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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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085 FOUS54 KAMA 060949 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 449 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 TXZ012-062100- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 449 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Date Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 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 68 93 64 79 Temp 63 73 81 86 86 76 73 70 68 80 89 92 86 72 68 65 64 69 72 75 74 DewPt 59 59 60 62 61 61 61 62 61 61 60 59 61 63 63 63 61 61 61 62 62 Min/Max RH 42 78 33 97 64 RH 87 62 49 45 43 60 66 76 78 52 38 33 43 73 84 93 90 76 68 64 66 Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S SW SW N NE E E NE NE NE E E E Wind Spd 4 9 11 13 14 14 14 13 13 14 13 13 13 13 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 Clouds B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 Clouds(%) 62 40 46 34 13 21 14 6 12 7 4 8 14 28 66 78 93 82 71 62 54 PoP 12HR 20 10 30 50 40 QPF 12HR 0.08 0.01 0.01 0.26 0.14 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS LAL 6HR 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 6 6 4 4 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 2 6 10 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 11 12 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 9 Vent Rate <1 22 66120 32 8 <1 <1 <1 46 88 84 73 60 48 41 32 26 21 18 16 T Wind Dir W S SW SW S S S S S SW W N N N N N N N N N N T Wind Spd 3 12 12 13 14 18 23 16 12 26 9 8 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 RFTI 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 Date Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24 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 85 62 88 63 89 66 91 Temp 65 61 78 82 69 63 81 82 68 64 82 84 71 66 85 87 DewPt 61 59 59 56 58 58 58 58 60 58 59 59 60 59 60 59 Max/Min RH 97 38 87 41 84 40 78 37 RH 87 93 52 41 68 84 46 44 76 81 46 43 68 78 43 39 PWind Dir E NE SE S SE S S S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 10 10 20 30 10 20 5 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS IS Tstms IS IS SC IS IS $$ TXZ016-062100- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 449 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Date Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 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 64 95 60 77 Temp 61 70 79 86 86 74 71 67 65 80 89 94 90 74 67 63 61 67 70 74 74 DewPt 61 62 63 61 58 61 61 62 61 59 54 49 50 60 63 63 61 63 63 62 61 Min/Max RH 38 87 22 100 61 RH 100 75 57 43 39 63 70 84 87 50 30 22 25 62 87100100 87 77 65 63 Wind Dir S S SW SW S S S S SW SW W N NE E NE NE NE NE E E E Wind Spd 4 8 10 12 13 13 13 13 12 13 12 12 13 12 11 10 10 11 12 11 10 Clouds B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 Clouds(%) 69 32 20 8 16 7 14 13 10 7 3 2 6 14 63 74 87 87 76 68 59 PoP 12HR 20 20 5 40 40 QPF 12HR 0.03 0.01 0 0.09 0.07 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC LAL 6HR 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 2 7 12 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 14 15 14 14 14 13 12 12 12 11 10 Vent Rate <1 28 84150153 <1 <1 <1 <1 48 94 30 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 T Wind Dir N S SW SW SW S SE S SW W W N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW T Wind Spd 5 12 13 14 19 8 16 16 13 27 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI 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 Date Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24 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 57 85 60 88 60 90 62 92 Temp 63 61 76 83 66 61 81 83 66 61 82 85 68 63 84 87 DewPt 63 61 59 54 60 59 59 57 61 60 58 55 60 59 59 56 Max/Min RH 100 36 95 38 99 34 87 33 RH 100100 56 37 83 93 47 41 84 95 44 36 76 87 42 35 PWind Dir E NE SE S S S S S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12HR 30 10 20 20 30 10 20 5 Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS SC IS Tstms SC IS IS IS SC IS $$ TXZ008-062100- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 449 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Date Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 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 70 97 64 84 Temp 63 75 84 90 89 80 75 72 70 81 89 95 88 73 69 66 64 70 76 79 78 DewPt 62 62 61 63 62 63 63 63 64 65 63 63 64 65 65 64 64 63 62 62 62 Min/Max RH 38 80 35 99 55 RH 96 63 45 41 42 56 66 73 80 58 41 35 45 77 88 93 99 80 61 55 58 Wind Dir SW S SW S S SE S S S S SW NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE E E Wind Spd 4 6 10 12 13 12 12 11 9 11 11 12 12 10 8 6 5 6 9 9 8 Clouds SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC Clouds(%) 46 24 27 12 17 9 32 22 10 7 5 14 31 40 73 75 85 78 62 47 50 PoP 12HR 20 20 30 50 40 QPF 12HR 0.01 0.09 0.02 0.15 0.03 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS LAL 6HR 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 2 6 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 Vent Rate <1 20 72112128 9 10 <1 <1 38 57 69101140153177193180178153137 T Wind Dir SW S S S S S S S S W NW N N N N N N N N N N T Wind Spd 3 10 14 16 19 20 24 17 13 17 9 23 32 39 42 43 42 40 35 31 25 RFTI 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 Date Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24 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 62 91 64 93 64 95 68 96 Temp 67 63 81 86 70 65 86 86 71 65 86 88 74 68 87 91 DewPt 63 62 59 57 60 60 60 