Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
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751 FOUS54 KLUB 120726 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 226 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024 TXZ024-122115- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 226 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024 Date Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 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 75 57 81 54 86 Temp 59 58 62 67 74 75 63 61 59 57 68 76 80 79 67 61 57 55 69 79 85 84 Dewpt 56 57 59 61 59 57 59 57 53 50 52 50 48 46 50 49 49 49 52 51 50 49 RH 91 95 91 82 60 53 87 87 81 77 56 41 32 31 55 65 75 81 55 37 29 29 Wind dir SE SE SE S SE SE S W NW NW NW NW N N N N NW W SE SE S SE Wind spd 6 8 5 8 10 10 5 8 9 12 17 16 16 12 5 4 4 5 5 8 9 11 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 70 20 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0.27 0.01 0 0 0 Rain shwrs L L L C C S S S Tstms L L L C C S S S LAL 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 3 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 1100 3500 1500 600 6400 8700 5500 100 7600 12100 T Wind Dir SE S SE E N N N NW SW SW T Wind Spd 10 10 17 6 23 19 5 4 5 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 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 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 61 86 57 74 54 84 61 90 Temp 66 62 86 75 60 58 70 70 57 56 77 82 64 62 84 87 Dewpt 53 54 58 57 57 57 58 55 52 50 51 47 48 47 51 49 Max/Min RH 76 40 99 54 86 28 61 25 RH 64 76 40 54 90 99 67 59 83 82 40 30 57 59 32 27 PWind dir S S SE N NW W SW SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 50 70 50 20 10 5 10 Rain shwrs C L C C C S Tstms C L C C C S $$ TXZ026-122115- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 226 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024 Date Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 71 57 82 54 85 Temp 57 57 62 66 70 71 63 62 61 58 68 78 81 80 69 63 57 55 68 78 84 83 Dewpt 57 57 60 63 64 63 63 62 61 56 56 54 52 51 53 54 54 54 55 54 54 53 RH 100100 93 90 81 76100100100 92 65 44 36 36 57 72 89 97 63 43 36 36 Wind dir S SE SE SE SE SE SE S W NW NW NW NW N N N NW NW N SE SE SE Wind spd 8 6 9 10 12 11 9 8 8 9 13 16 19 13 8 6 6 6 6 6 9 10 Clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 80 30 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.52 0.03 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C L D L C C S C S Tstms C L D L C C S C S LAL 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 5 4 4 Mix Hgt 1700 1800 1200 600 6600 8800 5600 0 6100 8300 T Wind Dir SE SE SE E N NW N NW W SW T Wind Spd 14 18 18 3 12 14 5 5 4 6 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 59 86 58 75 54 84 59 90 Temp 66 60 84 76 62 58 70 73 61 55 77 83 66 60 84 88 Dewpt 57 58 61 60 61 58 61 59 58 55 55 53 55 53 56 56 Max/Min RH 96 43 100 59 100 34 80 31 RH 73 94 46 57 96100 73 62 91 99 46 36 67 78 39 34 PWind dir SE S SE NE NW W S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 40 70 50 30 10 10 10 Rain shwrs C L C C C C Tstms C L C C C C $$ TXZ043-122115- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 226 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024 Date Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 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 78 58 84 54 86 Temp 60 60 64 68 77 78 67 63 61 58 70 79 84 81 69 63 57 55 68 79 85 83 Dewpt 58 60 62 66 65 60 60 58 56 54 54 53 51 49 51 53 53 52 55 55 54 54 RH 96100 94 92 66 55 78 84 83 86 55 40 31 32 52 69 84 90 63 43 34 36 Wind dir SE E SE SE SE SE SE S W NW NW NW NW N NE NE N NW NE SE SE SE Wind spd 6 5 5 6 8 9 6 5 5 6 10 11 11 9 6 4 4 4 4 6 6 9 Clouds B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 SC CL CL FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW PoP 12hr 80 10 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0.35 0.01 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S D L C S Tstms S D L C S LAL 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 5 6 6 4 4 3 3 3 4 Mix Hgt 1000 3400 1300 500 6200 9100 5900 100 5600 9100 T Wind Dir SE SE SE E N NW N NW SE S T Wind Spd 11 11 18 3 18 16 4 4 3 6 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 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 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 61 88 59 78 56 85 60 92 Temp 66 62 86 76 62 60 74 74 61 57 78 82 65 61 88 89 Dewpt 57 57 61 61 61 60 63 60 58 55 57 54 54 54 57 55 Max/Min RH 86 39 100 55 98 35 80 29 RH 72 