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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
437 AM CDT Thu May 30 2024
TXZ024-302115-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
437 AM CDT Thu May 30 2024
Date Thu 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 86 61 79 63 83
Temp 65 72 82 86 78 65 64 63 63 67 71 77 78 68 66 65 64 70 79 83 79
Dewpt 65 66 67 67 65 64 63 62 62 63 63 63 63 65 66 64 64 65 67 67 66
RH 100 81 61 54 65 94 97 99 97 85 75 62 60 89 99 98100 84 66 58 64
Wind dir S S SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE S E N SE S SE SE
Wind spd 6 10 11 12 11 10 8 6 6 5 6 6 8 5 5 5 4 5 6 9 10
Clouds B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 50 70 50 30 30
QPF 12hr 0.62 0.22 0.01 0 0.04
Rain shwrs C C C L C S C C C S S C C C C C C C C C
Tstms C C C L C S C C C S S C C C C C C C C C
LAL 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
Haines 5 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 4600 4600 1200 900 3200 5000 3400 600 4000 5100
T Wind Dir S S SE E E SE S SE SE S
T Wind Spd 16 21 17 10 6 9 11 8 11 14
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 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 64 87 67 94 67 95 68 93
Temp 68 65 83 84 71 68 89 91 74 68 90 93 75 69 89 90
Dewpt 66 65 68 66 67 65 64 59 65 63 62 59 64 64 65 61
Max/Min RH 100 52 93 31 85 30 83 35
RH 96 99 61 56 87 90 43 33 74 83 39 32 69 83 44 38
PWind dir S S S S S S S SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 40 20 20 10 10 10 10 20
Rain shwrs C S S S S
Tstms C S S S S
$$
TXZ026-302115-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
437 AM CDT Thu May 30 2024
Date Thu 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 86 63 81 64 85
Temp 67 73 81 83 78 68 67 65 64 68 74 79 81 72 69 66 65 72 79 84 82
Dewpt 67 66 67 69 68 67 65 65 64 64 64 64 64 66 66 66 65 66 67 68 67
RH 100 79 63 63 71 97 93100100 87 71 60 56 81 90100100 81 67 59 61
Wind dir SE S E SE SE E E NE SE E E SE SE SE SE E E S SE SE SE
Wind spd 5 9 12 13 13 11 9 8 6 6 6 6 8 5 5 5 4 5 6 9 10
Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr 60 80 50 30 30
QPF 12hr 0.60 0.76 0.01 0 0.04
Rain shwrs L C S C D L S C C C S S S S C C C C S S C
Tstms L C S C D L S C C C S S S S C C C C S S C
LAL 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mix Hgt 2700 3800 900 600 3300 4600 2600 400 3400 5200
T Wind Dir S SE SE SE E SE S E SE S
T Wind Spd 16 20 18 10 8 9 12 9 13 12
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 65 88 67 95 68 95 69 95
Temp 72 66 83 85 72 68 89 93 76 68 90 93 78 70 90 92
Dewpt 68 66 69 68 69 68 68 65 69 67 67 64 68 67 67 64
Max/Min RH 100 55 100 37 99 36 94 37
RH 87100 63 57 90100 50 40 79 97 47 38 71 90 47 40
PWind dir SE S S S SE SE SE SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 40 20 20 10 20 10 10 20
Rain shwrs C S S S S S
Tstms C S S S S S
$$
TXZ043-302115-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
437 AM CDT Thu May 30 2024
Date Thu 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 89 62 81 64 85
Temp 67 78 86 88 84 69 67 65 65 69 73 79 80 71 68 67 65 71 79 83 83
Dewpt 67 69 68 68 68 67 66 65 65 66 66 67 67 69 68 67 65 69 70 71 70
RH 100 73 55 52 60 92 99 99 99 90 78 66 64 95100100100 92 73 67 65
Wind dir SE S S SE SE SE NE SE NE E E E E E E E NE NE SE SE SE
Wind spd 5 8 10 11 11 9 8 6 5 5 8 6 8 5 5 4 4 5 6 8 9
Clouds FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr 40 80 50 20 30
QPF 12hr 0.07 1.16 0.06 0.01 0.05
Rain shwrs S C D L C C C C C C S S S S C C C C C
Tstms S C D L C C C C C C S S S S C C C C C
LAL 1 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 3
