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569 FOUS54 KLUB 081907 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 207 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 TXZ024-090915- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 207 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 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 54 77 53 75 55 Temp 83 84 68 63 58 55 65 73 76 75 64 60 56 54 63 71 75 73 63 60 57 55 Dewpt 33 30 38 40 43 42 43 41 41 40 41 42 43 43 46 45 44 43 44 46 48 49 RH 16 14 33 43 58 63 44 32 28 29 43 51 63 66 55 39 33 34 50 60 73 79 Wind dir SW SW E NE NE NE NE E E E E NE NE N NE NE E E SE S S S Wind spd 11 10 6 5 9 11 14 17 17 14 10 9 8 6 11 12 11 9 6 6 5 5 Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.01 Rain shwrs S Tstms S LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 4 Mix Hgt 600 600 5400 7200 1200 700 5400 6700 4600 500 T Wind Dir NE NE E E E NE NE E SE S T Wind Spd 10 13 23 20 16 13 16 12 11 10 RFTI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/11 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 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 73 55 72 56 80 56 85 59 86 Temp 70 68 58 56 68 69 59 57 76 77 61 57 80 81 64 60 82 82 Dewpt 48 51 52 54 58 57 58 54 53 49 53 51 51 49 51 50 52 51 Min/Max RH 45 93 61 97 34 81 29 73 30 RH 46 54 80 93 70 65 95 92 45 37 75 78 36 33 63 71 35 34 PWind dir SE SE SE S NW W SW S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 60 70 50 30 20 20 10 20 Rain shwrs S C C L L L C S S C S S S Tstms S C C L L L C S S C S S S $$ TXZ026-090915- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 207 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 55 80 54 77 55 Temp 84 84 70 64 58 55 66 75 78 77 66 62 56 55 63 72 75 76 65 60 57 55 Dewpt 38 37 44 46 46 45 44 42 43 42 45 46 46 47 48 47 46 46 48 50 51 52 RH 19 19 39 52 64 69 45 31 29 29 47 56 69 74 58 41 36 34 54 69 80 90 Wind dir W E E E NE NE NE E E E NE NE NE N NE NE NE E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 9 6 8 10 10 12 17 19 17 13 9 9 9 8 11 11 11 9 6 6 5 5 Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.01 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 500 500 5300 6600 900 600 5400 7100 4700 400 T Wind Dir E E E E NE NE NE NE SE S T Wind Spd 12 16 25 23 16 12 16 12 11 9 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/11 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 77 56 72 56 79 55 85 58 86 Temp 73 71 60 56 66 71 61 57 75 77 61 56 79 83 65 59 81 80 Dewpt 49 51 54 56 59 61 61 57 57 55 57 56 56 53 56 56 57 56 Min/Max RH 40 100 69 100 44 100 34 92 38 RH 43 49 81100 78 71 100100 54 47 87100 45 36 73 90 44 44 PWind dir SE SE SE S NW SE SW SE S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 50 80 50 40 20 20 10 20 Rain shwrs S C C L D C S S C S S S Tstms S C C L D C S S C S S S $$ TXZ043-090915- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 207 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 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 56 80 56 77 57 Temp 88 88 71 65 59 57 67 76 79 77 67 62 58 56 66 74 77 75 65 61 58 57 Dewpt 38 38 43 47 48 50 53 55 54 51 48 47 48 48 49 49 49 48 49 51 52 52 RH 17 17 36 51 69 77 61 48 42 41 50 58 69 74 55 41 37 38 57 70 80 84 Wind dir W S E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E Wind spd 9 6 6 5 5 9 11 12 12 13 10 10 9 6 11 13 12 10 8 6 5 5 Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.01 Rain shwrs S Tstms S LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 500 500 3400 5100 1800 900 4800 5500 3400 500 T Wind Dir SE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E T Wind Spd 10 11 18 19 19 17 21 17 12 11 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 05/11 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 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 74 56 75 57 82 55 88 59 89 Temp 71 69 61 57 69 74 61 58 78 79 63 56 83 85 66 60 86 85 Dewpt 53 54 55 57 62 60 61 58 57 54 55 55 55 53 54 53 58 56 Min/Max RH 52 98 60 100 39 98 29 79 33 RH 54 59 80 98 77 62 99100 48 42 77 95 39 33 64 78 39 37 PWind dir SE SE SE SE