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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
200 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

TXZ024-210900-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
200 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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          88          66          80          63
Temp          94 91 81 74 71 69 77 82 86 85 76 72 69 67 71 74 78 79 72 67 65 64
Dewpt         60 61 64 66 67 67 65 64 61 60 63 65 66 66 64 63 61 61 63 63 62 62
RH            32 38 56 78 86 92 68 53 43 43 64 78 89 97 80 69 57 54 72 86 90 92
Wind dir      NE  S SW  W NW  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  N  N  N  E  E  E SE SW  W  W
Wind spd       6  6  5  4  4  5  5  8  8  8  5  4  3  4  4  5  5  5  4  3  3  3
Clouds        FW SC SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          20          40          40          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02        0.18        0.21           0
Rain shwrs     S  S  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C        S  S
Tstms          S  S  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C        S  S
LAL               2     2     2     2     2     3     3     3     3     1     2
Haines            6     5     5     5     5     5     4     4     4     4     5
Mix Hgt        9000  2500   600  5300  6900  4100  1200  2700  4400  2800   500
T Wind Dir        W    SW     N    NE    NE    NE     N    NE     E     S     W
T Wind Spd        9     9     8    11    11    13    10    10     6     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           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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      67    92      67    93      68    94      69    93
Temp          85 88   72 68 88 90   73 68 89 91   74 69 90 92   75 70 89 91
Dewpt         58 57   62 63 59 58   63 64 60 57   62 63 58 56   61 63 60 59
Min/Max RH       33      86    32      88    29      83    28      78    31
RH            41 36   71 84 38 34   70 86 38 32   66 81 34 30   62 78 37 35
PWind dir         S       S     S      SE    SE       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <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 FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      20    10      10    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                S
Tstms                     S

$$
TXZ026-210900-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
200 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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          89          67          83          64
Temp          95 92 81 75 71 69 77 84 89 88 79 74 70 68 73 78 81 81 75 71 67 65
Dewpt         61 63 65 68 68 67 67 66 63 63 63 65 66 65 66 65 63 62 63 64 64 63
RH            33 38 58 79 90 94 71 55 42 43 58 74 87 90 79 64 54 53 66 79 90 93
Wind dir      SE  S  S SE  W  N NE NE NE NE  E  E NE NE  N NE  E  E  S  S  W NW
Wind spd       6  8  5  5  5  5  6  8  8  8  5  5  4  5  4  5  5  5  4  3  2  2
Clouds        FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          20          30          40          10
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0           0        0.13           0
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C  S  S           S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms          S  C  C  C  S  S           S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
LAL               2     3     2     1     1     2     3     3     2     1     1
Haines            5     5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mix Hgt        8700   500   500  5100  6800  3900   500  3200  5100  3000   300
T Wind Dir       SW     S     N    NE    NE    NE    NE    NE    NE    SW     W
T Wind Spd        9    11     8    11    12    13    10    12     9     9     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           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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          91      67    93      68    94      69    95      70    96
Temp          86 89   74 68 90 90   76 68 90 92   77 69 91 92   78 70 91 93
Dewpt         62 59   64 65 62 59   65 65 63 59   64 64 62 58   63 64 63 61
Min/Max RH       34      92    33      91    32      86    30      82    33
RH            45 37   71 90 39 35   69 90 41 33   64 84 38 32   60 81 40 35
PWind dir        SE       S    SE      SE    SE       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <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 FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      10    10      10    10       5     5       5    10

$$
TXZ043-210900-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
200 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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                      69          90          69          80          65
Temp          93 87 79 76 72 70 79 85 89 88 79 74 71 70 74 76 78 79 74 70 67 65
Dewpt         62 64 66 68 68 67 67 66 65 63 66 68 68 67 67 66 65 63 65 65 65 64
RH            36 47 66 77 89 91 67 52 44 43 65 82 90 92 79 71 64 59 75 85 93 97
Wind dir      SW  S  S  S  W  W  N NE NE  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  S  W NW
Wind spd       5  5  5  4  4  4  5  6  6  6  5  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  4  2  2  2
Clouds        B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30          40          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.24        0.30           0
Rain shwrs     C  C  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C        S  S  S
Tstms          C  C  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C        S  S  S
LAL               3     2     2     2     3     3     3     3     3     1     2
Haines            6     5     5     5     5     4     4     4     4     4     4
Mix Hgt        8800   600   500  5200  7100  2300  1000  3700  3800  2400   400
T Wind Dir        S     S     W     N    NE     E    NE    NE    NE     E    NW
T Wind Spd       10    11     8     9    11    13     9    11    11     8     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           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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      66    94      68    92      68    94      69    93
Temp          83 88   74 67 88 90   75 68 86 91   75 68 87 93   76 69 87 92
Dewpt         62 60   66 66 62 59   66 66 63 60   64 66 62 58   64 66 63 60
Min/Max RH       37      97    33      94    34      94    31      91    33
RH            48 39   76 96 42 35   74 93 46 35   69 93 43 32   66 90 46 34
PWind dir        NE      SE    NE      SE     E       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      10    10       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     S  S             S
Tstms          S  S             S

