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986 FOUS54 KLUB 041851 PFWLUB Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Lubbock TX 151 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024 TXZ024-042000- Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX 34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft 151 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024 Date 07/04/24 Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 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 67 82 64 88 69 Temp 97 91 83 77 73 69 70 75 80 81 73 68 66 65 74 81 87 87 77 73 72 70 Dewpt 65 67 68 68 66 64 62 61 61 61 62 62 62 61 62 64 65 66 67 67 67 66 RH 36 45 62 75 80 85 75 64 52 50 69 81 86 88 68 56 48 50 72 82 84 86 Wind dir N S NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE E S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 10 9 8 5 4 4 4 5 6 9 10 8 8 6 6 Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 30 30 30 QPF 12hr 0.11 0.17 0.04 0.03 0.01 Rain shwrs S S S C C C S S C C C C S S C C Tstms S S S C C C S S C C C C S S C C LAL 2 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 2 3 1 Haines 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 Mix Hgt 8500 2400 2900 3600 5000 2900 500 4800 6000 3300 600 T Wind Dir NW NE NE E E E SE S S S S T Wind Spd 9 13 19 17 12 9 8 11 14 13 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 07/07 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed 07/10/24 Thu 07/11/24 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 96 65 82 65 85 66 88 67 89 Temp 92 92 70 65 76 80 68 66 79 84 71 67 83 86 71 68 84 88 Dewpt 64 62 66 65 66 66 67 65 66 65 66 65 65 63 66 66 66 64 Min/Max RH 34 99 59 100 51 97 43 95 43 RH 40 37 86 99 72 62 96 99 64 53 86 92 54 46 86 92 55 45 PWind dir S E NE NE E S S S E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 50 30 30 20 30 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C S C C S S C S S S S S S Tstms S C C C S C C S S C S S S S S S $$ TXZ026-042000- Childress-Childress TX 34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft 151 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024 Date 07/04/24 Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 70 85 66 89 70 Temp 100 93 84 79 75 71 72 79 83 84 76 73 69 66 75 83 88 87 79 76 73 70 Dewpt 65 67 69 69 68 66 63 62 60 60 61 61 62 62 61 63 64 65 66 67 68 68 RH 32 43 61 72 79 84 73 56 46 44 60 66 78 87 62 51 45 48 64 74 84 93 Wind dir S N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E SE S S S S SE S S S Wind spd 5 8 10 11 12 12 12 11 10 9 5 5 4 4 5 6 9 10 9 9 9 8 Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 50 20 20 20 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.20 0 0.02 0 Rain shwrs C S C C C C S S S S S S S Tstms C S C C C C S S S S S S S LAL 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 Haines 6 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 Mix Hgt 8600 600 1100 3800 5400 1700 300 4900 6000 3600 500 T Wind Dir SW NE NE NE E E SE S S S S T Wind Spd 8 14 18 19 13 10 6 10 13 14 12 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 07/07 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed 07/10/24 Thu 07/11/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 96 67 86 67 87 68 90 69 93 Temp 93 92 74 67 82 84 73 67 82 86 74 68 87 88 76 69 89 91 Dewpt 66 64 68 67 68 67 68 67 68 66 67 67 68 66 67 67 67 65 Min/Max RH 34 100 54 100 50 97 46 93 40 RH 41 40 82100 63 57 84100 63 51 79 97 53 48 74 93 48 42 PWind dir S E NE NE SE SE SE S E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 50 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C C S C C S S S S S S S S S S Tstms S C C C S C C S S S S S S S S S S $$ TXZ043-042000- Jayton RAWS-Kent TX 33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft 151 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024 Date 07/04/24 Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 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 86 67 90 71 Temp 102 97 86 81 77 74 76 79 84 84 78 73 69 67 73 81 88 89 81 76 74 72 Dewpt 63 64 67 68 69 69 69 68 67 67 68 67 65 66 66 67 66 66 67 68 68 68 RH 29 34 54 65 78 86 78 69 57 57 71 81 87 97 79 63 48 47 64 77 83 86 Wind dir SE E N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E NE E E SE SE SE SE S S S Wind spd 5 5 5 5 6 9 10 11 10 9 6 5 5 4 5 5 6 9 6 5 5 5 Clouds FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 30 40 30 30 20 QPF 12hr 0.05 0.05 0.21 0.08 0 Rain shwrs C C S S C C C C S S C C C C S S S S Tstms C C S S C C C C S S C C C C S S S S LAL 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 Haines 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 Mix Hgt 9300 800 1400 3500 4500 3500 900 4600 6200 3700 600 T Wind Dir SE NE NE NE E E E SE SE S S T Wind Spd 9 12 16 18 16 12 9 9 11 14 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 07/07 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed 07/10/24 Thu 07/11/24 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 68 90 68 89 68 92 69 93 Temp 93 96 77 69 84 87 73 68 84 88 74 68 87 90 76 69 87 91 Dewpt 65 61 67 66 66 65 69 67 66 63 67 67 66 64 67 67 66 62 Min/Max RH 29 92 42 99 43 97 40 93 37 RH 39 32 71 92 56 49 87 97 56 44 80 97 50 42 74 93 49 