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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
204 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
TXZ024-021000-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
204 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
Date 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat
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 59 81 57 74 57
Temp 91 82 67 65 61 61 70 77 80 79 66 61 58 57 59 65 71 73 61 59 59 58
Dewpt 57 61 60 60 61 61 57 53 51 49 54 56 57 56 57 58 58 58 59 59 59 58
RH 32 49 78 85 98 99 63 43 36 35 66 86 98 97 92 79 63 59 94 99100100
Wind dir S S S S S S W NW N N NE E NE NE NE E E E E SE S NW
Wind spd 17 19 17 16 13 14 12 11 10 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 8 5 8 9
Clouds FW B1 B2 SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr 50 5 10 20 20
QPF 12hr 0.08 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs C C S S S S S S S S S S
Tstms C C S S S S S S S S S S
LAL 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Haines 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 10300 900 600 4700 7000 1200 600 1100 1700 1100 400
T Wind Dir S S S W NW NE NE NE E NE NW
T Wind Spd 23 21 16 16 14 14 12 10 5 2 3
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 05/04 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
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 72 57 77 62 86 58 89 59 89
Temp 69 69 59 57 69 76 62 63 81 83 65 58 83 86 66 59 83 86
Dewpt 58 58 59 57 61 60 62 60 45 35 32 28 32 33 32 29 35 35
Min/Max RH 62 100 56 98 16 31 13 33 14
RH 69 68 100100 75 59 97 88 28 18 29 31 16 15 28 32 18 16
PWind dir NE E SE S SW W W W W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15 15> <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 80 50 5 5 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S C D L C S
Tstms S C D L C S
$$
TXZ026-021000-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
204 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
Date 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 61 80 57 78 57
Temp 85 81 69 67 65 63 70 77 80 79 68 62 58 57 60 69 75 77 65 62 58 58
Dewpt 65 65 64 64 64 63 63 60 57 56 59 60 58 57 59 60 62 61 62 62 58 58
RH 51 58 84 90 97100 78 56 45 45 73 92100100 96 72 63 58 90 99100100
Wind dir S SE S SE S S SW W N N NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE SW N
Wind spd 19 19 17 14 12 11 12 10 11 9 10 11 9 10 11 9 9 9 9 8 6 9
Clouds FW SC B2 B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr 70 10 20 30 20
QPF 12hr 0.17 0 0 0 0.03
Rain shwrs C L C S S C C C C S S S S C
Tstms C L C S S C C C C S S S S C
LAL 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 5 5 4
Mix Hgt 5400 900 1000 4300 5700 1300 700 1000 1100 600 400
T Wind Dir S S S SW NW N NE NE NE NW N
T Wind Spd 26 21 18 16 14 19 14 12 5 4 4
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/04 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 77 57 78 62 88 56 90 57 87
Temp 73 74 60 57 70 77 64 63 84 85 67 56 84 88 66 58 81 84
Dewpt 61 62 60 57 62 63 64 63 51 44 43 37 37 38 44 38 41 43
Min/Max RH 60 100 60 100 22 51 15 49 21
RH 67 67 100100 75 62 100100 32 23 42 48 19 17 44 48 24 23
PWind dir NE E SE SE SW SW W SW NW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 60 80 60 10 5 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs C L D D L S
Tstms C L D D L S
$$
TXZ043-021000-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
204 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
Date 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat
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 88 60 78 59
Temp 88 83 69 66 65 64 74 84 87 86 71 66 62 60 66 72 78 74 64 60 60 59
Dewpt 65 65 65 65 65 64 66 58 50 50 58 62 61 60 62 62 60 61 62 60 60 59
RH 47 55 87 97100100 75 41 28 29 64 90 96100 88 71 54 65 95100100100
Wind dir S S SE SE S S SW SW W N E E NE NE NE E E E E SE S W
Wind spd 14 16 9 9 9 8 10 9 9 9 9 8 6 5 8 8 8 11 9 9 5 6
Clouds FW B1 B2 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr 80 10 10 20 20
QPF 12hr 0.40 0 0 0.01 0.10
Rain shwrs C O C S S S S S S
Tstms C O C S S S S S S
LAL 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1
Haines 4 4 4 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 6300 1000 800 4700 8800 1100 800 800 1800 1100 300
T Wind Dir S SE S SW W N N N NE NE S
T Wind Spd 21 17 16 18 19 23 13 10 5 8 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 05/04 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
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 59 78 62 88 58 91 60 91
Temp 75 73 63 59 71 77 65 63 83 85 68 59 86 88 67 61 86 88
Dewpt 65 62 63 59 65 65 65 63 54 49 45 41 41 43 40 38 43 43
Min/Max RH 61 100 64 100 25 56 17 44 18
RH 69 69 100100 82 67 100100 37 28 45 53 21 21 37 43 22 21
PWind dir NE E SE S SW SW SW SW W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 60 80 60 10 5 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S L D L L S
