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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