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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
404 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

TXZ024-280915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
404 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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          75          53          84          53
Temp             56 44 40 36 35 50 66 73 72 57 55 54 53 63 75 83 81 64 60 56 53
Dewpt            32 35 35 34 33 37 32 26 24 25 25 31 34 37 34 26 25 27 24 24 25
RH               40 70 82 91 92 62 28 17 16 29 32 40 47 40 22 12 13 25 25 29 33
Wind dir          E  E  S SW SW  S  S SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd          9  5  5  5  5  8 14 17 16 11 14 21 20 18 13 13 11  9 10 12 11
Clouds           FW CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  4     4     4     4     5     5     5     4     5     5
Mix Hgt              2800   100  7100  8200  4100   100  2100  9000     0     0
T Wind Dir              E    SW    SW    SW     S    SW    SW    SW    SW    SW
T Wind Spd              6     4    12    23    12    13    18    16     9    11
RFTI              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO


Date           03/30  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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      59    85      58    78      42    61      41    68
Temp          79 80   63 60 81 80   64 58 74 72   51 42 56 59   45 41 61 66
Dewpt         29 27   30 33 35 29   32 32 31 29   34 31 28 25   28 29 31 29
Min/Max RH       12      38    13      37    17      66    25      63    23
RH            16 14   29 37 19 15   30 37 21 20   52 65 34 27   50 62 31 25
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW     W      NW     N      NW     N
Wind char       <15     <15   15>     <15   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5     5      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                                         S  S  S
Tstms                                              S  S

$$
TXZ026-280915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
404 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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                      33          73          48          82          50
Temp             57 45 40 36 33 45 61 70 71 56 53 51 48 59 73 81 80 65 61 55 50
Dewpt            35 36 35 34 33 38 40 36 34 34 34 36 38 42 42 41 39 40 38 36 34
RH               43 70 82 92100 76 46 29 26 43 48 57 68 54 33 24 23 39 43 49 54
Wind dir          E  E SE SW  W  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd         10  9  5  5  4  6 12 17 13 12 12 11 11 14 14 17 13 13 12 10 10
Clouds           FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     4     4     4     5     5     5     5     4     5
Mix Hgt              3300   100  3500  7100   100     0  2100  3200   100   100
T Wind Dir              E     N    SW     S     S     S     S     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd              6     1     9    20    13     8    16    17    14    10
RFTI              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


Date           03/30  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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      57    84      57    80      42    63      39    69
Temp          78 82   64 58 80 81   64 57 76 75   52 42 56 61   45 39 62 68
Dewpt         39 38   41 42 48 41   42 38 37 36   39 34 32 28   30 31 34 34
Min/Max RH       18      56    22      49    21      75    26      73    27
RH            24 21   43 56 33 24   45 49 24 24   60 73 40 28   55 72 35 29
PWind dir        SW       S    SW      SW     W      NW     N       N     N
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5    10      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                                         S  S  S
Tstms                                              S  S

$$
TXZ043-280915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
404 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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                      36          76          53          84          55
Temp             63 50 43 38 36 48 65 73 75 61 57 54 53 61 73 83 82 68 64 59 55
Dewpt            35 39 39 37 36 41 40 31 29 31 33 37 41 45 45 41 39 42 47 48 48
RH               35 66 85 95 99 77 41 21 19 32 41 52 64 55 37 23 22 38 53 67 79
Wind dir         NE NE NE  N  N  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd         10  9  5  4  3  4  9 11 10  9 11 11 12 17 16 16 12 13 16 12 12
Clouds           FW CL CL FW FW SC CL CL SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
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                  4     4     4     4     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mix Hgt              4500   100  4200  7800  2100   100  2100  4500   100   100
T Wind Dir             NE    NE     S     S     S     S    SW    SW     S    SW
T Wind Spd             10     5     4    18    12    10    21    20    16    10
RFTI              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


