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754 FOUS54 KLUB 161910 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 210 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024 TXZ024-170915- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 210 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024 Date 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 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 68 93 68 95 71 Temp 93 89 78 75 71 69 79 90 92 90 80 76 71 69 79 90 95 89 80 76 74 72 Dewpt 58 58 62 64 65 64 64 61 57 58 61 62 63 63 65 65 62 64 67 66 66 66 RH 31 35 58 68 81 86 60 38 31 34 53 63 75 81 61 44 35 43 65 71 77 81 Wind dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW Wind spd 10 11 8 5 5 5 6 11 14 13 10 9 6 6 9 11 12 11 9 9 9 8 Clouds FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC PoP 12hr 10 5 20 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.05 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S S S S S LAL 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 Haines 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Mix Hgt 600 500 6900 9200 800 700 5400 9000 2200 600 T Wind Dir SE S S S S S SW S S SW T Wind Spd 13 11 11 20 17 13 18 19 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 09/19 Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 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 95 70 91 64 88 62 89 Temp 92 92 79 73 91 90 76 71 86 85 69 65 83 84 68 63 84 83 Dewpt 64 60 64 65 62 59 61 61 60 58 58 56 55 51 54 55 53 51 Min/Max RH 30 77 30 72 34 77 28 76 29 RH 40 34 60 77 38 35 61 72 42 40 68 74 38 32 61 75 35 33 PWind dir S S S S SW SW SW S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 5 10 30 30 20 10 5 5 Rain shwrs C S S C S S Tstms C S S C S S $$ TXZ026-170915- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 210 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024 Date 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 68 94 70 96 72 Temp 94 91 82 78 73 70 79 89 92 91 82 79 74 71 80 91 95 92 83 79 75 72 Dewpt 63 62 63 63 64 64 65 63 60 59 61 62 63 63 66 64 62 63 65 65 65 66 RH 36 38 53 60 73 81 62 42 34 34 48 57 69 76 62 41 33 38 55 62 71 80 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE S S S Wind spd 9 10 9 6 6 5 8 10 12 13 12 11 9 9 11 13 13 12 10 9 9 8 Clouds FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW CL SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 0 20 10 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.03 Rain shwrs S S S S S Tstms S S S S S LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 Haines 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 Mix Hgt 400 400 5500 8000 900 500 5500 7600 4400 400 T Wind Dir SE SE S S SE S S S S S T Wind Spd 14 11 11 17 17 14 18 18 16 12 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 09/19 Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 97 73 97 71 94 66 90 62 90 Temp 92 94 81 73 92 92 79 72 89 89 74 67 85 87 72 63 85 86 Dewpt 66 63 63 65 64 61 62 62 62 58 59 59 57 54 55 55 55 52 Min/Max RH 33 75 31 71 31 76 30 75 28 RH 43 36 55 75 40 35 56 71 41 35 59 75 39 33 55 75 36 31 PWind dir S S S S S S SW SE S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 20 20 10 5 5 Rain shwrs S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S $$ TXZ043-170915- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 210 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024 Date 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 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 94 71 95 73 Temp 91 90 82 78 73 70 80 89 92 91 82 80 75 72 81 90 94 93 85 81 76 73 Dewpt 61 60 65 66 66 65 65 64 61 59 62 64 63 64 66 65 65 64 65 66 68 68 RH 37 37 56 68 79 85 60 43 35 34 50 60 67 77 61 44 38 40 52 60 75 84 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 8 8 6 5 5 4 5 8 10 10 9 8 6 5 9 11 11 10 9 6 6 5 Clouds FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 0 0 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 Haines 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 Mix Hgt 500 500 5700 7800 1100 500 5500 7000 3200 500 T Wind Dir SE S S S SE S S S S S T Wind Spd 13 11 10 14 17 12 18 16 16 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 09/19 Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 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 96 72 96 71 93 66 91 64 90 Temp 91 94 81 73 91 92 79 72 88 91 75 67 87 88 73 65 85 87 Dewpt 67 63 65 67 65 61 63 64 63 58 60 60 59 56 58 58 58 54 Min/Max RH 34 83 33 77 32 77 32 79 30 RH 45 37 58 83 43 36 57 77 43 34 61 77 40 35 59 79 40 33 PWind dir S S S S S S S SE S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 5 20 20 20 10 5 5 