A cold front will move across the South Plains overnight Sunday, with cooler temperatures  in its wake. Highs on Monday will make it into the upper 50’s by late afternoon, under sunny skies and 10-20 mph southerly winds. These strengthening southerly winds are due to an approaching strong storm system; moving in from the northwest. While […]

Good Morning, Sunday will be the last mild day in Lubbock for a while. High temperatures will be near 70°, under sunny skies. Winds will be strong;possibly gusting upwards of 35 mph by late afternoon. These gusty winds will likely cause patchy areas of blowing dust; though it will be nothing like last Wednesday’s dust storm. Sunday night lows […]

Good Afternoon, Lubbock has so far reached a Friday afternoon high near 60° today, which is quite amazing considering this morning’s low temperature was a very cold 19° on Tech campus. Fortunately, the warming trend will continue tonight; with temperatures falling into the mid 20’s by day-break Saturday. Saturday afternoon will be even warmer than today, likely topping out near the […]

Good Morning,   Before getting to Thursday’s forecast, an overview of Wednesday’s high wind event is in order. After skies cleared Wednesday morning, the winds rapidly picked up across the entire region; gusting over 60 mph in Lubbock before all was said and done. Below is a  breakdown of the strongest wind gusts across the […]

Good Tuesday morning, Lubbock will finally have a day without strong westerly winds! Southwesterly winds will only be sustained between 10-20 mph, with gusts to 25 mph by early afternoon. While these winds are certainly elevated, they are nothing compared to the 40+ mph gusts the South Plains has been experiencing the past few days. Skies will be mostly sunny, allowing temperatures to […]