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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
135 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

TXZ024-300915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
135 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date           06/29/25      Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25            Wed
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          90          67          85          68
Temp          94 89 80 77 72 70 79 86 89 83 75 71 69 68 74 81 84 81 74 72 70 68
Dewpt         62 63 65 64 64 64 65 65 65 67 68 68 67 67 68 68 66 68 70 68 67 66
RH            35 42 59 65 76 81 63 50 44 59 79 90 93 97 80 65 55 66 86 88 90 94
Wind dir       S  S  S SW  W  W  W  N  E  S  S  N  W SW  E  E SE SE SE  S SW SW
Wind spd      11 10  6  5  5  5  5  5  6  5  5  5  5  5  4  5  5  5  5  5  4  5
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40          70          50          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.11        0.31        0.04        0.08
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  S  S        C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms          S  S  S  S  S        C  C  L  L  C  S     S  C  C  C  C  S  S
Mix Hgt        9400  1600   600  6200  6300  1000   900  4900  5000  1900   800
T Wind Dir        S     S     W     W    SE    SE     W    SE    SE    SE    SW
T Wind Spd       16    14    11     9    10    10     6     6     8     8    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           07/02  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25
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          87      68    88      68    89      70    96      70    92
Temp          84 84   73 69 84 83   72 68 84 86   75 71 90 90   75 71 87 88
Dewpt         65 63   66 65 66 67   69 67 69 68   68 67 67 67   68 67 67 65
Min/Max RH       44      89    50      98    51      90    39      89    42
RH            53 50   79 88 56 60   89 97 61 56   80 88 48 47   79 88 51 47
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 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    20      30    20      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    S  S     S    C  S     S                  S        S
Tstms             C    S  S     S    C  S     S                  S        S

$$
TXZ026-300915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
135 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date           06/29/25      Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25            Wed
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          92          68          87          70
Temp          94 91 83 79 75 73 80 88 91 85 75 73 70 69 75 81 86 83 76 73 72 70
Dewpt         62 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 65 66 68 68 68 67 67 68 67 67 69 68 68 68
RH            35 38 51 58 69 73 60 47 42 53 79 84 93 93 76 65 53 59 79 84 87 93
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  N  W  W NE  S NE  N NE  S  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      11  9  8  6  8  6  8  6  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  4  4  5
Clouds        B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30          70          40          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.56           0        0.03
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  S  S        S  C  L  L  L  L  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms          S  S  S  S  S        S  C  L  L  C  S        S  C  C  C  S  S
Mix Hgt        8900   600   400  4600  6700   800   700  4100  4900  1800   500
T Wind Dir        S     S    SW     W    SW    NW    NE     E    SE    SE     S
T Wind Spd       16    12    10    11     9    10     9     6     8     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           07/02  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25
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      70    90      71    90      72    95      71    93
Temp          85 86   75 70 85 84   75 71 85 87   77 72 89 89   77 72 88 90
Dewpt         65 63   66 66 66 66   67 67 69 69   69 68 69 68   68 67 67 64
Min/Max RH       44      89    48      88    53      87    44      87    41
RH            51 46   74 87 53 55   76 87 59 55   76 87 52 50   74 84 50 42
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 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    10      20    20      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs        S    S  S          S  S     S                  S
Tstms             S    S  S          S  S     S                  S

$$
TXZ043-300915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
135 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date           06/29/25      Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25            Wed
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                      74          94          68          89          70
Temp          95 92 84 80 77 74 83 91 91 86 79 74 71 69 77 84 88 86 78 75 72 70
Dewpt         62 62 63 64 65 67 70 68 66 67 68 69 69 68 68 67 66 65 67 67 67 66
RH            35 37 50 58 67 79 65 48 44 54 70 86 93 97 74 58 48 50 70 76 86 87
Wind dir       S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW NE  E NE  S NW NE SW  S SE SE SE  S SW SW
Wind spd       9  9  6  5  8  6  6  5  5  5  5  5  4  3  4  5  5  5  5  5  4  4
Clouds        SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          40          70          40          30
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.19        0.19           0           0
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  S           S  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms          S  S  S  S           S  C  L  L  C  C  S     S  C  C  S  S
Mix Hgt        9700   600   500  4800  6700  1300   900  5100  6800  3100   500
T Wind Dir        S     S    SW    SW    NE    NE    NE     S    SE     S    SW
T Wind Spd       14    12    16    11    10    10     5     9    11    11     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           07/02  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25
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      70    88      70    90      72    96      72    94
Temp          84 86   76 70 83 85   74 71 83 88   77 72 90 93   79 72 89 92
Dewpt         65 64   67 67 69 68   69 69 71 69   68 67 69 68   68 68 67 64
Min/Max RH       44      88    55      95    52      86    41      86    39
RH            54 48   73 88 64 59   84 94 66 54   74 86 51 45   69 86 49 40
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 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    20      30    20      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     S  S    S  S     S    S  C     S                  S
Tstms             S    S  S     S    S  C     S                  S

