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230 FOUS54 KLUB 120705 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 205 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 TXZ024-122115- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 205 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 Date Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 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 67 96 69 94 Temp 65 64 72 81 87 88 76 71 68 68 81 91 95 93 81 75 72 70 81 90 93 91 Dewpt 65 64 67 67 66 66 69 68 67 67 69 69 68 67 69 67 66 67 68 66 63 62 RH 100100 82 63 51 50 80 91 97 97 69 48 41 43 68 75 83 89 65 46 37 39 Wind dir S SW S S S S SE S S S SW S S S SE S S S S S SE SE Wind spd 3 3 4 5 6 8 8 5 4 5 6 6 9 10 8 8 6 5 5 8 11 12 Clouds SC B2 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Obvis PF PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 5 5 5 4 5 6 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 3900 5300 2600 100 7100 9500 2900 100 7000 9500 T Wind Dir SW S S S SW S S SW S S T Wind Spd 5 9 10 6 10 11 9 6 12 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 Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24 Tue 06/18/24 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 70 92 71 95 73 95 73 95 Temp 75 71 87 90 75 72 90 93 77 73 90 93 78 73 90 92 Dewpt 64 64 65 63 62 62 65 62 63 65 66 62 65 66 67 63 Max/Min RH 79 39 71 34 75 35 79 36 RH 68 79 48 40 64 71 44 36 62 75 45 36 64 79 47 38 PWind dir S S S S S S S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 Avg clouds SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 20 20 5 5 5 5 10 Rain shwrs S C S S Tstms S C S S $$ TXZ026-122115- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 205 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 Date Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 69 96 69 95 Temp 67 66 72 81 87 87 77 73 71 68 79 91 95 94 82 77 72 70 81 91 95 93 Dewpt 67 66 67 68 68 68 70 69 69 68 70 71 69 68 69 69 70 68 69 69 66 65 RH 100100 83 65 53 53 78 87 93100 74 52 43 43 65 76 93 93 67 49 39 40 Wind dir S S S S S S SE S S S S S S S SE S S S S S S SE Wind spd 3 3 5 6 8 9 8 8 5 5 6 9 10 11 9 9 6 5 6 9 12 12 Clouds SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW SC CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Obvis PF PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 3700 4800 2300 100 5000 6200 2300 100 6700 9200 T Wind Dir SW S S S S S SE S S S T Wind Spd 4 10 8 5 10 13 9 6 11 16 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24 Tue 06/18/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 70 93 72 97 72 96 73 96 Temp 77 70 88 92 77 72 90 94 79 72 91 94 79 73 90 94 Dewpt 65 65 66 63 64 64 66 62 65 67 67 64 67 68 68 65 Max/Min RH 85 38 77 33 86 36 85 37 RH 67 84 48 38 64 76 45 35 62 84 45 37 67 84 49 39 PWind dir SE S S S S S SE S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 Avg clouds SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 10 10 5 5 0 5 5 $$ TXZ043-122115- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 205 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 Date Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 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 70 96 70 96 Temp 67 65 72 80 86 87 79 74 71 68 81 90 94 95 82 77 72 71 83 92 96 94 Dewpt 67 65 69 69 68 67 70 70 69 68 71 70 68 66 69 69 70 69 70 67 63 62 RH 100100 91 68 54 52 75 87 93100 73 52 42 39 65 78 92 95 65 44 34 35 Wind dir E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE Wind spd 3 2 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 3 5 5 6 8 6 5 5 4 5 5 9 11 Clouds B1 B2 B1 FW FW CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW CL CL CL FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Obvis PF PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 Mix Hgt 4200 5200 2800 100 5300 6700 3200 100 7200 9300 T Wind Dir S SE SE S S SE SE S S SE T Wind Spd 2 5 6 4 9 9 8 5 11 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 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24 Tue 06/18/24 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 71 96 73 98 73 98 73 97 Temp 77 71 91 94 79 73 92 96 79 73 92 95 79 74 92 95 Dewpt 66 65 64 60 64 65 65 60 66 68 67 61 68 69 66 63 Max/Min RH 81 31 76 29 84 31 85 33 RH 68 81 41 32 60 76 41 30 65 84 43 33 68 85 44 35 PWind dir SE S S S SE S SE