Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
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786 FOUS54 KLUB 140727 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 227 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024 TXZ024-142115- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 227 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024 Date Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 86 60 90 59 77 Temp 57 55 70 80 86 83 67 62 63 60 76 89 88 76 64 62 60 60 66 73 77 73 Dewpt 49 48 51 50 48 47 51 51 49 49 56 54 51 56 59 59 58 58 61 60 60 59 RH 75 77 51 35 27 29 55 66 60 67 50 30 29 51 83 91 93 92 83 65 56 61 Wind dir SW W SW S S S SE S SW SW SW SW S NW SE S S N NE NE NE NE Wind spd 4 4 5 9 10 12 10 12 9 16 19 13 16 11 9 8 8 6 8 9 9 9 Clouds CL FW CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 40 70 60 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.02 0.10 0.16 0.31 Rain shwrs S S C C L L L L C C L L C Tstms S S C C L L L L C C L L C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 Haines 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 Mix Hgt 10400 13900 7900 600 6700 6900 1000 600 3700 4500 T Wind Dir SW SW S SW SW SW SW E NE NE T Wind Spd 11 16 13 12 26 18 13 9 11 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 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 57 80 60 91 64 93 66 92 Temp 61 57 73 79 63 61 85 88 69 65 87 90 69 67 85 89 Dewpt 58 54 54 51 52 51 53 51 53 51 55 52 54 52 54 50 Max/Min RH 94 36 71 24 62 25 60 24 RH 91 91 51 38 69 68 33 28 56 60 34 27 58 60 35 26 PWind dir N N S SW SW SW S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 40 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C Tstms C $$ TXZ026-142115- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 227 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024 Date Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 62 90 60 79 Temp 56 54 70 83 88 87 73 69 65 63 77 89 88 79 68 65 62 61 68 76 79 75 Dewpt 53 52 54 52 53 54 57 57 56 55 58 58 56 58 61 61 61 61 63 62 62 61 RH 90 93 56 35 30 33 57 66 73 75 52 35 34 49 78 87 97100 84 62 56 62 Wind dir W W SW S S S SE S S S SW SW S N N SE SE E E NE NE E Wind spd 5 4 4 6 10 12 11 10 6 6 13 14 17 13 12 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 Clouds CL FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 5 5 30 70 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.05 0.27 0.27 Rain shwrs C C L L L L L L L L C Tstms C C L L L L L L L L C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 Haines 3 3 5 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 Mix Hgt 6000 8800 3100 500 5700 6600 600 500 4100 5500 T Wind Dir SW S SE S SW S NE E E E T Wind Spd 9 16 12 5 21 21 16 10 10 11 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 57 82 59 91 63 92 65 92 Temp 63 58 76 80 66 60 85 88 70 64 85 89 72 65 85 89 Dewpt 61 58 58 54 57 56 58 57 58 58 60 58 60 57 59 55 Max/Min RH 100 38 90 31 83 33 75 29 RH 93100 54 41 73 87 40 35 66 81 43 35 66 75 41 32 PWind dir N N S S S SW SE S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 40 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C Tstms C $$ TXZ043-142115- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 227 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024 Date Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 66 90 60 83 Temp 57 56 71 80 86 85 74 69 67 66 79 89 90 85 71 66 62 61 72 79 83 79 Dewpt 53 51 55 54 53 53 55 56 54 55 57 56 53 54 57 60 61 60 63 63 63 62 RH 85 84 57 40 32 32 52 63 63 69 47 33 28 35 61 81 94 96 72 58 50 55 Wind dir N W S S S SE SE S S SW SW SW S S SE S S SE S E E E Wind spd 4 4 4 6 9 10 9 11 9 8 13 16 14 12 11 9 6 5 9 6 8 10 Clouds CL CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 20 60 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0 0.08 0.09 Rain shwrs S S S S L L L L C C L L C Tstms S S S S L L L L C C L L C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 4 Haines 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 Mix Hgt 5800 11900 6500 600 4400 7400 1300 500 3800 5700 T Wind Dir SW SW S SW SW S E SE S SE T Wind Spd 9 14 16 12 26 24 18 11 11 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 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 58 82 59 92 64 97 67 95 Temp 63 59 77 80 64 60 86 89 70 65 90 92 74 67 89 93 Dewpt 63 59 60 55 57 55 59 56 55 57 62 58 58 57 60 55 Max/Min RH 100 40 87 29 77 26 71 27 RH 98100 55 42 77 84 40 33 60 77 39 32 57 70 38 28 PWind dir N N S SW S SW