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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
248 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
TXZ024-210915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
248 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
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 72 93 66 75 51
Temp 98 93 80 77 75 73 82 89 92 88 77 73 70 67 72 72 70 65 59 57 53 51
Dewpt 52 54 57 59 62 65 66 64 61 61 64 66 66 66 66 64 59 56 55 51 50 48
RH 22 27 46 53 65 76 60 43 37 41 64 78 86 94 83 78 67 72 88 81 88 88
Wind dir S S S S SW SW SW S S S S SE S W W N N N N N N N
Wind spd 13 12 8 8 8 8 11 13 14 12 9 8 6 6 9 11 12 13 11 8 6 5
Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 30 70 70 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.50 0.26 0.01
Rain shwrs S C L L L L L L L L C C S S
Tstms S C L L L L L L L L C C S S
LAL 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 3 2
Haines 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 4
Mix Hgt 500 500 6700 8100 2200 700 2800 3300 2700 1900
T Wind Dir S SW SW S SE S NW N N N
T Wind Spd 14 14 18 21 16 10 13 20 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 09/23 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24
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 76 57 79 59 84 61 86
Temp 68 73 61 57 70 70 61 58 73 75 63 59 79 80 66 62 81 80
Dewpt 48 51 54 55 58 60 59 56 56 54 55 54 56 56 56 56 55 55
Min/Max RH 39 93 58 96 42 86 38 81 35
RH 49 45 79 92 66 69 92 92 55 49 77 84 47 45 70 80 41 42
PWind dir NE S SE NE NE S SW S SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 30 60 50 30 20 10 10 20
Rain shwrs C L C C C C S S S
Tstms C L C C C C S S S
$$
TXZ026-210915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
248 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 72 95 70 80 53
Temp 98 96 85 80 76 73 82 90 94 90 82 78 73 71 74 77 75 69 65 60 56 53
Dewpt 57 56 57 59 62 64 67 65 61 59 60 63 64 65 67 65 62 59 55 53 50 49
RH 26 26 39 49 62 73 61 44 34 35 47 60 73 81 79 67 64 70 70 78 80 86
Wind dir S S S S S S SW S S S S S S S SW NW N N N N N N
Wind spd 12 12 9 8 9 6 10 13 14 12 11 9 9 8 9 10 12 13 12 10 9 9
Clouds CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 20 50 70 50
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.26 0.34 0.10
Rain shwrs S C C C C L L L L C C C C
Tstms S C C C C L L L L C C C C
LAL 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 3 3
Haines 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 4
Mix Hgt 400 400 6300 8500 1300 400 3700 3700 1800 900
T Wind Dir S S S S SE SE W N N N
T Wind Spd 14 12 14 21 18 13 11 18 19 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 09/23 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 77 57 77 58 81 59 86 62 87
Temp 68 76 63 58 72 72 64 59 74 77 65 59 80 82 69 62 82 82
Dewpt 48 50 52 54 57 58 58 56 56 55 55 55 56 57 58 57 56 56
Min/Max RH 37 87 54 94 42 87 37 85 35
RH 49 40 67 86 59 61 81 90 53 47 70 87 44 43 68 84 41 41
PWind dir N SE SE NE NE SE S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW SC B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 20 50 50 30 10 10 10 10
Rain shwrs S C C C C C
Tstms S C C C C C
$$
TXZ043-210915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
248 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
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 72 94 72 84 56
Temp 96 94 83 80 76 73 82 89 93 91 83 80 76 73 79 82 79 71 66 63 59 56
Dewpt 59 58 60 63 67 68 69 66 62 60 61 64 65 67 69 68 67 64 61 59 55 53
RH 30 31 46 57 74 85 67 48 37 35 47 57 71 81 72 64 66 80 86 89 88 90
Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S SE S S S S SW NW N N N N N
Wind spd 11 9 6 5 5 5 9 12 12 12 10 8 8 6 9 9 9 11 12 9 9 8
Clouds CL FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr 0 5 20 70 60
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0.30 0.37
Rain shwrs S S S S C C L L L L C C
Tstms S S S S C C L L L L C C
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 3
Haines 6 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3
Mix Hgt 500 500 5700 7500 1200 600 4700 4300 2300 1700
T Wind Dir S S S S S S S NW N N
T Wind Spd 13 12 16 20 18 13 13 14 21 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 09/23 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24
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 58 80 60 80 59 85 61 88
Temp 68 76 65 59 74 74 65 61 74 78 65 60 80 82 68 62 83 84
Dewpt 50 54 58 58 61 62 62 60 58 58 58 57 57 58 60 59 57 57
Min/Max RH 45 96 57 99 46 91 38 90 35
RH 52 47 80 96 64 67 90 99 56 51 78 90 45 45 77 89 42 41
