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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
304 PM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024

TXZ024-222115-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
304 PM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024

Date           03/22/24      Sat 03/23/24            Sun 03/24/24            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                      38          66          55          76          43
Temp          74 69 54 47 43 40 47 57 65 65 57 56 56 56 63 74 75 70 58 54 49 45
Dewpt         36 34 36 36 36 34 36 37 39 40 42 43 44 46 46 31 25 18 18 17 19 21
RH            25 27 50 65 75 79 65 46 38 40 57 61 64 69 54 21 15 14 21 23 30 37
Wind dir      NE NE NE  E  E  E SE  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd      16 12  8  8  6  5  6 11 16 16 13 18 18 25 27 35 35 28 24 28 24 24
Clouds        CL FW CL CL FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                                                      BD BD BD
High Wind                                                   A  A  A
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     4     4     4     4     6     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt               600   500  2700  4000  1000  1400  9600 12600  6300   800
T Wind Dir              E     E    SE     S     S     S    SW    SW     W     W
T Wind Spd             14    11    11    21    20    25    37    47    29    27
RFTI           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  5  5  3  4  3  1
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CH CH CL CL CL EL


Date           03/25  Tue 03/26/24  Wed 03/27/24  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24
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          58      33    59      36    60      37    76      52    79
Temp          55 56   39 34 50 56   43 37 57 58   43 40 69 73   58 53 73 76
Dewpt         24 23   23 21 22 26   29 29 32 31   33 32 30 25   30 30 27 22
Min/Max RH       26      61    27      73    32      76    15      42    12
RH            30 28   52 59 33 30   57 72 39 35   68 71 24 17   35 41 18 13
PWind dir        NW       N     E      SE     E       S    SW      SW     W
Wind char       15>     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     15>   15>
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      10    10      20    20       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs                           S     S  S

$$
TXZ026-222115-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
304 PM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024

Date           03/22/24      Sat 03/23/24            Sun 03/24/24            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                      38          65          53          79          43
Temp          71 69 54 48 43 39 44 56 63 63 56 55 55 53 59 73 78 73 61 55 49 44
Dewpt         41 38 39 38 36 35 37 38 39 40 44 47 47 48 48 44 33 27 24 22 23 24
RH            34 32 57 68 76 85 76 51 41 43 64 74 74 83 67 35 19 18 24 27 36 45
Wind dir       N NE NE NE NE NE  E SE  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd      17 12 10  9  9  5  6  9 13 13 13 17 17 19 24 34 36 28 24 19 19 18
Clouds        CL FW CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                            S  S
Obvis                                                      BD BD BD
High Wind                                                   A  A  A
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     5     4     4     4     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt               500   500  2600  3300   800  1200  6700 12600  3500  1000
T Wind Dir             NE     E    SE     S    SE     S     S    SW    SW     W
T Wind Spd             16    12     9    18    20    23    34    43    26    23
RFTI           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  4  4  3  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL CL NO NO NO


Date           03/25  Tue 03/26/24  Wed 03/27/24  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24
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          61      32    57      35    59      36    74      50    79
Temp          57 58   39 33 48 56   42 36 53 58   43 37 66 71   56 50 73 75
Dewpt         28 26   24 22 22 26   29 31 35 35   35 34 37 34   36 35 34 29
Min/Max RH       27      64    30      82    41      91    23      56    17
RH            33 29   54 63 35 31   60 82 50 42   73 89 34 26   47 56 24 18
PWind dir        NW       N    NE      SE     E      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char       15>     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     15>   15>
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      10     5      20    20       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs                           S  S  S  S

$$
TXZ043-222115-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
304 PM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024

Date           03/22/24      Sat 03/23/24            Sun 03/24/24            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                      42          70          55          79          47
Temp          73 72 59 51 47 43 49 60 68 70 61 59 57 55 61 74 78 73 63 57 52 48
Dewpt         46 45 46 43 41 39 41 43 44 44 46 47 48 49 48 46 31 26 23 21 22 23
RH            38 39 62 73 81 86 73 53 41 39 58 65 71 79 62 37 18 17 21 24 31 38
Wind dir      NE NE NE NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      11 10  8  9  6  5  5  8 10 11 11 14 16 18 21 25 31 26 19 17 14 17
Clouds        CL FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                                                      BD BD BD
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     5     4     4     5     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt               700   800  2800  4300  1000  1900  6100 12300  3200   700
T Wind Dir             NE    NE    SE     S    SE     S    SW    SW     W     W
T Wind Spd             17    13     9    16    20    23    31    42    26    20
RFTI           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  4  3  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO


Date           03/25  Tue 03/26/24  Wed 03/27/24  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24
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          67      34    60      39    66      38    77      51    81
Temp          64 65   44 34 52 60   46 40 61 64   46 39 70 74   58 51 75 78
Dewpt         27 26   28 26 27 29   32 34 38 35   36 35 37 33   37 38 36 31
Min/Max RH       20      71    30      81    32      86    20      61    16
RH            24 23   53 71 38 30   59 81 42 35   68 86 31 22   45 61 24 18
PWind dir         W       N     E      SE     S       E    SW       S    SW
Wind char       15>     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     15>   15>
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 SC FW SC   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      10     5      10    20       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs                                 S  S

$$
TXZ035-222115-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
304 PM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024

