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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
132 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024
TXZ024-290915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
132 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024
Date 05/28/24 Wed 05/29/24 Thu 05/30/24 Fri
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 74 63 81 61
Temp 81 70 65 65 63 62 66 69 73 73 67 66 65 65 69 74 78 74 67 65 63 63
Dewpt 66 64 64 64 63 62 64 65 65 65 67 66 65 65 67 68 68 68 67 65 63 63
RH 60 82 97 97 99100 93 89 74 74100100 98 99 93 82 70 81100100 99 99
Wind dir E E SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE
Wind spd 12 12 9 6 5 5 6 9 9 10 8 8 6 6 8 10 11 11 9 9 8 8
Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 60 20 40 50 60
QPF 12hr 0.17 0.03 0.18 0.19 0.44
Rain shwrs C L C C S S S S C C C C C C C C L L L L C
Tstms C L C C S S S S C C C C C C C C L L L L C
LAL 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 4600 1200 900 2700 3900 2100 800 3700 4400 1400 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE E
T Wind Spd 20 18 10 10 12 13 11 14 18 16 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 05/31 Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 Tue 06/04/24
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 78 63 84 62 89 68 94 68 93
Temp 71 76 66 64 77 78 66 65 81 85 72 71 88 89 74 70 86 89
Dewpt 65 64 65 64 68 67 66 65 69 66 67 63 66 62 64 62 65 62
Min/Max RH 65 100 63 100 50 84 37 77 39
RH 81 68 98100 74 70 99 99 66 53 83 77 49 41 72 77 49 42
PWind dir E SE SE S S S SW S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 50 30 40 40 20 10 10 10 10
Rain shwrs C C C S S C C S
Tstms C C C S S C C S
$$
TXZ026-290915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
132 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024
Date 05/28/24 Wed 05/29/24 Thu 05/30/24 Fri
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 62 79 64 81 61
Temp 85 77 69 67 65 63 68 71 77 77 70 68 67 66 70 74 78 76 69 67 66 64
Dewpt 65 64 65 64 65 63 65 66 66 65 68 67 67 66 67 68 70 69 68 66 65 64
RH 51 64 87 90100100 90 84 69 67 93 97100100 90 82 76 79 97 97 97100
Wind dir E SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE
Wind spd 14 12 9 6 6 6 8 10 10 10 9 8 8 8 9 11 12 12 10 9 8 6
Clouds B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 50 30 40 50 70
QPF 12hr 0.25 0.05 0.20 0.10 0.67
Rain shwrs C C C C C C C S C C C C C C C C L L L L L
Tstms C C C C C C C S C C C C C C C C L L L L L
LAL 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 3
Haines 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 4200 700 700 3200 4100 1800 600 2700 2700 1100 900
T Wind Dir SE SE E SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 21 18 11 10 11 13 11 14 17 21 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/31 Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 Tue 06/04/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 80 63 84 63 87 68 95 68 93
Temp 72 76 68 66 77 80 69 66 80 84 74 70 88 90 76 70 86 89
Dewpt 67 66 68 66 69 69 68 66 70 69 70 69 69 67 68 66 67 65
Min/Max RH 70 100 67 100 58 100 43 90 43
RH 84 71 100100 76 69 97100 72 61 87 97 54 47 76 87 53 45
PWind dir E SE SE S S S S SE S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 60 30 30 40 20 10 10 20 10
Rain shwrs L C C S S C C S S S
Tstms L C C S S C C S S S
$$
TXZ043-290915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
132 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024
Date 05/28/24 Wed 05/29/24 Thu 05/30/24 Fri
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 62 79 65 85 63
Temp 84 75 68 66 66 64 70 74 78 78 71 69 68 68 72 79 81 79 70 68 67 66
Dewpt 67 66 66 66 64 64 66 67 68 68 69 68 68 68 69 71 71 70 70 68 67 66
RH 57 74 93100 95100 86 78 70 70 95 97100100 91 77 71 74 99100100100
Wind dir E E E E E E SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE E
Wind spd 12 12 10 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 8 5 5 5 6 9 10 11 9 8 5 5
Clouds B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 50 30 20 50 60
QPF 12hr 0.90 0.03 0.04 0.10 0.40
Rain shwrs C C C S S C S S S S S S S C C L L C C C
Tstms C C C S S C S S S S S S S C C L L C C C
LAL 4 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 3
Haines 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 4300 900 1100 3100 4000 1600 900 4100 5100 1200 1300
T Wind Dir SE E E E SE SE SE S S E E
T Wind Spd 23 20 16 12 14 13 11 14 19 21 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 05/31 Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 Tue 06/04/24
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 81 63 85 63 90 69 96 70 95
Temp 73 79 68 67 79 81 69 68 83 87 74 71 89 89 76 71 88 91
Dewpt 68 67 68 67 69 69 69 67 72 69 71 70 69 67 68 68 68 64
Min/Max RH 64 100 65 100 52 98 43 92 38
RH 83 66 100100 73 68 99 99 69 54 90 97 52 48 78 90 51 41
PWind dir E E SE SE S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 50 30 40 40 20 10 10 10 10