Date           03/30  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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    89      61    82      46    65      41    68
Temp          81 83   65 59 82 85   67 61 77 79   57 46 59 62   48 41 61 66
Dewpt         43 39   45 52 54 40   43 43 39 36   35 36 34 28   31 32 35 34
Min/Max RH       17      79    19      54    20      69    26      71    28
RH            27 21   49 78 39 20   42 52 26 21   43 69 39 27   53 71 37 30
PWind dir        SW       S    SW      SW     W      NW     N       N     N
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10     5      20    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                         S                      S
Tstms                                              S                      S

$$
TXZ035-280915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
404 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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                      33          74          48          85          48
Temp             59 47 41 36 33 46 65 72 72 59 53 50 48 57 76 85 81 68 59 54 48
Dewpt            27 33 36 35 33 37 31 24 21 23 26 32 35 39 34 25 23 24 24 26 29
RH               29 58 82 96100 71 28 16 15 25 35 49 60 50 21 11 11 19 26 34 47
Wind dir          N  E  E SE SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W
Wind spd         13  9  6  5  5  6 17 18 16 12 16 17 13 16 17 19 16 12 12 10  8
Clouds           FW CL CL FW SC FW CL FW SC B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     4     5     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mix Hgt              6600   100  6400  7200  3200   100  2200  8100     0     0
T Wind Dir             NE    SE    SW    SW     S     S    SW    SW    SW    SW
T Wind Spd              8     4     9    21    13    12    18    18     9     8
RFTI              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  2  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO


Date           03/30  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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      54    85      55    77      40    63      38    69
Temp          79 81   61 54 80 80   62 55 73 71   52 40 57 60   45 38 62 66
Dewpt         28 24   27 39 38 29   33 33 34 27   31 32 30 25   29 29 32 28
Min/Max RH       11      60    14      43    17      73    23      70    21
RH            15 12   27 57 22 15   33 43 24 19   45 73 36 25   53 69 32 24
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW     W      NW     N       N    NW
Wind char       <15     <15   15>     <15   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC B1   B2 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5     5      10    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                                               S

$$
TXZ031-280915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
404 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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                      34          75          51          84          53
Temp             58 45 40 36 34 47 64 72 73 58 54 53 51 62 74 83 82 67 62 57 53
Dewpt            35 37 37 36 34 39 40 36 32 33 33 36 39 43 43 40 37 38 38 37 34
RH               41 73 90100100 74 42 27 22 39 46 54 62 52 33 23 21 35 41 48 49
Wind dir         NE  E  E  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd         10  8  5  3  2  5 12 17 12 10 11 13 13 19 16 16 13 13 12 10 11
Clouds           FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
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                  3     4     4     4     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mix Hgt              3300   100  3000  7100     0   100  2000  3900   100   100
T Wind Dir              E    NE    SW     S     S     S    SW     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd             10     2     9    18    12    10    19    17    16    13
RFTI              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


Date           03/30  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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    85      59    82      43    64      40    69
Temp          80 83   65 59 81 82   65 59 78 78   55 43 58 62   46 40 62 67
Dewpt         38 36   41 44 50 40   41 38 37 34   39 34 33 27   31 31 34 33
Min/Max RH       17      59    21      45    20      71    25      72    27
RH            22 19   42 57 34 23   40 45 23 21   53 70 38 27   57 71 35 29
PWind dir        SW       S    SW      SW     W      NW     N       N     N
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5     5      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs                                         S  S
Tstms                                              S  S

$$
TXZ029-280915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
404 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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                      30          71          44          80          43
Temp             54 40 35 33 30 45 63 70 68 52 49 47 44 56 71 80 75 58 52 47 43
Dewpt            31 34 35 33 30 36 30 23 21 23 23 29 32 36 30 23 22 23 22 22 23
RH               41 79100100100 70 29 17 17 31 36 50 62 47 22 12 13 25 31 36 44
Wind dir         NE  E SE  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd          9  6  5  5  5  9 17 18 16 11 13 16 13 14 13 16 12  8  8  8  8
Clouds           SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     4     4     5     5     5     5     5     5
Mix Hgt              6100   100  6400  7400  4000   100  4400  9200  3500     0
T Wind Dir              E     S    SW    SW     S    SW    SW    SW    SW    SW
T Wind Spd              6     4    13    24    14    14    21    23    11     9
RFTI              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 EL EL NO NO NO NO


Date           03/30  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          82      50    82      51    75      36    58      33    67
Temp          77 77   57 50 78 76   58 51 71 69   46 36 52 55   38 34 60 63
Dewpt         26 22   25 31 32 27   31 32 31 26   32 31 27 25   27 27 30 28
Min/Max RH       11      49    13      48    18      82    27      78    22
RH            15 13   29 48 18 16   35 48 22 20   57 82 37 31   63 75 32 26
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW     W      NW     N       N     N
Wind char       <15     <15   15>     <15   15>     15>   15>     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5     5      10    20       5    10
Rain shwrs                                         S  S  S
Tstms                                              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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