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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
207 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

TXZ024-112015-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
207 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date           07/11/24      Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24            Sun
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                      72          99          72          97          72
Temp          96 95 83 78 75 74 87 95 98 96 84 78 75 73 85 93 97 95 84 78 74 73
Dewpt         54 51 55 57 55 55 56 52 52 54 56 58 58 59 60 56 54 54 57 60 62 63
RH            25 23 39 48 50 52 36 23 21 24 39 50 55 61 43 29 24 25 41 54 66 71
Wind dir       S  S  S SW SW SW  W  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd       6  8  6  8  8  8  9  8  9 10  9  9  8  8  9  9  9 10  9  9 10 11
Clouds        SC FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     5
Mix Hgt              1500   600 11700 12400  2500   600  8800 10500  6700   600
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW     S     S    SW    SW     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd             14    18    16    11    17    18    13    12    16    19
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           07/14  Mon 07/15/24  Tue 07/16/24  Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24
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          97      73    98      73    96      72    94      70    87
Temp          92 95   78 74 94 95   79 73 93 94   78 73 89 91   74 70 82 85
Dewpt         60 58   62 64 60 59   62 64 61 60   63 64 63 63   66 66 65 64
Min/Max RH       27      72    27      72    30      76    36      88    46
RH            35 30   58 72 33 30   57 72 36 33   61 73 42 40   76 86 57 51
PWind dir        SW       S    SW       S     S       S     S       E    NE
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5    10      20    30      40    30
Rain shwrs                                         S  S     C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                              S  S     C    C  C  C  C

$$
TXZ026-112015-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
207 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date           07/11/24      Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24            Sun
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                      71         101          72          99          73
Temp          99 97 85 80 74 71 85 97 99 99 88 83 76 72 84 95 99 97 87 81 76 74
Dewpt         55 54 56 59 58 58 58 56 55 55 58 59 61 61 62 59 57 57 59 61 63 63
RH            23 24 37 49 57 63 40 26 23 23 36 44 60 68 48 30 25 27 39 51 64 69
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd       6  9  8  9  8  5  8  9 10 11 10 10  9  6  8  9 10 11 10  9  9  9
Clouds        FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     5
Mix Hgt               500   400 10300 11900  1500   500  7900  9400  6000   400
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW     S     S     S    SW     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd             13    12    11    11    18    14    12    13    18    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           07/14  Mon 07/15/24  Tue 07/16/24  Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24
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          98      74    98      74    98      72    96      71    91
Temp          94 96   81 74 93 96   82 74 94 94   79 72 92 94   77 71 86 89
Dewpt         63 59   61 64 63 60   62 64 64 62   64 65 66 64   67 67 67 65
Min/Max RH       28      71    29      71    30      79    36      88    43
RH            36 29   51 71 37 30   51 71 37 35   60 79 43 37   71 87 53 45
PWind dir        SW       S     S       S     S       S     S       E     E
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5       5    10      20    20      30    30
Rain shwrs                                            S     S    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S     S    C  C  C  C

$$
TXZ043-112015-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
207 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date           07/11/24      Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24            Sun
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                      72         100          72          97          74
Temp          97 96 85 79 74 72 86 95 99 99 87 81 76 72 84 92 96 95 85 80 76 74
Dewpt         55 54 58 57 58 58 62 58 57 55 58 60 62 63 64 61 59 58 63 64 65 66
RH            25 25 41 47 56 62 45 29 25 23 38 49 62 74 51 35 29 29 47 58 69 75
Wind dir       S SE SE  S  S SW  W  S SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd       5  8  5  5  5  5  5  5  8  9  8  6  5  5  8  8  9  9  9  8  8  6
Clouds        FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     5
Mix Hgt               900   500  9300 11300  4200   600  7700 10200  5900   700
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW    SE    SE    SW    SW     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd             13    14    11    11    17    14    13    12    18    13
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           07/14  Mon 07/15/24  Tue 07/16/24  Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24
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          97      74    98      74    99      72    96      70    91
Temp          92 96   80 74 93 95   80 74 93 96   79 72 91 95   77 71 86 89
Dewpt         65 59   63 64 64 60   63 65 64 60   64 65 66 62   66 67 67 64
Min/Max RH       29      72    28      73    28      79    33      88    41
RH            41 30   58 71 37 31   56 73 39 30   61 79 43 35   70 86 53 44
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S       E    SE
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     5       5    10      20    20      30    30
Rain shwrs                                            S     S    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                                 S     S    C  C  S  C

