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841 FOUS54 KLUB 080734 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 234 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 TXZ024-082200- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 234 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 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 85 53 76 51 75 Temp 63 58 68 76 83 84 68 62 56 53 63 72 76 73 62 57 54 51 61 69 74 73 Dewpt 23 28 32 34 33 30 35 39 41 41 41 38 39 39 41 41 42 42 43 44 43 42 RH 21 32 26 22 16 14 29 42 57 63 45 30 27 29 47 54 63 71 52 40 33 33 Wind dir NW NW N N SW W N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE N N NE NE E E Wind spd 13 11 11 6 11 10 6 9 8 9 14 17 16 13 9 9 8 6 10 10 10 9 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC 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 1 Haines 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 500 4000 12000 8300 100 5700 7300 4800 200 4900 6600 T Wind Dir NW N W SE NE E E NE NE NE E T Wind Spd 18 16 9 6 5 26 23 13 6 14 11 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 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 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 54 74 56 74 55 79 56 82 Temp 59 55 70 71 58 56 70 70 56 56 75 76 60 57 77 79 Dewpt 46 47 49 50 53 54 58 55 55 53 55 53 53 53 54 53 Max/Min RH 76 41 92 55 99 40 88 36 RH 63 75 48 47 85 92 64 60 97 92 50 44 78 86 46 40 PWind dir SE S S SE S NE S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 40 60 70 50 40 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C L L L C S C C S S Tstms S C C L L L C S C C S S $$ TXZ026-082200- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 234 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 86 54 78 53 77 Temp 60 57 69 78 84 84 70 64 57 54 65 74 77 76 66 61 56 54 63 72 76 75 Dewpt 38 36 40 39 38 37 43 46 46 44 44 41 41 42 44 45 46 46 47 46 45 45 RH 44 45 35 25 19 19 38 52 67 69 46 30 27 29 45 56 70 76 55 39 33 34 Wind dir W NW N N W SE E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N NE NE NE E Wind spd 9 9 12 8 9 8 9 11 11 11 16 18 18 13 9 9 9 8 10 10 10 9 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 Mix Hgt 500 4000 7500 4600 100 6000 7200 4600 200 6100 6900 T Wind Dir W N NW E NE E E NE NE NE NE T Wind Spd 13 16 5 8 5 26 23 16 8 16 11 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 54 77 56 75 56 80 56 83 Temp 60 55 73 75 62 57 70 71 60 56 74 78 63 57 77 81 Dewpt 49 50 49 50 55 57 59 59 59 56 58 56 58 57 58 56 Max/Min RH 86 39 100 58 100 44 100 40 RH 66 84 42 42 79100 68 65 96100 57 47 84100 52 42 PWind dir SE S SE SE S NE S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 20 50 70 50 40 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C L L C C C C S S Tstms S C C L L C C C C S S $$ TXZ043-082200- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 234 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 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 90 56 79 54 77 Temp 62 60 72 82 88 89 72 65 59 56 66 76 79 76 66 61 57 54 65 72 77 74 Dewpt 43 39 38 40 38 38 43 45 47 49 52 49 49 47 46 48 48 48 49 49 48 48 RH 49 46 29 22 17 17 35 48 66 77 60 39 35 36 49 60 72 78 56 43 36 39 Wind dir SW W NW NW W SW SE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N NE NE NE E Wind spd 9 8 9 6 9 6 5 5 5 8 12 14 13 12 9 9 8 6 10 12 11 11 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 5 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 Mix Hgt 500 3200 9100 6000 100 2200 3400 2500 300 4200 5500 T Wind Dir SW NW W E NE NE NE NE NE NE E T Wind Spd 16 12 9 8 6 20 25 13 9 19 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 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 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 54 76 57 77 57 82 57 85 Temp 60 55 74 72 60 57 72 74 59 58 78 79 63 58 80 82 Dewpt 52 52 52 55 56 57 61 58 59 58 59 55 57 56 59 56 Max/Min RH 92 43 99 52 100 41 95 37 RH 76 88 47 55 88 98 68 56 100100 51 44 79 94 49 41 PWind dir E SE SE SE SE N SE S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 