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Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
246 AM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025

TXZ024-122100-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
246 AM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date             Sun 10/12/25            Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25
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                      86          66          75          61          83
Temp          70 68 75 83 84 79 74 72 71 68 69 72 74 73 68 66 63 62 68 79 83 79
Dewpt         51 52 55 58 58 60 63 63 63 62 63 63 62 61 61 60 57 57 59 59 57 57
RH            51 57 50 43 41 52 69 73 77 81 79 72 65 66 79 80 81 84 71 50 41 46
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W SW  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE
Wind spd      12 14 13 12 11  9  8  6  6  6  5  5  6  5  5  5  5  4  5  6  9  6
Clouds        B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          30          40           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08           0           0
Rain shwrs                    S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
Sprinkles         S  S  S  S
Tstms                         S  S  C  S  C  S  S  S
Mix Hgt              3500  4800   600   600  2500  2500  1000   500  3900  6000
T Wind Dir             SW    SW    SW    SW    SW     S    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             17    16    16    13     9    11    10     8     8    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          Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25
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          59    84      58    84      59    81      54    81
Temp          66 59 80 78   65 59 80 79   67 60 77 75   60 54 76 74
Dewpt         55 53 54 52   51 50 52 52   52 52 48 45   45 43 38 37
Max/Min RH       80    34      72    32      75    28      65    21
RH            68 80 41 40   60 72 38 39   58 75 36 34   57 65 25 26
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     W       W     W
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5       5     5       5     5

$$
TXZ026-122100-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
246 AM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date             Sun 10/12/25            Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25
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                      89          66          78          62          86
Temp          68 67 74 85 88 83 77 74 72 69 70 73 77 75 70 68 64 63 69 81 85 81
Dewpt         49 50 52 56 58 58 60 60 61 61 63 63 62 59 59 58 56 56 56 57 56 55
RH            51 54 46 37 36 43 56 62 68 76 78 71 60 58 68 70 75 78 63 44 37 41
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  E SE SE SE  S  S SE SE
Wind spd      11 11 13 13 12  9  9  8  8  8  6  6  6  5  6  6  5  5  5  5  6  5
Clouds        SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     10          30          30           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08           0           0
Rain shwrs                          C  C  C  C
Sprinkles         S  S  S  S
Tstms                               S  S  S  S
Mix Hgt              3900  6000   400   400  1000  1400   700   400  3800  5500
T Wind Dir             SW    SW     S     S     S     S     E    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             17    17    12    11    11    11    10     9     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          Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25
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    86      58    86      59    84      54    83
Temp          67 60 80 80   67 59 81 81   68 60 80 80   63 55 78 76
Dewpt         53 53 53 50   49 49 51 49   51 52 51 46   47 45 43 39
Max/Min RH       78    31      69    30      75    27      69    22
RH            61 78 39 35   52 69 35 33   55 75 36 30   56 69 29 26
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE     S       S     W       W     W
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW FW CL   CL FW CL FW   FW FW FW CL   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     5       5     5

$$
TXZ043-122100-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
246 AM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date             Sun 10/12/25            Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25
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                      91          66          85          62          89
Temp          68 67 76 87 89 85 79 76 74 69 73 77 84 83 74 70 66 62 73 84 88 84
Dewpt         51 50 53 56 57 58 59 60 58 58 59 59 58 57 57 55 55 56 58 58 55 53
RH            54 55 45 34 34 41 51 58 57 68 62 53 41 42 55 60 69 80 60 42 34 35
Wind dir       S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE
Wind spd       9  9 12 12 12  9  8  6  6  5  6  6  8  6  6  5  5  4  5  5  8  6
Clouds        FW B1 SC SC B1 SC B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     10          40          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07           0           0
Rain shwrs                          S  C  S  S
Sprinkles            S  S  S
Tstms                               S  S  S
Mix Hgt              4500  6400   500   600  2000  4300   800   500  5700  6900
T Wind Dir             SW    SW     S    SW    SW    SE     E     S     S    SE
T Wind Spd             19    17    12    13    11    10    11    10    11    12
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          Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25
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          58    89      58    89      60    88      54    87
Temp          68 59 83 83   68 59 84 84   70 61 83 82   65 55 81 81
Dewpt         53 53 53 50   50 50 51 49   52 53 51 45   47 46 42 38
Max/Min RH       83    28      72    26      75    24      72    18
RH            59 82 36 32   53 72 32 30   54 75 34 27   52 71 26 22
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE     S       S    SW      SW     W
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    CL FW CL CL   CL CL CL CL   CL FW FW FW   CL FW FW CL
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     5       5     5

