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Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
549 PM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025
TXZ012-040900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
549 PM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025
Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun
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 87 66 90 67
Temp 73 69 67 66 66 72 81 85 85 75 71 69 66 75 85 89 87 76 73 69 67
DewPt 68 68 67 66 66 68 68 67 67 70 70 68 66 68 69 67 67 69 69 68 66
Max/Min RH 100 50 100 48 97
RH 83 98100100100 86 66 55 56 85 95 98100 79 59 48 52 79 87 97 97
Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S S S SE S S S S E SE SE SE SE SE S
Wind Spd 14 13 11 11 10 11 12 13 13 13 12 9 6 5 9 9 10 9 9 5 4
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 74 71 73 79 73 48 32 30 14 15 12 41 58 39 12 22 19 21 25 43 43
PoP 12HR 40 10 5 5 20
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS
Mix Hgt 3 1 1 <1 <1 2 4 5 3 2 1 <1 <1 1 3 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 46 24 22 12 13 35 63 91 64 32 21 9 3 8 37 47 50 9 7 3 1
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S SE S S SW NE E SE SE SE SE S E
T Wind Spd 19 19 19 17 16 20 18 19 21 23 20 14 8 6 12 10 11 16 14 10 6
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 07/06Mon 07/07/25Tue 07/08/25Wed 07/09/25Thu 07/10/25
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 88 65 87 67 90 68 93 67 92
Temp 84 85 70 65 81 86 72 67 86 88 74 68 88 90 74 67 88 89
DewPt 67 64 66 64 65 64 65 62 64 62 63 61 63 59 62 59 61 59
Min/Max RH 46 97 46 87 41 78 33 75 33
RH 57 50 87 97 58 48 79 84 48 42 69 78 43 35 66 75 41 37
PWind Dir SE S S S SW S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 20 30 10 10 5 10 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS
Tstms IS SC IS
$$
TXZ016-040900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
549 PM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025
Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 64 91 63 92 65
Temp 75 70 67 66 65 74 83 90 89 76 70 65 63 75 87 92 90 77 72 67 66
DewPt 69 69 67 66 65 68 64 60 58 65 66 65 63 67 67 64 63 68 68 67 66
Max/Min RH 100 34 100 38 100
RH 82 99100 99100 81 52 37 35 69 87100 99 75 51 41 41 74 87100100
Wind Dir SE S S S S SW SW SW SW SE S S SW NE E E SE E SE S W
Wind Spd 12 9 8 8 9 9 10 10 9 8 6 4 4 5 9 9 8 6 5 4 4
Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 72 54 83 76 67 44 9 2 8 7 10 9 29 13 7 11 21 20 21 25 23
PoP 12HR 60 5 5 5 20
QPF 12HR 0.35 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC NM IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS IS
Mix Hgt 3 1 1 <1 <1 2 4 6 8 1 1 <1 <1 1 4 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 34 18 18 15 13 32 70 87113 19 25 6 3 14 61 41 44 7 5 6 2
T Wind Dir S S S S S SW W W W S S S SW NE E E SE NE SE S W
T Wind Spd 14 17 17 17 17 18 18 16 17 18 20 14 9 11 16 10 10 16 11 13 6
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 07/06Mon 07/07/25Tue 07/08/25Wed 07/09/25Thu 07/10/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 89 63 87 64 90 65 93 65 94
Temp 84 83 69 64 82 84 70 64 85 88 72 65 88 90 72 65 89 91
DewPt 67 65 66 64 66 64 65 63 63 61 60 60 61 58 60 58 60 58
Min/Max RH 46 100 48 97 38 84 31 78 31
RH 57 54 90100 57 50 83 97 47 40 66 84 41 34 65 78 38 34
PWind Dir S S S S SW S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 20 40 10 20 0 10 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS SC IS IS
$$
TXZ008-040900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
549 PM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025
Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun
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 91 68 95 70
Temp 79 72 70 69 68 76 83 88 88 78 74 71 69 77 87 93 92 81 76 72 70
DewPt 68 70 69 69 68 70 69 68 68 71 72 71 68 71 70 68 67 70 71 70 70
Max/Min RH 100 50 100 42 99
RH 71 94 97100 99 82 63 52 53 78 93100 98 80 56 44 44 69 84 93 99
Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E SE SE SE S SE S
Wind Spd 13 12 9 8 8 9 11 12 12 12 9 5 4 4 5 8 9 6 5 4 4
Clouds B1 B1 SC B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 53 54 44 71 60 46 46 26 18 14 13 39 68 46 13 16 13 33 21 28 42
PoP 12HR 30 10 10 5 20
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS
Mix Hgt 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 3 2 2 1 1 2 4 5 4 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 47 34 31 23 20 44 58 82 72 34 24 13 6 15 38 49 40 16 10 7 3
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S SE S S S NE E E SE SE S S SW
T Wind Spd 19 19 19 17 14 19 19 19 24 20 17 12 6 8 11 10 10 18 13 11 6
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 07/06Mon 07/07/25Tue 07/08/25Wed 07/09/25Thu 07/10/25
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 93 68 93 69 96 71 99 70 98
Temp 87 88 74 68 86 90 76 69 90 92 78 71 93 95 78 70 92 94
DewPt 67 66 69 67 67 65 67 65 64 62 65 62 63 59 62 61 61 59
Min/Max RH 41 98 41 89 35 75 28 76 29
RH 52 49 83 95 53 43 73 88 43 37 64 73 37 30 59 73 35 31
PWind Dir SE S S S SW S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 20 40 10 10 5 10 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS
$$
