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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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787 FOUS54 KAMA 080809 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 308 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 TXZ012-082100- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 308 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 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 47 73 45 73 Temp 53 48 61 73 80 80 64 57 52 48 61 70 73 71 58 54 49 46 58 67 72 71 DewPt 28 25 26 26 25 21 24 30 32 32 32 33 33 34 35 36 38 38 40 39 39 39 Min/Max RH 11 54 23 74 30 RH 38 40 26 17 13 11 22 35 46 54 33 25 23 26 42 50 66 73 53 36 31 32 Wind Dir N N N W W W NW NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N NE NE NE N Wind Spd 10 9 12 9 16 16 9 12 11 11 18 19 18 16 11 10 9 9 12 11 10 8 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 Clouds(%) 2 2 3 2 2 6 13 36 24 11 8 7 8 26 28 13 27 38 40 43 39 51 PoP 12HR 0 5 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 6 6 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 6 11 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 6 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 7 7 Vent Rate 9 8 38 55228271 8 9 8 9 78115148123 8 9 8 5 28 53 69 65 T Wind Dir N N N W W W NW NE E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE T Wind Spd 18 18 18 10 23 28 16 17 16 18 23 21 20 18 17 18 17 13 13 11 11 10 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 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24 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 72 51 72 50 77 51 81 Temp 56 50 68 68 55 51 67 68 55 51 72 73 57 52 76 78 DewPt 41 45 45 47 50 51 52 51 50 49 48 47 48 49 48 47 Max/Min RH 80 45 98 51 91 37 89 31 RH 57 80 45 49 83 96 61 56 83 89 44 41 72 86 38 35 PWind Dir SE SW S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW PoP 12HR 10 40 60 60 40 40 20 20 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS $$ TXZ016-082100- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 308 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 82 46 74 45 73 Temp 53 47 63 73 80 80 63 56 50 47 60 71 74 72 59 54 48 45 57 67 72 71 DewPt 17 20 22 21 17 15 18 21 28 32 34 34 33 33 35 36 37 38 40 39 37 37 Min/Max RH 8 58 22 78 27 RH 24 34 21 14 9 9 18 25 43 57 37 26 22 24 40 50 65 78 53 34 29 28 Wind Dir NW NW N W W W N N NE NE NE E E E E NE NE NE NE E E SE Wind Spd 9 8 8 12 19 17 9 9 9 9 16 17 16 16 11 10 9 8 11 10 9 6 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 Clouds(%) 2 3 2 2 2 4 7 33 5 7 17 7 15 37 36 35 24 42 47 45 49 56 PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 7 12 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 9 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 8 7 Vent Rate 7 6 30116306221 7 8 7 8 76110137113 9 9 13 5 39 70 90 77 T Wind Dir NW N N W W W NW NE NE NE E E E E E NE NE NE E E SE SE T Wind Spd 16 13 13 18 29 26 14 18 16 17 25 20 18 18 18 19 18 12 14 13 12 12 RFTI 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 47 69 48 75 47 80 49 83 Temp 55 48 65 66 53 49 70 71 53 48 74 76 55 50 78 80 DewPt 42 45 48 48 53 51 50 45 50 47 45 41 48 47 44 40 Max/Min RH 85 50 100 37 92 27 88 22 RH 61 85 56 54100100 51 40 89 89 36 30 77 85 31 25 PWind Dir SE S S S S W S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 60 60 50 30 30 10 20 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS SC IS IS IS IS Tstms IS SC SC IS SC IS IS IS IS $$ TXZ008-082100- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 308 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 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 50 77 47 77 Temp 55 50 64 74 82 82 66 60 54 50 63 72 76 74 62 56 50 47 59 70 75 75 DewPt 29 25 26 27 26 28 30 31 32 31 32 34 34 36 37 37 39 40 41 41 40 40 Min/Max RH 12 47 22 77 27 RH 36 37 23 17 13 14 26 33 42 47 32 25 22 25 40 50 66 77 50 35 28 29 Wind Dir NW NW N N SW W NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N N N Wind Spd 8 5 9 6 13 11 11 11 9 5 11 13 13 11 8 8 5 5 9 11 10 6 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) 3 3 2 3 1 12 7 44 50 12 11 11 9 25 15 35 29 24 32 35 37 48 PoP 12HR 0 5 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 3 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 6 11 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 7 7 Vent Rate 8 7 50 53214160 9 9 7 6 56103114109 8 9 6 4 31 44 57 56 T Wind Dir N N N W W W NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N NE NE NE E T Wind Spd 16 14 18 10 21 18 17 18 16 13 21 18 14 14 14 18 13 10 11 9 9 9 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 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24 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 51 78 53 77 53 83 53 85 Temp 59 52 74 73 59 53 73 74 59 54 76 77 61 54 80 82 DewPt 42 47 45 47 51 52 53 51 52 52 50 50 51 51 50 48 Max/Min RH 75 35 94 43 93 33 88 27 RH 55 74 36 41 75 93 51 47 79 91 41 39 70 86 35 32 PWind Dir SE SW S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12HR 