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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
538 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
TXZ012-230900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
538 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
Date 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24 Thu
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 53 83 49 69 53
Temp 76 65 60 57 53 69 78 80 76 62 57 53 50 55 62 67 68 61 58 57 57
DewPt 43 46 48 47 47 46 42 43 44 46 46 46 44 48 50 50 49 52 53 53 51
Max/Min RH 79 26 82 50 87
RH 31 50 64 68 79 44 27 27 32 55 68 78 79 77 65 54 51 72 83 87 81
Wind Dir SW S S SW SW W N NE E E E NE NE E E SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 21 16 19 18 13 14 16 17 19 13 14 12 12 12 9 10 12 12 14 12 13
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 5 4 4 2 7 6 10 9 10 6 36 56 78 71 60 57 71 62 76 59 68
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 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 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 6 7 4 <1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 99 12 13 12 10 24 95113 76 11 22 27 27 24 28 37 27 13 8 8 7
T Wind Dir SW S SW SW SW W N NE E E E E E E E SE S SE SE S S
T Wind Spd 26 25 27 26 21 19 18 19 21 21 23 20 21 18 14 12 13 16 17 17 14
RFTI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/25Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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 85 53 81 51 81 48 78 48 83
Temp 80 82 64 53 77 79 60 52 77 77 57 49 71 77 56 49 77 81
DewPt 47 38 33 30 26 22 24 28 31 30 34 36 35 31 38 40 38 34
Min/Max RH 20 42 11 40 16 62 18 72 17
RH 31 21 31 40 15 12 25 40 19 18 42 61 27 19 51 72 25 18
PWind Dir S SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW
Wind Char 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 0 20 20 10 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ016-230900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
538 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
Date 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 50 86 48 77 52
Temp 78 64 57 54 51 69 84 85 81 64 58 52 49 57 65 74 76 64 58 56 55
DewPt 38 43 47 47 48 46 36 35 37 46 48 47 44 49 50 47 42 46 50 48 45
Max/Min RH 92 17 88 29 78
RH 24 47 68 79 92 44 18 17 20 52 71 85 84 76 60 39 29 53 75 76 70
Wind Dir SW S SW SW SW W NW NE E E E NE NE NE E S S SE S S SW
Wind Spd 19 13 14 13 12 12 12 13 13 12 11 9 8 9 6 9 12 9 13 12 13
Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 3 3 3 12 9 6 11 30 46 11 14 48 62 67 57 39 62 72 64 53 62
PoP 12HR 0 5 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
Mix Hgt 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 12 13 5 <1 <1 1 1 2 3 4 5 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 127 11 13 12 10 29181198 85 10 9 21 22 25 28 37 68 7 8 7 7
T Wind Dir SW S SW SW W W W W E E E E NE NE E S S S S S SW
T Wind Spd 27 25 26 24 21 23 17 17 19 21 18 19 17 17 11 10 14 14 18 14 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/25Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 85 50 81 48 80 45 79 46 84
Temp 81 82 60 51 75 79 57 49 77 77 55 46 73 76 54 46 76 82
DewPt 37 23 24 25 25 19 21 25 26 23 28 33 32 25 33 35 35 27
Min/Max RH 11 37 10 39 12 61 14 67 13
RH 21 11 25 37 16 11 24 39 16 13 36 61 22 15 46 65 22 13
PWind Dir SW SW W SW SW SW W W SW
Wind Char 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 0 0 10 10 5 5 5
$$
TXZ008-230900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
538 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
Date 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24 Thu
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 57 82 51 73 55
Temp 82 70 64 60 58 71 79 81 77 64 59 54 52 56 63 70 72 62 59 57 57
DewPt 43 46 48 48 47 46 44 44 45 45 45 44 44 46 50 50 51 54 54 56 55
Max/Min RH 69 26 75 46 98
RH 26 43 57 63 68 42 30 27 32 48 60 70 74 70 61 49 48 74 83 94 91
Wind Dir S S S SW SW W N NE E E E NE E E E SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 16 16 17 16 12 10 16 14 14 13 11 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 12 10 11
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) 4 3 3 4 9 6 12 11 12 11 44 57 76 69 67 57 71 61 69 73 70
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 20 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
Mix Hgt 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 6 4 <1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 <1 1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 132 11 11 12 9 25 64100 92 11 29 35 43 41 35 31 32 9 12 10 6
T Wind Dir SW S SW SW W W N NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE S S
T Wind Spd 27 24 23 24 20 18 18 19 24 20 23 23 24 20 16 11 12 13 13 12 12
RFTI 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
Date 04/25Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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 89 56 86 53 86 51 82 50 85
Temp 83 84 67 56 81 84 64 53 81 81 61 51 75 80 58 50 78 83
DewPt 48 40 38 32 27 24 26 31 33 34 38 39 37 32 40 42 39 37
Min/Max RH 18 40 10 41 15 63 16 74 18
RH 30 21 34 40 14 11 23 41 18 18 42 63 24 18 50 73 24 19
PWind Dir S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
