{"id":248031,"date":"2026-04-13T20:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248031\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T20:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:00:39","slug":"warm-and-windy-today-with-spotty-storm-chances-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248031\/","title":{"rendered":"Warm and windy today with spotty storm chances this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Winds are kicking up across the South Plains and raising fire danger in spots that missed out on weekend rain. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Red flag warning in effect for areas to the north and west\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KPJTV3YLGZBPVF6ILONBUEMS3U.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"534\" \/>Red flag warning in effect for areas to the north and west(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Red flag warning is in effect for northwestern counties until 8 PM. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Highs today\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/UZXT3EL7MJFCZNV4V4J6T676HU.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"561\" \/>Highs today(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Expect highs to climb in the 80s and low 90s with gusty southwest winds. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A chance of storms technically exists this afternoon, but it is limited to the southeastern areas. Most will remain dry and breezy. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Slight chance for storms this evening for areas to the southeast.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Z356EO3TDJHBVCQDPXUEVXDDNE.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"553\" \/>Slight chance for storms this evening for areas to the southeast.(KCBD)<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Afternoon and evening forecast\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WSFKRNAMO5AZPL53JYD6TN3RJQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"541\" \/>Afternoon and evening forecast(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Winds gradually ease after sunset, and a slight breeze will remain. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Tuesday storm chances increase, especially east of the Caprock. A few may turn severe during the afternoon. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Tuesday storm risk\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ASHYQOJK5RFFDDJPGRYLJ6ZKLI.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"548\" \/>Tuesday storm risk(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The overall pattern this week will be warm with off and on rain chances, mainly for areas to the east. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Rain chances off and on this week\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PAKT2YMP3VBRNFU2REHDE4GWGM.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"549\" \/>Rain chances off and on this week(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A cold front late week into the weekend will usher in cooler air. <\/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\/04\/X2LBXHVE5RH5VKWVX2QP6XWYAA.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"545\" \/>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; Winds are kicking up across the South Plains and raising fire danger in spots&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248032,"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-248031","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\/248031","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=248031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}