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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
549 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
TXZ012-222100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
549 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
Date Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
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 53 79 49 70
Temp 44 56 69 77 75 63 59 56 53 68 78 79 76 62 56 53 50 56 63 67 68
DewPt 36 40 41 41 41 45 47 46 47 46 41 43 43 45 44 44 44 47 48 48 48
Min/Max RH 28 80 26 80 47
RH 73 55 36 28 29 52 64 69 80 45 27 28 31 54 64 71 80 72 58 50 49
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW W N NE E E E NE NE E E SE SE
Wind Spd 13 21 23 24 21 18 20 19 14 14 16 17 19 14 13 11 12 12 10 11 13
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 3 1 0 2 6 4 5 5 10 6 12 16 11 9 24 48 46 67 64 57 69
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 5
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 5 5 5 5 5 4
Mix Hgt <1 2 3 5 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 5 5 4 <1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3
Vent Rate 9 59 80119 97 13 15 13 11 26 72 90 79 11 22 19 24 40 35 37 40
T Wind Dir SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW W N N E E E E E E SE SE S
T Wind Spd 20 29 27 27 26 26 28 27 23 20 18 20 21 21 23 20 19 19 13 12 16
RFTI 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO EL CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24
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 53 84 53 82 51 83 50 78
Temp 56 55 78 80 64 55 77 79 61 53 78 80 62 52 73 75
DewPt 52 52 48 40 30 30 26 24 26 30 30 25 29 33 31 27
Max/Min RH 91 24 38 12 41 12 48 16
RH 86 90 35 24 28 38 15 13 26 41 17 13 28 48 21 17
PWind Dir SE S SW SW SW SW SW W
Wind Char 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15>
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 20 10 5 0 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ016-222100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
549 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
Date Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 78 49 85 46 75
Temp 38 52 67 76 76 62 57 53 50 69 82 84 79 62 56 50 47 56 65 72 74
DewPt 36 39 39 37 37 43 46 46 47 45 36 34 38 46 46 46 44 49 49 45 42
Min/Max RH 24 89 17 90 31
RH 92 62 37 24 24 50 67 79 89 42 19 17 23 57 71 86 89 77 55 38 32
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW W NW N E E E NE NE NE E SE S
Wind Spd 11 19 20 21 20 14 16 13 11 13 12 13 14 12 11 9 8 9 6 9 12
Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) 6 4 3 1 3 3 3 10 5 4 13 19 33 8 13 47 37 57 46 55 60
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
Mix Hgt <1 2 3 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 12 12 3 <1 <1 1 2 2 3 4 5
Vent Rate 9 50 67130113 12 12 11 10 29183169 58 10 9 18 27 35 26 38 65
T Wind Dir SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW W W W W E E E E NE E E S S
T Wind Spd 20 27 25 26 27 25 25 24 21 21 17 16 19 23 18 19 18 17 10 11 14
RFTI 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 53 85 50 80 48 83 47 78
Temp 58 55 79 81 61 52 75 78 58 50 77 79 57 50 73 77
DewPt 48 46 37 21 22 25 24 19 23 26 25 21 26 30 28 21
Max/Min RH 74 11 35 10 38 11 47 12
RH 71 73 23 11 22 35 15 11 27 38 14 11 30 47 19 13
PWind Dir S SW SW W SW SW SW W
Wind Char <15 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15>
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 5
$$
TXZ008-222100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
549 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
Date Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
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 57 82 51 72
Temp 45 59 72 82 81 68 63 59 58 70 79 82 77 64 58 53 51 57 63 69 69
DewPt 36 39 41 40 43 46 47 47 47 46 44 43 43 44 43 43 44 46 48 49 50
Min/Max RH 22 68 25 76 47
RH 70 48 32 22 26 44 57 64 68 42 29 25 29 46 56 68 76 67 57 48 50
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW S S SW SW W W N NE E E E NE E E E SE SE
Wind Spd 11 18 20 19 16 16 16 14 13 11 14 16 13 11 11 8 8 9 9 10 11
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 2 0 1 2 6 5 2 7 10 6 16 10 16 12 37 25 52 68 70 62 68
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5
Mix Hgt <1 3 4 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 6 4 <1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Vent Rate 9 67 97134114 11 12 12 10 26 65 95 89 13 42 33 26 44 36 35 32
T Wind Dir SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW W W N NE E E E E E E SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 19 29 27 26 27 23 23 24 21 18 19 19 24 19 24 21 18 18 13 11 12
RFTI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24
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 53 87 55 87 53 88 52 82
Temp 58 57 80 83 67 57 80 84 63 54 81 83 64 54 77 79
DewPt 53 54 50 45 35 31 29 27 29 34 33 28 32 36 34 28
Max/Min RH 96 24 36 11 47 12 51 14
RH 84 92 35 27 30 36 15 12 27 47 18 13 30 51 21 15
PWind Dir SE S SW SW SW SW SW W
