Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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656 FOUS54 KAMA 070809 PFWAMA Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Amarillo TX 309 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 TXZ012-072100- Amarillo-Potter TX 35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft 309 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 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 62 78 60 86 Temp 71 68 80 89 93 86 73 68 65 64 67 71 76 77 69 65 62 60 72 80 84 84 DewPt 61 61 61 60 58 61 63 64 63 61 60 60 60 59 59 59 59 57 58 55 55 53 Min/Max RH 31 97 53 94 34 RH 71 78 52 38 31 43 71 87 93 90 78 68 58 54 70 81 90 90 61 42 37 34 Wind Dir S S SW NW N NE E NE NE NE NE E E E E E E NW N NE E E Wind Spd 13 13 14 12 12 13 13 12 11 12 12 11 11 9 6 4 3 4 4 4 5 8 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) 6 8 10 19 14 10 27 82 70 92 81 68 55 23 25 17 16 19 7 6 7 6 PoP 12HR 20 70 60 30 10 QPF 12HR 0 0.75 0.16 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC NM NM NM SC SC SC SC IS IS Tstms IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 Haines 6HR 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 7 9 4 1 <1 1 1 2 4 2 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 8 9 9 Vent Rate 12 12 60 91116 65 23 13 18 21 22 57 26 24 10 8 7 3 21 40 56 66 T Wind Dir S SW SW NW N NE E NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE W W NW NW S T Wind Spd 24 23 25 14 14 19 19 17 18 18 14 17 13 11 11 10 9 6 6 5 6 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 Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24 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 89 63 92 66 94 68 95 Temp 70 63 84 86 70 64 87 89 73 66 91 91 76 69 91 93 DewPt 55 56 57 57 58 57 58 55 57 57 58 56 57 57 57 55 Max/Min RH 81 34 81 31 74 29 68 27 RH 59 78 40 37 66 78 38 32 57 73 33 31 52 66 32 28 PWind Dir SE S S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 10 20 5 10 5 5 0 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS $$ TXZ016-072100- Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX 34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft 309 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 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 95 60 75 56 85 Temp 70 66 81 89 93 91 75 67 64 62 64 67 73 75 66 62 59 57 69 77 83 84 DewPt 61 62 59 51 49 51 60 64 64 62 61 61 60 58 60 61 59 57 59 56 53 51 Min/Max RH 21 100 55 100 32 RH 73 87 47 27 22 26 60 89100100 90 81 65 55 81 97100100 69 48 36 32 Wind Dir S SW W N N NE E NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E N NW NE E E Wind Spd 13 13 13 11 12 12 13 11 11 11 12 12 12 10 5 4 3 3 4 4 5 6 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) 4 5 3 1 1 5 17 70 84 90 85 74 62 34 27 24 16 26 12 8 7 17 PoP 12HR 0 60 60 30 10 QPF 12HR 0 0.57 0.28 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS NM NM NM SC SC SC SC IS IS IS Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 Haines 6HR 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 9 12 6 2 2 1 2 2 4 3 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 7 8 8 Vent Rate 12 14 45107150 87 33 35 27 26 41 59 40 29 8 6 7 2 22 40 64 70 T Wind Dir S SW W NW N NE E NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE E W W SW SW SW T Wind Spd 21 23 23 13 14 17 23 24 20 19 21 18 16 12 11 8 8 4 6 6 9 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 Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24 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 89 60 91 63 94 65 94 Temp 67 61 83 84 67 61 85 88 70 64 89 91 73 66 88 93 DewPt 56 57 58 56 60 59 58 53 57 57 57 51 56 57 57 51 Max/Min RH 90 35 97 29 81 25 74 24 RH 68 87 42 38 78 93 40 30 63 78 34 26 56 73 35 25 PWind Dir SE S S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds FW SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 20 20 20 10 10 5 10 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS IS Tstms IS IS IS $$ TXZ008-072100- Borger-Hutchinson TX 35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft 309 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 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 65 84 60 91 Temp 73 71 82 89 95 87 74 70 67 65 69 75 81 82 74 67 63 61 74 82 88 88 DewPt 61 63 63 62 62 64 66 65 64 63 62 60 60 59 59 60 59 59 60 56 54 54 Min/Max RH 34 96 44 96 30 RH 67 77 54 41 34 47 76 86 90 95 78 59 48 45 60 77 87 94 61 41 31 31 Wind Dir S S SW N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE NW N NE E E Wind Spd 11 9 11 10 11 12 11 9 6 6 8 9 9 6 4 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW Clouds(%) 8 7 10 15 7 39 38 78 85 87 81 51 36 36 11 11 10 12 6 5 5 17 PoP 12HR 30 70 50 20 5 QPF 12HR 0.06 0.36 0.01 0 0 Rain Shwrs SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS IS Tstms IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 Haines 6HR 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 <1 4 7 8 5 <1 2 1 1 3 5 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 9 10 10 Vent Rate 18 13 75 85112 94 11 33 20 12 29 61 49 43 8 8 7 5 22 56 64 51 T Wind Dir S S SW NW N NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE SW W W W W W T Wind Spd 23 18 24 14 16 21 14 19 16 10 12 14 11 10 10 11 10 8 6 6 6 5 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 Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24 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 96 65 97 67 100 71 101 Temp 71 65 88 90 72 66 90 93 75 68 94 95 79 72 95 97 DewPt 