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870 FOUS54 KLUB 260817 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 317 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024 TXZ024-262130- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 317 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024 Date Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 Tue 05/28/24 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 94 61 93 64 87 Temp 72 68 82 90 93 92 74 69 64 61 76 87 92 90 77 71 66 64 75 85 85 76 Dewpt 22 26 35 32 31 29 36 37 39 40 47 46 44 44 48 53 56 58 62 62 62 63 RH 16 20 18 13 11 11 25 31 39 46 36 24 19 20 36 53 70 80 65 46 47 64 Wind dir W W NW NW NW N NE E N N E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E Wind spd 13 14 16 13 12 9 5 5 5 5 6 10 10 9 9 8 6 6 9 14 16 14 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.31 Rain shwrs S S C C C Tstms S S C C C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 9300 12500 600 500 6100 9100 4600 1000 4600 4800 T Wind Dir NW W NE NE E SE SE SE SE E T Wind Spd 23 19 9 9 14 17 18 14 14 20 RFTI 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category EL NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 05/29/24 Thu 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 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 62 77 63 83 63 84 63 83 Temp 65 63 72 75 67 64 78 81 66 64 81 80 68 64 78 81 Dewpt 63 63 65 65 66 64 67 66 64 64 64 62 64 61 62 60 Max/Min RH 100 67 100 55 100 49 91 48 RH 93100 81 71 98100 68 60 93100 55 53 86 91 59 50 PWind dir SE E SE S SE SE SE E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 50 40 40 40 30 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S C C C C C S S S S Tstms C C C C C S S C C C C C S S S S $$ TXZ026-262130- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 317 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024 Date Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 Tue 05/28/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 95 60 94 65 88 Temp 69 66 82 91 94 93 77 70 64 60 77 89 94 92 79 74 68 66 76 83 86 78 Dewpt 37 31 38 36 34 33 39 42 45 47 51 48 47 47 52 55 60 61 62 64 64 65 RH 31 27 21 14 12 12 25 36 50 62 40 24 20 21 39 51 76 84 62 53 48 64 Wind dir SW W NW NW NW N NE NE N N E E SE SE E SE SE E SE SE SE E Wind spd 12 12 16 14 14 10 6 5 5 5 8 10 10 9 10 9 8 6 9 16 17 16 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.22 Rain shwrs S S C C L Tstms S S C C L LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 8300 10800 500 300 6900 8500 5000 500 4300 4800 T Wind Dir NW W NE NE E SE SE SE E E T Wind Spd 20 20 11 11 14 16 17 14 16 19 RFTI 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 05/29/24 Thu 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 62 80 63 83 63 84 63 85 Temp 67 63 75 78 69 64 78 81 69 64 80 82 70 64 80 83 Dewpt 65 63 66 66 68 64 68 67 66 64 66 65 66 64 63 62 Max/Min RH 100 63 100 60 100 54 100 48 RH 93100 74 67 97100 71 63 90100 62 56 87100 56 49 PWind dir E E SE SE SE SE SE E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 50 40 40 40 30 30 20 Rain shwrs L C C C C S C C C C C C C S S S Tstms L C C C C S C C C C C C C S S S $$ TXZ043-262130- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 317 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024 Date Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 Tue 05/28/24 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 98 62 96 66 92 Temp 72 66 83 94 97 96 79 72 65 62 79 91 96 93 79 73 69 67 79 87 90 82 Dewpt 46 35 34 34 34 33 37 38 40 44 51 50 49 50 55 61 63 64 65 66 64 65 RH 40 31 17 12 11 11 22 30 40 52 37 25 20 23 44 65 83 89 62 50 42 57 Wind dir SW W W W W W N NE NE N NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE E Wind spd 9 10 12 12 12 9 5 5 5 5 6 10 9 9 9 8 5 5 8 13 14 14 Clouds FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.28 Rain shwrs L L C Tstms L L C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 Mix Hgt 8600 12000 600 400 4300 7100 3200 1000 4600 7300 T Wind Dir W W N E E SE E SE S E T Wind Spd 18 19 11 11 13 16 20 14 13 18 RFTI 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 05/29/24 Thu 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 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 63 80 64 87 64 87 65 84 Temp 66 64 77 78 68 65 81 82 68 67 83 82 70 66 79 83 Dewpt 66 64 68 68 68 65 69 69 68 67 68 66 67 66 67 66 Max/Min RH 100 65 100 56 100 52 100 54 RH 100100 73 70 100100 67 64 99100 61 58 92100 66 56 PWind dir E E SE SE SE SE SE E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 60 30 50 40 