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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1231 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
TXZ024-072100-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
1231 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 72 56 79 59 86
Temp 67 71 71 64 61 59 57 62 69 77 75 66 63 61 59 71 82 85 81
Dewpt 55 56 56 57 56 56 55 56 57 57 57 58 58 58 57 59 58 55 55
RH 65 58 59 79 86 90 92 81 64 49 54 76 83 89 94 67 45 36 41
Wind dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S SE
Wind spd 8 8 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 5 8 8 8
Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 10 10 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S
Mix Hgt 3500 1100 1300 2700 4300 500 500 6000 8300
T Wind Dir NE E E SE S SE S S S
T Wind Spd 9 10 9 8 9 10 10 11 11
RFTI 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
Date Fri 10/10/25 Sat 10/11/25 Sun 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 61 87 62 87 65 90 65 88
Temp 68 62 83 82 68 63 84 82 71 66 84 84 72 66 82 83
Dewpt 57 57 56 51 50 48 49 45 47 49 52 53 56 55 55 54
Max/Min RH 86 30 59 23 54 28 69 32
RH 68 84 39 35 53 59 30 27 42 54 33 34 57 69 40 38
PWind dir S S S S S SW SW SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
$$
TXZ026-072100-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
1231 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 75 57 80 60 86
Temp 69 73 72 66 62 59 58 63 72 78 77 69 65 62 60 69 81 86 82
Dewpt 56 57 56 57 55 54 54 55 56 57 56 57 56 56 56 58 59 58 56
RH 63 57 57 73 78 83 87 75 57 48 48 66 73 81 87 68 47 39 41
Wind dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE E SE SE SE SE S S S SE
Wind spd 9 9 9 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 6 6
Clouds B1 B2 B1 B2 SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 10 10 10 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 3600 1400 1100 3000 4300 400 300 5700 7800
T Wind Dir NE NE NE E SE SE SE S S
T Wind Spd 10 13 11 8 6 10 9 10 9
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 10/10/25 Sat 10/11/25 Sun 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 61 89 60 90 62 91 64 88
Temp 68 61 84 83 69 61 85 84 70 63 86 86 74 65 83 83
Dewpt 57 56 56 51 51 49 49 44 45 47 52 52 54 54 56 54
Max/Min RH 84 29 65 22 56 27 68 34
RH 68 84 38 33 53 65 29 25 41 56 31 31 50 68 40 37
PWind dir SE S S S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
$$
TXZ043-072100-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
1231 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 81 59 84 60 88
Temp 75 79 78 70 66 63 60 65 75 82 81 72 68 63 60 72 83 87 84
Dewpt 58 58 58 59 59 59 57 58 58 58 57 59 59 60 59 61 60 57 56
RH 56 49 50 69 77 87 90 77 57 44 45 65 74 89 96 67 45 36 38
Wind dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E SE E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd 9 9 9 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 3 2 3 5 5 5
Clouds FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 5 10 5 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 4900 1200 1200 2900 5000 500 400 6400 8400
T Wind Dir NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE
T Wind Spd 11 13 13 11 8 10 8 9 9
RFTI 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
Date Fri 10/10/25 Sat 10/11/25 Sun 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 60 89 58 90 62 93 65 91
Temp 71 61 84 84 68 59 86 85 70 63 86 87 74 66 85 86
Dewpt 58 57 55 50 49 48 48 43 46 49 54 54 57 58 59 57
Max/Min RH 89 27 68 20 61 29 75 33
RH 65 88 37 31 51 67 27 23 42 61 34 32 55 75 41 38
PWind dir SE S S S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5
$$
TXZ035-072100-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
1231 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 75 59 80 60 85
Temp 68 74 70 65 62 61 60 65 73 79 76 68 64 63 60 70 81 85 79
Dewpt 57 58 57 57 58 57 56 56 58 58 57 58 58 57 57 59 58 55 54
RH 68 57 63 75 87 87 87 73 59 49 52 70 81 81 90 68 46 36 42
Wind dir E E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE
Wind spd 10 10 11 10 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 8 6 6 5 6 9 9 9
Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 20 10 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S S
Tstms S
Mix Hgt 4800 1200 1300 2800 4700 700 400 5600 7700
T Wind Dir E E E E S SE SE S S
T Wind Spd 11 14 13 11 10 11 9 11 10
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 10/10/25 Sat 10/11/25 Sun 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 61 87 59 87 64 90 63 88
Temp 67 62 83 81 68 60 83 81 70 65 84 82 71 64 83 82
Dewpt 57 56 56 51 50 49 50 47 47 50 52 54 56 55 55 54
Max/Min RH 81 31 67 26 58 28 73 32
RH 70 81 40 35 53 67 32 30 44 58 33 38 59 73 38 38
PWind dir SE S S S S SW SW S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5
$$
TXZ031-072100-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
1231 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 78 57 82 59 88
Temp 71 75 74 67 63 60 58 65 73 80 79 70 66 61 59 71 84 87 84
Dewpt 57 58 58 59 58 57 56 56 57 58 58 59 59 59 58 60 60 58 57
RH 61 54 57 75 86 91 93 75 58 46 48 68 78 93 98 67 45 37 40
Wind dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE S S S S SE SE
Wind spd 9 9 9 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 2 4 5 6 6
Clouds B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 10 10 10 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mix Hgt 4000 1500 1300 3200 5000 600 600 5900 8100
T Wind Dir NE NE NE E SE SE S S S
T Wind Spd 10 12 10 8 6 9 9 9 9
RFTI 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
Date Fri 10/10/25 Sat 10/11/25 Sun 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 61 90 60 90 63 92 65 90
Temp 69 61 85 84 69 60 86 85 71 64 87 87 75 66 85 85
Dewpt 59 57 57 52 51 49 49 45 46 49 54 55 57 56 58 57
Max/Min RH 88 30 67 22 58 29 70 33
RH 70 88 38 33 54 67 28 25 41 58 32 34 55 70 40 39
PWind dir SE S S S S S S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
$$
TXZ029-072100-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
1231 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025
Date Tue 10/07/25 Wed 10/08/25 Thu 10/09/25
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 70 53 77 55 82
Temp 66 70 68 61 59 56 54 59 68 75 73 63 61 57 56 67 78 81 79
Dewpt 54 56 56 57 57 56 54 56 57 57 57 59 58 57 56 58 57 54 54
RH 65 61 65 87 93100100 90 68 54 57 87 90100100 73 48 39 42
Wind dir NE E E E E E E E SE S SE SE SE S S S S S S
Wind spd 9 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 5
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 20 20 0 0
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.11 0 0
Rain shwrs S S S S
Tstms S S S
Mix Hgt 3400 900 1200 2900 4300 500 500 5700 7800
T Wind Dir E E E SE S SE S S S
T Wind Spd 9 13 11 9 9 11 12 12 9
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date Fri 10/10/25 Sat 10/11/25 Sun 10/12/25 Mon 10/13/25
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 56 83 56 84 59 87 59 85
Temp 64 57 80 79 64 57 80 80 67 60 82 81 68 60 79 80
Dewpt 57 56 55 51 51 48 49 46 47 49 52 52 56 55 54 54
Max/Min RH 100 33 72 27 67 28 84 34
RH 78 96 42 38 63 72 34 30 49 67 35 37 65 84 42 41
PWind dir S S S S S SW SW SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
$$
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