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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
355 AM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

TXZ024-242115-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
355 AM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Date             Sun 03/24/24            Mon 03/25/24            Tue 03/26/24
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          43          51          32          58
Temp          56 57 64 75 75 69 57 52 49 46 48 50 51 47 40 37 35 33 41 49 57 57
Dewpt         47 46 48 35 26 20 18 18 20 21 28 25 21 21 21 22 22 21 20 20 21 24
RH            72 66 56 23 16 16 21 26 31 37 45 38 30 35 48 54 59 60 43 32 25 28
Wind dir       S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW  N  E SE SE
Wind spd      13 18 25 28 34 27 23 26 25 24 18 16 17 16 10  9  6  5  5  5  8 11
Clouds        B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10           0          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                                                    C
Obvis                  BD BD BD
High Wind               W  W  W
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     5     4     4     4     5     5
Mix Hgt              8500 12400  1400  1000  5200  5900  4000  2000  4900  7800
T Wind Dir             SW    SW    SW    SW    NW    NW    NW    NW    NW    SW
T Wind Spd             34    48    31    31    23    24    23    16    11    13
RFTI           0  0  0  4  4  5  3  4  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO NO NO CL CL CH CL CL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date          Wed 03/27/24  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24  Sat 03/30/24
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          35    59      36    74      53    82      54    84
Temp          42 36 54 57   40 37 67 72   58 54 76 79   60 55 77 80
Dewpt         29 28 32 32   35 34 33 26   30 35 35 32   40 42 41 39
Max/Min RH       73    36      92    17      48    16      63    20
RH            60 73 43 38   81 88 28 18   34 48 23 18   47 62 28 23
PWind dir        SE     E      SE    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    20       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  S

$$
TXZ026-242115-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
355 AM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Date             Sun 03/24/24            Mon 03/25/24            Tue 03/26/24
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                      77          44          54          32          57
Temp          54 54 58 70 77 73 61 55 51 46 48 52 53 49 41 38 34 32 40 49 55 56
Dewpt         50 50 48 47 34 29 24 21 23 24 30 28 25 24 23 24 24 22 22 21 22 23
RH            86 86 69 44 21 19 24 26 33 42 49 39 33 37 48 57 66 66 48 33 27 27
Wind dir       S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  E  E
Wind spd      17 18 24 28 32 27 21 18 19 19 17 17 19 17 12  9  9  9  9  8  6  8
Clouds        OV B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                     30           0           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        C  S  C  S                                                  S
Obvis                  BD BD BD
High Wind               W  W  W
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     5     4     3     4     5     5
Mix Hgt              4900 12700  1000   900  5300  6100  3900  1800  4800  6700
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW    SW     W    NW    NW     N    NW     W
T Wind Spd             31    43    27    23    21    24    25    17    13     9
RFTI           0  0  0  1  4  3  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CL CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date          Wed 03/27/24  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24  Sat 03/30/24
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          35    57      34    73      50    81      52    82
Temp          42 36 53 55   41 35 63 72   55 50 74 78   60 53 76 80
Dewpt         29 30 33 34   36 35 41 35   37 39 42 41   45 46 47 47
Max/Min RH       79    41     100    25      66    23      77    28
RH            60 79 46 45   82100 44 26   51 66 32 27   58 77 36 31
PWind dir         E     E      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    30       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C

$$
TXZ043-242115-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
355 AM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Date             Sun 03/24/24            Mon 03/25/24            Tue 03/26/24
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                      79          47          63          33          62
Temp          58 57 61 74 79 72 61 57 51 48 55 64 63 58 47 41 37 33 43 52 59 61
Dewpt         48 47 47 50 33 29 23 22 23 26 31 30 29 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 27 28
RH            70 69 60 43 19 20 23 26 33 42 39 28 27 29 44 55 66 75 53 36 29 29
Wind dir       S  S  S  S SW  W  W SW  W SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  E SE SE
Wind spd      14 16 21 23 28 24 18 17 19 17 17 14 16 11  9  8  5  5  5  5  5  8
Clouds        OV OV SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW CL SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0          10           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Rain shwrs              S                                                     C
Obvis                  BD BD BD
Wind                    Y  Y  Y
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     5     5     5     4     4     4
Mix Hgt              5300 12700  1900  1000  9300 10000  3800  2100  4600  6500
T Wind Dir              S    SW     W     W     W     W     N     N    NW    SW
T Wind Spd             28    42    26    25    27    23    18    11     9    10
RFTI           0  0  0  1  4  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date          Wed 03/27/24  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24  Sat 03/30/24
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          37    65      37    76      52    82      54    84
Temp          45 38 60 63   45 38 66 74   58 52 75 79   63 55 79 82
Dewpt         31 33 38 36   40 38 42 34   38 41 45 43   47 49 51 47
Max/Min RH       84    33     100    22      65    25      79    27
RH            58 84 45 37   83100 41 24   47 65 34 28   56 79 39 29
PWind dir         E     E       E     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    30       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  C

