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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
219 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

TXZ024-290915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
219 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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          84          51          85          60
Temp          75 73 59 57 57 55 64 76 83 81 62 58 55 51 64 78 85 81 68 65 61 61
Dewpt         24 22 23 24 33 38 41 37 28 25 26 26 25 24 30 29 27 26 29 28 30 37
RH            15 15 25 28 41 53 44 25 14 13 25 28 32 33 28 17 12 13 23 25 31 40
Wind dir      SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW  S SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      17 17 10 17 23 20 19 13 13 11  8 10 12 11  8  9 11 12 10 10 12 16
Clouds        CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2
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     4     5     5     5     5     4
Mix Hgt               500   600  3100  9300     0     0  8300 10600  1500     0
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW    SW    SW     W     W    SW    SW    SW
T Wind Spd             19    27    25    23     8    11    10    18    11    11
RFTI           1  1  0  0  1  0  1  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO EL NO EL NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          86      59    79      42    61      41    70      44    76
Temp          80 82   66 59 75 73   49 42 55 59   45 41 64 68   48 45 71 72
Dewpt         39 28   31 34 33 26   35 32 30 28   29 28 28 26   29 28 29 27
Min/Max RH       13      39    15      68    28      60    19      53    16
RH            22 14   27 39 22 18   58 67 38 30   55 59 25 20   48 52 21 18
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW     N      NW     N       S    SW
Wind char       15>     <15   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      10    20      30    20      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S    C  C  S
Tstms                           S    C  C

$$
TXZ026-290915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
219 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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                      49          80          49          84          58
Temp          71 71 58 53 51 50 59 71 78 78 65 59 54 49 59 76 83 81 68 64 60 58
Dewpt         34 32 32 33 36 39 44 45 43 42 41 39 38 36 38 38 36 37 39 42 44 45
RH            26 24 37 46 56 66 57 39 29 28 42 48 55 61 45 26 18 21 34 45 55 62
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SW SW  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd      19 14 12 11 12 12 17 16 17 13 12 12 10  9  9  6 10 11 10 10 10 12
Clouds        CL FW FW SC SC B2 OV B2 B2 SC CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
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     4     5     5     5     5     4
Mix Hgt               500   600  2700  4500   100   100  1800  9200     0   100
T Wind Dir              S     S    SW     S     S    SW    NW    SW     S    SW
T Wind Spd             17    17    21    23    16     9     6    11     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           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          86      59    77      42    61      39    70      43    75
Temp          79 83   66 59 74 73   51 42 56 59   45 40 64 68   50 43 70 72
Dewpt         51 44   43 42 39 33   37 34 33 31   32 31 31 31   33 32 35 33
Min/Max RH       24      53    21      75    32      73    23      65    22
RH            37 25   44 53 28 23   57 73 42 34   59 71 29 25   51 64 28 24
PWind dir        SW       S    SW      NW     N      NW     N       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      10    20      30    10      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S    S  C  S
Tstms                           S    S  C

$$
TXZ043-290915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
219 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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          82          54          87          61
Temp          75 75 61 57 55 55 62 73 81 80 67 62 57 54 65 81 87 84 72 67 64 61
Dewpt         26 25 30 34 40 44 44 46 42 40 42 47 50 51 53 45 37 38 43 48 53 57
RH            16 15 31 42 56 67 53 38 25 24 40 59 75 91 65 28 17 20 36 52 68 88
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd      12 11  9 12 12 14 17 12 17 12 13 13 10  8  9  9  9  8  8 10  9 12
Clouds        CL FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2
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     5     6     6     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mix Hgt               600   700  2900  4700   700   100  5800  9200   100  1000
T Wind Dir              S     S    SW    SW     S    SW    SW    SW     S    SW
T Wind Spd             18    19    26    26    18    10    17    16    11    14
RFTI           0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          89      62    81      46    64      41    70      43    76
Temp          81 86   69 62 77 76   58 46 59 62   47 41 64 68   50 43 71 73
Dewpt         56 39   44 47 42 32   36 36 35 31   33 32 32 30   31 32 35 31
Min/Max RH       19      58    18      69    30      71    22      65    20
RH            42 19   41 58 28 20   44 69 39 31   57 70 31 24   48 65 27 21
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      NW     N       N     N       S    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      20    20      20    20      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                S     S    S  S  S
Tstms                     S     S    S  S

