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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
258 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024
TXZ024-200915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
258 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024
Date 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon
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 45 51 43 59 43
Temp 60 61 55 53 51 47 47 48 49 50 46 45 44 43 49 56 59 57 50 47 45 43
Dewpt 37 38 41 40 38 37 38 40 42 42 44 41 41 39 38 39 40 40 42 41 40 40
RH 42 43 60 61 59 67 72 73 76 74 92 88 90 88 65 54 50 54 75 79 83 90
Wind dir E SE E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE E E SE SE SE S SW SW
Wind spd 9 9 8 10 12 13 12 12 11 10 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 8 6 8 8 8
Clouds OV B2 B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 90 40 0 0
QPF 12hr 0.03 0.44 0.01 0 0
Rain shwrs C C D D L L C C S S
Tstms S S S C S C S
LAL 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Mix Hgt 1500 2200 2700 2700 2100 1900 4100 5300 3600 500
T Wind Dir E E NE NE E E E S S SW
T Wind Spd 13 19 19 16 11 9 8 8 12 14
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 04/22 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24
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 76 54 82 54 71 59 85 61 84
Temp 70 74 60 55 78 78 60 55 67 70 61 61 78 80 66 62 81 82
Dewpt 47 47 49 49 53 51 49 49 53 54 56 57 58 49 50 47 43 38
Min/Max RH 37 82 37 79 55 90 32 62 19
RH 43 38 68 80 41 40 68 79 61 57 86 86 50 34 57 59 26 21
PWind dir SW SW NW NE E SE S SW SW
Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 5 5 20 20 20 30 20 10
Rain shwrs S S S S S S C S S
Tstms S S S S S S C S S
$$
TXZ026-200915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
258 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024
Date 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 46 54 43 61 41
Temp 63 63 57 54 51 48 48 50 51 53 48 46 44 43 50 58 61 59 50 46 43 41
Dewpt 38 38 41 39 38 38 40 41 44 42 43 44 42 40 38 38 40 39 40 41 41 40
RH 39 39 55 57 61 68 74 71 77 66 83 93 93 89 63 47 46 47 68 83 93 96
Wind dir E E E E NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE S S S
Wind spd 9 9 9 9 12 13 13 13 13 12 9 8 8 8 9 6 6 8 6 6 6 6
Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 90 50 5 0
QPF 12hr 0.06 0.49 0.02 0 0
Rain shwrs C C D D D L C C S S
Tstms C S S C C C C S S
LAL 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Mix Hgt 500 2100 2600 3000 1700 1100 4000 5500 3400 400
T Wind Dir E NE NE NE NE NE NE SE S SW
T Wind Spd 13 19 19 17 12 9 9 8 11 12
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/22 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 74 53 82 54 73 58 84 60 86
Temp 68 72 58 53 77 78 61 55 67 72 62 59 77 81 67 61 82 82
Dewpt 46 48 50 50 54 54 53 52 56 56 59 59 60 54 56 54 48 45
Min/Max RH 38 89 41 93 55 100 38 81 26
RH 45 42 75 89 45 43 75 90 68 57 90100 56 39 68 78 31 27
PWind dir S S S NE E SE S S SW
Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 20 20 30 30 20
Rain shwrs S S S S S S C C C S S S
Tstms S S S S S S C C C S S S
$$
TXZ043-200915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
258 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024
Date 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon
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 46 53 43 60 39
Temp 65 65 60 58 54 49 50 51 51 52 47 46 44 43 50 57 60 58 49 45 41 39
Dewpt 43 44 46 49 49 48 48 48 50 48 47 46 44 43 42 42 43 42 44 43 41 39
RH 46 47 60 72 82 97 93 89 95 88 99100 99100 75 57 53 55 83 94100100
Wind dir NE E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE S SW
Wind spd 9 9 6 6 9 11 14 13 12 12 9 9 6 6 6 9 6 6 5 5 5 5
Clouds B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 80 100 60 5 0
QPF 12hr 0.26 1.18 0.04 0 0
Rain shwrs C D D D D L L L S S
Tstms C C C C C C C S S
LAL 1 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Mix Hgt 2100 1900 1700 1900 1900 1600 3800 4400 2900 400
T Wind Dir E NE NE NE NE NE NE E SE S
T Wind Spd 12 17 23 19 18 16 13 9 9 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 04/22 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24
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 75 51 85 55 80 60 85 62 87
Temp 68 72 57 52 78 82 63 56 73 78 65 61 79 83 67 62 84 85
Dewpt 48 50 51 51 57 57 59 56 61 60 59 61 63 57 57 58 51 45
Min/Max RH 41 96 40 100 51 100 40 87 23
RH 48 46 80 95 48 43 87100 66 53 83100 59 41 70 86 32 26
PWind dir S S S E E SE S S SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 10 20 20 20 30 30 20
Rain shwrs S S S S S S C C C S S
Tstms S S S S S S C C C S S
$$
