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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
238 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024

TXZ024-302045-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
238 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024

Date           06/30/24      Mon 07/01/24            Tue 07/02/24            Wed
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                      75          98          77         102          77
Temp          95 94 84 80 78 75 85 93 97 97 87 83 79 77 86 97101100 89 85 81 78
Dewpt         66 61 62 63 64 65 66 62 58 57 59 58 60 61 62 62 60 57 59 58 58 60
RH            40 34 47 56 63 70 53 36 28 27 39 44 51 58 45 33 26 25 37 40 46 54
Wind dir      SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd      10 11  9  9 11 12 13 13 16 14 11 12 14 16 16 13 13 12 11 11 12 11
Clouds        SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           5          10
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              1800   700  7300  9900  2500   900  8300 12200  7400   700
T Wind Dir             SE    SW    SW     S     S    SW    SW    SW     S    SW
T Wind Spd             16    18    23    21    19    23    21    18    17    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           07/03  Thu 07/04/24  Fri 07/05/24  Sat 07/06/24  Sun 07/07/24
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      77    99      72    88      66    90      69    95
Temp          94 98   81 78 96 97   80 73 83 84   71 66 84 89   75 70 91 93
Dewpt         61 59   64 63 63 61   65 64 64 63   64 63 62 59   61 62 62 60
Min/Max RH       27      60    28      73    46      91    36      76    32
RH            34 29   56 59 34 31   59 73 53 49   78 89 48 37   61 75 39 33
PWind dir         S       S    SW       S    NE      NE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC FW   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      20     5      30    30      40    20      20    10
Rain shwrs             S             S  C  C  C    C  C  S       S  S
Tstms                  S             S  C  C  C    C  C  S       S  S

$$
TXZ026-302045-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
238 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024

Date           06/30/24      Mon 07/01/24            Tue 07/02/24            Wed
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                      77         101          77         103          78
Temp          98 96 88 84 80 77 88 96100 99 90 86 80 77 88 99103101 91 87 81 78
Dewpt         67 64 64 65 66 67 67 64 61 59 59 61 61 62 64 62 60 58 59 60 60 61
RH            37 35 45 53 62 70 50 35 28 27 35 43 52 60 45 30 25 24 34 40 49 56
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      10 11 10 10 10 10 12 14 16 14 12 12 12 12 16 16 16 14 12 12 12  9
Clouds        SC FW SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
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               500   400  7200  9200  1500   600  6300 10700  6800   500
T Wind Dir             SE     S    SW     S     S    SW    SW    SW     S     S
T Wind Spd             16    14    19    20    19    17    21    19    19    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           07/03  Thu 07/04/24  Fri 07/05/24  Sat 07/06/24  Sun 07/07/24
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         102      79   102      74    90      68    92      70    97
Temp          97100   86 79 98100   84 75 86 87   74 68 87 90   78 71 93 95
Dewpt         63 61   63 63 65 63   66 65 66 64   64 64 63 61   63 64 64 61
Min/Max RH       26      58    29      71    43      88    36      80    31
RH            33 28   46 58 34 30   55 71 51 46   71 87 45 38   60 79 38 33
PWind dir         S       S    SW      SE    NE      NE    SE      SE     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      10     5      30    30      40    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                           S  C  C  C    C  C          S  S
Tstms                                S  C  C  C    C  C          S  S

$$
TXZ043-302045-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
238 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024

Date           06/30/24      Mon 07/01/24            Tue 07/02/24            Wed
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                      77         101          77         104          77
Temp          98 98 89 85 80 77 86 95 99 99 90 84 80 77 88 97102103 91 86 81 78
Dewpt         62 59 64 65 67 67 67 63 59 57 59 61 62 63 64 62 58 55 56 58 60 62
RH            30 27 43 51 64 70 53 35 27 25 35 46 55 63 46 32 24 21 31 39 49 58
Wind dir      SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd       9 10 10 10  9  8 10 12 12 12  9  9  9  9 12 13 13 12 10 10  9  9
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW 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     5     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt              1100   600  7100  9900  4000   800  6500 10600  6800   700
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW     S     S    SW    SW     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd             16    14    18    18    18    16    21    19    18    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           07/03  Thu 07/04/24  Fri 07/05/24  Sat 07/06/24  Sun 07/07/24
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         102      78   102      77    93      69    93      72    97
Temp          97100   86 78 97100   87 77 89 90   76 69 87 92   78 72 94 95
Dewpt         62 58   63 65 65 61   63 65 67 64   66 65 63 60   64 65 64 60
Min/Max RH       24      64    26      67    39      87    33      79    30
RH            32 25   46 64 35 28   46 67 48 42   71 87 46 34   62 79 37 31
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     N      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      10     5      20    30      40    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                              S  S  C    C  C  S
Tstms                                   S  S  C    C  C  S

$$
TXZ035-302045-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
238 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024

