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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
237 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024

TXZ024-200915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
237 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024

Date           06/19/24      Thu 06/20/24            Fri 06/21/24            Sat
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                      67          79          68          87          70
Temp          80 81 76 74 70 68 75 76 77 78 72 72 69 70 76 83 86 86 77 75 72 71
Dewpt         67 66 68 67 66 66 65 67 67 66 68 68 68 68 69 67 66 65 66 65 65 66
RH            65 61 78 81 89 92 73 76 71 68 87 88 96 95 77 59 51 50 69 72 78 83
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd      14 17 14 11  8  6  8 11 11 10  5  5  5  5  8  9 10 10  8  8  9  9
Clouds        B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                       S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                            S  S  S  S  S  S  S
LAL                     1     1     2     2     2     2     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     3     3     3     3     5     5     5     5
Mix Hgt              3600   700  3600  4000  2100   800  6000  7100  4600   700
T Wind Dir             SE     S    SE    SE    SE     S     S     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd             18    10    11    13    12    11    13    16    16    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           06/22  Sun 06/23/24  Mon 06/24/24  Tue 06/25/24  Wed 06/26/24
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          94      73    97      74    98      77    99      76    99
Temp          89 92   79 74 93 95   80 75 95 96   82 78 96 98   83 77 96 97
Dewpt         65 61   60 61 62 59   59 62 63 60   61 65 67 63   64 68 68 64
Min/Max RH       35      63    30      64    29      65    31      73    32
RH            46 36   51 63 36 31   49 64 35 30   50 65 39 32   54 73 39 34
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      10     5      10     5      10    10

$$
TXZ026-200915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
237 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024

Date           06/19/24      Thu 06/20/24            Fri 06/21/24            Sat
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                      71          83          71          91          72
Temp          85 85 80 76 72 71 76 80 81 81 77 74 72 71 78 85 89 90 81 78 74 72
Dewpt         66 66 67 66 66 66 66 67 67 66 68 68 68 68 68 68 66 65 66 66 67 67
RH            53 53 65 71 81 84 71 65 63 60 74 82 87 90 71 57 47 44 60 67 79 84
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      14 17 14 11  8  6  6 10 11 10  5  5  5  5  8  9 10 10  9  9  9  8
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                       S  S
Tstms                            S  S
LAL                     1     1     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     3     3     3     3     4     4     4     4
Mix Hgt              1200   400  3600  4500  1900   500  6200  6800  4200   500
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             17     9    10    12    11    11    12    16    16    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           06/22  Sun 06/23/24  Mon 06/24/24  Tue 06/25/24  Wed 06/26/24
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      74   101      75   102      78   102      78   101
Temp          91 96   81 74 96 98   83 75 97 99   85 78 96 99   85 78 97 99
Dewpt         66 63   61 62 63 60   62 63 64 61   64 68 68 64   67 68 69 65
Min/Max RH       33      66    27      67    27      71    30      72    32
RH            44 34   51 66 34 29   49 66 34 29   50 71 40 32   55 71 40 33
PWind dir        SW       S    SW       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5     5       5     5      10    10

$$
TXZ043-200915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
237 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024

Date           06/19/24      Thu 06/20/24            Fri 06/21/24            Sat
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                      70          81          69          90          70
Temp          85 84 77 73 71 71 74 77 80 80 75 74 72 70 79 86 89 88 80 76 72 71
Dewpt         67 67 68 66 66 66 68 69 69 69 70 69 69 69 70 67 66 65 67 67 68 67
RH            55 58 73 78 85 85 80 75 68 69 84 84 91 97 74 54 46 47 64 74 86 87
Wind dir       E  E SE SE  E NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      12 17 12  8  5  5  8 11 11 10  5  5  5  4  5  8  9  9  8  6  5  5
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          10           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                      S  C  C  C  C
LAL                     1     2     3     3     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     3     3     3     3     4     4     4     4
Mix Hgt              1300   500  3300  4500  1400   600  6000  7000  4200   600
T Wind Dir             SE     E     E     E     E    SE     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             17     9    11    12    12    10    12    16    14    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           06/22  Sun 06/23/24  Mon 06/24/24  Tue 06/25/24  Wed 06/26/24
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      72    98      74   100      77   101      77   102
Temp          89 95   79 72 92 97   82 74 95 98   84 77 95100   85 78 97100
Dewpt         65 61   63 65 63 59   62 66 65 60   66 70 69 63   68 71 69 64
Min/Max RH       31      78    27      76    27      79    29      80    30
RH            45 32   58 78 38 28   52 76 37 29   57 79 43 30   57 80 40 32
PWind dir        SW       S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW CL   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5       5     0       5    10

$$
TXZ035-200915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
237 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024

