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FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
448 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026
TXZ012-162100-
AMARILLO-POTTER TX
35.23N 101.70W ELEV. 3585 FT
448 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026
DATE THU 04/16/26 FRI 04/17/26 SAT 04/18/26
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 86 54 85 36 64
TEMP 47 67 80 84 82 68 62 59 55 68 81 84 80 61 48 41 36 45 57 63 62
DEWPT 16 20 17 12 10 13 22 37 44 38 21 19 17 22 23 22 20 17 12 11 10
MIN/MAX RH 6 66 8 52 12
RH 28 16 9 7 6 12 21 44 66 33 11 9 9 22 37 46 52 32 16 13 13
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW W SW W N N N N N NE N NE
WIND SPD 9 13 20 21 19 13 14 16 16 18 19 23 20 19 20 19 14 16 14 12 11
CLOUDS CL CL CL FW B1 SC CL CL FW FW CL CL FW SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
CLOUDS(%) 4 4 1 8 64 37 3 4 14 15 4 4 13 28 9 9 8 3 2 3 6
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
MIX HGT <1 2 9 10 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 12 13 2 2 2 <1 3 6 8 8
VENT RATE 5 30236249124 7 9 11 10 54235347326 88 79 56 13 53 84 91 85
T WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW W N N N N NE N N N
T WIND SPD 13 19 28 27 26 18 23 26 23 27 28 32 29 42 36 29 17 18 17 13 12
RFTI 0 1 4 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
RFTI CATEGORY NO EL CL CH CL EL NO NO NO NO EL CH CL NO EL NO NO NO EL EL EL
FIRE WEATHER A A A
RED FLAG W W W
DATE SUN 04/19/26MON 04/20/26TUE 04/21/26WED 04/22/26
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 35 74 43 74 48 84 54 88
TEMP 42 36 67 70 51 45 68 70 54 50 76 80 62 57 82 84
DEWPT 13 17 13 11 19 29 33 33 41 43 40 36 43 45 33 27
MAX/MIN RH 45 9 53 24 77 19 64 12
RH 30 45 12 10 28 53 27 25 61 77 27 21 50 64 17 13
PWIND DIR SE S S S S S S SW
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15 15> 15>
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC CL FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR 0 0 10 10 5 5 5 5
TXZ016-162100-
BOOTLEG RAWS-DEAF SMITH TX
34.82N 102.78W ELEV. 4103 FT
448 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026
DATE THU 04/16/26 FRI 04/17/26 SAT 04/18/26
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 82 48 83 33 64
TEMP 44 65 77 81 80 64 57 52 49 67 78 82 80 60 46 38 34 44 56 63 63
DEWPT 16 21 15 12 12 16 18 27 34 25 17 17 16 22 24 22 19 17 13 12 12
MIN/MAX RH 7 56 8 57 13
RH 32 18 9 7 7 15 21 37 56 21 10 9 9 23 42 52 55 33 19 14 14
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW W W W N N N N NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD 9 13 20 20 17 12 11 11 12 16 19 23 19 14 16 14 12 13 13 11 10
CLOUDS CL CL CL FW B1 FW CL CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
CLOUDS(%) 3 5 1 21 69 25 3 5 11 11 3 4 11 19 13 11 9 4 3 3 7
POP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
MIX HGT <1 2 9 10 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 12 11 2 3 2 <1 3 6 7 7
VENT RATE 6 37205219139 10 10 11 10 50239358280 46 79 43 13 53 73 72 68
T WIND DIR W W SW SW SW S SW SW SW W W W W N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
T WIND SPD 12 19 26 26 25 19 20 21 19 27 32 34 28 33 32 26 17 18 14 12 11
RFTI 0 1 4 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
RFTI CATEGORY NO EL CL CH CL EL NO NO NO EL CL CH CL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL
FIRE WEATHER A A A
FREEZE A A A
RED FLAG W W W
DATE SUN 04/19/26MON 04/20/26TUE 04/21/26WED 04/22/26
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 32 71 40 75 45 85 51 87
TEMP 41 33 64 66 48 41 66 72 52 48 78 81 60 53 81 83
DEWPT 14 17 13 12 22 29 33 34 39 40 39 30 40 41 26 21
MAX/MIN RH 53 10 62 22 78 15 68 9
RH 34 51 13 12 35 62 29 25 60 75 25 16 47 65 13 10
PWIND DIR SE S S S S SW S SW
