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
448 PM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025
TXZ012-190900-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
448 PM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025
Date 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu
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 92 66 90 65
Temp 86 78 74 70 68 79 88 90 88 78 72 69 66 77 86 89 87 75 71 67 65
DewPt 61 63 63 62 63 64 63 60 61 63 64 64 64 65 64 62 60 62 62 62 63
Max/Min RH 84 37 93 39 93
RH 43 60 69 76 84 60 43 37 41 60 76 84 93 67 48 41 40 64 73 84 93
Wind Dir SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE S W W N E E E SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd 11 9 6 5 4 4 4 4 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 5 4 4 3
Clouds FW SC FW SC SC FW FW B1 FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW
Clouds(%) 25 39 18 34 31 20 7 57 25 29 30 33 19 14 16 32 25 21 10 4 8
PoP 12HR 20 20 30 30 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.05 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 11 12 10 <1 <1 <1 1 1 4 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 38 4 4 3 3 18 35 52 32 4 3 4 2 9 60 81 64 7 5 3 1
T Wind Dir SE S SE S S SW S SE S SE S SW NW NE NE NE NE E SE S N
T Wind Spd 14 11 11 8 9 10 5 6 11 11 8 10 5 5 11 11 11 16 12 8 3
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 08/21Fri 08/22/25Sat 08/23/25Sun 08/24/25Mon 08/25/25
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 90 64 91 64 90 64 89 64 87
Temp 86 88 71 64 86 88 71 64 85 87 71 64 85 86 72 65 82 84
DewPt 62 57 59 59 58 53 55 56 57 54 56 56 57 55 59 60 61 58
Min/Max RH 34 84 29 75 31 75 33 84 40
RH 45 35 66 84 39 30 57 75 39 32 59 75 39 35 64 84 49 41
PWind Dir SE SE SE SE S SE S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 5 5 5 10 10 30 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ016-190900-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
448 PM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025
Date 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 64 92 65 91 63
Temp 88 78 70 67 64 76 85 89 86 74 70 67 65 76 85 89 87 74 69 65 63
DewPt 61 63 64 64 64 65 63 61 61 64 65 65 64 65 63 61 60 63 63 62 63
Max/Min RH 100 37 99 38 100
RH 41 61 81 89100 68 47 40 43 70 86 94 97 68 47 39 40 68 80 90100
Wind Dir S SE S SW E S SE E SE SE E SW W N E E E SE S S S
Wind Spd 9 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 3 2 4 5 6 6 4 3 3 2
Clouds FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 23 43 42 35 37 19 11 41 23 45 46 33 28 22 19 24 19 21 15 12 13
PoP 12HR 30 20 40 20 10
QPF 12HR 0.01 0 0.16 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
Mix Hgt 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 11 10 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 7 6 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 29 6 6 4 3 8 35 52 40 9 3 3 4 15 50104 59 6 6 4 3
T Wind Dir S S SW NW W S SE E E S W SW NW N NE NE E SE SE SW N
T Wind Spd 16 11 11 9 5 5 5 6 10 12 6 6 8 8 9 12 12 11 12 8 5
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 08/21Fri 08/22/25Sat 08/23/25Sun 08/24/25Mon 08/25/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 91 62 91 61 90 61 90 61 89
Temp 85 88 69 62 86 89 69 61 85 88 69 62 85 87 69 61 83 86
DewPt 61 56 60 60 59 53 55 56 56 53 55 56 57 55 59 60 60 58
Min/Max RH 33 93 29 84 29 84 33 97 36
RH 45 35 75 93 40 29 61 84 37 30 62 81 39 34 71 97 46 38
PWind Dir SE SE SE SE S S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 5 5 5 10 5 10 10 30 20
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS
$$
TXZ008-190900-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
448 PM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025
Date 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu
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 69 97 69 95 67
Temp 91 83 77 72 69 81 92 95 90 82 76 72 69 80 90 94 92 80 75 69 67
DewPt 63 64 65 65 66 66 63 62 62 64 65 66 66 67 63 61 61 63 64 65 66
Max/Min RH 90 32 90 33 96
RH 39 54 68 80 90 60 38 34 41 55 70 83 90 64 42 33 35 55 70 88 95
Wind Dir SE S S S SE S SE E E SE S SW NW N E E E E E SE SE
Wind Spd 9 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 4 5 6 4 3 2 2
Clouds SC FW FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 36 22 22 33 23 14 4 25 22 22 24 23 18 12 5 20 16 21 21 8 7
PoP 12HR 20 20 30 20 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
Mix Hgt 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 12 12 10 <1 <1 1 <1 2 6 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 53 9 8 7 4 17 34 63 48 8 7 5 4 14 68 77 77 9 8 5 3
T Wind Dir S S S SW SW SW S E SE E S SW NE NE NE NE NE E SE SE E
T Wind Spd 17 12 11 11 5 9 5 6 13 12 10 8 5 8 12 11 12 13 12 8 5
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 08/21Fri 08/22/25Sat 08/23/25Sun 08/24/25Mon 08/25/25
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 94 66 95 66 94 67 93 65 90
Temp 89 91 74 66 89 92 75 66 89 91 76 67 88 89 74 65 85 87
DewPt 62 58 61 61 59 55 57 58 57 56 58 59 58 58 62 63 61 61
Min/Max RH 31 85 26 75 28 76 31 92 39
RH 41 33 62 85 37 28 55 75 33 31 55 76 37 34 66 92 45 42
PWind Dir SE SE SE SE S S S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 5 5 10 10 30 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-190900-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
