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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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809 FOUS54 KAMA 170849 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 349 AM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 TXZ012-172100- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 349 AM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Date Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 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 93 65 94 66 97 Temp 70 67 78 89 92 87 76 72 69 67 76 88 92 88 77 72 70 66 79 91 95 91 DewPt 57 58 60 58 56 57 59 61 62 61 63 60 56 56 59 61 61 60 59 55 51 53 Min/Max RH 30 88 29 83 23 RH 63 74 54 35 30 36 56 68 78 82 64 39 29 34 54 68 73 80 50 30 23 28 Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S SW SW SW SW S Wind Spd 12 10 13 17 20 20 13 12 12 12 13 13 13 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 Clouds CL CL CL CL FW B1 B1 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) 4 0 0 3 13 52 55 34 11 2 1 4 17 20 12 4 5 11 6 7 15 22 PoP 12HR 20 50 10 5 0 QPF 12HR 0 0.41 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS Tstms IS SC SC IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 7 9 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 9 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 12 1 Vent Rate 7 7 35144198139 8 8 9 7 32101167 26 7 8 8 7 25125166 17 T Wind Dir S S SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW T Wind Spd 17 17 20 23 25 26 20 19 18 17 21 21 21 17 18 20 19 18 17 17 16 13 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 Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24 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 68 95 65 88 58 84 55 88 Temp 76 68 90 89 73 65 80 82 66 59 79 80 63 56 81 83 DewPt 57 59 59 56 57 58 58 55 53 50 50 47 47 47 50 48 Max/Min RH 73 27 78 36 74 28 72 25 RH 52 73 35 33 57 78 47 40 63 72 36 31 56 72 34 30 PWind Dir S S S S NE NW SE S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW PoP 12HR 5 10 30 30 20 0 5 5 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS Tstms IS IS SC IS $$ TXZ016-172100- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 349 AM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Date Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 90 60 90 59 93 Temp 65 61 74 85 89 81 68 66 64 62 71 83 89 86 72 66 62 59 73 87 92 87 DewPt 56 57 60 59 58 61 64 63 63 61 63 56 52 52 54 56 56 55 57 53 51 54 Min/Max RH 36 100 28 89 25 RH 72 86 63 42 36 51 86 92 97 98 76 39 28 31 54 70 81 87 56 31 25 33 Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW S Wind Spd 9 9 13 17 18 16 12 9 9 9 11 12 13 12 8 8 8 6 9 11 12 11 Clouds FW CL CL CL FW B1 B1 SC CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) 10 5 0 4 23 63 55 49 4 15 20 6 8 6 8 3 7 16 13 11 15 23 PoP 12HR 40 60 10 5 5 QPF 12HR 0.34 0.72 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC NM SC Tstms SC NM SC LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 6 9 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 6 9 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 11 4 Vent Rate 9 7 46121178 57 9 10 10 8 21113162 32 8 8 10 7 20131162 51 T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW S T Wind Spd 17 13 24 21 23 21 17 19 18 14 17 21 20 16 16 17 18 13 14 19 17 16 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 63 91 60 85 52 81 51 86 Temp 70 63 86 84 67 61 78 79 61 53 75 77 58 52 80 81 DewPt 59 59 58 56 59 57 56 52 51 48 46 44 46 46 49 45 Max/Min RH 88 32 89 35 86 28 82 26 RH 68 87 39 39 77 87 46 39 70 83 36 31 65 80 35 28 PWind Dir S S S S N N SE SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 20 30 30 20 0 5 5 Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC SC IS Tstms IS IS IS IS SC IS $$ TXZ008-172100- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 349 AM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Date Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 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 96 66 98 68 100 Temp 72 68 80 90 94 90 78 73 69 67 77 90 96 91 78 74 70 68 78 93 98 94 DewPt 62 61 62 58 56 56 61 63 64 64 65 60 55 55 59 63 64 63 60 52 48 50 Min/Max RH 27 92 25 88 18 RH 71 81 54 34 28 31 55 71 84 90 67 37 25 29 53 69 81 84 52 25 18 23 Wind Dir S S SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S SW SW SW SW S Wind Spd 9 8 10 13 17 17 12 9 9 9 12 12 13 12 10 9 9 8 9 10 10 9 Clouds CL FW CL CL FW B1 B2 SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW Clouds(%) 4 8 0 1 25 57 74 42 27 6 1 2 12 14 12 6 3 10 4 6 13 19 PoP 12HR 10 50 10 5 0 QPF 12HR 0 0.40 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS Tstms SC SC SC IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 8 10 6 <1 1 1 <1 2 6 11 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 12 1 Vent Rate 12 10 43157225152 11 15 15 10 47108215 41 13 13 10 9 35141180 9 T Wind Dir S S SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW W T Wind Spd 17 14 18 23 25 27 17 14 14 13 21 20 23 18 19 19 14 13 18 19 16 10 RFTI 0 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 NO Date Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24 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 70 98 66 88 58 83 55 89 Temp 76 70 92 91 75 66 80 82 66 58 77 81 62 55 81 84 DewPt 58 62 60 58 60 61 60 57 54 52 50 47 48 50 51 47 Max/Min RH 76 27 84 37 81 29 82 24 RH 53 76 33 33 61 84 50 43 66 80 39 30 59 82 34 28 PWind Dir S S S SW NW NW SE S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW PoP 12HR 0 20 30 30 30 0 5 5 