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
248 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026
TXZ012-120900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
248 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026
Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 Fri
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 72 103 74 102 72
Temp 98 97 86 81 76 72 84 96101100 89 83 78 75 86 97101 96 86 81 76 73
DewPt 52 51 53 55 57 57 58 55 52 51 53 55 57 56 57 54 52 54 56 57 59 59
Max/Min RH 59 19 52 20 62
RH 21 21 32 41 52 59 41 25 20 19 29 38 48 52 37 24 20 25 36 44 56 62
Wind Dir S S S S S S SW S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S S
Wind Spd 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 13 16 17 17 17 19 18 17 16 18 19 16 16 17 17
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 3 1 2 3 16 18 13 2 4 3 1 2 6 6 3 20 31 40 49 45 43 39
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt 9 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 11 12 3 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 132111 8 12 15 9 34130187179 14 14 17 10 48178221 64 12 12 15 10
T Wind Dir S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
T Wind Spd 16 16 17 21 23 19 19 16 18 19 21 24 23 20 19 18 20 21 19 21 20 19
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO
Date 08/14Sat 08/15/26Sun 08/16/26Mon 08/17/26Tue 08/18/26
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 99 70 97 69 98 69 98 70 99
Temp 94 92 79 71 92 94 79 71 91 95 78 71 92 95 79 71 94 96
DewPt 57 58 58 60 58 54 57 60 57 52 54 55 54 50 53 55 53 50
Min/Max RH 26 68 24 71 22 59 21 59 20
RH 29 32 49 68 32 26 47 68 32 24 43 57 28 22 41 57 25 21
PWind Dir S S S S SW S SW S SW
Wind Char 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 5 10 0 10 0 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ016-120900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
248 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026
Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 68 100 69 98 68
Temp 96 95 83 77 72 68 81 93 98 97 85 78 73 70 83 94 98 94 82 76 72 69
DewPt 53 51 55 57 59 59 61 56 52 51 55 56 58 59 59 56 54 55 58 59 60 61
Max/Min RH 73 20 68 23 76
RH 24 23 39 51 64 73 50 29 21 21 36 48 59 68 44 28 23 27 44 55 67 75
Wind Dir S S S S S S SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S S S SW
Wind Spd 12 12 10 12 11 10 12 11 13 13 12 13 12 11 13 13 17 16 13 11 11 11
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 3 1 3 3 4 5 2 1 20 20 11 20 8 19 6 9 30 40 56 39 43 38
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt 10 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 13 12 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 11 13 5 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 123111 9 10 9 7 25117163180 10 11 9 8 37158224 75 10 10 9 8
T Wind Dir S S S S SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW
T Wind Spd 13 13 17 20 20 16 17 13 14 17 18 21 19 17 17 16 19 18 17 20 20 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 08/14Sat 08/15/26Sun 08/16/26Mon 08/17/26Tue 08/18/26
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 96 66 94 65 94 65 95 66 96
Temp 92 90 74 67 89 91 74 67 88 92 73 66 90 92 74 67 91 93
DewPt 58 58 61 61 60 57 60 62 59 55 57 58 56 52 56 57 55 52
Min/Max RH 28 81 30 84 27 77 24 72 24
RH 33 35 64 81 38 32 63 83 38 29 56 75 32 26 53 72 30 25
PWind Dir S S S S S S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW CL
PoP 12HR 20 30 10 10 0 10 5 5 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC
Tstms IS SC
$$
TXZ008-120900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
248 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026
Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 Fri
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 75 108 77 107 75
Temp 103103 92 85 80 76 87 99104105 94 88 82 78 89101105101 90 85 80 76
DewPt 51 51 54 57 58 59 59 55 52 52 55 57 57 58 57 54 52 55 57 59 60 61
Max/Min RH 56 16 50 17 60
RH 18 18 28 38 47 56 39 24 18 17 26 35 43 50 34 21 17 22 33 42 51 60
Wind Dir S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S S
Wind Spd 13 13 10 11 11 10 12 12 13 14 14 13 14 13 13 13 14 16 13 11 13 13
Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) 2 0 1 7 8 11 4 2 3 4 7 8 3 3 3 18 30 37 49 55 39 36
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS
Mix Hgt 10 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 10 12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 10 13 9 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 130136 8 11 11 7 46136175197 15 12 12 9 45139203159 14 10 11 8
T Wind Dir S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
T Wind Spd 14 17 17 20 20 16 21 16 17 19 23 23 21 18 18 14 18 19 19 20 21 17
RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO
Heat Y Y
Date 08/14Sat 08/15/26Sun 08/16/26Mon 08/17/26Tue 08/18/26
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 104 73 102 72 102 72 103 73 104
Temp 97 97 82 74 95 99 82 74 95 98 81 73 95 99 82 73 97100
DewPt 58 57 60 62 59 54 59 62 59 54 57 59 56 52 56 57 54 52
Min/Max RH 23 65 21 66 22 62 20 58 18
RH 28 27 48 65 30 23 45 66 30 23 44 61 27 21 42 58 24 20
PWind Dir S S S S SW S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 5 20 5 10 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-120900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
248 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026
Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 74 104 76 103 74
Temp 99100 88 83 79 75 85 95101101 91 85 81 77 87 97101 97 87 82 78 75
DewPt 51 51 54 57 58 59 59 55 52 51 55 57 58 58 57 54 52 54 58 59 61 61
Max/Min RH 58 18 52 20 61
RH 21 20 31 41 49 57 42 27 20 20 30 38 45 51 37 24 20 24 37 45 55 61
Wind Dir S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S S
Wind Spd 13 12 12 13 13 12 13 13 13 14 16 17 17 17 13 13 16 17 13 13 14 16
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC
Clouds(%) 1 1 2 5 18 13 3 2 1 6 0 7 3 1 3 17 24 41 51 54 36 34
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 10 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC SC IS IS
Mix Hgt 10 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 12 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 10 12 7 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 125135 8 12 11 8 41127173189 13 13 11 9 45141195120 12 12 11 9
T Wind Dir S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
T Wind Spd 14 17 17 21 20 17 21 14 17 19 23 23 21 19 18 16 18 19 20 20 21 18
RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO
Heat Y Y
Date 08/14Sat 08/15/26Sun 08/16/26Mon 08/17/26Tue 08/18/26
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 100 73 99 71 98 71 99 72 101
Temp 93 94 80 73 91 96 80 73 91 95 79 72 92 96 80 72 93 97
DewPt 58 57 61 62 59 54 59 62 59 54 57 58 56 52 56 57 54 51
Min/Max RH 25 67 23 67 24 62 21 58 21
RH 31 29 52 67 35 25 49 67 34 26 46 61 30 23 43 58 27 22
PWind Dir S S S S SW S SW S SW
Wind Char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 20 5 20 0 10 5 10 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ006-120900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
248 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026
Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 Fri
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 67 101 68 99 66
Temp 99 98 85 78 72 68 83 96101100 87 79 73 68 83 96 99 97 82 76 71 67
DewPt 50 50 52 55 56 56 58 54 49 49 52 55 55 57 58 53 51 53 57 58 59 60
Max/Min RH 66 17 67 20 78
RH 19 19 32 45 57 66 44 25 18 18 30 44 54 67 43 24 20 23 42 55 66 78
Wind Dir S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S S SW
Wind Spd 13 13 10 11 11 10 13 13 13 14 11 13 12 10 10 13 16 18 13 11 10 9
Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 3 2 4 10 16 17 14 2 4 2 13 18 12 17 3 4 18 33 45 47 45 31
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
Mix Hgt 9 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 11 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 13 10 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 121 76 8 9 8 7 30104157124 7 11 8 5 23133209184 11 7 7 5
T Wind Dir S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW NW W SW SW S S SW S SW
T Wind Spd 14 14 17 18 17 14 17 14 16 17 16 21 16 11 12 16 18 20 19 16 13 11
RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO
Date 08/14Sat 08/15/26Sun 08/16/26Mon 08/17/26Tue 08/18/26
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 97 65 94 63 93 63 95 63 97
Temp 93 93 74 66 90 92 72 65 89 91 72 64 90 92 73 64 92 95
DewPt 58 56 60 61 60 57 61 61 60 56 59 59 58 54 58 58 55 52
Min/Max RH 25 83 29 88 29 86 26 83 23
RH 31 29 63 83 37 31 68 87 38 31 64 86 34 28 59 81 29 24
PWind Dir SW S S SW SW S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 30 20 30 10 30 10 10 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC IS SC IS
Tstms SC IS SC IS SC IS
$$
OKZ002-120900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
248 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026
Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 Fri
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 71 105 72 103 69
Temp 103101 87 81 76 72 87100104103 88 84 78 73 86 99103 98 83 79 74 70
DewPt 51 51 54 55 56 57 58 55 51 52 55 56 56 57 58 55 53 55 59 60 60 61
Max/Min RH 59 16 58 19 74
RH 18 19 33 41 51 59 38 23 17 18 33 39 48 58 40 24 19 24 44 53 63 74
Wind Dir S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW W SW S S S S S SW
Wind Spd 13 13 11 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 10 13 14 13 11 11 10
Clouds CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) 2 5 6 14 26 8 10 7 7 2 8 9 13 4 8 7 22 35 67 54 54 38
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 5 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC
Tstms SC SC
Mix Hgt 10 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 11 11 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 13 9 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 136141 8 10 9 8 39107172190 9 11 8 6 28 79181134 12 10 7 6
T Wind Dir S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW W W SW SW S S S S S
T Wind Spd 16 18 18 20 18 17 20 16 17 19 19 24 17 13 13 11 16 17 24 19 13 13
RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO
Heat Y Y
Date 08/14Sat 08/15/26Sun 08/16/26Mon 08/17/26Tue 08/18/26
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 100 67 98 65 97 64 97 65 100
Temp 95 94 77 68 93 95 75 67 91 92 74 66 91 94 75 66 95 96
DewPt 60 59 62 62 61 58 63 63 61 59 62 61 60 57 60 59 57 55
Min/Max RH 26 82 27 88 29 85 26 82 22
RH 32 31 61 82 35 29 67 88 37 33 66 85 36 29 60 79 28 25
PWind Dir S S SW SW SW SE SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 30 10 30 20 30 5 20 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC IS IS SC IS
Tstms SC IS SC IS IS IS IS
$$
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