Wind Char 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12HR 20 10 5 0 20 20 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-230900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
538 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
Date 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 57 81 51 73 56
Temp 80 68 64 60 58 69 77 79 76 64 59 54 52 56 61 69 71 62 60 58 58
DewPt 43 45 47 48 47 47 44 43 44 44 45 45 45 47 50 50 50 52 55 55 53
Max/Min RH 68 28 77 46 91
RH 27 43 55 63 68 45 31 28 32 49 60 71 76 72 65 52 47 70 83 89 83
Wind Dir SW S S SW SW W NE NE E E E NE E E E SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 19 17 19 17 13 12 16 17 16 13 13 11 11 11 9 10 11 12 12 11 12
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 4 3 3 4 7 5 6 11 14 9 43 56 74 70 67 57 71 61 65 68 68
PoP 12HR 0 0 10 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
Mix Hgt 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 4 6 4 <1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 <1 1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 119 11 12 11 9 22 63100 89 12 29 29 35 41 32 36 37 9 12 6 7
T Wind Dir SW S SW SW SW W N NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE S S
T Wind Spd 27 25 25 24 20 18 18 20 24 20 23 21 24 20 14 11 12 13 13 13 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/25Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 87 56 84 53 84 51 80 50 84
Temp 80 83 67 57 78 83 64 54 79 80 61 52 74 79 59 51 76 82
DewPt 47 37 36 32 27 23 26 30 32 33 37 39 36 31 39 42 39 36
Min/Max RH 18 39 11 41 16 62 17 72 18
RH 31 20 32 39 15 12 23 41 19 18 42 62 26 18 48 71 26 19
PWind Dir S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind Char 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12HR 20 10 5 0 20 20 10 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ006-230900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
538 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
Date 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24 Thu
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 47 77 44 71 48
Temp 79 64 58 53 48 68 74 76 72 57 51 47 45 52 60 68 70 58 54 51 50
DewPt 33 38 39 42 39 39 41 40 41 42 40 40 39 44 48 47 47 49 50 50 47
Max/Min RH 71 27 81 43 98
RH 19 38 48 65 71 35 31 27 32 56 66 77 79 74 65 48 44 73 84 94 90
Wind Dir SW S SW SW W N NE NE E E E NE NE E SE S S SE S S S
Wind Spd 16 13 16 13 9 9 17 16 16 10 10 9 6 8 9 11 12 12 13 10 11
Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 5 2 3 6 6 13 5 9 16 18 23 55 64 72 62 41 43 52 68 65 61
PoP 12HR 0 5 10 5 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5
Mix Hgt 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 5 6 4 <1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 155 11 13 11 7 16 81106 84 9 20 22 35 28 30 40 52 12 11 11 7
T Wind Dir SW SW SW W W N NE E E E E E E E SE S S SE S S S
T Wind Spd 24 24 25 24 17 13 19 19 21 19 20 19 19 14 13 12 16 16 16 17 14
RFTI 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
Date 04/25Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
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 84 46 80 42 78 41 75 41 81
Temp 80 81 57 46 75 78 54 43 73 73 51 42 70 73 50 41 75 78
DewPt 34 25 27 27 26 22 28 31 32 31 34 36 35 32 36 37 38 32
Min/Max RH 12 47 11 63 17 81 20 86 17
RH 19 13 31 46 16 12 36 63 22 21 52 80 27 22 58 84 26 19
PWind Dir SW SW SW W SW SW SW N SW
Wind Char 15> 15> 15> <15 15> 15> 15> <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 0 20 20 10 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
OKZ002-230900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
538 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
Date 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 50 75 45 69 48
Temp 81 66 60 57 51 65 71 75 72 57 51 48 46 53 59 65 67 54 52 51 52
DewPt 36 41 43 40 38 43 42 39 38 38 36 36 38 41 45 46 47 51 51 51 52
Max/Min RH 62 26 72 45 100
RH 20 40 52 53 62 46 34 27 29 50 55 62 72 62 58 50 48 90 96100 99
Wind Dir S S S SW W N NE NE E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE S S
Wind Spd 16 14 16 16 9 14 19 16 14 9 9 8 6 9 12 12 12 12 12 11 12
Clouds CL CL FW FW CL FW FW CL FW SC SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1
Clouds(%) 5 3 7 18 5 8 6 2 20 29 42 70 54 75 70 57 31 51 67 73 61
PoP 12HR 0 0 20 10 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 6
Mix Hgt 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 3 2 3 <1 <1 1 <1
Vent Rate 92 12 11 12 7 40 72 93 86 8 7 7 13 39 38 35 44 12 13 21 7
T Wind Dir SW S SW W W N NE NE E E E E E E SE SE SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 24 25 25 26 17 21 21 18 20 17 17 14 17 17 16 16 16 16 14 18 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/25Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 87 49 83 44 81 45 77 43 82
Temp 80 83 60 49 78 81 56 45 76 75 54 46 71 74 52 44 75 79
DewPt 44 35 36 29 28 26 32 36 37 34 38 40 37 34 38 41 42 36
Min/Max RH 16 47 12 71 18 82 21 92 19
RH 28 18 39 46 16 13 40 71 24 22 54 81 29 23 58 90 30 21
PWind Dir S SW SW SW S SW SW NW W
Wind Char 15> 15> 15> <15 15> 15> 15> <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 5 20 30 10 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS
Tstms IS SC IS
$$
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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