Date           06/30/24      Mon 07/01/24            Tue 07/02/24            Wed
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          98          75         102          77
Temp          97 95 88 82 77 74 82 92 97 96 88 82 77 75 84 96101 99 90 85 80 77
Dewpt         58 56 57 61 63 65 65 61 57 54 55 57 59 61 62 61 57 55 56 56 57 59
RH            27 27 35 48 61 73 56 36 27 25 33 43 54 62 48 32 24 23 32 37 45 54
Wind dir      SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      14 16 13 13 13 12 16 17 18 18 17 17 17 14 17 16 14 16 14 14 13 11
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  2     2     2     2     2     3     3     3     3     3
Mix Hgt              7300  1000  6600  9200  6800   800  7200 10700  6700   900
T Wind Dir             SE    SW    SW     S     S    SW    SW    SW     S     S
T Wind Spd             18    18    20    23    20    19    19    17    19    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           07/03  Thu 07/04/24  Fri 07/05/24  Sat 07/06/24  Sun 07/07/24
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         100      76    99      73    92      67    90      70    96
Temp          95 96   83 76 94 95   82 74 85 86   73 67 85 88   75 71 91 93
Dewpt         60 57   60 61 63 59   62 63 64 62   62 61 62 58   59 61 62 57
Min/Max RH       25      60    28      69    39      81    35      71    29
RH            31 27   46 60 36 30   51 69 50 45   68 81 46 36   58 71 38 30
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     E       E    SE       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      20     5      20    30      40    20      20    10
Rain shwrs             S             S  S  S  C    C  C  S  S    S
Tstms                  S             S  S  S  C    C  C  S  S    S

$$
TXZ031-302045-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
238 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024

Date           06/30/24      Mon 07/01/24            Tue 07/02/24            Wed
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                      77         101          77         104          78
Temp          98 98 88 84 80 77 89 95 99 99 90 85 80 77 89 97102103 91 87 81 78
Dewpt         67 63 64 66 67 67 68 65 62 60 61 61 62 63 64 63 60 58 59 59 59 62
RH            37 33 45 56 65 71 52 38 30 28 38 46 54 62 45 33 26 24 34 40 47 58
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd      10 10  9  8  9  8 12 13 14 12 10  9 10 10 16 14 14 13 10 10 10  8
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
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               900   700  7100  9500  1500  1000  6400 10800  7000   800
T Wind Dir             SE     S    SW     S     S    SW    SW     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             14    16    19    20    18    18    23    19    19    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           07/03  Thu 07/04/24  Fri 07/05/24  Sat 07/06/24  Sun 07/07/24
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         102      78   102      74    90      66    92      70    97
Temp          97100   86 79 98100   84 75 87 88   74 67 86 91   78 71 94 95
Dewpt         63 61   64 65 65 63   67 66 67 65   67 66 65 63   64 64 65 63
Min/Max RH       26      62    30      74    45      98    39      81    32
RH            33 28   48 62 34 31   57 74 53 48   78 96 50 40   63 80 39 35
PWind dir         S       S    SW      SE    NE      NE    SE       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      10     5      30    30      40    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                           S  C  C  C    C  C          S  S
Tstms                                S  C  C  C    C  C          S  S

$$
TXZ029-302045-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
238 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024

Date           06/30/24      Mon 07/01/24            Tue 07/02/24            Wed
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          96          71          99          72
Temp          93 93 81 78 74 71 81 89 94 94 84 79 74 71 83 92 97 98 85 81 76 73
Dewpt         60 56 58 62 63 65 64 60 56 54 57 57 59 60 60 60 57 55 58 58 57 59
RH            34 29 45 59 69 82 56 38 28 26 40 47 59 68 46 34 27 24 40 46 52 62
Wind dir      SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd      11 12 10 10 10 10 13 14 16 14 12 12 13 12 17 13 13 12 10 10 11  9
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S
Tstms                                                             S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     1
Haines                  2     2     2     2     2     3     3     3     3     3
Mix Hgt              5300   700  6800  9200  5000   700  7700 12000  7400   600
T Wind Dir             SE    SW    SW     S     S    SW    SW    SW     S    SW
T Wind Spd             17    19    23    23    20    20    21    17    18    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           07/03  Thu 07/04/24  Fri 07/05/24  Sat 07/06/24  Sun 07/07/24
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    96      68    86      61    88      65    93
Temp          92 95   77 72 92 94   77 69 82 82   68 62 81 87   71 66 87 92
Dewpt         59 57   63 61 62 58   63 64 62 61   62 61 60 57   59 60 61 57
Min/Max RH       27      70    28      84    46      98    35      83    30
RH            33 28   62 68 37 30   62 84 51 49   81 97 49 36   66 81 42 31
PWind dir         S       S    SW       S    NE       E    SE       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      30    10      30    30      40    20      20    10
Rain shwrs        S    C             S  C  C  C    C  C  S  S    S  S
Tstms             S    C             S  C  C  C    C  C  S  S    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