10 30 60 70 40 40 20 20 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS Tstms IS SC IS SC SC SC IS IS $$ TXZ008-082100- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 308 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 83 49 75 48 75 Temp 55 50 63 72 80 80 66 59 54 50 62 70 74 73 61 56 51 48 58 69 74 74 DewPt 29 26 26 26 26 26 29 30 32 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 39 41 40 39 40 Min/Max RH 13 48 23 73 29 RH 37 39 24 18 14 13 25 33 44 48 33 26 23 26 40 49 64 73 52 36 30 31 Wind Dir NW NW N W W SW N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N N N Wind Spd 9 6 10 8 13 12 10 12 10 9 14 16 14 12 10 9 8 8 10 11 10 8 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) 3 3 2 2 2 12 7 47 47 10 11 10 10 27 16 38 29 26 34 36 38 50 PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 0 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 6 11 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 7 7 Vent Rate 7 6 47 52216201 8 9 8 7 55113124124 7 9 7 5 27 51 56 56 T Wind Dir N N N W W W N NE E NE NE E E NE NE NE NE N NE NE NE E T Wind Spd 16 13 18 10 21 19 16 18 16 14 21 20 18 17 16 18 13 11 11 10 9 9 RFTI 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 52 76 53 75 53 81 54 84 Temp 59 53 72 72 59 54 70 73 58 53 75 77 60 55 78 81 DewPt 42 46 45 47 51 51 52 51 52 50 49 49 50 50 49 47 Max/Min RH 72 38 90 46 89 35 83 29 RH 54 72 39 43 76 89 54 48 78 86 42 39 69 81 38 32 PWind Dir SE SW S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW PoP 12HR 10 40 60 70 40 40 20 20 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS $$ TXZ006-082100- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 308 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 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 78 42 68 40 71 Temp 45 41 59 70 77 76 57 51 46 43 56 65 68 66 53 49 43 41 55 66 71 69 DewPt 22 22 24 23 20 16 22 24 24 24 33 33 32 33 36 37 38 38 40 39 37 38 Min/Max RH 10 49 26 91 29 RH 39 47 26 17 12 10 25 34 42 48 43 30 26 29 53 64 82 88 57 40 30 31 Wind Dir N N N SW SW W N NE NE N NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N NE N E Wind Spd 9 8 9 10 14 12 9 12 10 9 14 14 13 12 9 9 9 8 10 9 9 6 Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW FW B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 Clouds(%) 3 2 2 1 7 16 17 56 57 45 34 32 30 42 33 46 26 41 47 43 47 57 PoP 12HR 0 10 5 5 5 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 6 6 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 8 13 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 9 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 7 9 7 Vent Rate 9 8 36156309239 8 8 7 7 44106121101 7 9 7 6 39 46 78 67 T Wind Dir N N N SW W W NE NE E N NE NE E NE NE NE NE N NE E S S T Wind Spd 18 17 13 21 27 23 18 17 16 17 21 20 16 13 16 18 16 14 12 8 10 10 RFTI 0 0 0 0 2 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 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24 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 46 73 45 77 46 80 Temp 52 45 66 64 51 47 70 69 50 46 73 74 53 47 77 78 DewPt 41 44 47 49 50 48 51 47 48 46 46 45 47 45 47 44 Max/Min RH 91 46 100 42 100 33 95 27 RH 67 90 52 59 97100 53 47 92 99 39 37 80 91 36 31 PWind Dir SE SW SW S S SW S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC PoP 12HR 20 50 60 60 30 30 10 20 Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC IS SC IS Tstms SC IS SC IS SC IS $$ OKZ002-082100- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 308 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 77 44 71 41 73 Temp 48 44 61 70 76 75 58 52 49 45 57 67 71 69 55 51 45 42 57 68 73 71 DewPt 25 23 23 24 23 23 25 25 26 29 37 35 34 35 38 38 39 39 42 40 38 38 Min/Max RH 13 56 25 87 27 RH 40 43 23 18 14 15 28 35 41 54 48 30 26 28 53 62 77 86 55 37 28 29 Wind Dir N NW N N SW NE NE NE N N N NE NE NE N N N N N N N N Wind Spd 9 8 11 9 12 11 9 9 6 8 12 13 12 10 8 8 6 8 10 11 11 8 Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC Clouds(%) 4 3 2 2 11 25 20 62 74 60 43 33 28 38 19 42 31 21 25 25 36 41 PoP 12HR 5 10 5 0 5 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 7 12 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 7 8 8 Vent Rate 8 8 50 73227119 7 6 5 7 36 82 94 95 8 7 6 5 39 48 64 55 T Wind Dir N N N W W N N E NE N N N N N NE N N N N N NW NW T Wind Spd 17 18 17 12 21 17 16 14 12 16 17 14 13 13 17 16 13 12 11 8 9 8 RFTI 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24Tue 05/14/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 47 75 48 75 48 80 48 82 Temp 54 48 71 71 54 49 72 70 53 49 75 75 56 49 79 79 DewPt 41 43 44 45 50 50 51 50 52 49 49 48 50 48 49 48 Max/Min RH 80 35 100 42 100 33 96 29 RH 61 80 40 41 86100 49 50 96 97 41 39 81 93 36 35 PWind Dir S SW S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12HR 10 30 60 60 40 40 20 20 Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC SC IS Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC IS $$ 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