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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
950 PM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

TXZ024-250915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
950 PM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Date           03/24/24      Mon 03/25/24            Tue 03/26/24            Wed
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                      43          50          33          58          34
Temp                56 52 49 46 47 46 47 43 38 37 35 34 42 51 57 56 45 41 37 35
Dewpt               17 20 21 22 28 25 23 21 22 22 22 21 19 18 20 22 26 27 27 27
RH                  21 29 33 38 48 43 38 42 52 54 60 59 40 28 23 26 47 57 68 73
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N SE SE SE  E  E  E
Wind spd            26 27 26 27 21 19 19 17 11 11  9  6  8  6  6  9  8  8  6  6
Clouds              CL CL CL CL FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        6     4     4     4     4     6     6     5     4
Mix Hgt                     800  4900  6100  3700  1900  5300  7600  3400  1000
T Wind Dir                   SW    NW    NW    NW    NW    NW    SW    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   29    28    29    21    14    13    11    13    11
RFTI                 4  4  2  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category       CL CL EL EL NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date           03/27  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24  Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24
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      35    73      52    82      56    84      58    84
Temp          53 56   39 36 65 70   55 53 75 79   62 57 80 81   63 59 80 81
Dewpt         31 30   33 32 34 28   30 34 38 34   41 40 34 33   40 41 40 35
Min/Max RH       34      90    19      48    18      55    15      53    18
RH            43 37   78 87 31 20   39 48 26 20   46 54 20 18   42 52 23 19
PWind dir         E      SE     S       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     15>   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       0     0       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs        S

$$
TXZ026-250915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
950 PM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Date           03/24/24      Mon 03/25/24            Tue 03/26/24            Wed
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                      45          53          32          57          34
Temp                59 54 51 46 50 51 50 46 39 36 34 32 40 49 54 56 45 41 37 34
Dewpt               24 23 24 25 31 29 26 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 21 22 26 27 28 28
RH                  26 29 35 43 48 43 39 41 54 59 64 66 48 33 27 26 47 57 70 78
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd            21 19 19 19 20 20 24 19 13 11  9  8 10  8  6  6  8  8  8  8
Clouds              CL CL FW CL CL SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S        C
Tstms
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        6     5     4     4     4     5     5     5     4
Mix Hgt                     800  4800  6100  4400  2000  4700  6100  3800   500
T Wind Dir                   SW     W    NW    NW    NW    NW     W    SE     E
T Wind Spd                   25    26    29    25    14    14     9    11    11
RFTI                 2  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category       EL NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date           03/27  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24  Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24
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          56      32    70      48    80      54    83      55    84
Temp          52 54   40 33 61 69   53 48 72 77   62 55 78 80   64 56 78 80
Dewpt         33 33   35 33 40 36   37 38 44 43   46 46 42 43   47 47 49 46
Min/Max RH       41     100    29      68    27      72    23      73    28
RH            48 45   82100 46 30   54 68 37 30   56 72 28 27   54 72 36 30
PWind dir         E      SE     S       S     S       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     15>   15>     15>   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW CL FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         30       5     0       0     0       0     0      10     5
Rain shwrs     C  S

$$
TXZ043-250915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
950 PM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Date           03/24/24      Mon 03/25/24            Tue 03/26/24            Wed
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                      48          61          34          61          37
Temp                61 55 52 49 54 60 58 54 45 41 37 34 43 53 59 60 50 44 39 37
Dewpt               23 22 24 27 31 30 29 26 25 25 25 26 26 26 27 27 30 31 32 32
RH                  24 27 34 43 41 32 33 34 46 54 61 72 51 35 29 28 46 60 75 82
Wind dir             W SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  N  N NW NW  N  N  S  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd            17 16 17 18 20 17 18 13  9  8  5  4  5  5  5  6  8  6  5  6
Clouds              FW FW FW CL CL SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S
Tstms
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        6     5     5     5     4     5     5     5     4
Mix Hgt                     800  8200  7600  3000  2000  5300  6300  4500   500
T Wind Dir                   SW     W    NW     N    NW    NW    SW    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   25    32    27    19    10    10     9    13    10
RFTI                 0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category       NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date           03/27  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24  Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24
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      36    73      51    82      55    86      59    88
Temp          59 62   44 36 64 72   55 51 75 80   64 56 79 83   66 59 81 85
Dewpt         36 35   38 36 42 34   38 41 47 45   49 50 48 43   48 52 53 46
Min/Max RH       33     100    24      68    26      82    23      79    23
RH            42 37   79100 44 26   52 68 37 30   58 82 34 24   53 79 39 26
PWind dir         E      NE     S       S     S       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   15>     15>   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       0     0       0     0       5     0
Rain shwrs        S

