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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
240 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
TXZ024-152115-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
240 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
Date Mon 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24
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 87 56 86 53 85
Temp 62 62 72 83 87 85 71 65 60 58 67 79 84 84 67 61 57 54 66 77 84 82
Dewpt 32 31 46 42 37 38 34 20 19 22 30 30 29 31 33 36 37 38 41 41 38 37
RH 32 31 39 23 18 19 26 18 20 26 24 17 14 15 28 39 48 54 40 27 19 20
Wind dir SW SW SW SW S SW SW W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NE SE S S
Wind spd 9 10 10 13 19 17 18 20 21 25 26 19 17 10 6 5 5 5 6 9 11 12
Clouds B1 B1 B2 OV B2 FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 5200 9800 700 700 5100 8500 3300 400 5000 8000
T Wind Dir SW SW W W W W N E SE SW
T Wind Spd 18 29 25 27 31 20 12 11 13 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL CL CL NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24
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 58 86 47 66 47 55 43 63
Temp 63 59 80 80 55 48 61 64 52 48 52 53 48 44 56 62
Dewpt 37 35 40 39 41 40 43 44 44 44 44 42 41 39 41 40
Max/Min RH 41 21 76 44 86 63 83 44
RH 38 41 24 23 60 75 52 48 73 86 73 65 77 81 57 45
PWind dir S NW NE NE E NE NE NE
Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr 0 0 5 10 40 50 30 10
Rain shwrs C C C C C
Tstms S S S
$$
TXZ026-152115-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
240 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
Date Mon 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 85 53 86 50 84
Temp 63 61 71 80 84 81 69 65 57 54 68 79 84 84 68 61 54 51 64 77 83 81
Dewpt 43 51 53 58 58 57 58 51 30 27 32 32 33 35 38 40 41 42 45 45 43 43
RH 48 70 53 47 41 44 68 60 35 35 26 18 16 17 33 46 61 71 50 32 24 26
Wind dir S SW S S S S S SW SW W W W W W N N N NW N E SE S
Wind spd 8 6 9 14 20 20 18 14 12 18 21 18 17 9 9 8 8 6 6 9 11 10
Clouds B1 B2 B2 OV B2 FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr 20 20 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S
Tstms S S S
LAL 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6
Mix Hgt 2500 4800 700 600 5000 8000 500 500 3400 6200
T Wind Dir S S S W W W N NE E S
T Wind Spd 13 27 23 18 25 20 12 13 11 13
RFTI 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 56 86 47 66 46 58 43 64
Temp 63 57 80 79 56 48 59 65 53 47 54 56 48 44 57 63
Dewpt 45 42 45 44 45 43 44 46 46 46 44 43 42 40 40 41
Max/Min RH 58 26 85 49 96 60 86 44
RH 52 57 29 29 66 83 57 50 77 96 69 62 80 86 53 44
PWind dir S NW NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind char <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW CL CL FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 40 60 30 20
Rain shwrs S S C L C C C S
Tstms S S S S C
$$
TXZ043-152115-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
240 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
Date Mon 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24
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 88 54 87 53 87
Temp 67 66 76 85 88 85 72 68 59 55 70 81 86 85 70 63 57 53 66 81 86 84
Dewpt 50 55 62 61 57 54 58 51 30 23 29 31 29 29 31 30 34 37 43 43 41 40
RH 54 68 62 45 35 35 60 54 33 28 22 16 13 14 23 29 42 54 43 26 21 21
Wind dir SW S S S S S S SW W SW W W W SW SW NW NW N N E SE S
Wind spd 9 5 9 11 13 17 12 12 9 9 17 17 16 9 6 6 5 5 5 8 6 8
Clouds B1 B2 B2 OV OV SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 40 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S S C C
Tstms S S C C
LAL 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 3400 5800 600 500 5200 7500 500 500 4700 5400
T Wind Dir SW S S W W W SW N E S
T Wind Spd 16 23 20 16 24 21 12 12 12 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24
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 56 92 51 72 49 60 45 66
Temp 64 57 86 86 61 51 66 70 57 50 58 58 51 46 59 64
Dewpt 40 45 53 46 49 46 49 51 51 50 51 49 46 43 44 45
Max/Min RH 63 21 84 47 99 69 91 47
RH 42 63 32 26 64 84 55 51 80 99 77 70 82 90 57 49
PWind dir S W NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind char <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 50 60 40 20
