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415 FOUS54 KLUB 180702 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 202 AM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024 TXZ024-182130- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 202 AM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024 Date Thu 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24 Sat 07/20/24 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 91 66 93 71 93 Temp 71 68 78 86 90 91 79 73 69 68 78 87 92 92 82 77 73 72 80 88 92 87 Dewpt 66 66 65 62 60 57 59 58 58 59 60 59 58 57 58 59 59 61 61 60 60 63 RH 83 92 65 45 37 33 51 60 69 73 54 40 33 31 45 53 62 69 52 40 35 45 Wind dir N N E E E SE E E E S S S S S SE S S S SW SW SW SW Wind spd 4 2 5 8 10 10 4 5 1 3 5 6 8 9 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 8 Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 5 10 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S S S C C C Tstms S S S S C C C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Haines 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 500 8400 9100 5300 400 6800 8900 4600 100 5500 7200 T Wind Dir E E SE NE N SE S SE SE SW S T Wind Spd 6 6 12 12 6 8 9 14 8 10 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 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue 07/23/24 Wed 07/24/24 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 68 90 65 83 64 88 66 92 Temp 73 69 84 85 69 66 75 82 68 65 82 85 71 67 86 89 Dewpt 65 65 62 61 63 62 60 60 63 62 59 59 62 62 60 59 Max/Min RH 87 41 89 46 93 37 86 33 RH 78 86 48 44 81 88 60 47 83 90 46 41 74 84 42 37 PWind dir W NE NE NE W E S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 50 40 30 30 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C C S S S S S S S Tstms C C C C C C C C S S S S S S S $$ TXZ026-182130- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 202 AM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024 Date Thu 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24 Sat 07/20/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 93 68 93 70 93 Temp 72 70 80 89 92 91 82 76 70 69 77 88 93 91 84 79 74 71 80 88 92 88 Dewpt 67 66 67 63 60 57 57 58 60 60 62 61 59 58 58 60 60 61 62 62 62 64 RH 84 87 65 43 35 32 43 54 70 73 60 40 32 33 41 52 62 71 54 42 37 45 Wind dir N NE E E E E E E E SE S SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S Wind spd 5 4 5 6 8 9 5 4 3 3 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 5 8 8 8 8 Clouds FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 5 5 10 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S C C C Tstms S S C C C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Haines 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 300 8700 9600 5900 300 7600 9300 5600 600 2400 8100 T Wind Dir NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE S S T Wind Spd 8 9 12 12 6 8 5 13 10 13 11 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue 07/23/24 Wed 07/24/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 68 91 67 85 65 90 68 93 Temp 74 69 86 86 73 67 79 84 71 65 84 89 74 68 88 90 Dewpt 66 66 64 62 65 64 63 61 63 63 62 60 63 63 63 60 Max/Min RH 92 41 91 45 95 37 85 35 RH 76 90 48 45 76 90 58 46 76 93 48 38 69 84 43 37 PWind dir SE NE NE NE NE E S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 50 40 30 30 10 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C C S S S S S Tstms C C C C C C C C S S S S S $$ TXZ043-182130- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 202 AM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024 Date Thu 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24 Sat 07/20/24 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 94 70 95 71 95 Temp 73 70 80 89 93 93 83 76 72 68 79 87 93 94 84 79 74 72 82 91 94 91 Dewpt 68 67 67 62 59 56 58 58 59 62 64 61 59 57 59 60 60 61 62 60 60 61 RH 84 90 64 42 32 29 43 53 63 80 59 42 32 29 43 53 61 69 50 37 32 37 Wind dir NE N NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SW S E Wind spd 5 4 6 8 9 8 5 4 4 2 4 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 0 0 5 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C C S Tstms C C S LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 Haines 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 500 8300 9300 5300 400 7800 9600 6100 200 7500 8400 T Wind Dir NE NE E E E E SE SE SE S S T Wind Spd 10 12 10 9 6 8 6 6 4 11 12 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 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue 07/23/24 Wed 07/24/24 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 71 92 67 86 65 90 66 93 Temp 76 71 86 86 73 67 80 84 70 65 83 87 72 67 86 90 Dewpt 66 66 64 64 66 65 64 62 65 64 61 60 64 65 63 60 Max/Min RH 87 41 94 49 99 39 95 36 RH 71 84 49 47 79 93 58 49 84 97 47 41 76 92 47 37 PWind dir SE N NE NE NE E S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 50 60 40 50 30 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C