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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
255 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

TXZ024-292115-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
255 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      85          51          85          61          85
Temp          57 55 65 77 84 82 65 61 57 53 66 80 85 82 68 64 63 62 70 81 85 81
Dewpt         33 39 43 38 26 25 26 25 26 25 29 29 26 24 29 31 34 40 44 34 28 27
RH            40 56 44 24 12 12 23 25 30 33 25 16 12 12 23 28 34 44 39 18 13 13
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      23 19 19 16 17 11  9 11 12 11  8  9 12 13 11 13 16 17 16 17 19 17
Clouds        SC SC B1 B2 B2 FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt              3700 10700   500   500  5100  8000   500   600  6200  8500
T Wind Dir             SW     W    SW     W     W    SW    SW    SW    SW    SW
T Wind Spd             26    25    16    21    13    19    16    19    23    26
RFTI           1  0  1  0  2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1
RFTI Category EL NO EL NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL


Date          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          58    77      41    61      39    71      43    77
Temp          68 59 73 71   51 42 55 59   44 40 64 70   50 44 73 74
Dewpt         31 32 31 30   37 33 28 22   25 24 26 24   28 28 28 25
Max/Min RH       36    17      73    24      54    16      53    14
RH            25 36 21 22   58 70 36 24   47 53 23 18   41 52 18 16
PWind dir        SW     W      NW     N      NW     N       S    SW
Wind char       15>   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15     <15   15>
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    20      40    20       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs              S    C  C  S

$$
TXZ026-292115-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
255 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      80          48          83          57          85
Temp          53 51 61 73 79 78 65 59 56 50 61 75 83 80 68 64 61 58 66 79 85 82
Dewpt         36 39 45 45 43 41 41 39 37 37 38 37 36 37 41 44 45 46 51 47 39 41
RH            52 63 56 37 28 27 41 47 49 60 42 26 19 21 37 48 56 64 58 32 20 24
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd      12 11 16 17 18 14 13 12 11 10  9  6 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 11 17 12
Clouds        SC B1 B2 OV B2 FW CL CL CL FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt              2700  5400   600   500  2600  5800   600   600  1900  7700
T Wind Dir             SW     S     S    SW     W    SW     S    SW    SW    SW
T Wind Spd             20    23    18    17    11    16    17    16    13    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          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          58    78      42    59      36    71      41    76
Temp          66 59 75 72   53 43 54 59   44 37 64 70   51 42 71 74
Dewpt         44 40 36 35   40 35 30 27   28 28 28 28   32 32 34 32
Max/Min RH       52    21      76    29      71    20      67    20
RH            45 50 24 26   61 74 40 30   54 69 25 21   48 66 26 22
PWind dir         S     W       N     N      NW     N       S     S
Wind char       <15   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    20      40    20       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs              S    C  C  S

$$
TXZ043-292115-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
255 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      83          54          86          61          88
Temp          57 55 63 73 82 81 68 64 59 56 66 82 86 84 71 67 64 61 69 81 88 85
Dewpt         40 44 45 46 41 39 42 48 50 52 54 46 36 37 44 50 55 58 60 54 42 41
RH            52 66 52 38 23 23 39 57 72 89 66 28 17 19 37 54 73 89 72 39 20 21
Wind dir       S  S  S SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      12 12 18 17 17 12 14 16 10  8  9  9  9  9  9 11 12  9 11 11 13 10
Clouds        SC SC B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                                                    S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt              2800  5500   600   600  2800  6700   600   900  3400  9700
T Wind Dir             SW    SW    SW    SW    SW    SW     S    SW    SW    SW
T Wind Spd             25    25    21    18    17    16    16    19    18    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          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          62    79      45    61      39    71      42    76
Temp          69 62 76 74   56 45 57 60   45 39 64 70   50 43 72 74
Dewpt         47 48 38 34   38 36 33 28   28 27 29 28   31 32 34 32
Max/Min RH       61    21      68    29      61    20      67    20
RH            45 59 26 23   52 68 40 29   52 59 27 21   49 65 25 21
PWind dir        SW     W      NW     N      NW     N       S    SW
Wind char       <15   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20    20      30    20       5    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     S  S     S    C  S  S
Tstms                        S  S

