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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
212 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
TXZ024-062015-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
212 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu
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 86 57 84 52
Temp 91 87 70 65 59 56 70 80 85 84 69 68 63 58 68 77 83 82 67 61 55 53
Dewpt 28 27 27 22 20 20 27 26 26 27 31 29 23 23 30 32 32 30 36 36 38 38
RH 10 12 20 19 22 24 19 14 11 12 24 23 21 26 25 19 16 15 31 39 53 56
Wind dir W W W W W NW W SW SW SW S SW W NW N NW W W NE NE NE N
Wind spd 17 17 11 14 13 12 10 11 17 17 11 16 14 12 11 9 12 11 6 11 9 9
Clouds CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
Mix Hgt 700 600 7900 10100 1000 500 6300 10500 6300 500
T Wind Dir W NW W SW S W NW W NE NE
T Wind Spd 20 20 16 27 20 23 17 20 16 13
RFTI 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category CL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/09 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24
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 50 73 53 77 56 79 58 82
Temp 72 73 58 51 69 71 58 54 74 75 61 57 75 77 63 59 78 80
Dewpt 39 38 39 40 42 41 43 43 45 44 46 47 49 45 49 49 51 48
Min/Max RH 27 67 31 69 31 70 31 71 31
RH 30 28 49 67 37 34 57 67 34 33 57 70 40 33 61 71 38 33
PWind dir NE NE NE S S S SW SW SW
Wind char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 10 20 30 20 20
Rain shwrs S S S C S S
Tstms S S S C S S
$$
TXZ026-062015-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
212 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 53 85 56 84 52
Temp 91 90 72 65 58 54 69 78 84 83 70 67 61 57 68 77 82 83 69 62 56 53
Dewpt 57 45 38 34 30 29 33 31 33 34 40 42 39 33 37 38 37 37 41 43 41 40
RH 32 21 29 31 34 38 26 18 16 17 33 40 44 40 32 24 20 19 36 50 57 61
Wind dir SW W W W W NW NW SW S S S S SW NW N N NW NE E NE NE NE
Wind spd 21 16 10 10 12 9 10 10 17 17 14 17 11 11 13 9 10 8 9 11 9 11
Clouds FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
Mix Hgt 600 500 6300 9100 800 500 4100 6900 2200 500
T Wind Dir W NW NW SW S W N W E NE
T Wind Spd 14 16 12 25 20 17 18 13 17 14
RFTI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/09 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 77 51 75 51 79 55 80 57 82
Temp 74 75 59 51 71 73 59 52 75 77 62 56 76 78 64 58 78 80
Dewpt 41 41 44 44 45 42 47 47 46 45 49 50 52 50 53 53 54 53
Min/Max RH 27 77 31 85 29 82 35 85 37
RH 30 29 57 77 39 33 64 83 36 32 62 80 43 37 67 83 43 39
PWind dir NE NE NE SW SW S S S S
Wind char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 5 0 5 20 30 20 20
Rain shwrs S S C S S
Tstms S S C S S
$$
TXZ043-062015-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
212 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu
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 53 86 60 89 54
Temp 91 88 72 66 58 53 70 79 85 84 70 67 63 60 73 83 88 86 70 64 57 55
Dewpt 46 41 41 39 34 32 36 34 34 38 42 44 42 37 39 38 38 40 43 45 46 43
RH 21 19 33 37 40 44 28 20 16 19 36 43 47 42 29 20 17 20 38 50 66 65
Wind dir SW SW SW W NW W SW S SW S S S SW W NW NW W SW E NE NE NE
Wind spd 17 12 9 6 6 5 5 6 11 11 9 10 9 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 9 13
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 500 500 5000 7400 500 500 4500 8100 2400 600
T Wind Dir W NW W SW S SW NW W SE NE
T Wind Spd 14 13 8 19 18 19 17 13 12 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/09 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24
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 53 75 53 79 55 81 57 84
Temp 74 75 61 53 72 73 58 53 75 77 62 56 78 79 63 58 80 81
Dewpt 47 46 46 46 47 45 49 48 49 48 50 50 54 51 52 53 57 53
Min/Max RH 34 79 34 84 33 81 34 85 35
RH 38 35 59 78 40 37 71 83 40 36 65 79 43 37 68 84 45 38
PWind dir NE NE NE SE S S S S S
Wind char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 5 0 10 5 10 20 30 20 20
