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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
227 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024
TXZ024-250915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
227 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024
Date 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 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 62 85 58 84 59
Temp 66 66 63 63 63 63 69 76 83 84 71 67 64 60 70 80 84 82 69 67 63 61
Dewpt 60 61 63 63 62 63 64 64 59 47 47 48 34 27 34 33 29 26 26 24 25 27
RH 81 83100100 99 99 83 67 44 28 42 50 32 28 26 18 14 13 20 19 23 27
Wind dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S S SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd 9 10 6 10 9 10 12 14 17 19 17 19 17 17 21 21 20 17 11 17 13 17
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 SC FW FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr 20 20 20 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S S S S
Tstms S S S S S S
LAL 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 600 600 3600 6000 900 700 8000 9600 5700 500
T Wind Dir SE S S S SW W W SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 12 12 18 25 23 23 28 27 20 20
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CL EL EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 04/27 Sun 04/28/24 Mon 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24
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 56 80 51 81 55 88 62 86
Temp 83 81 64 58 75 78 60 53 74 79 61 57 84 85 67 64 83 80
Dewpt 31 26 29 33 36 32 37 39 42 38 46 49 49 46 54 55 56 52
Min/Max RH 13 39 17 59 22 78 22 74 33
RH 15 13 27 39 24 19 43 59 33 23 58 76 30 26 63 74 40 38
PWind dir SW SW W N NE SE S S S
Wind char 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15>
Avg clouds FW SC SC SC CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 10 10 0 0 0 5 10 20 30
Rain shwrs S S C
Tstms S S C
$$
TXZ026-250915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
227 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024
Date 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 63 82 57 86 56
Temp 67 67 64 64 63 64 69 75 80 80 72 68 64 59 70 81 85 83 70 66 61 59
Dewpt 64 64 64 64 63 64 66 66 65 62 61 60 56 44 40 36 33 32 33 33 34 37
RH 90 90100100100100 90 74 60 54 68 76 75 57 33 20 15 16 25 29 36 44
Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S
Wind spd 10 10 9 11 10 10 13 17 20 19 21 17 12 11 17 20 23 17 12 12 11 17
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC CL B2 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr 30 20 40 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.03 0 0
Rain shwrs C C C S S S C C C C C
Tstms C C S S S C C C C C
Obvis BD
LAL 3 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 1000 500 2300 3100 1000 700 8500 10300 2400 500
T Wind Dir SE S S S S SW SW SW SW S
T Wind Spd 14 14 20 26 25 17 23 27 19 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/27 Sun 04/28/24 Mon 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 86 54 81 51 80 54 87 61 85
Temp 82 82 65 57 76 79 61 52 74 79 62 55 81 83 68 62 81 82
Dewpt 44 37 43 36 39 36 42 43 46 44 53 53 57 53 59 58 59 56
Min/Max RH 19 49 20 71 27 96 32 90 38
RH 26 20 45 45 26 21 49 71 37 29 72 93 44 36 73 87 47 41
PWind dir S SW W NE NE SE S SE S
Wind char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 30 20 0 0 5 5 10 20 30
Rain shwrs C C S S S S C
Tstms C C S S S S C
$$
TXZ043-250915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
227 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024
Date 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 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 65 84 58 85 57
Temp 80 81 70 66 65 66 71 77 84 82 72 68 64 59 71 80 85 83 70 64 60 59
Dewpt 66 65 65 65 65 65 66 66 64 61 62 63 60 50 42 36 34 34 33 34 37 47
RH 61 58 84 96 99 97 84 69 51 49 72 83 86 72 35 20 16 17 25 32 43 65
Wind dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S S SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW S S S
Wind spd 9 10 9 9 8 8 12 17 17 17 18 17 12 8 11 16 17 13 9 8 9 13
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 FW B2 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr 30 10 60 0 0
QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0.19 0 0
Rain shwrs C C L L L L C
Tstms C C L L L L C
LAL 3 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 900 1000 3600 4600 1000 700 7000 9000 1300 600
T Wind Dir SE S S S S SW W SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 14 14 21 25 25 17 20 25 16 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO
Date 04/27 Sun 04/28/24 Mon 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24
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 55 84 52 84 56 88 61 86
Temp 82 82 65 56 78 81 61 53 77 81 63 57 82 85 68 62 82 84
Dewpt 48 41 42 36 38 37 39 41 47 45 52 54 59 53 59 60 61 57
Min/Max RH 22 49 19 64 26 92 31 92 37
RH 31 23 42 47 24 21 44 64 35 28 67 91 45 33 73 92 48 40
PWind dir SW SW SW SW NE SE S SE S
Wind char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC SC SC SC CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 30 30 5 0 5 5 10 20 30
Rain shwrs C S C C S S C
Tstms C S C C S S C
$$