Haines 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 3 3
Mix Hgt 5100 5200 800 800 2400 3800 2400 800 3700 3800
T Wind Dir S SE E SE E E SE SE E SE
T Wind Spd 18 19 20 13 12 10 10 9 14 13
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 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 64 88 67 96 68 96 70 96
Temp 70 66 84 84 72 68 91 93 75 69 91 94 78 71 91 92
Dewpt 70 66 71 70 71 68 70 65 68 68 69 65 69 67 69 66
Max/Min RH 100 57 100 35 97 36 90 38
RH 100100 66 63 97100 50 39 78 97 48 38 74 89 49 42
PWind dir S S S S S S S SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 30 30 20 10 10 10 10 20
Rain shwrs C S C S S
Tstms C S C S S
$$
TXZ035-302115-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
437 AM CDT Thu May 30 2024
Date Thu 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 91 62 81 63 86
Temp 66 75 84 90 80 69 66 64 62 69 75 80 79 71 68 65 63 71 80 85 80
Dewpt 64 66 66 62 60 60 61 60 61 62 62 61 61 64 64 63 62 66 66 63 62
RH 93 74 55 39 51 73 84 87 97 78 64 52 54 79 87 93 97 84 62 48 54
Wind dir S S S SE SE SE SE E E NE E E SE E E SE E SE SE SE S
Wind spd 10 12 13 16 14 14 12 10 9 8 8 9 11 10 9 6 5 6 9 12 13
Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC
PoP 12hr 50 30 30 30 30
QPF 12hr 1.25 0.05 0.01 0.01 0.01
Rain shwrs C C C C C C C C C C S S C C C
Tstms C C C C C C C C C C S S C C C
LAL 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 3
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 4400 6900 1300 1200 3100 4300 3000 700 3600 4300
T Wind Dir S SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 18 20 21 16 11 11 13 12 13 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 64 90 67 98 67 98 67 95
Temp 69 65 83 87 73 67 91 95 75 67 94 93 76 67 90 90
Dewpt 63 64 67 61 64 64 57 46 55 60 52 44 56 59 59 55
Max/Min RH 97 39 91 17 78 16 75 28
RH 81 97 59 42 73 90 32 19 50 78 24 19 50 75 35 31
PWind dir S S S SW S S SE SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 30 20 10 5 5 10 10 20
Rain shwrs C S S
Tstms C S S
$$
TXZ031-302115-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
437 AM CDT Thu May 30 2024
Date Thu 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 89 61 81 63 85
Temp 65 75 82 86 82 69 67 65 63 68 73 79 81 71 68 66 64 72 80 84 82
Dewpt 65 68 69 69 68 68 66 65 63 65 66 66 65 69 68 66 64 68 69 70 70
RH 100 80 64 57 63 95 99100100 90 78 64 59 92100100100 89 68 63 66
Wind dir S S SE SE S SE E NE NE E SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE
Wind spd 5 8 11 12 12 9 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 3 2 4 6 8 9
Clouds B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr 50 80 50 30 30
QPF 12hr 0.42 0.74 0.01 0 0.06
Rain shwrs C C S C D L S C C C S S S S C C C C S S C
Tstms C C S C D L S C C C S S S S C C C C S S C
LAL 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
Mix Hgt 4700 4200 1000 900 3000 4500 2900 700 3900 5000
T Wind Dir S SE SE E E SE S E SE S
T Wind Spd 16 20 18 10 6 9 11 9 13 13
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 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 64 88 66 96 67 96 68 96
Temp 70 65 84 84 72 67 91 93 75 68 91 94 77 69 91 92
Dewpt 70 65 71 70 71 67 69 66 69 67 68 65 69 68 69 65
Max/Min RH 100 59 100 37 100 36 98 39
RH 100100 65 64 97100 50 42 82 98 48 38 77 95 48 42
PWind dir SE S S S SE SE SE SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 40 20 20 10 10 10 10 20
Rain shwrs C S S S S
Tstms C S S S S
$$
TXZ029-302115-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
437 AM CDT Thu May 30 2024
Date Thu 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 86 56 78 58 84