$$
TXZ035-300915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
135 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date           06/29/25      Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25            Wed
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          88          67          86          68
Temp          94 91 82 77 73 71 78 84 84 78 73 69 68 67 74 80 84 80 75 71 70 68
Dewpt         60 60 61 62 62 63 65 64 65 65 66 66 66 65 66 66 66 65 66 65 65 64
RH            32 36 49 60 68 76 64 51 53 64 79 90 93 93 76 62 55 60 74 81 84 87
Wind dir       S SE SE SW SE  S SW SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      12 11  9  8  8  6  6  5  5  9  6  5  5  5  5  5  6  9  6  5  5  5
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          50          80          60          40
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.48        0.17        0.04        0.01
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  S  S        C  C  D  D  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms          S  S  S  S  S        C  C  D  D  C  S        C  C  C  C  S  S
Mix Hgt        8600  2400   600  4800  5600  1200   800  5700  6300  2000   500
T Wind Dir        S     S    SW    SW    SE     E     E    SE    SE     S    SW
T Wind Spd       14    16    10     9    10    11     9    10    12    13     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           07/02  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25
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          86      68    85      68    90      71    95      71    93
Temp          80 80   72 68 80 80   72 69 83 84   76 71 89 89   76 71 88 88
Dewpt         64 64   65 65 67 67   67 67 68 67   68 67 69 66   67 66 67 64
Min/Max RH       51      90    59      95    50      89    41      85    42
RH            58 58   79 90 65 65   84 93 61 57   76 87 52 47   74 84 50 45
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S       S    SE
Wind char       <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      30    30      40    20      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  C     C    C  S     S                  S        S
Tstms             C    C  S     C    C  S     S                  S        S

$$
TXZ031-300915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
135 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date           06/29/25      Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25            Wed
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                      73          94          68          89          70
Temp          97 93 84 80 75 73 82 89 93 84 76 73 70 69 76 83 88 85 78 75 72 70
Dewpt         64 64 65 65 66 66 67 67 66 69 69 71 69 68 69 69 68 68 71 70 70 69
RH            35 38 54 61 73 80 60 48 41 61 81 92 98 98 78 63 53 57 80 85 94 98
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  E  S NE NW NE SW NE  E SE SE SE  S  S SW
Wind spd      10  9  5  5  5  5  6  5  5  5  5  4  3  4  4  5  5  5  4  3  3  3
Clouds        B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40          70          40          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.03        0.37        0.01        0.02
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  S  S        S  C  L  L  L  L  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms          S  S  S  S  S        S  C  L  L  C  C        S  C  C  C  S  S
Mix Hgt        9200   900   600  4700  7000  1000   900  4600  4900  1800   900
T Wind Dir        S     S    SW     W    SW    NW    NE     E    SE     E    SW
T Wind Spd       16    13    10    11     9    11     8     5     6     8     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           07/02  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25
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          91      70    90      70    92      72    97      72    96
Temp          86 88   76 70 86 85   74 70 85 88   77 72 91 93   79 72 90 92
Dewpt         65 64   67 67 68 68   69 68 69 69   68 67 69 68   69 68 67 66
Min/Max RH       42      91    52      94    52      86    41      90    40
RH            51 46   74 90 56 58   84 93 60 55   75 84 50 46   74 87 48 43
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 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    20      20    20      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     S  S    S  S     S    S  S     S                  S
Tstms             S    S  S     S    S  S     S                  S

$$
TXZ029-300915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
135 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date           06/29/25      Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25            Wed
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          88          63          82          63
Temp          90 87 77 73 68 68 76 83 85 78 71 68 65 64 71 78 81 78 71 68 65 63
Dewpt         60 61 63 62 63 64 65 64 63 65 67 67 65 64 66 66 65 66 68 67 65 63
RH            37 42 62 68 84 87 69 53 48 64 87 97100100 84 67 58 67 90 97100100
Wind dir       S  S SE  S SE SW SW NW SE  E  E  N NW  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SW
Wind spd      10  9  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  4  4  4
Clouds        B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          50          80          60          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.19        0.12        0.11        0.02
Rain shwrs     S  S  C  S  S        C  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms          S  S  C  S  S        C  C  D  D  C  S     S  C  C  C  C  S  S
Mix Hgt        8600  1100   700  5100  5400   900   500  5100  5300  1400   600
T Wind Dir        S     S    SW    SW     S     E     E    SE    SE    SE    SW
T Wind Spd       14    16    11     8     9    11     6     9     8    11    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           07/02  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25
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          83      64    84      65    86      66    92      66    88
Temp          79 79   69 64 78 80   69 66 79 85   72 66 86 88   73 67 83 85
Dewpt         64 64   65 64 66 67   67 66 67 67   68 66 67 66   67 66 66 65
Min/Max RH       51     100    56     100    54     100    42      98    48
RH            60 60   87100 67 65   93100 67 55   87100 53 48   81 97 57 51
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 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      30    30      30    20      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  C     C    C  S     S                  S        S
Tstms             C    C  S     C    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
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