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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
122 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
TXZ024-280915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
122 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
Date 04/27/24 Sun 04/28/24 Mon 04/29/24 Tue
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 78 52 85 58
Temp 84 82 70 65 60 54 63 72 77 77 64 60 55 53 66 78 84 84 68 62 59 60
Dewpt 30 27 28 32 32 35 42 41 38 36 40 41 41 41 43 41 36 31 37 38 39 39
RH 14 13 21 29 35 48 46 32 24 23 41 50 59 65 44 28 19 15 32 41 46 45
Wind dir SW SW W W W W NW W W NW E SE NE N NE S SW SW S S SW SW
Wind spd 21 20 17 17 12 10 10 9 10 6 5 5 5 5 6 9 10 9 6 8 10 17
Clouds FW SC B1 B2 B1 CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr 10 0 5 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 12400 800 700 6900 9900 900 500 11800 13000 7900 500
T Wind Dir SW W W W W E E W SW S SW
T Wind Spd 31 24 17 13 13 11 9 10 16 13 18
RFTI 2 2 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 04/30 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24
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 93 63 91 62 86 55 77 54 79
Temp 89 90 69 64 88 85 69 63 83 83 63 56 73 75 60 55 75 77
Dewpt 44 36 51 57 54 52 57 53 49 45 50 47 44 43 44 45 49 49
Min/Max RH 13 77 25 70 25 73 29 69 34
RH 21 15 53 77 31 32 67 70 31 26 62 71 35 31 55 69 40 37
PWind dir SW S S S NW NE NE S S
Wind char 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr 5 10 20 20 20 30 20 20 30
Rain shwrs S S S S S C S S S S S C
Tstms S S S S S C S S S S S C
$$
TXZ026-280915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
122 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
Date 04/27/24 Sun 04/28/24 Mon 04/29/24 Tue
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 54 80 52 85 57
Temp 83 82 69 65 60 54 64 74 78 78 66 60 55 53 64 77 83 84 70 65 60 58
Dewpt 47 44 48 45 43 41 45 44 41 39 43 44 46 46 48 47 43 41 46 50 51 50
RH 28 26 47 48 53 61 50 34 27 25 43 55 72 77 56 35 24 22 42 58 72 75
Wind dir SW SW SW W SW W W W W W E E NE NE E SE S SE SE S S S
Wind spd 20 17 10 10 9 9 11 10 12 6 5 6 8 8 8 9 11 9 9 10 9 12
Clouds FW B1 SC SC B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr 20 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S
Tstms S
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 10600 800 500 5900 9300 700 500 6300 12100 2100 700
T Wind Dir SW SW SW W W E E S S SE S
T Wind Spd 26 16 13 14 14 10 10 10 13 16 14
RFTI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/30 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 93 62 89 62 86 55 76 53 78
Temp 88 89 69 63 85 84 70 63 82 82 65 56 73 75 61 54 74 76
Dewpt 54 48 61 62 62 59 63 59 56 52 55 52 48 47 49 48 51 52
Min/Max RH 21 98 38 90 32 89 36 82 39
RH 31 24 76 97 46 43 78 87 41 35 70 86 41 37 65 80 44 43
PWind dir SW S S S SW NE NE SE SE
Wind char 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 15> <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 10 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 40
Rain shwrs S C C S S C C C S C C S C C
Tstms S C C S S C C C S C C S C C
$$
TXZ043-280915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
122 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
Date 04/27/24 Sun 04/28/24 Mon 04/29/24 Tue
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 82 51 88 59
Temp 86 84 70 64 58 54 67 77 81 80 67 60 55 52 68 83 87 85 70 65 61 60
Dewpt 46 45 53 45 44 41 42 41 39 39 43 43 41 43 45 43 40 40 44 48 50 54
RH 25 26 55 51 60 62 40 28 22 23 42 53 59 70 43 25 19 20 39 53 67 82
Wind dir SW SW SW W W SW W W W W SE S SW SW SW SW SW S S S S SW
Wind spd 14 12 6 6 5 5 9 10 9 6 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 8 6 8 6 11
Clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr 30 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0.03 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs C S
Tstms C S
LAL 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 10100 500 500 7200 9400 800 500 11100 13000 3700 500
T Wind Dir SW W SW W W S SW SW SW S S
T Wind Spd 23 11 10 16 18 11 13 12 14 13 17
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 04/30 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24
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 92 63 89 62 88 56 80 56 80
Temp 88 87 69 64 85 83 69 63 85 83 66 57 77 78 63 57 76 78
Dewpt 62 54 61 64 65 63 65 63 58 57 57 55 53 50 53 53 55 55
Min/Max RH 29 100 42 100 34 95 35 87 42
RH 41 33 77100 51 51 88 99 40 41 73 95 43 38 70 86 48 45
PWind dir S S S S SW E NE E SE
Wind char 15> <15 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 10 20 30 30 40 30 30 30 40
Rain shwrs S C C S S C C C S C C S C C