58 58 58 57 61 59 59 55 59 59 59 57 59 59 57 55 Max/Min RH 79 29 83 27 74 25 65 23 RH 64 78 37 34 68 80 35 29 58 73 31 28 51 64 28 24 PWind Dir SE S S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 10 20 5 10 5 10 0 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS $$ TXZ008-072100- Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX 35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft 309 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 94 63 81 60 88 Temp 73 70 80 87 92 86 73 68 66 64 67 73 78 79 71 67 63 61 71 79 85 85 DewPt 61 63 63 62 60 63 65 64 64 63 61 59 58 58 59 59 60 59 59 56 53 53 Min/Max RH 35 97 48 98 32 RH 67 79 56 42 35 47 76 89 93 96 83 64 50 50 65 76 90 96 65 45 34 33 Wind Dir S S SW N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E NW N NE E E Wind Spd 13 12 12 10 11 12 12 10 9 9 9 10 9 8 4 4 2 3 3 4 5 6 Clouds FW CL FW FW CL SC SC OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW Clouds(%) 6 5 9 10 3 26 39 88 83 87 75 59 35 30 13 11 13 14 6 7 4 13 PoP 12HR 20 70 50 20 5 QPF 12HR 0.02 0.28 0.01 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS IS SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS IS Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 Haines 6HR 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 6 8 4 <1 2 2 1 3 4 4 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 9 10 10 Vent Rate 16 10 57 78123 68 10 29 22 14 30 62 48 37 9 6 4 4 22 55 67 59 T Wind Dir S S W NW N NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E S SE SW W W W W W T Wind Spd 21 18 20 14 17 20 14 19 16 12 13 16 12 10 10 11 8 8 6 6 8 6 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 64 93 65 94 67 97 71 98 Temp 70 64 85 87 71 65 87 90 74 68 90 92 77 71 92 94 DewPt 57 58 57 57 60 59 59 55 58 58 58 56 59 59 57 54 Max/Min RH 81 32 84 30 74 27 68 24 RH 64 81 40 36 70 82 39 31 57 72 34 31 54 67 31 26 PWind Dir SE S S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 10 20 5 10 5 5 0 Rain Shwrs IS Tstms IS $$ TXZ006-072100- Dalhart-Hartley TX 36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft 309 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 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 87 58 79 54 86 Temp 68 63 77 83 87 83 71 64 60 58 66 74 79 77 67 62 57 55 71 80 85 84 DewPt 58 58 58 60 59 59 63 61 60 58 58 56 55 54 57 56 56 55 58 56 53 52 Min/Max RH 38 100 43 100 32 RH 71 85 54 46 39 44 76 89 97100 77 54 44 45 68 81 96100 63 43 33 33 Wind Dir S SW N N NE NE NE NE NE N NE NE E E E SE SW W SW S SE SE Wind Spd 12 9 10 11 12 13 14 12 11 10 10 11 10 9 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 6 Clouds CL CL FW FW CL FW B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW Clouds(%) 3 5 9 9 3 8 72 84 61 80 57 37 30 18 17 11 8 15 6 7 12 24 PoP 12HR 5 50 30 10 10 QPF 12HR 0 0.10 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 5 6 4 1 2 <1 <1 3 4 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 4 8 11 10 Vent Rate 12 9 28 78105 61 24 41 13 7 39 58 59 46 9 9 8 4 36 56 95 82 T Wind Dir S SW N N NE NE NE NE NE N NE NE E E SE S SW W SW W W SW T Wind Spd 23 17 16 18 19 17 23 21 17 13 16 14 12 10 14 13 11 8 11 8 10 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 Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24 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 58 90 58 92 61 94 64 95 Temp 66 59 85 84 67 59 87 89 70 62 91 91 73 65 91 93 DewPt 55 56 57 55 58 58 58 52 54 56 57 52 54 56 56 51 Max/Min RH 92 33 98 27 81 25 73 22 RH 68 90 39 36 73 95 38 28 57 80 32 27 52 73 31 24 PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 10 10 10 5 10 5 5 0 $$ OKZ002-072100- Guymon-Texas OK 36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft 309 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 Max/Min Temp 84 59 80 55 86 Temp 66 63 74 79 83 78 66 63 61 59 67 76 80 78 66 62 58 56 72 80 85 84 DewPt 62 62 62 63 64 64 64 62 61 59 60 57 56 54 57 56 56 56 58 55 53 52 Min/Max RH 51 100 41 100 31 RH 87 97 67 57 52 61 94 98100100 78 51 43 43 72 81 93100 62 42 32 33 Wind Dir SE E NE NE NE NE NE NE N N NE NE E E E SE SW W SW SE E E Wind Spd 12 11 10 10 12 13 11 8 6 6 8 9 9 8 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 Clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL Clouds(%) 16 24 31 40 14 24 72 87 59 83 70 32 11 8 10 7 6 17 8 6 2 3 PoP 12HR 10 50 20 10 5 QPF 12HR 0 0.10 0 0 0 Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC SC IS IS Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS IS LAL 6HR 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Haines 6HR 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 4 4 3 <1 <1 1 <1 3 5 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 10 10 Vent Rate 10 10 30 52 65 48 10 12 11 5 29 53 54 47 4 6 5 4 27 54 60 69 T Wind Dir S SE E N NE NE NE NE N N NE NE E E SE S SW W SW W W S T Wind Spd 24 20 17 14 18 19 13 13 10 12 12 12 10 10 9 13 11 10 9 6 6 8 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 07/10/24Thu 07/11/24Fri 07/12/24Sat 07/13/24 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 Min/Max Temp 60 91 60 93 63 96 66 97 Temp 66 61 87 86 66 61 88 90 70 64 91 93 74 67 94 95 DewPt 55 56 57 57 60 59 58 54 58 58 58 55 58 59 57 53 Max/Min RH 87 33 98 27 83 27 77 23 RH 68 85 37 37 81 93 36 29 67 81 33 28 58 75 29 24 PWind Dir S S S S S S S MM Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 MM Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12HR 5 10 10 5 10 0 5 0 $$ 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