Tstms S L D L L S
$$
TXZ035-021000-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
204 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
Date 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 59 85 56 79 57
Temp 90 82 70 65 62 60 70 79 84 83 70 61 58 56 62 70 78 76 65 61 58 57
Dewpt 52 54 57 58 58 58 54 47 43 39 46 53 54 55 57 56 51 49 56 57 57 56
RH 27 38 63 78 87 93 57 32 24 21 43 75 85 96 85 60 39 38 73 88 95 95
Wind dir S S S S S S W NW W N NE E E E E E SE SE E SE SE S
Wind spd 17 24 16 13 12 12 13 11 11 9 10 11 10 10 11 10 11 13 12 10 9 9
Clouds FW B2 SC SC SC B1 FW FW CL FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr 40 5 5 10 10
QPF 12hr 0.03 0 0 0.02 0
Rain shwrs C C S
Tstms C C S
LAL 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 5
Mix Hgt 11000 2000 600 4300 9900 700 700 1400 2800 1900 300
T Wind Dir S S S W W NE NE NE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 21 21 17 16 14 17 10 9 5 8 8
RFTI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/04 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 76 57 79 61 87 56 89 57 90
Temp 75 71 59 57 72 77 64 61 82 85 65 56 82 86 66 57 84 87
Dewpt 58 57 59 57 61 56 59 58 40 29 27 29 28 24 27 27 31 27
Min/Max RH 52 100 47 93 13 35 10 31 11
RH 55 62 100100 69 48 84 89 22 13 24 35 14 10 23 31 15 11
PWind dir E E SE S SW W W W W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 70 50 5 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S L L L C S
Tstms S L L L C S
$$
TXZ031-021000-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
204 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
Date 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat
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 61 84 57 78 57
Temp 88 82 69 67 65 63 72 80 84 81 69 63 60 57 61 69 77 76 63 60 59 57
Dewpt 66 66 64 65 65 63 64 60 57 55 60 62 60 57 61 62 63 63 63 60 59 57
RH 48 58 84 95100100 77 51 41 41 73 99100100 98 80 64 64100100100100
Wind dir S SE S S S S SW W NW N NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE S NW
Wind spd 19 17 17 13 14 12 12 11 10 10 10 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 6 5 6
Clouds FW SC B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC B1
PoP 12hr 80 5 20 30 20
QPF 12hr 0.42 0 0 0 0.03
Rain shwrs C O C S S C C C C S S C
Tstms C O C S S C C C C S S C
LAL 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 1
Haines 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4
Mix Hgt 6000 600 900 4300 6700 1400 700 1200 1400 700 200
T Wind Dir S S S SW NW N N NE NE N NW
T Wind Spd 25 21 18 17 16 20 13 11 4 4 2
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 05/04 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
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 79 62 90 58 91 58 91
Temp 73 74 62 57 71 77 65 63 86 86 69 58 86 88 67 59 84 87
Dewpt 63 62 62 57 64 64 65 63 53 45 44 37 37 40 42 37 41 43
Min/Max RH 59 100 62 100 22 46 16 46 18
RH 70 68 100100 80 66 100100 33 24 40 45 18 19 40 45 22 22
PWind dir NE E SE S SW SW SW SW W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 60 80 60 5 5 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs C L D D L S
Tstms C L D D L S
$$
TXZ029-021000-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
204 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024
Date 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 53 80 52 74 52
Temp 88 81 65 61 57 54 66 75 79 78 62 55 52 52 57 65 73 71 57 55 54 53
Dewpt 47 50 57 57 57 54 50 49 46 42 48 53 52 52 56 56 53 50 57 55 54 53
RH 24 34 75 87100100 56 40 31 28 60 94100100 97 73 49 48100100100100
Wind dir S S S S S S W N N NE NE E E E E E SE E E SE SE NW
Wind spd 17 17 14 12 10 11 12 10 9 8 9 10 9 9 10 9 9 10 9 8 8 9
Clouds FW SC SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr 30 5 5 20 10
QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0.01 0
Rain shwrs S C S S S S
Tstms S C S S S S
LAL 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 5
Mix Hgt 12000 2300 700 4000 7800 1200 600 900 2100 1400 200
T Wind Dir S S S NW NW NE NE NE SE SE S
T Wind Spd 23 25 19 16 13 14 11 9 5 6 6
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/04 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24 Wed 05/08/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 72 52 75 56 83 50 86 52 87
Temp 69 68 54 53 69 72 58 57 78 80 59 51 80 83 62 52 81 84
Dewpt 55 56 54 53 60 58 58 56 36 29 26 25 27 25 27 25 30 27
Min/Max RH 58 100 57 100 14 37 11 34 12
RH 61 67 100100 72 61 100 96 22 15 28 36 14 12 26 34 15 12
PWind dir NE SE SE S SW W W W W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15 15> <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 60 70 50 5 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S L L L C S
Tstms S L L L C S
$$
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