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038 FOUS54 KLUB 162030 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 330 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 TXZ024-170900- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 330 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Date 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 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 56 80 58 92 61 Temp 72 70 62 59 59 56 64 73 78 79 68 63 61 59 75 86 91 88 74 69 64 62 Dewpt 60 60 61 59 59 56 59 57 54 52 56 55 54 53 55 53 52 53 57 57 57 55 RH 65 71 97100 99100 83 57 43 39 66 74 78 80 50 32 27 30 55 66 78 80 Wind dir NE NE E NW NW NW N N NE E SE S SW SW SW S S SE SE SE SE S Wind spd 10 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 6 5 5 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW PoP 12hr 70 10 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.08 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C L C S Tstms C L C S LAL 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 1600 700 5500 6900 700 500 5900 8200 2500 500 T Wind Dir N N N NW S SW SW S SE SE T Wind Spd 10 6 6 5 10 11 12 14 18 13 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 05/19 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 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 68 98 66 89 58 80 62 92 Temp 89 93 75 69 93 95 73 67 84 85 66 59 75 80 66 63 85 91 Dewpt 56 50 49 43 44 40 40 43 46 45 47 48 52 53 56 57 53 47 Min/Max RH 21 40 13 43 22 66 38 84 22 RH 33 23 40 39 19 15 30 42 27 25 50 66 45 40 70 82 33 22 PWind dir S SW SW SW NW NE E SE SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 10 $$ TXZ026-170900- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 330 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Date 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 81 58 92 63 Temp 74 73 65 62 60 59 65 73 78 79 69 65 61 59 74 86 91 88 76 71 66 64 Dewpt 62 61 63 62 60 59 62 60 59 56 60 61 61 59 60 59 57 58 62 64 63 63 RH 66 66 93100100100 90 64 52 45 73 87100100 62 40 32 36 62 79 90 97 Wind dir NE E E S NW NW N N N S SE S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 10 9 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 9 9 9 9 8 6 6 Clouds B2 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL CL FW PoP 12hr 60 10 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.08 0.02 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S L L S Tstms S L L S LAL 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 4 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 Mix Hgt 1100 400 4200 6300 400 300 5100 6600 1800 400 T Wind Dir SE NW N NW S S SW S SE SE T Wind Spd 9 6 6 5 9 10 9 14 17 16 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/19 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 94 68 98 66 89 58 83 62 91 Temp 89 91 77 68 93 95 74 67 85 85 68 59 76 82 68 63 83 89 Dewpt 63 60 59 55 52 48 53 52 53 50 53 52 55 56 60 60 62 56 Min/Max RH 33 64 18 59 28 79 40 93 33 RH 42 36 54 63 25 20 48 59 33 30 59 78 48 41 76 90 49 33 PWind dir S S SW SW NW NE E SE S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 10 20 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ TXZ043-170900- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 330 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Date 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 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 57 80 58 94 62 Temp 72 70 62 60 60 57 65 73 79 79 68 64 61 59 74 88 93 91 76 70 65 63 Dewpt 64 63 62 60 60 57 61 61 59 57 59 60 59 58 59 59 55 56 58 59 58 57 RH 76 78100100100100 86 65 50 46 73 87 94 96 60 38 28 31 54 69 78 81 Wind dir NE E W W NW W NW NW NW E SE S S SW SW S S SE SE SE SE S Wind spd 9 8 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 8 6 5 6 5 5 5 Clouds B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW PoP 12hr 90 10 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.37 0.08 0 0 0 Rain shwrs D D L S Tstms D D L S LAL 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 1400 900 4300 6000 600 400 4500 6900 1400 500 T Wind Dir NE NW NW NW SE S SW S SE S T Wind Spd 11 6 8 8 9 10 11 13 16 12 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 05/19 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 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 71 101 71 94 61 85 64 95 Temp 92 95 79 72 95 98 75 71 90 90 70 61 80 83 68 65 88 93 Dewpt 63 56 55 57 55 50 51 61 54 50 52 54 59 58 61 62 61 53 Min/Max RH 24 60 17 70 23 76 39 92 26 RH 38 27 45 60 26 20 43 70 29 25 53 76 48 43 77 91 40 26 PWind dir S S SW SW NW NE E SE S 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 FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 10 20 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ TXZ035-170900- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 330 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Date 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 54 82 57 94 62 Temp 71 68 61 57 57 55 64 73 79 80 69 64 60 58 74 88 93 91 77 70 65 63 Dewpt 58 57 57 56 56 55 56 55 52 49 53 53 52 50 52 50 44 44 49 51 50 49 RH 63 68 87 96 96100 75 53 39 34 57 67 75 75 46 27 19 20 37 51 58 60 Wind dir NE E NW NW N N N N W NW SE S S SW SW SW SW S SE SE SE S Wind spd 12 10 8 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 6 8 9 9 9 9 Clouds B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW CL FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL CL FW PoP 12hr 100 10 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.58 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs L D L Tstms L D L LAL 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 Mix Hgt 1900 700 5100 7400 1200 400 4700 12300 3800 500 T Wind Dir N N N NW S S SW SW SE S T Wind Spd 16 13 9 8 11 11 14 13 18 17 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/19 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 98 66 98 66 91 59 84 62 94 Temp 92 95 76 67 93 94 73 66 86 86 69 59 79 82 68 63 87 92 Dewpt 51 38 42 44 37 33 38 43 41 39 44 48 51 47 53 55 46 32 Min/Max RH 13 43 10 43 16 67 28 77 12 RH 25 14 30 43 14 12 28 43 21 19 40 67 38 29 59 75 24 12 PWind dir S SW W SW NW NE E SE SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 $$ TXZ031-170900- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 330 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Date 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 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 58 81 58 92 62 Temp 73 73 65 62 60 58 66 73 79 80 69 65 60 59 75 88 92 90 76 71 65 63 Dewpt 63 62 64 62 60 58 62 62 60 57 61 62 60 59 59 58 57 58 63 64 63 60 RH 71 70 97100100100 87 70 54 46 75 92 99100 58 38 32 35 64 80 92 90 Wind dir NE E SE NW NW NW NW N N E SE S S SW S S S SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 10 9 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 8 9 9 6 5 5 5 Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW PoP 12hr 60 10 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.14 0.06 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S L L S Tstms S L L S LAL 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 1600 1200 4400 6100 1600 600 5800 6900 2000 700 T Wind Dir SE N N NW S S SW S SE SE T Wind Spd 9 6 8 6 10 10 9 14 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 05/19 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 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 70 100 68 92 59 83 61 94 Temp 91 94 77 70 95 97 75 68 87 88 69 60 77 82 68 62 86 92 Dewpt 63 58 58 54 53 50 51 51 53 50 53 53 57 58 61 61 62 57 Min/Max RH 29 56 18 55 25 79 41 98 31 RH 41 31 52 56 24 21 43 55 31 27 57 79 50 44 78 95 45 31 PWind dir S S SW SW NW NE E SE S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 20 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ TXZ029-170900- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 330 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Date 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 50 78 52 91 57 Temp 70 65 57 55 53 51 62 70 76 78 65 59 55 53 71 85 90 88 71 65 60 58 Dewpt 57 57 57 55 53 51 56 54 50 48 52 53 51 50 51 49 44 45 51 53 51 49 RH 63 75100100100100 81 57 40 35 63 80 86 89 49 29 20 22 49 65 72 72 Wind dir NE NE W NW N N N N NW W SE S S SW SW SW SW SE SE SE S S Wind spd 10 8 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 Clouds B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW PoP 12hr 90 10 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.10 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs L D C Tstms L D C LAL 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 Mix Hgt 1300 1000 5700 8000 900 500 4600 11300 3500 500 T Wind Dir N N N NW S S SW SW SE S T Wind Spd 11 10 6 5 9 14 14 13 20 19 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/19 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 94 60 95 61 87 52 81 57 91 Temp 88 91 70 60 90 91 68 61 82 83 61 53 74 80 62 58 84 89 Dewpt 51 40 42 39 35 33 37 39 41 39 45 46 50 47 54 55 46 35 Min/Max RH 16 46 11 44 19 77 30 94 15 RH 28 17 36 46 14 13 32 44 23 21 56 77 43 31 75 90 27 15 PWind dir S SW W SW NW NE SE S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 $$ 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)...........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