Lubbock, Texas (KCBD) – A red flag warning and wind counseling remain in force until Wednesday evening.

The drying line has mixed with a Pacific cold front and is now moving through the viewing area. The post-dry line and now postfrontal air mass above the Caprock was very dry, with the relative humidity values ​​falling below 10% according to the latest Mesonet data in West Texas. Strong western winds remain intact this evening, hence the need for the fire weather warning.

Light western winds remain through sunrise. On Thursday morning there is the potential for thick cloud cover, which weaken the heating of the daily surface and possibly prevent warmer temperatures. We will keep an eye on Thursday morning on Thursday morning when we update high temperatures.

The winds on Thursday afternoon will be southwest and will be airy up to the early afternoon. Winds will not achieve a advisory level; However, the winds accelerate to 15-25 miles per hour by the afternoon, especially on the caprock. The combination of the strong winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels leads to favorable conditions for the fast growth and the spread of forest fires over the caprock. A fire weather clock is in force on Thursday between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. CDT.

High wind event and critically for an extremely critical risk of fire is expected in the entire viewing area in the entire viewing area Friday. It may be a historical day in relation to strong winds in the South Plains, which is why we described it as A First alarm weather day.

The only main change of this forecast was to easily increase the persistent winds and gusts of wind for Friday during the day. Some instructions indicate persistent winds of almost 50 miles per hour. Therefore, wind gusts of up to 80 miles per hour are possible. A Weding Weating Watch Watch and Fire Watch Watch have already been exhibited for Friday.

Dry and warm weather leads to the continuation of the increased to critical fire weather conditions in the next week, from Monday.

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