{"id":414058,"date":"2026-08-22T20:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414058\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T20:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:06:10","slug":"nothing-cool-about-this-weekend-as-temperatures-soar-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414058\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing cool about this weekend as temperatures soar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; When it\u2019s as hot as this, it\u2019s usually nice to be able to say hey, we\u2019re at least close to breaking records! Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, Lubbock\u2019s record high for today is 107\u00b0. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">SATURDAY<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hot and sunny. High temperatures will vary for the area, ranging from around 100\u00b0 for our western counties to nearly 110\u00b0 for the eastern area off the Caprock. I have 103\u00b0 for Lubbock. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A scorching hot day is on the way as some spots could close in on the 110\u00b0 mark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787429168_833_5UZN5XSGHNGR3NDIBIUZKNTUOY.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"588\" \/>A scorching hot day is on the way as some spots could close in on the 110\u00b0 mark(Dylan Smith)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">We also have a handful of storms possible later this afternoon\/evening as a marginal (1\/5) has been issued for our eastern counties. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A slight chance for a handful of showers and storms popping later today\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787429169_570_SXFSUXXFMJHGNAZHO5KRIR27AU.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"570\" \/>A slight chance for a handful of showers and storms popping later today(Dylan Smith)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">TONIGHT<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Quiet and mild. Low temperatures overnight drop into the 70s once again. Rain chances dry up once the sun sets this evening with generally clear skies for most. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">SUNDAY<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A rinse and repeat forecast but with slightly hotter afternoon temperatures. High temps will once again vary from the 100\u00b0 to 110\u00b0 range for the afternoon. I have 104\u00b0 for Lubbock.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"High pressure will ease slightly by the middle of next week as temperatures drop a little\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787429170_797_AFV4IJT2XJE5VMEANYX5DLVH6E.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"567\" \/>High pressure will ease slightly by the middle of next week as temperatures drop a little(Dylan Smith)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">EXTENDED WEATHER PATTERN<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">For at least the first half of this forecast we\u2019re eyeing the majority of the South Plains hitting the low to mid 100s. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A few shots of rain today will give way to a slight chance of rain by the middle of next week\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787429170_933_KOFNH5EIYNGN7I4HPAWQHYG4XE.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"560\" \/>A few shots of rain today will give way to a slight chance of rain by the middle of next week(Dylan Smith)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Later next week we could pick up some shots of rain and maybe more upper 90s and lower 100s for a period of time. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; When it\u2019s as hot as this, it\u2019s usually nice to be able to say&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[171,66,168,170,169,223,172],"class_list":["post-414058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-forecast","tag-local","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414058","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=414058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}