{"id":277089,"date":"2026-05-03T12:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/277089\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T12:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:03:11","slug":"warm-windy-pattern-takes-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/277089\/","title":{"rendered":"Warm, windy pattern takes hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) -A warming, wind-driven pattern is setting the stage for elevated fire danger to start our week. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Highs\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4O5PQW3UPNHKFKB626Z2CLTM6A.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"572\" \/>Highs(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Today winds pick back this afternoon and help push temperatures into the upper 70s and low 80s. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Wind today\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OZTNOR3QKRDBFI5OY7HV7B2QVQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"553\" \/>Wind today(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">High clouds will drift in throughout the day as winds reach 15-25 mph. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Fire danger is expected to be limited, but that will change as we start the week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On Monday, a dryline pushes into the region, and winds shift more westerly behind it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">As the air moves from the higher terrain out west, it compresses, warms, and dries out. <\/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\/05\/3VPL525LRZFNZLHUP5ETRMOZ3Y.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"553\" \/>Temperatures this week(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Temperatures will feel hotter, humidity drops, as winds become breezier. This combination will elevate fire danger across much of the Caprock and Rolling Plains. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A weak cold front arrives Tuesday, but it likely won\u2019t bring much rain. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Rain chances are limited this week\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ZFDWWXBXRJG7LFS76JYKYGFOSI.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"559\" \/>Rain chances are limited this week(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">By midweek, dry air takes over again, with quiet and warmer weather returning to close out the week. <\/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\/05\/O25VBUEHLBDLREHANZLT55JTGQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"550\" \/>7 Day Forecast(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) -A warming, wind-driven pattern is setting the stage for elevated fire danger to start our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[171,168,170,169,174,172,102488,38046],"class_list":["post-277089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-forecast","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-lubbock-weather","tag-weather","tag-weather-forecast-lubbock","tag-weather-lubbock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277089","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=277089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}