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312 FOUS54 KLUB 180748 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 248 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024 TXZ024-180900- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 248 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024 Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 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 69 83 66 75 Temp 75 73 78 83 90 88 78 74 71 69 74 79 83 82 74 71 67 67 70 71 74 75 Dewpt 68 68 69 70 70 68 68 67 67 68 68 69 68 67 68 65 65 66 67 68 68 67 RH 78 84 74 65 52 52 72 80 88 97 81 70 63 61 81 83 94 98 90 90 82 78 Wind dir S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E Wind spd 18 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 13 12 11 11 13 13 11 9 6 6 8 10 11 10 Clouds SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 20 10 30 50 QPF 12hr 0 0.14 0 0 0.11 Rain shwrs S S S S C C C C C C C Tstms S S S S C C C C C C C LAL 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 Haines 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 Mix Hgt 3600 5600 3500 2500 4500 5100 3200 1100 3100 3300 T Wind Dir S S SE S S SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 27 28 24 28 16 19 18 10 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 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun 06/23/24 Mon 06/24/24 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 67 82 70 92 72 93 72 95 Temp 68 67 76 81 73 71 87 90 76 73 90 91 76 72 90 93 Dewpt 67 67 69 67 66 66 68 65 65 66 68 66 66 66 67 65 Max/Min RH 100 61 88 43 79 42 81 39 RH 98100 79 63 78 85 53 44 69 78 48 44 72 81 46 41 PWind dir SE S S SW SW SW S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 20 5 0 20 10 30 10 Rain shwrs C C S S C Tstms C C S S C $$ TXZ026-180900- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 248 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024 Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 91 70 86 68 80 Temp 76 74 78 86 90 90 82 77 73 70 76 82 86 85 77 73 69 68 71 75 79 79 Dewpt 70 69 68 70 69 68 68 69 69 68 67 68 67 67 66 65 66 65 66 68 68 67 RH 82 84 71 60 50 49 63 76 87 93 74 63 53 55 69 76 90 90 84 79 69 67 Wind dir S S S S S S SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E Wind spd 17 17 19 18 18 18 18 17 13 12 12 12 13 14 12 9 6 6 9 10 11 10 Clouds B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 20 10 30 40 QPF 12hr 0 0.10 0 0 0.08 Rain shwrs S S C C C C S S S Tstms S S C C C C S S S LAL 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 Haines 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 3 3 Mix Hgt 4600 6000 4700 1700 4600 5500 2500 700 2600 3500 T Wind Dir S S S S S SE SE SE SE E T Wind Spd 32 29 33 26 16 18 17 10 11 12 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun 06/23/24 Mon 06/24/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 88 71 94 74 97 73 98 Temp 72 69 81 87 76 72 89 92 80 75 92 95 79 73 93 96 Dewpt 67 68 69 67 66 67 68 66 65 66 68 65 66 67 68 65 Max/Min RH 97 51 87 40 76 35 81 34 RH 84 97 67 52 71 84 50 43 60 74 46 37 64 81 44 36 PWind dir SE S S S S S S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 10 5 0 10 10 20 5 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S $$ TXZ043-180900- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 248 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024 Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 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 71 86 67 78 Temp 76 74 78 87 93 91 83 77 73 71 77 83 86 83 74 70 67 67 68 73 76 78 Dewpt 70 68 69 68 68 68 68 69 69 68 68 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 68 69 68 69 RH 81 82 71 53 44 47 62 79 87 90 73 60 53 59 78 91100100 99 86 76 73 Wind dir S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 12 13 18 17 17 17 16 13 11 8 9 10 12 14 11 8 6 5 8 10 10 10 Clouds B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 10 10 40 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.08 0.28 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C Tstms S S C C C C C C C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 Haines 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 5000 5900 5000 2200 4900 5400 2600 1100 2200 2800 T Wind Dir S S SE S SE SE SE E E E T Wind Spd 29 27 32 23 14 20 17 12 14 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 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun 06/23/24 Mon 06/24/24 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 69 87 70 94 72 96 73 98 Temp 71 69 81 86 75 70 88 93 78 72 89 95 79 73 93 96 Dewpt 69 69 68 66 68 69 68 64 67 69 68 64 66 69 67 63 Max/Min RH 100 49 98 37 89 35 87 32 RH 93100 65 51 79 96 52 38 68 89 50 36 64 86 43 34 PWind dir E SE S S S S S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 