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S $$ TXZ035-170915- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 210 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024 Date 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 66 90 68 92 69 Temp 89 87 78 73 70 67 76 85 88 87 79 75 71 68 76 86 91 89 80 76 73 69 Dewpt 57 57 58 60 61 61 64 62 59 59 61 62 62 63 66 66 64 64 65 65 65 66 RH 34 36 50 64 73 81 66 46 37 39 54 64 73 83 71 51 41 44 60 69 76 89 Wind dir S SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 12 13 10 9 8 6 10 16 17 17 13 12 11 10 12 13 13 12 11 11 11 9 Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 20 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0 0.03 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S S S LAL 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 Haines 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 1200 500 6200 8000 2000 500 4200 7400 3200 500 T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S S S T Wind Spd 13 13 16 20 18 16 18 18 14 14 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 09/19 Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 94 69 92 68 89 63 86 61 87 Temp 89 91 77 70 87 87 75 69 83 84 70 64 83 84 68 62 82 83 Dewpt 66 61 63 65 64 60 61 62 61 57 57 56 56 51 54 54 56 52 Min/Max RH 35 85 36 79 35 75 30 76 31 RH 47 36 61 85 46 40 62 79 47 40 63 75 40 32 61 76 41 34 PWind dir S S S S S S SW SE S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 20 30 20 20 5 5 5 Rain shwrs S C S S S S Tstms S C S S S S $$ TXZ031-170915- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 210 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024 Date 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 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 68 96 71 98 72 Temp 94 91 82 78 72 69 80 90 94 92 83 80 75 71 83 93 97 95 85 80 76 73 Dewpt 62 62 65 66 66 65 65 63 60 60 63 64 63 64 66 65 63 64 67 67 67 68 RH 35 38 57 67 81 87 61 41 32 35 50 60 67 78 57 40 33 37 54 65 74 85 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 9 9 6 5 5 4 5 9 12 12 10 9 6 5 9 12 13 11 9 8 6 5 Clouds FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 0 20 10 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.03 Rain shwrs S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S LAL 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 Haines 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 Mix Hgt 600 600 5900 8400 1000 800 5800 7700 4000 600 T Wind Dir SE S S S SE S S S S S T Wind Spd 13 11 10 17 18 13 18 18 17 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 09/19 Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 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 99 73 98 71 95 65 91 62 92 Temp 94 95 82 73 93 93 79 72 90 91 74 66 86 87 72 63 85 86 Dewpt 66 63 65 66 64 61 64 63 61 58 61 59 58 55 57 57 55 53 Min/Max RH 32 78 31 74 31 79 30 79 27 RH 41 35 57 78 39 34 59 74 39 34 64 79 39 34 59 79 36 33 PWind dir S S S S S S SW S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 20 20 10 5 5 Rain shwrs S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S $$ TXZ029-170915- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 210 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024 Date 09/16/24 Tue 09/17/24 Wed 09/18/24 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 62 89 63 92 65 Temp 89 87 74 70 65 62 76 85 88 86 74 71 66 64 74 86 91 86 75 73 68 65 Dewpt 54 55 59 60 61 61 62 59 57 57 61 62 63 63 65 64 62 63 65 65 65 65 RH 30 34 59 71 87 97 62 41 36 37 63 74 90 97 74 48 38 46 71 76 90100 Wind dir S S SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 11 11 8 5 5 5 9 12 14 14 11 9 8 8 11 11 11 10 9 8 9 8 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 5 30 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.04 0.05 0.04 Rain shwrs S C C S S S S S S Tstms S C C S S S S S S LAL 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 Haines 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 700 500 6600 8700 900 500 5000 8900 2300 600 T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S S S T Wind Spd 16 14 17 23 16 14 18 18 16 16 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 09/19 Fri 09/20/24 Sat 09/21/24 Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 93 66 91 64 87 57 86 56 87 Temp 88 90 74 67 87 87 71 64 81 81 65 58 80 83 64 57 82 81 Dewpt 63 59 63 65 61 58 61 61 59 56 57 55 51 47 53 53 52 51 Min/Max RH 31 94 34 89 36 91 25 88 29 RH 43 36 69 94 42 38 71 89 47 42 75 91 36 29 67 87 35 35 PWind dir S S S S S S SW S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 5 20 30 30 20 5 5 5 Rain shwrs S C S C S S Tstms S C S C S S $$ 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