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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1234 PM CDT Tue Jul 1 2025
TXZ024-020915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
1234 PM CDT Tue Jul 1 2025
Date 07/01/25 Wed 07/02/25 Thu 07/03/25 Fri
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 66 81 66 82 68
Temp 75 74 70 69 68 68 71 75 79 76 71 69 68 67 73 78 80 79 74 72 70 69
Dewpt 66 67 68 67 66 66 67 67 66 67 67 67 67 67 67 69 68 69 72 70 69 69
RH 73 80 93 94 94 93 86 76 63 73 88 92 96 98 81 74 67 74 92 94 97100
Wind dir SE SE S SW SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind spd 8 5 5 4 4 3 5 8 11 10 8 5 5 5 8 11 13 12 10 9 8 9
Clouds OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 60 60 50 50 40
QPF 12hr 0.07 0.18 0.12 0.26 0.06
Rain shwrs C C C C L L C C C C C C C C C C C C C S S
Tstms C C C C C S S C C C S C S S S C C C C S
Mix Hgt 3300 1300 600 2900 3900 2500 1000 3600 3500 2300 900
T Wind Dir SE S SW S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 9 9 8 11 16 14 12 16 20 18 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 07/04 Sat 07/05/25 Sun 07/06/25 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25
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 70 95 70 92 68 91 69 93
Temp 83 86 75 72 89 90 77 72 86 85 73 71 85 87 75 71 86 88
Dewpt 70 70 71 69 69 69 69 68 68 68 69 68 67 65 68 66 66 65
Min/Max RH 55 93 42 86 49 92 44 86 42
RH 66 60 87 90 52 50 76 86 56 57 86 92 55 49 77 83 50 46
PWind dir S S S S S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 20 5 10 20 30 30 10 10 5
Rain shwrs S S S C C S
Tstms S S S C C S
$$
TXZ026-020915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
1234 PM CDT Tue Jul 1 2025
Date 07/01/25 Wed 07/02/25 Thu 07/03/25 Fri
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 68 84 68 84 69
Temp 79 76 73 71 70 69 72 77 81 78 74 71 70 69 74 78 81 79 74 73 71 70
Dewpt 66 66 67 66 66 66 67 67 67 67 66 67 67 67 67 69 68 69 69 69 68 69
RH 64 71 81 84 87 90 84 71 63 69 76 87 90 93 79 74 65 72 84 87 90 97
Wind dir SE SE S SW W SW S S S S S S S SE S S S S S S S S
Wind spd 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 8 9 9 6 5 5 5 9 12 13 12 10 9 9 10
Clouds B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 50 40 40 40 50
QPF 12hr 0.06 0.20 0.10 0.21 0.10
Rain shwrs C S S C C C S S C C C C C C C C C C C C C S
Tstms C S S C C S S C C S S S S S C C C C S S S
Mix Hgt 3600 800 500 2700 3500 1300 500 3900 4100 1300 900
T Wind Dir SE S SW S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 8 8 6 9 14 10 9 14 20 18 14
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 07/04 Sat 07/05/25 Sun 07/06/25 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 89 71 94 71 92 70 92 71 93
Temp 82 86 76 72 88 89 78 72 85 85 75 71 86 88 76 72 86 89
Dewpt 70 70 70 69 70 70 69 69 69 69 69 68 68 68 68 67 67 65
Min/Max RH 57 90 52 90 55 93 49 87 44
RH 67 59 82 90 55 54 74 90 59 59 82 90 55 52 76 84 53 45
PWind dir S S S S S SE S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 20 10 5 30 20 30 10 10 5
Rain shwrs S S C S S C S
Tstms S S C S S C S
$$
TXZ043-020915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
1234 PM CDT Tue Jul 1 2025
Date 07/01/25 Wed 07/02/25 Thu 07/03/25 Fri
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 81 68 84 69
Temp 77 76 73 71 70 70 74 77 78 78 74 72 71 70 74 77 80 80 76 73 72 70
Dewpt 69 70 70 70 70 69 68 69 69 69 69 70 69 69 70 71 70 71 71 71 70 70
RH 77 82 92 95 99 97 83 76 75 75 86 93 93 97 86 82 72 75 86 95 95100
Wind dir E E E NW N NE E SE S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
Wind spd 5 5 4 3 3 3 5 6 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 10 11 10 9 6 6 6
Clouds B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 60 50 60 60 50
QPF 12hr 0.32 0.09 0.17 0.27 0.20
Rain shwrs C L C L C C S C C C C L L C C L L C C C C S
Tstms C C C C S S C C C C S S S C C C C C S S
Mix Hgt 3400 600 1200 3300 3300 2000 800 3600 3400 2300 500
T Wind Dir E E E SE S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 9 8 6 8 12 8 6 13 18 16 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 07/04 Sat 07/05/25 Sun 07/06/25 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25
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 71 95 71 94 71 92 71 93
Temp 82 86 76 72 88 92 79 73 88 88 77 72 87 88 77 72 88 90
Dewpt 72 70 71 69 71 70 69 68 70 68 68 67 68 67 68 66 67 65
Min/Max RH 58 90 47 84 51 84 47 81 42
RH 72 60 84 90 57 49 71 84 57 53 75 84 55 50 74 81 51 44
PWind dir S S S S S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr 30 5 5 20 20 20 10 10 5