$$
TXZ035-112015-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
207 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date           07/11/24      Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24            Sun
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                      70          97          68          93          70
Temp          95 93 83 77 73 70 82 91 96 93 84 77 72 68 79 88 93 90 82 76 73 70
Dewpt         52 50 52 52 53 55 59 56 53 52 54 56 57 59 62 58 56 54 57 60 62 63
RH            23 23 34 42 49 59 46 31 24 25 36 48 59 73 56 36 29 30 43 58 68 78
Wind dir       S  S SE  S  S SW  W  S SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd       6  9  9  9  9  8  9  9 10 12  9  9  9  8 10  9 10 12 12 12 11  9
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     4     4     4     3     3     3
Mix Hgt              5200   500  9900 11700  3400   500  7500  9800  6400   800
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW    SE    SE    SW    SW     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd             13    16    13    11    16    16    13    12    17    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           07/14  Mon 07/15/24  Tue 07/16/24  Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24
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          94      72    94      72    93      71    93      70    88
Temp          88 90   77 72 89 89   78 72 89 89   75 71 88 88   74 70 85 86
Dewpt         62 59   62 64 62 60   63 64 64 62   63 64 65 63   65 65 66 64
Min/Max RH       32      76    34      76    36      79    37      84    46
RH            42 35   60 76 41 38   60 76 44 41   66 79 47 43   74 84 53 48
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S      SE     E
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       5     5       5    20      20    30      40    30
Rain shwrs                                    S    S  S     C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                         S    S  S     C    C  C  S  C

$$
TXZ031-112015-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
207 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date           07/11/24      Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24            Sun
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                      71         101          72          99          74
Temp          99 98 85 80 74 71 88 98100 99 88 82 77 72 87 94 98 97 86 81 77 74
Dewpt         56 56 59 59 58 58 60 57 57 57 59 61 61 62 63 59 57 58 61 63 65 65
RH            25 25 41 50 58 63 39 26 24 26 39 49 59 72 46 31 26 28 44 54 68 72
Wind dir       S SE  S  S  S  S SW  S  S SE SE  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd       6  9  6  5  5  5  6  8  9 10  9  8  6  5  6  9  9 10  9  8  8  6
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     6     5
Mix Hgt               800   600 10600 11600  1400   700  8300  9700  6200   900
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW     S     S    SW    SW     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd             13    13    11    11    17    16    13    12    17    16
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           07/14  Mon 07/15/24  Tue 07/16/24  Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24
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          98      75    99      74    99      72    96      70    90
Temp          94 96   81 75 95 97   81 75 95 96   79 73 91 93   76 70 85 88
Dewpt         64 62   63 65 64 61   63 65 64 63   64 66 66 65   68 68 67 67
Min/Max RH       30      73    29      74    30      81    35      93    46
RH            38 32   55 73 36 31   54 73 36 34   60 80 44 39   76 92 57 50
PWind dir        SW       S     S       S     S       S     S       E     E
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5       5    10      20    20      30    30
Rain shwrs                                            S     S    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S     S    C  C  C  C

$$
TXZ029-112015-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
207 PM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024

Date           07/11/24      Fri 07/12/24            Sat 07/13/24            Sun
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          95          66          94          66
Temp          93 92 80 74 69 66 82 91 94 92 80 74 70 66 81 89 93 92 80 73 70 66
Dewpt         52 49 53 54 53 53 56 52 50 51 54 56 57 58 59 56 53 52 56 59 62 63
RH            25 23 39 50 57 63 41 27 23 25 41 53 63 75 47 33 26 26 44 62 76 90
Wind dir       S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd       5  8  6  5  6  5  9  9  9  9  8  8  6  5  9  9  9  9  9  9  9  8
Clouds        SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
Haines                  3     3     3     3     4     4     4     3     3     3
Mix Hgt              5600   600 10700 12400  3300   500  8300 10400  6400   600
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW     S     S     S    SW     S     S    SW
T Wind Spd             13    17    14    10    16    18    13    12    16    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           07/14  Mon 07/15/24  Tue 07/16/24  Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24
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          93      68    93      68    93      67    91      65    85
Temp          86 92   76 69 88 91   75 69 88 90   73 67 87 88   70 66 82 83
Dewpt         60 57   63 64 59 57   62 63 61 59   63 64 63 61   66 65 64 63
Min/Max RH       30      86    30      84    32      90    36     100    48
RH            42 31   64 84 38 32   64 81 40 35   71 90 45 40   87 97 55 51
PWind dir        SW       S     S       S     S       S     S       E     E
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     5       5    10      20    30      40    30
Rain shwrs                                         S  S     C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                              S  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