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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
232 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024
TXZ024-260930-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
232 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024
Date 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 Sat 04/27/24 Sun
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 58 84 58 84 55
Temp 82 85 72 67 62 59 70 79 84 82 67 64 60 58 72 82 84 81 70 65 60 56
Dewpt 60 51 57 56 38 32 37 35 32 29 30 27 27 29 36 34 30 26 26 28 29 31
RH 47 31 59 67 41 36 30 20 16 15 25 25 28 32 27 18 14 13 19 25 31 39
Wind dir S S S SW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW W W
Wind spd 18 19 18 21 17 19 20 19 19 17 10 11 10 13 17 19 24 24 16 14 16 13
Clouds B1 SC FW SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr 40 0 0 10 10
QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S C
Tstms S C
Obvis BD BD
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 700 700 8100 10200 800 500 9500 12400 8000 600
T Wind Dir S W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W
T Wind Spd 23 23 27 27 19 19 25 35 23 20
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL NO NO NO NO
Date 04/28 Mon 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24
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 52 86 58 91 63 85 59 77
Temp 75 78 61 53 78 84 63 58 88 88 70 64 81 79 64 60 74 75
Dewpt 37 34 39 38 39 32 42 43 47 44 55 59 58 54 56 55 56 55
Min/Max RH 19 57 15 56 19 83 37 84 46
RH 25 20 44 56 24 15 45 56 25 22 59 83 45 41 75 84 54 48
PWind dir W NE W S SW S S SE SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL FW SC FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 10 40 40 40
Rain shwrs S C C C C C
Tstms S C C C C C
$$
TXZ026-260930-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
232 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024
Date 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 Sat 04/27/24 Sun
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 57 85 57 86 54
Temp 78 80 73 67 62 57 68 80 84 82 68 64 59 58 69 81 85 82 70 65 59 55
Dewpt 66 64 65 62 59 47 44 39 36 35 37 36 41 45 53 48 40 40 40 41 40 38
RH 67 58 76 84 90 69 42 23 18 18 31 36 51 62 56 31 20 23 34 41 49 53
Wind dir S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd 20 19 21 18 12 11 17 19 21 16 10 10 11 13 17 20 24 18 11 10 9 10
Clouds B2 SC CL B2 FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr 60 0 0 40 20
QPF 12hr 0.08 0 0 0.04 0.10
Rain shwrs S L C C C S S S S S S
Tstms S L C C C S S S S S S
LAL 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 600 500 7300 10000 600 500 7000 11000 3500 500
T Wind Dir S SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 25 16 23 27 19 19 23 31 17 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/28 Mon 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 81 52 84 57 90 62 83 58 78
Temp 76 79 61 53 78 82 65 58 86 87 70 63 80 79 64 59 74 76
Dewpt 39 39 45 44 44 41 49 52 54 50 62 62 60 57 59 57 58 57
Min/Max RH 21 73 21 83 26 97 42 94 49
RH 26 24 55 72 30 23 56 81 34 28 76 96 50 47 84 94 58 52
PWind dir W E E SE S S S SE E
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 15> <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 5 0 5 5 10 20 50 40 50
Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C
Tstms S S S C C C C C
$$
TXZ043-260930-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
232 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024
Date 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 Sat 04/27/24 Sun
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 58 85 58 85 54
Temp 83 83 73 69 64 58 70 80 85 83 69 62 60 60 71 81 85 82 69 64 58 54
Dewpt 64 64 65 63 61 49 42 39 35 35 35 37 45 56 59 47 44 42 45 44 39 36
RH 54 53 76 81 91 71 36 23 17 18 28 39 58 86 67 31 24 24 41 48 50 50
Wind dir S S S SW SW SW W SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd 17 17 18 19 10 8 12 17 17 12 8 8 10 9 13 14 16 12 6 6 5 9
Clouds B2 SC FW B2 FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 SC FW
PoP 12hr 60 0 10 40 30
QPF 12hr 0.28 0 0.08 0.12 0.13
Rain shwrs S L L S C C S S C C S S
Tstms S L L S C C S S C C S S
LAL 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 2
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 900 600 6800 9000 600 600 7000 9800 2900 500
T Wind Dir S SW W SW SW S SW SW W W
T Wind Spd 26 18 23 25 16 18 23 27 11 12
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 04/28 Mon 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24
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 83 54 87 58 90 63 86 60 79
Temp 79 81 61 54 82 85 65 58 86 88 71 64 81 81 66 61 75 77
Dewpt 39 38 41 41 42 42 52 57 60 54 63 64 63 60 61 60 61 60
Min/Max RH 20 62 19 94 30 100 43 98 52
RH 24 22 47 61 24 22 63 93 41 32 76100 54 48 83 97 62 56
PWind dir W S SW S S S S SE SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 0 0 5 5 10 20 50 50 50
Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C