TXZ008-040900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
549 PM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025
Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 67 90 68 93 69
Temp 77 71 70 69 68 74 82 87 87 78 73 71 68 77 86 92 90 80 75 71 70
DewPt 67 69 69 69 68 69 68 67 67 71 71 70 68 70 69 68 67 70 70 70 68
Max/Min RH 100 48 100 44 99
RH 72 95 98100100 83 64 52 52 79 93100 99 79 58 46 46 72 85 96 96
Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E SE SE S SE S
Wind Spd 14 13 11 10 9 10 11 12 12 13 11 8 4 4 5 8 9 9 6 4 4
Clouds SC B1 SC B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 48 52 47 75 67 40 35 20 17 10 9 32 63 40 13 16 13 26 18 26 35
PoP 12HR 30 10 10 5 20
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS
Mix Hgt 3 2 2 1 1 2 4 5 4 2 2 <1 <1 2 4 5 4 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 47 31 27 21 18 42 60 88 75 30 21 10 3 15 40 49 38 13 9 6 2
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S NE E E SE SE S SE SW
T Wind Spd 19 19 19 17 14 19 18 19 23 21 16 12 5 9 11 10 10 17 14 11 5
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 07/06Mon 07/07/25Tue 07/08/25Wed 07/09/25Thu 07/10/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 91 67 90 69 93 71 96 70 96
Temp 84 88 73 68 83 88 75 69 87 90 77 71 90 93 77 70 89 92
DewPt 67 65 68 66 66 64 66 64 64 62 64 62 62 59 62 60 60 59
Min/Max RH 44 94 44 88 37 73 30 73 29
RH 59 47 85 94 57 45 75 85 47 39 66 73 40 32 61 72 39 33
PWind Dir SE S S S SW S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12HR 20 40 10 10 5 10 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC
Tstms IS SC IS
$$
TXZ006-040900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
549 PM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025
Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun
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 90 62 92 63
Temp 76 69 65 65 63 73 82 89 90 76 70 65 62 78 88 92 87 75 71 66 63
DewPt 67 67 65 65 63 67 64 62 62 66 67 65 62 66 63 62 64 66 66 65 63
Max/Min RH 100 38 100 37 100
RH 73 95100100100 83 54 41 40 70 89 99 99 68 44 37 45 73 85 98100
Wind Dir S S S S S SW SW S S SE S S N N NE E SE SE SE W S
Wind Spd 14 12 11 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 4 4 6 9 9 9 5 5 4 4
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW CL FW FW CL FW SC FW CL FW SC SC FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 56 77 85 75 69 59 8 5 17 7 5 18 34 8 2 6 37 31 15 22 27
PoP 12HR 40 5 10 5 20
QPF 12HR 0.04 0 0 0 0.03
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS
Mix Hgt 3 2 1 1 <1 2 5 6 5 <1 1 <1 <1 2 6 9 8 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 63 26 20 20 15 32 64 64 65 16 18 4 2 17 72 88 98 8 8 3 1
T Wind Dir S S S S S SW SW SW S SE S SW N NE NE E SE SW SE W N
T Wind Spd 20 19 18 18 17 19 16 12 13 23 17 10 8 11 13 11 13 14 14 10 6
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 07/06Mon 07/07/25Tue 07/08/25Wed 07/09/25Thu 07/10/25
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 88 62 86 63 90 64 93 64 92
Temp 84 86 68 62 82 84 69 63 86 88 72 64 89 91 72 64 88 90
DewPt 65 63 65 62 65 64 64 61 63 61 62 59 61 57 60 58 59 58
Min/Max RH 42 100 47 94 38 84 31 81 32
RH 53 46 89100 56 50 84 93 47 40 70 84 39 32 67 81 38 34
PWind Dir SE S S S SW SW SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 40 10 20 5 10 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS
$$
OKZ002-040900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
549 PM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025
Date 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25 Sat 07/05/25 Sun
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 65 90 65 92 64
Temp 79 70 68 67 66 75 82 88 85 74 71 67 66 78 88 92 90 77 72 67 65
DewPt 66 67 67 67 66 69 67 65 65 69 70 67 66 68 67 64 63 67 67 67 65
Max/Min RH 100 44 100 38 100
RH 66 89 99 99100 82 60 48 51 83 97 99100 72 49 40 41 70 85100100
Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S S S SW N E E E SE S SW NW
Wind Spd 16 13 11 10 10 11 12 13 12 11 9 5 4 4 6 8 9 6 5 4 4
Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC CL FW SC SC FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 30 44 58 70 74 61 14 10 12 32 12 23 33 26 5 7 31 32 14 17 27
PoP 12HR 20 10 30 5 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC IS IS
Mix Hgt 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 2 2 <1 <1 2 5 7 6 1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 72 41 37 28 26 47 61 95 97 41 22 6 3 15 57 68 63 13 4 3 3
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S S S W N NE E SE E S S N
T Wind Spd 23 21 23 19 18 21 20 20 19 25 16 10 8 9 12 10 11 13 10 11 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 07/06Mon 07/07/25Tue 07/08/25Wed 07/09/25Thu 07/10/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 90 62 89 64 93 65 96 65 94
Temp 86 87 69 63 84 87 70 64 89 90 72 66 91 93 74 66 91 92
DewPt 65 63 66 63 65 63 66 64 64 62 63 62 63 59 61 61 60 58
Min/Max RH 42 100 44 100 36 90 29 87 30
RH 49 45 90100 53 45 86100 44 38 73 87 39 32 65 84 36 32
PWind Dir SE S S S SW S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
PoP 12HR 10 50 10 20 5 20 5 20 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS IS
$$
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