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685 FOUS54 KLUB 070814 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 314 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 TXZ024-072115- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 314 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 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 97 64 77 62 87 Temp 72 71 82 93 96 87 74 70 67 66 67 70 75 77 70 67 64 63 74 81 85 86 Dewpt 65 66 66 64 63 64 67 66 67 65 65 66 67 65 67 66 64 63 64 60 58 58 RH 78 84 58 39 34 45 77 88100 98 94 87 75 68 92 97 99 98 70 50 40 40 Wind dir S S SW S S SE E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N NW NW N NE NE E Wind spd 9 9 12 12 12 11 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds FW FW FW CL FW B1 SC B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW PoP 12hr 40 60 70 40 10 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.59 0.56 0 0 Rain shwrs C C C L L L C C C C C C Tstms C C C L L L C C C C C C LAL 1 2 2 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 Haines 6 6 5 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 Mix Hgt 6900 10700 1000 1400 2200 4100 3000 500 7600 9000 T Wind Dir SW S E NE NE NE N NW N NW T Wind Spd 21 18 18 16 17 10 9 6 5 6 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 Wed 07/10/24 Thu 07/11/24 Fri 07/12/24 Sat 07/13/24 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 64 90 66 93 68 95 72 96 Temp 70 65 86 88 71 67 88 90 74 68 91 93 77 72 93 94 Dewpt 60 60 60 59 61 62 61 59 62 61 61 59 61 62 61 58 Max/Min RH 86 35 86 33 79 29 71 29 RH 71 85 43 38 70 84 41 35 67 77 37 32 58 69 35 31 PWind dir S S S SW S S S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 $$ TXZ026-072115- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 314 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 98 65 81 65 88 Temp 73 71 80 92 97 90 76 72 69 67 69 74 78 80 73 70 66 65 76 84 88 86 Dewpt 65 67 66 67 65 65 65 66 67 67 66 67 67 66 66 65 65 64 64 61 58 58 RH 76 86 62 44 35 44 69 81 93 99 91 80 69 62 78 86 95 96 66 46 37 39 Wind dir S S S S S S E E NE N NE NE NE NE NE N N N N N N NE Wind spd 10 9 12 14 14 12 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds FW FW FW CL FW B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL PoP 12hr 40 80 70 40 10 QPF 12hr 0.27 0.25 0.48 0 0 Rain shwrs C D C C L L L C C C C C C Tstms C D C C L L L C C C C C C LAL 1 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 Haines 6 6 5 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 Mix Hgt 5000 8300 700 1300 2600 5300 3800 300 7800 10300 T Wind Dir S S E NE NE N N N N N T Wind Spd 20 23 18 13 11 12 10 9 6 6 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 07/10/24 Thu 07/11/24 Fri 07/12/24 Sat 07/13/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 64 91 67 94 70 97 72 98 Temp 71 64 86 88 74 67 89 91 78 70 93 94 79 72 94 95 Dewpt 60 61 61 59 62 63 63 60 63 63 64 62 64 64 65 61 Max/Min RH 90 35 88 33 78 32 76 30 RH 67 89 42 37 65 86 43 36 60 77 39 35 60 75 39 32 PWind dir SE S SE S S S S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 $$ TXZ043-072115- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 314 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 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 101 67 80 65 90 Temp 74 73 84 93 99 98 83 76 72 69 71 74 79 79 74 71 68 66 76 83 88 89 Dewpt 66 67 66 65 62 61 65 68 67 67 68 67 66 66 68 68 66 65 66 63 59 57 RH 77 81 56 39 30 30 56 75 86 95 90 79 65 63 82 91 94 97 70 50 37 34 Wind dir S S S S S S E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N N N NE NE Wind spd 6 5 9 12 11 11 10 9 8 6 9 10 11 11 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 Clouds FW FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 40 50 30 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.06 0.29 0 0 Rain shwrs C C S C C C C C C C C C Tstms C C S C C C C C C C C C LAL 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 Haines 6 6 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 Mix Hgt 6100 8600 600 700 1900 3500 2700 400 6800 8600 T Wind Dir S S SE E NE NE N N N N T Wind Spd 17 18 21 16 20 18 11 10 9 9 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 Wed 07/10/24 Thu 07/11/24 Fri 07/12/24 Sat 07/13/24 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 66 94 69 96 72 98 73 99 Temp 73 67 87 93 75 69 89 95 78 72 94 96 80 73 94 97 Dewpt 61 61 59 54 60 61 60 56 62 62 61 58 63 64 62 58 Max/Min RH 85 26 78 26 72 27 74 26 RH 67 83 39 27 60 76 37 27 58 70 35 29 56 72 35 28 PWind dir E SE SE S SE S S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 $$ TXZ035-072115- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 