Rain shwrs S C S S S S S
Tstms S C S S S S S
$$
TXZ035-020915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
1234 PM CDT Tue Jul 1 2025
Date 07/01/25 Wed 07/02/25 Thu 07/03/25 Fri
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 66 81 67 84 69
Temp 75 71 70 67 67 67 71 74 77 73 71 69 68 68 73 78 81 78 75 72 70 70
Dewpt 66 66 66 66 65 65 65 66 67 66 66 66 66 66 67 68 68 68 68 68 68 68
RH 74 84 87 97 93 93 81 76 71 79 84 90 93 93 81 71 65 71 79 87 93 93
Wind dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S
Wind spd 9 9 8 5 5 5 8 11 12 12 10 9 8 8 10 12 14 14 12 11 10 10
Clouds B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 70 50 60 60 40
QPF 12hr 0.11 0.22 0.19 0.18 0.08
Rain shwrs L L C L C C S C C L L C C C C L L C C
Tstms C C C C S S S C C C C C S S C C C S
Mix Hgt 3300 1300 1300 3000 3200 2000 900 3200 3500 2100 800
T Wind Dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 12 13 10 11 17 16 12 16 18 18 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 07/04 Sat 07/05/25 Sun 07/06/25 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 92 71 95 71 94 70 92 70 93
Temp 84 86 75 72 89 89 77 72 87 85 75 71 86 86 76 71 87 87
Dewpt 69 67 68 67 67 64 67 67 68 66 67 65 66 64 66 63 64 62
Min/Max RH 50 87 40 84 45 84 44 79 38
RH 61 53 79 84 48 44 71 84 53 53 76 81 51 48 71 76 46 43
PWind dir S S S S S SE S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 10 5 5 20 20 30 10 10 0
Rain shwrs S S C
Tstms S S C
$$
TXZ031-020915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
1234 PM CDT Tue Jul 1 2025
Date 07/01/25 Wed 07/02/25 Thu 07/03/25 Fri
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 84 68 85 69
Temp 78 77 74 72 70 69 73 78 82 79 75 73 70 69 75 80 82 80 76 74 71 70
Dewpt 69 68 69 69 68 68 67 68 68 67 69 68 69 69 69 70 70 70 71 71 71 70
RH 75 74 86 89 93 97 83 71 64 69 82 86 95100 83 73 68 72 86 90 98100
Wind dir SE SE S SW SW SW S S S S S S S SE S S S S S S S S
Wind spd 5 5 3 2 2 2 4 8 9 9 5 5 4 5 8 11 12 11 9 8 8 8
Clouds B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 50 50 40 50 40
QPF 12hr 0.01 0.04 0.09 0.19 0.08
Rain shwrs C C C C C C S C C C C C C C C C C C C C C S
Tstms C C C C C S C C C S S S S S C C C C S S S
Mix Hgt 3100 1100 1300 3300 4700 1600 900 4600 4300 1900 700
T Wind Dir SE S S S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 8 8 6 8 14 10 9 14 20 18 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 07/04 Sat 07/05/25 Sun 07/06/25 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25
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 72 96 71 94 70 93 71 95
Temp 84 87 78 72 90 92 80 72 89 87 76 72 87 89 77 72 88 90
Dewpt 71 70 71 70 71 70 71 69 69 69 70 68 67 67 69 67 67 66
Min/Max RH 56 93 47 90 50 93 45 84 43
RH 66 58 81 92 54 50 75 90 53 55 82 89 52 49 76 83 51 45
PWind dir S S S S S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 20 5 5 20 20 20 10 10 5
Rain shwrs S S S S S S S
Tstms S S S S S S S
$$
TXZ029-020915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
1234 PM CDT Tue Jul 1 2025
Date 07/01/25 Wed 07/02/25 Thu 07/03/25 Fri
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 62 76 62 79 64
Temp 69 68 67 66 65 65 67 71 73 72 67 65 65 65 70 75 77 76 71 69 68 67
Dewpt 66 66 67 65 65 64 66 66 66 65 67 65 65 65 67 67 68 69 70 69 67 67
RH 90 93100 97100 97 97 84 79 79100100100100 90 76 74 79 97100 97100
Wind dir E SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Wind spd 8 6 5 4 3 3 5 10 10 10 8 5 5 5 9 11 12 12 9 9 9 9
Clouds OV B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr 60 50 60 50 40
QPF 12hr 0.09 0.13 0.17 0.15 0.06
Rain shwrs L L L L L C C C C L L C C C C C C C C S S
Tstms C C C C S S C C C S C S S C C C C S
Mix Hgt 2400 1100 1200 3100 3800 2400 900 3600 3900 2100 700
T Wind Dir E SE S S S S S S S S S
T Wind Spd 10 12 10 12 18 14 13 17 18 18 17
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 07/04 Sat 07/05/25 Sun 07/06/25 Mon 07/07/25 Tue 07/08/25
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 88 67 93 66 89 65 88 66 90
Temp 80 85 72 68 87 89 73 68 84 84 71 67 83 85 72 67 84 87
Dewpt 69 68 69 67 66 64 68 66 66 66 67 65 64 63 66 64 64 63
Min/Max RH 52 100 40 93 51 97 45 90 42
RH 69 57 90 97 50 44 84 93 55 55 87 93 53 48 81 90 51 45
PWind dir S S S S S SE S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds B1 FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 10 5 5 20 20 30 10 20 0
Rain shwrs S S C S S
Tstms S S C S S
$$
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
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