{"id":387069,"date":"2026-07-26T15:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387069\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T15:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:28:10","slug":"the-south-plains-sizzles-as-dangerous-heat-builds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387069\/","title":{"rendered":"The South Plains sizzles as dangerous heat builds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Heat advisory in effect from 1 to 9pm for Hall, Childress, Motley, and Cottle Counties from 1p-9p, where higher humidity will bring heat index values up to about 108 degrees. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Heat advisory in effect for parts of the region\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SJRPCACWD5FDHCCLZ2UNKMQESI.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"558\" \/>Heat advisory in effect for parts of the region(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Strong high pressure will keep the South Plains hot, dry, and largely storm-free throughout the week. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"A dome of high pressure is helping to keep temperatures high this week\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/XTLG75WHNZCEBCFTPL5QORUOSM.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"561\" \/>A dome of high pressure is helping to keep temperatures high this week(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Winds will remain light today and stay consistent. Highs will climb into the low triple digits for most of the area. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Highs today will be in the 100s\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CBV3UYGGYRDFZEOTPJUNOISZ4E.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"562\" \/>Highs today will be in the 100s(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Heat will carry over into Monday with highs settling into the lower 100s on the Caprock and around 105 farther east. Additional heat advisories may be needed. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Overnight lows will stay warm and mild\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ZKWD4CZWGBCMVCCBTTCXEMJMFU.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"567\" \/>Overnight lows will stay warm and mild(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Warm nights in the 70s will provide little relief from the back-to-back heat. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The next chance for storms may arrive late Friday or Saturday, but it\u2019s still far out and confidence remains low.<\/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\/07\/QUOOETXA6JF63AX2EUFECPSN5Q.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"555\" \/>7 Day Forecast(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Heat advisory in effect from 1 to 9pm for Hall, Childress, Motley, and Cottle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[171,168,173,170,169,174,172],"class_list":["post-387069","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-lubbock-weather","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387069","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=387069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}