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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
224 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024
TXZ024-190930-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
224 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024
Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue
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 98 66 99 70
Temp 94 91 77 69 64 62 78 93 97 94 81 76 72 67 81 94 98 96 80 77 74 71
Dewpt 49 50 57 59 59 57 53 48 42 40 46 46 43 41 42 41 37 35 40 42 40 40
RH 22 25 52 70 83 86 42 22 15 15 29 34 35 38 25 16 12 12 24 29 29 33
Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S SW SW SW W SW SW SW S S SW W
Wind spd 6 9 9 8 6 6 11 13 16 14 12 12 12 11 9 8 10 10 9 11 12 13
Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 5 5 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 600 600 8700 14800 700 600 7900 10700 3500 600
T Wind Dir SE SE S SW S SW W SW S SW
T Wind Spd 18 13 17 26 21 21 13 19 19 20
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24
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 93 58 83 60 90 61 93 63 95
Temp 89 91 72 59 77 82 65 60 83 87 67 62 88 90 71 64 88 92
Dewpt 33 29 31 41 44 42 49 55 55 41 53 39 42 33 36 41 43 35
Min/Max RH 10 52 24 82 19 60 13 43 13
RH 14 11 22 51 31 24 56 82 39 20 60 42 20 13 28 43 21 13
PWind dir W W NE SE S S W SW SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 10 20 5 5 0 5
Rain shwrs S S
Tstms S S
$$
TXZ026-190930-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
224 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024
Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 65 99 67 100 70
Temp 93 91 79 73 67 65 77 89 97 94 82 77 72 68 81 94 99 97 83 78 74 71
Dewpt 55 56 61 64 65 64 63 60 56 54 61 59 55 54 53 51 47 46 53 58 56 56
RH 28 31 54 73 93 97 62 38 26 26 49 54 55 61 38 23 17 18 36 50 53 59
Wind dir S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S SW
Wind spd 9 12 11 10 10 9 12 16 18 17 16 13 12 10 11 9 11 11 11 12 12 11
Clouds CL CL FW FW CL FW FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 10 5 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 400 400 3500 12900 900 600 4500 10500 1100 500
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S SW SW SW S SW
T Wind Spd 18 17 23 28 26 18 18 19 20 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 95 59 84 61 88 61 93 64 94
Temp 92 93 72 60 79 82 68 62 80 84 69 62 88 91 73 64 89 92
Dewpt 40 35 41 46 49 47 54 59 61 55 62 59 52 42 50 51 50 46
Min/Max RH 12 60 28 90 35 94 18 63 19
RH 16 13 33 60 35 29 61 90 52 37 78 90 29 18 44 63 26 21
PWind dir W W NE E SE S W SE S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 10 30 5 5 0 5
Rain shwrs S C
Tstms S C
$$
TXZ043-190930-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
224 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024
Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue
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 64 99 70 101 72
Temp 96 95 79 72 66 64 80 94 99 97 83 78 73 70 82 95100 98 82 78 75 73
Dewpt 52 52 60 61 60 58 60 58 53 51 54 55 55 58 60 57 48 49 52 53 60 62
RH 23 23 52 69 81 82 50 30 22 21 37 45 54 65 47 28 18 19 36 42 59 68
Wind dir S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S S SW
Wind spd 6 6 8 6 5 5 10 13 16 16 13 12 11 9 12 11 11 10 9 10 10 10
Clouds CL FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 600 500 6200 12500 900 700 3900 9100 2500 600
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S SW SW SW S SW
T Wind Spd 18 12 19 27 23 19 20 18 19 19
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 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24
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 97 62 85 62 91 62 97 63 96
Temp 94 94 74 63 81 83 68 63 84 88 70 63 92 94 71 64 92 94
Dewpt 44 39 41 44 50 50 55 60 62 53 52 47 43 41 48 50 50 45
Min/Max RH 13 50 29 90 30 62 14 62 18
RH 18 15 31 50 34 32 64 90 48 30 54 56 19 16 44 61 24 19
