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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
237 PM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025

TXZ024-140915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
237 PM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025

Date           06/13/25      Sat 06/14/25            Sun 06/15/25            Mon
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                      68          95          72          97          72
Temp          95 93 80 76 71 69 81 89 95 93 84 79 75 73 85 92 95 93 84 79 75 73
Dewpt         61 62 65 64 64 64 66 66 66 64 67 67 66 66 66 66 64 63 66 66 64 64
RH            34 36 59 68 78 83 59 47 39 39 57 67 74 78 54 43 37 37 55 63 69 74
Wind dir       S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW  S
Wind spd      11 11 11  9  6  5  6 11 12 11  9  9  8  6  8 10 11 11  9  8  8  8
Clouds        FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     30          10          10           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.35           0        0.01           0           0
Rain shwrs        S  C  S                                         S  S
Tstms             S  C  S                                         S  S
Mix Hgt               900   600  4800  6100  1300   700  5900  5700  4100   700
T Wind Dir              S    SW     S     S     S     S    SW     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             19    14    12    20    18    17    17    18    18    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           06/16  Tue 06/17/25  Wed 06/18/25  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25
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          99      75   102      72    96      69    95      71    95
Temp          94 97   81 75 96100   80 72 91 93   76 70 90 93   78 72 91 92
Dewpt         65 60   62 61 59 53   61 62 62 59   64 63 63 59   63 63 61 56
Min/Max RH       28      63    20      71    30      81    30      76    28
RH            38 31   53 63 30 22   52 71 38 33   66 80 42 33   60 74 37 30
PWind dir         S       S    SW      SW    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     0      10     5      20     0       5     0
Rain shwrs                                         S
Tstms                                              S

$$
TXZ026-140915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
237 PM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025

Date           06/13/25      Sat 06/14/25            Sun 06/15/25            Mon
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                      70          96          73          97          73
Temp          94 93 82 77 72 70 81 90 94 94 84 80 76 73 84 90 96 94 85 80 76 73
Dewpt         63 61 64 64 64 65 64 66 65 63 66 67 66 66 67 68 65 63 66 66 66 66
RH            36 35 55 64 76 84 56 45 39 36 55 65 71 79 57 49 36 36 53 62 71 79
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      12 11 10  9  8  5  9 12 13 12 10 10  9  8  9 10 11 11  9  9  9  8
Clouds        FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.11           0        0.03           0        0.03
Rain shwrs           S  S
Tstms                S  S
Mix Hgt               800   600  4100  5600  1400   500  4200  5100  3500   500
T Wind Dir              S    SW     S     S    SE     S    SW     S    SE     S
T Wind Spd             18    13    11    18    18    16    18    20    19    14
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           06/16  Tue 06/17/25  Wed 06/18/25  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25
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          99      75   102      73    98      69    97      73    97
Temp          94 97   82 75 96 99   81 73 92 94   77 70 92 94   80 73 92 94
Dewpt         65 61   63 63 62 56   62 63 63 59   63 63 64 58   63 64 62 57
Min/Max RH       29      66    24      71    30      80    29      74    28
RH            39 31   53 66 33 24   53 71 38 31   62 78 40 30   56 73 37 29
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     0      10     5      20     0       5     0
Rain shwrs                                         S
Tstms                                              S

$$
TXZ043-140915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
237 PM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025

Date           06/13/25      Sat 06/14/25            Sun 06/15/25            Mon
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                      70          96          72          97          73
Temp          94 93 82 77 72 71 80 90 95 94 84 80 76 73 83 92 96 94 85 81 77 73
Dewpt         65 64 67 68 66 67 71 71 68 66 69 68 68 69 71 70 66 66 66 66 67 67
RH            39 39 61 75 82 88 74 54 41 40 62 67 76 87 66 49 39 40 55 60 73 81
Wind dir       S SE  S  S  S  S SW  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd      10  9  9  6  5  5  8 10 10  9  8  8  6  5  9  9  9  9  8  8  6  5
Clouds        FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW CL SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.21           0           0           0        0.01
Rain shwrs           S
Tstms                S
Mix Hgt               600   500  4000  6000  1000   700  5000  5500  3200   600
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S     S    SE     S     S
T Wind Spd             18    11    13    18    18    16    17    18    17    14
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           06/16  Tue 06/17/25  Wed 06/18/25  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25
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          99      73   101      72   100      69    96      70    95
Temp          94 96   83 74 95 98   83 73 93 96   77 70 90 94   79 70 90 93
Dewpt         68 63   64 65 65 60   64 65 65 63   67 66 66 61   66 66 65 60
Min/Max RH       32      74    27      77    30      87    32      88    31
RH            43 34   53 74 37 29   53 77 40 34   70 86 46 34   66 87 43 33
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 CL   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5     5      20     0       5     0
Rain shwrs                                         S
Tstms                                              S

$$
TXZ035-140915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
237 PM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025

