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940 FOUS54 KLUB 220730 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 230 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 TXZ024-222145- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 230 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 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 67 51 77 57 81 Temp 69 68 67 65 62 59 57 55 54 52 59 67 74 75 64 61 58 58 68 77 81 75 Dewpt 67 66 65 60 56 55 54 53 51 49 49 50 51 54 56 56 56 56 60 61 58 60 RH 92 94 94 86 83 85 92 93 89 89 71 54 45 48 75 84 93 95 77 59 47 59 Wind dir N N N N N N N N N NW N N SE SE S S SW W SW SW S NE Wind spd 5 5 9 12 14 12 10 8 5 5 5 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 Clouds SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 80 10 0 10 40 QPF 12hr 0.72 0.01 0 0 0.21 Rain shwrs C D L C S S S C C C Tstms C C C S C C C Flood A LAL 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Haines 4 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 Mix Hgt 1000 1800 2100 1600 1200 3200 4600 800 500 3800 6400 T Wind Dir NW N N N N N W S SW SW SW T Wind Spd 10 13 21 16 11 8 8 9 8 9 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 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24 Sat 09/28/24 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 78 55 80 56 83 57 83 Temp 63 58 74 75 61 56 76 76 61 56 75 77 62 58 78 79 Dewpt 59 57 55 52 52 51 52 51 52 52 52 52 53 52 52 50 Max/Min RH 97 41 86 36 86 34 83 31 RH 88 96 52 45 74 84 44 42 74 84 45 41 73 81 40 37 PWind dir N NE S SE S N N N Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 20 5 5 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C S S Tstms C S $$ TXZ026-222145- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 230 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 70 53 77 57 83 Temp 73 70 69 68 65 61 59 58 56 54 59 68 75 76 67 63 59 57 66 78 82 79 Dewpt 65 65 67 63 60 57 54 53 51 49 49 50 50 52 54 54 55 55 58 59 58 59 RH 76 84 93 84 84 87 83 83 83 83 69 52 41 43 63 72 87 93 75 52 44 50 Wind dir N N N N N N N N N NW N N N SE SE S S S S S S NE Wind spd 8 6 9 11 14 14 12 9 9 8 6 5 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 Clouds SC B1 B2 OV OV B1 B2 B1 B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 90 30 0 5 40 QPF 12hr 1.60 0.04 0 0 0.08 Rain shwrs C D D L C C C S S S C C C Tstms C C C C S C C C LAL 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Haines 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 Mix Hgt 600 1700 1900 1400 1200 2900 3900 1400 300 3800 6200 T Wind Dir E N N N N N NW S S S SE T Wind Spd 11 11 21 19 12 10 6 9 6 8 12 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24 Sat 09/28/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 58 80 55 81 56 83 58 85 Temp 67 59 75 77 63 56 75 78 64 57 76 78 65 58 79 81 Dewpt 59 57 54 52 53 52 52 51 53 52 52 52 54 53 53 50 Max/Min RH 93 39 88 36 84 37 85 31 RH 75 93 48 42 70 86 45 39 67 83 43 40 68 83 41 34 PWind dir NE NE E NE NE N N N Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 10 5 5 5 10 5 5 Rain shwrs C S Tstms C S $$ TXZ043-222145- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 230 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 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 78 55 77 59 84 Temp 76 73 77 77 71 64 61 59 58 56 61 68 75 76 68 65 62 60 70 79 83 80 Dewpt 65 66 69 68 64 61 59 58 55 53 51 52 53 56 58 59 59 60 62 63 63 62 RH 69 78 76 74 80 90 93 96 91 89 70 57 47 50 72 81 92100 76 58 51 54 Wind dir S SE S N N N N N N N N N NE SE SE S SW SW S S S SE Wind spd 5 5 6 8 11 12 12 9 9 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 Clouds SC B1 B1 OV OV OV OV B2 OV SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 80 50 5 20 40 QPF 12hr 1.06 0.04 0 0 0.12 Rain shwrs C L D L C C C S S S S S C C C Tstms S C C S C C C LAL 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 Haines 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 500 3400 2200 1800 1700 2900 3600 1700 400 4000 5600 T Wind Dir S S N N N N NE S SW S S T Wind Spd 11 10 17 20 16 11 4 6 6 8 10 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 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24 Sat 09/28/24 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 59 81 56 82 58 84 58 85 Temp 67 60 76 77 63 57 77 79 64 58 77 80 65 59 80 82 Dewpt 63 60 58 55 55 53 52 52 55 53 52 52 55 54 53 52 Max/Min RH 100 44 89 35 86 35 85 32 RH 87100 54 47 75 88 42 40 73 84 42 39 70 83 39 35 PWind dir NE NE NE N NE N N N Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 