59 62 61 61 60 62 61 61 60 Max/Min RH 99 36 87 38 89 37 80 33 RH 87 96 47 37 72 84 42 41 73 87 43 39 67 79 41 36 PWind Dir E NE SE S SE S S S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 5 10 20 20 10 20 5 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS IS IS $$ TXZ008-062100- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 449 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Date Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 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 89 69 93 64 81 Temp 63 72 81 87 86 78 74 71 69 79 87 91 85 72 68 66 64 68 73 76 75 DewPt 61 61 60 62 62 63 63 63 63 64 62 61 63 65 65 64 63 63 61 61 61 Min/Max RH 41 81 37 98 59 RH 94 68 50 43 44 60 68 74 81 60 42 37 48 79 89 93 98 83 68 60 62 Wind Dir SW S SW S S SE S S S SW SW N NE E NE NE NE NE NE E E Wind Spd 4 8 10 12 13 14 14 13 12 12 11 12 12 12 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 Clouds B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC Clouds(%) 61 32 26 11 10 13 32 15 9 8 5 9 24 41 74 74 87 80 68 47 45 PoP 12HR 20 20 30 50 40 QPF 12HR 0 0.03 0.01 0.19 0.05 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS LAL 6HR 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 2 6 9 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 Vent Rate <1 19 78117120 8 10 <1 <1 38 63 66103126154157169157154131116 T Wind Dir SW S S SW S S S S S W N N N N N N N N N N N T Wind Spd 3 10 14 14 18 19 23 17 12 17 10 21 31 35 37 39 37 35 31 27 21 RFTI 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 Date Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24 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 88 64 90 64 92 67 93 Temp 66 62 78 82 69 65 82 83 70 65 83 85 72 67 85 88 DewPt 62 61 59 56 59 60 59 59 61 61 59 60 61 61 61 59 Max/Min RH 97 39 87 39 89 38 82 36 RH 87 97 52 41 71 85 46 44 73 88 45 43 69 81 45 39 PWind Dir E SE SE S S S S S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 5 10 20 30 10 20 5 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC IS IS Tstms IS IS SC IS IS $$ TXZ006-062100- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 449 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Date Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 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 62 87 58 79 Temp 59 71 80 87 86 74 69 65 62 75 82 87 81 69 63 60 58 66 73 77 75 DewPt 58 61 62 61 58 60 60 59 59 60 61 59 58 62 61 60 58 60 58 57 57 Min/Max RH 38 91 39 100 51 RH 100 72 54 42 38 61 72 81 91 61 48 39 46 77 92100100 80 60 51 54 Wind Dir SW SW SW SW SW S S S S NW N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E Wind Spd 5 11 13 14 13 13 12 12 9 12 12 13 13 13 12 10 9 10 11 10 9 Clouds B1 SC FW CL FW SC FW CL FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC Clouds(%) 54 39 7 2 13 28 13 5 21 13 5 10 15 50 58 60 75 52 32 41 31 PoP 12HR 20 20 10 40 20 QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0.02 0.04 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS LAL 6HR 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 Haines 6HR 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 2 6 10 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 Vent Rate <1 35 98120136 <1 10 <1 <1 28 88 80 92 91 94 81 72 51 33 10 <1 T Wind Dir SW SW SW SW SW S S S SW N N N N N N N NW NW NW NW W T Wind Spd 12 16 17 13 18 12 23 17 11 16 18 21 23 21 20 17 13 9 4 1 0 RFTI 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 Date Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24 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 56 86 58 88 58 90 61 92 Temp 62 58 79 79 64 59 83 82 65 60 82 84 68 62 85 87 DewPt 59 58 58 56 58 58 59 57 60 58 59 56 59 59 59 55 Max/Min RH 100 39 99 37 97 34 93 32 RH 89 99 49 45 80 96 44 43 84 93 46 38 73 90 41 34 PWind Dir SE S S S S S S S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 10 10 20 20 10 10 5 Rain Shwrs IS IS Tstms IS IS $$ OKZ002-062100- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 449 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Date Sat 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 88 63 84 58 81 Temp 59 73 82 87 85 73 69 65 63 72 79 83 78 65 62 60 59 67 74 79 77 DewPt 59 62 62 61 61 63 61 62 62 64 64 65 64 65 62 60 59 62 59 57 57 Min/Max RH 39 98 55 100 47 RH 100 67 50 41 44 71 76 90 98 76 60 55 61 99100100100 83 58 47 50 Wind Dir SW SW S S S SE S S SE SE NE NE NE NE NE N N NE NE E E Wind Spd 6 11 13 16 14 13 12 11 11 12 11 12 13 11 8 6 6 8 9 9 8 Clouds SC FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC FW FW Clouds(%) 34 14 19 0 3 24 39 26 33 35 43 35 30 60 57 64 80 49 28 12 10 PoP 12HR 5 40 30 40 20 QPF 12HR 0.01 0.13 0.01 0.31 0 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 3 3 1 3 3 3 2 2 Haines 6HR 3 3 3 5 6 6 4 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 2 6 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 Vent Rate <1 40117128150 <1 10 8 <1 22 26 61 75 94107104108106 94 80 66 T Wind Dir S SW S S S S S S E E N N N NE NE NE E E E E E T Wind Spd 5 18 20 19 23 18 21 17 3 12 14 20 24 26 27 26 24 21 18 14 10 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Tue 07/09/24Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 57 87 59 88 60 90 63 92 Temp 62 59 80 83 64 60 83 83 65 62 83 85 68 64 86 88 DewPt 60 59 58 55 58 58 59 58 61 61 61 58 61 61 61 59 Max/Min RH 100 36 96 40 100 37 93 35 RH 92100 47 39 81 93 45 44 86 97 47 40 78 90 43 38 PWind Dir SE S S S S S S S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 5 10 20 20 10 10 5 Rain Shwrs IS IS Tstms IS IS $$ 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