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821 FOUS54 KLUB 141933 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 233 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024 TXZ024-150915- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 233 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024 Date 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 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 64 90 59 76 56 Temp 85 83 69 66 66 65 77 88 88 77 67 63 61 60 66 71 75 70 61 60 58 57 Dewpt 48 48 52 51 50 50 54 53 51 55 58 58 58 58 60 60 60 59 60 58 56 55 RH 28 31 54 58 56 58 45 31 28 48 74 84 90 92 80 67 60 68 96 93 92 92 Wind dir S S S S SW SW SW SW S N E NE N N NE NE NE NE N NE W NW Wind spd 12 12 10 12 16 17 19 13 16 12 9 5 6 8 9 9 10 9 5 5 6 6 Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 30 60 60 50 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.08 0.15 0.27 0.20 Rain shwrs S S S C L L L L C C L L C C S S Tstms S S S C L L L L C C L L C C S S LAL 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 2 Haines 6 6 6 6 6 5 3 3 4 4 Mix Hgt 700 600 7400 12300 900 700 2900 3100 2000 1100 T Wind Dir S SW SW SW E NE NE E NE W T Wind Spd 18 20 25 23 16 11 11 13 10 13 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 05/17 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 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 82 61 93 64 94 67 95 67 93 Temp 76 81 65 62 87 90 71 65 87 91 74 68 90 93 75 68 90 91 Dewpt 55 52 54 53 53 51 54 53 57 51 52 51 53 47 47 46 44 42 Min/Max RH 35 75 23 66 24 56 20 44 17 RH 49 37 67 73 31 27 54 66 37 26 47 56 29 21 37 44 21 18 PWind dir N S SW S SW S SW SW SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC PoP 12hr 10 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 $$ TXZ026-150915- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 233 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024 Date 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 61 93 59 76 56 Temp 87 86 74 69 63 62 76 88 88 80 69 66 61 60 68 73 76 71 63 61 59 57 Dewpt 51 51 55 56 56 56 58 57 56 56 60 61 61 60 62 62 61 60 61 61 59 57 RH 29 30 51 63 78 81 54 35 34 44 73 84100100 81 68 60 68 93100100100 Wind dir S S SE S S S SW SW S NW E NE E NE NE E E N NE N NW N Wind spd 12 12 11 11 9 6 12 13 17 16 10 9 9 8 9 9 10 10 8 6 6 6 Clouds CL CL FW FW CL FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 30 60 60 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.05 0.24 0.17 0.32 Rain shwrs S S C C C L L C C L L L L S S Tstms S S C C C L L C C L L L L S S LAL 1 1 1 3 3 4 3 4 4 2 Haines 6 6 6 6 5 4 3 3 4 4 Mix Hgt 500 500 5200 11000 700 600 3200 4000 1900 800 T Wind Dir S S SW S NE NE E E NE NW T Wind Spd 17 11 18 25 17 11 11 13 11 10 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/17 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 81 59 93 63 94 66 95 66 94 Temp 75 80 66 60 86 89 71 64 87 91 74 67 89 92 76 67 90 92 Dewpt 58 53 58 58 60 56 61 58 62 58 62 58 58 55 54 53 51 47 Min/Max RH 39 95 29 83 31 74 27 61 20 RH 55 39 75 93 42 33 71 81 43 33 66 73 35 29 46 61 26 21 PWind dir NW S S SE S S S S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15 Avg clouds B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC PoP 12hr 10 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 $$ TXZ043-150915- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 233 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024 Date 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 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 64 91 61 81 58 Temp 84 85 72 67 65 64 78 88 91 87 73 68 63 61 70 77 79 75 64 61 60 59 Dewpt 53 53 55 56 55 56 57 54 51 51 54 56 58 58 62 64 63 62 62 61 60 59 RH 34 33 55 67 70 75 48 31 26 29 51 65 84 90 75 63 58 64 93100100100 Wind dir S SE SE S SW SW SW SW S S E E E NE E E E NE NE NE NW NW Wind spd 9 9 9 10 10 8 14 17 17 14 10 9 5 5 6 8 9 10 8 5 5 5 Clouds CL FW SC CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 10 40 60 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.08 0.07 0.18 Rain shwrs C C C C C C L L C C Tstms C C C C C C L L C C LAL 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 1 Haines 6 6 6 6 6 5 3 3 4 4 Mix Hgt 500 600 4300 7300 1200 500 3900 3800 1600 1200 T Wind Dir S SW SW S SE E E E NE N T Wind Spd 16 17 24 26 18 10 10 16 12 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 05/17 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 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 60 96 65 98 69 98 69 97 Temp 77 81 65 61 88 92 72 66 90 93 76 69 93 95 77 69 92 94 Dewpt 60 56 58 57 60 55 56 56 62 56 55 58 58 55 54 55 51 46 Min/Max RH 40 90 25 72 25 69 24 61 19 RH 55 42 78 89 39 29 57 72 39 29 48 68 31 26 44 61 25 20 PWind dir NW SE SW S SW S SW S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15> Avg clouds B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 $$ TXZ035-150915- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 