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598 FOUS54 KLUB 041924 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 224 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 TXZ024-050915- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 224 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 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 55 71 61 88 57 Temp 63 62 56 56 56 56 58 63 69 70 63 62 63 64 73 83 87 85 69 64 60 57 Dewpt 55 56 56 56 56 56 57 59 60 59 62 62 63 63 62 51 39 36 36 33 31 28 RH 74 82100100100100 95 86 73 68 98100100 96 68 33 18 18 30 31 33 33 Wind dir NE E NE NE NE N NE E SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW W W W W W Wind spd 13 11 6 8 8 5 5 5 9 11 9 12 12 16 19 17 17 12 8 8 9 9 Clouds B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 FW CL CL CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 60 10 10 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.06 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S L C L S Tstms S L C L S LAL 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 2300 1300 2500 3600 1500 1200 6600 12000 1800 500 T Wind Dir E NE E SE SE S SW SW W W T Wind Spd 12 11 8 11 19 18 25 21 12 14 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 05/07 Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 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 59 87 54 79 53 74 52 74 Temp 83 86 68 60 81 84 63 55 74 77 59 53 71 72 59 53 68 70 Dewpt 30 30 32 26 32 32 36 36 40 39 42 41 42 42 43 44 46 45 Min/Max RH 12 28 13 50 25 66 32 72 37 RH 15 14 26 27 16 15 36 49 29 26 54 65 35 34 56 72 45 40 PWind dir W SW W NE NE NE NE E E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S $$ TXZ026-050915- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 224 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 56 72 61 88 55 Temp 68 66 60 59 57 57 61 66 71 71 65 64 63 64 71 82 87 86 72 66 59 56 Dewpt 58 58 59 59 57 57 60 61 62 61 63 64 63 64 66 61 53 48 48 46 42 39 RH 70 75 96100100100 97 84 73 71 93100100100 84 49 31 27 42 48 53 53 Wind dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW W W Wind spd 13 11 9 9 9 8 8 5 8 9 9 9 10 11 17 17 19 13 9 8 8 9 Clouds B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 FW CL CL CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 90 20 10 20 0 QPF 12hr 0.12 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S L D L S S S S S S Tstms S L D L S S S S S LAL 5 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 1900 1300 2200 3800 1000 900 4200 8700 700 500 T Wind Dir E NE E SE SE S S SW SW W T Wind Spd 13 12 9 10 17 14 21 20 10 10 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/07 Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 90 58 88 54 80 53 76 51 76 Temp 83 87 68 58 82 85 64 55 75 78 60 53 73 74 59 52 70 72 Dewpt 37 39 42 36 38 39 45 41 43 43 45 45 45 44 46 47 47 46 Min/Max RH 15 45 16 59 27 74 32 83 37 RH 19 18 39 44 21 20 50 59 32 29 58 74 37 34 62 83 44 39 PWind dir W SW NW E NE NE NE E E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 20 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ TXZ043-050915- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 224 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 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 73 62 90 58 Temp 72 69 63 62 60 59 62 67 72 72 66 64 64 64 73 84 89 87 72 68 62 58 Dewpt 63 64 63 61 60 59 61 63 64 63 65 64 64 64 67 63 51 46 47 47 49 46 RH 75 83100 99100100 96 87 75 73 96100100100 81 50 27 24 41 47 62 64 Wind dir NE NE NE E NE NE NE E E E SE SE S S S SW SW SW S SW SW W Wind spd 12 11 8 8 5 5 6 6 5 8 6 6 6 6 13 14 16 11 9 9 9 11 Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B1 FW CL CL FW CL CL FW PoP 12hr 100 10 10 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.54 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs L D L S S Tstms L D L S S Svr Tstorm A A LAL 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 900 800 2900 3900 1500 1200 4400 8200 500 500 T Wind Dir NE NE NE SE SE S SW SW SW SW T Wind Spd 14 12 10 9 14 16 21 21 16 18 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 05/07 Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 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 89 61 91 57 82 54 77 53 77 Temp 85 87 70 61 85 87 66 57 78 80 61 54 74 75 60 53 72 74 Dewpt 41 43 44 42 39 42 44 43 47 47 49 47 49 48 48 47 48 48 Min/Max RH 18 50 17 61 28 77 35 80 37 RH 21 21 39 49 20 21 45 59 34 31 64 76 41 38 64 80 43 39 PWind dir SW SW W SE NE NE NE E