Rain shwrs S C C L L C C S S
Tstms S C C C C S
$$
TXZ035-152115-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
240 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
Date Mon 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 88 52 84 50 85
Temp 63 61 72 84 88 86 72 65 57 53 64 76 83 81 68 61 54 50 65 79 84 83
Dewpt 35 40 50 34 28 18 19 17 17 19 27 27 25 23 27 28 32 33 39 37 33 30
RH 35 46 46 17 11 8 13 15 21 26 24 16 12 12 21 28 43 52 38 22 16 15
Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W SW N N N NE S S S
Wind spd 9 9 12 17 25 27 18 19 17 17 27 26 24 17 8 8 6 6 6 9 11 13
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis BD BD
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 5
Mix Hgt 4700 11500 700 600 4900 8100 5200 500 5500 9200
T Wind Dir SW SW W W W W W NW E SW
T Wind Spd 19 34 26 25 32 25 13 13 13 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 5 8 1 1 0 0 4 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO CH EX EL EL NO NO CL CL CH EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 55 87 47 71 48 59 43 64
Temp 64 55 82 81 57 47 65 69 55 49 56 57 48 43 56 62
Dewpt 30 32 37 35 41 42 46 47 48 47 47 44 42 40 42 42
Max/Min RH 42 17 83 43 93 60 89 46
RH 28 41 20 19 55 83 50 45 77 93 72 62 80 89 59 48
PWind dir S W NE E E NE NE E
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr 0 0 5 10 30 50 30 20
Rain shwrs C C C C C S
Tstms S S S
$$
TXZ031-152115-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
240 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
Date Mon 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24
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 87 54 88 51 86
Temp 62 60 73 83 87 84 71 66 58 55 69 81 87 86 70 61 55 52 66 79 85 83
Dewpt 42 47 55 59 57 56 59 51 27 24 32 32 32 34 36 40 40 41 44 45 43 42
RH 48 62 53 45 36 40 66 57 30 30 25 17 14 16 29 45 57 66 46 31 23 24
Wind dir S SW S S S S S SW SW W W W W W NW NW N NW N E S S
Wind spd 8 5 8 14 19 18 17 11 10 17 21 17 17 9 6 5 5 5 5 8 10 10
Clouds B1 B2 B2 OV OV FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 20 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S
Tstms S S S
LAL 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 3200 5300 600 600 4900 7800 1700 500 4100 6300
T Wind Dir S S S W W W NE NE E S
T Wind Spd 16 26 21 17 27 19 10 12 12 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24
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 57 90 48 68 47 58 43 65
Temp 64 57 84 83 57 49 62 67 54 48 55 56 49 44 58 64
Dewpt 43 39 46 45 47 45 46 48 48 47 47 45 44 42 42 42
Max/Min RH 50 24 89 49 99 66 94 44
RH 46 50 27 26 69 88 56 50 80 99 74 67 84 93 56 45
PWind dir S NW NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind char <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW CL CL FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 40 60 30 20
Rain shwrs S S C L C C S S
Tstms S S S C C
$$
TXZ029-152115-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
240 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024
Date Mon 04/15/24 Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 87 49 81 45 83
Temp 57 54 70 82 86 83 67 58 52 49 62 75 80 79 62 55 49 46 61 77 82 80
Dewpt 30 30 41 29 25 21 19 17 17 22 28 29 27 26 29 32 33 35 39 37 33 30
RH 35 40 35 14 11 10 16 20 25 34 27 18 14 14 28 41 54 65 44 24 17 16
Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W SW N N N E S SW S
Wind spd 8 8 10 17 23 21 17 18 13 17 24 20 18 11 5 6 5 5 5 10 11 11
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 6000 11800 700 700 4700 7800 5000 500 5900 9200
T Wind Dir SW SW W W W W NW NE SE SW
T Wind Spd 23 34 28 25 32 21 11 11 13 20
RFTI 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO EL CL CL NO NO NO NO CL EL EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24 Sun 04/21/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 50 84 42 67 42 54 38 60
Temp 58 50 77 77 50 42 61 64 49 43 51 51 43 39 54 58
Dewpt 33 31 37 36 40 40 44 46 46 43 45 44 40 38 42 42
Max/Min RH 48 20 93 45 100 69 98 50
RH 39 48 24 23 68 93 53 52 89100 80 77 89 96 64 55
PWind dir SW NW NE E E NE NE E
Wind char <15 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr 0 0 5 10 30 50 30 20
Rain shwrs C C C C C S
Tstms S S S
$$
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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