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
449 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025
TXZ012-022100-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
449 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025
Date Wed 07/02/25 Thu 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25
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 79 63 81 65 88
Temp 63 70 75 77 75 69 67 65 65 71 76 80 77 71 68 67 66 73 82 87 84
DewPt 62 62 64 64 64 65 64 63 63 64 66 66 66 67 67 66 65 67 68 66 66
Min/Max RH 62 100 62 100 50
RH 97 76 69 64 69 87 90 93 93 79 71 62 69 87 97 97 97 81 63 50 55
Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 8 11 13 16 14 13 10 9 9 12 14 17 16 14 12 12 12 13 13 14 14
Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 77 57 52 67 53 50 40 57 62 57 56 50 65 60 75 79 76 42 25 17 18
PoP 12HR 40 20 30 40 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.02 0.06 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC SC IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS IS SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Mix Hgt 1 2 3 4 3 1 <1 <1 <1 3 4 4 3 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 4 7 5
Vent Rate 12 33 67 81 57 19 14 15 13 40 75 86 66 17 10 9 14 35 68109 92
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW S
T Wind Spd 13 19 23 21 20 21 20 19 17 18 21 23 24 20 23 20 19 21 19 18 20
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 Sat 07/05/25Sun 07/06/25Mon 07/07/25Tue 07/08/25
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 66 92 66 88 64 87 66 90
Temp 72 67 87 87 72 67 84 82 69 65 81 84 71 66 85 87
DewPt 67 64 66 65 67 65 67 66 67 64 66 64 65 62 63 61
Max/Min RH 93 42 97 50 97 48 90 39
RH 84 90 50 48 84 93 57 58 93 97 60 51 81 87 48 42
PWind Dir S S SE SE S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 30 30 40 10 20 0
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms SC IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ016-022100-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
449 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025
Date Wed 07/02/25 Thu 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 78 62 81 64 91
Temp 61 68 72 76 75 68 65 64 64 69 76 80 78 70 68 66 65 74 84 90 89
DewPt 61 64 64 64 65 66 65 64 63 66 66 66 67 69 67 66 64 68 66 62 60
Min/Max RH 64 100 61 100 36
RH 100 87 76 65 70 92100100 97 89 71 61 68 95 97100 97 81 55 39 38
Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW S
Wind Spd 4 9 12 13 13 11 9 8 6 10 13 13 13 11 9 9 10 12 12 12 10
Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW CL FW
Clouds(%) 63 59 64 43 51 42 53 62 77 73 52 45 61 67 74 64 59 33 7 1 11
PoP 12HR 50 40 40 50 10
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.10 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
Tstms IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 2 3 3 3 1 2 1 <1 3 4 5 3 <1 <1 <1 1 2 4 8 6
Vent Rate 9 21 58 46 48 21 29 18 12 40 54 82 61 17 10 16 18 35 52 99 92
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 11 13 19 18 18 17 20 16 14 18 16 17 20 20 18 20 19 18 14 14 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 07/05/25Sun 07/06/25Mon 07/07/25Tue 07/08/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 64 94 63 90 62 88 63 89
Temp 72 64 88 90 70 63 84 81 67 63 82 85 69 63 84 87
DewPt 63 61 62 61 65 63 66 66 66 63 65 63 64 63 63 63
Max/Min RH 92 35 100 45 100 45 100 41
RH 73 90 42 38 84100 55 59 95100 56 48 84100 49 44
PWind Dir S S SE SE SE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 5 10 20 30 50 10 20 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS SC SC IS IS
$$
TXZ008-022100-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
449 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025
Date Wed 07/02/25 Thu 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25
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 65 86 68 93
Temp 66 75 81 82 80 73 70 68 66 75 81 84 81 74 72 70 68 77 86 92 89
DewPt 63 64 64 64 65 65 66 66 65 66 66 67 67 69 69 69 68 69 69 68 68
Min/Max RH 52 97 56 100 45
RH 90 68 56 54 60 78 86 93 97 72 61 56 63 85 92 98100 78 57 45 50
Wind Dir S SW S S S S S SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 4 9 12 13 13 11 8 6 6 9 13 16 16 13 10 9 9 11 12 13 13
Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW
Clouds(%) 65 62 54 48 55 31 26 34 39 39 44 51 50 61 66 69 73 54 27 18 14
PoP 12HR 20 20 30 30 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.03 0.02 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
Mix Hgt 1 3 4 4 5 1 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 1 <1 <1 <1 3 4 8 7
Vent Rate 14 51 77 85 87 17 25 16 20 68 85108 93 27 15 16 15 50 77136134
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S SW S S S S S S S S SW S SW S
T Wind Spd 13 19 20 21 21 18 21 16 17 21 21 23 25 23 20 21 19 21 21 19 23
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 Sat 07/05/25Sun 07/06/25Mon 07/07/25Tue 07/08/25
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 68 93 67 92 68 94
Temp 75 70 91 92 76 69 87 87 74 68 84 90 74 68 88 91
DewPt 70 67 66 65 69 67 68 67 69 67 67 64 67 65 65 63
Max/Min RH 97 35 99 45 100 41 90 36
RH 83 91 44 42 79 95 53 51 84 95 56 43 79 90 46 39
