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
149 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024
TXZ012-072100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
149 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024
Date Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24
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 47 79 47 72
Temp 54 49 65 76 82 81 68 61 53 48 60 71 77 78 63 56 52 48 58 67 71 69
DewPt 14 17 20 19 19 20 20 20 22 24 24 24 24 22 26 29 30 31 32 33 33 33
Min/Max RH 9 39 12 51 25
RH 20 28 18 12 10 10 16 20 29 39 25 17 14 12 24 35 43 51 37 28 25 26
Wind Dir W W W SW SW SW SW SW NW N N NW W W NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind Spd 16 11 13 16 25 24 13 11 10 10 12 9 13 14 10 13 10 11 18 17 16 12
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 3 3 3 2 4 6 4 5 2 2 3 3 3 15 33 43 26 17 10 18 17 30
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 3 2
Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 8 11 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 11 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 6 8 8
Vent Rate 12 7 49169341222 9 8 7 8 40 90253278 9 10 8 7 76108126108
T Wind Dir W W W W SW SW SW W N N N W W W NE E E NE NE NE NE NE
T Wind Spd 24 17 20 24 34 34 20 17 17 18 17 16 25 26 19 20 17 14 21 19 18 14
RFTI 0 0 0 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CH CH NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Fire Weather A A A
Date Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24
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 70 48 75 50 77 51 80
Temp 53 46 65 69 54 48 71 72 57 51 73 74 57 52 74 76
DewPt 34 38 38 38 39 41 41 41 43 45 45 43 45 46 44 42
Max/Min RH 73 31 77 30 80 31 80 27
RH 48 73 37 32 57 77 34 33 59 80 37 33 64 80 34 30
PWind Dir NE NE SE SW S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 10 20 30 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ016-072100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
149 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024
Date Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 83 47 82 45 72
Temp 50 46 66 76 82 83 66 59 53 48 63 74 81 79 62 56 50 46 58 68 71 70
DewPt 15 13 17 15 15 14 16 15 15 19 22 21 18 15 18 24 28 28 30 31 31 31
Min/Max RH 7 31 9 49 22
RH 24 27 15 10 8 8 15 17 22 31 21 13 9 9 18 29 42 49 34 25 23 23
Wind Dir NW W W SW SW SW SW W W NW NW W W W N NE NE NE NE NE NE E
Wind Spd 10 8 13 19 26 21 9 11 9 9 10 11 19 19 9 11 10 12 16 16 13 12
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 9 21 48 26 12 12 15 19 39
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 2
Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 8 12 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 8 13 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 7 9 9
Vent Rate 9 6 66184374309 9 9 8 7 46154402317 7 9 8 8 81114131112
T Wind Dir NW W W W SW SW SW W NW N NW W W W N E E NE E E E E
T Wind Spd 19 16 23 27 36 35 20 20 18 16 16 23 34 31 16 20 17 17 21 19 16 14
RFTI 0 0 1 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO EL CL EX CH NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Fire Weather A A A
Date Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 43 70 45 75 48 78 49 82
Temp 52 44 65 69 52 46 70 71 54 49 73 75 55 50 76 79
DewPt 35 37 38 36 39 40 40 40 43 44 43 39 44 44 41 35
Max/Min RH 76 30 82 29 86 25 83 19
RH 53 76 37 31 61 79 33 32 66 85 34 27 66 80 28 20
PWind Dir NE E S S S W SW W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 20 30 30 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ008-072100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
149 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024
Date Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24
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 88 48 81 49 75
Temp 56 51 67 79 86 85 71 63 54 49 62 72 79 80 65 59 53 49 59 69 74 73
DewPt 15 18 23 22 20 22 23 23 25 25 24 26 26 28 28 28 30 31 35 35 33 34
Min/Max RH 9 38 14 50 21
RH 19 27 19 12 9 10 16 21 32 38 23 18 14 15 25 31 42 50 40 27 22 24
Wind Dir W W W SW SW SW SW W N N N N NW NE NE NE NE N N NE NE NE
Wind Spd 12 6 9 13 21 17 12 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 11 10 6 8 13 16 14 10
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW
Clouds(%) 4 2 2 3 1 4 7 32 4 1 2 4 3 13 26 51 48 34 35 26 15 25
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 1
Haines 6HR 5 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 2
Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 8 12 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 11 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 6 7 8
Vent Rate 10 6 51149384336 11 6 9 7 51 81191 89 9 8 6 5 64104110104
T Wind Dir W W W W SW SW SW NW N N N NW W S NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
T Wind Spd 20 14 19 21 35 36 20 13 19 16 18 16 19 14 18 17 12 11 20 18 17 14
RFTI 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24
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 75 50 79 53 82 53 85
Temp 55 48 68 74 58 50 74 76 61 53 77 79 61 54 78 80
DewPt 36 40 40 38 39 42 41 42 44 45 45 44 47 46 45 44
Max/Min RH 74 26 73 25 74 26 78 25
RH 48 74 35 27 50 72 31 30 52 74 32 29 60 75 31 28