50 20 5 5 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C C S Tstms C C $$ TXZ035-222145- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 230 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 68 50 77 58 82 Temp 71 69 68 66 63 59 57 55 53 50 58 69 76 74 66 62 60 58 67 77 81 77 Dewpt 66 66 67 63 58 57 54 53 50 48 50 52 53 54 56 57 57 57 61 62 60 60 RH 84 90 97 90 84 93 90 93 89 93 75 55 45 50 70 84 90 96 81 60 49 56 Wind dir E SE N N N N N N N N N N S S S S SW SW SW S SE E Wind spd 9 6 9 13 17 17 16 11 9 8 5 2 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 6 5 Clouds SC B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 10 0 10 50 QPF 12hr 0.28 0 0 0 0.12 Rain shwrs L L C S S C C C Tstms C C S C C C LAL 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Haines 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 1300 1800 1900 1600 1200 3100 4500 600 500 4500 7000 T Wind Dir S NE N NE N N SW S SW S S T Wind Spd 10 13 21 18 13 8 5 11 11 12 12 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24 Sat 09/28/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 57 78 53 79 55 81 56 83 Temp 63 57 73 74 60 53 75 77 61 55 75 77 62 56 77 80 Dewpt 59 57 56 52 52 51 53 52 52 51 53 52 52 51 53 49 Max/Min RH 100 42 94 39 88 36 84 30 RH 87100 55 46 75 93 46 42 72 86 46 42 70 83 43 34 PWind dir NE NE SE S SE N NE N Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 50 20 10 5 5 5 5 0 Rain shwrs C S S Tstms C S $$ TXZ031-222145- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 230 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 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 71 53 78 56 84 Temp 74 71 71 69 65 61 58 58 57 54 61 68 75 77 67 62 59 57 68 79 83 78 Dewpt 67 67 68 65 62 60 58 56 54 52 51 50 52 54 56 57 58 57 60 61 60 61 RH 78 88 88 86 89 95 98 93 90 91 70 53 44 45 68 83 95100 76 54 45 57 Wind dir N N N N N N N N N N N N N SE S S SW SW S S S SE Wind spd 5 5 6 10 13 13 12 8 6 5 5 5 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 Clouds SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 PoP 12hr 80 30 0 5 40 QPF 12hr 1.09 0.03 0 0 0.08 Rain shwrs S D D D C C C S S S S C C C Tstms S C C C S C C C LAL 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Haines 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 Mix Hgt 1100 2000 2100 2000 1500 3200 4100 1800 600 4700 6600 T Wind Dir W N N N N N NW S SW S S T Wind Spd 11 11 20 18 13 10 6 9 6 9 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 Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24 Sat 09/28/24 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 58 81 55 82 57 85 57 86 Temp 66 59 76 78 63 56 77 78 64 57 77 79 65 58 80 81 Dewpt 62 59 56 53 55 53 52 52 55 54 52 54 56 54 53 52 Max/Min RH 100 38 94 35 89 34 88 31 RH 87100 49 42 76 91 42 40 73 89 42 42 73 87 40 37 PWind dir NE NE SE N NE N N N Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 20 5 5 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C S S Tstms C S $$ TXZ029-222145- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 230 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024 Date Sun 09/22/24 Mon 09/23/24 Tue 09/24/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 63 45 76 53 80 Temp 66 64 63 61 58 58 52 51 49 46 56 65 73 75 62 58 55 54 66 76 80 76 Dewpt 65 64 63 58 55 54 52 51 49 46 49 50 51 53 56 55 55 54 60 60 58 58 RH 97100100 90 90 86100100100100 77 58 46 46 81 90100100 81 58 47 54 Wind dir NE N N N N N N N N N N NW SW S S S SW SW SW SW S E Wind spd 5 5 9 12 13 13 10 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 Clouds B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 70 5 0 10 50 QPF 12hr 0.51 0 0 0 0.12 Rain shwrs C L C C S S C C C Tstms C C S S C C C LAL 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Haines 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 1200 1700 2000 1400 900 2900 4500 500 500 4300 6400 T Wind Dir NE N N N N N SW S SW SW S T Wind Spd 11 16 24 17 11 8 6 11 11 12 13 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 09/25/24 Thu 09/26/24 Fri 09/27/24 Sat 09/28/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 53 76 50 79 51 81 51 82 Temp 60 54 72 74 56 51 74 76 57 52 74 76 57 52 77 78 Dewpt 57 54 54 51 52 51 51 51 52 51 51 50 53 51 50 49 Max/Min RH 100 42 100 37 98 35 99 31 RH 90100 53 44 86100 44 42 83 96 44 40 86 96 39 36 PWind dir NE NE SE S SE NW NE N Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 20 10 5 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C S S Tstms C S $$ 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