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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
357 PM CDT Fri May 31 2024
TXZ024-010915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
357 PM CDT Fri May 31 2024
Date 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 64 85 65 89 69
Temp 79 79 70 68 66 65 73 79 84 83 71 69 67 66 74 81 88 86 75 73 71 70
Dewpt 64 63 65 66 65 64 66 67 66 66 68 68 67 66 67 68 67 67 68 68 67 66
RH 59 58 85 95 94 97 78 66 55 57 89 97 99 99 79 65 50 52 81 84 85 87
Wind dir SE SE SE S SE SW SW S S S SE S S S S S S S S S S SW
Wind spd 9 10 6 6 5 4 6 10 12 11 9 8 8 8 10 12 12 11 11 11 11 11
Clouds FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 FW B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 30 10 40 40 10
QPF 12hr 0.04 0 0.53 0.09 0
Rain shwrs C C S C C S S C C C C
Tstms C C S C C S S C C C C
LAL 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 3 1 1
Haines 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5
Mix Hgt 1400 800 4600 5900 1400 800 4700 6300 3200 600
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S S SW
T Wind Spd 13 11 11 16 16 14 16 20 18 19
RFTI 0 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 NO
Date 06/03 Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 97 67 100 68 93 68 94 65 90
Temp 92 94 74 68 94 98 74 69 89 91 74 69 90 91 73 66 85 88
Dewpt 59 54 60 53 52 48 55 59 63 60 64 63 63 56 60 59 60 58
Min/Max RH 24 65 15 70 34 80 30 78 34
RH 34 27 61 59 24 19 51 70 42 35 71 80 40 31 64 78 42 37
PWind dir SW S SW SW NE NE E SE SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 5 10 5 5 5 10 20 20 20
Rain shwrs S S S S S
Tstms S S S S S
$$
TXZ026-010915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
357 PM CDT Fri May 31 2024
Date 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 64 86 67 88 69
Temp 82 82 73 70 67 65 73 80 85 84 75 71 69 68 75 82 87 86 77 75 71 70
Dewpt 64 64 67 66 67 65 68 67 67 67 69 69 69 68 69 69 69 69 72 71 71 70
RH 55 55 81 87100100 84 65 55 57 82 93100100 82 65 55 57 85 87100100
Wind dir SE SE SE S S S SE S S SE SE SE S SE S S S S SE S S S
Wind spd 9 11 6 5 5 3 6 10 11 11 9 9 8 8 10 13 14 12 12 11 10 9
Clouds FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 30 10 30 40 20
QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0.24 0.10 0.03
Rain shwrs C C C C S S C C C C S S
Tstms C C C C S S C C C C S S
LAL 1 3 1 1 3 2 3 3 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 1000 500 3500 4800 1100 800 3800 5200 3000 400
T Wind Dir SE S SE S SE S S S S S
T Wind Spd 13 11 11 14 16 13 16 19 18 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/03 Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 96 69 101 68 94 69 94 66 92
Temp 91 94 76 69 94 98 78 68 90 92 76 69 90 91 75 67 87 89
Dewpt 66 63 68 64 60 56 65 64 65 63 67 65 65 61 63 61 60 59
Min/Max RH 35 90 22 87 36 87 34 81 36
RH 44 36 76 84 32 25 64 87 44 38 74 87 44 37 66 81 40 37
PWind dir S S SW S NE E E E SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 5 10 5 5 5 10 10 20 20
Rain shwrs S S S
Tstms S S S
$$
TXZ043-010915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
357 PM CDT Fri May 31 2024
Date 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 65 86 67 89 69
Temp 81 81 72 70 67 67 74 81 86 85 76 71 69 68 76 83 88 87 77 74 72 70
Dewpt 67 67 68 68 67 67 69 69 68 69 71 71 69 68 70 70 71 71 72 71 70 70
RH 62 63 87 95100100 83 67 56 58 84100100100 81 65 56 58 86 91 94100
Wind dir E E SE SE SE NE S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S S SE S S S
Wind spd 9 10 5 5 4 3 6 8 9 9 8 6 5 5 8 10 11 10 9 9 9 9
Clouds SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 10 10 40 40 20
QPF 12hr 0.05 0.03 0.20 0.06 0.11
Rain shwrs C C C C S S C C S S
Tstms C C C C S S C C S S
LAL 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 3 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 2900 1100 4500 5500 1900 1000 4300 6600 3700 600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S
T Wind Spd 13 10 11 12 13 11 14 18 16 17
RFTI 0 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 NO
Date 06/03 Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 99 69 102 71 97 69 97 67 92
Temp 92 96 77 70 96 99 79 72 93 95 77 70 92 91 74 68 87 90
Dewpt 68 58 65 64 60 52 58 62 65 62 67 66 67 62 64 63 64 61
Min/Max RH 28 81 19 72 31 88 32 83 36
RH 46 28 66 81 30 20 49 72 39 34 70 88 44 39 71 83 46 38
PWind dir S S SW S NE E E E SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 5 10 5 5 10 10 10 10 20