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15>
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR 0 0 20 10 5 5 0 5
RAIN SHWRS IS
TXZ008-162100-
BORGER-HUTCHINSON TX
35.71N 101.40W ELEV. 2762 FT
448 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026
DATE THU 04/16/26 FRI 04/17/26 SAT 04/18/26
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 57 89 37 67
TEMP 48 66 80 87 86 72 67 61 58 71 83 88 85 63 50 42 38 47 57 65 66
DEWPT 18 21 19 15 12 13 20 34 43 38 20 18 18 22 24 22 21 18 12 9 7
MIN/MAX RH 6 57 7 51 9
RH 31 17 10 7 6 10 16 36 57 30 10 8 8 21 36 45 50 31 16 11 10
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW W SW W N N N N N N N N
WIND SPD 5 12 18 20 16 11 12 12 12 16 17 20 19 17 16 13 10 12 12 10 8
CLOUDS CL CL CL CL B1 B1 FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUDS(%) 3 3 0 5 54 67 11 4 10 13 5 6 12 21 13 9 4 3 4 2 5
POP 12HR 0 0 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
MIX HGT <1 2 9 11 6 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 10 12 11 4 3 2 <1 4 7 9 9
VENT RATE 8 27250283142 13 16 16 15 70260356279127 83 47 10 60 79 96102
T WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W N N N N NE N N N
T WIND SPD 12 19 32 28 25 18 23 24 20 27 31 33 28 40 33 25 11 17 13 12 12
RFTI 0 1 3 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
RFTI CATEGORY NO EL CL CH CL EL EL NO NO NO CL CH CL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO
FIRE WEATHER A A A
RED FLAG W W W
DATE SUN 04/19/26MON 04/20/26TUE 04/21/26WED 04/22/26
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 37 77 46 78 49 88 57 92
TEMP 45 38 69 73 56 48 71 75 57 52 78 84 65 59 85 88
DEWPT 13 17 13 10 18 28 32 33 41 44 41 36 47 48 33 25
MAX/MIN RH 43 8 46 19 74 16 70 10
RH 27 42 11 9 22 46 24 21 55 74 27 18 53 67 15 10
PWIND DIR S SW S S S S S SW
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR 0 0 5 10 5 5 5 5
TXZ008-162100-
CEDAR RAWS-HUTCHINSON TX
35.68N 101.57W ELEV. 3103 FT
448 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026
DATE THU 04/16/26 FRI 04/17/26 SAT 04/18/26
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 86 57 86 38 65
TEMP 50 65 78 84 84 72 67 62 58 70 81 85 83 62 50 43 39 46 55 62 64
DEWPT 20 21 19 15 13 14 21 34 42 37 19 17 18 23 24 23 22 18 11 9 8
MIN/MAX RH 7 55 8 53 10
RH 30 19 11 8 7 11 17 35 55 31 10 8 9 23 36 46 51 32 18 13 10
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW W SW W N N N N N N N N
WIND SPD 9 13 18 21 18 13 16 16 16 18 18 21 20 20 20 18 13 13 12 11 9
CLOUDS CL CL CL FW B1 B1 CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUDS(%) 3 3 0 7 62 66 4 4 9 11 4 6 14 22 15 11 4 4 3 3 5
POP 12HR 0 0 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
MIX HGT <1 1 9 11 5 <1 <1 <1 <1 3 9 12 12 4 3 2 <1 4 7 8 9
VENT RATE 8 23241276120 11 13 13 13 60246355326121 80 44 10 50 83 93 77
T WIND DIR W W SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW W W W N N N N NE N N N
T WIND SPD 14 19 32 29 25 18 23 23 21 26 29 34 31 39 34 25 16 16 14 12 10
RFTI 0 1 3 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
RFTI CATEGORY NO EL CL CH CL EL EL NO NO NO CL CH CH EL EL NO NO NO EL EL EL
FIRE WEATHER A A A
RED FLAG W W W
DATE SUN 04/19/26MON 04/20/26TUE 04/21/26WED 04/22/26
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 39 75 47 77 50 87 58 90
TEMP 46 39 67 71 56 49 69 73 57 53 77 83 66 60 83 86
DEWPT 14 18 12 10 19 29 31 33 41 44 40 36 47 48 31 25
MAX/MIN RH 42 8 46 21 73 17 66 10
RH 27 42 12 10 23 46 25 22 55 73 27 19 51 64 16 11
PWIND DIR S SW S S S S S SW
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15 15> 15>
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR 0 0 5 10 5 5 5 5
TXZ006-162100-
DALHART-HARTLEY TX
36.03N 102.55W ELEV. 3913 FT
448 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026