NW E SW S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 40 50 70 40 40 20 20 10 20 Rain shwrs S C C C L L C C S S S Tstms S C C C L L C C S S S $$ TXZ035-090915- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 207 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 54 79 53 74 55 Temp 87 86 72 64 58 54 65 74 78 75 65 60 56 54 63 71 74 72 64 60 56 55 Dewpt 23 21 26 33 36 41 46 47 43 42 43 42 43 43 45 44 43 43 44 46 47 48 RH 10 9 18 31 44 61 50 38 29 31 45 51 62 66 52 38 33 35 48 60 72 77 Wind dir W W E NE NE E E E E E E E E NE E E E E E E SE SE Wind spd 16 12 8 8 9 12 17 17 17 18 16 16 11 11 17 17 14 14 10 8 6 6 Clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C Tstms C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 Mix Hgt 600 700 4200 6500 4100 900 5200 6600 4700 1300 T Wind Dir NE NE E E E E E E SE SE T Wind Spd 9 13 19 19 23 17 19 17 14 14 RFTI 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/11 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 72 55 76 55 82 54 86 57 88 Temp 68 66 58 56 70 73 60 56 77 77 61 55 82 82 65 58 83 82 Dewpt 51 53 53 54 57 50 55 53 49 45 49 49 47 41 47 47 48 44 Min/Max RH 51 93 43 91 29 80 22 67 23 RH 54 63 83 93 63 44 84 90 37 32 65 80 29 23 52 67 30 26 PWind dir SE SE S NW NW SE SW S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC PoP 12hr 50 50 60 30 30 10 10 5 20 Rain shwrs C C C C L L C C S Tstms C C C C L L C C S $$ TXZ031-090915- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 207 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 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 55 80 53 78 55 Temp 85 85 71 64 58 55 68 76 79 77 67 62 56 54 65 74 78 76 66 60 57 55 Dewpt 39 38 44 48 49 47 46 46 46 45 45 47 48 47 49 48 47 46 49 51 51 52 RH 20 19 38 56 72 74 46 34 31 32 45 58 74 77 56 40 33 36 55 72 80 90 Wind dir W SE E E NE NE NE E E E NE NE NE N NE NE NE E SE SE SE S Wind spd 8 6 8 8 8 9 14 17 17 12 9 9 8 5 10 12 11 9 5 5 5 5 Clouds CL CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.01 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 500 500 5100 6300 1300 600 5300 6800 4500 700 T Wind Dir E E NE E E NE NE NE SE SE T Wind Spd 11 14 25 21 16 12 18 13 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 05/11 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 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 56 73 56 82 55 87 58 89 Temp 73 71 60 56 69 71 61 57 77 78 61 56 81 85 65 59 84 83 Dewpt 50 54 56 56 61 61 61 57 58 55 58 56 57 54 56 55 58 58 Min/Max RH 43 100 70 100 40 100 32 89 36 RH 46 55 86100 77 73 100100 52 44 90 98 44 35 73 86 42 43 PWind dir SE SE SE S NW W SW S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 50 70 50 30 20 20 10 20 Rain shwrs C C C L L C S S C S S S Tstms C C C L L C S S C S S S $$ TXZ029-090915- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 207 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 49 76 48 72 50 Temp 82 82 66 59 53 50 63 71 74 72 61 56 51 49 60 68 72 70 60 55 52 50 Dewpt 24 21 26 34 37 41 43 43 41 40 40 41 42 42 44 43 42 42 44 45 46 47 RH 12 10 22 39 54 71 48 36 30 31 46 57 71 77 55 40 34 36 55 69 80 89 Wind dir W W NE E NE E E E E E E E E NE E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 14 12 5 6 9 12 17 17 17 17 12 11 8 8 12 12 12 10 8 6 5 5 Clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.02 Rain shwrs C Tstms C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 Mix Hgt 600 600 4600 6800 5700 600 5200 6900 4700 1000 T Wind Dir N NE E E E E E E SE SE T Wind Spd 11 19 25 19 20 16 19 13 13 12 RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/11 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 70 51 74 50 78 49 83 52 84 Temp 65 64 54 52 68 70 56 51 74 75 56 50 79 80 60 53 81 79 Dewpt 50 51 52 52 57 51 55 51 49 45 49 48 47 42 48 47 48 45 Min/Max RH 52 100 48 100 30 95 23 83 26 RH 58 63 93100 68 51 96100 41 34 77 93 32 26 64 80 32 30 PWind dir SE SE S SW NW SW W S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 60 70 40 30 10 10 5 20 Rain shwrs C C C L L L C S S C S Tstms C C C L L L C S S C S $$ 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