$$
TXZ035-250915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
950 PM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Date           03/24/24      Mon 03/25/24            Tue 03/26/24            Wed
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          51          30          60          35
Temp                55 50 46 42 46 47 48 44 39 36 33 31 40 52 59 56 47 42 38 36
Dewpt               19 22 23 25 28 28 25 24 25 24 24 24 25 26 26 29 34 33 32 31
RH                  24 33 40 50 49 47 40 45 57 61 69 75 55 36 28 35 60 70 79 82
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW  N  N NW NW  N  S  S  S SE SE SE SE
Wind spd            24 20 20 19 24 21 20 17 11  8  5  5  5  6  9 10  9  9  8  6
Clouds              CL CL FW FW FW B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        4     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3
Mix Hgt                     800  4700  6000  3500  1100  5500  8000  1600   500
T Wind Dir                   SW     W    NW     N    NW     W    SW    SE     S
T Wind Spd                   25    27    25    18    11     9    14    12    11
RFTI                 3  1  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category       CL EL EL NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date           03/27  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24  Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24
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      34    72      48    81      50    83      53    84
Temp          57 60   41 34 64 70   54 49 73 78   60 51 78 80   62 54 79 80
Dewpt         32 28   35 34 34 26   29 34 39 32   41 41 35 30   38 41 38 31
Min/Max RH       26     100    18      58    17      69    15      62    15
RH            38 29   79100 32 19   38 56 29 19   49 68 21 16   41 61 23 17
PWind dir         N       E     S       S     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     15>   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       0     0       0     0       5     0

$$
TXZ031-250915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
950 PM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Date           03/24/24      Mon 03/25/24            Tue 03/26/24            Wed
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                      46          56          33          59          35
Temp                59 55 52 47 53 54 52 48 40 39 35 33 42 51 57 58 46 42 37 35
Dewpt               23 22 24 25 30 30 27 23 24 24 24 24 23 21 23 23 27 28 29 30
RH                  25 27 34 42 40 40 38 38 52 56 63 68 46 31 27 26 47 57 72 82
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd            20 18 19 21 21 19 21 17 12 10  9  5  8  6  6  6  6  5  5  5
Clouds              FW FW FW CL CL SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S        S
Tstms
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        6     5     4     4     4     5     5     5     4
Mix Hgt                     700  5300  6400  4300  2100  5200  6300  3400   900
T Wind Dir                   SW     W    NW    NW    NW    NW     W    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   26    27    29    23    13    14     9    11    11
RFTI                 2  0  1  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category       EL NO EL EL EL NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date           03/27  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24  Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24
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          60      33    73      50    82      55    85      58    87
Temp          54 57   41 34 64 70   54 50 74 79   63 56 80 82   64 58 80 82
Dewpt         33 34   35 34 40 35   38 39 44 43   47 48 43 41   48 48 48 45
Min/Max RH       38     100    26      66    26      75    21      69    25
RH            45 41   81100 41 27   54 65 35 28   57 74 27 24   56 68 34 28
PWind dir         E      SE     S       S     S       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     15>   15>     15>   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       0     0       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs     S  S

$$
TXZ029-250915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
950 PM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Date           03/24/24      Mon 03/25/24            Tue 03/26/24            Wed
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                      35          47          25          57          30
Temp                50 45 42 38 41 42 44 40 34 32 30 26 37 49 56 53 42 37 33 31
Dewpt               17 20 21 21 28 25 23 22 22 22 22 21 21 21 22 26 32 31 29 29
RH                  27 36 43 50 60 50 43 48 61 66 72 81 52 33 26 35 67 79 85 92
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW  N  S  S  S SE SE SE SE
Wind spd            24 19 19 18 18 18 18 16  9  8  6  5  5  5  8  9  8  8  6  8
Clouds              CL CL FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C
LAL                           1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                        4     3     2     2     3     3     3     3     3
Mix Hgt                     900  4600  5400  3600  1600  5400  7800  2500   700
T Wind Dir                   SW    NW    NW     N    NW    NW    SW    SE    SE
T Wind Spd                   27    25    26    20    12    11    12    13    14
RFTI                 3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category       CL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date           03/27  Thu 03/28/24  Fri 03/29/24  Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24
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          59      29    70      43    78      47    81      49    82
Temp          53 55   36 30 62 67   50 44 71 75   55 47 76 77   56 49 77 77
Dewpt         31 30   33 30 31 25   28 32 35 30   38 36 32 30   35 38 36 31
Min/Max RH       32     100    19      62    17      68    15      66    15
RH            43 38   89100 31 20   42 62 27 19   53 65 20 18   45 66 23 18
PWind dir         E      SE    SW       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     15>   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         20       0     0       0     0       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs        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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