Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
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 AM CDT Sat Jun 7 2025
TXZ012-072100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
549 AM CDT Sat Jun 7 2025
Date Sat 06/07/25 Sun 06/08/25 Mon 06/09/25
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 83 62 86 59 78
Temp 61 69 75 81 81 71 67 65 62 73 82 85 78 65 63 61 59 65 73 76 75
DewPt 60 62 63 62 61 63 63 63 62 66 67 65 63 63 62 61 59 60 61 60 59
Min/Max RH 48 100 51 100 56
RH 97 78 66 53 51 76 87 93100 79 61 51 60 93 97100100 84 66 58 58
Wind Dir NE E E E E E SE S SW S S S E NE NE E NE NE NE E SE
Wind Spd 8 6 6 5 6 8 8 5 4 6 9 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 9 9 8
Clouds B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 56 54 33 15 11 32 7 23 21 16 12 29 53 56 64 59 73 54 61 59 59
PoP 12HR 5 10 50 60 30
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.05 0.59 0.42 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC NM SC SC IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 4 5 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 3 4 1 1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 4 <1
Vent Rate 8 12 26 28 28 5 5 3 2 15 31 51 11 18 8 5 7 17 38 40 8
T Wind Dir N NE NE E SE E SE S S S SW S S NE NE E E E NE SE S
T Wind Spd 11 9 8 6 8 13 13 11 8 11 10 13 11 19 11 13 9 9 10 10 9
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 Tue 06/10/25Wed 06/11/25Thu 06/12/25Fri 06/13/25
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 79 58 79 60 84 62 88
Temp 63 58 75 74 63 58 74 76 64 60 77 82 66 62 82 84
DewPt 60 58 61 59 60 58 61 59 61 60 62 60 61 60 62 60
Max/Min RH 100 54 100 52 100 46 93 42
RH 90100 62 59 90100 64 56 90100 60 47 84 93 51 44
PWind Dir S SE S S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 40 30 40 30 30 20 20 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ016-072100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
549 AM CDT Sat Jun 7 2025
Date Sat 06/07/25 Sun 06/08/25 Mon 06/09/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 85 60 91 57 77
Temp 60 68 75 82 83 71 65 62 61 73 83 89 84 68 62 60 58 65 72 76 74
DewPt 60 65 65 63 60 64 64 62 61 67 67 63 60 64 62 60 58 61 62 61 62
Min/Max RH 43 100 40 100 60
RH 100 89 71 52 45 79 97100100 80 58 42 44 89100100100 87 70 60 65
Wind Dir NE E NE E SE E SE S SE SE S S NE NE NE E NE NE NE E E
Wind Spd 5 6 8 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 8 10 9 8 6 6 8 9 9 9
Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 33 47 29 11 12 25 6 19 24 28 8 19 27 49 48 75 58 69 65 58 64
PoP 12HR 0 5 30 50 40
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.08 0.08 0.01
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC IS IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 3 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 7 2 <1 1 1 1 2 4 3 1
Vent Rate 7 17 27 37 34 7 9 5 4 13 28 74 26 10 16 27 16 18 38 26 13
T Wind Dir NE NE NE E SE E SE S S S S S SW NE NE E E E E E SE
T Wind Spd 11 11 9 8 8 12 16 10 9 8 8 12 16 18 14 21 13 9 10 10 10
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Tue 06/10/25Wed 06/11/25Thu 06/12/25Fri 06/13/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 56 77 56 80 58 86 60 89
Temp 61 57 73 73 61 57 74 77 62 59 80 81 63 60 83 86
DewPt 60 57 61 60 61 57 61 60 61 59 60 59 62 60 61 58
Max/Min RH 100 58 100 50 100 40 100 34
RH 99100 65 64100100 63 55 97100 52 47 97100 47 38
