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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
208 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
TXZ024-110915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
208 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu
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 63 79 63 87 67
Temp 70 71 67 66 65 64 69 74 78 78 70 67 65 64 72 80 85 86 75 72 69 68
Dewpt 67 67 67 65 65 64 66 67 67 67 69 67 65 64 68 67 67 66 68 67 67 67
RH 90 87100 97 99100 89 78 70 70 99100100100 85 66 54 53 79 84 92 97
Wind dir E E S SE SE S E E E E SE SE S SW S SE SE SE SE S S SW
Wind spd 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 4 3 3 4 5 6 8 6 6 5 5
Clouds OV B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 40 20 5 5
QPF 12hr 0.20 0.25 0.01 0 0
Rain shwrs C S S C C C C S S S S
Tstms C S S C C C C S S S S
LAL 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 1500 1300 2900 3900 2200 1000 3900 4800 2700 500
T Wind Dir SE S SE E SE SW S SE S S
T Wind Spd 9 9 6 8 9 5 6 10 13 11
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 06/13 Fri 06/14/24 Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24
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 70 92 70 90 69 93 71 94
Temp 89 92 75 70 88 90 75 70 87 88 75 70 88 91 76 71 90 92
Dewpt 69 66 68 67 67 62 65 65 64 61 62 63 65 61 62 63 65 62
Min/Max RH 41 90 37 85 38 77 36 76 35
RH 51 43 78 89 49 40 70 83 46 40 64 76 47 38 61 75 43 37
PWind dir S S S S S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 5 0 20 20 30 10 10 5
Rain shwrs S S S C S
Tstms S S S C S
$$
TXZ026-110915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
208 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 65 81 65 89 68
Temp 76 76 71 68 66 65 69 74 78 79 72 69 67 65 73 81 87 88 77 74 70 68
Dewpt 67 67 68 67 66 65 66 68 68 67 69 68 67 65 67 68 67 67 68 68 69 68
RH 74 74 90 97100100 90 82 71 67 90 97100100 81 65 52 50 74 82 97100
Wind dir SE SE SE SE E E E E E E SE SE SE SE S S S S SE S S S
Wind spd 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 8 5 5 4 4 5 5 6 9 8 6 5 5
Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 50 20 5 0
QPF 12hr 0.02 0.26 0.04 0 0
Rain shwrs C S C C C C C C S S
Tstms C S C C C C C C S S
LAL 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Mix Hgt 1000 500 2100 3400 1800 700 3500 4900 3100 400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE E SE S S S SE S
T Wind Spd 9 8 6 9 10 5 6 9 13 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/13 Fri 06/14/24 Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 97 70 95 71 94 72 96 72 97
Temp 90 94 77 70 90 92 78 71 89 92 77 72 91 93 78 72 91 94
Dewpt 70 67 69 69 69 64 66 65 65 62 64 65 65 62 64 66 67 63
Min/Max RH 38 97 38 83 35 79 33 82 34
RH 52 41 76 97 50 40 67 81 45 37 64 79 42 36 62 81 45 36
PWind dir S S S SE S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW CL FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 10 10 20 10 10 5
Rain shwrs S S
Tstms S S
$$
TXZ043-110915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
208 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu
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 66 83 65 88 67
Temp 79 77 70 69 67 67 72 76 81 79 71 69 67 66 74 81 86 87 78 73 69 68
Dewpt 67 68 69 68 67 67 68 68 68 68 71 69 67 66 70 68 67 67 70 71 69 68
RH 67 72 96 96100100 85 76 64 68 99100100100 86 64 53 51 77 92100100
Wind dir E E NE SE SW E S N E E E E E NE E SE E SE SE SE S S
Wind spd 8 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 4 3 3 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 4
Clouds SC SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 50 30 5 0
QPF 12hr 0.08 0.62 0.07 0 0
Rain shwrs C C C C C C C C C C C S S
Tstms C C C C C C C C C C C S S
LAL 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mix Hgt 1900 600 2900 3500 1600 900 3900 5200 3400 500
T Wind Dir E S SW NE E E E E SE S
T Wind Spd 11 8 10 11 10 6 6 8 12 11
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 06/13 Fri 06/14/24 Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24
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 70 94 71 94 72 96 72 97
Temp 88 95 77 70 90 92 77 71 90 92 77 72 91 94 78 72 92 95
Dewpt 69 65 70 70 68 62 67 66 65 61 64 65 65 60 65 66 65 60
Min/Max RH 36 100 35 85 34 80 30 83 30
RH 54 37 81100 49 37 71 84 44 36 64 79 42 32 64 81 41 31
PWind dir S SE S SE S SE S SE S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 10 20 5 10 5
Rain shwrs S
Tstms S
$$
