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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
239 PM CDT Wed May 14 2025
TXZ024-150915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
239 PM CDT Wed May 14 2025
Date 05/14/25 Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat
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 64 85 58 89 59
Temp 95 93 81 76 69 64 71 77 83 85 70 65 61 59 74 84 88 87 73 67 62 60
Dewpt 37 37 37 34 26 27 30 28 28 29 34 35 31 29 32 30 30 30 35 37 39 39
RH 14 14 21 21 20 25 22 17 13 13 27 32 32 31 21 14 12 13 25 33 43 46
Wind dir SW SW SW W NW W NW W SW SW SW SW W W NW NW W SW SW SW SW W
Wind spd 21 19 16 14 12 8 6 5 10 11 6 6 6 9 8 8 9 8 5 5 5 5
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 800 700 5300 9300 700 500 8400 10200 4200 500
T Wind Dir SW NW NW SW SW W NW W S S
T Wind Spd 21 18 12 21 13 16 17 16 12 11
RFTI 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/17 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25
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 62 93 66 92 61 87 58 88
Temp 86 89 70 62 89 91 70 66 87 88 71 62 80 84 66 59 84 86
Dewpt 42 36 39 39 41 33 46 49 43 33 35 38 38 34 39 39 41 38
Min/Max RH 15 42 12 55 13 41 16 49 17
RH 21 15 32 42 19 13 42 54 22 14 27 41 22 17 37 49 22 18
PWind dir S S SW S SW SW W W SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 10 10 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S
Tstms S
$$
TXZ026-150915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
239 PM CDT Wed May 14 2025
Date 05/14/25 Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 64 86 57 90 59
Temp 99 95 83 78 68 64 72 79 84 85 72 66 61 58 73 86 90 88 74 68 62 60
Dewpt 38 41 39 36 33 31 32 30 30 32 38 41 41 36 37 34 31 32 38 41 42 44
RH 12 16 21 22 27 29 23 17 14 15 29 40 48 44 27 16 12 14 27 37 48 55
Wind dir W SW SW SW W W NW W SW SW S S SW W NW NW W SW SE SE E E
Wind spd 19 17 14 13 12 8 8 5 9 10 8 6 5 6 9 9 9 8 6 5 5 5
Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 400 400 5100 7600 400 300 5600 9300 2800 400
T Wind Dir SW NW NW SW S W NW W S SE
T Wind Spd 18 13 11 16 16 13 13 14 11 11
RFTI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/17 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 92 63 94 66 92 61 87 58 90
Temp 87 89 71 64 89 89 73 66 87 88 72 62 83 85 67 59 84 88
Dewpt 47 44 48 48 49 41 55 56 50 42 40 40 40 36 40 43 44 40
Min/Max RH 19 58 17 70 19 45 16 55 17
RH 25 21 44 56 25 19 53 70 28 20 31 44 22 17 37 55 25 19
PWind dir SE S S S S SW W E E
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 10 20 20 20 20 5 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S S S S S
Tstms S S S S S S S
$$
TXZ043-150915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
239 PM CDT Wed May 14 2025
Date 05/14/25 Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat
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 64 89 62 94 62
Temp 99 98 84 79 70 65 76 82 87 88 75 69 65 63 78 89 93 91 79 71 65 63
Dewpt 41 42 40 39 37 32 31 30 32 34 39 40 38 36 36 33 33 34 35 38 40 41
RH 14 15 21 25 30 29 19 15 14 15 28 35 38 37 22 14 12 13 21 30 40 44
Wind dir SW SW SW SW W NW N NW SW SW S S SW W W NW W W S SW SW SW
Wind spd 19 13 9 8 6 5 5 5 6 8 5 5 5 5 6 8 9 9 5 5 5 5
Clouds SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 500 500 5300 7500 500 400 6500 10400 1800 500
T Wind Dir W NW N SW S SW NW W SE S
T Wind Spd 13 13 11 12 13 14 14 11 10 11
RFTI 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/17 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25
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 96 64 96 68 95 61 90 59 93
Temp 90 92 72 65 89 91 74 69 89 92 73 62 85 88 70 60 87 91
Dewpt 46 43 47 54 56 44 55 60 51 42 44 42 40 36 38 40 43 41
Min/Max RH 18 70 17 76 17 48 15 49 17
RH 22 18 41 68 33 20 52 74 27 18 36 48 21 16 31 48 22 18
PWind dir SW S SW S SW SW W SW SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 10 20 20 10 20 5 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S S S
Tstms S S S S S
$$