$$
TXZ035-122100-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
246 AM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date             Sun 10/12/25            Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25
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                      86          65          81          62          84
Temp          71 67 74 81 85 80 73 71 70 67 70 74 79 77 70 68 65 62 70 79 84 79
Dewpt         51 52 55 59 60 61 62 63 62 61 62 61 60 59 59 58 56 56 56 57 56 55
RH            49 59 51 47 43 52 68 76 76 81 76 64 52 54 68 70 73 81 61 47 38 44
Wind dir       S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE
Wind spd      16 14 13 12 12  9  9  9  9  8  6  9 10  9  9  9  8  6  8 10 11  9
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          40          40          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07           0           0
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Sprinkles         S  S  S
Tstms                      S  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S
Mix Hgt              3600  4400   700   600  3500  3500  1100   500  4300  5600
T Wind Dir             SW    SW     S    SW    SW     S    SE    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             16    13    14    14    11    11    13    11    11    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          Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25
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          58    84      59    86      58    85      53    82
Temp          67 58 79 80   67 59 80 81   67 58 79 79   62 54 77 76
Dewpt         52 52 54 50   49 50 51 50   51 48 45 38   42 41 37 35
Max/Min RH       80    33      72    31      69    20      61    18
RH            59 80 42 35   52 72 36 34   56 69 30 23   48 61 24 22
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S       S     W       W     W
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW CL   FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5       0     0       5     5

$$
TXZ031-122100-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
246 AM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date             Sun 10/12/25            Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25
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                      91          66          80          62          87
Temp          69 68 76 87 89 83 78 75 72 70 72 74 77 78 71 68 65 62 70 82 86 82
Dewpt         51 52 53 56 58 60 62 63 62 62 63 64 62 61 61 59 57 56 58 59 57 56
RH            53 56 45 35 36 46 59 67 70 76 75 71 59 55 71 73 76 80 66 45 38 42
Wind dir       S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE
Wind spd      10 11 14 13 12  9  8  5  5  5  5  6  6  5  5  5  5  4  5  6  8  5
Clouds        SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     10          40          30           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08           0           0
Rain shwrs                          C  C  C  C
Sprinkles         S  S  S  S
Tstms                               S  S  S  S
Mix Hgt              4300  6200   700   800  1400  1600   800   600  4400  6200
T Wind Dir             SW    SW     S    SW    SW    SE     E    SE     S    SE
T Wind Spd             18    16    12    13    11     9    10    10     9    12
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          Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25
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          58    87      59    88      61    87      54    85
Temp          68 59 82 81   67 59 83 82   70 61 80 81   63 55 80 78
Dewpt         55 53 54 52   51 50 53 51   53 54 52 47   48 45 44 39
Max/Min RH       81    32      72    29      78    28      71    21
RH            64 80 38 36   56 72 36 34   55 78 38 31   59 70 28 25
PWind dir        SE     S      SE     S       S     W       W     W
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW FW CL   CL FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     5       5     5

$$
TXZ029-122100-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
246 AM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date             Sun 10/12/25            Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25
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                      82          61          74          58          80
Temp          66 64 70 78 80 77 69 68 66 64 66 69 72 73 65 64 61 59 65 76 79 76
Dewpt         52 52 55 58 58 60 63 63 63 62 61 61 60 60 61 59 57 56 58 57 56 56
RH            61 65 59 50 47 56 81 84 90 93 84 76 66 64 87 84 87 90 78 52 45 50
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE
Wind spd      12 12 12 11 10  8  6  5  5  5  5  5  6  5  5  5  5  4  5  8  9  6
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          50          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08           0           0
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Sprinkles         S  S  S
Tstms                      S  S  S  C  C  C  S  S  C
Mix Hgt              3300  4800   600   600  3100  3300  1100   700  4200  5400
T Wind Dir             SW    SW     S    SW    SW     S    SE     S     S     S
T Wind Spd             17    14    14    13    10    12    13    11    10    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          Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25
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          54    81      55    81      53    78      48    78
Temp          63 55 76 76   63 56 77 77   64 54 74 72   56 49 73 72
Dewpt         55 52 54 51   51 50 50 50   52 48 43 39   42 40 35 35
Max/Min RH       90    36      83    36      83    25      74    20
RH            75 90 46 42   65 80 39 39   65 80 33 30   59 71 25 26
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     W       W     W
Wind char       <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15     <15   <15
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5       5     5       5     5

$$
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