Here is your updated forecast from the KLBK First Warning Weather Center as of Wednesday morning:
Short Term Forecast:
Today is the last day of fall here on the South Plains and the Rolling Plains. The weather definitely doesn’t feel like fall. Highs today will climb into the upper 60s to lower 70s with abundant sunshine. It will be breezy at times with a westerly and southwesterly wind. We’ll remain clear tonight but it will be a few degrees warmer. Lows will fall into the middle and upper 40s. Even warmer weather is expected on Thursday with the arrival of winter.
Extended Forecast:
Unseasonably warm weather will continue on Thursday with highs in the lower to middle 70s across the area. A cold front will arrive Thursday night, dropping highs on Friday back into the 40s. We’ll jump back into the 50s on Saturday before an even stronger front drops us back into the 30s on Christmas Eve (Sunday). Highs will warm back into the 40s on Christmas Day (Monday) and into the 50s on Tuesday. Overnight lows will drop into the 20s Friday and Saturday morning. It’ll be colder Sunday and Monday morning with lows in the 10s. Low temperatures warm back into the 20s Tuesday morning. Some of the morning forecast model runs are showing some light precipitation on Friday, mainly across the parts of the Rolling Plains. All model runs have taken any snow chances for Sunday out of the forecast and have backed off on the colder air mass as well.
Winter Solstice:
The Winter Solstice will occur at 10:28 a.m. CST on Thursday here on the South Plains and the Rolling Plains. It’s the shortest day of the year and the longest night of the year.
Lubbock Climate Data for Tuesday, December 19:
Sunrise: 7:47 a.m.
Sunset: 5:43 p.m.
Normal High: 53°
Normal Low: 26°
Record High: 80° (1921)
Record Low: 3° (1924)
Your KLBK First Warning Forecast:
Today: Sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 60s and low 70s. Breezy at times with a southwesterly wind 5 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Clear and a little milder with lows in the middle to upper 30s. Southwesterly wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, breezy and warmer with highs in the lower to middle 70. West-southwest wind 10-20 mph.
Have a great Wednesday!
Meteorologist Chris Whited
KLBK First Warning Weather
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