Tstms S S S C C C C C
$$
TXZ035-260930-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
232 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024
Date 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 Sat 04/27/24 Sun
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 55 82 55 82 52
Temp 86 85 72 67 60 55 66 76 80 80 69 63 57 55 68 78 82 78 68 62 56 52
Dewpt 46 33 44 46 31 31 37 35 30 25 26 25 27 28 35 32 30 26 25 28 30 31
RH 25 15 37 47 33 40 34 22 16 13 20 23 31 35 29 18 15 15 20 27 37 44
Wind dir S SW S SW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W
Wind spd 21 21 14 16 13 16 23 24 24 19 12 12 10 11 17 24 31 27 16 11 11 12
Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr 40 0 0 5 5
QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S C
Tstms S C
Obvis BD BD BD
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 600 600 7500 10000 900 500 8700 11500 7100 700
T Wind Dir SW W W SW SW SW SW SW W W
T Wind Spd 19 20 26 27 19 17 27 36 21 17
RFTI 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL CL NO NO NO NO EL CL CL EL NO NO NO NO NO CL CH CH NO NO NO NO
Date 04/28 Mon 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 80 51 85 57 90 62 83 58 78
Temp 75 78 61 51 79 82 64 57 86 86 69 63 78 77 64 59 75 75
Dewpt 36 28 32 33 33 27 36 45 49 42 53 58 57 52 54 55 56 52
Min/Max RH 16 50 12 64 19 84 36 88 43
RH 25 16 33 49 19 13 35 63 28 21 57 84 48 42 70 87 52 45
PWind dir W SW W S S S S E SE
Wind char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15 <15
Avg clouds CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 10 50 40 40
Rain shwrs S C C C C C
Tstms S C C C C C
$$
TXZ031-260930-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
232 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024
Date 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 Sat 04/27/24 Sun
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 86 57 86 54
Temp 80 83 74 67 62 57 70 81 85 83 69 63 59 58 71 82 86 83 69 65 59 54
Dewpt 66 64 65 62 60 46 42 40 37 35 37 35 40 45 54 48 40 39 40 39 39 36
RH 62 54 75 85 93 67 37 23 18 18 32 35 51 63 56 31 20 21 35 39 48 50
Wind dir S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd 19 17 23 17 11 9 16 19 20 12 10 9 10 13 17 18 20 17 9 10 6 9
Clouds B2 SC CL B2 FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr 60 0 0 30 20
QPF 12hr 0.14 0 0 0.02 0.11
Rain shwrs S S L C C C S S S S S S
Tstms S S L C C C S S S S S S
LAL 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 600 500 7400 9800 700 500 7300 10800 3900 600
T Wind Dir S SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 25 16 23 27 18 18 23 29 18 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/28 Mon 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24
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 83 52 87 58 92 62 86 59 80
Temp 78 81 61 52 80 85 65 58 89 89 71 63 82 81 65 60 76 77
Dewpt 40 38 44 43 44 41 50 54 56 52 63 63 62 58 61 60 61 58
Min/Max RH 20 71 19 87 27 100 42 100 51
RH 26 22 54 70 28 22 57 84 33 29 76100 51 46 88 99 60 53
PWind dir W SE S S S S S SE SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 0 0 5 5 10 20 50 40 50
Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C
Tstms S S S C C C C C
$$
TXZ029-260930-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
232 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024
Date 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 Sat 04/27/24 Sun
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 50 79 50 79 47
Temp 85 84 68 62 56 51 65 75 78 77 64 59 53 50 66 76 79 75 63 57 51 47
Dewpt 48 34 42 43 29 31 37 34 30 26 26 24 25 26 31 30 27 24 24 29 28 30
RH 28 17 39 50 35 46 35 22 17 15 23 26 33 38 27 18 15 15 23 34 40 51
Wind dir S SW SW SW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W
Wind spd 18 19 10 12 11 14 20 23 21 17 12 11 9 9 13 20 27 27 16 12 10 12
Clouds SC SC SC SC CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC CL
PoP 12hr 20 0 0 5 5
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S S
Tstms S S
Obvis BD BD
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 600 600 7800 10100 600 500 9200 12000 8300 600
T Wind Dir SW W W SW SW SW SW SW W W
T Wind Spd 18 21 28 27 21 19 27 37 25 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL CH CH NO NO NO NO
Date 04/28 Mon 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 77 47 82 50 87 57 82 53 75
Temp 72 75 56 47 77 80 58 51 84 85 65 58 78 75 59 54 72 73
Dewpt 36 30 35 35 34 27 37 41 45 39 52 58 56 52 56 54 54 52
Min/Max RH 18 64 13 67 18 100 38 100 45
RH 27 19 45 62 21 14 45 67 26 20 63100 47 45 90100 52 48
PWind dir W S W S SW S S SE SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15 <15
Avg clouds CL FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 10 50 40 40
Rain shwrs S C C C C C
Tstms S C C C C C
$$
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
- National Weather Service
- Gaylord, MI Weather Forecast Office
- 8800 Passenheim Road
- Gaylord, MI 49735-9454
- 989-731-3384
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