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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
202 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

TXZ024-252015-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
202 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

Date           06/25/24      Wed 06/26/24            Thu 06/27/24            Fri
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                      76         101          76         100          78
Temp          98 97 85 82 78 76 88 97100 99 87 82 79 77 87 96 99 98 88 85 81 78
Dewpt         63 63 65 65 66 67 68 67 64 63 66 66 66 66 67 64 60 59 61 62 61 63
RH            32 33 52 57 66 74 51 38 31 31 50 57 66 70 51 35 28 28 40 46 51 60
Wind dir       S  S SE  S SW  W  W  E SE SE  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd      11 11  8  6  6  6  6  5  9 10  8  6  6  6  8 11 14 13 11 13 14 14
Clouds        FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW CL FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5          10           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs           S
Tstms                S
Heat           Y  Y
LAL                     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt              1400   600  7000  9500  2000   600  8500 12400  7300   700
T Wind Dir             SE    SW    SW    SE     S    SW    SW    SW     S    SW
T Wind Spd             14    14    11    12    13    11    12    20    23    26
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           06/28  Sat 06/29/24  Sun 06/30/24  Mon 07/01/24  Tue 07/02/24
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      77    98      74    96      76    99      78    99
Temp          96100   86 78 93 96   82 75 92 95   82 76 93 98   84 78 96 98
Dewpt         62 60   62 66 68 66   66 67 67 61   64 65 64 59   60 62 63 60
Min/Max RH       26      67    36      76    33      69    28      58    29
RH            33 27   45 67 44 39   59 76 44 34   54 69 39 29   44 58 34 30
PWind dir        SW       S     S       S     S       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   15>     15>   15>
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW SC FW   SC SC SC FW   SC FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      10    10      30    10       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                           C  C
Tstms                                C  C

$$
TXZ026-252015-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
202 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

Date           06/25/24      Wed 06/26/24            Thu 06/27/24            Fri
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                      78         104          76         103          80
Temp         100 98 88 84 80 78 89 98102101 89 85 79 77 88 99102101 91 87 82 80
Dewpt         65 64 66 66 68 68 68 68 66 64 67 67 69 68 68 67 63 61 63 64 65 65
RH            32 33 48 55 67 71 50 38 31 30 48 55 72 74 52 36 28 27 40 46 56 60
Wind dir       S  S SE SE  S SW  W SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      13 12  9  9  8  6  9  5  8 10  9  9  8  6  9 11 14 14 12 14 14 12
Clouds        FW FW SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs           S
Tstms                S
Heat           Y  Y
LAL                     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     6     6     6     5     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt               500   400  6600  9100  1200   400  8000  9700  5100   400
T Wind Dir             SE     S    SW    SE    SE     S    SW     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd             14    13    11    11    13     9    11    20    23    21
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           06/28  Sat 06/29/24  Sun 06/30/24  Mon 07/01/24  Tue 07/02/24
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         104      80   101      76    99      78   102      79   103
Temp          99102   88 80 97 99   85 77 95 97   85 78 97100   87 79 99101
Dewpt         63 61   63 67 69 65   67 68 67 62   65 66 64 59   60 64 64 60
Min/Max RH       26      65    32      74    31      67    25      60    26
RH            31 26   43 65 40 33   55 74 40 32   51 67 34 26   40 60 32 26
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 FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5    10      30    10       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs                           C  S
Tstms                                C  S

$$
TXZ043-252015-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
202 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

Date           06/25/24      Wed 06/26/24            Thu 06/27/24            Fri
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                      78         102          77         103          78
Temp          99 98 88 84 80 78 87 97101 99 89 83 80 77 89 98102101 91 86 81 78
Dewpt         64 64 66 67 68 68 70 68 66 64 67 67 67 66 68 65 62 60 63 64 66 66
RH            32 33 48 57 67 71 56 39 32 32 48 59 66 69 50 34 27 27 40 49 60 68
Wind dir       S  S SE  S SW SW SW  S SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd       9  9  8  8  8  6  9  6  6  9  6  5  5  5  8  9 10 11  9 10 11  9
Clouds        CL FW FW SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           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     5     6     6     6     5
Mix Hgt              1000   600  5900  8100  2000   500  7000  9800  6400  1000
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW    SE    SE    SW    SW     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd             14    14    13    10    14    14    11    16    19    21
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           06/28  Sat 06/29/24  Sun 06/30/24  Mon 07/01/24  Tue 07/02/24
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      77   100      75   100      75   101      76   102
Temp          97101   86 78 95 98   84 76 94 98   83 76 96 99   85 76 97100
Dewpt         65 61   66 70 69 64   68 69 67 61   66 68 64 59   63 66 64 58
Min/Max RH       26      76    32      79    29      76    25      71    25
RH            35 27   52 76 43 33   58 79 41 30   56 76 35 27   48 71 34 25
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      20     5       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs                           S
Tstms                                S

$$
TXZ035-252015-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
202 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

Date           06/25/24      Wed 06/26/24            Thu 06/27/24            Fri
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                      76         101          75         100          75
Temp          98 97 88 83 79 76 85 95100 98 88 83 79 76 87 96100 97 88 84 79 75
Dewpt         61 60 62 64 65 65 67 66 62 60 62 63 63 64 65 62 58 57 58 60 61 64
RH            30 30 42 53 62 69 55 39 29 29 42 51 58 66 48 33 25 27 36 44 54 69
Wind dir       S  S SE  S  S SW SW SE SE SE SE SE  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      12 12 12 10  9  6  9  6 11 13 10  9  8  8 11 13 16 17 13 16 17 14
Clouds        CL SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW CL SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     4     4     4     4     3     4     4
Mix Hgt              5100   700  7000  9700  3700   400  7200 10900  7000   800
T Wind Dir             SE    SW    SW    SE    SE    SW    SW     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd             14    13    11    13    14     9    13    20    20    21
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           06/28  Sat 06/29/24  Sun 06/30/24  Mon 07/01/24  Tue 07/02/24
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         101      75    97      73    95      73    97      74    99
Temp          95 99   84 75 92 94   82 74 90 93   81 73 92 95   82 75 94 96
Dewpt         62 58   62 66 67 62   65 66 65 59   63 65 63 58   61 62 63 58
Min/Max RH       25      74    33      76    32      76    28      64    27
RH            34 26   48 74 44 35   56 76 44 32   54 76 38 29   49 64 36 28
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       15>     15>   <15     <15   <15     15>   15>     15>   15>
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      30    10       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                           C  S
Tstms                                C  S

$$
TXZ031-252015-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
202 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

Date           06/25/24      Wed 06/26/24            Thu 06/27/24            Fri
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                      78         103          76         103          78
Temp          99 98 87 84 80 78 90 98101101 89 84 79 77 90 98102101 91 87 82 79
Dewpt         66 65 68 67 68 69 69 69 66 66 69 69 69 69 69 67 63 63 64 64 65 66
RH            35 34 52 58 68 73 51 39 32 32 52 61 72 76 51 37 29 29 41 48 56 65
Wind dir       S  S SE  S  S SW  W  S SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd      12 10  6  6  5  5  8  5  8  9  6  5  5  5  6 10 12 12 10 12 12 11
Clouds        FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL FW CL FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Heat           Y  Y
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt               900   600  6500  8400  1400   600  8000  9500  5600   600
T Wind Dir              S     S    SW    SE     S    SW    SW     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd             14    14    11    10    13     9    10    20    23    23
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           06/28  Sat 06/29/24  Sun 06/30/24  Mon 07/01/24  Tue 07/02/24
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         103      79   101      76   100      77   102      78   102
Temp          98101   87 79 96 99   85 76 94 98   85 77 97100   86 78 98100
Dewpt         65 62   65 69 70 67   69 69 68 64   66 68 65 61   62 65 65 61
Min/Max RH       27      73    33      79    31      74    26      64    26
RH            34 28   49 73 44 35   60 79 43 33   55 74 36 28   45 64 34 28
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 FW   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      20     5       5     0       0     5
Rain shwrs                           S  S
Tstms                                S  S

$$
TXZ029-252015-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
202 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

Date           06/25/24      Wed 06/26/24            Thu 06/27/24            Fri
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                      71          99          72          97          72
Temp          96 97 84 79 75 71 85 93 97 97 84 80 75 73 84 93 97 95 85 80 76 72
Dewpt         60 60 63 65 65 65 67 64 61 59 63 64 65 64 64 61 57 55 58 60 61 62
RH            30 30 49 62 71 81 55 38 31 29 49 58 71 73 51 35 27 26 40 51 60 71
Wind dir       S  S  S SE  S SW  W  E SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd      11 10  9  6  6  5  6  5  9 10  9  6  5  5  9 12 13 13 12 12 13 13
Clouds        CL SC SC SC FW CL CL CL SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5          10           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        S
Tstms             S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     5     5     4     4     4     4     4
Mix Hgt              3700   600  7500 10200  3000   500  8300 11500  6700   500
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW     E    SE     S    SW    SW     S    SW
T Wind Spd             16    14    11    12    13    11    14    21    20    23
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           06/28  Sat 06/29/24  Sun 06/30/24  Mon 07/01/24  Tue 07/02/24
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      72    94      70    92      70    95      71    97
Temp          93 97   81 72 89 92   78 71 88 90   77 70 89 93   79 71 91 95
Dewpt         61 59   62 65 67 63   67 66 65 59   64 65 63 58   61 62 62 58
Min/Max RH       27      79    36      84    34      84    29      73    29
RH            35 29   53 79 48 38   69 84 47 35   64 84 42 31   54 73 38 29
PWind dir        SW       S     S       S     S       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   15>     15>   <15
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      40    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                           C  C
Tstms                                C  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