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330 FOUS54 KLUB 111935 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 235 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 TXZ024-120915- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 235 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 Date 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 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 57 77 56 81 54 Temp 70 68 59 59 59 59 62 68 74 74 60 58 58 56 66 75 80 78 66 61 57 55 Dewpt 54 54 56 57 57 58 60 62 60 57 59 58 55 50 52 50 48 46 49 50 49 49 RH 57 63 89 92 92 95 93 83 62 57 99 99 89 79 59 41 32 32 55 67 76 80 Wind dir SE SE SE S S S S S NW SE SE W NW NW NW NW N N N NW W W Wind spd 12 12 8 9 8 5 5 9 10 9 5 5 9 12 17 17 17 12 5 5 4 5 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 50 80 20 5 0 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.35 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C C S S C D L C C S S Tstms C C S S C D L C C S S LAL 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 5 Mix Hgt 1500 700 2600 5200 1200 700 6700 8700 4800 500 T Wind Dir SE S S SW NE NW NW N NE W T Wind Spd 14 11 11 12 11 14 25 20 10 6 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 05/14 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 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 85 60 85 57 75 56 86 61 91 Temp 80 83 66 61 83 71 61 58 71 72 60 57 80 83 67 62 87 89 Dewpt 51 49 52 53 59 59 57 57 58 54 53 51 53 53 52 48 52 49 Min/Max RH 28 75 43 98 50 84 31 62 23 RH 36 31 61 74 44 65 89 98 65 53 78 82 39 36 60 59 30 25 PWind dir S S S SE N NW SW S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds CL FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 50 70 40 10 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C L C C C Tstms C L C C C $$ TXZ026-120915- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 235 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 Date 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 72 56 81 53 Temp 73 69 62 60 58 59 63 66 70 70 63 62 59 57 66 75 80 79 67 62 56 54 Dewpt 54 55 57 57 58 59 61 64 65 63 63 62 59 57 55 54 52 50 54 54 54 54 RH 52 60 85 90100100 93 93 84 78100100100100 68 48 38 36 63 75 93100 Wind dir SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE E E SE N NW NW NW NW NW N N N NW NW Wind spd 12 11 9 9 8 6 9 11 12 9 8 6 8 9 17 17 17 12 8 6 5 5 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 90 30 5 0 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.56 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs C C S S C D D L C C C Tstms C C S S C D D L C C C LAL 2 3 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 Mix Hgt 700 500 2200 2400 900 600 6800 8300 4000 500 T Wind Dir SE S S SE E NW NW NW N NW T Wind Spd 13 10 12 14 12 9 20 21 10 9 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/14 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 84 59 85 57 77 55 86 60 91 Temp 78 82 66 60 83 74 63 58 72 74 62 56 80 84 67 61 86 88 Dewpt 55 54 57 58 61 60 62 58 60 57 58 56 58 55 59 56 57 55 Min/Max RH 36 95 46 100 53 100 35 87 31 RH 45 38 73 93 47 62 97100 66 55 87100 47 37 75 84 37 33 PWind dir E SE S SE N NW SW S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds CL FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 40 70 40 20 10 5 5 Rain shwrs C L L C C S Tstms C L C C C S $$ TXZ043-120915- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 235 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 Date 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 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 59 81 57 84 54 Temp 75 71 64 62 61 61 65 69 79 79 63 61 59 58 69 79 83 82 68 63 57 55 Dewpt 58 57 59 59 59 61 63 66 65 59 60 60 59 57 54 53 51 50 52 53 53 52 RH 55 61 85 90 93 99 94 91 61 50 88 97100 96 59 40 33 33 57 70 85 92 Wind dir SE SE E E E SE SE SE S N SE SE NW NW NW NW NW N NE NE N NW Wind spd 11 10 8 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 6 5 5 6 10 11 11 9 5 5 5 5 Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL FW PoP 12hr 60 90 10 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.08 0.16 0 0 0 Rain shwrs L L C C D L C C Tstms L L C C D L C C LAL 3 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 Mix Hgt 700 600 1800 6800 700 900 5900 9100 3900 500 T Wind Dir SE SE S SW SE NW N N NE NE T Wind Spd 12 11 9 13 12 11 20 18 11 8 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 05/14 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 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 86 60 87 58 79 55 88 62 94 Temp 81 84 67 61 83 79 63 59 74 76 62 56 81 85 67 63 88 91 Dewpt 54 52 55 57 61 60 61 59 63 58 58 56 58 56 56 56 58 53 Min/Max RH 32 88 39 100 52 100 34 80 26 RH 39 33 66 88 47 51 94100 68 54 87 97 46 37 66 80 36 28 PWind dir E SE S SE N NW SW S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 40 70 