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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
213 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

TXZ024-230915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
213 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            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                      54          89          55          74          59
Temp          75 76 63 60 56 54 69 86 87 80 66 62 57 56 61 66 72 73 64 61 61 62
Dewpt         47 48 51 50 49 49 51 48 46 50 55 53 52 52 55 57 56 55 57 57 58 58
RH            37 38 63 70 77 83 52 27 24 35 67 73 82 87 83 73 57 54 80 86 89 87
Wind dir       S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W NE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E SE  S  S
Wind spd      19 18 13 21 25 23 19 10 10 12 11 12  8  8  9  9  9  9  8  8  8  9
Clouds        CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20           5          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                             S
Tstms                                  S
LAL                     1     1     1     2     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     5     3     3     3     3     3
Mix Hgt               700   600  7600 13600  1000  1400  2200  3200  2100   900
T Wind Dir              S    SW     W     N     E     E    NE    NE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             20    29    23    16    16    13    13    10    10    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           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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          85      60    84      59    86      56    84      54    86
Temp          80 82   69 61 81 82   65 60 82 83   65 57 78 81   61 55 80 83
Dewpt         60 53   50 41 30 26   25 30 40 33   35 38 40 36   41 43 46 42
Min/Max RH       37      55    12      32    16      50    18      64    21
RH            50 37   51 48 15 13   22 32 22 16   33 50 26 20   47 64 30 24
PWind dir         S      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char       15>     15>   15>     15>   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr         10      30     5       0    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs             S  C                   S    S  S
Tstms                  S  C                   S    S  S

$$
TXZ026-230915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
213 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            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                      54          89          56          73          58
Temp          75 75 66 61 57 54 68 84 87 82 67 62 58 57 61 68 72 72 65 62 60 60
Dewpt         47 49 50 50 51 50 53 54 53 54 56 57 56 56 58 58 59 57 59 60 60 60
RH            37 40 56 67 80 86 59 36 31 38 68 84 93 96 90 70 64 59 81 93100100
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S
Wind spd      21 18 12 13 12 10 13 10 10 10 12 11 10  9  9  9 10  9  9  9  8  9
Clouds        CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20          10          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                             S              S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                  S                 S  S  S  S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     2     1     1     2     2     2     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     5     4     3     3     3     3
Mix Hgt               500   500  3700  7800   600  1300  1900  2700  1800  1000
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW    NE     E     E     E    NE     E    SE
T Wind Spd             19    16    16    12    16    14    11    11    11     9
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           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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          80      61    86      57    84      56    83      53    85
Temp          78 78   70 62 82 84   66 58 80 82   65 56 78 80   62 54 78 82
Dewpt         63 61   61 55 36 33   37 42 51 46   49 44 45 43   47 48 51 49
Min/Max RH       54      88    15      55    28      65    24      81    30
RH            60 56   73 78 19 16   34 55 36 28   56 64 31 27   58 80 39 32
PWind dir         S       S    SW      SW     S       S    SW      SE    SW
Wind char       15>     15>   15>     15>   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      40    10       5    40      30    10       5    10
Rain shwrs        S    C  C                C  C    S  C
Tstms             S    C  C                C  C    S  C

$$
TXZ043-230915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
213 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            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          91          55          83          63
Temp          74 75 65 62 57 55 67 83 90 84 70 64 59 56 66 75 81 81 70 67 65 65
Dewpt         49 50 51 50 49 50 54 57 56 55 59 59 58 56 61 63 62 61 62 61 62 63
RH            42 41 60 65 74 83 62 42 32 37 69 83 96100 83 65 53 51 75 81 91 94
Wind dir       S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S SE SE SE NE SE  S SE  E  E SE  S  S
Wind spd      14 14 11 12 12  9 14 12 10  9  9  6  5  5  5  6  6  9  6  8  6  9
Clouds        CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                             S
Tstms                                  S
LAL                     1     1     1     2     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     6     6     6     6     5     5     4     4     3
Mix Hgt               600   600  2700  9700   500   500  3500  4400  1800  1100
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW    SW    SE     S     S    SE     E     S
T Wind Spd             19    19    21    18    16     9     9     9    12    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           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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          84      63    86      59    89      59    87      56    86
Temp          80 82   71 63 83 84   65 60 83 86   67 59 82 84   64 56 82 84
Dewpt         64 60   63 60 35 33   35 52 54 43   47 46 47 44   47 50 53 52
Min/Max RH       46      95    14      76    22      62    22      78    30
RH            58 48   77 89 18 15   33 76 38 22   49 62 29 25   53 78 37 33
PWind dir         S       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       S     S
Wind char       15>     15>   15>     15>   15>     15>   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW CL   FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr         10      50    10      10    30      20    10       5    10
Rain shwrs             C  C                C  S    S  S
Tstms                  C  C                C  S    S  S

