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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
221 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024

TXZ024-160930-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
221 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024

Date           06/15/24      Sun 06/16/24            Mon 06/17/24            Tue
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                      70          93          72          95          72
Temp          90 90 80 75 72 70 80 88 92 91 81 76 74 72 81 89 95 93 83 79 76 73
Dewpt         65 64 66 64 64 65 67 69 68 65 66 64 63 64 67 68 67 65 64 65 65 67
RH            44 43 62 70 76 84 66 54 46 43 61 66 68 75 64 50 41 40 54 62 70 81
Wind dir       S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      11 11 10  9  8  8 12 12 16 14 13 12 12 13 16 16 18 16 16 17 16 14
Clouds        FW FW SC FW FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        S  S
Tstms             S  S
LAL                     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     4     5     5     5     4     6     6     6     3
Mix Hgt              1500   600  4300  6700  1800   800  4300  6300  4100  1200
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             17    13    18    23    20    18    24    25    23    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           06/18  Wed 06/19/24  Thu 06/20/24  Fri 06/21/24  Sat 06/22/24
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      71    85      68    80      67    84      69    90
Temp          88 91   76 71 81 84   72 68 76 79   71 68 79 83   72 69 86 89
Dewpt         68 65   67 67 68 66   66 67 69 68   67 66 68 65   63 65 65 62
Min/Max RH       40      87    54      96    70      94    52      86     0
RH            53 44   73 86 65 55   81 95 81 71   88 94 68 53   73 85 50 42
PWind dir         S      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       15>     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      30    30      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                           C  C  C  C    C  S  S
Tstms                                C  C  C  C    C  S  S

$$
TXZ026-160930-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
221 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024

Date           06/15/24      Sun 06/16/24            Mon 06/17/24            Tue
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                      72          95          72          95          73
Temp          92 92 83 78 74 72 81 89 93 92 83 79 75 72 80 90 94 93 83 80 76 73
Dewpt         65 64 64 64 66 67 67 69 68 65 65 65 66 66 67 68 66 65 66 67 69 69
RH            41 40 53 62 76 84 63 52 44 41 55 62 75 80 65 49 40 40 57 65 80 86
Wind dir       S  S SE  S SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      12 12 12 11 11 10 13 14 17 16 14 13 13 12 17 17 19 18 17 17 16 13
Clouds        CL FW B1 B1 FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     4     5     5     4     4     4     4     4     3
Mix Hgt               800   400  4500  6400  2400   800  4600  6400  3400  1700
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S    SE     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             18    16    18    23    21    19    25    25    25    21
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           06/18  Wed 06/19/24  Thu 06/20/24  Fri 06/21/24  Sat 06/22/24
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      72    89      69    85      69    89      70    93
Temp          88 92   78 72 84 85   74 69 78 84   74 69 83 86   75 70 88 91
Dewpt         68 66   68 68 69 67   67 67 69 68   67 67 68 65   66 65 66 63
Min/Max RH       41      87    50      94    58      93    46      86     0
RH            51 43   71 86 61 55   79 92 74 59   79 92 60 50   74 83 48 40
PWind dir         S      SE    SE      SE     E      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       15>     15>   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      20    30      30    20      10     5
Rain shwrs                           S  S  C  C    C  S  S
Tstms                                S  S  C  C    C  S  S

$$
TXZ043-160930-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
221 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024

Date           06/15/24      Sun 06/16/24            Mon 06/17/24            Tue
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                      73          96          73          97          74
Temp          94 93 83 78 75 73 81 89 95 94 84 78 75 73 82 91 96 96 85 80 76 74
Dewpt         63 63 64 65 66 68 69 67 65 65 65 65 65 67 67 66 65 63 66 68 69 69
RH            36 37 54 64 73 84 66 48 37 38 54 64 71 79 62 45 36 34 52 68 77 84
Wind dir       S SE SE  S SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd      10 10 10  9  9  9 11 12 13 13 12 11 10  9 12 14 16 14 13 12 11  9
Clouds        FW CL SC B1 FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     4     5     5     5     4     6     6     6     4
Mix Hgt              1000   700  4800  7200  1500   800  5000  7300  5000  2100
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S     S    SE     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             18    14    20    20    23    18    23    24    26    21
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           06/18  Wed 06/19/24  Thu 06/20/24  Fri 06/21/24  Sat 06/22/24
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      71    89      69    84      69    86      69    93
Temp          91 95   78 71 85 85   73 69 78 83   72 69 81 86   74 69 88 90
Dewpt         67 64   69 69 68 66   69 69 70 68   68 68 68 65   66 66 65 62
Min/Max RH       34      92    49     100    60      98    49      92     0
RH            46 37   75 91 57 53   86100 75 61   88 98 65 50   77 90 47 39
PWind dir         S      SE    SE       E     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW SC SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      20    40      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                           S  S  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                                S  S  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
TXZ035-160930-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
221 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024