Rain shwrs S S
Tstms S S
$$
TXZ035-010915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
357 PM CDT Fri May 31 2024
Date 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 64 88 65 91 68
Temp 83 81 73 68 66 65 72 80 86 83 73 70 67 66 74 83 90 87 78 75 71 69
Dewpt 62 61 63 65 64 64 66 66 63 63 65 65 64 64 66 66 63 61 65 66 65 64
RH 49 51 71 90 93 97 81 62 46 51 76 84 90 93 76 57 41 42 64 74 81 84
Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE E S S S S S SE S S S S S S SE S S S
Wind spd 11 14 12 10 8 5 9 12 14 13 12 11 10 9 12 13 14 14 14 13 12 12
Clouds FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 20 20 40 30 5
QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0.61 0.03 0
Rain shwrs S S C C S S C C
Tstms S S C C S S C C
LAL 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6
Mix Hgt 3100 1200 4400 6000 3300 900 4400 5500 3500 600
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 19 14 14 17 16 14 19 18 20 20
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/03 Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 100 66 102 67 96 66 95 66 92
Temp 93 96 75 66 96 98 76 67 93 93 76 67 91 89 74 67 88 89
Dewpt 50 37 47 48 39 32 44 52 54 51 59 61 59 54 57 57 58 54
Min/Max RH 12 52 9 59 21 81 26 70 29
RH 23 13 37 52 14 10 32 59 27 24 56 81 34 30 55 70 36 30
PWind dir SW S SW S NE E E E SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 5 5 5 5 10 10 20 20 20
Rain shwrs S S S S
Tstms S S S S
$$
TXZ031-010915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
357 PM CDT Fri May 31 2024
Date 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 65 87 66 89 69
Temp 81 82 72 69 67 66 74 81 86 85 74 71 69 67 76 83 88 86 76 74 71 70
Dewpt 66 66 68 68 67 66 68 69 68 68 71 71 69 67 69 70 71 71 73 72 71 70
RH 60 59 86 97100100 83 68 57 59 92100100100 81 65 56 61 89 92100100
Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SW SE SE S SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S
Wind spd 9 10 5 5 3 2 5 10 11 10 8 5 5 5 9 12 12 12 10 9 9 8
Clouds FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr 30 10 30 40 20
QPF 12hr 0.05 0 0.17 0.09 0.05
Rain shwrs C S C C S S C C C C S S
Tstms C S C C S S C C C C S S
LAL 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 3 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 3000 800 4100 5600 1700 900 4600 5800 3100 700
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S SE S S S S S
T Wind Spd 13 10 11 13 14 12 16 19 17 16
RFTI 0 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 NO
Date 06/03 Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 98 68 102 67 96 68 97 65 92
Temp 93 95 75 68 96 99 78 68 92 94 77 69 92 94 74 66 88 90
Dewpt 67 63 68 64 60 56 63 62 66 64 68 66 66 61 65 62 62 61
Min/Max RH 33 87 21 80 36 91 34 87 37
RH 44 36 78 86 30 24 62 80 43 37 75 91 43 35 73 87 43 38
PWind dir S S SW S NE E E SE SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 5 10 0 5 5 10 10 10 10
$$
TXZ029-010915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
357 PM CDT Fri May 31 2024
Date 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 60 84 60 88 62
Temp 80 78 68 64 63 61 71 78 82 82 68 66 64 61 72 80 87 85 73 69 66 63
Dewpt 61 61 64 64 63 61 65 65 63 62 67 65 64 61 66 65 63 62 66 67 65 63
RH 52 56 87100100100 81 64 53 51 97 97100100 81 60 45 46 79 93 97100
Wind dir SE SE SE SW SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW
Wind spd 9 11 8 6 5 4 6 11 12 11 10 9 9 8 11 13 12 12 12 12 11 10
Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr 30 20 40 40 5
QPF 12hr 0.10 0 0.79 0.02 0
Rain shwrs C S S C C S S S S C C
Tstms C S S C C S S S S C C
LAL 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6
Mix Hgt 2700 1100 4300 6400 2800 1100 4700 6700 3200 600
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S S S SW
T Wind Spd 17 13 13 16 18 16 18 20 20 20
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/03 Tue 06/04/24 Wed 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 95 61 99 61 92 62 92 60 89
Temp 89 92 70 61 93 95 71 62 89 89 70 63 89 86 69 61 84 87
Dewpt 52 42 51 46 41 38 48 54 57 54 62 61 58 54 57 57 57 55
Min/Max RH 16 59 11 75 27 93 29 87 33
RH 28 18 51 58 16 14 44 75 34 30 76 93 35 34 66 87 40 34
PWind dir SW S SW SE NE E E SE SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 5 5 5 5 10 10 20 20 20
Rain shwrs S S S S
Tstms S S S S
$$
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