Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
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355 FOUS54 KLUB 291937 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 237 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024 TXZ024-300915- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 237 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024 Date 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 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 93 64 92 62 Temp 83 83 67 62 58 60 76 88 92 91 74 68 67 65 77 89 91 85 71 68 66 63 Dewpt 39 35 43 44 41 39 53 46 38 33 43 52 57 59 61 54 51 55 60 59 60 60 RH 21 18 41 53 52 45 45 23 15 13 33 56 71 82 58 30 26 36 68 72 82 90 Wind dir S S SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW S S S S S S SW Wind spd 12 10 8 5 6 12 23 17 16 12 10 17 21 19 17 14 17 18 18 23 19 20 Clouds FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 5 30 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.08 0.11 Rain shwrs C C C C Tstms S C C C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 Haines 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 Mix Hgt 600 500 9700 13400 600 800 8100 11700 4100 600 T Wind Dir SE SW SW SW SW SW SW S S SW T Wind Spd 13 13 27 21 17 24 24 25 26 23 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/02 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 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 53 77 57 78 57 79 62 92 Temp 81 83 63 54 72 75 60 58 74 75 61 58 74 77 65 63 86 89 Dewpt 46 40 46 37 39 44 50 51 53 54 55 55 59 58 59 59 54 45 Min/Max RH 21 57 28 79 43 89 48 88 21 RH 29 22 54 53 30 33 68 79 48 48 81 89 61 52 80 86 34 22 PWind dir NW NE E SE S SE SE S SW Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 10 10 30 40 40 10 5 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C Tstms S S C C C S C $$ TXZ026-300915- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 237 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024 Date 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 93 62 88 62 Temp 82 81 69 64 60 57 73 87 91 89 73 69 66 63 74 85 87 83 72 69 65 63 Dewpt 48 47 53 56 55 53 57 56 49 49 57 60 62 63 64 64 64 63 64 64 64 63 RH 31 30 57 75 84 86 57 35 24 25 57 73 87100 71 50 46 51 76 84 97100 Wind dir S SE SE SE S S SW SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 12 12 12 12 10 10 17 18 17 13 13 17 13 10 13 17 19 18 17 17 14 16 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW CL SC B1 FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 20 10 40 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.07 0.24 Rain shwrs S C C C C S S C Tstms S S C C C S S S LAL 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 Haines 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 Mix Hgt 500 500 9800 12400 700 700 4900 6600 1700 600 T Wind Dir SE S SW SW S S SW S S S T Wind Spd 18 16 24 24 21 18 23 26 20 17 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/02 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 83 53 78 56 78 57 79 60 89 Temp 80 81 63 54 73 76 61 56 74 76 63 58 73 78 66 61 84 87 Dewpt 55 49 53 44 42 47 54 54 56 57 59 58 60 60 62 61 60 55 Min/Max RH 31 73 31 93 47 100 52 100 32 RH 42 33 70 69 33 36 78 93 53 52 87100 64 54 87100 44 34 PWind dir W NE NE SE SE E SE SE S Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 30 20 10 10 30 40 50 20 10 Rain shwrs C C S S S C C C C C S Tstms S S S S C C C S C S $$ TXZ043-300915- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 237 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024 Date 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 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 59 93 62 89 63 Temp 86 85 70 64 61 60 75 88 91 87 72 68 65 63 75 85 88 83 71 68 65 64 Dewpt 42 38 44 49 54 55 62 60 54 53 59 62 64 63 67 67 65 64 64 64 65 64 RH 21 19 39 57 77 84 63 39 29 31 64 81 96100 75 55 47 53 79 87 99100 Wind dir S S SE S S S SW SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 8 8 6 9 9 6 14 16 12 12 10 11 9 6 12 13 16 14 13 12 10 12 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC B1 FW FW B1 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 20 20 30 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0.02 0.28 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C S S C Tstms S S S S C C C S S S LAL 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 Haines 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 Mix Hgt 500 600 7200 12000 800 1000 4500 6200 3000 600 T Wind Dir SE S SW SW S S SW S S S T Wind Spd 13 17 23 23 18 13 19 23 23 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 05/02 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 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 56 78 58 79 58 81 62 92 Temp 85 84 66 56 74 76 63 58 76 75 63 59 76 79 66 63 85 89 Dewpt 58 53 56 50 50 53 56 57 59 58 59 59 63 63 63 63 63 57 Min/Max RH 27 85 41 97 50 100 54 100 33 RH 41 34 71 78 43 45 77 97 56 55 87100 63 58 90100 49 34 PWind dir W NE NE SE SE SE SE S SW Wind char <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 30 20 