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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 CST Fri Feb 7 2025
TXZ012-081000-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
549 PM CST Fri Feb 7 2025
Date 02/07/25 Sat 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max Temp 44 60 23 46 24
Temp 75 61 55 53 49 52 55 56 49 40 33 28 24 28 39 46 43 35 29 26 25
DewPt 13 16 15 15 16 19 25 24 23 22 20 18 17 18 20 20 20 19 18 17 17
Max/Min RH 30 22 74 36 74
RH 9 17 20 22 26 27 31 29 36 48 58 66 74 65 46 36 40 52 63 68 71
Wind Dir SW SW SW W W NW NE NE E E E E E E E NE E E E E E
Wind Spd 20 16 12 14 17 18 20 18 16 13 11 9 9 9 9 9 12 12 9 8 6
Clouds SC B1 SC FW SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV
Clouds(%) 34 58 31 20 31 10 3 4 5 7 9 25 19 19 22 37 52 68 75 84 89
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Frzg Rain S
Mix Hgt <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 2 <1 <1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1
Vent Rate 10 8 9 9 9 12 39 47 27 13 12 21 14 13 21 27 24 19 16 11 12
T Wind Dir SW SW W W W NW N NE E E E E E SE SE NE E E E E SE
T Wind Spd 21 19 23 24 21 20 23 20 18 17 16 16 12 10 10 10 13 14 13 11 10
RFTI 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category CL NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W
Date 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 Thu 02/13/25 Fri 02/14/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min Temp 42 25 35 17 32 13 45 29 63
Temp 33 40 34 29 31 32 23 18 27 28 19 14 36 41 33 31 54 58
DewPt 23 28 30 27 22 20 17 15 16 14 11 10 13 15 18 20 24 25
Min/Max RH 55 92 56 88 47 84 29 66 24
RH 66 62 85 92 69 61 77 88 63 55 70 84 38 34 53 63 31 28
PWind Dir SE SE NE E NE NE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 30 20 40 30 10 5 5 5
Frzg Rain S
Rain Shwrs IS SC
Snow Shwrs IS SC SC IS SC
$$
TXZ016-081000-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
549 PM CST Fri Feb 7 2025
Date 02/07/25 Sat 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max Temp 46 67 25 54 26
Temp 73 57 54 50 49 53 63 64 59 43 37 30 26 31 44 53 50 37 31 28 27
DewPt 13 13 14 13 12 19 26 27 28 27 26 25 24 26 27 30 30 26 23 22 23
Max/Min RH 27 21 95 40 87
RH 10 17 20 22 22 26 24 25 30 53 66 80 92 84 51 41 46 65 72 78 85
Wind Dir SW SW W W W W N NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Wind Spd 17 13 12 13 13 16 16 14 13 12 10 8 6 6 6 9 12 12 9 8 6
Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV
Clouds(%) 35 35 35 21 22 23 14 3 5 5 8 21 27 27 29 27 44 55 70 91 95
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Frzg Rain S
Rain Shwrs IS
Mix Hgt <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 3 1 <1 <1 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 1
Vent Rate 12 10 13 13 11 9 45 37 21 10 9 27 12 13 19 30 22 25 19 18 13
T Wind Dir SW W W W W W NW E E E E SE SE S S S E E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 19 20 26 25 21 18 18 17 17 19 17 18 12 10 10 11 13 16 13 12 10
RFTI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W
Date 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 Thu 02/13/25 Fri 02/14/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min Temp 49 25 41 19 40 13 49 29 65
Temp 36 46 40 30 35 38 25 20 33 36 20 15 41 46 33 31 54 60
DewPt 30 36 36 30 27 27 23 20 21 18 14 13 17 19 18 20 24 26
Min/Max RH 62 100 57 100 42 92 28 66 22
RH 77 68 87 100 71 64 90 100 60 47 77 92 37 34 53 63 31 28
PWind Dir S S NE E E E S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15>
