Current weather · Sep 26, 12:43 PM CDT

34.4390, -100.2190

81°

SunnyFeels like 83° · Humidity 58%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Lubbock, TX · grid 111,69
High
90°
Low
68°
Rain today
43%
Sunrise
7:32 AM
Sunset
7:32 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

Scroll sideways for more hours. Pick an hour for every number.

Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Sat 12 PM81°83°65°58%3%SSW10 mph17 mph7%3%—10 mi-100 ft
Sat 1 PM84°86°65°53%2%SSW12 mph20 mph6%2%—10 mi-100 ft
Sat 2 PM87°88°64°47%2%SW10 mph20 mph13%2%—10 mi-100 ft
Sat 3 PM88°90°64°44%2%SW10 mph18 mph20%2%—10 mi-100 ft
Sat 4 PM90°91°63°41%8%SW10 mph18 mph29%8%—10 mi-100 ft
Sat 5 PM90°91°63°41%8%SW8 mph16 mph23%8%—10 mi-100 ft
Sat 6 PM89°91°64°43%8%SW7 mph13 mph27%8%—10 mi-100 ft
Sat 7 PM85°87°65°51%10%SW3 mph9 mph15%8%—10 mi-100 ft
Sat 8 PM82°84°65°57%10%SSW5 mph8 mph28%8%—10 mi-100 ft
Sat 9 PM77°77°65°67%10%SSW6 mph9 mph29%8%—10 mi-100 ft
Sat 10 PM77°77°65°67%8%SSE6 mph10 mph25%8%—10 mi-100 ft
Sat 11 PM76°76°64°66%8%S7 mph10 mph21%8%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 12 AM75°75°64°69%8%S7 mph10 mph13%8%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 1 AM74°74°64°71%0%SSE7 mph10 mph13%2%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 2 AM72°72°64°76%0%SSE6 mph9 mph12%2%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 3 AM71°71°64°79%0%S6 mph8 mph18%2%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 4 AM71°71°64°79%1%S6 mph8 mph25%1%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 5 AM70°70°64°82%1%SSW6 mph8 mph32%1%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 6 AM69°69°64°85%1%SW5 mph7 mph26%1%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 7 AM68°68°63°83%1%WSW5 mph7 mph32%1%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 8 AM68°68°63°83%1%WNW5 mph7 mph52%1%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 9 AM70°70°64°80%1%WNW6 mph8 mph48%1%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 10 AM75°75°64°69%0%NW6 mph9 mph42%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 11 AM79°81°64°60%0%NNW6 mph9 mph28%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 12 PM82°83°64°55%0%N5 mph9 mph20%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 1 PM85°86°63°48%0%NNE5 mph10 mph37%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 2 PM88°88°61°41%0%NE5 mph10 mph35%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 3 PM90°89°60°37%0%NE5 mph10 mph28%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 4 PM91°91°59°34%0%NE6 mph12 mph38%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 5 PM92°91°58°32%0%NE5 mph10 mph25%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 6 PM90°89°58°34%0%NE5 mph10 mph22%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 7 PM87°86°59°40%0%NE3 mph8 mph20%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 8 PM83°83°60°46%0%ENE3 mph7 mph34%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 9 PM77°77°60°56%0%NE5 mph9 mph34%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 10 PM77°77°60°56%0%NE6 mph9 mph23%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 11 PM76°76°60°58%0%NE5 mph8 mph16%—10 mi-100 ft
Mon 12 AM74°74°61°64%0%NE6 mph8 mph14%—10 mi-100 ft
Mon 1 AM73°73°62°68%0%NE6 mph9 mph14%—10 mi-100 ft
Mon 2 AM71°71°62°73%0%NE5 mph8 mph11%——
Mon 3 AM70°70°63°78%0%NE6 mph8 mph9%——
Mon 4 AM69°69°63°81%0%NNE6 mph8 mph11%——
Mon 5 AM68°68°63°85%0%NNE6 mph8 mph11%——
Mon 6 AM67°67°63°86%0%NNE5 mph8 mph11%——
Mon 7 AM67°67°63°86%0%NE6 mph8 mph28%——
Mon 8 AM67°67°63°86%0%NE5 mph8 mph52%——
Mon 9 AM70°70°64°81%0%NE5 mph8 mph45%——
Mon 10 AM74°74°65°74%0%ENE6 mph8 mph38%——
Mon 11 AM78°78°65°66%0%ENE6 mph8 mph33%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 26, 12:30 PM CDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 11, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 2690°68°Sunny43%wind 12 mph · gusts 20 mph
  2. SunSep 2792°67°Mostly Sunny8%wind 7 mph
  3. MonSep 2891°71°Mostly Sunny2%wind 9 mph
  4. TueSep 2987°67°Showers And Thunderstorms Likely72%1.00 inwind 12 mph · gusts 23 mph
  5. WedSep 3081°62°Showers And Thunderstorms84%1.23 inwind 13 mph · gusts 23 mph
  6. ThuOct 179°58°Chance Rain Showers51%0.38 inwind 13 mph · gusts 22 mph
  7. FriOct 279°58°Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny22%0.03 inwind 10 mph · gusts 16 mph
  8. SatOct 383°61°4%wind 7 mph · gusts 13 mph
  9. SunOct 481°57°National Blend20%wind 12 mph · gusts 20 mph
  10. MonOct 580°58°National Blend9%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. TueOct 684°61°National Blend8%wind 7 mph · gusts 13 mph
  12. WedOct 7~78°57°Model mean
  13. ThuOct 8~80°58°Model mean
  14. FriOct 9~83°59°Model mean
  15. SatOct 10~82°61°Model mean
  16. SunOct 11~83°63°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like83°
  • WindSSW 10 mphgusts 17 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity58%
  • Dew point65°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility10 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset
  • Moonrise7:25 PMMoonset 7:27 AM
  • Moon phaseFull moon100% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 26, 7:00 AM CDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodaySep 2692°67°NWS grid 90° / 68°rain 30%thunder 19%wind 12 mph · gusts 20 mph
  2. SunSep 2793°67°NWS grid 92° / 67°rain 3%wind 7 mph
  3. MonSep 2892°71°NWS grid 91° / 71°rain 16%thunder 14%wind 8 mph
  4. TueSep 2989°68°NWS grid 87° / 67°rain 79%thunder 39%0.94 inwind 12 mph · gusts 21 mph
  5. WedSep 3084°64°NWS grid 81° / 62°rain 74%thunder 27%1.48 inwind 14 mph · gusts 24 mph
  6. ThuOct 183°61°NWS grid 79° / 58°rain 39%thunder 23%0.38 inwind 10 mph · gusts 21 mph
  7. FriOct 282°61°NWS grid 79° / 58°rain 17%thunder 12%0.08 inwind 10 mph · gusts 16 mph
  8. SatOct 388°62°NWS grid 83° / 61°rain 14%thunder 12%0.01 inwind 7 mph · gusts 13 mph
  9. SunOct 481°57°Beyond the NWS gridrain 20%wind 12 mph · gusts 20 mph
  10. MonOct 580°58°Beyond the NWS gridrain 9%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. TueOct 684°61°Beyond the NWS gridrain 8%wind 7 mph · gusts 13 mph
59°77°95°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 26, 7:00 AM CDT · GFS Sep 26, 1:00 AM CDT · GEFS Sep 26, 1:00 AM CDT · ECMWF Sep 25, 7:00 PM CDT · ECMWF AI Sep 25, 7:00 PM CDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

