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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
140 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

TXZ024-210915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
140 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

Date           06/20/25      Sat 06/21/25            Sun 06/22/25            Mon
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                      73          94          71          92          72
Temp          95 94 84 81 76 73 82 89 93 91 82 79 74 71 79 88 92 90 82 79 75 73
Dewpt         62 61 63 63 64 65 64 64 62 63 65 66 64 63 64 64 63 63 64 64 63 64
RH            34 35 49 54 65 75 55 43 36 40 56 64 71 76 59 46 38 41 54 60 66 75
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      18 18 16 17 18 18 19 18 19 19 17 17 17 17 19 18 19 18 16 13 13 13
Clouds        CL CL FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Mix Hgt        7200  3200  1200  4500  6700  5200  1800  5300  7700  5300  1200
T Wind Dir        S     S    SW    SW     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd       26    24    25    28    29    29    28    32    31    21    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           06/23  Tue 06/24/25  Wed 06/25/25  Thu 06/26/25  Fri 06/27/25
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          93      72    94      71    93      69    93      70    94
Temp          88 91   80 73 89 91   79 72 89 90   76 70 89 90   75 71 90 91
Dewpt         64 60   62 63 62 57   61 62 62 59   62 61 61 58   63 61 60 58
Min/Max RH       35      71    30      71    33      74    32      74    30
RH            45 37   54 71 40 32   55 71 40 35   62 73 39 35   65 72 36 33
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     0       5     5      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                                                       S
Tstms                                                            S

$$
TXZ026-210915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
140 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

Date           06/20/25      Sat 06/21/25            Sun 06/22/25            Mon
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                      74          96          73          95          74
Temp          94 93 85 81 78 74 82 90 95 93 85 81 76 73 80 89 94 93 85 82 77 74
Dewpt         63 62 63 63 64 66 65 65 64 62 64 64 64 64 64 64 63 61 61 62 63 64
RH            36 36 48 54 62 76 56 44 36 36 50 56 66 73 58 44 36 35 45 51 62 71
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      18 17 17 17 17 17 19 20 20 19 17 17 17 17 19 20 19 18 17 14 14 12
Clouds        CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Mix Hgt        6700  1500  1100  4500  6700  2900  1500  5600  8200  5600  1100
T Wind Dir        S     S     S    SW     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd       27    23    23    28    31    27    25    32    33    21    20
RFTI           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO


Date           06/23  Tue 06/24/25  Wed 06/25/25  Thu 06/26/25  Fri 06/27/25
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          96      73    97      73    96      72    96      72    97
Temp          90 93   81 73 91 94   80 73 91 91   79 72 90 92   79 72 92 93
Dewpt         64 59   62 64 63 57   62 63 63 59   62 63 63 59   61 62 61 58
Min/Max RH       31      73    28      71    32      74    31      72    30
RH            42 32   53 73 40 29   54 71 40 34   56 73 41 33   54 71 36 31
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       5     0       0     0      10    10      20     5
Rain shwrs                                                       S
Tstms                                                            S

$$
TXZ043-210915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
140 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

Date           06/20/25      Sat 06/21/25            Sun 06/22/25            Mon
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                      73          94          71          94          71
Temp          95 94 85 81 77 73 81 88 93 92 83 79 75 72 79 88 93 91 84 80 76 72
Dewpt         64 64 64 66 67 67 67 66 65 65 66 67 66 66 66 65 64 62 63 64 65 66
RH            36 37 49 60 72 82 62 48 40 41 58 66 75 82 64 46 38 39 51 58 70 82
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      16 16 12 12 12 12 17 18 18 17 16 12 12 12 17 17 18 17 12 11 11  9
Clouds        CL CL FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC FW CL FW FW SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Mix Hgt        7300   700  1000  5000  7000  3700  1600  6100  8300  5500   800
T Wind Dir        S     S     S    SW     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd       24    20    20    29    29    27    23    31    32    18    17
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           06/23  Tue 06/24/25  Wed 06/25/25  Thu 06/26/25  Fri 06/27/25
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          94      72    95      71    94      70    95      71    95
Temp          88 93   80 72 90 93   80 72 90 91   78 70 90 93   79 72 91 93
Dewpt         65 60   64 66 63 58   63 64 64 60   63 64 63 58   63 64 63 59
Min/Max RH       33      81    30      77    33      82    30      78    31
RH            47 33   58 81 41 31   57 77 42 35   60 81 41 31   59 78 41 32
PWind dir         S       S     S      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5     5      10     5

$$
TXZ035-210915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
140 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

