{"id":267167,"date":"2026-04-26T15:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/267167\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T15:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:39:10","slug":"high-fire-danger-today-as-strong-winds-sweep-the-south-plains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/267167\/","title":{"rendered":"High fire danger today as strong winds sweep the South Plains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) -Strong winds and extremely dry air will create dangerous conditions across the region today, with the highest fire risk of the week arriving this afternoon. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Red flag warning\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/M6E2IMDBXVC35M3AIYALZU3QLE.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"553\" \/>Red flag warning(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Red Flag Warning is in effect until 8pm tonight for most of the area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The day will begin relatively calmly. A few high clouds overnight helped keep temperatures mild. By midday, conditions shift quickly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Westerly winds will strengthen to 25-35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Temperatures will climb into the 90s. <\/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\/SETW2KQP5BEQRN5RFXOC2RLFYQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"543\" \/>Highs today(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Winds will calm after sunset as the system driving them moves east. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Monday will be slightly less windy, but fire danger will linger. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Windcast\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/UB7K3PQUWNBMXPLCHZR4ZDNPLQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Windcast(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Temperatures remain hot, breezy, and humidity remains extremely low. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Rain chances\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A5PDYLEMWZAWJGMFOA5FXTZLWY.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"548\" \/>Rain chances(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On Wednesday, a cold front is expected to move through and bring widespread rain chances late in the week along with a noticeable cooldown. <\/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\/BJQXA4AQCZB5LNOAXIA3Y6W7ZM.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"542\" \/>7 Day Forecast(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) -Strong winds and extremely dry air will create dangerous conditions across the region today, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[171,168,173,170,169,172,38046],"class_list":["post-267167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-forecast","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-forecast","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-weather","tag-weather-lubbock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267167","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=267167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}