Avg Clouds OV B2 B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 20 10 10 30 20 5 0 5 5
Frzg Rain S
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Snow Shwrs IS SC IS
$$
TXZ008-081000-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
549 PM CST Fri Feb 7 2025
Date 02/07/25 Sat 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max Temp 43 59 23 46 25
Temp 74 61 54 52 48 47 51 55 52 40 33 28 24 27 38 45 43 34 29 27 26
DewPt 19 19 19 19 20 26 27 25 22 23 20 19 17 18 19 20 20 19 18 18 18
Max/Min RH 40 27 76 36 74
RH 12 19 25 27 32 43 39 31 31 49 57 68 75 70 46 36 39 54 64 70 72
Wind Dir S SW SW W W N NE NE NE E E E E E NE NE NE E E E E
Wind Spd 12 12 9 10 11 13 17 14 12 9 6 4 4 4 4 5 9 6 4 4 3
Clouds FW SC SC SC B1 FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV
Clouds(%) 19 38 47 35 54 7 10 3 3 4 13 24 24 21 30 35 53 56 77 78 89
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 3 4 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
Vent Rate 14 15 12 14 12 25 64 63 35 18 15 19 17 19 23 29 30 22 14 10 10
T Wind Dir SW SW SW W W N NE NE E E E E E E NE NE NE E E E SE
T Wind Spd 17 20 18 20 18 23 24 18 13 17 14 13 11 10 9 10 11 12 11 9 9
RFTI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W
Date 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 Thu 02/13/25 Fri 02/14/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min Temp 43 23 35 16 31 12 44 28 65
Temp 34 41 31 25 30 32 22 17 25 28 18 13 32 41 30 30 54 58
DewPt 22 27 29 25 21 19 17 16 16 15 12 11 15 17 19 21 27 28
Min/Max RH 50 100 55 96 52 91 33 71 25
RH 60 56 93 100 68 58 80 95 67 57 78 91 48 37 64 71 35 30
PWind Dir SE E NE E NE NE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 30 20 40 30 5 0 5 5
Snow Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC SC
$$
TXZ008-081000-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
549 PM CST Fri Feb 7 2025
Date 02/07/25 Sat 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max Temp 45 58 25 45 26
Temp 75 64 56 54 50 49 50 54 52 42 34 30 26 28 37 44 43 35 31 28 27
DewPt 17 18 19 19 21 25 26 24 22 23 21 20 18 19 20 20 20 20 19 19 19
Max/Min RH 39 25 75 37 74
RH 11 17 23 25 31 39 40 31 31 47 57 67 73 70 51 38 40 53 60 68 72
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW W N NE NE E E E E E E NE NE E E E E E
Wind Spd 14 13 12 13 16 16 18 16 13 11 9 6 5 6 5 6 10 9 6 4 4
Clouds FW SC SC SC B1 FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV
Clouds(%) 21 39 46 36 53 9 10 3 4 4 11 24 23 22 31 34 53 57 76 78 88
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
Vent Rate 14 12 10 13 9 18 58 56 36 18 15 16 17 17 22 25 29 21 13 9 10
T Wind Dir SW SW SW W W N NE NE E E E E E E NE NE E E E E SE
T Wind Spd 20 21 18 21 17 20 23 18 16 17 14 12 11 10 9 9 11 12 11 9 9
RFTI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W
Date 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 Thu 02/13/25 Fri 02/14/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min Temp 42 24 33 18 31 14 44 30 64
Temp 33 41 33 27 29 32 23 19 25 29 20 15 31 42 32 32 52 59
DewPt 22 27 31 27 21 19 18 17 15 15 13 12 15 18 19 22 26 28
Min/Max RH 53 100 57 92 52 89 34 67 26
RH 64 58 92 100 75 59 78 92 67 56 74 89 50 36 60 65 36 30
PWind Dir SE E NE E NE NE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg Clouds OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 10 30 20 40 30 5 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs SC
Snow Shwrs SC IS SC SC SC SC
$$
TXZ006-081000-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