DATE THU 04/16/26 FRI 04/17/26 SAT 04/18/26
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 82 44 80 29 63
TEMP 39 62 76 81 80 64 56 49 45 65 77 80 77 52 40 33 30 42 54 60 62
DEWPT 18 22 18 15 13 15 15 15 16 18 16 15 16 23 22 21 19 16 12 9 9
MIN/MAX RH 8 30 9 67 12
RH 43 21 11 8 8 15 20 25 30 16 10 9 10 32 48 60 62 34 18 13 12
WIND DIR SW W SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW W N N N N N NE N NE
WIND SPD 8 14 23 26 21 13 11 11 11 16 21 26 23 19 18 14 12 12 12 10 9
CLOUDS CL CL CL FW B1 B1 FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW
CLOUDS(%) 2 4 1 7 63 56 8 9 5 5 5 7 17 20 12 6 7 11 3 5 8
POP 12HR 0 0 0 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
MIX HGT <1 2 8 10 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 9 12 12 3 1 <1 <1 3 7 9 8
VENT RATE 6 23202278211 10 10 9 8 44254416321 98 28 8 6 41 85 87 79
T WIND DIR W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W N N N N NE N N N
T WIND SPD 13 17 27 32 28 20 21 19 18 21 29 39 31 40 29 17 13 13 13 11 10
RFTI 0 1 4 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 5 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
RFTI CATEGORY NO EL CL EX CH EL EL NO NO EL CH EX CH NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL
FIRE WEATHER A A A
FREEZE A A A
RED FLAG W W W
DATE SUN 04/19/26MON 04/20/26TUE 04/21/26WED 04/22/26
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 30 71 39 77 42 85 48 87
TEMP 38 31 65 69 48 41 69 74 53 45 78 82 59 51 82 83
DEWPT 14 14 16 11 18 26 31 31 36 37 37 30 39 38 26 19
MAX/MIN RH 49 10 55 19 73 14 64 9
RH 37 49 14 11 30 55 24 20 53 71 24 15 48 61 13 9
PWIND DIR S SW S SW S SW S SW
WIND CHAR <15 15> <15 15> <15 <15 <15 15>
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 FW FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW
POP 12HR 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 5
OKZ002-162100-
GUYMON-TEXAS OK
36.69N 101.51W ELEV. 3100 FT
448 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026
DATE THU 04/16/26 FRI 04/17/26 SAT 04/18/26
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 48 81 30 64
TEMP 40 63 78 84 82 68 62 55 49 65 78 81 74 50 40 34 31 44 57 63 61
DEWPT 18 22 20 17 16 15 16 19 20 23 24 21 24 23 22 22 19 16 12 9 7
MIN/MAX RH 8 31 11 65 11
RH 40 21 11 8 8 13 16 24 31 20 13 11 15 34 48 59 62 32 16 12 11
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW W W W NW N N N N N N N N
WIND SPD 8 12 18 21 19 13 12 12 12 16 17 23 21 19 16 12 9 12 11 11 9
CLOUDS CL FW CL CL SC B2 SC FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW
CLOUDS(%) 2 6 2 1 40 79 32 23 8 12 5 6 36 21 14 8 5 5 2 3 9
POP 12HR 0 0 5 5 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
MIX HGT <1 1 8 11 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 2 8 11 6 3 2 <1 <1 4 8 11 11
VENT RATE 5 14157272205 12 11 10 10 44139238161108 51 11 6 47 93155139
T WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW N N N N N N N NW NW
T WIND SPD 12 13 21 28 31 25 25 21 21 23 23 31 33 35 26 13 11 13 12 14 14
RFTI 0 0 2 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
RFTI CATEGORY NO NO EL CH CL EL EL NO NO EL EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO
FIRE WEATHER A A A
FREEZE A A A
RED FLAG W W W
DATE SUN 04/19/26MON 04/20/26TUE 04/21/26WED 04/22/26
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 32 74 43 79 45 87 52 89
TEMP 39 33 69 71 52 45 73 75 54 48 79 82 61 55 84 84
DEWPT 9 12 13 11 15 24 31 31 36 37 39 33 43 43 32 24
MAX/MIN RH 41 8 43 17 69 15 68 9
RH 29 41 11 10 23 43 21 20 51 67 24 17 52 64 15 11
PWIND DIR SW SW S S S S S SW
WIND CHAR <15 15> <15 15> <15 <15 <15 15>
AVG CLOUDS FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 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
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