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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
213 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
TXZ024-060930-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
213 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
Date 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat
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 99 69 99 76
Temp 91 91 79 74 71 71 83 95 98 93 81 75 72 70 81 93 98 98 85 81 78 76
Dewpt 58 56 58 60 60 63 65 61 57 60 61 61 60 62 63 61 58 56 55 56 55 55
RH 33 31 49 61 68 76 54 33 26 33 52 60 67 76 54 35 27 25 36 43 44 48
Wind dir SE SE S S SW SW SW S S SW S S S SE S S S S S S SW SW
Wind spd 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 6 9 10 8 8 5 4 6 11 13 14 12 12 12 12
Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 20 30 5 10
QPF 12hr 0 0.07 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S C C
Tstms S C C
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 5
Mix Hgt 6200 3000 100 12600 14700 300 200 4100 11000 6400 100
T Wind Dir S S SW SW SE E NE E S SW SW
T Wind Spd 11 10 9 12 10 6 3 3 21 12 6
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 06/08 Sun 06/09/24 Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24
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 100 69 87 64 81 63 86 64 89
Temp 96 97 76 69 82 84 70 64 75 79 66 63 79 84 68 64 83 87
Dewpt 57 53 59 62 64 62 62 60 60 59 59 58 60 60 60 61 63 61
Min/Max RH 21 79 45 86 47 85 42 89 39
RH 28 23 55 78 53 48 75 86 59 52 80 83 51 44 76 89 51 42
PWind dir SW NE NE NE E SE S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 5 30 30 50 30 30 20 30 20
Rain shwrs C S S C C C C S C S C C S S
Tstms C S S C C C C S C S C C S S
$$
TXZ026-060930-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
213 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
Date 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 69 99 70 100 76
Temp 92 92 81 76 71 70 83 94 98 94 83 78 73 71 81 92 99 98 89 84 79 76
Dewpt 58 57 61 62 64 64 66 63 62 62 64 64 65 65 64 64 61 60 60 61 62 60
RH 32 31 51 62 78 82 57 36 31 34 52 62 77 83 56 40 29 29 38 47 55 57
Wind dir SE SE S S S S SW S S E SE SE E E SE S S S S S S SW
Wind spd 8 8 9 9 6 4 5 6 10 12 10 9 6 5 9 11 14 16 13 12 11 10
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 20 20 5 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.04 0
Rain shwrs S S S
Tstms S S S
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5
Mix Hgt 6300 3400 100 12100 14600 100 100 4100 9000 6600 100
T Wind Dir SE S SW SW S NE E E SE S SW
T Wind Spd 9 10 6 11 11 6 6 4 24 13 4
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/08 Sun 06/09/24 Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 103 71 90 65 83 62 87 65 90
Temp 97100 80 71 87 87 73 65 78 82 68 63 80 86 71 65 84 87
Dewpt 56 54 61 63 63 62 61 59 57 57 59 58 59 59 61 63 63 62
Min/Max RH 20 76 41 85 41 90 39 93 39
RH 25 22 52 76 45 44 67 81 49 42 72 85 48 40 71 92 49 43
PWind dir SW SE NE NE E SE SE SE S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 5 20 20 40 20 20 20 30 20
Rain shwrs S S S S C C S S S S C S S S
Tstms S S S S C C S S S S C S S S
$$
TXZ043-060930-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
213 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
Date 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat
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 68 102 72 102 75
Temp 93 92 81 74 70 69 85 96101 99 86 79 75 73 86 97101100 88 81 78 75
Dewpt 60 60 62 64 65 66 68 63 58 57 60 61 62 63 64 62 57 56 58 60 60 60
RH 33 35 54 69 84 91 57 34 24 25 42 54 64 71 48 32 23 23 36 47 53 59
Wind dir E E E SE S SW SW S SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S SW
Wind spd 11 9 5 5 5 4 5 6 9 10 9 8 5 4 6 9 11 12 10 9 9 9
Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 5 10 5 5
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.07 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 6
Mix Hgt 5100 2900 100 10000 13200 6900 100 10500 14200 6800 100
T Wind Dir E SE S SW S SE S SW S S SW
T Wind Spd 13 6 5 14 10 11 6 17 18 14 5
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 06/08 Sun 06/09/24 Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24
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 103 74 94 67 86 64 89 66 92
Temp 98101 82 74 92 91 74 67 80 84 69 64 82 88 70 66 85 89
Dewpt 58 53 59 64 65 64 66 65 61 60 62 62 62 61 64 64 65 62
Min/Max RH 20 69 37 94 41 93 39 94 38
RH 26 21 46 69 42 42 76 92 52 44 79 93 51 41 81 93 51 40
PWind dir S S SE E NE E SE SE S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 10 20 50 30 20 20 30 20
Rain shwrs S C C C S S S C S
Tstms S C C C S S S C S