Date           06/13/25      Sat 06/14/25            Sun 06/15/25            Mon
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                      68          97          72          99          71
Temp          96 94 81 76 72 69 80 90 95 94 85 79 75 72 82 93 98 93 83 77 74 71
Dewpt         58 58 60 62 62 63 66 65 63 61 63 64 63 64 66 63 61 59 61 62 63 63
RH            28 30 49 62 71 81 62 44 35 34 48 60 66 76 58 37 30 32 48 60 69 76
Wind dir       S  S SW SE  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      12 13 12 11  9  6 10 13 14 13 12 12 10  9 12 12 12 12 12 11 10  9
Clouds        FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW CL CL SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          10          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        S  C
Tstms             S  C
Mix Hgt              2700   600  4200  6300   900   700  4100  6400  1400   600
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             20    16    17    19    19    17    17    17    18    14
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           06/16  Tue 06/17/25  Wed 06/18/25  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25
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         100      72   102      71    99      69    97      70    96
Temp          94 96   79 72 95 97   79 71 92 93   75 69 91 92   77 70 90 91
Dewpt         62 57   60 61 58 53   59 60 59 56   60 61 61 57   60 62 60 55
Min/Max RH       26      68    21      69    25      76    28      76    28
RH            35 27   52 68 29 23   50 68 33 29   60 76 37 31   56 76 37 30
PWind dir         S       S     S       S    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     15>   15>     15>   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10     5      10     0       5     0

$$
TXZ031-140915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
237 PM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025

Date           06/13/25      Sat 06/14/25            Sun 06/15/25            Mon
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                      70          97          74          99          73
Temp          95 94 83 77 73 71 83 90 96 95 85 80 76 74 85 93 97 94 86 81 77 74
Dewpt         64 64 67 66 66 66 68 69 67 66 68 69 68 68 69 69 66 66 67 67 67 67
RH            36 38 59 69 80 84 62 50 40 39 57 69 76 83 60 46 38 40 53 64 73 80
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S SW
Wind spd      11 10  9  8  5  5  6 11 12 10  9  9  6  5  9 10 10 10  9  8  6  5
Clouds        FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.15           0           0           0        0.03
Rain shwrs           S  S
Tstms                S  S
Mix Hgt               800   700  4000  5600  1900   800  5100  5300  3600   700
T Wind Dir              S    SW     S     S     S     S    SW     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             19    13    12    19    18    17    18    20    18    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           06/16  Tue 06/17/25  Wed 06/18/25  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25
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         100      76   104      73   100      70    98      72    97
Temp          96 98   84 76 97100   83 73 93 96   78 71 92 95   80 72 93 93
Dewpt         67 62   64 63 63 59   64 65 65 61   66 65 65 61   65 66 64 59
Min/Max RH       30      65    25      74    30      84    31      82    30
RH            39 31   51 64 34 26   54 74 40 33   66 82 42 33   61 81 39 32
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10     5      20     0       5     0
Rain shwrs                                         S
Tstms                                              S

$$
TXZ029-140915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
237 PM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025

Date           06/13/25      Sat 06/14/25            Sun 06/15/25            Mon
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                      65          93          68          95          67
Temp          92 90 78 73 68 67 78 87 91 91 81 76 71 69 80 90 94 90 79 74 70 67
Dewpt         58 58 61 61 61 62 65 63 62 63 65 64 64 64 66 63 61 61 63 63 62 62
RH            32 34 56 66 78 84 64 45 38 40 58 66 79 84 62 41 34 38 58 69 76 84
Wind dir       S  S  S SE  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      10 10 10  9  8  5  9 11 12 11  9  9  9  6 10 10 10 10  9  9  8  8
Clouds        FW FW B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          10          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        S  C
Tstms             S  C
Mix Hgt              1600   700  4900  7300  1400   700  4900  7100  2400   700
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     S     S    SW     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             20    17    18    19    20    18    17    18    18    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           06/16  Tue 06/17/25  Wed 06/18/25  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25
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          97      69    99      66    94      64    93      66    92
Temp          91 95   77 70 93 96   75 67 88 91   71 65 87 90   74 66 87 89
Dewpt         62 57   60 60 56 51   60 60 58 56   61 61 60 58   61 62 59 56
Min/Max RH       27      72    20      79    28      88    31      88    30
RH            38 28   56 71 29 22   60 78 36 31   71 87 40 34   64 87 39 33
PWind dir         S       S    SW       S    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     0      10     5      10     0       5     0

$$
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