38 PWind dir S SE E NE E SE E SE E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S C S S S S S S S S Tstms C C C C C S S C S S S S S S S S $$ TXZ035-042000- Lubbock-Lubbock TX 33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft 151 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024 Date 07/04/24 Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 85 65 89 70 Temp 98 91 81 76 74 71 72 77 84 79 75 70 66 66 70 81 89 86 79 75 73 70 Dewpt 62 63 64 66 65 64 64 64 63 63 63 63 62 62 64 65 64 63 64 64 64 64 RH 31 40 56 71 74 79 76 64 49 58 66 78 87 87 81 58 44 46 60 69 73 81 Wind dir E E SE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 5 9 10 10 12 13 14 12 12 12 10 9 6 5 6 9 10 12 11 11 10 9 Clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 40 40 30 30 20 QPF 12hr 0.03 0.02 0.15 0.09 0.03 Rain shwrs C C S S C C C C S S C C C C S S S S Tstms C C S S C C C C S S C C C C S S S S LAL 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 9400 700 1500 3600 4800 3200 1100 3700 6100 3000 600 T Wind Dir SE SE NE E E E SE SE S S S T Wind Spd 9 13 19 20 14 13 10 10 14 13 18 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 07/07 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed 07/10/24 Thu 07/11/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 97 67 86 67 88 67 89 67 90 Temp 91 94 75 67 80 84 71 67 85 86 72 67 85 86 72 67 85 87 Dewpt 62 56 62 62 65 63 64 63 64 62 64 64 64 61 63 64 64 60 Min/Max RH 26 84 47 87 43 90 40 90 37 RH 38 28 64 84 60 49 79 87 50 45 76 90 50 43 73 90 50 40 PWind dir S SE E E E SE SE SE SE Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 30 30 30 20 30 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S C S S S S Tstms C C C C C S S C S S S S $$ TXZ031-042000- Matador RAWS-Cottle TX 34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft 151 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024 Date 07/04/24 Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 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 85 65 89 69 Temp 99 95 85 80 76 72 73 78 83 85 77 72 68 66 75 82 88 88 79 76 73 70 Dewpt 67 68 71 71 70 69 65 65 63 63 64 64 64 63 63 65 66 67 69 69 69 69 RH 35 41 62 76 84 91 77 63 51 48 63 75 86 92 68 55 48 51 70 81 89 96 Wind dir SE W NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE E SE S S S S SE S S S Wind spd 5 5 6 8 9 10 11 11 10 9 5 3 2 2 4 6 8 9 6 6 5 5 Clouds SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 50 20 20 20 QPF 12hr 0.03 0.23 0.03 0.04 0 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 LAL 3 3 2 3 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 Haines 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 Mix Hgt 8400 600 1400 3500 5500 2900 500 4700 5800 3800 700 T Wind Dir S NE NE NE E SE SE S S S S T Wind Spd 8 11 17 16 13 10 9 9 13 14 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 07/07 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed 07/10/24 Thu 07/11/24 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 66 85 65 87 67 90 68 92 Temp 94 94 73 66 80 83 70 66 80 86 73 67 86 88 75 69 87 90 Dewpt 66 65 69 66 69 67 70 66 69 67 69 67 68 66 68 68 68 65 Min/Max RH 35 100 56 100 52 100 46 100 43 RH 40 39 88100 69 60 99100 69 54 88100 56 50 81 96 53 45 PWind dir S SE NE NE E SE SE S E Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 50 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C S C C S S S S S S S S S S Tstms C C C S C C S S S S S S S S S S $$ TXZ029-042000- Plainview-Hale TX 34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft 151 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024 Date 07/04/24 Fri 07/05/24 Sat 07/06/24 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 63 80 60 86 65 Temp 93 90 79 74 70 65 68 73 78 79 70 64 62 60 69 78 85 84 74 71 67 66 Dewpt 62 63 65 68 66 63 62 60 61 61 62 62 61 60 63 65 64 63 65 66 65 64 RH 36 41 62 82 87 93 81 64 56 54 76 93 97100 81 64 50 49 74 84 93 93 Wind dir NE E E NE NE NE E E E E E SE E SE S S S S S S S S Wind spd 8 9 9 9 11 12 12 11 10 9 6 5 5 4 5 8 9 10 9 9 8 8 Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 40 40 30 30 30 QPF 12hr 0.07 0.11 0.17 0.04 0.02 Rain shwrs C S S C C C C C S S C C C C C C C C Tstms C S S C C C C C S S C C C C C C C C LAL 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 1 Haines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix Hgt 9100 1500 1900 2900 4100 3000 500 3900 6000 2600 600 T Wind Dir NE E NE E E E SE S S S S T Wind Spd 10 13 20 19 12 11 8 11 13 16 19 RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Date 07/07 Mon 07/08/24 Tue 07/09/24 Wed 07/10/24 Thu 07/11/24 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 95 61 81 60 84 62 86 62 88 Temp 89 92 69 61 76 80 63 61 80 83 67 63 81 84 67 63 82 87 Dewpt 62 57 63 61 64 63 63 61 64 61 65 63 63 59 65 63 64 60 Min/Max RH 28 100 55 100 46 100 40 100 39 RH 41 31 81100 66 56 100100 58 47 93100 54 43 93100 55 40 PWind dir S SE NE E SE SE S SE S Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 Avg clouds FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 40 30 30 20 30 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C C S S C S S S S Tstms C C C C C C S S C S S S S $$ 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