TXZ035-200915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
258 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024
Date 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 44 51 41 59 41
Temp 62 62 56 53 51 46 45 47 49 50 45 44 42 41 48 56 59 57 49 46 43 41
Dewpt 40 40 42 43 44 41 43 44 44 42 43 41 40 39 39 40 41 40 41 41 40 39
RH 44 44 59 69 77 83 93 89 83 74 93 89 93 92 71 55 51 53 74 83 89 92
Wind dir E SE E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE S S S
Wind spd 9 12 11 12 12 17 18 17 14 12 10 11 9 8 6 6 5 9 9 8 8 8
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr 60 100 40 0 0
QPF 12hr 0.06 0.43 0.01 0 0
Rain shwrs S L D D L C C C S S
Tstms S C C C C S C
LAL 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 2300 2200 1800 2000 2200 2100 3300 4600 3200 500
T Wind Dir E E NE NE E E E SE SE S
T Wind Spd 16 19 21 18 14 13 10 8 13 13
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/22 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 76 50 85 54 77 58 86 58 84
Temp 69 73 57 51 79 78 60 54 72 75 63 58 80 82 65 59 80 81
Dewpt 47 45 48 48 53 49 51 50 56 52 55 57 57 42 46 47 39 31
Min/Max RH 34 93 30 86 42 96 23 64 16
RH 45 37 72 89 41 36 72 86 57 45 75 96 45 24 50 64 23 16
PWind dir S S W E E S SW SW SW
Wind char 15> 15> <15 15> <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 5 10 10 20 20 20 10
Rain shwrs S S S S S S
Tstms S S S S S S
$$
TXZ031-200915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
258 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024
Date 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon
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 46 54 42 61 40
Temp 64 64 57 56 53 48 49 51 52 53 47 45 43 42 50 57 61 59 49 45 42 40
Dewpt 40 40 43 44 42 42 43 45 47 45 46 45 43 42 41 40 42 41 42 43 42 40
RH 43 41 59 64 67 79 82 80 84 76 95100100100 71 53 49 51 78 94 99 99
Wind dir E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N NE E E SE SE S S S
Wind spd 9 8 5 9 10 12 11 12 12 10 8 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5
Clouds B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr 60 100 50 5 0
QPF 12hr 0.10 0.64 0.02 0 0
Rain shwrs C L D D D L C C S S
Tstms C C C C C C C S S
LAL 1 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Mix Hgt 600 1700 2300 2300 2000 1500 4300 5100 3300 400
T Wind Dir E NE NE NE E NE NE E SE SW
T Wind Spd 12 18 18 16 14 9 8 6 10 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 04/22 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24
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 76 52 84 54 75 58 86 60 87
Temp 69 73 58 53 78 79 61 55 70 73 62 59 79 82 67 61 84 84
Dewpt 47 50 52 51 56 57 56 55 58 59 60 59 62 55 57 55 50 45
Min/Max RH 40 96 42 100 59 100 40 84 24
RH 45 44 80 93 47 46 84100 67 62 94100 57 40 70 82 31 26
PWind dir S S S NE E SE S S SW
Wind char <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 20 20 30 30 20
Rain shwrs S S S S S S C C C C S S
Tstms S S S S S S C C C C S S
$$
TXZ029-200915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
258 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024
Date 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24 Mon
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 39 48 36 57 37
Temp 58 58 50 48 45 41 43 45 46 47 41 39 37 36 45 53 57 55 46 42 39 37
Dewpt 37 39 41 42 40 38 40 41 41 41 41 39 37 36 39 40 40 41 42 41 39 37
RH 45 49 71 80 82 89 89 86 83 79100100100100 79 61 53 59 86 96100100
Wind dir E SE E E E NE E NE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE S SE S S SW
Wind spd 9 9 8 9 10 11 13 13 11 9 8 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
Clouds OV B2 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 60 100 40 0 0
QPF 12hr 0.02 0.37 0.01 0 0
Rain shwrs S L D D L C C C S S
Tstms S S S C C C
LAL 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 1600 2300 2100 2100 1900 1600 3700 4700 3100 500
T Wind Dir E E E E E E E S S S
T Wind Spd 16 20 21 16 12 10 9 6 13 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/22 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 75 46 80 49 72 54 84 53 81
Temp 68 72 53 47 77 75 55 49 67 70 57 55 78 79 60 54 77 78
Dewpt 47 46 49 46 51 48 50 47 53 52 55 55 54 41 46 44 38 33
Min/Max RH 37 100 31 93 49 100 23 69 18
RH 47 39 86 96 40 38 83 93 61 53 93100 43 26 60 69 24 19
PWind dir SW SW NW E E S SW SW SW
Wind char 15> 15> <15 15> <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 5 10 20 20 20 20 10
Rain shwrs S S S S S S S
Tstms S S S S S S S
$$
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
- National Weather Service
- Bismarck, ND Weather Forecast Office
- 2301 University Drive, Building 27
- Bismarck, ND 58504
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