$$
TXZ035-060930-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
213 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
Date 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 69 101 73 100 73
Temp 93 92 82 75 72 69 83 95 99 96 87 81 76 73 85 96100 97 88 81 77 73
Dewpt 53 53 56 59 60 62 65 59 53 52 55 56 57 58 61 57 52 50 51 52 53 55
RH 26 27 41 57 67 78 55 30 21 22 34 43 51 59 44 27 20 21 29 36 43 53
Wind dir SE SE SE SE S S SW S S E SE S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind spd 12 12 11 11 9 6 9 10 12 13 12 12 10 8 12 13 16 17 14 13 12 12
Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 10 20 5 5
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.05 0 0
Rain shwrs S S
Tstms S S
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 3 3 3 3 5 4 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 6600 3300 100 11200 14700 8900 200 9600 12700 5400 100
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S S S SW S S S
T Wind Spd 13 12 9 13 12 12 5 19 20 13 4
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/08 Sun 06/09/24 Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 102 71 92 65 83 63 88 64 92
Temp 97 98 80 71 89 85 71 65 78 81 67 64 82 85 69 64 86 89
Dewpt 56 50 54 58 62 62 61 60 59 57 57 57 58 56 60 60 61 57
Min/Max RH 18 63 36 84 41 81 34 87 31
RH 26 20 40 63 41 47 70 83 53 44 69 79 44 37 73 86 43 34
PWind dir S S E E E SE S SE S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 5 20 30 50 40 30 20 30 20
Rain shwrs S C L C C C C C C S
Tstms S C L C C C C C C S
$$
TXZ031-060930-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
213 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
Date 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat
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 68 102 70 101 76
Temp 94 93 82 76 71 68 86 97101 97 86 79 74 71 84 94100 99 88 83 79 76
Dewpt 58 59 62 63 64 65 66 63 60 60 63 63 64 65 63 63 61 60 60 59 60 59
RH 31 32 51 65 79 90 52 33 26 30 47 59 71 82 50 37 28 28 38 45 52 56
Wind dir SE SE SE S S S SW S S S SE S S SE S S S S S S S SW
Wind spd 9 8 6 5 5 3 5 8 10 11 9 6 4 4 5 11 13 13 11 10 9 9
Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 10 20 5 5
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.02 0
Rain shwrs S S
Tstms S S
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5
Mix Hgt 5100 2700 100 11700 13300 7600 100 5600 11000 6500 100
T Wind Dir SE S SW SW S SE E SW S S SW
T Wind Spd 10 8 8 13 10 3 4 4 19 13 5
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 06/08 Sun 06/09/24 Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24
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 104 71 92 65 84 63 88 64 91
Temp 99101 81 71 87 88 73 65 79 82 68 63 81 87 70 64 85 88
Dewpt 57 54 61 64 65 65 64 60 60 61 62 60 62 62 63 64 65 64
Min/Max RH 20 79 40 86 45 89 41 100 40
RH 25 21 50 79 48 46 76 85 52 49 81 88 52 44 78 99 53 45
PWind dir S S NE NE NE SE SE SE S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 20 20 40 20 20 20 30 20
Rain shwrs S S S C C S S S S C S S S
Tstms S S S C C S S S S C S S S
$$
TXZ029-060930-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
213 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024
Date 06/05/24 Thu 06/06/24 Fri 06/07/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 65 98 67 98 70
Temp 89 89 76 72 67 67 82 94 98 91 78 74 71 67 83 93 98 95 83 78 74 70
Dewpt 53 52 57 58 59 61 64 58 55 56 58 58 57 59 60 56 53 51 53 53 53 54
RH 29 29 51 62 75 82 55 30 24 31 50 58 62 74 47 29 23 22 35 42 48 56
Wind dir SE SE SE S S SW SW S S W SE S S S SW S S S S S S SW
Wind spd 9 8 9 9 8 5 9 9 9 10 9 9 6 5 9 12 13 13 12 12 11 11
Clouds CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 20 30 10 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.11 0.01 0
Rain shwrs S C C
Tstms S C C
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 5
Mix Hgt 8100 3900 100 12400 14500 8800 200 7600 11300 5400 100
T Wind Dir S S S S S SE S SW S SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 10 9 14 10 10 3 19 23 12 8
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/08 Sun 06/09/24 Mon 06/10/24 Tue 06/11/24 Wed 06/12/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 98 65 86 60 79 59 85 60 88
Temp 93 95 73 65 81 79 67 60 74 76 63 60 79 82 64 61 83 86
Dewpt 55 50 56 60 61 61 62 59 58 57 58 58 58 58 60 60 61 57
Min/Max RH 20 84 43 97 48 96 39 100 35
RH 28 22 54 84 50 54 84 96 57 51 84 94 49 44 86 97 48 37
PWind dir SW SE E E E SE S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 5 30 30 60 40 40 30 30 20
Rain shwrs C S C L C C C C S C C S S
Tstms C S C L C C C C S C C S S
$$
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