$$
TXZ035-242115-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
355 AM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Date             Sun 03/24/24            Mon 03/25/24            Tue 03/26/24
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          41          53          29          59
Temp          55 53 59 70 69 65 57 51 47 43 48 52 54 50 42 37 33 30 38 51 58 57
Dewpt         45 46 47 30 27 20 19 20 22 23 26 27 25 24 25 25 25 24 25 26 27 29
RH            69 77 64 22 21 18 22 29 37 45 42 38 32 36 50 61 72 78 59 37 30 34
Wind dir       S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  E  S  S  S
Wind spd      19 20 25 35 41 34 24 20 19 17 20 17 17 16 10  8  5  5  4  8  9 11
Clouds        OV B1 FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          10          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Obvis               BD BD BD BD
High Wind               W  W  W
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     2     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mix Hgt              9900 11400  3000   800  6100  6300  3300  1300  5100  8200
T Wind Dir             SW    SW    SW    SW     W    NW     N     N     W    SW
T Wind Spd             34    49    29    26    27    21    17    11     8    17
RFTI           0  0  0  4  4  4  3  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO NO NO CL CL CL CL EL NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date          Wed 03/27/24  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24  Sat 03/30/24
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          35    65      35    73      48    81      51    82
Temp          42 35 58 62   43 35 65 72   56 48 73 78   60 51 78 80
Dewpt         34 31 33 28   35 35 32 25   30 35 37 30   40 43 41 37
Max/Min RH       85    23     100    16      60    16      74    19
RH            73 85 39 27   73100 29 17   37 60 27 17   47 74 27 21
PWind dir        SE    SW       E     S       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     15>   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    20       0     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C        S

$$
TXZ031-242115-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
355 AM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Date             Sun 03/24/24            Mon 03/25/24            Tue 03/26/24
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                      79          46          58          32          59
Temp          57 56 62 74 79 73 60 55 51 48 52 55 58 52 42 39 35 32 41 50 57 58
Dewpt         51 50 48 48 33 27 22 21 23 25 29 29 25 23 23 25 24 24 23 22 24 25
RH            82 82 61 41 19 19 23 26 33 40 42 37 29 33 46 58 65 72 49 34 29 28
Wind dir       S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW  N NW NW  N  N SE  E
Wind spd      17 19 25 27 32 25 21 19 19 20 17 16 18 14 10  8  5  5  5  5  6  9
Clouds        OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        S                                                           C
Obvis                  BD BD BD
High Wind               W  W  W
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     5     4     4     4     5     5
Mix Hgt              5400 12300  1100   800  5700  6300  3400  2900  4900  6500
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW    SW     W    NW    NW     N    NW    SW
T Wind Spd             32    43    27    24    23    23    24    16    12     9
RFTI           0  0  0  1  4  2  2  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CL EL EL NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date          Wed 03/27/24  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24  Sat 03/30/24
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          35    60      35    75      51    82      53    84
Temp          42 35 56 58   42 36 66 73   57 52 75 78   60 53 78 81
Dewpt         30 32 35 34   37 36 41 34   38 40 43 41   46 46 49 46
Max/Min RH       88    39     100    23      63    24      78    27
RH            62 88 45 41   82100 41 25   48 63 32 27   60 77 37 29
PWind dir         E     E      SE     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    30       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C  S  C  C

$$
TXZ029-242115-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
355 AM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Date             Sun 03/24/24            Mon 03/25/24            Tue 03/26/24
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          36          48          25          57
Temp          50 49 59 71 68 62 50 45 41 38 43 46 48 44 36 32 29 26 36 50 57 53
Dewpt         44 45 45 26 26 19 17 18 20 21 27 25 22 21 23 22 22 21 22 22 24 28
RH            80 86 60 18 20 19 27 33 42 50 53 43 35 39 59 66 75 81 56 33 28 38
Wind dir       S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  S  S  S
Wind spd      17 19 24 31 35 28 23 19 17 17 17 14 16 12  8  6  5  5  5  5  9 10
Clouds        B2 SC FW CL SC SC FW CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          10           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Obvis               BD BD BD BD
High Wind               W  W  W
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     3     4     4     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mix Hgt             10300 12000  1400   900  4800  5600  3400  2300  5200  7900
T Wind Dir             SW    SW    SW    SW    NW    NW     N     N    NW    SW
T Wind Spd             36    48    32    27    21    20    20    12     9    14
RFTI           0  0  0  4  4  4  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO NO NO CL CL CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date          Wed 03/27/24  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24  Sat 03/30/24
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          30    59      30    71      44    79      46    81
Temp          37 31 54 55   36 31 65 68   52 45 72 76   55 47 75 77
Dewpt         32 28 32 30   34 31 29 23   28 33 33 28   37 40 39 37
Max/Min RH       91    32     100    16      62    15      76    19
RH            82 88 43 38   92100 26 18   39 62 24 17   51 76 27 24
PWind dir        SE     E      SE    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    20       0     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C        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


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