Here is your updated forecast from the KLBK First Warning Weather Center as of Thursday morning:

Warmer Weather Today:
Unlike Wednesday morning, we’re not seeing any scattered showers or thunderstorms on radar in our area. It’ll be another humid start to the day but the wind will turn southwesterly today which should help lower the dew point readings. Temperatures will be warmer today across the South Plains and the Rolling Plains. Highs today will climb into the the middle 90s on the Caprock and upper 90s to lower 100s across the Rolling Plains. High pressure remains in control of our weather. There is just enough moisture around under the high that an very isolated storm could pop up this afternoon and early this evening. That’s been the case the last couple of days. Otherwise, expect mostly clear to partly cloudy conditions tonight with lows dropping down into the lower to middle 70s. 

Extended Forecast:
Daytime highs will remain above normal across the South Plains and the Rolling Plains over the next 7 days. The normal high for late August is in the lower 90s. We’re expecting highs in the middle and upper 90s. Overnight lows will remain near average in the lower 70s.

There is only a very isolated chance for a thunderstorm over the extended forecast period. High pressure remains in control of our weather, but there is just enough moisture under the high pressure area. Combined with daytime heating, a storm may develop. A few models are showing storms in the late evening and overnight periods trying to work into our area from the Texas Panhandle and New Mexico.
  

Drought Update:
The latest update of the U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe stage drought conditions are in place across the majority of the South Plains and the Rolling Plains. Parts of Lubbock, Hale, Lamb and Hockley, Dawson and Borden County remain in extreme drought. The City of Lubbock is currently in extreme drought status. There have been some drought improvements across parts of the Rolling Plains, as well as the far southwestern and northwestern South Plains thanks to recent precipitation. A new update of the U.S. Drought Monitor will be released later this morning.  

Lubbock Climate Data for Thursday, August 23:
Sunrise: 7:15 a.m. 
Sunset:  8:24 p.m. 
Normal High: 91°
Normal Low: 66°
Record High: 101° (1985)
Record Low: 54° (1923)

Your KLBK First Warning Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the middle 90s on the Caprock and upper 90s to lower 100s across the Rolling Plains. Southeast wind this morning will become southwesterly 10-20 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear to partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to middle 70s with a southerly wind 10-15 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s on the Caprock and the lower 100s across the Rolling Plains. Southwest wind 10-15 mph.

Have a great Thursday!

Meteorologist Chris Whited
KLBK First Warning Weather
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