TXZ035-250915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
227 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024
Date 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 64 88 55 83 55
Temp 78 77 69 66 64 65 68 79 88 85 72 66 61 57 67 77 82 80 70 65 60 56
Dewpt 60 60 62 62 63 63 65 59 41 30 38 39 29 27 33 32 26 21 23 23 26 28
RH 54 56 78 87 97 93 90 50 19 14 29 37 29 31 28 19 13 11 17 20 27 34
Wind dir SE SE SE SE S S S S S SW SW SW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd 11 13 12 13 12 12 16 14 23 24 17 16 12 13 21 24 26 21 14 14 11 11
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr 20 10 20 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.03 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S
Tstms S S S
LAL 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 2600 1300 3600 11400 900 600 7400 10300 6800 500
T Wind Dir SE S S SW SW W W SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 19 19 20 31 20 19 26 28 23 18
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 4 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL CL NO NO NO NO EL CL CL CL NO NO NO NO
Date 04/27 Sun 04/28/24 Mon 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 82 53 81 50 83 55 87 61 84
Temp 79 78 63 54 75 77 60 51 76 80 62 56 82 83 67 62 80 79
Dewpt 29 23 26 31 33 26 32 35 37 30 42 48 49 44 52 55 56 50
Min/Max RH 13 41 14 54 15 77 24 78 33
RH 16 13 24 41 21 15 35 54 24 16 48 74 32 25 59 78 44 36
PWind dir SW W W SW NW SE S S S
Wind char 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 15>
Avg clouds FW SC SC FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr 5 5 0 0 0 5 10 20 30
Rain shwrs S S C
Tstms S S C
$$
TXZ031-250915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
227 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024
Date 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 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 64 83 58 87 57
Temp 69 70 65 64 64 64 71 76 81 82 72 69 64 59 72 82 86 84 71 66 61 59
Dewpt 64 64 65 64 64 64 67 67 66 61 61 62 57 42 38 36 34 32 32 31 33 36
RH 84 81100100100100 88 76 59 50 67 78 77 53 30 19 16 15 24 27 35 43
Wind dir SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW S S
Wind spd 10 9 8 9 9 9 13 17 19 18 23 17 12 9 16 19 19 14 12 11 9 16
Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B1 SC CL B2 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr 30 20 40 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.02 0 0
Rain shwrs C C S C C C C C
Tstms C C S C C C C C
LAL 3 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 1
Haines 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 600 600 2900 3900 1400 1000 8100 9800 4300 500
T Wind Dir SE S S S S SW W SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 14 16 20 26 25 17 24 27 19 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO
Date 04/27 Sun 04/28/24 Mon 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24
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 55 84 51 82 54 89 61 87
Temp 83 83 65 57 78 81 61 52 75 80 62 55 83 85 68 62 83 84
Dewpt 45 37 42 36 39 36 43 43 47 45 54 54 57 53 61 60 60 56
Min/Max RH 19 45 19 71 27 97 30 92 37
RH 26 19 43 45 25 20 50 71 37 29 74 96 43 33 79 92 46 39
PWind dir SW SW W NE NE SE S S S
Wind char 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 30 20 0 0 5 5 10 20 30
Rain shwrs C S S S S S C
Tstms C S S S S S C
$$
TXZ029-250915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
227 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024
Date 04/24/24 Thu 04/25/24 Fri 04/26/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 59 86 50 80 51
Temp 75 73 62 60 60 59 67 77 86 83 67 62 56 52 65 75 79 77 65 61 55 52
Dewpt 58 58 62 60 60 59 64 60 42 29 32 33 26 27 33 31 27 23 23 22 24 25
RH 55 59100100100100 90 56 21 14 27 33 31 38 30 20 15 13 20 22 30 35
Wind dir SE SE SE S S S S S S SW SW SW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd 9 11 9 12 10 11 13 13 19 20 12 12 11 12 20 23 23 17 12 12 9 11
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr 20 10 10 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.01 0 0
Rain shwrs S
Tstms S
LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
Mix Hgt 1800 900 3300 11700 600 700 7600 10000 6600 600
T Wind Dir SE S SW SW SW W W SW SW SW
T Wind Spd 18 20 21 31 23 20 28 28 23 19
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO EL EL CL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 04/27 Sun 04/28/24 Mon 04/29/24 Tue 04/30/24 Wed 05/01/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 80 49 78 45 79 50 86 56 82
Temp 78 75 58 49 71 74 55 46 72 77 57 51 81 81 62 57 79 76
Dewpt 27 23 27 32 33 26 33 37 38 31 42 48 47 43 52 55 55 49
Min/Max RH 13 52 16 71 17 89 22 93 34
RH 15 14 30 52 25 17 43 71 29 18 57 89 30 26 70 93 44 39
PWind dir SW W W E NE SE S S S
Wind char 15> 15> 15> <15 <15 <15 <15 15> 15>
Avg clouds FW SC SC FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0 0 10 20 40
Rain shwrs S S C
Tstms S S C
$$
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
- National Weather Service
- Paducah, KY Weather Forecast Office
- 8250 Kentucky Highway 3520
- West Paducah, KY 42086-9762
- 270-744-6440
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