233 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024 Date 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 63 92 59 77 55 Temp 88 86 75 70 66 63 76 86 89 84 72 66 62 59 67 74 76 70 63 60 57 56 Dewpt 42 40 42 46 47 51 54 52 50 48 52 54 55 56 58 58 58 57 58 56 55 54 RH 20 20 31 42 50 65 46 31 26 29 49 65 78 90 73 57 54 63 84 87 93 93 Wind dir S S S S S SW SW SW S W E E E E NE NE E NE N N N NW Wind spd 13 14 12 14 13 12 17 16 19 19 12 11 10 10 10 10 12 11 9 6 6 6 Clouds FW SC SC FW CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 20 40 50 50 QPF 12hr 0 0.04 0.05 0.21 0.27 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C S S C C C C Tstms S S S C C C C S S C C C C LAL 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 1 Haines 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 Mix Hgt 800 700 6000 10800 1100 600 3700 4300 1600 1000 T Wind Dir S SW SW SW SE E E E N NW T Wind Spd 19 21 21 25 18 16 12 16 13 12 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/17 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 82 59 94 64 96 66 97 65 95 Temp 76 80 66 60 88 91 72 64 89 92 75 67 91 94 76 66 90 92 Dewpt 53 48 50 50 48 41 47 50 51 40 46 50 47 38 44 46 40 32 Min/Max RH 31 70 16 60 16 54 14 48 12 RH 45 33 56 69 25 18 41 60 27 16 36 54 22 14 32 48 17 12 PWind dir NW S SW S SW S SW SW SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15> Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 10 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 $$ TXZ031-150915- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 233 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024 Date 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 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 92 59 80 56 Temp 86 86 73 68 64 62 78 89 91 83 70 66 61 60 69 77 79 74 63 62 60 57 Dewpt 52 53 55 56 56 55 58 57 55 56 59 61 60 60 62 62 62 62 63 62 60 57 RH 31 32 54 65 75 79 51 34 30 40 68 85 97100 79 62 57 66 98100100100 Wind dir S S S S S S SW SW S N E NE E NE NE E E NE N NE NW NW Wind spd 11 12 11 11 10 5 17 17 17 13 10 8 6 5 6 9 10 10 5 5 5 5 Clouds CL CL FW FW CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 30 50 60 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0.13 0.18 0.31 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C L L L L S S Tstms S S C C C C C C C L L L L S S LAL 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 Haines 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 4 4 Mix Hgt 600 500 4800 9700 800 800 4200 4400 1300 900 T Wind Dir S SW SW SW NE E E E NE NW T Wind Spd 18 13 21 24 16 11 11 14 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 05/17 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 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 59 95 63 95 68 97 67 97 Temp 77 82 66 60 88 91 71 64 88 92 74 69 91 94 77 68 92 94 Dewpt 59 56 59 58 60 57 61 58 64 58 61 57 58 55 54 52 51 47 Min/Max RH 39 97 28 82 31 68 26 58 19 RH 55 41 79 94 39 32 69 80 46 32 65 67 33 27 46 58 26 20 PWind dir N S S S S S S S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> Avg clouds B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC PoP 12hr 10 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 $$ TXZ029-150915- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 233 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024 Date 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 56 89 54 75 51 Temp 85 83 69 63 59 57 73 84 86 75 65 61 56 55 64 70 74 69 58 56 53 52 Dewpt 41 40 45 46 46 48 52 50 49 51 55 56 55 55 58 57 56 57 58 56 53 52 RH 21 22 42 54 62 72 48 31 28 43 70 84 96100 81 63 53 66100100100100 Wind dir S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW E E NE NE NE NE NE NE N N NW NW Wind spd 12 12 10 12 11 11 16 12 17 13 9 8 8 8 9 10 11 9 6 5 5 5 Clouds CL FW SC FW FW FW FW B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 30 50 60 50 QPF 12hr 0 0.13 0.09 0.33 0.21 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C S S L L C C S S Tstms S S S C C C C C S S L L C C S S LAL 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 Haines 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 Mix Hgt 600 600 6100 12400 800 900 3300 4200 2000 900 T Wind Dir S SW SW SW E E NE E NE NW T Wind Spd 20 20 20 23 18 14 11 16 11 9 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/17 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 80 55 92 59 92 60 94 60 91 Temp 74 78 61 56 86 88 66 59 85 89 69 61 88 91 70 61 86 88 Dewpt 53 48 51 50 47 43 48 50 52 44 48 47 47 39 43 43 40 36 Min/Max RH 33 84 18 72 20 60 16 52 15 RH 48 35 70 80 26 21 52 72 32 21 47 60 24 16 38 51 20 16 PWind dir NW S SW S SW S SW SW SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> Avg clouds SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 10 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 $$ 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