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
149 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025
TXZ012-052100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
149 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025
Date Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 Sun 09/07/25
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 73 52 75 56 78
Temp 74 69 68 70 68 63 57 54 54 53 59 67 74 74 65 61 60 59 65 72 76 74
DewPt 49 50 55 55 52 51 50 49 49 49 51 53 54 54 55 55 55 56 58 59 58 58
Min/Max RH 41 89 48 90 53
RH 41 51 63 59 56 65 77 83 83 86 75 61 50 50 70 81 84 90 78 64 54 57
Wind Dir SW W N NE NE NE NE E NE E SE S S S SE S S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 12 12 13 14 16 16 12 9 5 4 4 5 8 9 10 9 9 9 10 12 12 13
Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) 80 89 83 84 93 69 70 81 76 65 68 64 46 26 48 59 51 59 55 54 52 31
PoP 12HR 30 20 10 10 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.05
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS SC IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 2 4 3
Vent Rate 8 7 32 39 43 34 19 11 7 5 8 20 39 35 7 12 5 5 17 31 52 39
T Wind Dir SW W N NE NE E E E E E S S S S SE S S S S S S SE
T Wind Spd 19 17 19 17 18 18 14 10 6 5 6 6 9 12 13 14 12 12 12 14 14 16
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 Mon 09/08/25Tue 09/09/25Wed 09/10/25Thu 09/11/25
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 85 62 88 61 89 61 87
Temp 64 61 77 79 66 63 82 83 67 63 82 82 68 64 81 82
DewPt 59 60 62 59 61 60 61 59 60 59 60 57 59 57 57 54
Max/Min RH 97 45 91 40 87 36 79 34
RH 84 97 60 50 84 90 49 44 78 87 47 43 73 78 44 38
PWind Dir S S S SW S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 10 10 10 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS
Tstms SC IS
$$
TXZ016-052100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
149 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025
Date Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 Sun 09/07/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 77 52 77 57 81
Temp 71 69 70 73 72 68 59 56 54 53 59 68 74 75 66 62 59 59 65 74 78 76
DewPt 50 49 55 55 56 54 53 53 52 52 54 56 56 56 58 58 58 58 61 61 60 60
Min/Max RH 47 100 50 98 54
RH 47 50 58 53 56 61 80 90 93 96 83 67 53 51 74 87 96 96 86 64 55 57
Wind Dir W W N NE NE E E E E E SE S S S S S S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 10 10 12 12 12 13 10 6 4 4 4 5 6 8 6 6 6 6 9 11 11 10
Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 92 89 88 87 87 72 77 83 85 72 73 65 50 43 59 64 65 57 60 42 40 33
PoP 12HR 20 20 10 20 40
QPF 12HR 0.08 0 0 0 0.02
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 <1 2 4 3 3 1 1 1 <1 2 4 5 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 6 2
Vent Rate 10 9 23 46 36 37 17 12 12 6 12 24 41 40 10 11 7 5 19 57 74 38
T Wind Dir W W N NE NE E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 19 17 14 13 13 16 13 11 9 6 8 6 9 11 13 14 12 10 12 12 13 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Mon 09/08/25Tue 09/09/25Wed 09/10/25Thu 09/11/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 58 88 61 91 61 91 61 90
Temp 62 61 80 83 67 62 84 85 67 62 84 84 67 62 83 84
DewPt 61 61 61 58 60 61 60 56 59 60 59 55 58 57 56 53
Max/Min RH 100 39 98 33 94 34 84 32
RH 97100 54 43 80 97 45 37 75 93 42 37 72 84 40 34
PWind Dir S SW S SW S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 10 10 10 5 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS
Tstms SC IS
$$
TXZ008-052100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
149 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025
Date Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 Sun 09/07/25
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 73 52 77 59 81
Temp 73 66 67 68 67 62 58 56 55 54 60 69 75 76 68 64 62 60 67 76 79 77
DewPt 52 56 58 56 51 51 50 50 51 51 52 53 54 56 56 56 57 58 60 60 59 60
Min/Max RH 47 90 47 93 51
RH 47 69 74 64 58 66 75 80 86 90 75 58 48 49 66 75 87 93 77 58 51 56
Wind Dir W N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 8 9 12 14 13 12 8 4 3 2 2 4 5 8 6 6 5 5 8 10 11 11
Clouds B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) 86 79 85 91 92 71 72 82 74 65 61 51 44 34 40 50 50 52 51 52 56 44
PoP 12HR 20 20 5 10 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.12
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS
Mix Hgt <1 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 5 3
Vent Rate 10 14 45 51 50 40 20 12 6 5 10 20 34 39 9 10 8 9 22 53 63 42
T Wind Dir W N NE NE NE E E E E SE S S S S SE S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 14 14 23 19 17 16 13 8 5 3 5 6 8 9 12 12 11 10 12 13 13 14
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 Mon 09/08/25Tue 09/09/25Wed 09/10/25Thu 09/11/25
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 61 89 64 93 64 94 65 93
Temp 66 62 81 82 69 65 85 86 71 66 87 86 73 66 86 87
DewPt 61 61 63 62 63 62 62 61 61 61 61 60 60 60 58 56
Max/Min RH 98 45 93 37 86 34 80 32
RH 84 98 54 50 79 91 46 43 71 84 42 41 65 80 39 36
PWind Dir S S S S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 20 10 5 10 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS
Tstms IS SC IS
$$