Wind Char <15 15> 15> 15> <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 20 10 5 0 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ008-222100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
549 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
Date Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 81 57 81 52 72
Temp 45 56 70 79 79 68 64 60 58 69 78 80 76 64 58 54 52 56 62 68 69
DewPt 36 39 41 41 42 44 47 48 47 46 43 42 42 43 43 44 45 46 48 49 49
Min/Max RH 25 68 27 77 48
RH 71 53 35 26 27 43 54 64 68 44 30 27 30 46 56 70 77 68 60 51 49
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW W N NE E E E NE NE E E SE SE
Wind Spd 13 21 21 21 19 16 19 16 13 12 16 18 17 13 13 10 10 11 9 12 12
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 2 0 0 2 7 4 3 6 7 9 6 13 18 13 26 29 51 68 70 59 66
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5
Mix Hgt <1 3 4 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 4 5 4 <1 2 2 2 3 3 4 3
Vent Rate 9 65 95135112 11 13 12 10 23 64 92 85 16 33 30 39 49 36 40 41
T Wind Dir SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW W N NE E E E E E E SE SE S
T Wind Spd 20 29 27 27 27 24 25 24 20 18 19 20 24 20 23 20 20 18 13 13 13
RFTI 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 54 86 56 85 54 86 53 81
Temp 58 57 78 81 67 58 78 82 63 54 79 82 64 54 74 78
DewPt 54 54 49 41 31 30 29 25 29 34 32 26 31 36 33 27
Max/Min RH 95 24 35 12 46 12 49 14
RH 86 89 37 24 26 35 17 13 27 46 18 13 29 49 23 15
PWind Dir SE S SW SW SW SW SW W
Wind Char <15 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15>
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 20 10 5 0 10 10 10
Rain Shwrs IS
Tstms IS
$$
TXZ006-222100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
549 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
Date Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
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 47 77 43 71
Temp 40 54 70 79 78 63 58 53 48 66 74 76 71 56 51 46 44 53 60 68 70
DewPt 39 43 42 38 35 38 40 42 40 39 41 40 40 41 40 39 39 43 46 46 45
Min/Max RH 20 74 27 84 40
RH 97 64 37 23 21 40 52 68 74 37 30 27 32 58 67 78 82 69 60 45 41
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW W NW NE NE E E E NE NE E SE S S
Wind Spd 13 23 20 19 17 14 16 13 9 11 16 18 16 10 11 6 6 8 9 11 13
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) 3 2 1 2 6 4 3 11 9 5 5 16 18 18 14 49 38 53 53 43 49
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 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 4 5 5
Mix Hgt <1 2 3 8 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 4 5 4 <1 1 1 1 3 3 4 4
Vent Rate 11 56 66143150 12 13 11 8 15 73 94 77 9 19 17 15 32 33 51 60
T Wind Dir SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W NW NE E E E E E E SE SE S S
T Wind Spd 24 29 23 21 25 24 25 23 17 12 19 19 20 19 20 18 16 13 12 14 17
RFTI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24
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 85 47 81 44 80 42 76
Temp 53 50 78 79 59 48 75 77 54 45 74 76 54 44 71 72
DewPt 50 49 37 26 23 25 27 24 31 32 31 25 30 31 31 27
Max/Min RH 99 14 40 12 60 13 62 16
RH 89 95 23 14 26 40 17 14 41 59 20 15 39 61 23 19
PWind Dir S S SW SW W SW SW W
Wind Char <15 15> 15> 15> <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 0 0 10 5 10
$$
OKZ002-222100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
549 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
Date Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 82 49 74 44 67
Temp 42 56 71 81 80 65 60 56 50 63 71 74 71 56 51 47 44 54 61 65 66
DewPt 37 41 42 38 37 42 43 41 39 43 41 38 35 37 36 36 38 41 43 45 45
Min/Max RH 20 65 26 78 45
RH 82 57 35 22 21 44 54 58 65 49 34 27 27 50 56 64 78 61 51 48 47
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW S S SW SW W N NE NE E E E E E E SE SE SE
Wind Spd 13 21 20 18 14 14 16 16 9 14 18 16 14 9 9 6 6 10 12 13 13
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW CL FW SC FW CL FW CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 3 2 2 2 6 4 6 28 12 4 7 5 18 29 27 64 55 64 66 57 54
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 10 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.01
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt <1 2 3 7 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 3 3
Vent Rate 11 61 67121 91 13 12 12 7 42 78 90 81 8 7 12 10 39 43 52 44
T Wind Dir SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW W N N NE E E E E E SE SE S S
T Wind Spd 21 31 24 19 24 26 25 26 16 21 21 19 20 16 16 16 13 18 16 17 17
RFTI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 04/25/24Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 48 85 49 83 45 83 46 77
Temp 52 52 78 79 60 51 78 79 56 46 77 79 57 47 72 73
DewPt 51 52 48 41 32 29 32 29 34 38 35 30 33 36 36 33
Max/Min RH 100 22 45 14 74 15 66 19
RH 97100 34 26 35 43 19 16 43 74 22 17 40 66 27 23
PWind Dir SE S SW SW NW SW SW W
Wind Char <15 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 10 5 5 10 10 10
$$
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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