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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
250 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024
TXZ024-132115-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
250 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024
Date Sat 04/13/24 Sun 04/14/24 Mon 04/15/24
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 58 89 60 86
Temp 56 54 66 78 86 84 68 65 62 59 72 86 89 85 69 65 62 61 71 82 85 80
Dewpt 47 38 44 46 39 34 35 37 39 39 41 35 30 34 36 33 31 29 42 46 44 44
RH 72 56 46 32 19 17 29 36 43 47 33 16 12 16 30 30 31 30 35 28 24 28
Wind dir S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S
Wind spd 12 17 19 13 17 12 9 12 13 13 12 10 12 9 6 8 10 10 10 12 17 19
Clouds FW FW CL CL CL FW SC FW FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 20
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S
Tstms S S S
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 3300 10900 500 500 6800 8900 500 500 4600 9100
T Wind Dir SW SW SW W W SW SW W SW S
T Wind Spd 19 24 17 21 20 18 12 16 17 21
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
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 83 54 83 53 76 49 72
Temp 64 57 77 80 60 55 77 81 63 54 71 71 55 50 67 67
Dewpt 32 26 32 32 39 38 39 36 38 38 41 39 39 37 36 35
Max/Min RH 31 16 55 19 54 28 61 27
RH 30 29 19 17 46 53 25 20 40 54 34 31 55 60 32 30
PWind dir SW W NW SE S N NE NE
Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15
Avg clouds SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr 20 0 0 0 0 5 10 10
Rain shwrs S
Tstms S
$$
TXZ026-132115-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
250 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024
Date Sat 04/13/24 Sun 04/14/24 Mon 04/15/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 87 56 90 57 85
Temp 58 56 67 80 86 85 70 66 62 58 71 86 90 87 72 66 61 58 69 80 83 80
Dewpt 46 42 46 46 47 44 44 46 47 47 49 41 37 40 45 47 45 41 50 57 58 57
RH 64 59 47 30 26 24 39 48 58 67 46 21 15 19 38 50 56 53 51 45 43 45
Wind dir S S S S S S SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW S S S SW S S S S
Wind spd 11 10 14 17 18 14 10 14 13 9 10 10 12 9 9 8 8 8 9 14 21 19
Clouds SC FW FW CL CL FW SC FW FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.09
Rain shwrs C C C
Tstms C C C
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 3100 9100 500 500 6100 9300 500 500 3200 5200
T Wind Dir SW SW SW SW W SW S SW SW S
T Wind Spd 18 23 18 18 18 18 13 12 13 24
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO
Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 55 83 52 82 52 76 48 74
Temp 63 56 77 80 61 53 76 80 61 53 70 72 56 49 68 69
Dewpt 51 31 34 38 42 41 41 42 41 41 43 42 41 40 40 39
Max/Min RH 65 19 65 23 65 32 71 30
RH 65 38 21 22 49 64 28 26 48 64 38 34 57 71 36 33
PWind dir SW W NW NE SE NE NE NE
Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15
Avg clouds SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr 40 0 0 0 0 10 10 20
Rain shwrs C S S
Tstms C S S
$$
TXZ043-132115-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
250 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024
Date Sat 04/13/24 Sun 04/14/24 Mon 04/15/24
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 90 60 93 62 89
Temp 62 59 70 82 89 88 74 69 63 60 73 88 92 90 74 67 64 63 73 83 88 85
Dewpt 44 42 43 48 46 45 49 50 51 53 57 51 43 40 42 41 48 55 61 62 58 55
RH 52 54 38 30 23 22 41 51 64 78 57 29 18 17 32 39 56 74 66 48 37 37
Wind dir S S S SW SW S S SW SW SW W SW SW SW S S SW SW S S S S
Wind spd 9 8 16 16 14 11 13 13 8 6 10 9 9 8 6 6 9 6 9 12 14 16
Clouds SC FW CL CL CL FW SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.06
Rain shwrs C C C
Tstms C C C
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6
Mix Hgt 3600 9600 600 600 4400 9200 700 500 3800 5100
T Wind Dir SW SW S SW W SW SW SW SW S
T Wind Spd 21 23 21 16 16 14 13 16 18 20
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 Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
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 86 53 85 55 82 53 76
Temp 68 57 79 83 62 54 81 83 64 55 77 76 59 53 71 72
Dewpt 48 26 32 33 37 40 42 39 41 44 47 42 41 42 42 40
Max/Min RH 55 15 60 20 66 27 68 29
RH 48 30 18 16 39 59 25 21 42 66 35 30 51 68 35 31
PWind dir SW W NW E SE N NE NE
Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 15> 15> <15
Avg clouds SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 40 0 0 0 5 10 10 20