Date           06/15/24      Sun 06/16/24            Mon 06/17/24            Tue
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                      71          94          71          96          72
Temp          92 90 81 76 74 71 79 89 94 91 84 78 74 72 79 90 96 93 84 79 75 73
Dewpt         61 60 63 63 62 63 67 67 63 60 61 61 60 63 66 65 62 60 61 62 62 65
RH            36 37 54 64 66 76 67 48 36 36 46 56 61 74 64 44 33 34 46 56 63 77
Wind dir       S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      16 14 13 12 12 12 17 17 17 19 18 16 16 17 19 18 19 19 19 18 17 17
Clouds        FW SC SC FW CL CL SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30           5           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.31           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        C  C                                            S
Tstms             C  C                                            S
LAL                     3     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     5     5     6     6     6     5     6
Mix Hgt              4100   600  3800  7800  2000   800  3900  7600  4800  1600
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S     S    SE     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             20    18    20    20    23    20    24    25    25    25
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           06/18  Wed 06/19/24  Thu 06/20/24  Fri 06/21/24  Sat 06/22/24
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    89      68    83      67    85      68    90
Temp          90 93   77 71 83 84   72 68 79 78   71 67 80 82   72 68 86 87
Dewpt         66 58   64 66 66 63   65 66 67 65   66 65 66 62   62 63 64 60
Min/Max RH       29      85    45      92    59      92    49      83     0
RH            45 31   63 85 56 49   79 92 67 64   84 92 62 51   71 83 48 41
PWind dir         S      SE    SE       E     E      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       15>     15>   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5       5     5      30    30      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                           C  S  S  C    C  S  S  S
Tstms                                C  S  S  C    C  S  S  S

$$
TXZ031-160930-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
221 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024

Date           06/15/24      Sun 06/16/24            Mon 06/17/24            Tue
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                      72          95          72          97          73
Temp          92 92 82 77 74 72 81 89 93 93 83 78 75 72 81 91 95 95 85 80 76 73
Dewpt         66 66 67 66 67 68 70 70 68 68 67 66 67 67 69 69 67 67 67 68 70 69
RH            43 44 59 70 79 87 69 55 45 44 59 67 76 84 66 49 41 41 56 67 83 88
Wind dir       S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      12 12 11  9  9  9 12 13 16 14 13 12 12 10 16 17 18 17 17 14 13 12
Clouds        FW FW SC B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     4     5     5     5     4     5     5     5     4
Mix Hgt              1400   700  4800  7100  2800  1000  5000  6500  3300  2000
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S     S    SE     S     S     S    SE     S
T Wind Spd             18    16    19    23    21    18    24    25    25    23
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           06/18  Wed 06/19/24  Thu 06/20/24  Fri 06/21/24  Sat 06/22/24
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      71    88      69    84      68    87      69    93
Temp          88 93   78 71 84 86   74 69 78 83   72 68 82 85   74 69 87 91
Dewpt         69 68   70 69 70 69   69 69 71 69   69 68 70 67   67 66 67 65
Min/Max RH       42      94    53      99    64     100    53      93     0
RH            54 44   77 92 63 58   84 98 80 64   91 99 67 55   78 90 51 41
PWind dir         S      SE    SE      SE     E      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       15>     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      20    30      30    20      10     5
Rain shwrs                           S  S  C  C    C  C  S
Tstms                                S  S  C  C    C  C  S

$$
TXZ029-160930-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
221 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024

Date           06/15/24      Sun 06/16/24            Mon 06/17/24            Tue
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                      67          92          67          93          68
Temp          90 88 76 72 69 67 77 85 91 90 79 74 70 68 77 86 92 90 78 74 71 68
Dewpt         61 61 64 64 64 63 66 67 64 62 63 62 62 63 65 65 63 61 63 63 64 65
RH            38 40 66 76 84 87 69 55 41 39 58 66 75 85 67 49 38 38 60 69 80 89
Wind dir       S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      12 11 10  9  9  9 13 13 16 16 13 13 13 14 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16
Clouds        FW SC SC CL FW CL SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30           5           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        C  C                                            S  S
Tstms             C  C                                            S  S
LAL                     3     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     5     5     6     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt              2000   700  3700  7000  2900   800  4000  7200  4700  1300
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             18    19    19    21    23    23    25    26    24    25
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           06/18  Wed 06/19/24  Thu 06/20/24  Fri 06/21/24  Sat 06/22/24
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      66    86      64    79      63    82      63    88
Temp          86 90   72 66 80 82   68 65 75 76   66 64 75 81   68 64 83 86
Dewpt         65 59   66 66 65 64   66 65 67 65   66 64 65 62   63 63 63 60
Min/Max RH       33      99    51     100    66     100    51      99     0
RH            49 35   81 99 60 55   93100 77 69  100100 71 52   84 97 51 42
PWind dir         S      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       15>     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      30    30      40    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                           C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                                C  C  C  C    C  C  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