$$
TXZ035-230915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
213 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            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                      54          91          53          79          60
Temp          73 73 65 60 56 54 66 85 90 85 69 61 57 53 62 73 78 77 68 65 63 62
Dewpt         47 47 49 49 48 48 52 50 40 41 51 54 53 53 56 57 54 52 56 56 58 59
RH            40 40 56 67 74 80 61 30 17 21 53 78 86100 81 57 43 42 65 73 84 90
Wind dir       S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W NW  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd      21 19 14 17 13 12 13 12 13 10 11  9  8  6  8  8  9 12 11 12 11 11
Clouds        CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     5     5     5     4     5     5
Mix Hgt               600   600  8500 14600   700   500  3100  4000  2500   600
T Wind Dir              S    SW     W     W     E    SE     E    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             20    20    19    16    14    11    10    11    14    13
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           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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          84      56    83      56    85      53    82      53    86
Temp          78 82   67 57 79 81   65 56 80 81   63 53 77 80   62 54 80 83
Dewpt         59 40   50 38 29 22   23 33 35 27   32 36 37 31   37 43 44 39
Min/Max RH       22      59    11      42    13      52    16      66    20
RH            52 22   54 49 16 11   20 42 20 14   31 52 24 17   39 66 28 21
PWind dir         S      SW     W      SW    SW      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char       15>     15>   15>     15>   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      30     5       5    10      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs             S  C
Tstms                  S  S

$$
TXZ031-230915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
213 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            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                      56          91          55          79          60
Temp          75 76 65 62 58 56 70 87 90 83 67 64 58 56 64 72 77 76 66 64 62 62
Dewpt         49 50 52 52 51 50 53 54 53 55 59 59 57 56 59 60 61 58 61 62 62 62
RH            40 41 62 70 77 82 56 34 29 39 74 85 97100 86 67 58 55 83 94100100
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW NE  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE  S  S
Wind spd      19 16 12 14 16 11 12 10 10  9  9  9  6  5  6  9  9  9  8  6  5  9
Clouds        CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20          10          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                             S                    S  S
Tstms                                  S                       S
LAL                     1     1     1     2     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     5     4     3     3     3     3
Mix Hgt               600   500  4700 10700   700  1100  2800  3000  2200  1100
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW     S     E     E     E    NE    NE    SE
T Wind Spd             19    19    17    12    14    11     9    10    10     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           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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          84      61    87      59    88      57    86      54    86
Temp          79 83   70 62 84 85   66 59 83 86   66 57 81 83   63 55 81 83
Dewpt         64 61   62 55 35 33   35 43 51 45   48 45 45 43   47 49 52 50
Min/Max RH       47      90    15      56    24      63    23      82    29
RH            61 48   76 78 18 15   31 55 33 25   53 63 29 25   56 80 37 32
PWind dir         S       S    SW      SW     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char       15>     15>   15>     15>   15>     15>   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      40    10       5    30      20    10       5    10
Rain shwrs        S    C  C                C  C    S  S
Tstms             S    C  C                C  C    S  S

$$
TXZ029-230915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
213 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            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                      50          89          48          76          55
Temp          72 73 61 56 53 50 66 85 86 79 63 56 52 49 59 68 75 73 62 59 57 57
Dewpt         46 47 50 50 49 48 51 46 40 45 51 53 52 49 55 55 52 52 56 56 57 57
RH            39 40 67 80 86 93 58 26 20 30 65 90100100 87 63 45 48 81 90100100
Wind dir      SW  S  S  S SW SW  W  W NW NE  E  E  E  E NE  E SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd      19 18 13 16 12 11 12 10 11 11 11 11  9  6  9  6  8  9  9  9  9 10
Clouds        CL FW CL CL CL FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                             S
Tstms                                  S
LAL                     1     1     1     2     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     5     5     4     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mix Hgt               600   600  8300 14000  1000  1000  2800  3900  2100   500
T Wind Dir              S    SW     W    NW     E     E     E     S    SE     S
T Wind Spd             24    23    20    14    19    14    11    10    13    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           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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          84      52    82      50    83      48    81      48    84
Temp          78 81   63 53 77 79   60 51 79 79   58 48 75 78   56 49 78 81
Dewpt         57 40   43 36 28 21   23 27 33 27   33 36 35 30   35 41 42 37
Min/Max RH       23      62    11      39    13      63    16      74    19
RH            48 23   48 52 16 11   24 39 19 15   39 63 23 17   45 74 28 21
PWind dir         S      SW     W      SW    SW      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char       15>     15>   15>     15>   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr         10      20     5       5    20      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                S                   S
Tstms                     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


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