Rain shwrs S S S C S S
Tstms S S S C S S
$$
TXZ035-062015-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
212 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 52 87 58 86 52
Temp 89 87 71 64 57 52 68 80 86 85 74 69 63 58 71 81 86 84 71 63 57 53
Dewpt 19 22 27 23 21 21 24 23 22 22 25 23 21 21 26 28 26 24 28 32 34 35
RH 8 9 19 21 24 29 19 12 9 10 16 17 20 23 18 14 11 11 20 31 42 50
Wind dir W W W W W NW W SW SW SW S SW W W NW W W W E NE NE NE
Wind spd 24 20 10 11 10 10 9 12 19 19 13 17 13 12 16 11 14 14 8 9 12 17
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 1000 500 7400 9100 1100 600 6900 12600 8400 1100
T Wind Dir NW NW W SW SW W NW W NE E
T Wind Spd 18 17 13 26 20 23 18 21 13 23
RFTI 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EX CL NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/09 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 77 51 75 52 78 54 79 55 84
Temp 73 73 59 51 70 71 58 52 73 74 61 55 75 76 62 56 79 79
Dewpt 39 38 39 40 42 40 43 43 45 43 45 46 48 44 47 48 49 44
Min/Max RH 24 66 30 72 30 72 28 74 26
RH 29 28 47 66 36 32 57 71 37 33 56 72 38 32 58 74 35 29
PWind dir NE NE E SE S S S S SW
Wind char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 10 20 30 20 20
Rain shwrs S S S C S S
Tstms S S S C S S
$$
TXZ031-062015-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
212 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu
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 53 87 58 87 53
Temp 93 90 72 65 58 54 70 80 85 84 69 67 63 58 70 79 85 85 69 62 57 54
Dewpt 47 41 40 34 28 27 32 31 33 35 40 43 36 30 36 38 36 37 42 45 43 41
RH 21 19 31 31 32 35 24 17 16 17 35 41 37 35 30 23 18 18 36 54 59 61
Wind dir SW SW W W W W W SW S S S S SW NW N N W NE E NE NE NE
Wind spd 19 13 6 8 9 8 8 9 17 14 10 14 11 10 12 9 10 8 6 9 6 10
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
Mix Hgt 600 500 6400 8700 900 600 4500 8800 3800 700
T Wind Dir W NW W SW S W NW W E NE
T Wind Spd 13 16 12 24 20 19 18 14 13 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/09 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24
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 78 51 77 51 80 55 81 57 84
Temp 75 76 60 51 72 75 59 52 77 78 62 56 78 79 64 58 80 81
Dewpt 42 42 46 45 45 44 48 47 47 47 50 50 53 49 54 53 55 53
Min/Max RH 28 80 31 85 32 81 33 83 36
RH 32 30 61 80 39 33 66 82 36 35 65 80 42 35 69 82 43 38
PWind dir NE NE NE S S S S S S
Wind char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 5 0 5 20 30 20 20
Rain shwrs S S C S S
Tstms S S C S S
$$
TXZ029-062015-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
212 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024
Date 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 46 84 51 83 47
Temp 87 84 65 58 51 47 67 77 83 82 67 63 57 52 66 76 82 80 64 57 51 48
Dewpt 23 23 24 21 18 18 23 21 21 21 25 22 19 20 26 27 26 23 28 33 33 34
RH 10 11 21 23 27 31 19 12 10 10 20 21 22 28 22 16 13 12 25 40 50 58
Wind dir W W W W W NW W SW SW SW S SW W NW NW W W W NE NE NE NE
Wind spd 18 19 9 10 9 8 9 12 19 18 9 12 10 8 10 11 14 12 8 11 11 14
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 800 600 7600 10100 900 500 7100 12900 8500 500
T Wind Dir W NW W SW SW NW NW W N NE
T Wind Spd 19 18 18 28 20 20 18 25 17 19
RFTI 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category CL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/09 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 73 45 71 46 75 50 76 50 81
Temp 70 70 54 46 67 68 53 47 72 72 56 51 73 74 58 51 77 77
Dewpt 37 36 38 39 40 40 42 42 43 43 45 45 46 43 47 47 48 44
Min/Max RH 27 77 31 86 32 81 30 88 28
RH 30 29 54 76 37 36 66 83 35 35 66 80 38 33 67 86 36 31
PWind dir NE NE NE SE S S SW S SW
Wind char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 10 20 30 20 20
Rain shwrs S S S C S S
Tstms S S S C S S
$$
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