$$
TXZ035-290915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
219 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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                      49          84          47          85          54
Temp          73 72 60 56 53 51 59 76 83 79 66 58 53 47 60 78 85 80 69 61 57 54
Dewpt         23 20 22 28 36 39 43 37 25 22 24 24 29 28 31 29 23 22 25 29 36 44
RH            15 14 23 34 52 63 55 24 12 12 20 27 40 47 33 16 10 11 19 30 44 69
Wind dir      SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      19 17 12 17 18 14 17 17 21 16 11 11  9  8  6  9 13 13 10  9 10  9
Clouds        FW SC SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B1 CL FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2
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     6     6     6     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mix Hgt               600   600  2900  8400     0     0  6600  8100   800     0
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW    SW    SW    SW     W    SW    SW    SW
T Wind Spd             19    23    24    25    10     6     9    20    10     9
RFTI           1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          84      53    75      41    61      36    69      41    74
Temp          78 80   63 53 71 70   50 41 56 59   43 36 63 66   48 41 69 70
Dewpt         41 27   33 35 34 24   33 34 32 28   30 29 28 25   28 27 30 26
Min/Max RH       13      51    17      76    29      75    19      57    17
RH            26 14   32 50 25 18   52 76 40 31   61 74 26 21   46 57 23 19
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW     N       N     N       S    SW
Wind char       15>     <15   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      10    10      20    20      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S    S  S  S
Tstms                           S    S  S

$$
TXZ031-290915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
219 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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          82          51          86          60
Temp          74 73 59 55 54 54 62 74 80 80 65 59 57 51 62 79 86 83 70 66 62 60
Dewpt         33 28 30 32 37 41 45 45 43 39 39 40 40 37 39 38 36 36 39 43 46 49
RH            23 19 33 42 51 62 54 36 27 23 38 50 54 59 43 23 18 18 32 44 54 67
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  W SW SW  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd      17 12  9 11 16 17 20 14 13 13 12 12 12  9  8  6  9 10  9 10 11 12
Clouds        CL FW FW SC SC B2 OV B2 B2 SC CL FW FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2
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     4     5     5     5     5     4
Mix Hgt               500   600  2700  4600   100   100  4300  9300     0   100
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW    SW     S    SW     W    SW     S    SW
T Wind Spd             16    20    25    24    18    12     6    13    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           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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      60    81      43    63      40    71      43    77
Temp          83 85   66 60 78 76   54 43 58 61   45 40 65 68   50 44 71 74
Dewpt         54 41   41 42 39 31   38 35 34 30   32 31 31 30   33 32 34 31
Min/Max RH       21      50    18      74    30      70    23      65    20
RH            38 22   40 50 25 20   55 74 40 31   60 69 28 24   52 63 26 21
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW     N      NW     N       S    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      10    20      20    20      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S    S  S  S
Tstms                           S    S  S

$$
TXZ029-290915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
219 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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          80          41          82          51
Temp          71 70 55 52 49 46 58 73 80 77 58 51 46 41 58 76 82 78 64 59 53 52
Dewpt         22 20 21 24 33 36 40 34 24 22 24 23 22 22 28 27 22 21 23 25 28 35
RH            16 15 26 33 54 68 51 24 13 13 27 33 39 46 31 16 11 12 21 27 38 52
Wind dir      SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      19 17 11 16 16 14 17 14 14 11  8  8  8  5  5  9 13 12  9  9  8 11
Clouds        FW FW B1 SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B1 CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2
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     5     5     4     5     5     4     5     5
Mix Hgt               600   600  3200  8700     0     0  7300  9000  3300     0
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW    SW    SW     W     W    SW    SW    SW
T Wind Spd             21    25    25    24     8     8    11    21    11     9
RFTI           0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          82      51    73      36    57      33    66      37    72
Temp          77 77   61 51 69 67   45 36 54 54   38 34 61 63   43 38 67 68
Dewpt         36 26   31 32 33 26   35 32 29 27   29 27 27 25   28 26 27 26
Min/Max RH       14      48    18      85    31      78    20      64    17
RH            22 15   33 48 26 21   68 85 39 35   70 77 28 24   55 62 22 21
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW     N       N     N       S    SW
Wind char       15>     15>   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5    20      20    20      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S    S  S  S
Tstms                           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


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