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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
212 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

TXZ024-062015-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
212 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

Date           07/06/24      Sun 07/07/24            Mon 07/08/24            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          98          64          77          63
Temp          88 88 79 75 72 71 84 93 93 87 73 70 66 65 69 71 75 77 70 67 65 64
Dewpt         63 63 64 64 65 65 65 64 62 64 68 68 66 65 67 67 67 66 68 67 65 64
RH            43 44 60 67 78 80 54 39 36 46 83 92100100 94 87 75 71 94 99100100
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S SW  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N
Wind spd       9  9  9  9  9  9 12 12 12 11  9  8  6  8  8  8  8  8  5  4  4  5
Clouds        FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10          40          50          70          50
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.10        0.55        0.57        0.24
Rain shwrs                          S  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                               S  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
LAL                     1     1     1     3     3     3     4     4     3     3
Haines                  5     5     6     6     6     3     4     4     4     4
Mix Hgt              2800   600  7500 10700  1400  1600  1800  1700  1400   500
T Wind Dir              S    SW    SW    SW    SE    NE    NE     E    NE     N
T Wind Spd             17    18    23    20    14    14    16    11     9     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           07/09  Wed 07/10/24  Thu 07/11/24  Fri 07/12/24  Sat 07/13/24
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          85      64    87      66    90      67    94      71    97
Temp          79 84   68 64 84 85   70 66 86 89   73 68 91 92   76 72 93 94
Dewpt         63 61   65 63 61 61   63 62 62 60   63 63 63 60   62 62 61 60
Min/Max RH       45      98    42      88    37      85    31      72    29
RH            59 47   89 96 47 45   77 86 45 38   71 83 40 34   62 71 35 32
PWind dir        NE      SE    NE       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      20    10      10    10      10     5
Rain shwrs     S                     S  S
Tstms          S                     S  S

$$
TXZ026-062015-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
212 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

Date           07/06/24      Sun 07/07/24            Mon 07/08/24            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                      71          97          66          81          64
Temp          90 89 81 78 74 72 84 92 96 87 75 72 69 67 70 74 78 80 73 70 67 65
Dewpt         60 61 62 63 65 66 66 67 65 66 68 68 69 67 67 67 67 68 68 68 67 65
RH            37 39 53 60 74 81 55 44 36 50 79 87100100 90 79 69 67 84 93100100
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd       9 10 10 10 10  9 12 14 14 12 11  9  9  9  9  9  9  9  5  5  5  5
Clouds        CL CL SC FW FW FW CL FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10          40          60          70          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.17        0.25        0.74        0.29
Rain shwrs                          C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                               C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
LAL                     1     1     1     3     4     4     4     3     3     3
Haines                  5     5     6     6     5     4     4     4     4     3
Mix Hgt               500   400  6600  9600  1400  1400  1600  2300  1800   400
T Wind Dir              S     S     S     S     E    NE    NE    NE    NE     N
T Wind Spd             14    16    20    23    17    13    18    14     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           07/09  Wed 07/10/24  Thu 07/11/24  Fri 07/12/24  Sat 07/13/24
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          88      64    89      66    91      70    96      72    98
Temp          82 85   71 65 85 87   73 67 85 90   76 70 92 94   80 72 94 96
Dewpt         66 63   66 65 63 61   64 64 64 62   64 65 66 63   65 65 65 63
Min/Max RH       45     100    40      92    38      85    33      79    31
RH            58 48   84100 48 42   73 90 50 39   66 84 43 36   60 79 39 34
PWind dir        NE      NE     N      SE     S      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      10    10      10    10      10     5
Rain shwrs     S
Tstms          S

$$
TXZ043-062015-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
212 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

Date           07/06/24      Sun 07/07/24            Mon 07/08/24            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                      71         101          69          85          67
Temp          89 90 83 79 74 72 85 95100 95 80 76 71 70 76 79 84 82 76 72 69 68
Dewpt         63 62 64 66 66 67 66 64 61 62 66 67 67 66 68 68 67 66 69 69 68 67
RH            42 39 53 64 76 83 53 36 28 34 63 75 87 89 76 69 57 59 81 90 97 98
Wind dir      SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E SE  E NE  E NE NE NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd       5  6  6  6  6  5 10 12 12 11 10  9  8  5  6  9  9 10  8  5  5  5
Clouds        CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          40          50          40
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0        0.13        0.16        0.14
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                  S  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
LAL                     1     1     1     2     3     2     3     3     3     3
Haines                  5     5     6     6     6     4     3     3     3     3
Mix Hgt              1100   500  6600 10400  2200  1300  2800  2900  2200   900
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S     S     E     E     E     E    NE    NE
T Wind Spd             14    13    18    18    19    16    14    18    16    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           07/09  Wed 07/10/24  Thu 07/11/24  Fri 07/12/24  Sat 07/13/24
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          89      65    91      67    94      70    98      73    99
Temp          83 87   73 66 85 90   74 67 88 93   77 71 93 96   81 74 95 97
Dewpt         66 62   67 65 61 58   63 62 61 58   63 64 63 58   64 64 63 58
Min/Max RH       42     100    34      87    30      81    27      71    27
RH            58 44   81 97 45 35   70 84 40 31   62 80 38 29   56 70 35 28
PWind dir         N      NE    NE       E    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      10    10      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     S
Tstms          S

$$
TXZ035-062015-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
212 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