$$
TXZ035-210900-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
200 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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          87          66          78          62
Temp          91 84 78 73 71 69 76 83 86 82 75 72 69 67 70 73 77 76 70 67 64 62
Dewpt         59 61 62 63 64 64 65 64 63 62 63 63 64 65 64 63 63 61 62 61 62 61
RH            34 46 58 71 79 85 70 53 46 51 66 73 84 93 81 71 62 60 76 81 93 97
Wind dir      SW  E  S  W NW NW  N NE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE NW NW
Wind spd       6  8  5  5  5  5  6  8  9  9  8  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  3  3  4
Clouds        SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          40          60          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.03        0.37           0
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C        S  S
Tstms          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C        S  S
LAL               2     2     2     2     3     3     4     3     3     1     2
Haines            3     3     2     2     2     2     2     2     2     2     2
Mix Hgt        7800  2900   500  5600  6700  2100  1100  2200  3700  2500   400
T Wind Dir        W     S    NW     N    NE     E    NE    NE     E    NE    NW
T Wind Spd        9    10    10    10    11    12    11    11     9     8     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           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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          87      66    91      66    91      67    93      69    93
Temp          82 84   72 67 86 87   74 67 86 88   74 68 87 88   75 69 86 88
Dewpt         61 58   60 62 62 58   60 62 61 58   60 63 60 56   60 63 62 59
Min/Max RH       38      86    35      85    34      84    31      81    34
RH            49 41   66 84 45 38   62 84 43 36   62 84 40 34   60 81 45 38
PWind dir        NE      SE     S      SE    SE       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <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 SC FW
PoP 12hr         10      20    20      10    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                S     S
Tstms                     S     S

$$
TXZ031-210900-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
200 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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          90          67          82          63
Temp          96 93 81 75 71 69 78 85 89 89 79 74 70 68 73 77 80 81 74 70 66 64
Dewpt         63 64 67 69 69 69 68 67 64 63 66 68 68 68 67 65 64 63 65 65 65 64
RH            34 39 62 82 94100 72 55 44 43 64 82 94100 81 68 60 54 75 85 97 99
Wind dir       S  S SW  S  W  N NE NE NE NE  E  E NE  N  N NE  E  E SE SW  W  W
Wind spd       8  8  5  3  3  4  5  8  8  8  5  3  2  3  4  5  5  5  3  2  2  2
Clouds        SC SC SC SC B1 FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          20          30          40          10
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0           0        0.18           0
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C  S  S  S        S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  C  C  C  S  S  S        S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
LAL               3     3     2     2     1     2     3     3     2     1     1
Haines            5     5     5     4     5     5     4     4     5     5     4
Mix Hgt        7800  1300   600  5200  7100  3200  1100  3300  4700  3100   600
T Wind Dir       SW     S    NW    NE    NE    NE     N    NE     E    SW     W
T Wind Spd       10    11     6    11    11    13    10    13     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           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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          91      67    94      68    94      68    95      69    95
Temp          86 89   74 67 90 91   76 68 90 92   76 69 91 92   77 69 90 93
Dewpt         62 60   66 65 62 60   66 67 63 60   65 65 62 59   64 66 63 62
Min/Max RH       36      97    33      98    34      91    31      90    34
RH            46 38   76 94 40 36   73 97 41 35   70 89 38 33   66 90 42 36
PWind dir        SE       S    SE      SE    SE       S     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <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 FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      10    20      10    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                      S
Tstms                           S

$$
TXZ029-210900-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
200 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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          85          62          76          58
Temp          89 85 76 71 66 65 74 80 83 81 71 68 65 63 68 71 74 75 68 64 61 59
Dewpt         58 60 64 65 66 65 64 61 59 60 63 65 65 63 63 61 59 59 62 62 61 59
RH            35 43 66 81100100 70 52 44 49 76 90100100 84 71 59 58 81 93100100
Wind dir       S  S  S  W NW NW NE NE  E NE  E  E NE NE NE  E  E SE SE  S  W  W
Wind spd       5  5  5  3  3  4  5  8  8  8  5  4  3  3  4  5  5  5  3  2  2  2
Clouds        SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          40          50          50          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.24        0.25           0
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C        S  S
Tstms          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C        S  S
LAL               2     2     2     2     3     3     3     3     3     1     2
Haines            3     3     2     2     2     2     2     2     2     2     2
Mix Hgt        8700  2200   500  6100  7200  3200   900  2500  4300  2400   500
T Wind Dir        W     S    NW    NE    NE    NE    NE    NE     E    SW     W
T Wind Spd        8     8    11    12    11    11    11    12     8     8     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           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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      61    89      61    90      62    91      64    90
Temp          81 84   69 62 84 86   69 62 85 88   70 63 86 89   71 64 85 88
Dewpt         57 56   60 61 58 56   61 62 58 55   61 61 57 54   60 62 59 57
Min/Max RH       35     100    34     100    31      94    28      93    33
RH            44 38   73 97 41 36   76100 40 33   73 93 37 30   68 93 41 35
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   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      20    10      10    10       5     5       5    10
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