50 20 10 5 5 Rain shwrs C L C C C S Tstms C C C C C S $$ TXZ035-120915- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 235 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 Date 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 58 83 54 84 53 Temp 70 66 61 60 60 60 64 74 81 80 65 61 57 55 67 77 83 80 69 62 56 54 Dewpt 53 54 56 57 57 58 61 58 45 38 45 51 49 46 48 47 43 41 45 46 47 48 RH 55 66 83 90 90 93 90 57 28 22 48 70 75 72 50 35 24 25 42 56 72 80 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE S SW W W NW N NW NW N N NW N NE NE E S Wind spd 17 17 13 12 11 8 8 11 16 16 9 8 10 11 17 17 14 13 8 5 5 5 Clouds B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B1 FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 50 5 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.12 0.04 0 0 0 Rain shwrs L C S S C C S S Tstms L C S S C C S S LAL 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 2900 1400 5300 11100 1300 500 7300 11200 6900 500 T Wind Dir SE S S W W NW N NW NE SE T Wind Spd 20 18 12 19 13 14 23 20 13 11 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/14 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 88 60 86 55 77 54 88 60 92 Temp 82 85 67 61 82 76 60 56 73 73 60 55 81 84 67 61 87 86 Dewpt 49 42 50 53 57 56 57 56 56 50 52 50 51 44 48 45 49 43 Min/Max RH 21 75 36 100 42 84 23 56 20 RH 32 22 54 75 43 50 90100 55 44 75 83 35 25 50 56 27 22 PWind dir S S S SE N N W S SW Wind char <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 5 50 60 40 10 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C L C C C Tstms C L C C C $$ TXZ031-120915- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 235 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 Date 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue 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 58 77 56 82 52 Temp 74 70 62 61 60 60 63 68 74 74 61 61 59 57 68 76 81 81 67 61 56 53 Dewpt 55 56 58 59 59 60 63 65 65 63 61 61 59 57 55 55 52 50 54 55 54 53 RH 52 62 86 93 98 99 99 92 76 69100100100100 64 49 37 35 62 80 92100 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E N NW NW NW NW NW N N N NW NW Wind spd 12 11 6 8 5 5 8 9 11 9 5 5 5 8 17 16 17 11 5 5 4 4 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 SC B1 B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 90 20 5 0 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.27 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs C C S S C D D C C S S Tstms C C S S C D D C C S S LAL 2 3 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 4 5 5 4 6 6 6 5 Mix Hgt 700 500 2000 2800 1200 1000 6500 8600 4500 400 T Wind Dir SE S S S E NW NW NW NE NW T Wind Spd 12 10 11 13 11 10 23 21 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 05/14 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 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 86 59 87 57 78 54 88 60 94 Temp 79 84 66 60 85 76 63 58 73 76 61 55 81 85 67 61 89 90 Dewpt 55 54 57 58 62 60 62 58 62 58 58 55 58 56 58 54 57 54 Min/Max RH 34 94 45 100 52 100 34 80 28 RH 43 36 73 92 46 59 99100 69 54 90100 46 38 74 77 35 30 PWind dir E SE S SE N NW SW S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 40 70 40 20 10 5 5 Rain shwrs C L C C C S Tstms C L C C C S $$ TXZ029-120915- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 235 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024 Date 05/11/24 Sun 05/12/24 Mon 05/13/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 53 78 48 79 47 Temp 67 63 55 56 55 55 60 70 76 76 58 54 51 49 64 74 78 77 62 56 51 48 Dewpt 53 54 55 55 55 55 60 59 49 41 50 53 50 47 48 47 44 42 46 47 47 47 RH 61 71 99 96100100100 68 39 28 75 96 96 93 56 38 30 29 56 72 86 96 Wind dir SE SE SE SE S S S SW W W NE W NW NW N N N N NE NE E SW Wind spd 13 14 11 9 10 8 6 9 12 11 6 6 9 9 16 16 14 11 5 5 5 5 Clouds B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 60 60 5 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.12 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C C S S L L C S Tstms C C S S L L C S LAL 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 1800 1100 4600 8600 700 800 7100 10600 6700 500 T Wind Dir SE S SW W NW NW N N NE S T Wind Spd 19 16 13 17 13 16 24 21 12 11 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/14 Wed 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat 05/18/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 85 56 83 51 73 49 84 54 89 Temp 79 82 62 57 81 70 57 52 68 70 54 50 78 81 62 55 84 86 Dewpt 47 42 50 52 56 56 57 52 54 50 52 49 50 46 49 43 47 42 Min/Max RH 23 83 39 100 46 100 27 67 20 RH 32 24 65 83 42 61 100100 61 49 93 96 37 29 62 64 28 21 PWind dir S S S SE N NW SW S SW Wind char <15 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 5 50 60 40 10 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C L C C C Tstms C L C C C $$ 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