Date           06/20/25      Sat 06/21/25            Sun 06/22/25            Mon
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                      70          93          70          93          72
Temp          94 92 84 79 73 70 78 85 92 90 83 77 73 70 78 87 92 89 83 78 75 72
Dewpt         59 58 58 61 63 63 64 62 61 60 61 63 63 62 64 63 62 61 61 62 62 63
RH            31 32 41 54 71 78 62 46 36 37 48 62 71 76 62 45 37 39 48 58 64 73
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      19 20 19 19 19 17 21 21 23 21 21 20 19 19 21 21 23 20 18 17 17 16
Clouds        CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Mix Hgt        7300  6000  1300  4200  6600  5400  1900  4900  7200  5400  1700
T Wind Dir        S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd       24    26    23    27    26    31    29    27    27    25    21
RFTI           0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0  0  0
RFTI Category NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO EL EL EL NO NO NO NO


Date           06/23  Tue 06/24/25  Wed 06/25/25  Thu 06/26/25  Fri 06/27/25
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          95      71    95      71    95      70    95      71    95
Temp          87 90   79 71 89 91   79 71 89 89   76 70 90 90   78 71 90 90
Dewpt         62 59   60 62 59 55   58 60 60 58   58 60 60 57   58 60 59 56
Min/Max RH       33      73    28      68    30      71    30      68    29
RH            43 35   52 73 37 30   49 68 38 35   54 71 37 33   50 68 35 32
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       15>     <15   15>     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 FW FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10     5       5     5      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                                                       S
Tstms                                                            S

$$
TXZ031-210915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
140 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

Date           06/20/25      Sat 06/21/25            Sun 06/22/25            Mon
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                      74          96          72          95          73
Temp          95 95 86 82 78 74 83 90 94 93 85 81 75 73 81 89 94 93 86 81 77 74
Dewpt         65 64 65 65 66 67 67 66 65 64 66 67 66 65 66 65 64 63 64 64 65 66
RH            37 37 50 56 68 79 59 45 38 39 54 63 74 76 61 45 37 37 48 56 67 77
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      17 17 14 14 16 14 19 19 19 18 17 16 16 14 18 19 19 17 14 12 12 11
Clouds        CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Mix Hgt        7100  1300  1200  4800  7100  3900  2000  5800  8400  5900  1500
T Wind Dir        S     S     S    SW     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd       26    23    23    29    31    28    26    32    34    20    19
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           06/23  Tue 06/24/25  Wed 06/25/25  Thu 06/26/25  Fri 06/27/25
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          96      73    97      73    96      70    96      71    97
Temp          90 93   81 73 92 94   80 73 91 92   79 71 91 93   79 72 92 94
Dewpt         65 60   64 65 64 59   64 64 64 60   63 64 63 59   63 63 62 59
Min/Max RH       33      76    30      74    33      80    32      76    30
RH            45 34   57 76 41 31   58 74 41 35   59 79 41 33   58 73 37 31
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     0       0     0      10    10      10     5

$$
TXZ029-210915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
140 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

Date           06/20/25      Sat 06/21/25            Sun 06/22/25            Mon
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                      68          92          66          89          68
Temp          92 91 82 77 71 68 77 86 91 90 80 74 70 67 75 84 89 87 79 76 71 69
Dewpt         59 59 60 62 63 63 63 61 60 61 63 64 63 62 63 62 62 61 63 62 62 64
RH            33 34 47 60 76 84 62 43 36 38 56 71 78 84 66 48 41 42 58 62 73 84
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      17 17 17 17 17 17 19 18 19 17 17 17 17 17 19 18 18 17 14 12 13 12
Clouds        FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0          10          10          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Mix Hgt        7800  4400  1100  4400  7100  5100  2000  4800  7200  4700  1500
T Wind Dir        S     S    SW    SW     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
T Wind Spd       25    26    25    29    27    31    29    27    27    25    23
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           06/23  Tue 06/24/25  Wed 06/25/25  Thu 06/26/25  Fri 06/27/25
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      67    90      66    90      64    89      65    90
Temp          83 88   76 68 84 89   75 67 86 85   72 65 85 86   72 66 86 87
Dewpt         62 59   60 62 60 56   59 61 59 59   59 60 59 58   61 60 58 58
Min/Max RH       38      81    32      81    35      85    36      82    34
RH            49 38   58 81 44 33   58 81 40 41   64 84 41 39   68 81 39 38
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 SC FW FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10     5       5     5      20    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                                         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
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