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
404 AM CDT Sun Aug 3 2025
TXZ012-032100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
404 AM CDT Sun Aug 3 2025
Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25
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 89 63 86 64 94
Temp 65 72 82 88 82 72 67 65 64 70 78 84 82 74 70 67 66 75 87 93 91
DewPt 61 64 64 63 63 65 65 64 64 65 65 63 63 64 65 64 64 65 65 62 60
Min/Max RH 43 100 49 97 33
RH 87 76 55 43 53 79 93 97100 84 64 49 53 71 84 90 93 71 48 36 36
Wind Dir SE S S S E E SE SE NE E E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
Wind Spd 12 12 11 9 12 12 10 8 6 6 9 10 12 12 12 12 10 12 13 13 14
Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
Clouds(%) 37 33 7 7 16 18 42 52 64 47 13 11 5 6 12 11 21 7 1 6 9
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt <1 2 3 6 2 <1 <1 <1 1 2 3 5 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 8 8
Vent Rate 8 32 52 56 31 14 11 6 7 11 31 52 59 10 13 8 8 36 75121124
T Wind Dir SE S SW S E SE SE S E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 18 20 17 10 17 17 14 10 8 8 10 11 16 19 21 19 18 23 19 17 18
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
Svr Tstorm
Date Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25Sat 08/09/25
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 69 98 70 99 70 98 70 96
Temp 75 70 93 93 78 72 93 94 78 72 93 93 77 72 91 90
DewPt 61 60 60 56 58 56 57 54 55 54 57 54 56 56 58 56
Max/Min RH 71 26 57 24 53 25 57 29
RH 62 71 33 29 50 57 30 26 45 53 30 27 48 57 33 32
PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 5
$$
TXZ016-032100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
404 AM CDT Sun Aug 3 2025
Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 94 62 89 63 96
Temp 66 75 85 90 89 75 68 65 63 71 79 86 87 75 70 66 63 75 87 93 93
DewPt 62 64 63 59 55 62 65 64 63 66 66 63 61 64 64 64 63 65 64 60 56
Min/Max RH 32 100 41 100 29
RH 89 68 47 35 33 64 89 99100 83 63 46 42 68 81 93100 70 46 33 29
Wind Dir SE S SW W N E SE SE NE E E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
Wind Spd 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 5 4 5 8 9 9 10 11 9 8 11 12 11 9
Clouds SC FW FW FW FW CL FW B1 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 31 20 6 6 15 4 14 55 53 43 20 14 5 9 8 13 17 9 2 5 8
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt <1 2 4 10 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 8 8
Vent Rate 10 27 38 96118 8 9 7 4 12 23 45 54 10 12 11 9 35 50 82 96
T Wind Dir S S W W NW E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 18 16 11 11 18 16 16 13 9 8 9 10 11 17 21 18 17 20 13 12 13
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Svr Tstorm
Date Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25Sat 08/09/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 68 100 69 99 69 99 68 96
Temp 75 68 93 96 77 70 93 94 76 70 93 95 76 69 90 91
DewPt 60 58 57 52 56 55 56 51 54 54 55 51 54 54 56 56
Max/Min RH 70 21 61 22 57 21 59 28
RH 60 70 30 23 48 59 29 23 46 57 28 23 47 59 32 31
PWind Dir S SW S SW SW SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 10 0 10 5
$$
TXZ008-032100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
404 AM CDT Sun Aug 3 2025
Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25
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 92 65 89 66 97
Temp 66 74 83 89 85 74 69 66 65 72 81 86 86 77 71 69 67 77 89 94 94
DewPt 64 66 66 65 65 67 67 66 65 66 66 64 64 65 66 66 65 67 66 64 63
Min/Max RH 45 100 46 96 35
RH 94 75 56 45 51 78 92 99100 82 60 49 48 67 84 90 93 70 47 37 36
Wind Dir SE S S SE E E SE NE NE E E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
Wind Spd 9 9 9 8 9 9 5 4 4 4 5 8 9 9 9 8 6 9 12 12 13
Clouds SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 37 32 23 27 11 9 35 35 61 43 13 9 2 10 7 9 20 10 2 5 10
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt <1 2 4 6 3 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 8 7
Vent Rate 12 37 55 49 29 14 9 6 7 14 22 37 53 12 13 11 10 50 93128109
T Wind Dir SE S SW SE SE E SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S SW S
T Wind Spd 14 18 14 9 12 13 9 6 6 6 6 9 12 16 17 14 13 23 23 19 19
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
Svr Tstorm
Date Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25Sat 08/09/25
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 72 103 73 103 74 103 74 100
Temp 78 73 95 98 81 74 96 99 81 74 95 99 82 74 94 94
DewPt 63 62 60 57 60 59 58 55 57 55 57 55 57 57 59 58
Max/Min RH 69 24 60 22 53 22 55 27
RH 60 69 32 26 48 59 28 23 44 52 27 23 42 54 31 30
PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 5
$$
TXZ008-032100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
404 AM CDT Sun Aug 3 2025
Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 90 64 88 66 95
Temp 66 73 82 87 84 74 68 66 65 70 78 84 84 76 70 69 68 75 87 93 92
DewPt 63 65 65 64 65 67 66 66 64 66 65 64 64 65 65 65 65 66 65 63 63
Min/Max RH 47 99 48 92 36
RH 90 75 58 47 53 79 92 99 97 85 63 50 50 68 84 89 89 72 50 38 38
Wind Dir SE S S SE E E SE E NE E E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
Wind Spd 10 10 9 8 10 10 8 4 4 4 5 8 10 11 11 10 9 11 12 13 13
Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 48 29 25 16 10 9 35 36 64 44 13 8 1 8 9 8 18 7 2 4 6
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt 1 2 4 6 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 3 5 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 5 8 7
Vent Rate 14 33 52 46 32 12 8 6 5 13 20 38 58 11 11 10 8 47 95125116
T Wind Dir SE S SW S E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 16 18 14 9 18 14 10 6 5 6 6 9 14 17 18 16 14 23 23 18 19
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Flood A
Svr Tstorm
Date Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25Sat 08/09/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 72 101 73 101 74 101 74 98
Temp 78 73 93 95 80 74 94 96 80 74 93 96 81 74 91 92
DewPt 63 61 60 58 59 58 58 55 56 55 56 54 56 56 58 57
Max/Min RH 66 24 57 23 51 23 53 28
RH 60 66 33 29 50 57 30 25 43 51 29 24 43 52 33 31
PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 5
$$
TXZ006-032100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
404 AM CDT Sun Aug 3 2025
Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25
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 88 59 87 61 95
Temp 61 71 82 88 85 72 65 63 62 70 79 86 85 74 69 65 63 75 87 94 94
DewPt 61 62 62 58 59 62 65 63 61 64 64 61 60 63 64 64 63 64 63 59 55
Min/Max RH 37 100 41 100 27
RH 100 75 52 37 42 72 99100 99 80 60 43 44 69 85 97100 68 45 31 28
Wind Dir SE S SW E E E SE NE N E SE SE SE SE SE S S S SW S S
Wind Spd 8 8 5 9 11 9 6 4 4 4 6 10 12 11 11 9 9 13 14 13 12
Clouds B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 51 31 16 19 9 17 22 51 69 38 15 7 7 12 11 9 15 3 1 4 7
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt <1 2 3 7 3 1 1 <1 <1 1 3 6 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 7 6
Vent Rate 10 16 25 63 32 15 13 4 3 8 27 61 67 11 11 17 11 54 65101 93
T Wind Dir SE S W W E E SE E NE SE SE S S SE S S S SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 12 10 9 10 13 14 13 6 5 6 9 11 16 17 18 21 19 25 19 16 18
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
Svr Tstorm
Date Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25Sat 08/09/25
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 67 99 67 99 67 98 66 95
Temp 75 68 94 95 75 68 94 95 75 69 94 95 74 67 90 91
DewPt 59 56 53 52 56 54 54 53 55 52 53 53 54 52 56 56
Max/Min RH 67 21 63 23 57 22 59 27
RH 58 66 25 24 52 60 26 24 50 55 25 24 50 58 32 31
PWind Dir S SW S SW SW SW SW SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 0 5 0 10 5
$$
OKZ002-032100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
404 AM CDT Sun Aug 3 2025
Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 87 59 88 62 96
Temp 62 71 80 83 81 70 65 63 62 71 80 86 85 73 69 65 64 77 89 95 94
DewPt 62 64 64 64 64 65 65 63 61 64 64 61 61 63 64 64 64 64 63 61 60
Min/Max RH 51 100 41 100 30
RH 100 79 59 52 56 86100100 97 80 58 44 45 72 84 97 99 65 43 32 32
Wind Dir S S S E E SE SE W W SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 9 9 6 9 9 8 4 4 4 4 6 9 11 10 9 9 9 13 14 14 13
Clouds SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 45 51 49 19 26 15 17 32 53 41 11 3 5 14 5 11 21 6 3 5 10
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt 1 2 4 5 3 <1 1 <1 <1 2 4 5 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 8 7
Vent Rate 20 41 32 48 33 8 11 5 2 13 29 48 65 9 10 10 9 65 96124120
T Wind Dir SE S S SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SW SW S
T Wind Spd 17 19 9 10 13 11 10 6 4 8 8 10 13 17 18 18 17 28 23 18 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Flood A
Svr Tstorm
Date Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25Sat 08/09/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 68 103 69 103 70 102 70 99
Temp 75 69 96 98 78 71 98 98 78 71 97 98 79 71 94 93
DewPt 60 58 55 52 58 55 54 52 55 53 53 52 56 54 55 56
Max/Min RH 71 19 60 20 54 20 56 25
RH 61 69 26 22 51 58 24 21 46 53 23 22 45 55 28 29
PWind Dir S SW S SW S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 0 5 0 10 5
$$
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