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS IS SC SC $$ TXZ008-172100- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 349 AM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Date Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 93 66 94 67 96 Temp 71 68 78 88 91 88 76 71 69 68 75 86 93 89 77 73 70 67 77 90 95 91 DewPt 61 61 61 58 57 57 61 64 64 63 65 60 54 55 58 62 63 63 59 52 48 51 Min/Max RH 31 92 28 88 21 RH 70 78 57 37 31 35 61 77 82 87 70 41 28 32 52 68 79 85 53 28 21 26 Wind Dir S S SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S SW SW SW SW S Wind Spd 11 9 12 14 18 18 13 10 11 10 12 13 13 12 11 11 10 9 10 10 9 9 Clouds CL CL CL CL FW B1 B1 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW Clouds(%) 2 4 1 2 23 55 67 38 11 3 1 2 9 12 13 5 3 9 5 6 13 20 PoP 12HR 20 60 10 5 0 QPF 12HR 0 0.47 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS NM SC IS Tstms IS SC SC IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 8 10 6 <1 <1 1 <1 2 6 10 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 11 1 Vent Rate 9 8 36160220143 9 11 15 9 41109202 39 11 11 9 8 28128167 9 T Wind Dir S S SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW T Wind Spd 17 14 19 24 25 27 16 14 17 14 21 21 21 17 19 19 16 14 17 19 16 10 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 70 95 66 85 58 81 55 87 Temp 75 70 89 87 74 66 77 79 65 59 74 78 62 56 79 82 DewPt 58 62 60 59 60 61 60 57 53 52 50 47 48 49 51 47 Max/Min RH 75 30 83 42 79 32 80 27 RH 56 75 38 39 62 83 55 49 66 77 43 33 60 79 38 30 PWind Dir S S S S N NW SE S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW PoP 12HR 5 20 30 30 20 0 5 5 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC IS Tstms IS IS SC IS SC IS $$ TXZ006-172100- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 349 AM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Date Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 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 57 87 54 90 Temp 65 61 74 85 88 78 65 63 62 59 69 83 87 85 70 64 58 54 71 85 90 86 DewPt 53 54 59 59 58 62 64 63 61 58 63 54 48 45 49 51 50 47 50 47 45 48 Min/Max RH 37 100 24 82 21 RH 67 78 58 42 37 58 95 99 97 95 80 38 26 25 47 62 75 77 47 27 21 27 Wind Dir S S S S S SW S S S S SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW S Wind Spd 12 9 14 18 19 16 12 10 9 9 12 16 18 13 8 5 4 4 8 11 12 9 Clouds FW FW FW CL SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) 23 20 6 5 37 68 54 35 30 32 22 2 3 1 3 2 3 5 8 10 10 20 PoP 12HR 40 70 0 5 0 QPF 12HR 0.25 0.47 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC NM SC Tstms SC NM SC LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 6 9 1 1 1 <1 <1 1 5 7 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 6 9 <1 Vent Rate 8 7 47139194 23 15 15 7 7 17120162 24 6 6 4 4 10 79143 8 T Wind Dir S S SW S S SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S SW W SW SW SW SW T Wind Spd 17 14 24 24 25 19 16 16 14 13 14 25 25 17 12 12 9 9 10 14 18 10 RFTI 0 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 NO Date Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24 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 60 88 56 79 49 77 48 82 Temp 67 61 85 80 63 57 75 74 57 50 73 74 55 49 77 79 DewPt 53 55 59 58 59 57 58 54 51 49 48 46 47 47 50 47 Max/Min RH 82 37 100 46 98 34 96 29 RH 62 82 41 47 87100 54 49 80 95 41 37 74 93 38 32 PWind Dir S SW SW S N N NE SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 30 40 30 20 0 5 5 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC IS Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS $$ OKZ002-172100- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 349 AM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Date Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu 09/19/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 92 60 92 57 93 Temp 68 64 77 88 91 86 69 65 62 61 72 86 91 88 72 65 60 58 72 88 92 89 DewPt 60 58 59 59 57 57 63 63 62 61 65 60 51 47 54 56 56 53 51 46 44 46 Min/Max RH 32 100 24 94 19 RH 76 82 53 39 32 37 81 94 99100 80 41 25 25 54 73 88 83 48 23 19 23 Wind Dir S S SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S S SW W W SW SW Wind Spd 11 10 13 16 19 17 13 10 10 9 12 13 16 12 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 Clouds FW FW CL CL FW B1 B2 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW Clouds(%) 15 9 3 3 21 69 76 36 13 14 11 2 2 4 3 1 4 4 3 4 10 16 PoP 12HR 20 60 5 5 0 QPF 12HR 0.01 0.30 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS NM SC SC IS Tstms IS SC SC SC IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 7 9 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 9 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 6 9 <1 Vent Rate 8 7 45154234138 9 11 7 8 37103196 35 7 8 7 5 14 89113 6 T Wind Dir S S SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S SW SW W W W SW SW T Wind Spd 17 16 23 25 28 29 17 19 14 14 20 21 25 18 16 17 14 12 13 16 14 9 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Fri 09/20/24Sat 09/21/24Sun 09/22/24Mon 09/23/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 61 93 60 82 51 77 48 84 Temp 67 62 89 86 67 60 77 75 57 51 72 74 55 49 77 79 DewPt 52 56 59 58 60 60 60 58 54 51 50 47 48 48 50 47 Max/Min RH 83 32 100 46 100 36 100 28 RH 60 83 37 39 77100 55 55 89100 47 38 77 96 39 32 PWind Dir S SW S SW NW NW N SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 20 40 30 30 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC Tstms IS IS SC IS SC SC $$ 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