$$
TXZ035-292115-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
255 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      83          46          84          54          84
Temp          55 51 61 77 82 81 66 59 54 48 60 78 84 81 69 63 59 55 64 78 84 80
Dewpt         36 40 43 34 24 23 24 26 30 31 31 27 22 21 25 30 37 44 46 35 29 26
RH            49 66 51 21 12 12 20 28 40 51 33 15 10 11 19 29 44 66 52 21 14 14
Wind dir       S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      18 14 19 19 21 17 12 11  9  6  5  9 17 16 11 11 11 10 10 17 24 17
Clouds        FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     5     5     5     5     5     5     5     4
Mix Hgt              3900  9000   600   500  4600  7900   800   600  5200  8500
T Wind Dir             SW     W    SW    SW     W    SW    SW    SW    SW    SW
T Wind Spd             24    27    18    18    12    23    13    17    18    26
RFTI           0  0  0  0  4  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  1
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO CL EL


Date          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          53    76      40    59      36    70      41    75
Temp          65 54 71 70   51 40 54 58   43 36 64 68   50 41 70 73
Dewpt         32 33 33 29   33 33 30 25   25 24 26 24   27 28 29 26
Max/Min RH       44    18      75    27      61    17      60    16
RH            29 44 25 21   50 75 40 28   49 60 23 19   41 59 22 17
PWind dir        SW     W      NW     N       N     N       S    SW
Wind char       15>   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    20      30    20       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs              S    C  C  S

$$
TXZ031-292115-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
255 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      82          52          86          61          87
Temp          55 54 64 75 81 80 65 61 58 53 65 80 86 83 70 66 63 62 70 82 87 84
Dewpt         37 42 47 46 43 39 40 39 40 40 41 36 36 34 40 44 47 51 54 48 40 38
RH            51 65 54 35 26 23 40 45 53 61 42 21 17 18 33 46 55 67 58 32 20 20
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      16 17 20 17 17 13 12 13 12 10  8  6 12 10 10 11 12 12 11 12 17 11
Clouds        SC B1 B2 OV B2 SC CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt              2500  5000   500   500  3200  6100   600   700  2900  8600
T Wind Dir             SW    SW     S    SW     W    SW    SW    SW    SW    SW
T Wind Spd             25    24    20    20    13    17    16    18    16    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          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          59    80      42    61      38    72      42    77
Temp          67 59 77 74   53 42 56 60   45 38 65 70   50 43 73 75
Dewpt         43 40 37 35   41 35 31 27   28 27 29 28   32 32 33 30
Max/Min RH       51    20      80    28      65    20      67    18
RH            42 49 24 25   63 75 38 29   53 64 26 21   50 65 23 19
PWind dir        SW     W      NW     N      NW     N       S     S
Wind char       <15   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    20      40    20       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs              S    C  C  S

$$
TXZ029-292115-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
255 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      81          41          82          51          81
Temp          51 46 59 75 80 78 59 54 49 43 60 77 82 79 65 59 54 52 64 76 80 76
Dewpt         33 37 41 31 23 23 24 23 22 22 28 26 21 21 23 26 31 37 40 31 26 26
RH            50 71 51 20 12 13 26 30 34 42 29 15 10 12 20 28 41 57 41 19 14 15
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      16 13 17 17 17 12  8  9  8  5  5  9 13 12 11 10 10 10 12 17 20 19
Clouds        SC FW SC B1 B2 FW CL CL FW CL FW B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     4     5     5     5     5     4     4     4
Mix Hgt              5000  9500   500   500  6400  8500   700   600  5600  8900
T Wind Dir             SW     W    SW     W     W    SW    SW    SW    SW    SW
T Wind Spd             26    27    16    17    12    21    18    19    20    29
RFTI           0  0  0  0  2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  1
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL


Date          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          50    73      35    56      32    68      36    73
Temp          61 51 68 66   45 35 51 54   38 33 63 65   44 37 70 70
Dewpt         30 31 31 28   34 32 27 22   24 23 25 23   26 26 27 25
Max/Min RH       46    19      87    28      67    18      65    16
RH            31 46 25 24   65 87 39 29   57 67 23 20   49 64 20 18
PWind dir        SW     W      NW     N      NW    NW       S    SW
Wind char       15>   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15     <15   15>
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    20      40    20       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs              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


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