TXZ008-052100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
149 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025
Date Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 Sun 09/07/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 72 53 76 59 79
Temp 74 67 66 67 66 62 58 55 54 54 59 68 74 75 67 64 62 60 66 74 77 75
DewPt 51 55 57 55 51 51 51 51 50 50 52 53 54 55 57 56 57 57 60 60 59 60
Min/Max RH 45 90 49 90 53
RH 45 66 75 66 59 68 77 85 86 86 76 61 51 51 69 77 83 90 80 61 54 60
Wind Dir SW N NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE S S S S S S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 10 11 13 14 14 13 9 4 4 3 3 4 5 9 9 9 9 8 9 11 11 11
Clouds OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 88 82 83 90 92 73 71 77 75 66 63 53 44 35 44 51 47 53 49 49 50 42
PoP 12HR 20 20 5 10 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.08
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
Mix Hgt <1 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 5 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 5 3
Vent Rate 8 14 45 45 46 36 19 13 5 4 9 23 33 39 7 9 9 8 21 50 59 48
T Wind Dir SW NW NE NE NE E E E E SE S S S S SE S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 14 16 21 18 17 16 13 10 5 3 5 8 8 10 12 13 12 10 11 12 13 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Mon 09/08/25Tue 09/09/25Wed 09/10/25Thu 09/11/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 61 87 63 91 65 92 65 90
Temp 65 63 78 81 68 65 83 85 70 66 85 85 72 67 84 85
DewPt 61 61 63 61 63 62 62 60 61 61 61 58 60 59 57 55
Max/Min RH 97 45 91 37 84 34 77 31
RH 86 96 59 50 82 90 48 43 73 83 44 41 67 77 40 37
PWind Dir S S S S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 10 10 5 10 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC
Tstms IS SC
$$
TXZ006-052100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
149 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025
Date Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 Sun 09/07/25
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 67 49 75 55 79
Temp 67 60 60 61 62 60 54 51 50 49 59 68 74 74 64 60 58 56 66 74 77 74
DewPt 50 54 53 51 50 49 50 50 49 49 52 54 54 54 56 56 55 56 59 59 58 59
Min/Max RH 54 99 48 100 53
RH 54 79 78 68 64 66 86 95 95 98 77 61 50 50 74 86 91100 77 59 53 58
Wind Dir W N NE NE NE E E E SE S S S S S S S S S S S S SE
Wind Spd 10 13 18 18 16 12 8 4 3 3 4 9 10 10 9 8 8 6 9 12 12 11
Clouds B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 77 83 86 91 83 61 73 73 67 60 60 53 43 37 53 55 39 45 40 45 50 39
PoP 12HR 20 20 5 10 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 <1 2 4 6 3 <1 1 <1 <1 2 5 4 3
Vent Rate 8 34 48 47 41 29 11 7 5 4 13 38 56 29 6 15 6 4 26 60 56 46
T Wind Dir W NE NE NE NE E E E SE S S SW S S S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 14 17 24 20 18 13 10 6 5 5 9 11 11 11 11 14 11 9 12 14 16 19
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 Mon 09/08/25Tue 09/09/25Wed 09/10/25Thu 09/11/25
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 57 87 58 90 59 91 60 89
Temp 61 59 79 82 64 60 84 85 66 61 84 84 67 61 83 84
DewPt 60 58 59 57 59 58 57 54 58 57 57 54 57 56 56 52
Max/Min RH 100 38 96 31 88 32 86 31
RH 96 97 51 43 84 94 40 35 75 87 40 36 70 84 40 33
PWind Dir S S S S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 5 5 5 5 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs SC
Tstms SC
$$
OKZ002-052100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
149 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025
Date Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 Sun 09/07/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 65 47 75 55 79
Temp 64 58 59 59 60 57 52 51 50 49 59 69 74 73 63 60 58 56 66 74 77 74
DewPt 57 56 52 50 49 49 50 49 49 48 51 53 54 55 56 55 55 56 59 59 59 59
Min/Max RH 64 100 50 99 54
RH 79 93 79 71 69 75 94 94 96 96 75 57 50 52 79 85 89 99 77 60 54 60
Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE E E SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 9 14 16 14 12 9 4 3 3 3 4 8 9 10 9 8 8 8 10 12 12 11
Clouds B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) 66 85 89 95 95 79 83 69 66 41 28 40 29 20 39 42 38 43 45 54 48 44
PoP 12HR 40 20 0 5 20
QPF 12HR 0.12 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS
Mix Hgt <1 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 <1 2 3 5 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 3 2
Vent Rate 9 49 45 46 30 22 10 8 6 4 16 34 48 35 8 7 6 10 28 69 34 30
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE E E SE S SW S S S S S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 18 26 23 19 13 11 8 6 5 5 10 11 10 11 13 14 12 11 16 18 14 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Mon 09/08/25Tue 09/09/25Wed 09/10/25Thu 09/11/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 58 86 59 90 60 91 61 90
Temp 61 59 79 79 64 60 83 83 66 61 86 84 68 63 84 84
DewPt 60 59 62 61 62 60 61 59 61 59 61 58 59 57 58 55
Max/Min RH 100 47 100 37 96 36 82 34
RH 96100 56 54 92100 47 45 83 93 43 41 73 81 42 38
PWind Dir S S S S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 30 10 10 5 10 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC
Tstms IS IS
$$
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