Date           06/19/24      Thu 06/20/24            Fri 06/21/24            Sat
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                      67          79          69          88          69
Temp          82 80 74 70 69 68 72 74 77 75 72 70 69 69 73 83 87 85 79 74 72 70
Dewpt         65 65 65 66 63 63 64 66 66 66 66 67 66 67 68 66 64 62 63 64 63 65
RH            56 60 74 87 81 84 76 76 69 74 81 90 90 93 84 57 46 46 58 71 73 84
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE  E SE  E SE  E  E SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE  S  S SW
Wind spd      18 21 20 16 12 10 12 14 16 14 10  9  9  8 10 11 13 13 11 10 10  9
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10          40          30           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                    S  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                         S  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
LAL                     1     1     3     3     3     2     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     2     2     2     2     2     2     2     2     2
Mix Hgt              4400  1500  3300  4300  2800   800  5400  7000  4700   900
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd             23    13    14    17    14    14    16    17    18    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           06/22  Sun 06/23/24  Mon 06/24/24  Tue 06/25/24  Wed 06/26/24
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      70    97      72    98      74    99      74    99
Temp          87 91   78 70 92 94   79 72 93 95   82 75 94 96   83 75 94 96
Dewpt         64 58   59 62 61 56   58 61 62 57   61 65 66 60   64 67 67 62
Min/Max RH       32      76    26      68    27      71    29      76    30
RH            46 33   52 76 36 28   49 68 36 28   49 71 40 30   53 76 41 33
PWind dir        SW       S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5     5       5     5      10    10

$$
TXZ031-200915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
237 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024

Date           06/19/24      Thu 06/20/24            Fri 06/21/24            Sat
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          83          69          90          71
Temp          85 85 79 74 71 69 75 78 81 82 76 74 72 70 80 86 89 89 81 77 73 71
Dewpt         67 69 69 69 67 66 68 69 69 69 70 71 70 70 70 68 68 68 68 68 68 67
RH            56 58 70 84 88 92 79 74 67 66 83 89 94100 73 56 50 50 67 73 84 88
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      13 16 12  9  5  4  5 10 11 10  5  4  4  3  5  9 10 10  6  6  5  5
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                    S  S  S
Tstms                         S  S  S
LAL                     1     1     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     3     3     4     4     4     4
Mix Hgt              1600   600  3900  4700  3000   800  6100  6300  4100   800
T Wind Dir             SE    SE    SE    SE    SE    SE     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             16     8    10    11    10    11    12    16    16    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           06/22  Sun 06/23/24  Mon 06/24/24  Tue 06/25/24  Wed 06/26/24
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      74   100      75   101      78   101      77   102
Temp          90 96   81 74 95 99   82 75 96 99   84 78 96100   85 78 97100
Dewpt         67 64   63 64 64 61   62 63 65 62   65 69 69 65   67 70 70 67
Min/Max RH       35      70    28      68    29      74    32      77    33
RH            47 35   54 70 36 30   51 68 36 30   53 74 43 33   56 76 42 34
PWind dir        SW       S    SW       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW CL   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5     5       5     0      10    10

$$
TXZ029-200915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
237 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024

Date           06/19/24      Thu 06/20/24            Fri 06/21/24            Sat
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          76          64          85          64
Temp          80 79 70 68 65 64 72 73 74 73 67 66 66 65 74 80 84 84 74 71 67 65
Dewpt         64 64 66 67 65 64 63 64 64 64 67 66 66 65 67 65 62 61 64 64 65 65
RH            58 60 87 97100100 73 73 71 73100100100100 79 60 48 46 71 79 93100
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S SW
Wind spd      14 17 16 11  8  5  8 12 13 11  8  5  5  5  8  9 10 10  9  8  9  8
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          30          30           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                       C  C  C  S  S  C  C
Tstms                            C  C  C  S  S  C  C
LAL                     1     1     2     3     2     3     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     2     2     2     2     2     2     2     2     2
Mix Hgt              4600  1800  4200  4200  2800  1000  5200  7000  4500   600
T Wind Dir             SE     S    SE    SE    SE    SE     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             20    13    13    14    11    13    16    17    18    17
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           06/22  Sun 06/23/24  Mon 06/24/24  Tue 06/25/24  Wed 06/26/24
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          91      67    94      68    95      71    97      71    97
Temp          84 90   74 67 89 92   76 69 90 93   78 71 91 96   79 72 93 95
Dewpt         63 58   59 60 60 56   58 61 61 57   61 65 64 60   64 66 65 61
Min/Max RH       34      78    29      77    29      81    30      83    30
RH            49 34   59 78 38 30   54 76 38 30   56 81 41 30   60 81 40 33
PWind dir        SW       S    SW       S    SW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      10     5      10     5      20    10
Rain shwrs                                                       S
Tstms                                                            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