30 30 30 Rain shwrs C C C L C S C C C C C C S S C Tstms C C C L C S C C C C C C S S C $$ TXZ035-262130- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 317 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024 Date Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 Tue 05/28/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 95 60 95 64 91 Temp 70 64 79 90 94 92 78 70 64 60 77 90 95 92 79 73 68 64 76 86 89 79 Dewpt 22 24 31 29 26 24 28 30 33 36 44 42 40 38 44 50 54 58 62 61 57 59 RH 16 22 17 11 9 9 16 22 31 41 31 19 15 15 29 44 61 81 62 43 34 50 Wind dir W W NW W W W W E E E E SE SE SE E SE SE SE S SE SE E Wind spd 13 13 17 17 18 16 8 5 5 6 10 12 11 11 12 12 11 9 12 17 18 19 Clouds FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.22 Rain shwrs C C C Tstms C C C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 Haines 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 8800 11600 1000 500 6000 12500 7400 1200 4700 5300 T Wind Dir NW W NW E SE S SE SE S SE T Wind Spd 21 23 11 12 16 16 21 18 16 23 RFTI 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 05/29/24 Thu 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 62 81 63 91 64 88 63 85 Temp 67 62 76 78 69 63 84 86 70 64 84 84 69 63 80 83 Dewpt 62 62 64 61 63 63 63 57 59 61 58 48 58 59 59 55 Max/Min RH 100 52 100 32 90 27 87 37 RH 84100 66 56 81100 49 37 68 90 41 29 68 87 49 38 PWind dir E SE SE S SE SE E E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 40 50 20 30 30 30 20 20 Rain shwrs C S C C S C C C S C S S S Tstms C S C C S C C C S C S S S $$ TXZ031-262130- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 317 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024 Date Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 Tue 05/28/24 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 98 60 95 65 90 Temp 71 66 84 93 96 95 78 71 64 60 78 90 94 93 79 74 68 66 78 87 88 79 Dewpt 31 29 36 36 33 34 39 40 42 44 51 49 48 48 53 57 61 62 64 65 65 66 RH 23 25 18 14 11 12 25 33 45 55 39 25 21 22 41 55 79 86 63 50 47 63 Wind dir SW W NW NW NW N NE NE N N E E SE SE E SE SE E SE SE SE E Wind spd 10 10 13 13 12 9 5 4 4 3 5 10 10 9 9 6 5 5 8 14 16 16 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.28 Rain shwrs S S C C C Tstms S S C C C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 8900 12400 800 600 6300 8100 4300 1100 4800 5500 T Wind Dir NW W NE NE E SE SE SE SE E T Wind Spd 20 17 11 10 13 17 18 13 16 19 RFTI 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 05/29/24 Thu 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 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 62 80 63 83 63 85 63 85 Temp 66 63 76 78 69 64 79 81 68 64 82 82 69 64 80 83 Dewpt 66 63 67 68 69 64 69 69 67 64 67 66 68 64 65 64 Max/Min RH 100 66 100 63 100 54 100 51 RH 100100 75 71 100100 74 68 98100 61 58 97100 61 55 PWind dir E E SE SE SE SE SE E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 50 40 40 40 30 30 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S C C C C C C S S S Tstms C C C C C S S C C C C C C S S S $$ TXZ029-262130- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 317 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024 Date Sun 05/26/24 Mon 05/27/24 Tue 05/28/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 91 55 91 59 88 Temp 64 59 78 86 89 89 71 65 59 55 75 86 91 88 74 67 62 60 76 86 82 73 Dewpt 22 25 32 28 26 25 31 34 35 37 43 41 41 39 44 50 55 58 61 60 57 60 RH 20 27 19 12 10 10 23 31 40 51 32 21 18 18 34 54 78 93 60 42 43 64 Wind dir W W NW W W W E SE E NE E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 11 11 14 13 14 11 5 5 5 5 8 10 9 9 9 9 9 6 9 16 16 16 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.22 Rain shwrs C C C Tstms C C C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 Haines 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 Mix Hgt 9100 12400 700 500 6200 11900 7100 900 4500 4700 T Wind Dir NW W N E SE S SE SE SE SE T Wind Spd 21 20 11 13 16 17 21 18 16 20 RFTI 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 05/29/24 Thu 05/30/24 Fri 05/31/24 Sat 06/01/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 57 77 58 87 59 83 58 82 Temp 61 58 71 75 63 62 80 81 63 60 80 80 64 59 77 79 Dewpt 61 58 64 62 63 62 63 60 61 60 59 54 61 59 59 57 Max/Min RH 100 58 100 40 100 38 100 43 RH 100100 79 64 100100 56 49 93100 49 41 90100 54 47 PWind dir SE SE SE S SE SE SE E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 50 30 40 30 30 20 30 Rain shwrs C C C C C S C C C S C S S C Tstms C C C C C S C C C S C S S C $$ 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