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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
202 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
TXZ024-010930-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
202 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Date 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri
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 63 92 61 82 56
Temp 92 90 73 68 66 64 77 89 91 84 67 64 63 61 70 78 82 79 66 61 58 56
Dewpt 38 32 42 54 59 60 63 55 50 56 61 60 61 61 54 48 45 44 50 51 51 50
RH 15 13 32 62 76 88 61 32 25 38 82 89 94 96 56 35 27 28 56 70 77 79
Wind dir SW SW S S S SW SW S S S S S S SW W NW N NE E E NE NE
Wind spd 14 12 8 14 17 18 17 14 17 18 18 14 13 13 14 13 12 9 9 11 11 12
Clouds FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL FW B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr 5 30 40 5 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.22 0 0.01
Rain shwrs C C C
Tstms C C C
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 15500 9600 100 10600 13500 2500 200 4200 4200 2100 700
T Wind Dir SW SW S S S S SW W N NE NE
T Wind Spd 20 9 6 19 25 23 10 12 11 18 13
RFTI 1 1 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 05/03 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24
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 77 57 78 58 79 62 88 60 88
Temp 69 76 60 58 74 74 60 58 73 76 63 63 82 85 68 61 83 85
Dewpt 51 52 57 55 56 57 57 57 61 59 60 56 45 37 34 34 35 33
Min/Max RH 41 93 48 99 52 95 18 37 14
RH 51 44 90 90 53 56 90 96 66 56 91 79 27 18 29 37 18 15
PWind dir E S NE SE SE S SW SW W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 10 20 30 60 50 20 5 0 0
Rain shwrs S S C L C C C S
Tstms S S C L C C C S
$$
TXZ026-010930-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
202 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Date 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 63 87 61 83 56
Temp 92 89 74 70 66 64 75 85 85 78 68 65 62 62 72 81 82 81 68 63 58 56
Dewpt 50 48 58 62 63 64 67 66 66 64 65 64 62 62 63 56 55 54 57 56 55 53
RH 24 24 57 76 90100 76 53 53 62 89 96100100 74 42 39 39 69 78 89 90
Wind dir SW S S S S S S S S SE S S S S SW NW N NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd 17 12 14 16 13 11 14 17 19 18 18 13 11 10 12 12 12 10 12 12 10 13
Clouds SC FW CL FW FW SC B1 FW FW SC B2 SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr 10 40 50 10 20
QPF 12hr 0 0.05 0.76 0 0
Rain shwrs C C C C C S S S S
Tstms C C C C C S S S S
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 2
Haines 4 3 4 4 6 5 4 5 5 5 4
Mix Hgt 14000 8700 300 3600 5100 3300 300 5500 6500 2100 700
T Wind Dir SW S SE S S S S SW N NE NE
T Wind Spd 21 11 13 25 29 17 8 13 11 18 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/03 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 79 56 78 58 78 61 89 60 87
Temp 72 78 63 57 74 76 62 58 73 77 65 62 84 86 69 60 83 85
Dewpt 56 58 61 57 59 60 62 58 62 61 64 61 54 49 50 44 44 44
Min/Max RH 48 100 54 100 56 100 26 58 21
RH 56 50 94100 59 58 100100 68 58 98 97 36 27 50 55 26 24
PWind dir E SE NE E SE SE SW SW W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15
Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 20 40 60 50 20 10 0 0
Rain shwrs S S C C L C C C S
Tstms S S C C L C C C S
$$
TXZ043-010930-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
202 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Date 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri
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 65 89 62 88 58
Temp 92 87 74 70 67 66 77 85 89 82 68 64 63 63 73 84 88 85 70 64 61 58
Dewpt 55 54 60 63 65 66 67 67 66 63 66 64 63 63 66 56 47 51 55 57 58 57
RH 29 32 61 80 94100 72 54 47 53 92100100100 77 40 24 32 58 78 90 96
Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW W W N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd 12 12 9 11 9 6 12 13 16 14 11 8 6 6 11 9 9 8 9 10 9 12
Clouds SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 FW FW B1 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr 20 40 50 10 10
QPF 12hr 0 0.05 0.63 0 0
Rain shwrs S S C C C S S
Tstms S S C C C S S
LAL 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 3 6 6 5 4 5 4 6 6
Mix Hgt 13800 7300 100 3500 5900 4000 200 6000 13500 4700 600
T Wind Dir SW S S S S SE S SW W NE NE
T Wind Spd 20 11 9 20 25 12 9 16 12 24 16
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 05/03 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24
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 78 57 80 59 81 63 90 62 90
Temp 72 76 61 58 76 77 62 60 74 80 66 64 84 87 69 62 84 87
Dewpt 60 59 61 58 63 63 62 60 65 64 64 63 56 50 49 50 44 44
Min/Max RH 51 100 54 100 56 99 26 66 20
RH 66 55 99100 65 61 100100 71 59 92 97 39 28 49 64 25 23
PWind dir NE SE E E SE S SW SW W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15
Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 20 50 60 60 20 10 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S C L C L L S
Tstms S S S C L C L L S
$$
TXZ035-010930-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
202 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Date 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 62 91 60 86 55
Temp 91 89 75 69 65 63 74 87 91 81 70 64 63 60 70 80 86 83 69 62 57 55
Dewpt 36 30 39 53 57 60 63 54 48 52 58 59 59 58 51 43 37 36 43 47 48 50
RH 14 12 27 57 75 90 69 32 23 36 67 83 86 93 51 27 18 19 38 59 71 83
Wind dir SW SW S S S S SW SW S S S S S SW W NW NW N E E E NE
Wind spd 17 16 10 16 12 12 16 13 17 19 13 13 12 11 13 12 12 10 9 12 11 13
Clouds FW CL CL CL FW SC FW CL CL SC SC FW FW SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW B1
PoP 12hr 0 30 30 0 5
QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0.16 0 0
Rain shwrs C C C
Tstms C C C
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 4 6 6
Mix Hgt 14500 8900 100 13100 15400 6800 200 9400 11400 3000 600
T Wind Dir SW S S SW SW S SW W NW NE NE
T Wind Spd 20 10 9 19 21 14 10 18 10 17 12
RFTI 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/03 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 78 56 80 56 81 59 88 57 89
Temp 71 75 60 56 79 73 59 56 75 79 64 59 82 85 68 57 84 86
Dewpt 52 47 55 55 56 55 58 56 60 54 56 53 42 30 32 34 34 26
Min/Max RH 34 95 43 100 41 83 13 42 11
RH 51 37 84 95 46 52 96100 60 42 76 79 24 14 26 42 17 11
PWind dir E S SE E SE S SW SW W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 10 10 40 60 50 20 5 0 0
Rain shwrs S C L C C C S
Tstms S C L C C C S
$$
TXZ031-010930-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
202 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Date 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri
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 64 90 62 86 56
Temp 93 90 74 70 66 65 77 87 89 81 68 65 64 63 74 83 86 83 69 62 58 56
Dewpt 52 49 60 63 65 65 67 66 65 64 66 64 64 63 63 55 54 54 58 58 57 55
RH 25 24 62 78 94100 72 51 46 56 92 97100100 69 39 33 37 68 87 94 95
Wind dir SW S S S S S S S S SE S S S S W NW NW N NE E NE NE
Wind spd 16 12 13 14 14 14 16 17 19 17 16 11 10 10 11 11 12 10 10 11 9 13
Clouds SC FW CL FW FW FW B1 FW FW SC OV SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr 10 40 50 10 20
QPF 12hr 0 0.05 0.49 0 0
Rain shwrs S C C C S S S S S S
Tstms S C C C S S S S S S
LAL 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 2
Haines 4 3 4 4 6 5 4 5 5 4 5
Mix Hgt 13900 8600 200 3400 5100 3500 100 5900 8100 2600 700
T Wind Dir SW S S S S S S SW NW NE NE
T Wind Spd 20 12 11 21 28 19 9 14 11 18 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 05/03 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24
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 56 80 58 80 62 90 60 90
Temp 71 79 62 57 77 77 60 58 72 78 66 63 84 87 70 60 84 87
Dewpt 57 58 62 57 61 62 60 58 64 64 66 63 55 49 51 44 43 42
Min/Max RH 48 100 54 100 59 100 26 58 18
RH 62 50 98100 60 61 100100 75 63 98100 37 27 53 56 24 20
PWind dir E SE E SE SE S SW SW W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15
Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 20 40 60 50 20 10 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S C C L C C C S
Tstms S S S C C L C C C S
$$
TXZ029-010930-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
202 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Date 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 56 90 55 80 50
Temp 87 86 68 62 59 57 72 86 89 82 65 59 58 55 66 76 79 77 63 57 52 50
Dewpt 32 26 32 45 56 57 61 49 42 48 58 59 58 55 47 43 39 36 43 48 48 48
RH 14 11 26 54 90100 68 28 19 30 78 99100100 51 31 23 22 47 71 85 92
Wind dir SW SW S S S S SW SW S S S S S SW NW NW NW N E E E NE
Wind spd 13 11 6 11 11 10 14 13 17 17 14 12 12 10 12 12 10 8 9 11 10 13
Clouds CL CL CL CL CL SC FW CL CL SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 0 20 20 0 5
QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.07 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S
Tstms S S S
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 6
Mix Hgt 14700 9200 100 13500 15900 8200 500 3300 3800 2100 600
T Wind Dir SW S S SW SW S SW W N NE NE
T Wind Spd 20 9 10 19 24 23 16 16 10 12 12
RFTI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/03 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 75 51 75 52 78 54 84 52 85
Temp 66 73 56 52 72 70 54 52 71 75 59 55 78 81 62 52 79 82
Dewpt 49 47 54 52 53 52 54 52 59 55 57 52 42 30 30 31 32 26
Min/Max RH 37 100 45 100 48 96 15 44 12
RH 54 40 93100 52 52 100100 65 50 94 90 27 16 30 44 18 13
PWind dir E S NE E SE S SW W W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 10 10 40 60 50 20 5 0 0
Rain shwrs S C L C C C S
Tstms S C L C C C S
$$
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