Date           07/06/24      Sun 07/07/24            Mon 07/08/24            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                      71         100          65          80          63
Temp          89 89 81 76 74 72 83 94 97 90 79 72 70 68 72 76 80 76 71 67 66 65
Dewpt         63 61 62 63 63 64 64 61 56 56 60 63 63 63 65 66 65 65 65 65 63 63
RH            42 39 53 64 69 76 53 34 26 32 52 73 78 84 79 71 60 69 81 93 90 93
Wind dir       S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW  S SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE  N
Wind spd       9 11 10 12 12 12 17 16 13 12 12 12 11 10 11 11 12 12 10  8  5  5
Clouds        FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20          30          60          50
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.03        0.07        0.59        0.13
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
LAL                     1     1     1     2     3     3     3     4     3     3
Haines                  3     4     4     4     4     4     3     3     3     3
Mix Hgt              4100   600  6700 12200  2500  1400  3000  2800  1400  1100
T Wind Dir              S     S    SW    SW    SE     E     E     E     E    NE
T Wind Spd             16    18    23    17    19    19    14    17    12    10
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           07/09  Wed 07/10/24  Thu 07/11/24  Fri 07/12/24  Sat 07/13/24
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      63    90      65    92      68    95      71    97
Temp          81 84   71 65 85 85   72 67 87 89   75 70 90 92   78 72 92 94
Dewpt         62 59   62 61 61 58   60 59 61 58   60 61 61 58   60 61 62 57
Min/Max RH       41      87    36      75    32      73    29      68    27
RH            53 43   73 87 45 40   66 75 42 35   60 73 38 32   54 68 37 29
PWind dir        NE       E     E      SE     S      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      20    10      10    10      10     5
Rain shwrs     S                     S  S
Tstms          S                     S  S

$$
TXZ031-062015-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
212 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

Date           07/06/24      Sun 07/07/24            Mon 07/08/24            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                      71          98          66          81          64
Temp          90 90 81 78 74 72 85 94 97 89 76 73 69 67 72 74 78 80 73 70 67 65
Dewpt         62 63 64 66 67 67 68 68 66 67 69 70 69 67 68 69 69 69 70 70 67 65
RH            40 41 57 67 80 85 56 43 36 48 81 92100100 89 84 73 71 91 99100100
Wind dir       S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd       8  9  8  8  8  6 11 13 13 12  9  6  5  5  6  9  9  9  5  4  3  4
Clouds        CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5          30          60          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.51        0.58        0.25
Rain shwrs                          S  C  L  L  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                               S  C  L  L  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
LAL                     1     1     1     3     4     3     4     3     3     3
Haines                  5     5     6     6     6     3     4     4     4     3
Mix Hgt              1000   600  6900  9700  1500  1500  1800  2500  2100   900
T Wind Dir             SE     S     S     S     E    NE    NE    NE    NE     N
T Wind Spd             14    16    21    23    17    14    17    14    10     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           07/09  Wed 07/10/24  Thu 07/11/24  Fri 07/12/24  Sat 07/13/24
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      64    89      65    92      69    96      72    99
Temp          82 85   71 65 85 87   73 66 87 90   76 70 92 94   80 73 95 97
Dewpt         67 64   68 65 63 61   65 65 64 62   66 66 65 62   66 66 64 62
Min/Max RH       47     100    39     100    37      90    33      82    30
RH            61 50   91100 49 42   78 97 46 39   71 88 42 35   63 80 36 33
PWind dir         N       E     N      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      10    10      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     S
Tstms          S

$$
TXZ029-062015-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
212 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

Date           07/06/24      Sun 07/07/24            Mon 07/08/24            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                      65          97          62          75          59
Temp          86 86 76 72 68 67 80 89 93 90 73 69 65 63 67 70 73 74 66 64 62 60
Dewpt         63 61 63 64 64 64 63 61 57 57 64 66 65 63 65 65 64 64 66 64 62 60
RH            46 43 64 76 87 90 56 39 30 33 73 90100100 93 84 73 71100100100100
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SE  E  E  E NE NE  E  E NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd       9  9  9  9 10 10 14 12 11 10 10  9  9  8  9  9  9  9  5  5  4  3
Clouds        FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20          40          70          50
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.01        0.13        0.35        0.24
Rain shwrs                          S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                               S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
LAL                     1     1     1     2     2     3     3     4     3     3
Haines                  3     5     5     4     4     4     3     3     3     3
Mix Hgt              3300   600  6700 11200  2100  1600  2300  2200  1000   800
T Wind Dir              S     S    SW    SW     E     E     E     E     E     N
T Wind Spd             18    21    24    16    19    17    17    14    11     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           07/09  Wed 07/10/24  Thu 07/11/24  Fri 07/12/24  Sat 07/13/24
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          83      59    86      61    89      64    93      67    94
Temp          78 83   66 60 82 84   68 62 84 87   71 65 88 91   74 68 90 92
Dewpt         60 58   62 60 59 57   61 59 59 57   61 61 60 56   60 61 59 56
Min/Max RH       42     100    38      94    33      89    29      80    29
RH            54 43   87100 46 40   78 90 43 36   71 87 39 31   62 78 35 30
PWind dir        NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      20    10      10    10      10     5
Rain shwrs     S                     S  S
Tstms          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