If you haven’t already noticed, it is much cooler outside today! In fact, temperatures have begun slowly falling after the frontal passage earlier this morning, even under lots of sunshine. Clouds have been slow to thicken so far this afternoon, but satellite images show clouds quickly thickening across northeast New Mexico and the Texas panhandle as a storm system approaches from Colorado. These clouds should continue […]
Weather for Sunday 12/9/12
Finally a day with exciting weather! A strong cold front will begin to approach the northern South Plains by early Sunday morning, clearing the entire area by 8AM. Along this front winds will abruptly switch to a north-northwesterly direction and increase to 15-25 mph; with gusts approaching 40 mph by mid-afternoon. These strong winds will create areas of blowing […]
Weather for Saturday 12/8/12 & a Look at Sunday’s Storm
Tomorrow morning, temperatures are expected to be in the lower to middle 30’s across Lubbock with mostly clear skies and light winds. Saturday will likely end up being the last mild day for a while, with high temperatures expected to top out in the mid 60’s northwest of Lubbock; with upper 60’s inside the loop. High […]
Weather for the rest of Friday 12/7/2012
Good Afternoon, Another pleasant day out there today. Our low this morning was 40°, which is over 10° above average! As of 4PM Lubbock has hit 61°, after clouds earlier in the day cleared the area. Tonight will feature cool temperatures; possibly falling to freezing for an hour or two in Lubbock by tomorrow morning. […]
Weather for Thursday 12/6/2012
Happy ‘Dead Day’, Thursday will be a comfortable late Fall day across the South Plains, with highs warming into the mid-70’s by afternoon. Winds will also be tolerable; likely on the order of 5-10 mph. Similar to Wednesday, we will likely have periods of upper level Cirrus clouds move across the area. These clouds […]
Weather for Wednesday 12/5/12
Good evening, Today was much cooler across the South Plains, with a high of 64° in Lubbock. This is nearly 15° cooler than Lubbock’s high temperature on Monday.We can thank a cool front that moved through on Monday evening for today’s cool down. Tonight will be even cooler than last night, with an expected low of around […]
Weather for Tuesday 12/4/12
Finally, a cool front has moved through the South Plains;ending our streak of record high temperatures. However, even behind this cool front,temperatures appear to stay a few degrees above average.Temperature will continue to fall through the rest of this evening, with low temperatures on Tuesday morning expected to be near freezing, or around 33°. Skies […]
Weather for Monday, 12/3/12
Good Morning, Today is essentially a continuation of the weather we’ve experienced for the past few days. While it’ll be a close call, forecasters do not expect Lubbock to break a record high today. However, temperatures will still be nearly 20° above average; with an expected high near 80° in Lubbock. Skies will be mostly sunny throughout the […]
Weather for Sunday 12/2/12
Good Evening, For the third straight day in a row, Lubbock has broken a record high. Today’s high of 79° broke the old record of 76°, which occurred back in 1995. Tomorrow will be another warm one, with an expected high of around 80°. This temperature will threaten tomorrow’s record high as well, which is 81°. Skies will remain […]
Weather for Saturday 12/1/12
A record high of 81° was set at the airport on Thursday afternoon, beating the old record of 80°. We will again be very warm on Saturday, with high temperatures easily making it into the lower 80’s;perhaps the mid 80’s if there is enough sunlight. Winds will also be strong, especially in the afternoon when southwesterly wind gusts could exceed 25 […]