{"id":127528,"date":"2026-01-18T00:05:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/127528\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T00:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:05:34","slug":"winter-whiplash-takes-over-the-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/127528\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter whiplash takes over the forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Saturday wraps up cold, cloudy, and quiet before we\u2019re buckled into a temperature roller coaster. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Temperatures this week\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/COGFNODOSREF7AJCI2L2UWJBSQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"552\" \/>Temperatures this week(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Temperatures struggled to get out of the 30s across most of the area after on Saturday, after coming off a cold front that left behind cold, dense air near the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Some areas to our north were lucky enough to see a few snowflakes this morning but there\u2019s not enough lift or moisture for anything to stick. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Lows tonight\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A4PRKDTQKBFTTALYT64MGHEDKY.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"563\" \/>Lows tonight(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Tonight, skies will continue to clear and winds go light as high pressure settles overhead. Overnight lows will fall into the teens. If you have pets, plants, or exposed pipes, tonight is one you\u2019ll want to plan for. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sunday looks like a complete flip of the switch. As that high pressure slides off to our south and east, winds turn southwesterly and warmer air rushes back in. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Forecast tomorrow\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PMFAKUUNR5ARVACIKFR5H2U5EA.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Forecast tomorrow(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">With sunshine returning, temperatures rebound into the 60s. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Highs tomorrow\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5WFQ27GDCRAVFO5ZG3G7B25GMA.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"546\" \/>Highs tomorrow(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Another cold front arrives late Sunday and early Monday, knocking temperatures back down into the 40s for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">From there we\u2019ll settle into a familiar pattern: fronts moving through every few days, temperatures swinging up and down, but with very little moisture to work with. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Rain chances this week\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GJPSWSSRR5FCPFEIH73QZPBKZQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"553\" \/>Rain chances this week(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The jet stream keeps steering storms systems away from us, so these fronts are mostly dry. That means no meaningful rain or snow to help ease the dry conditions across the region. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Drought conditions as of 1\/17\/26\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/XJ2AGPQKKJF2DC5O7FV52OIVAQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"563\" \/>Drought conditions as of 1\/17\/26(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Which is why fire danger is something to look out for even in colder weather, particularly when the winds kick up. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"7 Day Forecast\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F7WI3VAL75FC7CVVRPJ4RV2GEI.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"546\" \/>7 Day Forecast(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Saturday wraps up cold, cloudy, and quiet before we\u2019re buckled into a temperature roller&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[171,168,173,170,169,174,172,38046],"class_list":{"0":"post-127528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-forecast","9":"tag-lubbock","10":"tag-lubbock-forecast","11":"tag-lubbock-headlines","12":"tag-lubbock-news","13":"tag-lubbock-weather","14":"tag-weather","15":"tag-weather-lubbock"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}