PWind Dir NE E SE S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 50 40 50 30 30 10 20 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC IS
Tstms SC IS SC SC IS SC SC IS
$$
TXZ008-072100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
549 AM CDT Sat Jun 7 2025
Date Sat 06/07/25 Sun 06/08/25 Mon 06/09/25
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 86 63 90 61 82
Temp 63 69 77 82 84 74 69 65 64 75 83 88 77 68 65 63 61 67 75 81 79
DewPt 63 64 63 60 60 63 63 65 64 68 67 66 64 65 64 63 61 62 60 59 59
Min/Max RH 43 100 48 100 47
RH 100 83 62 47 44 70 82 97100 77 58 48 63 90 97100100 85 59 47 50
Wind Dir N NW NE E E SE NW W SW S S SE E NE NE E N NE NE E SE
Wind Spd 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 6 9 6 4 4 4 4 6 5 5
Clouds B2 SC FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 75 33 11 4 6 28 13 6 24 17 27 45 64 63 63 71 53 55 52 54 51
PoP 12HR 20 10 60 60 20
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.03 0.46 0.42 0
Rain Shwrs IS NM NM NM NM SC SC IS IS IS IS SC
Tstms IS SC NM NM SC SC IS SC
Mix Hgt 1 2 4 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 4 1 1 <1 1 <1 2 5 5 3
Vent Rate 10 18 20 23 21 6 7 5 3 16 32 30 11 11 12 12 3 10 33 33 26
T Wind Dir N N N NE SE SE S S SW SW SW S NE NE NE E E NE NE E SE
T Wind Spd 9 10 5 5 5 9 10 8 4 9 9 9 11 11 14 10 5 5 8 6 8
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
Flood A
Date Tue 06/10/25Wed 06/11/25Thu 06/12/25Fri 06/13/25
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 59 84 61 83 62 88 64 91
Temp 66 60 80 79 66 61 77 80 67 63 82 84 69 64 84 87
DewPt 62 60 60 59 62 61 61 60 63 63 62 61 64 63 63 63
Max/Min RH 100 46 100 47 100 42 98 39
RH 87100 52 51 87100 57 50 87100 51 45 83 98 49 44
PWind Dir SW S S S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 20 20 10 20 10
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-072100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
549 AM CDT Sat Jun 7 2025
Date Sat 06/07/25 Sun 06/08/25 Mon 06/09/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 84 63 88 61 80
Temp 62 68 75 80 82 73 69 65 64 74 81 86 76 67 65 63 61 66 73 78 77
DewPt 62 63 62 61 59 63 63 64 64 67 66 66 63 64 64 63 61 62 60 59 59
Min/Max RH 46 99 51 100 50
RH 100 85 65 51 46 71 83 97 99 78 60 51 64 90 97100100 85 65 52 53
Wind Dir NE N NE E E SE S SW SW S S S E NE NE E NE NE NE E SE
Wind Spd 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 9 8 5 4 4 4 6 6 5
Clouds B1 SC FW CL FW SC FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 68 37 12 5 6 27 17 4 23 19 22 40 58 54 58 72 59 57 57 54 52
PoP 12HR 10 10 60 60 20
QPF 12HR 0 0.12 0.57 0.37 0
Rain Shwrs NM NM NM NM SC SC IS IS IS IS SC
Tstms SC NM NM IS SC IS SC
Mix Hgt 1 2 3 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 3 <1 1 <1 1 <1 2 4 5 2
Vent Rate 10 14 20 24 23 5 6 3 2 13 30 26 8 12 12 11 4 13 34 34 15
T Wind Dir N N NE NE E E S S SW SW SW S NE NE NE E E NE NE E SE
T Wind Spd 10 9 6 5 5 9 11 6 4 9 9 9 10 11 14 11 6 8 9 8 9
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Flood A
Date Tue 06/10/25Wed 06/11/25Thu 06/12/25Fri 06/13/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 60 82 61 81 62 86 64 89
Temp 66 60 77 77 66 61 75 78 67 62 79 84 69 64 82 86
DewPt 62 60 60 59 62 61 60 59 63 62 63 60 64 63 63 61
Max/Min RH 100 50 100 50 100 43 94 41
RH 88100 56 54 86100 61 51 87100 57 46 83 94 52 44
PWind Dir SW S S S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 20 20 20 20 10
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS SC IS IS IS IS