S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 5 10 0 5 0 0 5 $$ TXZ035-122115- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 205 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 Date Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 90 68 97 69 94 Temp 66 64 71 82 90 89 80 75 71 67 79 91 97 94 83 78 73 69 80 90 94 91 Dewpt 64 64 66 66 64 63 65 65 64 66 68 67 63 62 64 64 64 65 66 63 59 57 RH 93100 85 58 42 42 60 72 78 97 69 45 33 35 53 62 73 87 62 41 31 32 Wind dir SE SE S S S SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE S S S S SE SE Wind spd 5 3 4 4 5 8 9 9 6 5 8 8 9 12 11 10 9 5 9 10 13 16 Clouds B2 B2 B1 FW FW CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C Tstms C Obvis PF PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 Mix Hgt 3000 4900 2600 100 6400 9900 3300 100 7100 9200 T Wind Dir SW S SE S S SE SE S S SE T Wind Spd 3 4 9 6 9 9 9 5 12 18 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24 Tue 06/18/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 70 95 71 97 71 97 71 97 Temp 77 70 88 90 77 71 90 93 78 71 91 93 79 71 91 94 Dewpt 61 62 63 58 60 61 63 57 60 63 64 58 61 64 64 57 Max/Min RH 76 31 71 28 76 29 79 28 RH 58 76 43 34 56 71 41 30 54 76 41 31 54 79 41 29 PWind dir SE S S S S S S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 15> 15> 15> 15> 15> Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 10 10 0 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C C Tstms C C $$ TXZ031-122115- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 205 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 Date Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 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 69 96 68 95 Temp 67 66 72 81 88 89 77 73 70 68 80 91 95 93 81 76 71 69 82 91 94 93 Dewpt 67 66 69 70 69 70 71 70 70 68 72 72 71 71 72 71 70 69 71 69 67 66 RH 100100 90 70 56 54 81 93 98100 75 56 46 48 73 84 97100 71 49 41 42 Wind dir S S S S S S SE S S S S S S S SE S S S S S SE SE Wind spd 2 3 4 5 6 8 8 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 8 5 5 4 5 8 10 12 Clouds SC B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Obvis PF PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 Mix Hgt 3400 4700 2300 100 4900 5700 2300 100 6500 8200 T Wind Dir SW S S S S S SE S S S T Wind Spd 4 9 8 5 10 12 8 6 11 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 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24 Tue 06/18/24 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 70 94 72 97 73 97 73 96 Temp 77 70 89 92 77 73 91 94 78 73 91 95 79 73 91 94 Dewpt 67 66 67 64 65 65 68 64 66 68 69 66 68 69 69 67 Max/Min RH 90 38 79 35 86 36 88 38 RH 71 88 49 39 67 78 47 38 68 85 48 38 70 87 49 41 PWind dir SE S S S S S SE S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 10 10 10 0 5 0 0 5 $$ TXZ029-122115- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 205 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 Date Wed 06/12/24 Thu 06/13/24 Fri 06/14/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 86 65 94 65 92 Temp 62 59 65 76 85 85 74 69 67 65 79 90 94 92 79 73 69 66 79 88 91 89 Dewpt 62 59 65 65 63 62 67 67 67 65 67 66 62 61 66 65 65 65 66 62 58 57 RH 100100100 69 48 46 80 94100100 67 45 35 36 64 76 87 97 64 42 33 34 Wind dir S S SW S S S S S S S SW S S S SE SE S S S S S SE Wind spd 3 3 4 5 5 6 8 6 4 5 6 6 8 9 9 8 6 5 6 9 12 12 Clouds B1 B2 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC PoP 12hr 0 5 0 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C Tstms C Obvis PF PF LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 Mix Hgt 3400 5500 2900 100 7700 10700 3800 100 7500 9400 T Wind Dir SW S S S SW S SE S S S T Wind Spd 5 6 10 9 10 9 9 8 13 18 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Sat 06/15/24 Sun 06/16/24 Mon 06/17/24 Tue 06/18/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 65 92 65 94 67 95 67 94 Temp 72 66 85 88 72 66 87 91 73 68 88 91 75 68 88 92 Dewpt 62 62 63 59 61 60 63 58 61 63 63 59 63 64 63 58 Max/Min RH 88 35 82 31 85 32 88 30 RH 71 87 48 38 68 81 45 33 66 84 43 34 66 87 43 32 PWind dir SE S S S S S S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15 Avg clouds SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 20 20 5 10 5 5 10 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms C C S S $$ 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