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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
247 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025
TXZ024-290900-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
247 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025
Date 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 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 66 84 65 80 65
Temp 96 89 77 70 68 67 69 77 83 80 72 69 69 68 69 74 77 74 70 69 68 67
Dewpt 62 66 70 70 68 67 67 67 66 67 69 69 69 68 69 68 68 69 70 69 68 67
RH 34 48 78 99100100 93 72 58 66 89 99100100 98 82 76 84100 99100100
Wind dir N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE NE E E E SE E E N N
Wind spd 6 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 5
Clouds FW FW SC B1 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr 20 10 70 80 80
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.67 0.62 0.84
Rain shwrs S C C L L D D L L C C D D L
Tstms S C C L C C C C L C C D D
Mix Hgt 2100 1600 3200 4400 1400 1700 3000 3200 1800 800
T Wind Dir NE NE NE E SE S SE SE E NW
T Wind Spd 16 11 8 8 9 9 8 9 11 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 08/31 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25
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 80 63 85 64 85 62 85 58 76
Temp 73 75 68 65 79 79 67 65 79 79 67 63 79 77 66 61 70 70
Dewpt 68 68 68 65 64 63 66 63 62 62 63 61 62 64 65 61 59 59
Min/Max RH 71 100 51 99 46 93 49 100 60
RH 82 81 99100 60 60 95 93 55 56 87 93 56 64 96100 69 68
PWind dir NE S NE S N S NE E E
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 60 20 20 10 10 10 30 30 30
Rain shwrs L C S S S S C S C C C
Tstms S C S C S S C
$$
TXZ026-290900-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
247 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025
Date 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 Sun
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 66 82 66 80 66
Temp 97 89 78 71 67 66 70 77 81 79 74 71 69 67 70 76 77 77 72 70 68 68
Dewpt 65 68 70 69 67 66 66 68 67 66 68 68 68 67 68 68 69 68 70 68 68 67
RH 35 50 76 93100100 87 74 63 64 82 90 97100 93 76 76 74 93 93100 97
Wind dir NW NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E N NE
Wind spd 5 6 9 9 9 9 8 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Clouds FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr 20 10 60 70 70
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.26 0.44 0.69
Rain shwrs S S S S L L L L C C C C L L C
Tstms S S S S L C C C C C C C L L
Mix Hgt 1700 1900 3000 3800 2000 1800 3100 3800 2600 800
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE E SE SE SE SE NE
T Wind Spd 17 13 10 9 11 6 6 8 10 9
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 08/31 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 80 64 84 64 85 63 83 60 77
Temp 75 77 69 66 79 78 69 65 80 80 69 64 79 79 67 62 72 73
Dewpt 69 67 67 65 66 63 64 63 64 62 63 62 63 61 62 60 59 57
Min/Max RH 69 100 56 97 53 93 52 93 55
RH 82 71 93 97 64 60 84 93 58 54 81 93 58 54 84 93 64 57
PWind dir NE NE N SE N SE NE E E
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 50 20 10 5 10 10 20 30 20
Rain shwrs C C S S S S C S S
Tstms C S S S S S
$$
TXZ043-290900-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
247 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025
Date 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 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 69 90 68 85 66
Temp 100 97 82 76 71 69 74 83 88 87 79 74 71 70 73 78 82 81 75 72 70 69
Dewpt 62 63 68 70 70 69 69 68 67 67 70 71 71 70 71 69 69 69 70 71 70 69
RH 29 33 64 81 98100 85 62 50 53 75 90100100 92 74 65 68 86 99100100
Wind dir SW SE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E NE E NE NE NE
Wind spd 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5
Clouds FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr 30 10 40 60 70
QPF 12hr 0.03 0 0.84 0.29 0.79
Rain shwrs S C S S S C C L L L L C C L L L
Tstms S C S S S C S S C C L C C L L S
Mix Hgt 1300 1800 3600 4600 1300 1600 3100 4400 1300 1300
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE E E E E E E
T Wind Spd 13 11 11 10 13 11 9 11 12 11
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 08/31 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25
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 82 64 86 64 87 64 87 61 79
Temp 75 79 70 67 79 82 70 65 81 83 70 65 81 83 70 64 73 75
Dewpt 69 69 70 67 67 65 66 65 64 62 63 62 62 62 63 62 60 59
Min/Max RH 71 100 54 100 48 94 45 94 57
RH 81 73 100100 68 57 87100 56 49 80 90 53 50 80 93 65 58
PWind dir NE NE NE S N SE N E NE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 70 30 20 10 10 10 20 30 30