PWind Dir S S S SE S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 30 40 50 20 20 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS SC SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ008-022100-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
449 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025
Date Wed 07/02/25 Thu 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 83 65 84 68 91
Temp 65 73 78 80 78 72 70 67 66 73 78 82 80 72 71 69 68 75 84 90 88
DewPt 62 63 63 64 64 65 66 65 64 65 66 66 66 69 69 68 67 68 68 67 67
Min/Max RH 55 96 59 99 47
RH 90 70 60 58 61 80 89 92 93 77 66 59 64 88 93 98 99 78 60 47 49
Wind Dir S SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 6 9 12 13 14 12 9 9 8 11 13 16 16 14 12 12 11 12 13 13 13
Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 67 50 48 34 46 37 27 44 47 40 46 45 52 56 62 68 67 43 24 13 11
PoP 12HR 20 20 30 40 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.02 0.04 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS IS IS SC SC IS IS IS IS
Mix Hgt 1 3 4 5 4 <1 <1 <1 1 3 4 5 4 1 <1 <1 1 3 4 8 8
Vent Rate 13 48 70 87 76 11 17 13 17 58 79102 86 26 13 14 21 48 69126151
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW S SW S
T Wind Spd 13 20 21 21 21 17 20 16 17 20 20 23 25 23 21 21 23 21 19 18 23
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 07/05/25Sun 07/06/25Mon 07/07/25Tue 07/08/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 69 96 68 90 67 90 68 92
Temp 75 69 89 91 75 68 85 86 73 68 82 87 74 68 86 90
DewPt 69 65 65 65 68 66 67 66 68 66 66 64 67 65 64 62
Max/Min RH 90 36 96 48 100 43 90 37
RH 83 87 45 42 80 93 57 52 86 96 59 45 79 89 48 39
PWind Dir S S S SE S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 30 40 50 20 20 5
Rain Shwrs SC IS SC SC IS IS IS
Tstms SC IS SC SC IS IS IS
$$
TXZ006-022100-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
449 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025
Date Wed 07/02/25 Thu 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25
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 81 60 81 62 90
Temp 60 72 78 80 79 70 66 63 61 71 78 81 79 71 68 65 62 74 84 90 88
DewPt 59 61 62 62 63 64 63 63 61 64 64 64 65 66 66 65 62 66 64 62 60
Min/Max RH 53 100 56 100 37
RH 96 68 58 55 58 80 90 99100 79 62 56 61 82 94100100 78 52 39 40
Wind Dir S SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 6 11 13 16 16 12 11 9 9 13 16 16 16 13 12 11 10 12 12 12 11
Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW CL FW
Clouds(%) 22 8 28 33 27 34 37 35 47 56 55 40 42 66 63 56 51 27 12 2 7
PoP 12HR 20 20 20 30 5
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.01 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
Tstms IS IS IS IS IS SC SC
Mix Hgt <1 3 5 5 4 1 1 2 1 3 5 5 4 1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 8 8
Vent Rate 9 50 82 88 78 21 20 33 20 53 89 94 91 28 18 11 12 40 57131113
T Wind Dir SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 13 19 20 20 21 20 18 20 17 19 20 20 23 25 25 21 21 18 12 19 17
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 Sat 07/05/25Sun 07/06/25Mon 07/07/25Tue 07/08/25
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 62 93 61 87 61 86 62 89
Temp 72 63 89 87 69 61 83 84 68 62 81 84 68 62 85 87
DewPt 64 61 61 61 63 61 64 64 65 62 65 63 64 62 63 61
Max/Min RH 96 35 100 46 100 47 99 40
RH 78 93 39 42 82100 54 51 91100 57 49 86 98 48 43
PWind Dir S NE SE E E S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 10 10 20 30 40 10 20 5
Rain Shwrs IS IS SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS SC SC IS IS
$$
OKZ002-022100-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
449 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025
Date Wed 07/02/25 Thu 07/03/25 Fri 07/04/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 85 62 85 64 91
Temp 61 75 82 83 81 71 68 64 62 75 82 84 81 71 68 66 65 76 86 91 89
DewPt 59 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 62 65 64 64 64 66 67 66 65 67 66 66 65
Min/Max RH 48 100 51 100 43
RH 94 63 49 49 53 76 84 99100 70 55 51 57 82 97100100 75 52 44 45
Wind Dir S SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind Spd 6 10 13 14 14 12 10 10 9 13 16 18 16 13 12 12 12 13 13 13 12
Clouds FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
Clouds(%) 16 4 10 33 27 29 14 10 17 24 33 44 51 55 60 61 64 39 22 16 11
PoP 12HR 10 10 10 20 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS IS
Tstms IS IS IS
Mix Hgt <1 3 6 6 6 <1 <1 1 1 4 6 5 5 1 <1 <1 <1 3 5 8 9
Vent Rate 9 61118119105 17 15 18 18 69117130116 33 11 11 10 58 85168152
T Wind Dir S SW S S S S S S SW S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 14 20 21 21 21 20 20 19 17 21 24 27 27 25 21 23 20 23 19 23 19
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 07/05/25Sun 07/06/25Mon 07/07/25Tue 07/08/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 64 94 63 89 62 88 63 91
Temp 72 65 90 91 71 64 84 84 68 63 82 85 69 64 86 89
DewPt 68 65 64 62 67 64 66 65 67 63 65 64 65 64 65 62
Max/Min RH 100 35 100 49 100 46 100 39
RH 86100 42 37 87100 54 53 97100 56 50 86100 49 41
PWind Dir S S S E S S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12HR 20 5 30 30 50 10 20 5
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS SC SC SC IS
Tstms IS SC IS SC SC SC IS
$$
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