549 PM CST Fri Feb 7 2025
Date 02/07/25 Sat 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max Temp 35 54 17 43 19
Temp 71 57 49 47 41 42 49 52 48 35 28 22 18 23 36 43 40 29 23 20 21
DewPt 14 15 13 16 20 25 24 22 22 20 17 17 16 18 19 20 20 18 17 16 17
Max/Min RH 50 28 93 40 87
RH 11 18 23 28 42 50 38 30 35 55 64 80 91 80 50 40 44 63 76 83 84
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW W N NE E E E E E E E E E E E E SE SE
Wind Spd 23 19 13 12 12 16 19 18 13 10 8 5 4 5 5 6 10 9 5 4 4
Clouds SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC CL FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
Clouds(%) 35 51 36 57 53 26 5 6 3 12 18 22 24 37 42 40 47 51 63 72 87
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 3 4 2 <1 1 <1 <1 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
Vent Rate 15 13 10 10 7 25 49 54 32 8 14 9 5 16 20 29 30 18 14 11 14
T Wind Dir SW SW SW W W NE NE E E E E E SE SE SW E E E E SE S
T Wind Spd 26 26 23 20 16 24 21 20 16 17 14 11 10 11 9 10 11 14 12 9 11
RFTI 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category CH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Red Flag W
Date 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 Thu 02/13/25 Fri 02/14/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min Temp 46 17 31 11 29 7 44 26 61
Temp 35 44 29 20 28 29 16 12 24 26 13 8 34 39 27 27 51 55
DewPt 25 33 29 20 19 19 14 11 14 15 10 8 14 18 17 18 25 26
Min/Max RH 55 100 60 99 55 98 33 71 26
RH 65 63 99 99 68 67 94 99 66 61 86 98 43 43 64 67 36 33
PWind Dir S E NE E E NE SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15>
Avg Clouds OV B2 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 30 10 40 30 5 0 0 5
Rain Shwrs IS
Snow Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS
$$
OKZ002-081000-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
549 PM CST Fri Feb 7 2025
Date 02/07/25 Sat 02/08/25 Sun 02/09/25 Mon
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
Min/Max Temp 32 51 17 40 20
Temp 58 47 46 45 39 39 44 49 43 30 24 20 18 21 34 40 36 27 23 22 21
DewPt 29 25 19 18 23 26 23 19 17 16 14 14 12 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15
Max/Min RH 69 27 80 36 78
RH 33 41 34 33 52 60 42 29 35 55 64 76 78 73 43 36 42 60 72 75 78
Wind Dir SE SW SW W NW N N NE NE E E E E E E NE E E E SE SE
Wind Spd 12 13 12 11 13 17 17 13 11 9 6 4 4 5 5 6 8 5 4 4 4
Clouds FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV
Clouds(%) 19 5 17 32 30 10 20 10 19 15 23 29 45 50 52 55 68 73 67 87 92
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 3 4 2 <1 <1 <1 1 2 2 3 2 <1 1 1 <1
Vent Rate 6 9 10 8 9 36 55 57 21 7 13 9 14 20 19 33 18 4 12 11 10
T Wind Dir SE SW W W NW N N NE E E E E E SE E NE NE E E SE SE
T Wind Spd 17 19 23 19 20 27 23 18 13 14 16 13 13 12 9 11 10 10 11 10 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 02/10/25 Tue 02/11/25 Wed 02/12/25 Thu 02/13/25 Fri 02/14/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Max/Min Temp 39 16 29 10 25 5 42 23 60
Temp 33 36 24 19 26 23 14 11 21 21 11 6 31 34 25 26 49 50
DewPt 18 23 23 19 16 14 12 10 12 11 9 6 13 17 17 19 27 26
Min/Max RH 51 100 57 100 56 100 35 77 30
RH 53 59 96 100 65 70 93 97 67 66 93 100 47 49 72 74 41 40
PWind Dir SE E NE E NE N SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15>
Avg Clouds OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12HR 0 40 20 50 40 5 0 5 5
Snow Shwrs SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC
$$
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