40 50 70 40 40 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C L L C S S C S S Tstms S C C C L L C S S C S S $$ TXZ035-082200- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 234 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 54 78 52 76 Temp 65 58 69 81 86 86 73 65 57 54 64 74 78 73 65 60 55 52 62 71 76 73 Dewpt 19 21 29 28 23 22 26 32 37 41 44 41 39 39 40 41 42 42 44 43 42 42 RH 17 23 22 14 10 9 17 29 47 61 47 31 25 29 40 49 61 68 51 36 30 32 Wind dir W NW N W W W NE NE NE NE E E E E E E NE NE NE E E E Wind spd 16 11 12 10 16 12 6 9 10 12 19 19 17 16 13 13 9 9 13 13 12 12 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 Mix Hgt 600 6500 12300 8300 100 3900 4400 3000 100 4200 4800 T Wind Dir W NW W SE E E E E NE NE E T Wind Spd 20 13 14 8 11 25 23 23 9 17 16 RFTI 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 53 73 56 78 55 82 56 85 Temp 60 53 69 67 61 56 74 76 61 56 77 80 64 56 79 81 Dewpt 47 48 51 53 54 54 56 50 53 52 51 45 51 51 51 46 Max/Min RH 83 46 93 37 88 27 82 26 RH 61 83 52 60 79 93 53 40 75 88 40 30 63 82 38 29 PWind dir SE SE S S E NW SE SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 10 50 50 60 30 30 10 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C L C S C S Tstms C C C C C L C S C S $$ TXZ031-082200- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 234 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 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 54 79 52 78 Temp 62 58 71 79 85 85 70 65 59 54 67 76 79 76 65 61 56 52 64 72 77 76 Dewpt 34 32 39 40 39 39 43 47 48 46 45 43 43 43 45 46 47 47 48 47 46 46 RH 35 38 32 25 20 20 38 52 69 74 46 31 28 31 48 59 74 81 56 41 34 34 Wind dir SW W N N W S SE N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N NE NE NE E Wind spd 9 9 11 8 8 8 6 9 8 8 14 16 17 12 9 8 5 5 10 11 11 9 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC 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 1 Haines 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 500 3800 7000 3900 100 5500 6000 3900 200 5900 7000 T Wind Dir W NW W E NE E E NE NE NE NE T Wind Spd 14 14 5 6 5 26 24 11 10 16 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 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 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 54 78 56 76 55 81 56 84 Temp 61 55 75 75 62 57 73 72 60 56 76 78 63 57 78 82 Dewpt 51 51 51 52 55 57 60 59 60 56 60 57 58 57 59 57 Max/Min RH 90 38 100 59 100 45 100 40 RH 71 86 43 43 79100 66 64 100100 56 49 85100 52 43 PWind dir SE S S SE S N S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 30 50 70 50 40 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C L L C S C C S S Tstms C C C L L C S C C S S $$ TXZ029-082200- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 234 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Date Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 84 48 74 46 73 Temp 57 51 66 76 82 82 66 59 52 48 62 71 74 71 59 54 50 46 60 69 72 71 Dewpt 19 23 28 29 24 22 27 33 37 38 40 38 37 37 40 40 41 41 43 42 40 41 RH 22 33 24 18 12 11 23 37 56 68 44 30 26 29 49 59 72 81 53 37 31 33 Wind dir W NW N W W W N NE NE NE E E E E E NE NE NE NE E E E Wind spd 10 6 9 6 14 11 5 9 9 11 18 18 16 14 10 9 8 5 11 11 11 9 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 Mix Hgt 500 5500 12500 8400 100 4500 6400 4100 100 5400 5600 T Wind Dir NW NW W E E E E E NE E E T Wind Spd 17 12 14 8 10 27 23 13 6 16 13 RFTI 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Sat 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 05/14/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 49 71 50 73 50 79 51 82 Temp 55 50 69 67 54 51 69 70 54 51 76 76 58 52 77 78 Dewpt 45 46 49 50 53 51 55 51 53 51 50 45 51 51 50 47 Max/Min RH 86 46 100 46 100 30 100 29 RH 68 86 50 54 97100 60 52 95100 41 34 78 96 39 34 PWind dir SE SE S S E N SE SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 50 60 60 30 40 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C L L L C S C C S S Tstms C C C L L L C S C C S S $$ 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