PWind dir W SW NE E S S SW S SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 5 5 10 30 10 5 5 5
Rain shwrs C C
Tstms C C
$$
TXZ035-190930-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
224 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024
Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 63 99 65 99 67
Temp 96 93 80 72 66 63 79 93 98 96 84 76 70 65 79 94 99 95 82 76 72 67
Dewpt 37 35 42 51 49 45 47 43 35 32 38 44 43 43 42 36 32 30 34 37 43 44
RH 13 13 26 48 54 52 32 18 11 11 19 32 38 45 27 13 10 10 18 24 35 43
Wind dir W SW E SE SE S SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW W SW SW SW S SW SW W
Wind spd 5 6 9 9 9 9 13 17 19 17 14 13 12 10 10 9 12 13 11 12 12 10
Clouds CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 600 500 11000 15200 1100 500 7900 10700 6700 600
T Wind Dir SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW S W
T Wind Spd 16 18 20 29 19 19 16 20 18 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 93 58 85 60 92 60 94 61 95
Temp 89 90 72 59 80 82 67 61 86 89 69 61 90 91 71 62 90 92
Dewpt 33 25 29 38 43 39 47 51 46 28 32 32 31 23 31 36 38 27
Min/Max RH 9 47 20 70 11 33 8 38 10
RH 14 9 20 45 27 22 49 70 25 11 25 33 12 8 23 38 16 10
PWind dir W W NE SE SW SW W S SW
Wind char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 10 0 5 0 5
$$
TXZ031-190930-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
224 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024
Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue
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 64 100 69 101 72
Temp 95 93 79 72 67 64 79 92 98 97 84 78 73 69 83 95101 98 83 77 75 72
Dewpt 55 56 61 64 65 63 61 59 54 51 59 57 54 53 53 50 45 45 51 55 54 57
RH 26 29 54 76 94 97 55 34 23 21 43 48 50 57 36 22 16 16 33 47 48 58
Wind dir S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW
Wind spd 9 11 9 8 6 5 11 14 17 16 14 12 12 10 11 10 11 10 9 10 10 9
Clouds CL FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 5 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 700 700 3900 12500 1300 900 5400 10500 1100 800
T Wind Dir SE SE S S S SW SW SW S SW
T Wind Spd 18 17 21 27 25 21 19 20 20 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24
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 97 60 85 60 90 61 95 63 97
Temp 94 95 73 60 80 84 68 61 82 85 69 62 91 93 74 64 90 94
Dewpt 40 36 40 44 49 47 54 59 63 56 62 56 50 42 48 50 51 44
Min/Max RH 12 56 26 94 36 86 16 60 17
RH 16 13 30 55 34 28 61 93 53 38 77 82 25 17 41 60 26 18
PWind dir W W NE SE S S W S SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 10 30 5 5 5 5
Rain shwrs S C
Tstms S C
$$
TXZ029-190930-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
224 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024
Date 05/18/24 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 57 95 57 95 61
Temp 92 90 74 67 61 57 77 91 95 92 78 70 63 58 77 91 95 91 76 70 66 62
Dewpt 39 39 50 55 53 48 45 41 35 34 37 42 38 36 38 34 32 31 34 34 35 35
RH 16 17 43 65 75 72 32 18 12 13 23 36 39 44 24 13 11 12 22 26 32 36
Wind dir N E SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW S SW SW W
Wind spd 5 5 8 9 6 6 11 14 17 14 11 9 9 8 8 9 11 11 9 9 9 9
Clouds CL SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 600 600 11200 15900 900 500 8200 9900 5600 500
T Wind Dir SE S SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 19 18 21 28 20 18 13 20 18 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/21 Wed 05/22/24 Thu 05/23/24 Fri 05/24/24 Sat 05/25/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 89 52 81 54 89 55 91 56 92
Temp 85 87 66 53 76 79 61 55 83 85 62 56 86 88 66 57 86 89
Dewpt 30 26 28 39 41 38 47 51 48 31 37 33 34 27 32 36 38 28
Min/Max RH 10 59 21 87 14 43 11 45 11
RH 14 11 24 59 28 23 60 86 30 14 39 42 16 11 28 45 18 11
PWind dir W W NE SE SW SW W S SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 10 5 5 0 5
$$
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