Date           03/22/24      Sat 03/23/24            Sun 03/24/24            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                      41          67          52          74          41
Temp          74 71 58 50 45 42 46 58 65 66 61 57 55 53 59 71 73 68 58 51 45 42
Dewpt         38 37 38 39 38 37 39 42 42 41 42 43 44 46 44 29 25 18 18 18 20 21
RH            27 29 47 66 76 82 76 55 43 40 49 59 66 77 57 21 17 15 21 27 36 43
Wind dir      NE NE  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      11 13 11 11  9  8 10 16 19 19 18 21 25 23 25 40 43 36 24 21 18 17
Clouds        CL FW FW CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                                                   BD BD BD BD
High Wind                                                   A  A  A
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mix Hgt               600   700  2500  4300   800  1300  9900 11900  7000   700
T Wind Dir              E     E    SE     S     S     S    SW    SW     W     W
T Wind Spd             18    14    16    24    23    29    35    49    28    23
RFTI           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  4  5  3  2  0  0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL CH CL EL NO NO


Date           03/25  Tue 03/26/24  Wed 03/27/24  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24
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          65      31    60      37    65      36    73      47    78
Temp          59 59   39 32 52 57   44 38 60 61   45 37 67 71   56 48 72 74
Dewpt         25 25   26 24 27 26   31 31 32 28   31 30 30 25   29 31 27 22
Min/Max RH       21      73    29      76    24      78    16      51    13
RH            27 27   59 72 38 30   60 76 35 28   58 75 25 18   35 51 19 14
PWind dir         W      NE    SE       S     W      SE    SW      SW     W
Wind char       15>     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     15>   15>
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 SC FW SC   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      20    10      20    10       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        S    S             S

$$
TXZ031-222115-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
304 PM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024

Date           03/22/24      Sat 03/23/24            Sun 03/24/24            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                      38          67          54          80          46
Temp          73 71 55 48 43 40 47 58 65 65 58 57 56 54 61 75 79 74 61 55 50 47
Dewpt         44 39 41 40 38 37 38 39 41 41 45 47 49 49 49 44 31 25 22 21 22 23
RH            36 32 59 73 81 90 72 51 41 41 62 71 76 83 65 33 18 17 22 26 33 39
Wind dir       N NE NE NE NE NE  E SE  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd      14 11  8  6  5  5  5  9 12 12 12 17 17 21 26 31 35 27 24 19 19 19
Clouds        CL FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                                                      BD BD BD
High Wind                                                   A  A  A
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  5     5     5     4     4     5     6     6     6     6
Mix Hgt               600   600  2700  3400  1100  1700  6700 12400  3600  1100
T Wind Dir             NE     E    SE     S    SE     S     S    SW    SW     W
T Wind Spd             16    12     8    17    20    24    34    42    26    23
RFTI           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  4  4  3  0  0  1
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL CL CL NO NO EL


Date           03/25  Tue 03/26/24  Wed 03/27/24  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24
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          63      32    60      36    61      36    76      50    81
Temp          60 60   40 33 50 59   43 36 58 59   44 37 68 73   57 51 74 77
Dewpt         28 26   25 23 24 26   31 34 37 35   37 35 37 33   36 36 34 30
Min/Max RH       25      68    27      91    39      93    22      57    16
RH            30 27   56 66 36 29   63 91 45 40   76 92 32 23   45 57 23 17
PWind dir        NW       N    NE      SE     E      SE    SW       S    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     15>   15>
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10      10     5      20    20       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs                           S     S  S

$$
TXZ029-222115-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
304 PM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024

Date           03/22/24      Sat 03/23/24            Sun 03/24/24            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                      34          64          48          71          36
Temp          71 66 51 44 40 36 44 57 63 62 55 52 51 49 60 70 69 63 52 47 42 37
Dewpt         36 34 36 36 35 34 37 39 40 40 41 42 43 44 42 26 23 18 17 17 18 19
RH            28 30 56 73 82 92 76 51 43 44 59 69 74 83 51 19 17 17 25 30 37 48
Wind dir      NE NE  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      13 11  9  9  9  5  9 13 18 18 17 19 23 21 24 35 40 33 24 18 17 17
Clouds        CL FW CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B1 FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis                                                   BD BD BD BD
High Wind                                                   A  A  A
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     4     4     4     4     4     3     3     3
Mix Hgt               600   700  2800  3800   800  1400 10400 12100  7100   800
T Wind Dir              E     E    SE     S     S     S    SW    SW     W     W
T Wind Spd             18    16    16    24    25    29    36    48    29    23
RFTI           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  4  4  3  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL CL CL NO NO NO


Date           03/25  Tue 03/26/24  Wed 03/27/24  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24
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          57      26    57      31    61      31    71      44    75
Temp          54 53   34 27 49 55   39 32 57 57   39 32 66 69   51 45 69 71
Dewpt         24 24   23 22 25 26   30 29 30 28   30 30 28 23   28 29 24 21
Min/Max RH       25      83    30      88    28      94    16      53    12
RH            31 32   64 81 39 32   70 88 35 33   70 92 24 17   41 53 18 15
PWind dir        NW      NE    SE       S     W      SE    SW      SW     W
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   15>     15>   15>
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 SC SC SC   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      20    10      20    10       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        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


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