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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
640 AM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

TXZ024-022115-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
640 AM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

Date             Sun 06/02/24            Mon 06/03/24            Tue 06/04/24
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                      90          67          95          66         101
Temp             68 77 85 88 85 73 70 69 69 80 90 95 92 78 72 69 67 82 95100 97
Dewpt            68 67 67 67 66 68 66 66 65 64 60 53 54 58 57 52 49 49 47 45 49
RH               99 73 55 49 54 85 88 89 87 59 37 24 28 51 59 55 53 32 19 15 20
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S SE  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  N
Wind spd          9 12 12 13 12 11 10 11 11 11  8  9  8  8  8  9 10  9  8  8  8
Clouds           B2 B1 SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          40          10           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.10           0        0.01           0
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  S  C  C              S  S
Tstms             S  S  S  S  C  C              S  S
LAL                     2     2     3     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     6     6     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt              4500  6400   800   600  4800  7700  2000   600  5400 14100
T Wind Dir              S     S     S    SW    SW     S     S    SW     W    NW
T Wind Spd             18    20    18    19    17    13    17    18    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          Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24  Fri 06/07/24  Sat 06/08/24
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          68    93      69    96      69    94      71    94
Temp          75 69 89 91   75 70 92 94   77 70 91 91   78 72 91 92
Dewpt         60 63 63 61   65 66 64 58   61 61 61 58   59 59 60 57
Max/Min RH       82    35      90    28      74    31      65    29
RH            60 82 43 38   72 88 40 30   59 74 38 33   52 65 35 31
PWind dir         N    NE      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      10    10      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                                          S    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                               S    S  S  S  S

$$
TXZ026-022115-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
640 AM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

Date             Sun 06/02/24            Mon 06/03/24            Tue 06/04/24
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                      90          69          97          67         102
Temp             69 76 86 90 87 77 73 71 69 79 90 96 94 80 75 70 67 81 95102 98
Dewpt            68 69 69 68 68 70 69 70 69 69 65 62 62 67 66 65 63 60 57 54 54
RH               97 79 57 49 53 79 87 97100 72 44 33 35 65 74 84 87 49 28 20 23
Wind dir          S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S SW SW SW  S  S
Wind spd          9 11 13 16 14 12 11 11  9 11 11 11 11 11 10  9  9  9  9 10  9
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 FW SC B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          40          10          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.37           0        0.04           0
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  S  C  C              S  S
Tstms             S  S  S  S  C  C              S  S
LAL                     2     2     3     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     5     5     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt              4300  5600   900   600  4700  6900  1400   500  3300 10100
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S    SW     W
T Wind Spd             18    20    19    17    17    16    18    17    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          Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24  Fri 06/07/24  Sat 06/08/24
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          68    94      69    98      70    97      70    95
Temp          78 69 89 92   77 70 93 96   79 70 92 95   79 71 92 93
Dewpt         65 66 65 64   68 69 67 62   66 66 64 60   63 63 62 59
Max/Min RH       91    37      99    31      88    30      76    30
RH            64 90 45 40   74 97 43 33   64 87 40 31   58 76 37 32
PWind dir        NE     E      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10     5      10    10      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                                       S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                            S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
TXZ043-022115-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
640 AM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

Date             Sun 06/02/24            Mon 06/03/24            Tue 06/04/24
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          70          97          68         103
Temp             68 78 85 89 88 78 74 72 71 81 92 97 93 79 75 71 69 83 97103100
Dewpt            68 69 69 69 70 71 72 70 70 71 67 57 57 60 62 63 63 62 55 47 50
RH              100 75 59 51 55 80 93 93 97 71 43 27 29 52 65 77 81 48 25 15 19
Wind dir          S  S  S  S SE  E  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd          5  9 11 12 11  9  9  9  9 12 11 11 10  9  9  9 10 12 11 10  8
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 FW SC B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          40          10          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.03        0.02           0           0
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  S  C  C              S  S
Tstms             S  S  S  S  C  C              S  S
LAL                     2     2     3     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     5     5     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt              5100  6100  1200   800  4400  8300  1700   600  4500 12900
T Wind Dir              S     S    SE     S    SW     S     S    SW    SW    SW
T Wind Spd             17    19    17    16    19    16    18    19    19    17
RFTI              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0
RFTI Category    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO


Date          Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24  Fri 06/07/24  Sat 06/08/24
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          69    96      70    99      71    96      72    97
Temp          78 69 92 94   78 71 94 95   78 71 93 94   79 73 93 94
Dewpt         60 64 65 63   70 69 67 62   66 66 65 60   63 62 63 59
Max/Min RH       83    34      94    30      85    30      69    29
RH            55 83 41 36   76 92 41 34   67 84 39 32   59 68 37 31
PWind dir         S    NE       E     S      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      10    10      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                                          S    S        S
Tstms                                               S    S        S

$$
TXZ035-022115-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
640 AM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

