18 23 25 25 21 21 21 21 21
Min/Max RH 9 33 8 44 13
RH 90 91 49 15 9 9 20 23 29 33 19 12 9 9 21 30 40 42 23 17 14 15
Wind Dir S S SW SW W W W W W W W SW SW SW W N N N N N N NE
Wind Spd 23 18 20 23 21 19 9 11 10 8 11 16 20 19 9 12 12 10 12 10 10 10
Clouds B2 B2 B1 FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW SC CL CL CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 84 73 65 21 2 11 3 4 5 4 7 27 11 23 24 40 4 3 3 2 5 14
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 6 6 6 4 6 6 6 5 3 3
Mix Hgt 1 <1 4 9 14 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 14 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 7 10 8
Vent Rate 37 18110261344218 6 10 10 6 52206403271 8 9 11 8 63112143 78
T Wind Dir S S SW SW W W W W W W W W SW W NW N N N N NW W NE
T Wind Spd 29 24 32 33 28 26 13 20 19 14 18 26 33 36 18 20 20 18 19 17 16 11
RFTI 0 0 0 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO CL CH CL NO NO NO NO NO EL CH CL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL
Fire Weather A A A
Red Flag W W W
Wind Y
Date Thu 05/09/24Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 44 70 41 71 45 73 45 77
Temp 51 44 65 68 48 42 66 69 51 45 67 69 51 46 72 72
DewPt 24 28 35 33 37 38 39 36 40 41 43 42 45 44 44 43
Max/Min RH 53 26 89 28 87 34 97 30
RH 35 53 32 27 65 86 37 30 66 87 42 37 79 94 36 35
PWind Dir NE NE N N E NE SW S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 10 10 20 30 30
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS SC
$$
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