{"id":161603,"date":"2026-02-12T13:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/161603\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:40:08","slug":"unseasonable-warmth-thursday-then-weekend-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/161603\/","title":{"rendered":"Unseasonable warmth Thursday then weekend storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Thursday morning conditions have been quiet, radiative cooling hindered by mostly cloudy skies kept lows in the 40s to lower 50s.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"KCBD\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OZ6AIXYYMJEAZOVD5RW7HOY7PY.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"549\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Thursday\u2019s highs are expected to reach the low to mid-70s across much of the region, with some areas off the Caprock potentially climbing into the low 80s. For some this will be close to 15 to 20 degrees above the February average. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"KCBD\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/QDZT2RWX4VGPLCLKVBJZUVVPEI.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"628\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)Weekend rainfall expected<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The pleasant conditions are short-lived. Widespread rainfall is forecast to begin late Friday and continue into Saturday, with a few thunderstorms possible during the system\u2019s passage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"KCBD\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RVLKM7JR65EVZGJG4QXFWMWUDA.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"581\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Make the most of Thursday\u2019s pleasant weather while preparing for the extended forecast\u2019s weekend rain chances.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"KCBD\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TMNFEJIYGNBVDDLOHVKUJPVG7M.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"566\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)Fire weather concerns loom<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"KCBD\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MSHEYWWKKJGILMWT2JJXVOVTJU.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"566\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Conditions are expected to dry out and warm up again early next week, bringing dry, breezy conditions that could enhance fire weather risks heading into the following week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"KCBD\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/V34TMIHXKRGQBNODPH3KNOBH5I.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"548\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Thursday morning conditions have been quiet, radiative cooling hindered by mostly cloudy skies kept&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[171,168,173,170,169,174,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-161603","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"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161603","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=161603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}