Date             Sun 06/02/24            Mon 06/03/24            Tue 06/04/24
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                      92          67         100          64         103
Temp             66 75 83 90 88 78 74 70 67 79 93100 97 82 75 68 65 81 98103100
Dewpt            65 65 66 64 62 64 64 63 62 63 51 37 33 42 45 42 44 44 39 34 35
RH               97 71 57 42 42 62 71 78 84 58 24 11 11 24 34 39 46 27 13  9 11
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  W  W NW
Wind spd         11 13 16 17 16 16 13 12 12 12 11 12 12 10 10 11 10 11  9 10 10
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 FW SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                 S  C  S
Tstms                      S  C  S
LAL                     1     2     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     5     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt              3900  7300  2100   800  4600 12700  6700   900  7400 16000
T Wind Dir              S     S    SE     S    SW    SW     S    SW     W     W
T Wind Spd             19    19    21    19    18    13    18    18    14    12
RFTI              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1
RFTI Category    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL


Date          Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24  Fri 06/07/24  Sat 06/08/24
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          67    95      69    98      70    96      70    96
Temp          77 67 91 92   77 69 94 94   79 70 92 93   79 70 92 93
Dewpt         49 58 60 55   62 64 60 55   58 60 58 53   55 57 57 52
Max/Min RH       73    26      85    24      71    24      63    23
RH            37 73 36 29   60 84 32 27   49 71 32 26   44 63 31 25
PWind dir        NE     E       E     S      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0    10      10    10      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                                          S    S  S     S
Tstms                                               S    S  S     S

$$
TXZ031-022115-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
640 AM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

Date             Sun 06/02/24            Mon 06/03/24            Tue 06/04/24
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          68          97          66         103
Temp             68 78 85 89 88 76 72 70 69 81 92 96 94 80 73 69 67 83 97102 99
Dewpt            68 70 69 68 69 71 70 70 69 70 65 61 61 66 66 64 61 59 56 52 53
RH              100 77 60 51 55 85 93100 99 69 42 31 34 62 78 86 82 45 26 19 21
Wind dir          S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S SW  S  S SE SE  S  S SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd          5 10 12 13 12 10  9  9  9 11 10 11 10  9  9  9  8  9  9  9  9
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 SC SC B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          40          10          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.30           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  S  C  C              S  S
Tstms             S  S  S  S  C  C              S  S
LAL                     2     2     3     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     5     5     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt              4400  5900  1000   800  5200  7400  1500   700  3400  9400
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S    SW    SW
T Wind Spd             17    19    18    18    17    14    18    18    16    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          Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24  Fri 06/07/24  Sat 06/08/24
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          67    95      69   100      69    96      71    96
Temp          77 68 92 93   77 70 94 97   78 70 92 95   79 71 93 94
Dewpt         64 66 66 64   71 69 68 62   66 66 65 62   64 62 63 60
Max/Min RH       94    36     100    31      88    32      76    30
RH            64 93 44 39   81 97 42 33   68 86 41 34   62 74 37 32
PWind dir        NE    NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      10    10      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                                          S    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                               S    S  S  S  S

$$
TXZ029-022115-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
640 AM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

Date             Sun 06/02/24            Mon 06/03/24            Tue 06/04/24
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          95          59          99
Temp             63 75 82 88 85 71 68 65 63 77 89 95 92 75 68 62 60 79 94 98 94
Dewpt            63 65 65 63 63 65 65 63 62 61 52 44 40 49 50 45 40 40 39 38 42
RH              100 71 56 43 48 81 90 93 97 58 28 17 16 40 52 54 47 25 15 13 17
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  W NW  N
Wind spd          9 12 14 14 12 12 12 12 11 11  9  9  8  8  8  8  8  9  8  9  8
Clouds           OV B1 SC FW B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                 S  C  S
Tstms                      S  C  S
LAL                     1     2     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt              4300  6400  1400   700  3800 10300  5900   500  7900 15600
T Wind Dir              S     S    SE     S    SW    SW     S    SW     W    NW
T Wind Spd             20    19    20    21    18    13    18    17    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          Wed 06/05/24  Thu 06/06/24  Fri 06/07/24  Sat 06/08/24
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          62    91      64    95      65    93      66    92
Temp          71 63 87 89   71 65 91 90   73 66 90 89   73 67 89 89
Dewpt         55 60 60 57   63 64 59 56   59 59 58 55   56 57 56 53
Max/Min RH       90    32     100    28      80    28      70    27
RH            57 90 40 34   76 97 34 32   62 78 34 32   55 70 33 29
PWind dir        NE     E      SE     S      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      10    10      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                                 S        S    S  S     S
Tstms                                      S        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