Rain shwrs C C C S S C C S S
Tstms C C C S S C C S S
$$
TXZ035-290915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
132 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024
Date 05/28/24 Wed 05/29/24 Thu 05/30/24 Fri
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 61 79 64 88 62
Temp 85 74 68 65 63 62 67 73 77 76 70 67 67 66 71 79 83 81 71 67 66 64
Dewpt 60 61 62 62 63 62 63 64 63 63 64 65 64 65 67 66 62 61 63 63 62 62
RH 43 64 81 90100100 87 73 62 64 81 93 90 97 87 64 49 51 76 87 87 93
Wind dir SE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE E E SE E
Wind spd 16 17 17 12 9 8 9 10 12 13 12 12 10 9 10 12 13 16 14 12 11 9
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr 60 20 20 40 40
QPF 12hr 0.24 0.01 0 0.06 0.04
Rain shwrs C L C S S S S S C C C C C C C
Tstms C L C S S S S S C C C C C C C
LAL 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 3
Haines 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 7900 2800 1400 3100 3600 1800 1400 3800 7000 5100 1800
T Wind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE S S SE E
T Wind Spd 24 26 19 13 16 19 17 18 20 23 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/31 Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 Tue 06/04/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 85 63 86 63 93 68 98 67 97
Temp 76 80 68 65 78 77 67 65 83 88 74 69 91 92 75 69 91 91
Dewpt 62 59 63 63 66 62 63 64 65 56 60 59 57 46 57 59 55 47
Min/Max RH 46 93 53 97 32 70 19 71 19
RH 62 49 84 93 67 60 87 97 55 34 62 70 32 21 54 70 30 22
PWind dir E SE SE SE S S SW S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 30 20 40 30 20 10 5 10 10
Rain shwrs C C S S S C C S
Tstms C C S S S C C S
$$
TXZ031-290915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
132 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024
Date 05/28/24 Wed 05/29/24 Thu 05/30/24 Fri
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 61 79 64 81 61
Temp 85 76 68 67 65 63 69 72 77 78 70 68 67 66 71 76 79 77 70 67 66 65
Dewpt 67 66 66 67 65 63 66 67 67 67 69 68 67 66 69 71 71 71 70 67 66 65
RH 56 73 93100100100 92 84 71 69 96 99100100 94 85 77 82100100100 99
Wind dir SE E SE E E NE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE E
Wind spd 13 12 9 5 5 5 5 9 10 9 6 5 5 5 6 10 11 11 9 6 5 5
Clouds B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 60 30 30 40 60
QPF 12hr 0.34 0.03 0.37 0.05 0.61
Rain shwrs C C L C S C C S C C C C C C C C L L L L L
Tstms C C L C S C C S C C C C C C C C L L L L L
LAL 3 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 4300 1000 1400 2900 4200 2300 1000 3800 3900 1300 1400
T Wind Dir SE SE E SE SE SE SE S SE E E
T Wind Spd 23 18 11 10 11 13 12 14 17 23 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 05/31 Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 Tue 06/04/24
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 80 62 85 62 89 68 95 68 95
Temp 73 78 68 66 78 81 69 66 81 86 74 70 89 91 75 70 88 91
Dewpt 67 68 68 66 70 70 69 66 71 71 71 70 71 68 70 67 68 67
Min/Max RH 70 100 67 100 60 100 44 93 44
RH 83 72 99100 77 70 100 99 73 61 91100 57 48 84 90 53 45
PWind dir E SE SE S S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 60 30 30 40 20 10 10 20 10
Rain shwrs L C C S S C C S S S
Tstms L C C S S C C S S S
$$
TXZ029-290915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
132 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024
Date 05/28/24 Wed 05/29/24 Thu 05/30/24 Fri
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 57 74 60 84 57
Temp 80 70 63 62 60 58 65 69 74 72 65 64 63 63 69 74 80 77 65 63 61 61
Dewpt 63 61 63 62 60 58 63 63 63 62 65 64 63 63 66 66 63 63 65 63 61 61
RH 56 73100100100100 93 81 69 71100100100100 90 76 56 62100100100100
Wind dir E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE E SE E NE
Wind spd 12 16 12 8 5 5 6 9 10 10 9 9 8 6 8 10 12 12 11 9 8 6
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 60 20 30 50 50
QPF 12hr 0.17 0.01 0.06 0.08 0.13
Rain shwrs C L C C S S S S C C S S C C C C C C C
Tstms C L C C S S S S C C S S C C C C C C C
LAL 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 3
Haines 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 8000 2100 1300 2700 3500 2000 1000 3700 6700 1500 1400
T Wind Dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE S S E E
T Wind Spd 23 25 16 12 13 19 14 19 18 18 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/31 Sat 06/01/24 Sun 06/02/24 Mon 06/03/24 Tue 06/04/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 80 58 84 57 89 62 93 62 93
Temp 72 76 63 62 75 75 63 63 81 85 68 65 87 89 70 64 87 89
Dewpt 62 59 63 62 65 63 63 62 65 57 63 59 58 51 60 59 57 52
Min/Max RH 52 100 56 100 35 84 25 85 27
RH 71 56 100100 71 66 100 97 58 39 84 81 38 27 71 84 36 28
PWind dir E SE S S S S SW S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 30 30 40 40 20 10 10 10 10
Rain shwrs C C C S S C C S
Tstms C C C S S C C S
$$
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