PWind Dir NE N SE SW S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 10 20 20 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-072100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
149 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024
Date Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 86 49 80 49 73
Temp 56 52 66 76 84 84 70 63 55 49 61 70 78 79 65 59 53 50 58 67 72 71
DewPt 17 19 22 22 21 22 22 23 26 25 24 25 25 26 28 28 31 31 34 34 33 34
Min/Max RH 10 38 14 49 23
RH 21 27 19 13 10 10 16 22 32 38 24 18 14 14 25 30 43 49 40 29 24 26
Wind Dir W W W SW SW SW SW W N N N N W N NE NE NE N NE NE NE NE
Wind Spd 13 10 12 14 23 20 12 9 12 9 11 9 11 11 12 12 9 9 14 16 14 12
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 3 2 3 3 2 5 7 29 2 1 3 3 2 13 29 52 49 29 35 23 15 25
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 2
Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 8 12 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 12 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 6 7 8
Vent Rate 11 7 54154399324 10 7 9 7 46 78211167 10 9 6 6 65107117102
T Wind Dir W W W SW SW SW SW W N N N W W W NE E NE NE NE NE NE NE
T Wind Spd 20 16 20 23 36 36 20 14 18 16 16 14 20 20 19 17 12 12 20 19 17 14
RFTI 0 0 0 2 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CH CL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 48 73 51 77 54 80 54 83
Temp 56 48 67 72 57 51 73 74 61 54 75 77 61 55 76 78
DewPt 36 40 39 37 39 41 41 41 44 45 44 43 46 46 45 43
Max/Min RH 73 28 69 28 73 28 75 26
RH 47 73 37 29 51 69 32 31 54 73 34 30 59 71 33 29
PWind Dir NE N SE SW S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 10 20 30 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ006-072100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
149 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024
Date Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24
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 39 77 42 69
Temp 45 40 62 74 81 80 62 53 45 40 57 69 76 74 55 50 45 43 54 63 68 66
DewPt 13 15 18 17 15 15 17 18 20 20 21 20 19 19 23 23 25 26 34 32 31 32
Min/Max RH 8 46 11 52 24
RH 27 36 18 11 9 9 17 25 37 45 24 15 12 12 29 35 45 51 46 31 25 28
Wind Dir W W SW SW SW SW W NW N N N SE W N NE NE N N NE NE NE NE
Wind Spd 9 8 11 16 23 23 10 8 9 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 9 12 14 16 13 13
Clouds CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL SC FW B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 3 3 4 8 3 7 6 11 2 2 3 3 5 27 23 53 65 43 54 35 34 45
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 2 2
Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 8 13 14 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 15 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 7 9 8
Vent Rate 8 5 52204426494 7 7 8 7 39163315167 9 8 7 9 68105133111
T Wind Dir W W W W SW W W N N N N W W NE NE NE NE N NE NE NE NE
T Wind Spd 18 13 19 27 36 41 16 14 17 14 14 20 24 20 19 17 14 17 20 18 16 14
RFTI 0 0 0 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CH CH NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Fire Weather A A A
Date Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24
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 68 41 72 44 76 45 80
Temp 48 40 63 66 48 42 69 70 52 45 73 72 52 46 74 76
DewPt 34 38 39 37 39 38 42 40 44 42 43 41 43 41 43 38
Max/Min RH 92 33 88 31 92 30 92 23
RH 59 91 42 35 71 85 37 33 75 88 34 33 71 85 33 25
PWind Dir NE NE SW SW SW NW S W
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC
PoP 12HR 10 10 5 20 20 30 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS
$$
OKZ002-072100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
149 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024
Date Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 85 43 75 44 71
Temp 50 46 65 76 83 82 64 56 48 43 58 69 74 72 56 51 47 44 55 66 70 68
DewPt 24 18 21 20 19 19 22 24 25 21 20 20 21 21 26 26 27 30 35 35 34 33
Min/Max RH 9 44 13 57 25
RH 36 32 18 12 9 10 20 29 40 42 23 15 13 14 31 38 45 57 47 32 26 27
Wind Dir W W W W SW W W N N N N N N NE NE NE N N N N N N
Wind Spd 12 9 12 16 20 17 9 9 11 9 12 10 10 11 9 8 9 11 14 16 14 13
Clouds CL CL CL SC FW FW SC SC CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC
Clouds(%) 5 4 5 34 13 23 30 43 4 3 3 2 4 19 32 44 69 62 64 41 23 30
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 4 6 6 6 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 9 14 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 7 11 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 8 8
Vent Rate 9 8 61181409215 7 8 9 8 82112191 77 7 6 6 8 54 97119114
T Wind Dir W W W W SW W NW N N N NW NW W NE NE NE N N N N N N
T Wind Spd 19 18 20 24 32 31 16 18 19 17 23 19 19 14 14 12 12 17 19 18 17 14
RFTI 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Fire Weather A A A
Date Fri 05/10/24Sat 05/11/24Sun 05/12/24Mon 05/13/24
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 42 71 43 77 47 79 47 81
Temp 48 43 66 69 51 44 72 74 54 48 75 75 55 48 76 76
DewPt 37 38 40 36 39 39 40 40 43 43 43 41 44 43 44 43
Max/Min RH 87 28 86 24 86 27 88 26
RH 65 83 38 30 63 82 31 29 66 84 32 29 66 83 32 30
PWind Dir N N W SW S S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 10 20 20 20 20
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS
$$
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