Rain shwrs C S S
Tstms C S S
$$
TXZ035-132115-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
250 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024
Date Sat 04/13/24 Sun 04/14/24 Mon 04/15/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 86 54 88 58 87
Temp 59 54 65 79 86 84 70 65 59 54 68 83 88 85 71 66 62 58 71 83 86 83
Dewpt 43 38 43 41 31 29 34 39 45 46 44 34 29 25 30 28 30 36 46 41 35 28
RH 55 54 45 26 14 14 26 38 60 74 42 17 12 11 22 24 30 44 41 23 16 13
Wind dir S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd 13 12 17 14 17 17 9 12 10 8 9 9 11 11 9 9 10 9 12 17 24 25
Clouds SC FW CL CL CL SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis BD BD
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 4600 11100 500 500 6200 8200 1800 500 4900 12100
T Wind Dir SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 18 25 17 18 13 18 13 16 17 28
RFTI 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO CL CL
Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 53 82 50 82 52 79 49 75
Temp 63 53 74 79 60 50 78 80 63 52 74 74 58 49 70 70
Dewpt 25 24 29 28 35 37 37 31 35 37 41 37 38 39 38 33
Max/Min RH 32 14 61 16 56 24 68 23
RH 23 32 19 15 39 61 23 17 35 56 30 26 47 68 31 25
PWind dir SW W N SE S N E NE
Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 10 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
$$
TXZ031-132115-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
250 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024
Date Sat 04/13/24 Sun 04/14/24 Mon 04/15/24
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 90 60 93 60 87
Temp 59 56 69 80 88 86 72 68 64 60 74 89 93 89 74 66 62 61 71 82 86 82
Dewpt 46 43 46 47 47 43 44 49 50 50 52 42 38 41 45 45 42 38 51 59 58 55
RH 63 62 43 31 23 22 37 50 60 70 47 19 15 19 36 46 47 44 49 47 40 41
Wind dir S S S S S S S SW SW SW W SW SW SW S S SW SW S S S S
Wind spd 12 11 16 17 17 11 10 16 16 12 10 10 12 9 6 5 6 6 9 14 18 17
Clouds SC FW FW CL CL FW SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.05
Rain shwrs C C C
Tstms C C C
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 3400 9200 500 500 7300 10100 400 500 3200 5600
T Wind Dir SW SW SW SW W SW S SW S S
T Wind Spd 20 24 19 21 19 18 13 13 14 21
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
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 85 53 85 53 78 50 75
Temp 65 56 79 82 62 54 79 82 62 53 72 73 56 50 70 69
Dewpt 49 28 34 36 42 41 42 41 42 42 44 43 42 40 40 39
Max/Min RH 59 18 65 22 67 32 69 29
RH 57 34 20 19 49 63 27 24 48 67 37 34 58 68 34 33
PWind dir SW W NW NE S N NE NE
Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15
Avg clouds SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr 40 0 0 0 0 10 10 20
Rain shwrs C S S
Tstms C S S
$$
TXZ029-132115-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
250 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024
Date Sat 04/13/24 Sun 04/14/24 Mon 04/15/24
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 85 48 85 52 85
Temp 53 50 63 77 83 80 63 58 53 49 65 81 85 81 65 59 55 53 67 80 84 79
Dewpt 45 37 43 42 31 30 34 33 35 36 37 31 27 30 30 29 27 28 40 37 32 29
RH 74 61 48 29 15 16 34 39 50 61 35 16 12 16 27 32 34 38 37 21 15 16
Wind dir S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd 10 12 16 13 17 11 8 9 9 6 9 10 11 8 5 8 8 8 9 14 21 21
Clouds FW FW CL CL CL SC SC FW FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis BD
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 3700 11000 500 500 6600 8400 500 500 6100 12700
T Wind Dir SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 20 25 18 18 17 19 13 16 20 29
RFTI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL EL
Date Tue 04/16/24 Wed 04/17/24 Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 49 79 46 81 47 74 45 70
Temp 57 49 72 76 54 47 75 78 58 48 69 69 51 45 65 64
Dewpt 24 24 31 31 37 36 37 33 35 36 39 35 36 35 34 34
Max/Min RH 37 17 67 18 63 26 68 26
RH 28 37 22 19 52 65 25 19 42 63 33 28 56 68 31 32
PWind dir SW W N SW S N E NE
Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 15> 15> <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr 10 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
$$
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
- National Weather Service
- Lubbock, TX Weather Forecast Office
- 2579 S. Loop 289
- Suite 100
- Lubbock, TX 79423-1400
- 806-745-4260
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