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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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244 FOUS54 KAMA 061949 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 249 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 TXZ012-070900- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 249 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Date 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 68 92 63 78 60 Temp 87 86 77 74 70 69 81 88 91 86 72 68 65 63 67 71 75 75 68 64 62 61 DewPt 61 61 60 61 61 60 60 59 60 60 62 63 63 61 60 61 63 62 62 61 61 60 Max/Min RH 73 35 96 62 100 RH 42 43 56 64 73 73 49 38 36 42 71 84 93 93 78 71 66 64 81 90 97 97 Wind Dir S S S S S S SW SW N NE E NE NE NE NE E E E E E E NW Wind Spd 12 13 14 14 13 13 14 12 12 13 13 12 11 12 12 11 11 9 6 4 3 4 Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) 38 39 28 26 25 20 7 31 38 45 45 73 76 90 79 68 61 33 29 26 26 47 PoP 12HR 20 20 50 50 40 QPF 12HR 0.03 0 0.01 0.42 0.05 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 Haines 6HR 4 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 8 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 9 4 1 <1 1 1 2 4 2 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 107 62 11 13 12 12 63 77111 65 23 13 18 21 22 57 26 24 10 8 7 7 T Wind Dir SW S S S S SW SW SW N NE E NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE NW T Wind Spd 16 17 21 25 25 23 26 13 13 19 19 17 18 18 14 17 12 10 11 10 9 8 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 07/09Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 85 62 88 64 89 65 94 69 96 Temp 78 83 68 63 83 84 70 65 86 86 71 66 90 91 75 70 91 92 DewPt 58 56 58 59 58 57 58 57 59 58 59 58 58 56 58 58 58 56 Min/Max RH 38 90 37 81 35 81 29 68 29 RH 50 40 70 87 43 40 66 75 40 39 66 75 34 31 55 66 33 30 PWind Dir NE SE S S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 10 20 20 10 20 10 10 5 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS $$ TXZ016-070900- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 249 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Date 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 65 94 60 76 56 Temp 87 86 75 71 68 66 80 89 93 89 74 67 63 61 65 68 73 74 65 62 60 57 DewPt 61 57 61 61 61 61 59 53 50 51 60 63 63 61 62 62 61 61 62 62 60 57 Max/Min RH 84 23 100 61 100 RH 41 37 61 70 78 84 48 29 23 27 62 87100100 89 80 66 63 90100100100 Wind Dir SW S S S S SW W NW N NE E NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E N Wind Spd 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 12 12 13 11 11 11 12 12 12 10 5 4 3 3 Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC Clouds(%) 35 30 25 10 10 8 6 23 10 30 30 55 75 88 85 80 65 53 39 38 31 37 PoP 12HR 10 5 40 50 40 QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0.05 0.05 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 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 Haines 6HR 5 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 Mix Hgt 10 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 12 6 2 2 1 2 2 4 3 3 <1 <1 <1 1 Vent Rate 152104 10 14 14 14 47 81148 87 33 35 27 26 41 59 40 29 8 6 7 7 T Wind Dir SW S S S S SW W NW N NE E NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE E N T Wind Spd 18 18 18 24 23 23 23 12 13 17 23 24 20 19 21 18 16 12 11 8 8 6 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 07/09Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 85 59 88 60 89 62 93 65 94 Temp 76 83 65 60 82 85 67 61 85 87 69 63 88 91 73 66 89 92 DewPt 58 54 57 59 58 55 60 59 58 55 59 58 57 53 57 58 57 52 Min/Max RH 37 100 34 97 32 84 26 80 24 RH 54 37 75 96 44 36 78 93 41 33 70 84 35 28 57 75 34 26 PWind Dir NE SE S S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 20 20 30 10 20 10 10 5 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS Tstms IS IS IS SC IS $$ TXZ008-070900- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 249 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Date 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 70 92 65 83 61 Temp 91 90 80 76 72 70 81 88 90 84 72 68 66 65 70 74 79 80 72 67 63 62 DewPt 61 62 63 63 61 62 63 62 64 63 65 66 64 64 63 62 62 62 62 63 63 62 Max/Min RH 77 42 97 53 100 RH 37 40 55 64 69 77 55 43 42 49 79 93 93 97 78 65 55 54 72 88 98100 Wind Dir S S S S S S SW N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE NW Wind Spd 12 12 12 12 11 9 11 10 11 12 11 9 6 6 8 9 9 6 4 2 2 2 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC CL SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC Clouds(%) 28 34 31 34 31 27 5 32 45 49 49 78 78 86 71 54 41 39 17 17 15 28 PoP 12HR 10 30 60 50 30 QPF 12HR 0 0 0.03 0.10 0.01 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS Tstms SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 Haines 6HR 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 9 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 7 5 <1 2 1 1 3 5 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 141103 21 20 20 12 63 63 96 94 11 33 20 12 29 61 49 43 8 8 7 4 T Wind Dir S S S S S SW SW SW N NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE SW W T Wind Spd 18 20 24 25 24 16 20 11 14 21 14 19 16 10 12 14 11 10 10 11 10 6 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 07/09Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 90 63 93 65 95 66 99 70 102 Temp 81 86 70 64 86 88 72 66 88 90 73 67 92 95 78 71 94 96 DewPt 57 56 60 61 58 57 60 60 60 59 62 61 60 