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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for LUBBOCK...TFS
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
239 PM CST Sun Mar 1 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 CST on March 01.
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...
Southwesterly winds of 12-18 mph will remain intact through dusk,
with RH values holding steady near 10 percent. Temperatures are
currently 86 degrees on nearby West Texas Mesonet sites, and
temperatures will hold steady through 5 PM CST and begin to fall
thereafter. Mixing heights will remain very high through dusk and
allow smoke to ventilate. There is an expectation for winds to
shift to the northeast by 8-9 PM CST as a cold front moves in from
the northeast, with speeds near 10-15 mph at the surface and 20
foot levels. RH will rise quickly behind the cold front. The
northeasterly winds will become easterly near midnight CST, with
RH recovering to 50 percent by 10 PM CST and near 80 percent by
Monday morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........10 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 13 mph.

TIME (CST)      3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........18     6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0
Temp............87     85
RH..............10     15
20 ft wind......SW 12  SW 8
20 ft wind gust.18     9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 42.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    east 6 to 9 mph.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........15     6      12     24     58     80
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............83     69     61     55     51     47
RH..............17     32     50     66     68     74
20 ft wind......SW 6   E 6    E 9    E 9    E 7    NE 6
20 ft wind gust.8      9      13     14     12     10

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 6 to 13 mph in the afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........86  90  92  92  83  82  82  73  81  82  71  63
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............43  44  43  45  50  53  57  60  64  65  67  67
RH..............82  79  86  82  74  69  64  58  50  48  45  45
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   6   6   8   9   12  13  13
20 FT wind gust.9   9   8   8   9   9   10  13  15  17  18  17

$$
Forecaster...SINCAVAGE
Requested by...EARHART
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2604412.0/LUB
.DELDT 03/01/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL csdispatch@tfs.tamu.edu