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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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996 FOUS54 KAMA 080649 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 149 AM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024 TXZ012-082100- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 149 AM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024 Date Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed 07/10/24 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 58 85 62 90 Temp 64 62 64 70 74 75 68 64 61 59 71 79 84 83 74 68 65 63 76 85 89 86 DewPt 63 60 60 60 60 59 59 59 59 57 58 55 54 53 54 54 56 55 57 57 57 57 Min/Max RH 57 98 34 77 34 RH 95 92 85 71 61 58 73 84 94 92 63 44 36 36 50 61 73 75 52 39 34 37 Wind Dir NE N NE NE NE NE NE NE NW NW W NW SE SE SE S S SW SW SW S S Wind Spd 11 12 12 13 12 10 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 8 6 6 8 Clouds B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC Clouds(%) 86 92 87 68 44 25 6 15 16 25 9 5 7 5 9 16 25 29 14 17 31 38 PoP 12HR 70 20 5 5 10 QPF 12HR 0.22 0.01 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs O NM SC IS IS IS IS Tstms NM SC SC IS IS IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 1 1 1 3 5 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 7 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 9 6 Vent Rate 22 20 25 55 60 43 3 4 4 3 23 31 36 41 5 6 5 6 31 63 88 61 T Wind Dir NE NE NE E NE NE NE N NW NW N N NE SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW S T Wind Spd 19 17 20 19 14 11 8 10 10 10 9 5 5 6 11 13 13 14 16 10 11 12 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 Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24Sun 07/14/24 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 63 92 66 94 69 94 70 94 Temp 70 64 88 88 73 67 90 91 76 70 91 91 76 70 91 92 DewPt 59 56 58 56 56 56 56 54 56 57 57 55 57 58 58 56 Max/Min RH 80 30 70 27 64 28 67 29 RH 68 75 36 34 55 68 32 29 50 63 32 30 52 66 33 30 PWind Dir S SW S SW S S S S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 $$ TXZ016-082100- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 149 AM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024 Date Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed 07/10/24 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 74 56 85 60 89 Temp 65 62 64 67 73 73 66 61 59 57 70 76 83 84 72 66 62 61 74 84 87 84 DewPt 63 60 61 60 60 59 61 60 58 57 59 55 53 51 55 57 57 57 58 58 58 56 Min/Max RH 60 100 32 91 37 RH 96 94 91 79 65 60 85 96 99100 67 48 35 33 55 73 84 89 56 42 38 39 Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NW W W S S SE SE S S S SW SW S S Wind Spd 10 12 12 13 12 10 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 8 6 8 Clouds B2 OV OV B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC Clouds(%) 75 93 92 69 60 32 7 20 12 21 9 7 7 18 24 36 30 31 19 21 33 47 PoP 12HR 70 20 5 20 20 QPF 12HR 0.19 0.01 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs NM NM SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS Tstms NM NM SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 2 2 2 3 4 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 7 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 9 7 Vent Rate 29 27 31 51 49 39 4 6 5 5 21 38 59 55 6 6 6 6 42 61 77 72 T Wind Dir E NE NE NE NE NE NE N NW W NW N NW S SE S S S SW SW SW S T Wind Spd 20 19 21 18 14 11 6 9 10 10 8 6 9 9 12 12 11 13 16 11 10 11 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 Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24Sun 07/14/24 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 60 91 63 92 65 93 65 92 Temp 67 61 85 87 70 64 88 90 72 65 88 91 73 66 87 90 DewPt 61 59 58 54 58 58 56 52 56 58 56 52 57 59 58 53 Max/Min RH 95 29 85 26 78 25 79 27 RH 80 93 40 32 66 83 34 27 57 77 34 27 57 78 37 28 PWind Dir S SW S SW S S S S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12HR 20 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS $$ TXZ008-082100- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 149 AM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024 Date Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed 07/10/24 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 58 91 64 96 Temp 65 64 67 73 79 80 72 66 62 59 74 82 89 88 78 71 67 64 79 89 94 89 DewPt 63 62 62 60 60 59 61 60 59 58 58 55 53 53 56 57 57 57 58 57 57 58 Min/Max RH 47 99 29 80 29 RH 94 94 83 65 52 49 69 82 92 95 59 39 29 30 47 61 70 79 50 34 29 35 Wind Dir N N N NE NE NE NE NE W W W W SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW S S Wind Spd 6 8 9 10 9 8 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 Clouds OV OV OV B1 SC SC CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC Clouds(%) 89 89 90 67 26 28 5 11 7 16 5 4 5 12 8 19 16 20 19 17 20 46 PoP 12HR 50 10 5 5 10 QPF 12HR 0.04 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs O SC SC Tstms NM SC SC LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 2 2 2 4 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 7 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 10 7 Vent Rate 24 26 29 49 67 55 5 6 5 5 20 37 59 53 8 8 9 8 47 78100 73 T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N NW NW NW N NW SE SE S SW SW SW S SW SW T Wind Spd 17 18 14 13 13 9 8 9 8 8 8 5 8 8 11 12 13 12 17 10 11 12 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 Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24Sun 07/14/24 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 65 97 68 100 72 100 73 100 Temp 71 65 90 92 75 68 94 95 78 72 95 96 79 73 94 96 DewPt 61 60 59 57 59 59 57 55 58 59 57 55 59 60 58 56 Max/Min RH 84 27 74 23 64 23 65 25 RH 69 81 36 30 59 73 29 26 50 63 29 25 51 65 30 26 PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 5 10 5 5 0 5 0 $$ TXZ008-082100- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 149 AM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024 Date Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed 07/10/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 80 59 87 64 93 Temp 65 64 66 71 77 78 70 66 62 59 71 79 85 85 76 70 66 64 77 87 91 86 DewPt 63 62 61 60 59 59 60 60 59 58 59 54 52 52 55 56 57 58 58 57 56 58 Min/Max RH 50 99 31 81 31 RH 94 94 86 68 54 53 72 82 93 96 65 42 33 32 48 61 71 79 52 37 31 40 Wind Dir NE N NE NE NE NE E E W W W SW SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW S S Wind Spd 9 10 10 12 10 9 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 Clouds OV OV OV B1 FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC Clouds(%) 89 88 92 68 22 26 13 13 8 18 7 6 5 9 11 22 18 19 16 18 19 40 PoP 12HR 50 10 5 5 10 QPF 12HR 0.05 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs O SC SC Tstms NM SC SC LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 1 2 2 4 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 7 8 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 8 9 7 Vent Rate 22 26 31 53 59 47 4 5 4 4 18 36 48 51 6 7 8 7 41 78 95 80 T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NW NW NW N SW SE SE S SW SW SW S SW SW T Wind Spd 18 19 17 16 12 10 6 9 6 8 8 5 6 8 12 12 13 12 17 10 11 12 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24Sun 07/14/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 64 95 67 97 71 97 72 98 Temp 71 64 87 90 73 67 91 92 77 71 92 93 78 72 91 93 DewPt 60 59 59 55 59 58 57 54 58 58 57 54 59 60 58 55 Max/Min RH 85 28 73 25 66 25 65 26 RH 70 84 39 31 60 73 33 28 51 65 31 28 53 65 33 29 PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW S SW Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 5 10 5 5 0 5 0 $$ TXZ006-082100- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 149 AM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024 Date Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed 07/10/24 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 52 86 58 90 Temp 60 58 64 71 75 75 66 60 55 53 70 79 86 83 72 65 61 59 74 85 89 84 DewPt 60 58 59 57 56 55 57 56 55 53 57 54 52 52 57 54 55 55 57 57 54 53 Min/Max RH 49 100 31 88 30 RH 100 98 83 61 51 50 75 87 99100 62 42 31 34 59 68 80 86 55 39 31 34 Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE E SE W W W SW S S SE S SW SW SW SW S S Wind Spd 11 11 12 12 11 9 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 4 6 8 6 8 Clouds B2 OV B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC Clouds(%) 78 91 74 38 40 15 6 11 6 20 4 4 10 27 30 35 17 32 11 11 27 36 PoP 12HR 40 10 5 10 20 QPF 12HR 0.05 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs NM SC IS IS IS Tstms SC SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 1 <1 2 4 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 7 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 7 7 6 Vent Rate 24 13 30 58 62 57 6 4 4 3 24 56 75 73 5 7 6 6 37 74 70 55 T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NE E SE W W W W SW SW SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW T Wind Spd 19 16 17 16 12 10 11 10 9 8 8 8 10 10 11 16 13 12 16 11 11 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 Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24Sun 07/14/24 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 59 92 61 94 64 95 63 95 Temp 66 60 88 89 70 62 90 91 72 64 90 91 73 64 90 92 DewPt 59 58 57 53 56 56 56 51 54 55 55 52 55 57 57 53 Max/Min RH 96 26 83 24 74 24 79 24 RH 77 92 35 29 62 81 32 26 54 73 31 27 53 77 33 27 PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW S S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 $$ OKZ002-082100- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 149 AM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024 Date Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed 07/10/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 79 53 86 58 91 Temp 60 59 65 73 78 77 64 59 55 54 71 80 85 84 70 65 62 59 75 86 90 85 DewPt 60 59 61 58 57 56 58 57 55 54 58 53 52 51 54 55 56 56 58 57 54 56 Min/Max RH 45 100 30 90 30 RH 100 99 86 60 48 47 80 91100100 63 38 31 32 56 70 81 89 54 38 30 37 Wind Dir NE NW N NE NE NE E S W W W S SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW S SE Wind Spd 8 8 9 11 9 8 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 Clouds B2 OV B2 SC FW CL CL FW CL FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) 81 91 76 48 17 5 3 6 3 16 7 3 1 3 10 15 18 29 14 22 17 19 PoP 12HR 20 5 0 0 5 QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC IS Tstms SC IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 1 <1 2 4 6 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 8 9 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 11 2 Vent Rate 17 8 21 49 53 53 4 3 3 4 24 48 74 62 5 5 6 6 28 87108 25 T Wind Dir NE N N NE NE NE E S W W W W W E SE S SW SW SW SW SW SE T Wind Spd 17 13 11 12 10 9 8 8 6 9 8 6 9 9 11 11 12 13 16 9 11 17 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24Sun 07/14/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 61 94 64 96 67 96 67 97 Temp 66 62 88 91 70 64 91 93 74 68 93 94 74 68 91 94 DewPt 60 59 57 53 58 58 57 53 56 57 56 53 58 59 57 55 Max/Min RH 93 25 82 24 70 23 74 25 RH 81 90 35 28 65 80 31 26 53 68 29 25 57 72 32 27 PWind Dir S S S S S S S S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 $$ 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