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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
832 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
TXZ024-072100-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
832 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25
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 73 56 79 60 86
Temp 62 67 72 70 63 61 59 58 61 71 78 76 67 63 62 60 71 81 85 81
Dewpt 55 55 55 56 57 57 56 55 56 56 56 56 58 58 58 58 59 58 55 55
RH 80 65 56 61 80 86 89 92 83 60 48 51 74 85 87 93 66 46 36 41
Wind dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S SE
Wind spd 9 9 9 9 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 8
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 10 5 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S
Mix Hgt 3600 1000 800 3200 5200 1200 500 6000 8300
T Wind Dir NE NE E E SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 10 9 8 8 9 11 9 10 11
RFTI 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
Date Fri 10/10/25 Sat 10/11/25 Sun 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25
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 61 88 61 89 65 92 63 86
Temp 68 62 84 82 68 62 85 83 71 66 87 86 70 64 82 80
Dewpt 57 56 56 51 51 50 50 46 47 50 52 53 55 54 53 54
Max/Min RH 82 29 64 23 57 25 70 33
RH 67 81 38 34 55 64 31 27 43 57 30 33 60 70 38 41
PWind dir S S S S S SW SW SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10
$$
TXZ026-072100-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
832 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 76 57 80 60 86
Temp 63 71 75 74 67 63 60 58 62 74 80 78 68 65 62 60 69 81 85 82
Dewpt 55 56 57 55 56 55 55 54 54 55 56 55 57 57 57 58 59 59 57 56
RH 75 59 54 51 68 75 84 87 75 51 44 45 68 75 84 93 70 47 39 41
Wind dir N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE
Wind spd 11 10 9 9 9 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 8 8
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 10 5 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 3800 900 600 3600 5100 400 300 4700 6300
T Wind Dir NE NE NE E SE SE SE S S
T Wind Spd 11 12 10 8 8 10 8 10 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 10/10/25 Sat 10/11/25 Sun 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 61 88 60 90 63 91 63 87
Temp 68 62 84 84 68 60 86 84 70 64 86 86 72 63 82 82
Dewpt 56 55 56 51 50 49 50 45 47 50 53 51 54 54 55 53
Max/Min RH 81 30 67 22 60 26 72 32
RH 65 78 38 32 53 67 29 26 44 60 32 30 53 72 40 37
PWind dir SE S S S S S S SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
$$
TXZ043-072100-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
832 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25
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 81 60 84 60 88
Temp 67 76 80 78 70 67 62 61 66 76 83 81 71 68 63 61 72 82 87 84
Dewpt 57 58 57 57 59 59 58 57 58 58 58 57 59 59 60 59 61 60 57 56
RH 70 55 45 48 69 77 87 89 75 54 43 45 66 73 89 96 68 47 36 40
Wind dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd 6 9 9 9 8 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 4 3 2 4 5 5 6
Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 5 5 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 4800 800 1200 4200 6100 1200 500 5100 7400
T Wind Dir NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 12 12 10 8 10 8 8 9
RFTI 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
Date Fri 10/10/25 Sat 10/11/25 Sun 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25
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 60 90 59 91 62 94 65 89
Temp 69 60 85 85 69 60 86 86 71 63 87 89 74 66 84 85
Dewpt 58 56 55 50 50 49 49 45 50 51 55 53 57 58 58 56
Max/Min RH 87 26 69 21 66 26 76 34
RH 68 87 36 30 52 67 28 24 48 65 33 29 55 76 41 37
PWind dir SE S SE S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
$$
TXZ035-072100-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
832 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 75 59 80 60 86
Temp 65 70 73 70 64 62 62 59 64 73 79 77 68 65 63 60 71 80 85 82
Dewpt 56 57 57 57 57 58 58 57 57 58 57 56 57 58 57 57 58 58 56 54
RH 73 63 57 63 78 87 87 93 78 59 47 48 68 78 81 90 64 47 37 38
Wind dir NE E NE E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE
Wind spd 9 10 11 12 12 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 6 6 5 6 10 9 9
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 20 20 5 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S S
Mix Hgt 4200 900 1200 3900 5400 900 500 5700 7700
T Wind Dir E E E SE SE SE SE S S
T Wind Spd 12 13 12 11 10 11 10 11 10
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 10/10/25 Sat 10/11/25 Sun 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 61 87 60 89 64 91 62 87
Temp 68 61 82 82 68 60 83 84 71 64 84 84 69 62 81 82
Dewpt 56 56 56 52 50 50 50 47 48 50 52 53 55 55 55 54
Max/Min RH 84 31 69 24 60 26 78 34
RH 65 84 41 35 53 69 32 28 44 60 33 34 61 78 41 38
PWind dir S S S S S SW SW S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10
$$
TXZ031-072100-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
832 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25
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 78 58 82 60 88
Temp 65 72 76 75 67 63 60 59 64 75 81 79 70 65 62 60 71 82 87 83
Dewpt 56 57 57 58 59 58 57 56 56 58 58 58 59 60 60 59 61 60 58 57
RH 74 60 53 56 75 84 90 92 76 56 45 48 69 82 92 98 70 48 37 42
Wind dir N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE
Wind spd 9 9 9 9 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 6 8 6
Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 5 5 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 4100 1000 1300 3400 5300 800 600 4200 6800
T Wind Dir NE NE NE E SE SE SE S S
T Wind Spd 10 11 10 9 6 10 8 11 10
RFTI 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
Date Fri 10/10/25 Sat 10/11/25 Sun 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25
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 61 91 60 92 63 94 64 88
Temp 69 61 85 85 69 60 86 86 70 64 88 88 72 64 84 84
Dewpt 59 57 57 52 51 50 51 47 48 51 54 54 56 56 56 56
Max/Min RH 87 29 70 22 63 26 76 33
RH 70 87 38 32 53 69 30 26 46 62 31 31 57 76 39 38
PWind dir S S S S S S S SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
$$
TXZ029-072100-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
832 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 71 53 77 55 83
Temp 61 66 69 67 61 58 56 54 59 70 76 74 64 61 58 56 68 78 82 78
Dewpt 55 55 55 56 58 58 55 54 56 57 56 55 57 58 57 56 59 57 54 54
RH 81 68 61 68 90100 96100 90 63 50 51 78 90 96100 73 48 38 43
Wind dir NE NE E E E E E E E SE S SE SE SE S S S S S S
Wind spd 9 9 9 9 8 5 5 5 5 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 6 8 8 5
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 20 5 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S S S S
Tstms S
Mix Hgt 3400 900 1300 4000 5500 1300 500 5700 7500
T Wind Dir E E E SE S S S S S
T Wind Spd 10 11 11 10 10 11 11 12 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 10/10/25 Sat 10/11/25 Sun 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 56 84 56 85 59 88 58 82
Temp 65 57 80 80 64 57 80 80 67 60 83 82 66 58 78 78
Dewpt 56 55 55 51 52 50 49 46 48 50 50 52 55 55 53 54
Max/Min RH 93 33 77 27 72 28 90 38
RH 73 93 42 36 65 77 34 30 50 69 32 35 68 90 42 43
PWind dir S S S S S SW SW SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 20
Rain shwrs S
Tstms S
$$
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