Temp 62 72 80 86 76 62 61 59 59 66 73 78 76 65 63 61 59 69 79 83 78
Dewpt 62 66 65 63 60 62 61 59 59 61 61 61 61 64 63 61 59 65 65 63 63
RH 100 81 60 46 58100100100100 84 66 56 60 97100100100 87 62 51 60
Wind dir S S S S SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE E SE S S S
Wind spd 8 11 12 12 12 11 9 6 5 5 6 8 8 6 5 5 4 5 8 9 10
Clouds B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC
PoP 12hr 50 40 40 30 30
QPF 12hr 0.24 0.02 0 0 0
Rain shwrs C C S S C C C C C C C C C C C C C
Tstms C C S S C C C C C C C C C C C C C
LAL 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Haines 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 3900 6100 900 1200 3500 5100 3100 900 3800 5300
T Wind Dir S S SE SE E SE SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 18 21 20 13 8 9 13 11 13 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 59 87 61 94 61 94 62 93
Temp 64 60 82 82 67 62 88 90 69 62 90 91 70 63 88 87
Dewpt 64 60 66 62 66 62 56 50 62 59 54 50 60 61 59 57
Max/Min RH 100 46 100 20 93 21 96 31
RH 100100 58 51 97100 34 25 78 90 30 25 71 93 38 36
PWind dir S S S SW SE S SE SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 40 20 10 5 10 10 10 10
Rain shwrs C S S
Tstms C S S
$$
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)...........20 ft. Wind Direction
Wind Dir Deg(degrees)...............20 ft. Wind Direction in Tens of Degrees
Relative to Due North.
Example: 09 = 90 Degrees = East; 18 = 180 Degrees = South;
27 = 270 Degrees = West; 36 = 360 Degrees = North
Wind Spd(MPH).......................20 ft. Wind Speed
Wind Chill..........................Wind Chill Temperature
Heat Index..........................Heat Index
Clouds(CAT).........................Cloud Cover Category
Example: CL = Clear; FW = Few; SC = Scattered;
B1 = Mostly Cloudy; B2 = Considerable Clouds; OV = Overcast
PoP 12Hr(%).........................Probability of Measurable Precipitation
QPF 12Hr(in)........................Liquid Equivalent Precipitation Amount
Weather...
Type...
Rain...........Rain
Rain SHWRS.....Rain Showers
TSTMS..........Thunderstorms
Drizzle........Drizzle
Snow...........Snow
SnowSHWRS......Snow Showers
Sleet..........Sleet
Flurries.......Flurries
FRZG Rain......Freezing Rain
FRZG DRZL......Freezing Drizzle
Coverage...
S..............Slight Chance
C..............Chance
L..............Likely
O..............Occasional
D..............Definite
AR.............Areas
PA.............Patchy
OBVIS...............................Obstruction to Visibility
TYPE...
F..............Fog
PF.............Patchy Fog
F+.............Dense Fog
H..............Haze
BS.............Blowing Snow
K..............Smoke
BD.............Blowing Dust
AF.............Volcanic Ashfall
LAL(CAT)............................Lightning Activity Level
Mix Hgt(feet AGL)...................Mixing Height
T Wind Dir(8 point compass).........Transport Wind Direction
T Wind Spd(MPH).....................Transport Wind Speed
RFTI................................Red Flag Threat Index
0...........NIL
1-2.........Elevated
3-4.........Critical - Low
5-6.........Critical - High
7-8.........Extreme
9-10........Historic
RFTI Category.......................
NO..........NIL
EL..........Elevated
CL..........Critical - Low
CH..........Critical - High
EX..........Extreme
HS..........Historic
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
Dwpt................................Dew Point Temperature
Min/Max RH or Max/Min RH(%).........Maximum/Minimum Humidity
RH(%)...............................Relative Humidity
PWind Dir(8 point compass)..........20 ft. Primary Wind Direction
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