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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
322 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024
TXZ024-010930-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
322 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024
Date Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24
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 93 59 82 57 75
Temp 67 64 78 89 92 86 67 65 62 60 71 79 82 80 67 62 59 57 62 67 73 74
Dewpt 59 61 63 56 51 57 59 59 60 59 55 52 50 48 52 53 55 53 54 56 56 56
RH 74 91 61 33 25 37 75 81 93 97 56 39 33 32 60 72 87 86 75 68 55 53
Wind dir S SW SW S S S S S S S W N N NE E E NE NE NE E E E
Wind spd 17 19 18 13 17 18 17 14 11 12 11 11 10 10 8 9 9 10 12 9 8 9
Clouds CL CL FW CL CL SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr 20 50 5 10 10
QPF 12hr 0 0.10 0 0 0.01
Rain shwrs S C S S
Tstms S C S S
LAL 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 4
Mix Hgt 7500 11800 2600 800 3900 6500 3700 1100 2700 4300
T Wind Dir SW S S S W N NE E E SE
T Wind Spd 21 23 25 14 16 12 12 13 13 13
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 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24
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 75 57 75 62 88 59 88
Temp 62 58 72 73 61 58 72 74 64 65 82 85 68 60 83 86
Dewpt 58 58 57 56 59 58 60 60 61 58 48 37 33 33 37 34
Max/Min RH 99 51 100 59 94 18 36 15
RH 89 99 59 55 94100 66 62 91 79 31 18 28 36 20 16
PWind dir SE NE E SE S SW SW W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr 20 40 60 60 20 5 0 0
Rain shwrs S S C C L L L L S
Tstms S S S C C C C C S
$$
TXZ026-010930-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
322 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024
Date Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 88 61 84 57 76
Temp 68 64 76 85 88 81 69 66 64 63 71 79 83 80 68 63 59 57 63 69 74 75
Dewpt 63 64 66 66 65 65 64 64 64 63 62 58 56 55 57 58 56 56 57 59 60 61
RH 84100 71 53 47 58 84 93100100 73 49 40 42 68 84 90 96 81 70 62 62
Wind dir S S S S S SE S S S S SW NW N NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E
Wind spd 13 10 14 17 20 19 17 12 11 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 9 10 12 10 9 9
Clouds FW FW B1 SC FW B1 OV B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr 30 70 10 10 20
QPF 12hr 0.29 0.52 0 0 0.02
Rain shwrs C L C S S S
Tstms C L C S S S
LAL 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4
Mix Hgt 4900 6900 1700 700 3700 5500 2300 1000 3300 3900
T Wind Dir S S S S SW N NE NE E SE
T Wind Spd 20 27 20 14 13 13 17 14 14 13
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 57 77 57 76 60 88 57 88
Temp 64 58 72 75 64 58 72 74 66 61 82 85 67 58 83 86
Dewpt 62 58 60 60 63 58 62 62 63 61 56 45 45 42 44 43
Max/Min RH 100 56 100 62 100 24 55 20
RH 93100 66 60 97100 71 66 90100 41 25 45 55 25 22
PWind dir SE NE E SE SE SW SW W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 50 60 70 20 10 0 0
Rain shwrs S S C C C L L L S
Tstms S S S C C C C C S
$$
TXZ043-010930-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
322 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024
Date Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24
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 89 61 90 59 82
Temp 69 66 78 85 89 82 68 66 63 63 73 85 90 87 71 65 61 60 65 74 81 77
Dewpt 65 66 67 67 66 65 64 64 63 63 64 56 46 47 55 59 60 59 61 62 60 61
RH 89 98 70 55 46 56 86 93100100 73 37 22 25 58 80 97 97 87 66 48 57
Wind dir S S S S S S SE S S S SW W W N NE NE NE NE NE E E E
Wind spd 9 8 13 13 14 14 9 8 6 6 10 10 9 8 8 9 9 8 9 9 9 10
Clouds FW SC SC SC FW OV B2 SC SC B1 SC CL CL FW CL FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 30 70 10 10 20
QPF 12hr 0.09 0.60 0 0 0.07
Rain shwrs C L S S S S
Tstms C L S S S S
LAL 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 4500 6700 1000 700 4100 9500 3300 1000 2500 5000
T Wind Dir S S S S SW NW NE E E S
T Wind Spd 20 21 16 12 14 13 17 16 12 13
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 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24
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 78 59 77 62 90 60 90
Temp 63 59 74 75 64 60 74 76 66 63 84 87 67 60 86 88
Dewpt 62 59 63 62 64 60 64 64 65 63 59 48 50 46 43 43
Max/Min RH 100 59 100 63 100 25 62 18
RH 98100 69 64 100100 71 65 97100 43 26 53 60 22 21
PWind dir SE NE E SE SE SW SW W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 15>
Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 50 60 70 30 10 0 0
Rain shwrs S S C L L L L C
Tstms S S C C C C C C
$$
TXZ035-010930-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
322 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024
Date Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 91 59 88 56 81
Temp 67 63 74 87 91 81 68 66 62 60 70 82 87 84 70 64 58 56 62 72 79 80
Dewpt 57 61 64 56 49 53 57 59 58 57 50 46 41 39 45 50 52 53 56 55 52 49
RH 70 93 71 35 24 38 68 78 87 90 49 28 20 20 41 60 80 90 81 55 39 34
Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S NW NW NW NE E E E NE E E SE SE
Wind spd 12 11 17 12 17 23 14 13 11 11 13 10 11 9 10 12 12 11 12 10 10 12
Clouds CL FW SC CL CL B2 FW FW SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 40 0 5 5
QPF 12hr 0.03 0.11 0 0 0.03
Rain shwrs S C
Tstms S C
LAL 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 6600 11700 1600 900 4800 10100 4100 1200 2900 6700
T Wind Dir SW S S SW W NW NE E E S
T Wind Spd 19 20 20 18 17 13 18 18 16 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 57 77 57 77 60 89 57 89
Temp 63 58 73 72 62 58 73 76 65 61 82 86 67 57 83 87
Dewpt 58 58 58 56 59 58 59 54 59 55 43 28 30 31 32 28
Max/Min RH 100 50 100 46 84 12 37 11
RH 84100 59 57 90100 62 46 81 81 25 12 25 37 16 12
PWind dir SE E E SE S SW W W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 10 50 60 60 10 5 0 0
Rain shwrs S C L L L L
Tstms S C C C C C
$$
TXZ031-010930-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
322 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024
Date Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24
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 60 86 57 78
Temp 69 65 79 87 90 83 68 66 64 63 73 83 86 83 69 64 59 57 64 70 76 77
Dewpt 65 64 67 67 66 66 64 64 64 63 63 57 56 55 58 59 58 57 58 60 61 62
RH 85 97 68 52 45 57 89 94 99100 72 42 36 39 69 86 95100 81 70 62 61
Wind dir S S S S S SE S SE S S SW NW N NE NE E NE NE NE E E E
Wind spd 14 12 17 17 19 19 13 12 10 9 11 9 11 10 9 9 8 8 11 9 9 9
Clouds FW FW SC SC FW B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr 30 70 10 10 10
QPF 12hr 0.22 0.34 0 0 0.01
Rain shwrs C L C S S S
Tstms C L C S S S
LAL 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4
Mix Hgt 4900 7200 1200 600 4400 5800 2500 1200 3100 3500
T Wind Dir S S S S SW NW NE NE E SE
T Wind Spd 23 25 20 16 13 13 17 13 13 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 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24
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 78 57 77 60 90 59 90
Temp 63 59 74 76 64 58 74 75 65 61 84 87 68 59 85 89
Dewpt 63 59 61 61 64 58 63 63 65 61 57 45 44 40 42 40
Max/Min RH 100 56 100 62 100 23 51 17
RH 100100 65 61 100100 68 66 99100 39 23 43 50 23 19
PWind dir SE NE E SE S SW SW W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 50 60 70 20 10 0 0
Rain shwrs S S C C L L L L S
Tstms S S S C C C C C S
$$
TXZ029-010930-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
322 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024
Date Wed 05/01/24 Thu 05/02/24 Fri 05/03/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 91 53 81 51 77
Temp 61 57 72 87 90 83 64 61 57 54 67 77 81 79 65 58 53 52 60 69 76 74
Dewpt 56 57 62 51 42 50 56 58 57 54 49 48 43 41 47 51 52 52 53 53 52 50
RH 84100 71 29 19 32 75 90100100 52 36 26 26 52 77 96100 78 57 43 43
Wind dir S S SW SW S S S S S SW NW N N NE E E E NE E E SE SE
Wind spd 11 10 14 13 16 17 13 12 11 11 12 10 9 8 9 10 10 9 12 9 9 11
Clouds CL FW FW CL CL B1 SC FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr 20 30 0 5 10
QPF 12hr 0 0.04 0 0 0.13
Rain shwrs S C
Tstms S C
LAL 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 8000 13400 1900 900 3800 8600 4600 1200 2900 6300
T Wind Dir SW SW S S NW N E E E S
T Wind Spd 20 21 27 19 18 11 17 19 16 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue 05/07/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 51 74 52 74 55 85 52 86
Temp 57 53 70 70 58 53 71 72 60 56 79 82 62 53 80 83
Dewpt 57 53 55 54 58 53 59 56 59 53 42 28 29 28 30 26
Max/Min RH 100 51 100 55 100 14 39 12
RH 100100 59 57 100100 66 57 96 90 27 14 28 38 16 12
PWind dir SE NE E SE S SW W W
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15>
Avg clouds FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 10 50 60 60 10 5 0 0
Rain shwrs C C L L L L
Tstms S C C C C C
$$
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