S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 40 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C Tstms C $$ TXZ035-142115- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 227 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024 Date Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 91 63 89 56 81 Temp 57 55 71 84 90 89 75 69 65 63 76 88 88 81 68 63 60 56 67 77 81 75 Dewpt 48 47 48 46 39 36 39 44 47 51 55 53 51 52 55 56 56 56 59 57 55 54 RH 72 74 44 27 17 15 27 40 52 65 48 30 28 37 63 78 87100 75 50 41 48 Wind dir E S S S S S S S S SW SW S S S SE SE SE E N NE NE NE Wind spd 5 4 9 11 12 13 11 13 12 12 17 17 18 17 12 12 10 9 9 10 10 12 Clouds FW FW CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 30 50 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.04 0.05 0.14 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C C L L C Tstms S S C C C C C C C C L L C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 Haines 3 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 Mix Hgt 11800 16100 10200 700 6300 7400 2400 900 3700 6600 T Wind Dir SW SW S SW SW S SE SE NE SE T Wind Spd 14 16 10 11 23 20 18 17 11 13 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 53 82 58 92 61 97 63 95 Temp 61 54 77 80 66 59 87 89 70 62 90 93 74 63 89 92 Dewpt 56 54 51 46 49 49 49 42 46 50 50 43 50 52 52 46 Max/Min RH 100 28 71 18 65 16 67 19 RH 84100 40 30 54 69 27 19 42 65 25 18 43 67 28 21 PWind dir N NW S SW S SW S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 40 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C Tstms C $$ TXZ031-142115- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 227 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024 Date Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 64 92 59 82 Temp 57 54 71 82 87 86 74 69 66 64 80 91 91 79 69 64 61 60 70 77 82 76 Dewpt 53 52 54 53 54 54 57 57 55 54 58 58 56 59 61 61 61 60 63 63 63 62 RH 87 93 55 38 33 35 56 65 69 71 47 34 31 49 76 89 99100 80 63 53 62 Wind dir W W SW S S S SE S S S SW SW S W E S SE SE E NE NE NE Wind spd 3 4 4 8 10 11 11 12 10 6 16 16 17 12 12 9 9 5 8 6 9 9 Clouds CL FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 30 70 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0.02 0.14 0.26 Rain shwrs C C L L L L C C L L C Tstms C C L L L L C C L L C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 Haines 3 3 5 5 6 6 5 5 4 4 Mix Hgt 6000 9600 3500 500 5600 9100 600 500 4300 6000 T Wind Dir SW S S SW SW SW NE E W NE T Wind Spd 9 16 14 9 24 24 17 11 10 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 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 57 83 59 93 63 94 66 94 Temp 62 58 76 82 66 60 88 90 70 64 89 91 72 67 87 91 Dewpt 62 58 59 55 58 56 59 58 59 57 62 58 60 56 59 56 Max/Min RH 100 39 90 29 81 31 71 29 RH 100100 56 40 76 87 38 34 68 78 41 33 66 69 39 31 PWind dir N N S S S SW S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 40 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C Tstms C $$ TXZ029-142115- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 227 AM CDT Tue May 14 2024 Date Tue 05/14/24 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 57 87 53 77 Temp 52 50 69 81 87 86 68 63 60 57 75 87 83 74 62 58 54 54 65 73 77 72 Dewpt 48 47 48 46 39 36 42 44 45 47 53 52 50 53 55 56 54 54 58 57 55 55 RH 86 89 47 29 18 17 39 51 58 69 46 30 32 48 78 93100100 78 57 47 55 Wind dir SE SW S SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW S SE S S NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 5 4 9 10 10 11 9 10 9 10 16 13 17 12 10 9 9 8 9 9 10 9 Clouds FW FW CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 30 60 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.13 0.09 0.23 Rain shwrs S S C C L L L L C C L L C Tstms S S C C L L L L C C L L C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 Haines 3 4 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 Mix Hgt 11100 15700 9900 600 6800 7000 2900 600 3900 5400 T Wind Dir SW SW S SW SW W SE E NE NE T Wind Spd 16 16 11 9 23 24 18 14 11 12 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 50 80 53 90 58 92 60 90 Temp 56 51 74 77 60 54 84 87 65 59 86 88 66 60 84 87 Dewpt 56 51 50 46 49 48 48 43 49 48 50 44 50 50 51 45 Max/Min RH 100 30 83 19 68 20 69 21 RH 100100 43 33 67 80 29 21 56 67 29 22 56 69 32 23 PWind dir N NW S SW SW SW S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 40 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C Tstms C $$ 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