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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
343 AM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024

TXZ024-282115-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
343 AM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024

Date             Fri 06/28/24            Sat 06/29/24            Sun 06/30/24
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                     103          79          99          75          94
Temp          80 79 88 97101101 89 86 82 79 87 94 99 97 86 81 78 76 85 89 93 93
Dewpt         62 62 61 59 58 58 57 57 59 63 65 64 63 63 66 66 67 67 68 67 66 65
RH            54 56 41 29 25 25 33 38 46 57 48 37 31 34 51 60 68 74 59 48 42 40
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  S SE SE SE SE SE SW SW SE SE SE
Wind spd      12 14 19 17 16 14 11 12 12 11 11  8 11 12  8  6  5  5  8  8 11 12
Clouds        B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10          10          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
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     1     1     3     2     2     2
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     6     6     5     6     6
Mix Hgt              5500 11500  1300   700  6200  8200  5100   900  6500  7200
T Wind Dir             SW    SW     S    SW    SW     S    SE     S    SW    SE
T Wind Spd             25    19    19    23    13    13    16    11    10    14
RFTI           0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date          Mon 07/01/24  Tue 07/02/24  Wed 07/03/24  Thu 07/04/24
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          75    99      77   101      78   100      76    97
Temp          81 76 94 97   84 77 96 99   86 78 93 98   82 76 91 94
Dewpt         65 66 63 58   58 61 62 58   58 60 62 60   65 64 65 63
Max/Min RH       71    27      58    25      54    28      66    34
RH            60 71 37 28   41 58 32 26   39 54 36 28   56 66 43 37
PWind dir         S    SW       S    SW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char       <15   15>     <15   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     0       0     5      10    10      30    10
Rain shwrs                                 S        S    C
Tstms                                      S        S    C

$$
TXZ026-282115-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
343 AM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024

Date             Fri 06/28/24            Sat 06/29/24            Sun 06/30/24
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                     106          80         101          77          97
Temp          81 79 89100104104 93 88 83 80 89 96101 99 89 85 80 77 87 93 95 96
Dewpt         67 65 65 60 57 56 59 61 63 64 66 66 65 64 66 68 68 68 68 69 67 66
RH            63 62 45 27 21 21 32 40 51 58 47 38 31 32 47 57 67 74 53 46 40 38
Wind dir       S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE
Wind spd      12 11 16 18 18 17 13 13 12  9 11 10 11 12  9  9  9  8  9  6 11 11
Clouds        B1 FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                 C  C  S  S  S  S
Heat                    Y  Y  Y
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     3     2     2     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     6     6     5     5     5
Mix Hgt              6100  9700   700   500  4800  7600  4800   600  7900  8600
T Wind Dir             SW    SW     S    SW    SW     S    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             21    21    20    18    12    14    14    11    10    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          Mon 07/01/24  Tue 07/02/24  Wed 07/03/24  Thu 07/04/24
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          78   102      79   104      79   102      78   100
Temp          84 78 96101   87 79 98103   88 79 98100   86 78 95 98
Dewpt         66 67 64 59   60 63 62 58   59 62 63 60   65 66 67 64
Max/Min RH       70    25      58    23      56    25      66    31
RH            55 69 35 25   40 58 31 23   38 56 32 27   50 66 40 33
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     0       0     0      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                                               S
Tstms                                                    S

$$
TXZ043-282115-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
343 AM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024

Date             Fri 06/28/24            Sat 06/29/24            Sun 06/30/24
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                     105          79         101          78          99
Temp          81 79 89 99104103 93 87 82 79 87 96101 99 92 86 81 78 87 94 98 97
Dewpt         65 64 66 60 56 55 59 61 64 66 69 67 64 63 66 67 68 68 68 66 63 62
RH            59 60 47 28 20 21 32 42 55 64 55 39 30 31 43 53 65 71 54 40 32 32
Wind dir       S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  S SE SE
Wind spd       9  9 13 16 16 14 11 11 10  9 10 11 11 11  9  8  8  5  6  6  9 11
Clouds        SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Heat                    Y  Y  Y
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     5     6     6     6     5     6     6
Mix Hgt              6600  9900   700   600  6000  9500  6400  1300  6600  9600
T Wind Dir             SW     S     S    SW    SW    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             23    18    19    19    16    13    17    16    11    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          Mon 07/01/24  Tue 07/02/24  Wed 07/03/24  Thu 07/04/24
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          78   100      77   103      78   102      78   100
Temp          84 78 96 98   85 77 98101   86 78 97100   86 78 95 96
Dewpt         66 68 64 58   61 64 61 56   59 64 63 60   64 67 66 63
Max/Min RH       73    25      64    22      62    26      67    32
RH            55 73 35 27   44 64 31 23   40 62 33 27   47 67 39 35
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     0       0     0       5     5      10    10

$$
TXZ035-282115-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
343 AM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024

Date             Fri 06/28/24            Sat 06/29/24            Sun 06/30/24
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                     103          78         100          76          96
Temp          80 76 86 96102101 92 86 81 78 84 95 99 97 89 83 79 76 83 91 96 94
Dewpt         59 61 61 59 57 55 54 56 60 63 66 63 60 59 61 63 63 64 66 65 61 59
RH            49 60 43 29 23 22 28 36 49 60 55 35 28 29 39 51 58 66 57 42 32 31
Wind dir       S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW  S SW  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  S SE SE
Wind spd      13 13 18 18 17 17 13 16 14 12 13 12 13 16 12 10  9  8 11 11 14 16
Clouds        SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10          10          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                    S                       S  S
Tstms                         S                       S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     2     2     2
Mix Hgt              6800 11300  4800   900  4900  8400  5700   800  7400  9700
T Wind Dir             SW    SW     S    SW     S    SE    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             24    19    20    20    16    16    16    13    12    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          Mon 07/01/24  Tue 07/02/24  Wed 07/03/24  Thu 07/04/24
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          74    98      75   101      76    99      76    97
Temp          82 74 92 96   83 75 94 99   84 76 94 97   82 76 91 94
Dewpt         61 65 61 55   57 61 61 56   58 60 62 58   63 63 64 61
Max/Min RH       74    25      62    23      58    26      63    31
RH            49 74 36 25   41 62 34 24   41 58 35 28   53 63 41 34
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15   15>     15>   15>     15>   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     0       0     5      10    10      30    10
Rain shwrs                                               C
Tstms                                                    C

$$
TXZ031-282115-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
343 AM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024

Date             Fri 06/28/24            Sat 06/29/24            Sun 06/30/24
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                     105          80         101          77          97
Temp          81 79 90100104103 93 87 83 80 89 96101 99 89 85 80 77 87 93 95 96
Dewpt         67 65 65 60 57 57 60 62 64 66 69 68 65 65 66 69 69 69 69 69 67 66
RH            63 62 44 28 21 22 33 43 53 62 51 40 32 33 48 60 70 76 55 46 41 39
Wind dir       S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  S SE SE
Wind spd      10  9 17 17 17 16 12 12 11  9 11 10 11 12  8  6  5  5  8  8 11 11
Clouds        B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          10           5          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S  S  S
Heat                    Y  Y  Y
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     2     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     6     6     5     5     5
Mix Hgt              6100  9900  1000   700  5100  8100  5400  1000  8000  8300
T Wind Dir             SW    SW     S    SW    SW     S    SE     S    SW     S
T Wind Spd             24    20    20    19    14    14    16    13    11    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          Mon 07/01/24  Tue 07/02/24  Wed 07/03/24  Thu 07/04/24
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          78   101      78   104      79   102      77    99
Temp          84 78 96100   87 78 98103   88 79 97100   85 78 94 96
Dewpt         67 68 65 60   61 64 63 59   60 63 64 62   65 67 67 64
Max/Min RH       74    27      62    24      57    27      70    34
RH            58 73 37 27   42 62 32 24   39 57 34 29   51 70 42 36
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     0       0     0      10     5      20    10
Rain shwrs                                               S
Tstms                                                    S

$$
TXZ029-282115-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
343 AM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024

Date             Fri 06/28/24            Sat 06/29/24            Sun 06/30/24
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                     100          73          97          72          92
Temp          76 73 84 93 98 98 86 82 77 74 83 91 96 94 83 78 74 72 82 87 90 91
Dewpt         60 61 61 59 57 56 57 55 59 61 63 62 60 60 63 65 65 65 66 64 62 59
RH            58 66 46 32 26 25 37 40 54 64 51 38 30 32 51 64 74 79 58 46 39 34
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  S SE SE
Wind spd      11 12 17 17 16 12  9 11 12 10 11  8 11 11  9  8  5  5  8  9 11 12
Clouds        B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10          20          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Rain shwrs                    S                 S  S  C  C  S  S        S  S
Tstms                         S                 S  S  C  C  S  S        S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     2     3     2     1     2
Haines                  3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     2
Mix Hgt              6700 10900  2400   800  5700  9200  5300   700  8100  7900
T Wind Dir             SW    SW     S    SW    SW     S    SE     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             25    18    18    23    13    13    17    13    10    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          Mon 07/01/24  Tue 07/02/24  Wed 07/03/24  Thu 07/04/24
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          70    95      71    98      72    96      71    95
Temp          77 70 90 93   79 71 92 96   81 72 90 95   77 71 89 93
Dewpt         63 65 61 55   58 61 60 56   58 59 60 58   64 64 64 60
Max/Min RH       84    27      71    25      64    27      78    32
RH            62 84 38 28   49 71 34 26   46 64 37 29   64 78 43 34
PWind dir         S    SW       S    SW       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     0       5     5      20    20      30    10
Rain shwrs                                 S        S    C  S
Tstms                                      S        S    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