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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
235 PM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024
TXZ024-180930-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
235 PM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024
Date 06/17/24 Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu
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 73 91 70 82 66
Temp 92 91 82 78 75 73 78 84 89 89 79 75 72 70 75 79 81 80 73 70 68 66
Dewpt 68 67 68 67 68 69 69 70 69 67 68 67 67 67 67 67 68 67 69 66 65 66
RH 45 45 64 69 78 86 75 64 52 50 69 76 83 90 77 67 64 65 86 86 90 99
Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind spd 19 17 17 17 18 18 18 16 17 16 16 17 14 12 11 11 13 14 12 10 8 6
Clouds CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 10 10 10 10 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.13 0 0.07
Rain shwrs S S S S S S C
Tstms S S S S S S S
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Haines 5 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3
Mix Hgt 2300 1700 4200 6100 3200 1900 3800 3900 2300 1400
T Wind Dir S S S S SE S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 25 24 24 25 23 20 14 17 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 06/20 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun 06/23/24 Mon 06/24/24
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 67 83 70 91 72 91 72 93
Temp 73 76 69 68 77 82 73 71 86 89 76 73 87 89 76 72 88 91
Dewpt 69 67 67 67 69 67 66 67 68 66 65 66 69 66 67 67 68 65
Min/Max RH 74 99 59 88 44 79 46 84 42
RH 86 76 92 98 75 61 80 87 56 47 70 79 54 47 74 84 52 42
PWind dir E SE S S SW SW SW S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 50 30 20 10 0 20 20 30 10
Rain shwrs C C C C S S S S C
Tstms S S C C S S S S C
$$
TXZ026-180930-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
235 PM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024
Date 06/17/24 Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 74 92 71 85 68
Temp 93 92 84 80 76 74 79 86 91 90 83 77 74 71 76 81 84 83 76 72 70 68
Dewpt 68 68 68 69 70 69 69 70 69 68 69 68 68 67 67 67 67 67 67 65 66 66
RH 44 46 59 69 82 84 72 59 49 49 63 74 82 87 74 63 57 59 74 79 87 93
Wind dir S S SE S S S S S S S SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind spd 20 19 18 18 17 17 18 18 19 17 17 17 14 12 12 12 14 16 12 9 8 6
Clouds CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 10 10 10 5 20
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.08 0 0.10
Rain shwrs S S C
Tstms S S S
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 4 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Mix Hgt 800 1200 4600 6100 2800 1400 3400 3500 2300 800
T Wind Dir SE S S S SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 26 26 26 25 24 19 14 16 18 10
RFTI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/20 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun 06/23/24 Mon 06/24/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 82 69 88 72 94 73 95 73 96
Temp 78 81 72 69 82 85 76 72 89 92 79 73 90 92 79 73 91 93
Dewpt 69 67 68 68 69 67 67 67 68 66 67 67 69 66 67 68 69 65
Min/Max RH 61 98 52 85 40 82 40 85 38
RH 74 63 87 97 65 55 74 84 50 43 67 81 50 43 67 84 49 40
PWind dir E SE SE S S S SW S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 40 20 10 5 0 10 10 20 5
Rain shwrs C C S S S S
Tstms S S S S S S
$$
TXZ043-180930-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
235 PM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024
Date 06/17/24 Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu
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 74 95 70 86 68
Temp 95 94 85 80 76 74 80 88 93 92 82 76 72 71 76 83 85 82 74 71 70 68
Dewpt 66 67 68 69 70 70 69 69 67 67 69 69 68 67 67 67 67 66 68 68 67 68
RH 39 41 57 69 81 86 69 53 43 44 65 78 86 89 74 60 56 58 81 90 92100
Wind dir S S SE S S S S S S SE SE SE S SE SE SE E E SE E E E
Wind spd 17 17 17 14 12 12 14 17 16 16 16 12 10 8 9 11 12 14 11 8 6 5
Clouds CL CL FW FW B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 5 5 5 10 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.34
Rain shwrs C C C
Tstms S S S
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 4 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3
Mix Hgt 1500 1600 4900 6100 4000 2200 3500 3600 3000 1900
T Wind Dir S S S S SE S SE SE SE E
T Wind Spd 24 24 25 25 24 19 14 18 17 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 06/20 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun 06/23/24 Mon 06/24/24
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 80 69 86 70 93 72 95 73 96
Temp 76 78 72 69 81 85 75 71 86 92 78 72 89 94 79 73 90 95
Dewpt 69 68 69 69 69 67 68 69 68 65 68 69 69 65 68 69 68 64
Min/Max RH 68 100 53 96 40 89 37 88 36
RH 78 70 93100 68 54 81 95 55 41 70 89 51 38 69 87 49 37
PWind dir E E SE S S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 30 10 5 0 5 10 20 10
Rain shwrs C C C S S