314 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 100 65 76 63 87 Temp 74 72 81 94 99 92 79 74 71 67 67 70 75 73 68 65 65 63 73 82 87 85 Dewpt 63 64 64 61 56 57 60 64 64 65 64 65 65 64 64 64 62 61 63 60 56 55 RH 69 75 56 33 24 31 52 71 79 92 89 84 72 74 88 95 91 92 71 47 35 35 Wind dir S S SW SW SW S E E E E NE E NE NE NE NE N N N NE NE E Wind spd 12 12 16 16 14 13 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 10 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 Clouds FW FW FW CL FW SC SC FW B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL FW PoP 12hr 20 40 60 50 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.35 0 0 Rain shwrs S S C C C L L C C C C Tstms S S C C C L L C C C C LAL 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 3 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 Mix Hgt 7100 11400 1300 1400 2000 3400 2700 600 6800 8900 T Wind Dir SW SW E E E NE NE N N N T Wind Spd 21 17 21 19 18 16 11 6 5 6 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 07/10/24 Thu 07/11/24 Fri 07/12/24 Sat 07/13/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 91 67 93 70 96 72 96 Temp 71 66 86 88 73 67 88 90 76 70 91 93 78 72 91 93 Dewpt 58 58 60 57 60 59 60 57 58 59 61 56 59 61 61 57 Max/Min RH 75 33 76 30 67 28 68 28 RH 63 75 42 35 64 75 39 33 54 67 37 29 52 68 37 30 PWind dir SE S SE S S S S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 10 20 10 10 5 5 5 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ TXZ031-072115- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 314 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 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 99 65 80 64 90 Temp 74 73 84 93 97 90 77 72 69 67 70 73 77 80 72 69 65 64 76 82 88 88 Dewpt 67 68 68 67 66 66 68 68 68 67 68 69 68 67 69 68 65 64 66 63 60 59 RH 79 85 60 44 37 45 74 87 98 99 95 87 74 66 89 99100 99 72 52 40 38 Wind dir S S S S S S E E NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N N N N N NE Wind spd 8 6 12 13 13 12 9 8 6 5 8 9 10 9 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 Clouds FW FW FW CL FW B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL PoP 12hr 30 70 70 40 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.50 0.86 0 0 Rain shwrs C L C C L L L C C C C C C Tstms C L C C L L L C C C C C C LAL 1 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 Haines 6 6 5 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 Mix Hgt 5500 8200 900 1500 2300 5300 3800 600 7300 9000 T Wind Dir S S E NE NE N N N N N T Wind Spd 20 23 18 13 13 12 10 9 8 8 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 Wed 07/10/24 Thu 07/11/24 Fri 07/12/24 Sat 07/13/24 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 64 92 67 95 70 98 72 99 Temp 72 65 87 89 74 67 90 93 78 70 94 95 79 72 95 96 Dewpt 63 62 62 59 63 63 63 60 64 63 63 61 64 64 64 61 Max/Min RH 93 34 89 33 80 31 77 30 RH 73 91 44 36 69 86 41 35 63 78 37 33 61 76 37 32 PWind dir SE S S S S S S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 $$ TXZ029-072115- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 314 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024 Date Sun 07/07/24 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 97 60 74 57 85 Temp 70 68 81 92 96 88 73 67 65 63 65 68 73 73 65 64 60 58 71 78 83 84 Dewpt 64 64 64 60 57 58 64 65 65 63 64 64 64 63 65 64 60 58 61 58 55 54 RH 81 88 57 35 27 36 73 93100100 97 88 74 70 99100100100 71 50 38 35 Wind dir S S SW SW S E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N NE NE E Wind spd 10 10 14 12 11 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 Clouds FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW PoP 12hr 30 50 70 40 10 QPF 12hr 0.18 0.15 0.89 0 0 Rain shwrs C S S C L L L L C C C C Tstms C S S C L L L L C C C C LAL 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 1 1 Haines 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 Mix Hgt 6900 12900 900 1400 2200 4000 2700 500 7700 9200 T Wind Dir SW SW E E NE NE NE N NW NW T Wind Spd 23 14 21 19 18 11 8 5 5 6 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Wed 07/10/24 Thu 07/11/24 Fri 07/12/24 Sat 07/13/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 61 89 61 90 64 93 67 93 Temp 67 62 84 86 68 62 85 87 72 65 89 91 74 67 89 91 Dewpt 59 58 58 56 60 59 58 56 59 59 59 55 60 60 59 55 Max/Min RH 92 34 92 32 83 27 78 28 RH 75 87 41 37 75 89 40 35 64 82 37 30 62 77 37 29 PWind dir SE S S SW S S S SW Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 10 20 10 10 10 5 5 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ 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