E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 20 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S $$ TXZ035-050915- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 224 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 56 72 62 88 55 Temp 64 61 58 56 57 57 61 66 71 71 65 64 63 64 71 84 88 86 73 67 60 55 Dewpt 56 57 58 56 56 56 57 59 59 59 61 62 63 62 59 44 33 31 34 32 29 28 RH 75 87100100 96 96 87 78 66 66 87 93100 93 66 25 14 14 24 27 31 35 Wind dir NE E E NE NE E E SE SE SE SE SE S S SW SW SW W SW SW W W Wind spd 17 16 11 9 9 8 6 6 9 17 14 17 16 17 19 19 20 18 10 12 11 9 Clouds B2 OV B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC CL CL CL FW CL CL FW PoP 12hr 70 5 10 5 0 QPF 12hr 0.09 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C L S S S Tstms C L S S S LAL 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 1900 1400 3200 4400 3000 1400 7600 12300 7800 500 T Wind Dir E E SE S SE S SW SW W W T Wind Spd 16 12 11 13 21 21 23 24 14 18 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO Date 05/07 Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 90 59 88 54 82 52 76 51 76 Temp 83 87 70 59 83 85 65 55 76 78 60 52 71 72 59 52 70 70 Dewpt 27 25 25 22 27 24 31 35 38 34 41 40 42 40 43 43 45 42 Min/Max RH 9 24 10 47 19 63 27 71 33 RH 13 10 18 24 13 11 28 47 25 20 49 63 35 31 55 71 41 36 PWind dir W SW W N NE E E E SE Wind char <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds CL CL FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S $$ TXZ031-050915- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 224 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 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 56 73 61 90 56 Temp 70 68 61 60 57 56 60 65 71 72 65 64 64 64 73 83 89 87 72 65 60 56 Dewpt 60 60 61 60 57 56 60 62 63 62 65 64 64 64 67 62 52 47 47 46 41 38 RH 70 78100100100100100 90 76 72100100100100 82 49 28 25 41 49 49 51 Wind dir NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW W W Wind spd 12 10 8 6 6 5 5 6 6 9 8 9 9 11 17 17 17 12 9 8 6 8 Clouds B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 FW CL CL CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 80 20 5 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.24 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C L D L S S Tstms C L D L S S LAL 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 4 3 3 3 3 4 6 6 6 6 Mix Hgt 1000 1200 2600 4000 1700 1100 4400 8500 1100 500 T Wind Dir E NE NE SE SE S SW SW SW W T Wind Spd 13 11 9 9 16 16 24 20 11 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 05/07 Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 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 91 59 90 55 81 53 78 52 77 Temp 85 88 70 59 84 87 64 55 77 79 61 53 74 76 60 53 71 73 Dewpt 36 40 42 34 37 39 46 40 44 44 48 46 46 46 48 47 48 47 Min/Max RH 16 39 16 60 27 77 32 81 37 RH 18 19 36 39 19 18 51 58 31 29 62 77 36 34 65 81 44 40 PWind dir W SW W E NE NE NE E E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ TXZ029-050915- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 224 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Date 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 51 71 57 85 48 Temp 60 57 52 52 53 53 58 63 70 69 60 60 59 60 69 81 84 82 65 59 53 49 Dewpt 53 55 52 52 53 53 57 58 57 57 60 60 59 60 59 41 32 29 30 29 26 23 RH 78 93100100100100 96 84 63 66100100100100 70 24 15 14 27 32 35 36 Wind dir E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW W W W SW W W Wind spd 16 11 9 6 6 5 6 5 9 12 12 12 13 14 17 17 18 14 6 6 8 9 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL PoP 12hr 60 10 10 5 0 QPF 12hr 0.04 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C L C C S Tstms C L C C S LAL 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Haines 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 2300 1400 3300 4600 2700 1200 8100 12000 7400 500 T Wind Dir E E SE S S S SW SW W W T Wind Spd 14 12 11 14 23 23 25 25 12 16 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO Date 05/07 Wed 05/08/24 Thu 05/09/24 Fri 05/10/24 Sat 05/11/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 86 53 85 49 78 47 71 46 71 Temp 80 83 64 53 79 82 60 50 72 75 55 47 68 69 54 47 67 68 Dewpt 24 23 26 22 26 24 31 33 37 34 40 39 40 40 43 42 44 43 Min/Max RH 10 29 11 54 20 74 31 86 38 RH 13 11 23 29 14 12 33 52 28 22 57 74 36 35 66 83 43 40 PWind dir W SW W N NE E E E SE Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S $$ 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