TXZ035-110915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
208 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 63 84 64 89 67
Temp 75 72 67 66 64 63 70 77 82 81 73 68 66 65 72 82 88 87 78 73 69 68
Dewpt 66 65 66 65 63 63 65 65 64 64 66 66 65 65 66 66 63 62 65 66 65 66
RH 74 79 97 97 97100 84 67 55 56 79 93 97100 81 58 43 43 64 79 87 93
Wind dir SE N E SE S SW SW N E E E E SE E S S SE SE SE SE S S
Wind spd 8 9 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 5 4 3 3 4 5 9 9 9 6 5
Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW B1 B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 60 40 20 0 0
QPF 12hr 0.25 0.15 0.01 0 0
Rain shwrs L L C S S C C S S S S
Tstms L L C S S C C S S S S
LAL 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 1400 1200 3900 4400 3000 1100 4000 5200 3300 500
T Wind Dir SE S SW NE E SE SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 11 12 10 11 13 9 6 8 16 13
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/13 Fri 06/14/24 Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 95 69 93 69 92 69 95 70 96
Temp 89 92 76 69 88 89 75 69 87 88 75 70 88 91 76 70 90 92
Dewpt 68 62 65 65 66 60 63 63 64 58 60 60 64 57 60 62 64 57
Min/Max RH 35 88 35 81 36 71 31 76 29
RH 50 37 69 87 48 38 66 81 46 36 60 71 45 32 58 76 42 31
PWind dir S SE S SE S SE S SE S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW CL FW FW CL FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 5 0 20 20 30 10 10 5
Rain shwrs S S S C
Tstms S S S C
$$
TXZ031-110915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
208 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu
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 81 65 88 67
Temp 76 76 71 69 67 66 71 74 78 79 72 69 67 66 74 81 86 87 77 73 69 68
Dewpt 68 69 70 68 67 66 68 69 69 70 71 69 67 66 69 69 69 69 70 71 69 68
RH 78 78 97 98100100 92 83 74 75 99100100100 86 68 57 55 80 92100100
Wind dir E E S SE SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE S S SE SE SE S S S
Wind spd 5 5 4 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 5 3 2 2 3 5 6 8 5 5 4 3
Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 50 20 5 0
QPF 12hr 0.01 0.30 0.01 0 0
Rain shwrs C S C C C C C C S S
Tstms C S C C C C C C S S
LAL 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Mix Hgt 1100 700 2700 3300 1500 1100 3900 5300 3300 600
T Wind Dir SE S S E SE S SE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 9 8 6 8 10 5 4 10 13 11
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 06/13 Fri 06/14/24 Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24
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 69 94 69 94 72 96 72 97
Temp 90 93 76 69 89 91 77 69 89 92 77 72 91 94 78 72 91 95
Dewpt 70 69 70 69 69 65 68 67 66 63 64 65 67 63 66 66 67 64
Min/Max RH 42 100 39 95 37 82 34 83 34
RH 54 45 82100 53 41 74 94 47 39 64 81 45 36 66 82 45 36
PWind dir S S S SE S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW CL FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 10 10 20 5 10 5
Rain shwrs S S
Tstms S S
$$
TXZ029-110915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
208 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024
Date 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 59 79 59 87 62
Temp 70 71 63 64 62 60 67 74 77 77 68 65 63 61 70 78 85 86 74 69 65 63
Dewpt 64 64 63 63 62 60 64 65 63 62 67 65 63 61 66 65 62 62 66 66 65 63
RH 81 79100 97100100 90 74 62 60 97100100100 87 64 46 45 76 90100100
Wind dir E E SE SE SE S SW E E E E SE S S S S S S SE S S S
Wind spd 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 5
Clouds B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 B2 SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 40 20 5 5
QPF 12hr 0.11 0.10 0.01 0 0
Rain shwrs L C C C C C C S S S S
Tstms L C C C C C C S S S S
LAL 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 1500 1100 3300 4100 2500 800 3700 5200 3200 500
T Wind Dir SE S SW NE E S SW S S S
T Wind Spd 11 11 9 10 12 8 6 9 14 13
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/13 Fri 06/14/24 Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 92 65 91 64 88 65 91 66 93
Temp 87 90 72 65 87 88 71 64 82 87 70 66 86 89 73 66 88 91
Dewpt 67 62 66 65 64 59 63 63 62 58 61 61 63 57 61 62 62 58
Min/Max RH 37 100 35 97 37 86 33 88 31
RH 52 39 81100 46 38 76 97 51 38 73 84 46 34 66 87 42 33
PWind dir S S S SE S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 10 5 30 20 30 10 10 5
Rain shwrs S C S C S
Tstms S C S C S
$$
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