448 PM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025
Date 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 69 94 68 92 68
Temp 88 81 76 72 70 80 89 92 89 81 75 71 68 78 87 91 90 79 74 69 68
DewPt 62 64 64 65 65 66 63 61 61 64 65 66 65 66 64 61 60 63 64 65 65
Max/Min RH 84 34 90 35 90
RH 41 56 67 80 84 62 42 35 39 58 71 82 90 67 45 36 37 57 71 85 90
Wind Dir SE S S S S S S SE E SE S SW W N E E E E SE SE S
Wind Spd 10 8 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 6 4 4 3 2
Clouds SC SC FW SC SC FW CL SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 34 27 20 30 27 13 3 27 14 25 27 26 22 11 7 22 17 24 12 7 6
PoP 12HR 20 20 30 20 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS
Mix Hgt 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 12 12 10 <1 <1 1 <1 2 6 6 6 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 46 8 6 5 3 15 43 63 40 9 6 5 3 8 66 85 70 8 7 5 3
T Wind Dir S S S S SW SW S E E E SE SW N NE NE NE NE E E S SE
T Wind Spd 17 12 11 10 5 9 8 8 11 13 10 9 4 5 12 12 12 13 12 9 5
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 08/21Fri 08/22/25Sat 08/23/25Sun 08/24/25Mon 08/25/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 92 67 92 66 91 67 90 66 87
Temp 87 90 74 67 86 90 74 66 86 89 74 67 84 88 73 66 83 84
DewPt 62 57 60 61 59 54 57 58 57 55 58 58 58 57 61 62 61 60
Min/Max RH 32 81 28 74 31 74 34 86 40
RH 44 33 63 81 40 29 55 74 37 32 57 74 41 36 68 86 47 44
PWind Dir SE SE SE SE S S S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 5 0 0 5 5 10 10 30 30
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS
Tstms IS IS IS
$$
TXZ006-190900-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
448 PM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025
Date 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu
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 63 92 62 91 61
Temp 89 76 71 66 63 77 87 91 90 76 70 65 62 76 87 91 89 75 69 63 61
DewPt 60 63 63 62 63 64 61 59 60 63 65 63 62 64 61 58 57 60 61 61 61
Max/Min RH 100 32 100 32 99
RH 38 64 76 89100 63 42 34 37 63 82 94100 67 42 33 34 59 75 92 99
Wind Dir SE S SW W NE NE E E E E SE N N NE E E E SE SE S SW
Wind Spd 10 6 4 4 3 4 4 5 6 4 4 3 3 4 5 6 9 4 4 3 3
Clouds FW SC SC FW SC FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL FW
Clouds(%) 21 32 29 13 31 6 3 16 26 36 28 16 22 11 14 15 5 8 4 3 6
PoP 12HR 30 20 30 10 0
QPF 12HR 0.07 0.01 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms SC IS IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 11 12 11 <1 <1 <1 1 2 5 8 7 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 54 8 7 3 3 12 35 67 64 4 5 3 4 18 89111 86 8 6 3 2
T Wind Dir S S SE SW N N E E E SE SE SW N NE NE NE NE E SE S E
T Wind Spd 13 14 11 8 8 8 6 8 11 6 10 6 9 11 12 12 12 14 11 6 4
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 08/21Fri 08/22/25Sat 08/23/25Sun 08/24/25Mon 08/25/25
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 92 61 92 60 90 61 90 61 86
Temp 87 90 70 61 88 90 70 61 87 88 71 62 87 87 69 61 83 84
DewPt 59 54 58 58 56 51 54 55 54 52 56 56 54 54 59 58 57 57
Min/Max RH 28 90 26 84 27 83 28 92 36
RH 39 30 66 90 34 26 57 82 32 29 59 80 33 33 71 91 43 40
PWind Dir S SE S S S S S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL CL CL FW FW CL FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5 10 10 40 30
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC IS
$$
OKZ002-190900-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
448 PM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025
Date 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
Min/Max Temp 64 94 64 94 63
Temp 90 78 73 68 64 78 89 94 90 79 72 67 64 77 88 93 89 77 71 66 63
DewPt 61 64 64 65 63 65 63 60 61 63 65 65 64 65 63 59 60 62 62 63 63
Max/Min RH 97 32 100 33 100
RH 38 63 75 90 97 63 41 33 38 59 78 92100 68 44 33 37 61 75 91100
Wind Dir SE S SW N SE SW E E SE SE SE NW NW NE E E E E SE S S
Wind Spd 9 6 4 4 3 4 4 5 6 4 4 3 3 4 5 6 8 4 4 4 3
Clouds FW SC FW FW SC FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 23 34 16 14 29 9 3 15 9 30 24 19 21 15 8 5 6 9 8 7 7
PoP 12HR 20 10 30 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS SC SC IS IS
Mix Hgt 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 12 13 10 <1 1 <1 <1 2 6 8 8 <1 <1 <1 <1
Vent Rate 68 8 7 3 3 18 31 61 45 8 6 3 2 17 79 90 79 6 6 3 3
T Wind Dir SE S SW SW N NE SE E E S S NE NE NE NE NE E E SE S S
T Wind Spd 12 18 13 8 5 9 5 8 10 13 12 6 5 9 13 12 12 13 13 8 6
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 08/21Fri 08/22/25Sat 08/23/25Sun 08/24/25Mon 08/25/25
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Max/Min Temp 94 63 93 63 92 64 90 62 86
Temp 89 90 71 63 89 91 71 63 87 88 72 64 87 86 69 62 82 83
DewPt 61 56 58 59 58 53 55 56 57 56 58 58 57 58 61 60 61 60
Min/Max RH 28 87 26 79 29 82 32 95 43
RH 39 32 63 87 36 28 56 78 35 33 62 81 37 39 78 93 49 47
PWind Dir SE SE S SE SE S S SE S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds CL CL FW CL CL CL FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 10 5 20 10 40 40
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS
Tstms SC IS IS
$$
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