TXZ035-150915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
239 PM CDT Wed May 14 2025
Date 05/14/25 Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 62 88 58 91 60
Temp 94 90 82 77 67 62 71 79 86 86 75 68 63 58 74 86 90 88 76 70 64 61
Dewpt 35 33 33 30 25 26 25 24 24 24 27 27 26 25 27 25 26 24 28 29 31 33
RH 13 13 17 18 20 25 18 13 10 10 17 21 24 28 17 11 10 10 17 22 29 35
Wind dir SW W SW W NW NW NW W SW SW S SW SW W NW NW W W SW S SW SW
Wind spd 31 24 17 17 13 9 6 8 12 13 9 8 8 9 10 9 11 12 6 6 6 6
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis BD
Wind Y Y
Mix Hgt 1300 600 5400 10300 900 500 7900 10300 6000 500
T Wind Dir W NW NW SW SW W NW W S S
T Wind Spd 23 18 11 21 16 16 16 14 11 13
RFTI 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category CH CL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO
Date 05/17 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 94 62 94 64 91 59 87 57 91
Temp 89 90 71 62 89 90 71 64 87 86 69 59 82 85 67 58 86 88
Dewpt 32 26 28 33 29 25 36 45 33 25 30 34 34 29 33 35 35 31
Min/Max RH 9 34 9 50 10 39 13 42 12
RH 13 10 20 34 12 10 28 50 15 11 23 39 18 13 28 42 16 13
PWind dir SW SW SW S SW W W SW SW
Wind char <15 <15 15> <15 15> <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 5 5 10 5 10 0 0 0
$$
TXZ031-150915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
239 PM CDT Wed May 14 2025
Date 05/14/25 Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat
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 88 60 92 60
Temp 100 96 84 78 70 65 75 80 86 86 73 67 63 61 76 87 91 90 75 69 64 61
Dewpt 40 43 41 39 34 32 32 30 31 35 39 42 39 35 36 34 32 35 41 41 43 44
RH 12 16 23 25 26 29 21 17 14 16 29 41 42 38 24 15 12 15 29 37 46 53
Wind dir SW SW SW W W W NW W SW S S S SW W NW NW W SW S SE SE SW
Wind spd 18 17 12 11 9 5 5 5 9 9 5 5 5 5 6 8 8 8 5 5 4 5
Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 700 700 5500 7700 700 600 5600 9100 3600 600
T Wind Dir SW NW NW SW S W NW W S SE
T Wind Spd 18 12 11 16 14 16 14 12 11 11
RFTI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category EL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/17 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25
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 95 63 96 67 94 62 89 58 91
Temp 88 90 71 64 89 91 72 67 89 91 73 62 84 87 68 59 85 89
Dewpt 46 44 48 50 53 42 56 59 50 41 41 41 40 37 41 42 44 41
Min/Max RH 18 60 17 75 17 48 16 53 18
RH 24 20 44 59 29 18 57 75 26 18 32 47 22 17 37 53 24 19
PWind dir S S S S S SW W W E
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 10 20 20 20 20 5 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S S S S
Tstms S S S S S S
$$
TXZ029-150915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
239 PM CDT Wed May 14 2025
Date 05/14/25 Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 57 82 51 85 54
Temp 91 89 76 70 62 57 67 74 80 82 68 62 55 52 70 81 85 83 69 62 58 55
Dewpt 35 35 36 31 25 26 27 24 25 25 31 31 28 26 29 27 26 26 32 34 35 34
RH 14 15 23 23 24 30 22 15 13 12 25 31 35 36 22 14 12 12 25 35 42 45
Wind dir SW SW SW W NW NW NW W SW SW S SW SW W NW NW W SW SW S S SW
Wind spd 25 20 16 12 10 6 5 8 11 11 5 5 5 6 8 9 10 9 5 5 5 5
Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis BD
Wind Y Y
Mix Hgt 1100 600 5400 9500 800 400 8300 9900 5400 500
T Wind Dir W NW NW SW SW W NW W S S
T Wind Spd 23 18 13 23 11 13 16 16 12 16
RFTI 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category CL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL EL NO NO NO NO NO NO EL NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/17 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 89 56 90 59 86 54 83 52 86
Temp 84 86 65 56 85 87 66 59 83 84 65 54 76 82 62 53 81 84
Dewpt 34 30 33 32 30 29 35 44 35 28 32 35 35 31 36 36 36 33
Min/Max RH 12 40 11 61 13 48 15 53 15
RH 17 13 30 40 14 12 32 57 18 13 29 48 22 16 38 52 20 16
PWind dir S SW SW S SW SW W SE S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 0 5 5 10 5 5 0 0 0
$$
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