10 10 40 50 50 20 10 Rain shwrs C C S S S C C C C C S Tstms S S S S C C C S C S $$ TXZ035-300915- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 237 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024 Date 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 91 62 91 61 Temp 83 84 70 65 59 58 71 85 90 88 74 69 65 62 73 87 91 85 72 67 63 62 Dewpt 32 29 32 32 33 40 55 46 36 32 40 52 57 60 62 54 47 49 56 57 58 58 RH 16 14 24 29 37 51 57 26 15 13 29 55 75 93 68 32 22 29 57 70 84 87 Wind dir SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S SW S S S S S S SW Wind spd 11 11 8 8 9 11 19 17 17 14 10 17 16 12 17 14 19 20 17 17 16 13 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW CL FW CL FW FW FW CL FW SC SC FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 5 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.04 0.03 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 Haines 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 Mix Hgt 600 500 9600 13500 600 800 7100 12300 5600 1000 T Wind Dir S SW SW SW S S SW S S SW T Wind Spd 12 14 24 20 16 19 20 24 26 19 RFTI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO Date 05/02 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 85 52 79 56 79 56 81 60 91 Temp 82 83 63 53 73 76 62 56 74 73 60 57 74 76 66 61 85 87 Dewpt 42 33 38 38 42 42 49 50 54 51 54 55 58 53 58 58 51 38 Min/Max RH 16 58 27 80 40 93 41 90 17 RH 24 16 39 57 33 30 62 80 50 46 81 93 57 45 75 90 31 18 PWind dir W NE E SE S SE S S SW Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 10 10 10 10 30 40 40 10 5 Rain shwrs S C C C C C Tstms S C C C S C $$ TXZ031-300915- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 237 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024 Date 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu 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 58 94 63 90 62 Temp 85 84 71 65 61 59 76 87 92 90 75 69 66 64 77 87 89 84 73 69 66 63 Dewpt 48 47 51 56 54 53 59 58 51 48 58 62 63 64 66 66 65 64 65 64 65 63 RH 28 28 50 73 79 80 56 38 24 24 57 78 90100 70 50 46 52 78 85 97100 Wind dir S SE SE SE S S SW SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 12 11 11 12 11 11 19 18 16 12 13 16 14 12 14 16 17 17 17 17 13 17 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL SC B1 FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 20 10 40 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.07 0.22 Rain shwrs S C C C C S S S Tstms S S C C C S S S LAL 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 Haines 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 Mix Hgt 500 600 8500 13000 1100 1000 4700 6700 2200 700 T Wind Dir SE S SW SW S S SW S S S T Wind Spd 18 18 26 23 21 19 24 25 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 05/02 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 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 54 79 56 79 57 81 61 92 Temp 83 83 64 54 74 77 62 56 75 77 62 58 75 79 66 62 86 89 Dewpt 55 50 55 45 45 50 55 56 58 58 61 58 62 61 63 62 61 54 Min/Max RH 28 79 34 98 48 100 52 100 30 RH 40 32 72 71 36 40 79 97 55 51 94100 65 53 92100 44 30 PWind dir W NE NE SE SE SE SE S S Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> Avg clouds FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 30 20 10 10 30 40 50 20 10 Rain shwrs S C S S S C C C C C S Tstms S S S S C C C S C S $$ TXZ029-300915- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 237 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024 Date 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 49 89 56 89 56 Temp 82 80 65 57 52 50 70 84 89 86 69 63 60 57 71 86 89 83 68 62 59 57 Dewpt 32 29 33 35 34 33 50 40 31 27 35 48 55 57 60 49 42 45 56 58 57 57 RH 16 15 30 43 50 52 49 21 13 12 28 58 84100 68 28 19 26 65 87 93100 Wind dir SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S S SW SW S S S S S SW Wind spd 10 9 5 6 6 9 17 16 14 11 6 12 13 12 14 14 17 17 17 17 16 16 Clouds CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL FW SC SC FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 0 5 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.03 0.04 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 Haines 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 Mix Hgt 500 500 9900 12900 600 800 9100 13600 6300 600 T Wind Dir S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW T Wind Spd 12 16 25 21 17 23 23 26 26 20 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 05/02 Fri 05/03/24 Sat 05/04/24 Sun 05/05/24 Mon 05/06/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 83 47 75 51 77 51 78 56 88 Temp 78 80 59 48 70 73 56 51 72 71 56 52 72 76 61 57 83 85 Dewpt 41 32 40 35 38 40 49 49 52 51 54 52 57 53 58 57 49 37 Min/Max RH 16 63 28 93 42 100 43 100 18 RH 27 17 49 60 31 30 77 93 49 49 93100 59 45 90100 31 18 PWind dir NW NE E SE S SE S S SW Wind char 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15> Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 10 10 10 10 30 40 40 10 5 Rain shwrs S C C C C C Tstms S C C C S C $$ 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