Tstms S S C S S
$$
TXZ035-180930-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
235 PM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024
Date 06/17/24 Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 72 92 69 85 66
Temp 96 94 85 80 77 74 76 85 91 90 83 76 72 70 74 81 84 80 74 69 68 66
Dewpt 64 62 63 64 66 67 68 68 65 64 64 66 65 65 65 65 65 64 65 65 64 65
RH 35 35 48 58 69 79 76 57 42 42 53 71 79 84 74 58 53 58 74 87 87 97
Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind spd 19 21 21 20 20 19 19 19 20 19 20 19 17 13 14 14 17 19 17 13 12 10
Clouds CL CL FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 10 5 10 5 30
QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0.14 0 0.06
Rain shwrs C C C C C
Tstms C C C C S
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
Haines 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 2 2
Mix Hgt 4100 2200 3800 6500 4400 1900 3400 4100 2600 1500
T Wind Dir S S S S SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 28 28 24 24 26 24 17 19 20 14
RFTI 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/20 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun 06/23/24 Mon 06/24/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 79 66 84 69 90 70 92 70 94
Temp 74 75 69 67 78 80 73 69 85 87 75 70 87 88 76 71 89 89
Dewpt 67 65 65 66 67 64 66 66 67 63 64 66 68 64 66 66 67 63
Min/Max RH 68 97 56 90 44 87 42 85 40
RH 79 71 87 97 69 58 79 90 55 45 69 87 53 45 71 84 48 42
PWind dir E SE SE S S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 40 20 10 0 10 20 30 10
Rain shwrs C C C C S S C
Tstms S S C C S S C
$$
TXZ031-180930-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
235 PM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024
Date 06/17/24 Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu
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 74 93 70 85 67
Temp 93 92 84 79 76 74 80 86 91 91 82 77 72 70 76 82 84 83 76 71 69 67
Dewpt 69 70 69 71 71 70 70 70 70 69 70 69 68 68 68 69 69 70 69 68 67 67
RH 45 49 62 77 86 88 74 61 50 50 68 78 88 94 77 67 63 66 81 89 94100
Wind dir S S SE S S S S S S SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind spd 19 17 17 17 17 16 18 17 18 17 17 14 12 9 10 11 13 14 11 8 5 5
Clouds CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 10 10 10 5 20
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.15 0 0.15
Rain shwrs S S C
Tstms S S S
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 4 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4
Mix Hgt 1800 1400 4800 6400 3200 1900 3800 3800 2200 1400
T Wind Dir S S S S SE S SE SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 26 26 26 25 24 19 14 16 18 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 06/20 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun 06/23/24 Mon 06/24/24
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 80 69 86 71 94 73 95 73 96
Temp 76 80 71 69 80 85 75 71 87 92 78 73 90 93 79 73 90 94
Dewpt 70 69 70 69 71 69 69 69 70 67 68 68 71 69 69 69 70 68
Min/Max RH 69 100 58 92 43 85 43 88 41
RH 81 69 95100 73 59 81 92 57 44 70 84 54 45 74 87 52 43
PWind dir E SE SE S S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 40 20 10 5 0 10 10 20 5
Rain shwrs C C S S S S
Tstms S S S S S S
$$
TXZ029-180930-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
235 PM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024
Date 06/17/24 Tue 06/18/24 Wed 06/19/24 Thu
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 69 90 66 83 63
Temp 92 91 80 76 72 69 76 82 89 88 78 72 69 67 73 79 82 79 70 66 65 64
Dewpt 64 62 65 65 66 67 68 67 66 64 66 66 66 66 65 65 64 63 67 65 65 64
RH 40 38 60 69 81 93 76 61 47 45 67 81 90 97 76 62 55 58 90 97100100
Wind dir S S SE S S S S S S S SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Wind spd 18 18 17 17 18 18 19 17 17 17 17 17 14 12 12 12 14 16 13 10 9 6
Clouds CL CL FW FW FW B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 10 10 10 10 40
QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0.07 0 0.01
Rain shwrs S S C C C C C
Tstms S S C C C C S
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2
Haines 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 2 2
Mix Hgt 3400 1700 3500 6000 2900 2300 3300 4100 2500 1500
T Wind Dir S S S S SE S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 28 28 25 25 24 23 16 18 19 13
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 06/20 Fri 06/21/24 Sat 06/22/24 Sun 06/23/24 Mon 06/24/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 75 62 80 65 88 66 89 67 91
Temp 71 72 65 63 74 79 68 66 82 86 72 67 84 86 71 67 86 88
Dewpt 67 64 65 63 67 64 66 66 66 63 65 66 66 64 67 66 66 63
Min/Max RH 74 100 60 100 45 97 45 97 41
RH 87 76 100100 79 60 93100 58 46 79 97 55 48 87 97 51 43
PWind dir E SE S S SW S SW S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 50 40 30 10 5 20 20 30 10
Rain shwrs C L C C C S S S C
Tstms S S C C C S S S C
$$
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