{"id":264743,"date":"2026-04-24T19:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/264743\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:02:21","slug":"calm-friday-gives-way-to-warm-and-gusty-stretch-saturday-through-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/264743\/","title":{"rendered":"Calm Friday gives way to warm and gusty stretch Saturday through Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; After a cold front passed through Thursday night, Friday we will be left with light northwesterly winds and dry conditions. Highs reaching the upper 80s to low 90s. <\/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\/04\/WZD3Z7LANJAI7DPCPQQAIYXRC4.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"619\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Relative humidity values will drop to single digits, as low as 7 percent, especially west of I-27 on Friday afternoon, creating periods of elevated fire conditions. However, no fire weather warnings are necessary for this afternoon because of such light winds.<\/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\/04\/M6B3FDJMHNA6VHA6ZATPEO4ZYQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"613\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)George Strait Concert Forecast<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\/04\/FGUL4I3CBBD53O66NTJML3CKEM.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"541\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">If you are planning on attending the concerts or doing anything outdoors this weekend here is a look at your Friday and Saturday afternoon and evening forecasts! Great weather for Friday, a little hotter and breezier Saturday. <\/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\/04\/XBP6ZT3JZVFJJMDLEH5BDO5UYA.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"522\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)Critical Fire Danger Through The Weekend<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Although not as windy Saturday, fire weather danger will still remain elevated. A Fire Weather Watch remains in effect for the region.<\/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\/04\/JVEB7A7NIFCW5HKB4HDYGYKURE.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"553\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The most dangerous conditions arrive Sunday when west winds will gust between 25 and 35 mph across the region. Combined with extremely low humidity levels in the single digits to low teens and hot, dry air, critical fire danger is expected. <\/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\/04\/2SO6AGPQWJFCJPAR5YIPQI6F3I.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"523\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; After a cold front passed through Thursday night, Friday we will be left with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[171,319,369,370,168,173,170,169,174,43955,374,172,371,7147],"class_list":{"0":"post-264743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-forecast","9":"tag-kcbd","10":"tag-kcbd-weather","11":"tag-local-weather","12":"tag-lubbock","13":"tag-lubbock-forecast","14":"tag-lubbock-headlines","15":"tag-lubbock-news","16":"tag-lubbock-weather","17":"tag-shania-jackson","18":"tag-south-plains","19":"tag-weather","20":"tag-weather-today","21":"tag-weekend-forecast"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264743","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=264743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}