Rain shwrs L C S C S S S S C C C
Tstms S C S S S S S
$$
TXZ035-290900-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
247 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025
Date 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 Sun
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 67 90 67 85 65
Temp 96 89 79 71 69 67 72 82 89 83 75 71 70 69 73 78 82 76 71 68 68 67
Dewpt 60 61 65 67 67 67 67 68 67 67 68 68 68 68 68 68 69 70 70 68 67 66
RH 30 39 62 87 93100 84 63 48 59 79 90 93 97 84 71 65 82 97100 97 97
Wind dir NW N NE E E E E E E SE E E E SE SE SE SE E SE SE NE NE
Wind spd 5 6 9 10 9 9 6 5 5 9 9 9 8 6 6 6 6 9 9 6 5 5
Clouds SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 SC FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr 10 20 80 70 80
QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0.38 0.23 1.29
Rain shwrs S S C C D D C C L L L L D D L
Tstms S S C C D S S C C L L L D D
Mix Hgt 1900 1800 3400 5800 1100 1300 3300 3400 1400 1100
T Wind Dir NE E E E SE S SE SE SE NE
T Wind Spd 17 12 8 8 13 11 8 10 16 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 08/31 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 82 64 85 63 87 63 86 60 79
Temp 75 74 68 65 79 78 68 65 81 80 68 65 81 77 67 63 72 72
Dewpt 67 68 67 65 64 63 63 62 63 61 62 61 61 61 62 61 60 59
Min/Max RH 65 100 51 93 43 87 44 93 56
RH 76 82 97100 60 60 84 90 54 52 81 87 51 58 84 93 66 64
PWind dir NE E NE S N SE S SE E
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 70 40 20 20 10 10 30 40 30
Rain shwrs L C C C S S S S C C C C S
Tstms C S S C S S S
$$
TXZ031-290900-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
247 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025
Date 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 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 85 67 83 66
Temp 98 90 79 72 69 67 71 78 84 82 74 72 70 69 70 76 79 77 72 70 70 69
Dewpt 65 69 72 72 69 67 69 68 69 68 70 71 70 69 70 70 70 71 72 70 70 69
RH 35 50 80 98100100 93 72 61 65 87 98100100100 83 75 81 98100100100
Wind dir S NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E SE E E N NE
Wind spd 5 5 8 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4
Clouds SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr 30 10 50 70 70
QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0.25 0.71 0.86
Rain shwrs S C S S C C L L C C C C L L L
Tstms S C S S C C C C C C C C L L S
Mix Hgt 1700 2000 3500 4400 2500 2400 3200 4200 2000 1000
T Wind Dir NE NE N NE E SE SE SE SE NW
T Wind Spd 17 12 10 9 10 9 6 8 9 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 08/31 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25
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 82 64 86 64 86 63 86 60 79
Temp 76 78 70 66 80 80 70 65 81 81 69 64 81 81 68 63 72 73
Dewpt 70 70 69 66 67 65 67 65 64 64 66 64 64 64 66 63 61 60
Min/Max RH 74 100 56 100 51 99 53 100 61
RH 84 77 99100 65 60 92100 58 56 89 99 57 57 93100 68 64
PWind dir NE NE N S N S N E E
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 60 20 10 5 10 10 20 30 30
Rain shwrs L C S S S S C C S
Tstms S C S S S S S
$$
TXZ029-290900-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
247 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025
Date 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 Sun
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 64 86 63 80 61
Temp 94 89 75 68 65 64 68 78 86 81 70 67 67 66 69 75 77 74 68 67 66 65
Dewpt 61 63 67 68 65 64 66 66 65 66 69 67 67 66 68 67 68 69 68 67 65 64
RH 34 42 76100100100 93 67 50 60 97100100100 97 76 74 84100100 97 97
Wind dir N NE NE E E NE E E E E E E SE E SE SE SE E E E E SE
Wind spd 6 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
Clouds FW FW SC SC B2 OV B2 SC FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr 10 10 80 70 80
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.32 0.39 1.06
Rain shwrs C C D D L L L L L L D D L
Tstms C C D C S C C L L L D D
Mix Hgt 1800 1800 3600 5500 1200 1200 3100 3100 1900 600
T Wind Dir NE E NE E E S S SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 18 11 8 9 16 9 6 9 12 12
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 08/31 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 78 59 82 60 83 59 82 56 74
Temp 72 73 65 62 76 77 64 61 77 79 64 60 77 76 63 59 67 70
Dewpt 67 66 65 62 62 63 63 61 61 61 61 60 59 61 62 59 59 58
Min/Max RH 71 100 52 100 47 100 49 100 64
RH 84 79 100100 62 62 97100 58 54 90100 54 60 97100 75 66
PWind dir NE SE NE S N S SW SE SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr 60 30 20 20 10 20 30 40 30
Rain shwrs L C S C S S S S C C C C S
Tstms C S C S S S
$$
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
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