10 5 0 5 5 10 5 Rain shwrs C S Tstms C S $$ TXZ035-180900- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 248 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024 Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 92 69 86 66 72 Temp 77 72 75 84 91 89 81 76 72 69 73 81 86 82 74 71 67 66 68 70 72 71 Dewpt 66 66 67 68 66 64 66 66 65 65 66 66 64 65 65 64 64 64 66 67 66 66 RH 69 81 75 58 44 44 60 72 79 87 79 60 48 56 74 79 90 93 93 90 81 84 Wind dir S S S S S SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E Wind spd 20 18 20 18 19 20 20 19 16 14 14 13 17 19 17 13 11 9 12 14 16 16 Clouds SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 10 20 5 40 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.35 0 0.01 0.31 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C L L C Tstms S S C C C C C C L L C LAL 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 Haines 5 4 4 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 2700 6000 4000 2300 4000 4800 3600 1600 2100 2500 T Wind Dir S S SE S SE SE SE SE E E T Wind Spd 27 28 25 26 17 20 20 14 16 17 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun 06/23/24 Mon 06/24/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 82 68 90 70 93 70 94 Temp 66 66 77 80 73 68 83 87 76 70 88 90 76 70 88 91 Dewpt 66 66 68 65 65 66 67 63 64 65 66 62 63 65 66 62 Max/Min RH 100 58 93 41 84 37 84 35 RH 100100 74 60 76 93 59 45 66 84 48 39 64 84 48 38 PWind dir SE SE S SW S S S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC PoP 12hr 50 20 10 0 10 10 20 5 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms C C S S $$ TXZ031-180900- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 248 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024 Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 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 92 71 86 67 79 Temp 76 74 79 86 92 91 83 77 74 71 77 83 85 85 76 71 69 67 72 74 77 79 Dewpt 71 69 69 71 70 70 70 70 69 69 69 69 69 69 68 67 67 67 68 70 70 70 RH 86 86 73 61 50 51 66 79 84 92 75 64 59 61 77 86 94100 88 88 77 74 Wind dir S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E Wind spd 17 17 18 18 18 18 17 16 13 9 10 11 13 14 11 6 5 5 6 9 10 9 Clouds B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 20 10 30 40 QPF 12hr 0 0.15 0 0.01 0.15 Rain shwrs S S S S C C C C S S C Tstms S S S S C C C C S S C LAL 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 Haines 5 5 4 5 3 3 4 4 3 3 Mix Hgt 4600 5800 4000 2300 4700 5000 3100 1100 2100 3500 T Wind Dir S S SE S S SE SE SE E E T Wind Spd 32 29 29 24 16 18 16 10 12 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 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun 06/23/24 Mon 06/24/24 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 69 87 70 94 73 96 73 98 Temp 71 69 81 86 76 71 89 93 79 73 92 95 78 74 92 96 Dewpt 69 69 70 69 68 69 70 67 67 68 69 67 68 69 69 67 Max/Min RH 100 55 97 43 84 40 85 37 RH 95100 71 57 78 95 54 44 68 84 48 41 73 83 48 39 PWind dir SE S S S S SW S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 10 5 0 10 10 20 5 Rain shwrs C C S Tstms C C S $$ TXZ029-180900- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 248 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024 Date Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu 06/20/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 89 67 82 62 72 Temp 72 69 75 82 88 87 77 71 70 67 71 77 81 80 70 64 63 62 68 68 72 70 Dewpt 66 66 67 68 66 65 66 66 67 67 67 66 64 63 66 64 63 62 65 66 65 64 RH 81 90 75 63 48 48 68 84 90100 87 69 56 56 87100100100 90 93 79 81 Wind dir S S S S S S SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E Wind spd 18 16 18 17 17 17 17 17 13 12 12 11 13 16 12 10 8 5 9 12 13 12 Clouds FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 20 10 40 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.12 0 0 0.16 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C C L L C Tstms S S S C C C C C C L L C LAL 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 Haines 6 4 4 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 2700 5800 3700 1800 4000 4900 3500 1700 2500 2400 T Wind Dir S S SE S S SE SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 26 27 23 27 16 19 18 13 14 16 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun 06/23/24 Mon 06/24/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 63 81 64 89 66 92 67 92 Temp 63 64 74 79 68 65 83 87 71 67 87 89 71 68 87 90 Dewpt 63 64 67 64 65 65 66 63 65 66 65 63 66 66 65 62 Max/Min RH 100 56 100 42 99 39 95 37 RH 100100 79 60 90100 57 45 81 97 48 42 84 93 48 39 PWind dir SE S S SW S SW S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 20 10 5 20 20 30 10 Rain shwrs C C S S S C Tstms C C S S S C $$ 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