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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
216 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024

TXZ024-070915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
216 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024

Date           06/06/24      Fri 06/07/24            Sat 06/08/24            Sun
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          76         102          70
Temp          99 95 81 77 73 71 83 94 97 97 85 80 78 76 86 97102 99 86 79 75 70
Dewpt         59 61 65 63 64 65 66 63 60 57 56 54 54 54 59 59 55 55 54 55 59 63
RH            27 34 58 63 72 80 56 37 29 27 38 41 43 46 39 29 21 24 34 44 58 77
Wind dir       S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
Wind spd      10 10  8  6  5  5  8 11 16 16 13 14 16 17 17 12 13 12 10 10  8  8
Clouds        SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30           5           5           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.44        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     S  C  S                                            S  S
Tstms          S  C  S                                            S  S
LAL                     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     5     5     5     5     4     4
Mix Hgt               700   600  6200  8400  5000   100  7300 13200  6200   100
T Wind Dir             SE     S    SW     S     S    SW    SW     S     S    NE
T Wind Spd             18    11    16    27    16    12    20    16    12     6
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           06/09  Mon 06/10/24  Tue 06/11/24  Wed 06/12/24  Thu 06/13/24
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          88      63    78      62    87      65    93      69    96
Temp          86 83   68 63 72 75   65 63 80 85   70 65 87 92   74 70 91 94
Dewpt         63 63   63 63 62 62   62 61 62 61   63 64 64 61   63 63 63 60
Min/Max RH       45     100    58      95    42      96    35      81     0
RH            47 52   85100 71 64   90 95 53 44   80 94 46 37   70 80 40 32
PWind dir         E      NE     E       S     S      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      70    40      40    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs        C    L  C  C  C    C  S  S  S    S
Tstms             C    L  C  C  C    C  S  S  S    S

$$
TXZ026-070915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
216 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024

Date           06/06/24      Fri 06/07/24            Sat 06/08/24            Sun
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                      72         101          74         104          72
Temp          99 96 83 79 74 72 83 94 99 99 88 81 76 75 86 98104100 88 82 75 72
Dewpt         64 64 64 64 65 66 66 65 62 60 59 57 59 58 59 59 57 55 56 59 62 63
RH            32 35 53 60 74 81 57 39 30 28 38 43 56 56 40 27 22 22 34 45 63 73
Wind dir       S SE SE SE  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
Wind spd      11 11 10  9  6  5  9 12 17 16 13 13 12 12 16 16 16 14 12 10  9  9
Clouds        FW B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30           5           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.18           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        C  S
Tstms             C  S
LAL                     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     5     5     5     5     4     4
Mix Hgt               600   400  5400  7800  5200   100  5900  9200  4100   100
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     S     S     S     S    SW     S     S    NE
T Wind Spd             17    10    13    26    18     9    21    19    14     4
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           06/09  Mon 06/10/24  Tue 06/11/24  Wed 06/12/24  Thu 06/13/24
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          89      65    82      63    89      67    94      69    97
Temp          87 85   71 65 76 80   67 63 81 87   73 67 87 92   76 69 92 95
Dewpt         63 63   65 64 62 62   63 63 63 62   64 65 65 63   65 65 65 62
Min/Max RH       42      97    51     100    41      93    36      87     0
RH            45 48   81 97 61 54   88100 54 43   74 92 48 38   70 87 41 33
PWind dir         E      NE     E      SE     S      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      60    40      30    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs        S    L  C  C  C    C  S  S       S
Tstms             S    L  C  C  C    C  S  S       S

$$
TXZ043-070915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
216 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024

Date           06/06/24      Fri 06/07/24            Sat 06/08/24            Sun
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         101          74         102          75
Temp         100 99 86 79 76 74 86 95100 99 87 82 77 75 86 97102100 89 82 77 75
Dewpt         62 60 64 64 64 66 67 64 60 56 57 56 56 59 60 57 54 51 55 58 60 62
RH            29 29 47 60 67 77 54 35 27 24 36 41 48 57 41 27 20 20 32 43 55 65
Wind dir       S SE SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd       9 10  9  9  6  5  8 11 12 13 11 10 10 10 14 14 13 13 10  9  8  6
Clouds        CL FW B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     5     6     5     5     5     5
Mix Hgt               700   500  6000  8900  5100   100  5600  8900  4700   100
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S     S     S    SW    SW     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             18    13    16    23    18    11    23    21    13     8
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           06/09  Mon 06/10/24  Tue 06/11/24  Wed 06/12/24  Thu 06/13/24
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          94      66    85      63    91      67    96      70    98
Temp          91 89   71 66 79 84   68 64 84 89   72 68 89 94   76 71 92 96
Dewpt         64 61   67 66 64 61   64 64 64 61   66 65 65 61   66 66 65 60
Min/Max RH       33      99    45     100    37      93    32      86     0
RH            41 39   84 99 59 46   85100 51 39   81 91 46 34   70 84 41 31
PWind dir        SE      NE     E       E     S      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr         20      50    40      30    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs        S    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S    S
Tstms             S    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S    S

$$
TXZ035-070915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
216 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024

Date           06/06/24      Fri 06/07/24            Sat 06/08/24            Sun
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                      72         101          74         103          72
Temp         101 98 86 80 76 73 84 95100 99 89 83 77 74 86 98103100 88 81 77 72
Dewpt         54 54 59 61 62 64 65 60 54 51 51 51 53 54 59 57 52 50 53 55 56 58
RH            21 23 40 52 62 73 53 31 22 20 27 33 43 49 40 26 18 19 30 41 49 61
Wind dir       S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      13 13 12 12  9  8 13 17 19 19 16 14 14 13 17 16 16 16 13 12 10  9
Clouds        FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.22           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        S  S
Tstms             S  S
LAL                     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     5     5     5     4     3     3
Mix Hgt              2700   700  6100  9100  5100   100  6600 12500  6700   100
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S     S     S    SW    SW     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             21    17    19    24    16    11    18    16    12     9
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           06/09  Mon 06/10/24  Tue 06/11/24  Wed 06/12/24  Thu 06/13/24
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          90      64    82      62    91      66    96      69    99
Temp          88 84   68 64 77 80   67 63 85 88   72 66 91 94   76 69 93 94
Dewpt         60 61   63 62 62 58   60 59 61 57   60 61 60 55   60 60 59 54
Min/Max RH       35      93    44      90    32      84    25      73     0
RH            39 46   84 93 60 48   78 87 44 35   65 82 35 27   57 73 32 26
PWind dir        SE       E     E      SE     S      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      60    40      30    20      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs        C    L  C  C  C    C        S
Tstms             C    L  C  C  C    C        S

$$
TXZ031-070915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
216 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024

Date           06/06/24      Fri 06/07/24            Sat 06/08/24            Sun
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                      72         101          75         104          72
Temp          99 98 84 79 74 72 85 95100 99 88 82 78 76 87 98104101 89 82 77 72
Dewpt         65 64 65 65 66 66 67 66 62 61 58 58 57 57 60 60 57 55 55 58 61 62
RH            33 34 52 62 75 82 56 39 29 29 37 44 49 53 40 29 22 22 32 44 59 71
Wind dir       S SE SE  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      11 10  9  6  5  4  6 12 16 16 12 12 11 12 17 16 14 13 10  9  6  5
Clouds        FW SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.14           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        S  S
Tstms             S  S
LAL                     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     5     5     5     4     4     4
Mix Hgt               900   700  5500  8100  5000   100  5500  8700  4000   100
T Wind Dir             SE    SE     S     S     S     S    SW     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             18    11    14    26    19     9    23    20    14     6
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           06/09  Mon 06/10/24  Tue 06/11/24  Wed 06/12/24  Thu 06/13/24
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          94      65    81      62    89      65    95      69    98
Temp          91 87   71 65 76 80   67 62 82 88   72 66 87 94   76 69 92 95
Dewpt         64 65   65 65 63 64   65 62 63 63   65 66 66 64   67 65 66 63
Min/Max RH       37     100    53     100    42     100    36      89     0
RH            42 47   81100 64 57   94100 54 43   79 99 49 37   74 86 42 34
PWind dir         E      NE     E      SE     S      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC FW   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      60    40      30    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs        S    L  C  C  C    C  S  S       S
Tstms             S    L  C  C  C    C  S  S       S

$$
TXZ029-070915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
216 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024

Date           06/06/24      Fri 06/07/24            Sat 06/08/24            Sun
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                      67          98          70         100          67
Temp          99 95 81 75 71 68 82 92 97 96 83 77 73 70 83 95100 97 83 76 71 67
Dewpt         54 54 61 62 62 63 63 60 55 52 53 52 52 54 57 56 52 51 55 55 58 60
RH            22 25 51 64 73 84 53 34 25 23 36 41 47 56 41 27 20 21 39 48 62 78
Wind dir       S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SE
Wind spd      11 10  9  9  6  5 11 16 17 16 13 13 13 13 16 13 13 12 10  9  9  8
Clouds        FW B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20           5           5           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.15           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        S  S                                            S  S
Tstms             S  S                                            S  S
LAL                     2     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     2     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     5     5     5     4     3     3
Mix Hgt              1100   900  6000  8700  4700   100  8200 13300  7200   100
T Wind Dir             SE     S    SW     S     S    SW    SW     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             21    17    20    26    18    16    19    14    14     5
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           06/09  Mon 06/10/24  Tue 06/11/24  Wed 06/12/24  Thu 06/13/24
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          85      60    77      57    86      60    92      64    95
Temp          84 81   66 60 71 74   61 58 79 83   66 61 86 90   71 65 89 91
Dewpt         60 61   63 60 60 58   60 58 60 59   61 61 60 56   61 60 59 55
Min/Max RH       43     100    52     100    39     100    30      87     0
RH            45 51   91100 68 58   96100 53 44   83100 42 32   70 84 36 29
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE    SW      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      70    50      40    20      20    10      10     5
Rain shwrs        C    L  C  C  C    C  S     S    S
Tstms             C    L  C  C  C    C  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