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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Caprock...TX Forest Service
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
607 AM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on June 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

If you have questions or concerns with this forecast,
please contact our office at (806) 745-4926.

.DISCUSSION...

Light southwesterly winds will continue through the next couple of
hours. Winds will shift to the south by this afternoon. Wind
speeds will slightly pick up during the afternoon hours with
expected speeds around 10-15 mph. Through evening hours, winds
will slightly shift to the southeast and weaken. RH values will
remain around 90 to 100 percent through the day. Shower and
thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon through the evening.
Severe potential with these storms is low, however could see
periods of heavy rainfall which could lead to flash flooding.
Mostly cloudy skies will keep high temperatures today in the upper
80s.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 12 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........72     85     69     76     78     71
Weather cov.....                            S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            S CHC  S CHC
CWR.............0      0      10     10     20     20
Temp............68     70     80     87     89     88
RH..............87     84     60     45     41     42
20 ft wind......S 6    SW 6   SW 6   S 9    S 10   S 12
20 ft wind gust.10     9      10     14     16     17

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
                    Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    after 3 am.
CWR.................20 percent decreasing to 10 percent in the late
                    evening and overnight, then increasing to 20
                    percent after 3 am.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 12 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms after 3 am.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........61  60  66  65  64  68  63  54  62  44  60  73
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH                         SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW                          RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH                         SCH SCH
CWR.............20  20  20  20  10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20
Temp............86  85  83  80  76  74  73  71  70  68  68  67
RH..............46  46  49  56  66  74  79  84  87  93  93  97
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..12  10  9   9   9   9   7   7   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.17  16  14  14  14  14  12  12  9   8   7   6

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers
                    and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
CWR.................20 percent increasing to 40 percent early in
                    the morning, then decreasing to 20 percent late
                    in the morning increasing to 50 percent early
                    in the afternoon increasing to 60 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming south 5 to 8 mph
                    early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........80  74  81  91  85  81  73  66  63  54  52  42
Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY
CWR.............20  40  40  40  20  20  20  50  50  50  60  60
Temp............67  65  67  69  73  76  78  80  80  82  82  82
RH..............97  100 97  90  76  66  62  56  56  53  53  53
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  S
20 FT wind spd..5   3   5   5   5   6   6   7   7   8   7   8
20 FT wind gust.6   5   6   6   7   9   10  13  13  14  14  14

$$
Forecaster...ROBINSON
Requested by...Dwayne Teel
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2615013.0/LUB
.DELDT 06/05/26
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.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu