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National Weather Service Amarillo TX
448 AM CDT Thu Sep 21 2023
TXZ012-212200-
Amarillo-Potter TX
35.23N 101.70W Elev. 3585 ft
448 AM CDT Thu Sep 21 2023
Date Thu 09/21/23 Fri 09/22/23 Sat 09/23/23
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 62 93 60 92
Temp 65 73 81 87 81 71 68 65 64 74 88 93 89 76 70 65 61 75 87 91 86
DewPt 53 53 53 53 55 57 60 59 58 57 51 44 42 46 47 45 43 41 36 36 38
Min/Max RH 32 84 18 54 14
RH 66 49 38 32 40 61 76 81 80 55 28 19 19 34 44 49 51 29 16 14 18
Wind Dir S W S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW W W W NW
Wind Spd 4 10 13 16 16 12 12 10 9 12 12 14 12 11 10 9 8 11 13 12 9
Clouds OV B2 SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 91 78 47 12 12 20 38 61 55 28 31 17 16 26 40 36 44 28 26 34 34
PoP 12HR 30 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.09 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS SC IS
Tstms IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 4
Mix Hgt <1 1 3 5 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 7 10 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 5 8 <1
Vent Rate 4 14 45 97 36 8 8 13 11 15105180 8 6 7 5 5 17 83171 5
T Wind Dir S W S S S S S S S W W SW SW S S SW W W W W NW
T Wind Spd 10 12 17 20 20 17 18 17 17 16 17 20 14 14 16 12 11 16 20 24 12
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 Sun 09/24/23Mon 09/25/23Tue 09/26/23Wed 09/27/23
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 58 85 55 84 55 85 58 86
Temp 66 59 79 80 63 55 78 80 62 56 79 80 65 59 81 81
DewPt 46 47 48 47 52 51 49 44 51 52 51 45 51 52 54 51
Max/Min RH 65 27 86 24 89 27 78 31
RH 48 65 33 31 67 85 36 28 67 87 37 29 60 78 39 35
PWind Dir NE NE NE E SE S S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 5 5 10 5 10
$$
TXZ016-212200-
Bootleg RAWS-Deaf Smith TX
34.82N 102.78W Elev. 4103 ft
448 AM CDT Thu Sep 21 2023
Date Thu 09/21/23 Fri 09/22/23 Sat 09/23/23
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 86 59 90 59 89
Temp 65 71 80 85 81 71 66 64 61 73 86 89 86 72 67 62 60 74 85 88 84
DewPt 50 54 54 52 53 57 60 58 57 56 47 41 40 43 40 40 41 36 32 35 39
Min/Max RH 32 91 19 51 14
RH 58 54 40 32 39 62 81 81 88 54 26 19 20 35 37 44 50 25 15 15 20
Wind Dir W SW SW SW S S SW S SW W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W
Wind Spd 5 9 12 13 12 9 9 8 6 11 13 13 12 9 8 8 6 11 13 14 12
Clouds B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 83 59 36 22 27 40 39 43 43 24 13 17 45 40 49 23 47 35 35 35 43
PoP 12HR 30 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.04 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs SC SC IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 4
Mix Hgt <1 <1 3 7 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 7 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 8 <1
Vent Rate 6 7 42109 31 6 6 8 5 15117165 6 5 5 5 6 13 81187 9
T Wind Dir NW W SW SW S S S SW SW W W SW SW SW SW W W W W W W
T Wind Spd 12 10 16 18 17 13 14 17 14 14 19 21 13 11 11 12 14 16 19 25 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO
Date Sun 09/24/23Mon 09/25/23Tue 09/26/23Wed 09/27/23
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 57 84 53 82 53 83 57 85
Temp 67 57 78 80 61 53 76 79 62 54 77 80 63 57 79 80
DewPt 43 43 47 45 51 53 49 46 51 53 54 48 53 53 55 52
Max/Min RH 59 26 99 28 96 30 87 33
RH 41 59 33 29 71 99 39 31 69 96 45 33 69 85 43 38
PWind Dir W N NE E SE S S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 5 5 10 10 5 10
$$
TXZ008-212200-
Borger-Hutchinson TX
35.71N 101.40W Elev. 2762 ft
448 AM CDT Thu Sep 21 2023
Date Thu 09/21/23 Fri 09/22/23 Sat 09/23/23
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 65 97 63 94
Temp 69 75 84 90 85 75 72 69 67 76 90 96 91 78 73 67 63 74 88 92 88
DewPt 57 57 54 53 56 60 62 62 61 60 52 45 43 46 49 47 45 43 38 39 41
Min/Max RH 30 84 17 52 15
RH 65 52 36 30 37 60 71 78 82 57 28 18 18 32 44 49 50 32 17 15 20
Wind Dir S SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW W NW NW NE
Wind Spd 4 9 13 13 13 12 10 8 5 9 12 12 9 9 9 6 4 8 9 9 9
Clouds B2 B2 SC FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 80 82 36 9 13 24 60 44 37 35 18 26 19 23 35 42 43 32 29 41 42
PoP 12HR 20 10 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.03 0.04 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt <1 <1 4 7 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 5 9 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 7 <1
Vent Rate 3 12 73115 43 10 13 9 7 19 67156 7 7 7 5 4 11 83128 8
T Wind Dir S SW S SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW S SW SW W W W W N
T Wind Spd 8 13 20 19 21 17 17 13 13 16 14 19 11 14 16 10 9 13 19 19 10
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 Sun 09/24/23Mon 09/25/23Tue 09/26/23Wed 09/27/23
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 60 87 56 87 58 88 62 90
Temp 68 60 81 82 64 56 80 83 66 58 82 83 69 62 83 84
DewPt 50 49 50 47 53 53 50 46 51 54 52 48 52 55 55 53
Max/Min RH 66 26 89 24 85 26 78 29
RH 52 66 34 29 67 88 34 27 60 85 35 28 55 77 38 33
PWind Dir NE NE E NE S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 5 5 10 10 10
$$
TXZ008-212200-
Cedar RAWS-Hutchinson TX
35.68N 101.57W Elev. 3103 ft
448 AM CDT Thu Sep 21 2023
Date Thu 09/21/23 Fri 09/22/23 Sat 09/23/23
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 88 65 94 63 91
Temp 69 74 82 87 83 74 71 69 67 74 87 93 89 77 72 67 63 73 85 89 85
DewPt 55 55 54 54 56 60 61 62 61 59 53 45 43 46 49 46 44 42 39 38 41
Min/Max RH 32 84 19 50 16
RH 63 52 38 32 40 61 69 78 82 59 31 19 21 33 44 47 49 33 19 16 21
Wind Dir S SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW W W NW N
Wind Spd 4 10 13 13 14 13 12 10 9 11 12 13 9 9 10 9 5 9 11 10 9
Clouds B2 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 78 83 30 8 22 34 59 45 35 32 20 28 20 25 40 42 44 38 28 39 40
PoP 12HR 20 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.05 0.05 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt <1 1 4 7 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 5 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 8 <1
Vent Rate 3 15 79125 41 9 13 9 10 21 63144 8 6 7 5 5 11 81134 8
T Wind Dir S SW S S S S S S S SW W SW SW S S SW W W W W NW
T Wind Spd 9 17 20 19 21 17 17 14 14 19 14 18 11 13 16 11 11 13 19 19 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sun 09/24/23Mon 09/25/23Tue 09/26/23Wed 09/27/23
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 60 86 56 85 58 86 61 87
Temp 68 60 78 81 64 56 77 81 65 58 78 81 69 62 80 82
DewPt 49 49 50 47 53 53 50 47 51 54 53 48 52 55 56 53
Max/Min RH 67 28 89 26 84 28 78 33
RH 50 66 37 31 67 88 39 30 61 83 41 32 55 77 43 37
PWind Dir NE NE E NE S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 5 5 10 5 10
$$
TXZ006-212200-
Dalhart-Hartley TX
36.03N 102.55W Elev. 3913 ft
448 AM CDT Thu Sep 21 2023
Date Thu 09/21/23 Fri 09/22/23 Sat 09/23/23
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 56 90 53 87
Temp 61 73 83 87 82 69 65 61 58 70 85 89 85 70 63 56 53 69 82 87 82
DewPt 47 51 50 51 53 56 57 57 56 56 44 36 33 34 32 31 30 34 35 35 37
Min/Max RH 29 97 15 42 16
RH 60 46 32 29 38 63 75 88 96 61 24 15 15 26 31 37 41 27 18 16 20
Wind Dir SW SW SW SW S SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W NW W E
Wind Spd 4 12 13 14 13 12 9 8 6 10 13 14 12 9 9 6 5 9 9 9 8
Clouds B2 SC CL CL SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 77 48 3 3 28 55 42 41 35 20 25 28 29 61 48 48 44 48 38 32 34
PoP 12HR 10 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0.01 0.03 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt <1 2 6 9 4 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 7 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 7 10 <1
Vent Rate 4 28107174 70 12 8 6 5 10112151 11 6 7 5 4 11 79126 6
T Wind Dir SW SW SW SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W E
T Wind Spd 11 18 20 21 19 20 17 13 12 12 24 24 16 13 16 12 11 13 12 13 10
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sun 09/24/23Mon 09/25/23Tue 09/26/23Wed 09/27/23
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 52 81 49 82 50 83 54 86
Temp 60 52 76 77 55 49 77 78 58 51 79 80 61 54 81 81
DewPt 43 43 44 43 48 48 48 45 48 49 52 48 51 52 54 51
Max/Min RH 72 27 98 28 96 30 92 31
RH 54 71 33 30 77 96 36 31 69 94 39 33 70 91 39 35
PWind Dir NE NE NE SW S SW S SW
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5
$$
OKZ002-212200-
Guymon-Texas OK
36.69N 101.51W Elev. 3100 ft
448 AM CDT Thu Sep 21 2023
Date Thu 09/21/23 Fri 09/22/23 Sat 09/23/23
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
Max/Min Temp 89 59 93 55 86
Temp 63 76 86 89 83 69 65 62 59 72 89 93 87 71 65 58 55 70 82 85 80
DewPt 55 55 52 53 56 61 61 61 59 59 48 40 40 41 41 36 34 37 38 40 41
Min/Max RH 30 99 16 46 19
RH 73 49 32 30 39 75 87 96 99 63 24 16 19 33 41 44 45 30 21 20 25
Wind Dir S S S S S SE S S SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW W NW N N NE
Wind Spd 6 11 16 16 13 11 11 9 8 11 12 13 10 9 9 8 5 9 11 9 10
Clouds B1 B1 FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC
Clouds(%) 64 58 8 2 22 22 35 16 24 23 18 15 35 40 28 28 47 38 42 24 35
PoP 12HR 5 20 0 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.03 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs IS IS
Tstms IS IS
LAL 6HR 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6HR 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt <1 1 7 8 2 <1 <1 <1 <1 1 6 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 5 6 1
Vent Rate 6 22136136 40 9 11 12 8 19107160 6 6 7 5 5 9 57 71 11
T Wind Dir S SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S SW W W NW NW N NE
T Wind Spd 13 18 21 19 20 18 20 18 16 18 21 21 12 13 16 12 11 12 13 12 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sun 09/24/23Mon 09/25/23Tue 09/26/23Wed 09/27/23
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
Min/Max Temp 53 82 50 85 53 85 56 87
Temp 61 53 77 77 56 50 79 79 59 53 81 80 63 56 82 81
DewPt 45 44 46 44 50 50 49 46 50 52 52 50 52 53 55 53
Max/Min RH 71 27 100 26 96 30 90 32
RH 57 70 33 31 78 99 34 31 71 94 37 35 66 88 40 38
PWind Dir NE NE SE SW S SW S S
Wind Char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg Clouds SC SC FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12HR 0 5 0 0 5 5 5 10
$$
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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