58 61 61 59 56 Min/Max RH 35 91 32 84 32 84 28 76 24 RH 44 37 71 89 39 36 67 82 39 36 69 81 35 29 57 71 31 26 PWind Dir NE SE S S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 10 10 20 10 20 10 10 5 Rain Shwrs IS IS Tstms IS IS $$ TXZ008-070900- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 249 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Date 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 70 90 64 80 61 Temp 88 87 78 75 72 70 79 85 88 82 70 67 65 64 68 71 76 76 70 66 63 61 DewPt 60 62 63 62 61 62 62 62 62 62 64 65 64 63 62 61 61 61 63 63 62 61 Max/Min RH 77 42 99 57 100 RH 41 42 61 66 70 77 58 46 42 51 81 92 96 99 83 70 59 61 79 90 97 99 Wind Dir S S S S S S SW N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E NW Wind Spd 12 13 14 14 13 12 12 10 12 12 12 10 9 9 9 10 9 8 4 4 2 3 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC Clouds(%) 29 36 32 35 29 21 6 32 40 46 46 75 75 84 71 58 44 34 20 19 15 28 PoP 12HR 20 20 60 50 30 QPF 12HR 0 0 0.04 0.11 0.01 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 Haines 6HR 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 8 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 6 7 4 <1 2 2 1 3 4 4 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 130 90 19 20 16 11 54 65 91 68 10 29 22 14 30 62 48 37 9 6 4 4 T Wind Dir S S S S S S SW SW N NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E S SE SW NW T Wind Spd 18 19 25 26 25 17 20 12 14 20 14 19 16 12 13 16 12 10 10 11 8 6 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 07/09Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 87 63 91 65 93 67 96 70 98 Temp 79 83 68 63 83 85 71 65 85 88 72 67 90 92 76 70 91 93 DewPt 57 55 59 60 58 57 60 60 60 59 62 61 59 57 60 60 58 55 Min/Max RH 37 89 35 83 33 83 28 74 26 RH 47 39 72 89 42 38 70 82 43 38 69 82 36 32 59 70 33 29 PWind Dir NE SE S S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 10 10 20 10 20 10 10 5 Rain Shwrs IS IS Tstms IS IS $$ TXZ006-070900- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 249 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Date 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 62 85 57 78 55 Temp 88 86 75 70 65 62 75 81 85 80 68 64 59 58 66 72 77 75 66 61 58 56 DewPt 61 57 60 59 58 58 60 61 59 59 62 61 59 58 59 57 57 57 59 59 58 56 Max/Min RH 87 41 100 49 100 RH 40 38 61 69 78 87 60 50 42 49 79 91 99 99 77 59 50 54 78 93100100 Wind Dir SW SW S S S SW N N NE NE NE NE NE N NE NE E E E SE SW W Wind Spd 14 13 12 12 11 9 11 12 13 13 14 12 11 10 10 11 10 9 4 4 3 3 Clouds FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC Clouds(%) 20 32 27 28 25 19 15 26 26 39 39 59 66 76 61 38 39 29 17 15 17 31 PoP 12HR 10 5 40 30 20 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS Tstms IS IS SC SC SC IS IS SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 Haines 6HR 5 6 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 7 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 5 4 1 2 <1 <1 3 4 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 110112 11 12 12 9 28 59 65 61 24 41 13 7 39 58 59 46 9 9 8 6 T Wind Dir SW SW S S S SW N N N NE NE NE NE N NE NE E E SE S SW W T Wind Spd 17 18 20 23 21 16 17 18 14 17 23 21 17 13 16 14 11 10 14 13 11 8 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 07/09Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 85 57 88 59 90 60 94 64 96 Temp 78 82 64 58 83 83 66 60 86 88 68 61 90 91 72 65 91 92 DewPt 57 54 57 56 58 56 58 59 59 55 58 58 58 53 56 56 57 52 Min/Max RH 37 98 35 99 31 92 26 82 23 RH 47 38 78 93 43 39 75 95 40 33 70 89 34 28 57 74 31 26 PWind Dir S S SW S SW S SW S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 10 20 20 10 20 5 10 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS $$ OKZ002-070900- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 249 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 Date 07/06/24 Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 Min/Max Temp 61 81 58 79 56 Temp 88 86 73 70 66 62 70 76 80 77 64 62 61 59 66 73 77 77 65 62 58 57 DewPt 60 60 63 62 62 62 63 63 63 63 64 62 61 59 62 59 58 58 60 59 58 57 Max/Min RH 100 57 100 49 100 RH 39 41 70 75 88100 77 63 57 63100100100100 85 62 51 51 83 92100100 Wind Dir S S S S S SE NE N NE NE NE NE N N NE NE E E E SE SW W Wind Spd 16 14 13 12 12 11 11 10 12 13 11 8 6 6 8 9 9 8 4 3 3 3 Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC Clouds(%) 25 34 38 35 30 44 50 53 42 54 54 66 74 79 59 38 17 14 9 9 7 27 PoP 12HR 20 20 50 30 10 QPF 12HR 0.05 0 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 Haines 6HR 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 Mix Hgt 8 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 4 3 <1 <1 1 <1 3 5 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 150110 13 11 11 12 26 54 52 48 10 12 11 5 29 53 54 47 4 6 5 4 T Wind Dir S S S S S SE E NE N NE NE NE N N NE NE E E SE S SW SW T Wind Spd 20 19 24 24 23 18 14 14 13 19 12 13 10 12 12 12 10 10 9 13 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 07/09Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Max/Min Temp 85 59 89 60 91 62 95 66 97 Temp 79 83 65 60 85 85 67 61 86 88 68 63 89 92 73 67 91 93 DewPt 57 54 57 59 58 56 60 59 60 57 60 61 61 56 61 60 58 54 Min/Max RH 35 100 34 98 33 96 28 84 24 RH 46 37 75 96 40 36 78 94 41 35 77 92 39 30 66 79 33 27 PWind Dir S S S S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 5 10 20 10 10 5 10 0 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms 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