L C C C C S C S S S S S Tstms S C C L C C C C S C S S S S S $$ TXZ035-182130- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 202 AM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024 Date Thu 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24 Sat 07/20/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 90 66 93 71 91 Temp 71 69 76 84 89 86 79 74 70 68 77 86 92 90 82 78 74 71 79 85 89 83 Dewpt 65 65 65 64 61 57 57 57 57 58 60 60 59 57 57 57 58 59 62 62 61 62 RH 81 87 69 51 39 37 47 55 64 70 56 42 33 33 43 48 57 66 56 46 39 49 Wind dir NE NE E E SE SE E E E SE S S S S SE SE S S SW SW SW E Wind spd 8 4 8 9 9 9 8 5 4 5 8 9 8 10 9 9 8 6 9 8 8 9 Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 5 10 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S C C C Tstms S S C C C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Haines 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 600 7700 9200 5400 400 7300 9700 6300 200 8500 9500 T Wind Dir NE E SE E N SE S SE S S S T Wind Spd 10 9 11 13 6 8 9 9 6 10 12 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue 07/23/24 Wed 07/24/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 68 88 66 82 64 87 66 91 Temp 73 68 82 82 71 66 75 78 68 64 81 83 71 66 84 87 Dewpt 64 64 63 60 63 62 63 61 62 61 61 59 61 62 62 58 Max/Min RH 87 43 87 53 91 41 87 35 RH 73 87 53 47 76 87 66 56 81 90 51 44 71 87 48 38 PWind dir SE NE NE NE E E S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 60 60 40 40 30 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C L L C C C C C C C S S S S S S Tstms C L L C C C C C C C S S S S S S $$ TXZ031-182130- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 202 AM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024 Date Thu 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24 Sat 07/20/24 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 95 69 95 70 93 Temp 71 69 80 90 94 94 84 77 72 68 78 86 93 94 84 79 74 70 81 89 92 89 Dewpt 69 68 67 64 61 58 59 58 60 61 63 61 60 59 61 60 61 62 63 63 63 64 RH 93 99 65 43 34 30 43 53 66 80 61 44 33 31 46 53 65 75 56 43 38 45 Wind dir N NE E E E E E E E SE S SE SE SE SE SE S S S SW S S Wind spd 4 4 5 8 8 8 4 5 3 2 4 5 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 5 5 10 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S C C C Tstms S S C C C LAL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Haines 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 600 8300 9700 6100 300 7300 8900 5100 300 2000 7200 T Wind Dir NE E E E E SE SE SE SE S S T Wind Spd 8 9 11 10 6 8 5 10 9 11 11 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 Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue 07/23/24 Wed 07/24/24 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 68 92 66 85 64 90 66 94 Temp 74 69 87 87 72 66 79 82 70 64 85 89 73 67 87 92 Dewpt 67 67 66 64 66 65 63 62 65 64 61 60 65 65 63 61 Max/Min RH 97 41 98 48 99 37 97 36 RH 79 95 50 46 82 97 58 51 85 99 46 39 77 94 46 37 PWind dir S NE NE NE N E S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 50 40 30 30 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C C S S S S S S Tstms C C C C C C C C S S S S S S $$ TXZ029-182130- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 202 AM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024 Date Thu 07/18/24 Fri 07/19/24 Sat 07/20/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 86 63 91 66 88 Temp 66 64 75 82 85 85 75 70 66 64 76 85 89 90 79 74 69 67 77 84 87 82 Dewpt 66 64 64 62 58 57 58 58 58 58 57 57 57 56 58 58 59 60 61 59 59 61 RH 100100 69 51 40 39 55 67 75 81 52 39 34 32 49 57 70 78 58 43 39 49 Wind dir NE NE E SE SE SE E E E S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW S Wind spd 5 3 6 8 8 8 8 5 2 4 5 8 8 8 6 5 5 5 6 8 6 5 Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 5 20 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.09 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S C C C Tstms S S S S S S S S C C C LAL 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 Haines 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Mix Hgt 500 8300 8700 4800 100 7200 9300 5800 100 7400 8400 T Wind Dir E E SE E NW SE S SE S S S T Wind Spd 8 6 12 18 6 6 9 11 8 8 11 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date Sun 07/21/24 Mon 07/22/24 Tue 07/23/24 Wed 07/24/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 63 87 61 80 59 85 60 89 Temp 69 64 82 82 67 61 73 79 64 59 79 82 67 61 83 86 Dewpt 65 64 60 58 63 61 59 58 62 59 57 57 61 61 58 57 Max/Min RH 100 40 100 47 100 38 100 34 RH 87100 47 44 87100 62 49 93100 47 43 81100 43 37 PWind dir W NE NE NE E E S S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 60 50 40 40 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C L C C C C C C S S S S S S S Tstms C L C C C C C C S S S S S S S $$ 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 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