{"id":292051,"date":"2026-05-14T00:15:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/292051\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T00:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:15:24","slug":"summer-temps-arrive-in-west-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/292051\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer temps arrive in west Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; As expected, summer temperatures have arrived in west Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Afternoon highs, on this Wednesday, have been in the 90s from the Panhandle south to the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"More heat on the way for the remainder of the week and into the weekend.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5UYFQOPHSZAFDAC6FKFVP746CQ.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"553\" \/>More heat on the way for the remainder of the week and into the weekend.(KCBD Graphic)<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"More heat on the way for the remainder of the week and into the weekend.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SUGV5H4255CDNBQZTSMCXBAOFE.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"560\" \/>More heat on the way for the remainder of the week and into the weekend.(KCBD Graphic)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">More heat on the way for the remainder of the week and into the weekend. Daytime temperatures will approach and possibly hit the 100-degree mark on Friday and Saturday on the South Plains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Continued dry conditions will combine with the heat and gusty winds to increase fire danger for the area on into the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A Fire Weather Watch is in effect Thursday for the northwest region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">While winds have been close to 30 mph on Wednesday, they will likely be higher in gusts Thursday and again on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Increased wind, low humidity and hot temperatures will increase fire danger for the region Thursday and again on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Even with the heat, wind and fire danger, there is a slim chance of a few showers in northern areas Wednesday night. Isolated showers and maybe a storm or two will be possible over the central and northern South Plains on Thursday. If storms can develop, they have the potential to produce strong downburst winds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The heat and limited rain chances will continue through Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; As expected, summer temperatures have arrived in west Texas. Afternoon highs, on this Wednesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-292051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292051","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=292051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}