PWind dir NE SE E NE NE E SW S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 10 30 60 60 30 10 10 10 20
Rain shwrs C L L C L C S S
Tstms C L L C L C S S
$$
TXZ035-210915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
248 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 69 89 67 74 51
Temp 94 90 80 75 73 70 76 84 88 85 77 72 70 68 70 72 71 65 60 58 54 52
Dewpt 54 54 57 60 64 65 68 66 64 63 64 66 66 65 66 64 60 57 54 51 50 48
RH 26 30 45 60 73 84 76 55 45 48 64 81 87 90 87 76 68 75 81 77 86 86
Wind dir S S SE S S S S S S S S S S S W N N N N N N N
Wind spd 17 13 11 9 9 9 13 17 17 16 12 10 9 9 10 11 14 17 16 12 10 9
Clouds FW FW B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 30 70 60 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.42 0.10 0.02
Rain shwrs C L L C C L L L L C C S S
Tstms C L L C C L L L L C C S S
LAL 1 1 1 2 4 3 4 4 3 2
Haines 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Mix Hgt 900 500 5500 7000 2200 1100 3700 3600 2400 1100
T Wind Dir S S S S S S W N NE NE
T Wind Spd 16 13 18 21 16 12 11 18 18 13
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 09/23 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 75 57 75 58 77 58 83 60 84
Temp 67 72 62 58 71 69 61 58 71 73 63 59 77 78 66 61 80 80
Dewpt 50 53 57 57 60 60 59 56 56 55 55 54 58 56 56 55 56 55
Min/Max RH 44 96 64 94 48 84 41 81 37
RH 54 51 84 96 68 73 93 93 59 53 75 83 52 47 70 81 44 42
PWind dir E S SE E E SE S S SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 10 40 60 60 40 20 10 10 20
Rain shwrs C L L L L C S S S S
Tstms C L L L L C S S S S
$$
TXZ031-210915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
248 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
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 72 97 70 81 53
Temp 100 96 84 80 76 73 84 92 95 93 84 79 75 71 76 78 75 69 63 60 57 54
Dewpt 57 57 59 62 64 66 69 65 61 60 61 65 66 66 68 67 64 61 59 56 53 51
RH 24 27 42 54 66 80 60 42 32 33 46 62 75 85 77 69 68 77 86 86 86 90
Wind dir S S S S S S SW S S S SE S S S SW W N N N N N N
Wind spd 12 11 8 5 5 5 9 13 14 12 10 8 6 5 9 10 12 12 12 9 6 6
Clouds CL FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr 0 10 40 70 50
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.19 0.40 0.19
Rain shwrs C C C C C C L L C C C C
Tstms C C C C C C L L C C C C
LAL 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 3
Haines 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3
Mix Hgt 600 600 6500 8300 1400 700 3900 3700 2200 1500
T Wind Dir S S S S S S W N N N
T Wind Spd 13 12 16 21 18 12 12 19 19 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 09/23 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24
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 58 82 58 87 61 89
Temp 68 76 62 58 73 74 64 59 75 78 65 59 80 83 68 62 83 84
Dewpt 49 52 56 57 59 61 62 58 56 57 58 57 56 58 60 58 56 58
Min/Max RH 40 98 53 100 42 93 37 89 35
RH 50 43 80 97 62 63 93 97 53 48 77 92 44 43 74 88 39 41
PWind dir N SE E NE NE S S S SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 20 60 50 30 10 10 10 10
Rain shwrs S L C C C C S
Tstms S L C C C C S
$$
TXZ029-210915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
248 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024
Date 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 65 89 61 73 46
Temp 95 90 77 73 68 65 76 84 87 84 72 68 65 62 68 69 68 64 55 52 49 47
Dewpt 51 52 56 58 62 64 66 63 62 62 66 66 65 62 64 61 57 54 53 50 48 47
RH 23 27 48 59 81 97 71 49 43 48 81 93100100 87 76 68 70 93 93 96100
Wind dir S S SE S S S S S S S S S S SW NW N N N N N N N
Wind spd 13 12 8 6 5 5 11 12 12 11 9 6 5 5 9 11 12 12 11 6 5 5
Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr 5 40 80 60 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.75 0.10 0
Rain shwrs S C D D L L L L L L C C S S
Tstms S C D D L L L L L L C C S S
LAL 1 1 1 3 5 4 4 4 3 2
Haines 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Mix Hgt 700 500 5700 7500 1400 600 2900 3600 2500 1200
T Wind Dir S S S S S S NW N NE NE
T Wind Spd 16 14 18 19 16 11 13 18 17 12
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 09/23 Tue 09/24/24 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 76 52 74 52 76 53 82 55 84
Temp 68 73 58 53 69 68 57 53 71 74 58 54 76 78 62 56 79 79
Dewpt 48 52 55 53 58 59 57 53 54 54 54 54 56 55 56 54 55 54
Min/Max RH 40 100 62 100 45 100 39 96 36
RH 49 48 90100 68 73 100100 55 50 86100 50 45 81 93 44 42
PWind dir NE S SE NE E S SW S SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 30 60 60 30 20 20 10 20
Rain shwrs C L C L L C S S S S S
Tstms C L C L L C S S S S S
$$
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