$$
TXZ006-072100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
549 AM CDT Sat Jun 7 2025
Date Sat 06/07/25 Sun 06/08/25 Mon 06/09/25
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 82 56 87 55 77
Temp 56 66 76 80 80 67 63 59 57 74 84 82 75 63 61 58 56 64 72 76 74
DewPt 56 60 56 55 55 60 61 59 57 65 64 60 60 63 61 58 56 59 57 56 57
Min/Max RH 40 100 46 100 51
RH 100 82 50 42 42 79 91100100 74 50 48 60 98 99100100 83 59 51 56
Wind Dir N NE NE E SE E S W W SW S SE E NE NE NE N NE E E E
Wind Spd 6 6 5 5 6 5 4 4 3 5 8 9 10 9 8 5 4 5 8 6 6
Clouds B2 FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Clouds(%) 72 23 3 6 21 31 14 21 15 16 11 24 38 55 59 69 67 62 59 53 65
PoP 12HR 0 10 40 50 20
QPF 12HR 0 0.12 0.30 0.10 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC
Tstms IS SC SC SC SC IS SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 4 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 4 1
Vent Rate 10 17 25 34 47 5 3 3 3 18 33 44 12 11 11 3 4 12 28 31 10
T Wind Dir N NE NE SE SE E S S SW SW SW S NE NE NE NE NE NE E SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 11 8 6 10 12 9 8 8 12 9 11 14 18 20 8 6 8 9 8 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 Tue 06/10/25Wed 06/11/25Thu 06/12/25Fri 06/13/25
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 53 78 53 79 55 84 57 88
Temp 59 54 75 74 59 54 74 78 61 56 78 79 64 58 82 85
DewPt 59 54 58 57 59 54 59 57 60 56 60 58 60 58 58 54
Max/Min RH 100 49 100 46 100 42 100 33
RH 98100 56 54 99100 58 48 97100 53 49 87100 45 35
PWind Dir W S S S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 20 10 20 10 20 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS IS
$$
OKZ002-072100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
549 AM CDT Sat Jun 7 2025
Date Sat 06/07/25 Sun 06/08/25 Mon 06/09/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 83 58 85 56 79
Temp 56 66 75 81 81 68 64 60 60 76 84 80 71 64 62 58 57 67 76 79 77
DewPt 56 61 58 53 52 58 58 59 60 65 64 62 60 63 61 58 57 59 57 55 54
Min/Max RH 34 100 49 100 43
RH 100 83 55 38 36 71 81 96100 69 50 53 67 98 96100100 75 51 44 45
Wind Dir W NW N NW SE S SW SW SW SW S E E NE NE E N N NE E E
Wind Spd 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 8 9 9 9 6 4 4 4 4 6 5 5
Clouds SC SC CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) 50 28 2 4 16 31 42 23 25 12 27 47 44 59 74 72 60 43 33 60 48
PoP 12HR 0 5 50 40 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.31 0.11 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC SC SC IS SC IS
Mix Hgt <1 2 3 6 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 4 3 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 5 3
Vent Rate 8 17 24 33 22 4 4 4 4 19 36 26 25 5 12 10 2 8 27 32 22
T Wind Dir NW N N NW S S SW SW SW SW SW W E NE NE E NW NE NE NW SE
T Wind Spd 9 10 8 6 5 9 11 11 11 14 10 11 20 10 16 13 5 5 8 8 8
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Flood A
Date Tue 06/10/25Wed 06/11/25Thu 06/12/25Fri 06/13/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 55 83 56 81 58 85 60 89
Temp 61 56 80 80 63 57 77 79 64 59 80 83 65 61 83 86
DewPt 58 56 57 56 59 57 58 56 61 59 60 57 60 60 60 58
Max/Min RH 100 39 100 43 100 40 100 36
RH 90100 45 44 87100 52 45 91100 51 42 84 98 45 38
PWind Dir SW S S S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 10 10 20 10 20 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
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