84 44 59 98100 68 61 91 95 48 38 68 79 35 31 PWind dir SE S SE NE N W S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 40 70 50 30 10 10 10 Rain shwrs C L C C C C Tstms C L C C C C $$ TXZ035-122115- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 226 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024 Date Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 83 55 83 54 88 Temp 57 57 61 72 82 80 67 63 59 55 67 78 83 81 70 64 58 54 69 81 87 86 Dewpt 56 57 59 59 48 42 48 50 49 46 48 46 42 41 45 47 47 48 50 49 44 42 RH 96100 93 64 31 26 50 62 69 72 50 32 24 24 40 54 66 79 51 33 22 21 Wind dir SE SE S SW SW SW SE SW NW NW NW NW NW N N E E SE S S S S Wind spd 9 9 6 10 16 13 11 10 10 12 16 16 16 13 8 6 4 4 5 9 10 13 Clouds OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 50 5 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0.06 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs L C S S Tstms L C S S LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 3500 12500 8700 600 8600 13000 8500 100 10200 13500 T Wind Dir S W S W N NW NE NE S SW T Wind Spd 10 14 18 10 26 21 6 2 8 11 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 61 86 56 77 53 86 57 92 Temp 68 61 84 76 61 56 73 75 60 53 78 83 65 58 86 89 Dewpt 52 53 57 55 57 56 56 51 51 49 50 43 46 46 47 41 Max/Min RH 74 33 100 43 86 23 67 17 RH 56 74 40 48 86100 55 44 72 85 38 24 50 65 26 18 PWind dir S S SE N N W S SW Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 60 60 50 20 5 5 10 Rain shwrs L L C C C S Tstms L L C C C S $$ TXZ031-122115- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 226 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024 Date Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 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 74 57 83 53 86 Temp 59 58 64 68 72 74 65 63 60 57 68 77 82 81 69 63 57 54 69 80 85 84 Dewpt 58 58 61 64 65 64 63 62 60 56 55 54 52 51 53 54 54 53 55 55 54 54 RH 97100 92 88 79 72 96 96100 96 63 45 35 35 56 74 90 97 61 42 35 35 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S W NW NW NW NW N N N NW NW N SE SE SE Wind spd 6 6 6 9 11 10 9 5 5 9 13 14 16 12 5 4 4 4 4 6 9 9 Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC CL FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 80 20 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.35 0.02 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C L D C C S S S Tstms C L D C C S S S LAL 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 5 4 5 4 3 2 4 3 4 Mix Hgt 2100 2200 1200 600 6200 8800 5700 100 5900 8800 T Wind Dir SE SE SE E N NW N NW SW SW T Wind Spd 14 17 19 4 14 16 5 5 3 6 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 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 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 60 87 57 77 54 86 59 93 Temp 67 61 85 77 61 57 72 74 60 55 79 83 66 60 86 89 Dewpt 57 57 62 62 61 57 62 59 58 55 56 54 54 53 56 55 Max/Min RH 90 43 100 57 100 33 80 29 RH 71 88 46 59 100100 72 61 94100 46 36 66 78 36 32 PWind dir SE S SE NE NW W S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 40 70 50 30 5 5 10 Rain shwrs C L C C C C Tstms C L C C C C $$ TXZ029-122115- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 226 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024 Date Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 79 50 80 48 85 Temp 53 53 60 69 78 78 62 57 54 50 65 75 80 77 64 56 51 49 66 77 84 82 Dewpt 53 53 59 58 50 43 50 52 50 47 48 46 44 42 46 48 47 47 50 48 45 42 RH 100100 96 68 37 29 65 83 86 89 54 36 28 28 52 75 85 93 57 36 25 24 Wind dir SE S S SW SW SW S W NW NW NW NW N N N NE E SW S S S S Wind spd 8 6 6 9 11 10 8 8 9 10 16 16 16 12 5 5 4 4 5 9 9 11 Clouds OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 50 10 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0.10 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs L C C S Tstms L C C S LAL 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 2900 12500 8500 1100 7900 11100 6700 100 10700 13100 T Wind Dir S SW S W N NW NE N SW SW T Wind Spd 11 14 13 5 28 23 6 2 6 12 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 56 83 52 72 48 82 53 88 Temp 62 57 82 72 55 52 69 69 53 49 76 80 60 54 82 85 Dewpt 52 52 56 55 55 52 55 51 51 49 48 43 46 44 47 43 Max/Min RH 83 38 100 50 100 25 71 21 RH 69 83 41 54 100100 60 52 94100 38 27 60 68 29 23 PWind dir S S SE N NW W SW SW Wind char <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 60 60 50 20 5 5 10 Rain shwrs L L C C C S Tstms L L C C C S $$ 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