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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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138 FOUS54 KAMA 132249 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 549 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024 TXZ012-140900- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 549 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024 Date 07/13/24 Sun 07/14/24 Mon 07/15/24 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 70 100 71 100 70 Temp 96 84 78 73 70 83 94 98 98 85 79 74 71 84 96 99 96 84 80 74 71 DewPt 45 49 52 55 57 60 55 53 51 52 54 57 57 57 53 51 49 51 53 56 56 Max/Min RH 63 21 61 19 60 RH 18 30 40 53 63 46 27 22 21 32 42 55 60 39 24 20 20 32 40 54 60 Wind Dir S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW Wind Spd 13 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 13 12 13 13 13 13 12 11 Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC Clouds(%) 3 2 9 11 10 10 3 10 4 6 4 10 15 8 9 10 6 12 29 34 30 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 Haines 6HR 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 Mix Hgt 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 9 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 10 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 110 9 7 9 8 28 73113107 5 6 10 8 23114124135 9 15 10 6 T Wind Dir S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW W T Wind Spd 17 18 18 20 18 18 13 13 14 14 18 20 18 17 14 14 16 14 18 18 12 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 07/16Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24 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 98 70 92 67 86 66 88 66 86 Temp 93 95 78 71 88 86 73 67 81 83 71 66 83 85 73 67 83 83 DewPt 56 53 57 60 60 61 63 62 62 60 61 60 60 59 61 59 61 61 Min/Max RH 23 69 36 84 44 81 40 80 45 RH 29 25 48 69 39 44 71 83 53 46 71 80 46 42 66 76 48 48 PWind Dir SW S N NE E SE SE SE S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12HR 5 30 30 50 30 40 30 40 40 Rain Shwrs SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Tstms SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC $$ TXZ016-140900- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 549 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024 Date 07/13/24 Sun 07/14/24 Mon 07/15/24 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 97 65 99 65 Temp 95 80 74 69 66 81 91 96 96 82 75 69 65 82 93 98 98 83 75 70 65 DewPt 44 48 51 55 59 62 55 51 48 51 53 57 57 58 53 49 46 50 53 56 57 Max/Min RH 80 20 78 17 75 RH 18 33 46 62 80 53 30 22 20 34 47 68 76 45 26 19 18 32 46 62 74 Wind Dir S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW Wind Spd 12 10 9 9 9 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 9 11 12 12 12 11 11 9 6 Clouds CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC Clouds(%) 3 5 14 10 8 4 0 2 7 3 9 5 11 10 6 4 8 18 29 31 31 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 Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 Mix Hgt 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 9 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 10 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 103 8 9 10 9 28 67102 83 7 9 11 7 22102123111 9 13 12 8 T Wind Dir S S S SW SW W S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW W T Wind Spd 16 16 18 19 17 17 12 12 12 14 17 19 14 16 13 13 13 14 18 18 13 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 07/16Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24 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 96 67 92 64 86 62 86 62 86 Temp 90 94 74 67 86 86 70 64 79 84 68 63 79 85 69 63 81 84 DewPt 56 52 59 61 60 59 64 64 63 60 63 63 62 59 64 62 62 60 Min/Max RH 23 80 37 100 44 100 41 99 42 RH 32 24 60 79 41 39 81 99 57 46 84100 56 41 83 97 53 46 PWind Dir S S S NE E SE S S S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12HR 5 30 30 60 30 50 40 50 40 Rain Shwrs SC IS SC NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC Tstms SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC $$ TXZ008-140900- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 549 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024 Date 07/13/24 Sun 07/14/24 Mon 07/15/24 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 72 106 72 106 74 Temp 100 86 80 75 72 85 98104102 89 81 75 72 86 99105102 90 84 78 74 DewPt 46 50 54 55 56 59 55 52 51 54 56 57 58 58 53 50 48 52 54 57 59 Max/Min RH 58 17 62 15 59 RH 16 28 40 50 58 41 25 18 18 30 42 53 61 37 21 16 16 27 37 49 59 Wind Dir S S S SW SW SW SW S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW Wind Spd 12 11 9 9 9 10 11 11 12 10 9 8 8 10 11 12 12 11 10 9 8 Clouds FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC Clouds(%) 7 4 16 16 11 5 4 3 9 0 8 11 11 10 7 4 10 15 37 46 48 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 Haines 6HR 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 Mix Hgt 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 7 11 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 11 10 1 1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 131 14 14 12 9 37 78118103 12 13 13 10 33103131133 16 16 10 10 T Wind Dir S S S SW SW W SW S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S W W T Wind Spd 19 18 19 17 13 20 12 12 13 18 19 18 14 18 12 13 14 16 17 13 13 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 07/16Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24 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 103 72 94 67 90 67 92 67 90 Temp 96100 80 72 87 90 74 67 82 87 73 67 84 88 75 67 85 87 DewPt 58 54 63 63 62 61 65 64 61 59 62 61 60 58 61 60 62 61 Min/Max RH 21 73 35 90 37 82 34 78 39 RH 28 22 57 73 43 39 73 89 49 40 67 81 44 36 63 78 46 42 PWind Dir SW S N NE E SE SE SE S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12HR 5 30 30 50 30 40 30 40 40 Rain Shwrs SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Tstms SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC $$ TXZ008-140900- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 549 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024 Date 07/13/24 Sun 07/14/24 Mon 07/15/24 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 72 102 73 103 73 Temp 96 85 79 74 72 82 94100 99 88 81 76 73 85 97102 99 87 83 77 73 DewPt 46 49 53 55 57 59 55 52 51 54 55 57 58 57 53 50 48 52 54 57 59 Max/Min RH 59 19 60 18 62 RH 18 30 40 50 59 45 28 20 20 32 40 51 60 40 23 18 18 30 37 51 62 Wind Dir S S S SW SW SW SW S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW Wind Spd 13 12 12 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 9 Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC Clouds(%) 5 4 18 10 11 7 6 2 2 1 9 12 12 11 9 4 6 19 38 44 47 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 Haines 6HR 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 Mix Hgt 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 6 10 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 11 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 119 12 12 11 9 31 71125106 11 11 11 9 29107131130 14 14 9 9 T Wind Dir S S S SW SW W SW S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S W W T Wind Spd 18 19 19 19 16 20 13 13 13 18 19 19 16 17 13 13 14 16 18 13 13 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 07/16Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24 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 100 71 92 67 87 66 89 67 88 Temp 93 96 78 71 85 86 73 67 79 84 71 66 81 86 73 67 82 85 DewPt 57 53 62 63 61 61 64 64 61 58 61 61 60 57 60 61 61 60 Min/Max RH 23 77 37 90 40 84 36 80 42 RH 31 24 59 77 45 43 75 90 54 43 71 84 48 38 65 80 49 44 PWind Dir SW S N NE E SE SE SE S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12HR 5 30 30 50 30 40 30 40 40 Rain Shwrs SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC Tstms SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC $$ TXZ006-140900- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 549 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024 Date 07/13/24 Sun 07/14/24 Mon 07/15/24 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 66 101 64 103 67 Temp 97 83 76 70 66 84 96101 98 83 75 68 64 84 97102100 85 78 71 68 DewPt 46 48 47 48 49 53 50 48 46 51 52 52 52 54 50 47 46 50 53 56 57 Max/Min RH 53 16 66 15 69 RH 18 30 36 47 53 34 21 17 17 33 44 56 64 36 21 16 16 31 41 58 68 Wind Dir S S S SW SW SW SW S S S S SW SW SW S S S S SW W W Wind Spd 13 12 10 9 9 12 13 12 12 10 9 9 9 12 13 12 11 9 9 8 6 Clouds CL FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 Clouds(%) 4 18 4 8 17 1 2 3 4 22 16 17 21 12 10 7 29 56 52 55 55 PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Mix Hgt 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 6 12 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 11 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 99 9 8 8 7 22 83140 99 7 9 7 6 29134134115 8 11 12 8 T Wind Dir S S S SW SW W SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW N NW T Wind Spd 19 18 17 18 16 18 14 13 13 17 19 16 13 16 16 13 12 14 13 17 13 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO Date 07/16Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24 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 96 64 89 61 83 60 85 61 86 Temp 91 92 72 65 84 83 68 62 78 80 67 61 81 83 68 62 82 83 DewPt 58 54 61 62 61 61 64 62 62 59 61 60 61 59 62 61 62 61 Min/Max RH 26 93 39 100 45 99 42 99 44 RH 33 27 68 92 46 48 86100 57 48 80 99 51 45 81 97 50 48 PWind Dir W NE NE NE E SE S S S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B2 SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12HR 10 30 40 60 30 40 30 50 40 Rain Shwrs SC IS SC NM SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC Tstms SC IS SC NM SC IS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC IS SC $$ OKZ002-140900- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 549 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024 Date 07/13/24 Sun 07/14/24 Mon 07/15/24 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 69 103 65 104 69 Temp 98 81 76 72 69 86 99103100 82 76 69 66 84 98103102 85 78 71 70 DewPt 47 50 51 51 51 53 52 49 49 53 54 54 53 55 52 49 48 53 56 58 60 Max/Min RH 51 17 65 16 71 RH 18 34 42 49 51 32 21 17 18 37 47 60 63 37 21 16 17 33 47 62 71 Wind Dir S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S SW W W Wind Spd 16 13 12 11 10 12 12 12 12 11 11 9 9 12 13 13 12 11 10 9 8 Clouds FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC B1 B2 B1 Clouds(%) 6 41 15 7 17 6 2 1 0 14 20 19 25 19 9 5 11 40 59 73 66 PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 10 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 Mix Hgt 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 7 11 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 11 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 Vent Rate 155 9 11 9 9 23 85129138 9 9 7 7 23123156151 9 7 10 11 T Wind Dir S S S SW SW W S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S SW W NW T Wind Spd 23 17 21 19 19 19 13 13 14 18 19 16 16 17 14 16 14 16 13 17 18 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 07/16Wed 07/17/24Thu 07/18/24Fri 07/19/24Sat 07/20/24 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 97 65 87 61 83 61 86 61 85 Temp 91 93 72 65 82 84 67 62 78 82 66 61 81 83 67 61 81 83 DewPt 61 58 64 64 63 62 64 62 62 60 61 61 62 59 61 61 63 62 Min/Max RH 29 96 44 100 44 100 42 100 45 RH 37 30 76 95 52 48 90100 59 47 83 99 53 44 80 99 53 49 PWind Dir NW NE NE NE E SE S S S Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12HR 5 30 30 50 20 30 20 40 40 Rain Shwrs SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC Tstms SC SC IS SC SC SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC 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