Tstms S C C S S C C C S C C S C C
$$
TXZ035-280915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
122 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
Date 04/27/24 Sun 04/28/24 Mon 04/29/24 Tue
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 51 80 51 85 56
Temp 82 79 69 63 56 51 61 72 78 77 66 60 55 52 66 81 85 83 70 63 59 57
Dewpt 28 26 28 30 31 33 39 39 36 32 35 36 36 35 40 36 30 26 30 32 34 39
RH 14 14 21 29 38 50 44 30 22 19 32 41 49 52 38 20 14 12 22 31 39 51
Wind dir SW SW W W W W W W W W SE S SW NW NW W W SW S S S SW
Wind spd 24 23 17 12 11 11 11 11 12 9 8 6 5 5 6 11 12 12 8 9 10 12
Clouds FW SC B2 B2 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr 10 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 11300 1600 600 6800 9900 700 500 10800 11900 7800 500
T Wind Dir SW W W W W S W W W SW SW
T Wind Spd 31 21 16 18 18 13 12 14 18 16 18
RFTI 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category CL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 04/30 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 91 62 91 60 88 53 78 54 79
Temp 86 88 69 63 87 85 69 61 84 84 63 54 75 76 60 54 74 77
Dewpt 44 34 51 58 53 46 52 55 45 39 43 46 44 41 44 46 49 46
Min/Max RH 14 84 22 82 19 75 27 74 30
RH 23 15 53 84 31 26 55 81 26 20 48 74 33 28 55 74 41 33
PWind dir SW S S S SW E E SE SE
Wind char 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 15> <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr 5 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 40
Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S S S C C
Tstms S S S S S S S S S S C C
$$
TXZ031-280915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
122 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
Date 04/27/24 Sun 04/28/24 Mon 04/29/24 Tue
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 82 51 87 58
Temp 85 83 69 65 59 55 67 75 80 80 67 60 55 52 66 79 85 86 70 64 61 59
Dewpt 45 42 47 43 41 39 44 43 42 39 43 46 47 46 48 47 43 40 45 50 50 51
RH 25 24 45 45 51 57 44 33 26 24 42 59 74 80 52 32 23 20 41 59 66 74
Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W NW E E E NE NE S S S SE S S S
Wind spd 19 14 9 9 8 6 9 10 11 6 5 5 5 5 5 9 10 9 6 9 9 12
Clouds SC B1 SC SC B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr 20 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S
Tstms S
LAL 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 10300 600 500 6800 9700 1000 500 9700 13200 1900 700
T Wind Dir SW SW SW W W E E SW SW S S
T Wind Spd 26 14 12 16 16 9 9 9 13 14 17
RFTI 1 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 04/30 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24
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 94 63 91 62 88 55 79 54 81
Temp 89 90 69 64 88 85 70 63 85 84 65 56 76 77 61 55 76 79
Dewpt 56 49 61 63 64 61 65 61 57 53 57 54 50 48 51 50 53 54
Min/Max RH 23 97 41 97 31 93 34 84 39
RH 33 25 76 96 46 46 85 94 39 35 75 92 40 35 70 82 46 42
PWind dir SW S S S SW E NE SE SE
Wind char 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr 10 20 30 30 40 30 30 30 40
Rain shwrs S C C S S C C C S C C S C C
Tstms S C C S S C C C S C C S C C
$$
TXZ029-280915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
122 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
Date 04/27/24 Sun 04/28/24 Mon 04/29/24 Tue
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 45 75 46 82 50
Temp 80 77 65 59 52 46 58 68 74 75 61 55 50 47 64 77 81 80 64 58 53 51
Dewpt 27 24 28 31 31 33 40 39 36 33 36 37 38 37 40 35 29 25 30 31 32 34
RH 14 14 25 34 44 60 51 34 25 21 39 51 63 68 41 22 15 13 28 36 44 52
Wind dir SW SW W W W W NW W W W E SE SE W NW W SW SW S S S SW
Wind spd 21 23 14 10 9 9 9 9 9 6 5 5 5 5 5 10 11 9 5 6 8 12
Clouds FW SC B2 B2 FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr 10 0 5 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 5
Mix Hgt 11800 3300 600 6500 9700 600 500 10700 11800 7800 500
T Wind Dir SW W W W W S SW W SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 32 24 16 14 16 11 11 14 18 16 18
RFTI 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/30 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 88 56 89 55 84 49 75 48 76
Temp 85 85 64 57 85 84 63 56 81 80 58 50 71 73 55 49 73 74
Dewpt 39 30 46 56 49 43 52 50 44 37 42 43 41 38 43 45 47 45
Min/Max RH 13 96 21 82 20 80 26 86 34
RH 20 14 52 96 29 24 67 80 27 21 55 77 34 28 64 86 40 35
PWind dir SW S SW S W E E SE S
Wind char 15> <15 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> <15 <15
Avg clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr 5 5 20 20 20 20 20 20 30
Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S S S C C
Tstms S S S S S S S S S S C C
$$
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