59°82°104°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 2690° 68°91° 67°0.30 in93° 71°0.02 in93° 71°0.06 in91° 68°0.06 in~91° 69°0.13 in
Sun Sep 2792° 67°93° 69°91° 74°93° 74°92° 68°~91° 67°
Mon Sep 2891° 71°75° 68°96° 73°94° 72°89° 68°~90° 67°
Tue Sep 2987° 67°1.00 in—81° 70°0.80 in82° 73°0.93 in91° 73°0.30 in~87° 76°0.07 in
Wed Sep 3081° 62°1.23 in—84° 68°1.27 in78° 69°0.51 in86° 71°0.14 in~84° 74°0.51 in
Thu Oct 179° 58°0.38 in—78° 67°78° 65°0.16 in84° 71°0.33 in~78° 66°0.04 in
Fri Oct 279° 58°0.03 in—83° 64°81° 64°0.02 in~75° 67°0.15 in~69° 66°0.08 in
Sat Oct 383° 61°—91° 70°84° 65°0.09 in~69° 65°0.02 in~71° 63°0.02 in
Sun Oct 4——78° 60°78° 65°0.07 in~70° 65°~75° 62°
Mon Oct 5——77° 54°75° 60°0.03 in~72° 55°~75° 60°
Tue Oct 6——~76° 56°~63° 63°~73° 56°~76° 56°
Wed Oct 7——~79° 61°—~75° 56°~81° 55°
Thu Oct 8——~79° 63°—~75° 56°~86° 57°
Fri Oct 9——~80° 62°—~80° 57°~89° 58°
Sat Oct 10——~79° 66°—~80° 59°~87° 59°
Sun Oct 11——~83° 63°———

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Childress Municipal (CDS) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Sun Oct 11, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature leanwarmer 33% · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct to Dec0°20°40°60°80°100°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 2684° / 56°105° (1953)34° (1984)no outlookno outlook
Oct 379° / 54°103° (2000)32° (2000)near normal most likely · days 8 to 1433% chance above normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 1078° / 53°101° (2024)32° (1986)33% chance above normal · Oct 202633% chance above normal · Oct 2026
Oct 1778° / 49°96° (1972)29° (1976)33% chance above normal · Oct 202633% chance above normal · Oct 2026
Oct 2469° / 44°95° (2021)21° (1993)33% chance above normal · Oct 202633% chance above normal · Oct 2026
Oct 3169° / 43°93° (2005)16° (1991)equal chances · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 768° / 42°94° (2023)12° (2019)equal chances · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 1466° / 40°92° (2017)12° (1959)equal chances · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2161° / 35°87° (1965)13° (1993)equal chances · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2859° / 33°88° (1954)9° (2006)equal chances · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 557° / 31°83° (2003)5° (2005)equal chances · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1255° / 30°85° (2016)6° (1985)equal chances · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1952° / 29°87° (1955)-5° (1989)equal chances · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayModerateheat
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightGoodwarm night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayFairhot
  • HikingtodayVery goodhot
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayVery goodwind
  • Beach and pooltodayIdealfine conditions
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightGoodbright moon

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayIdealfine conditions
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayModeratewarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayHighwarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated fair.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
SaturdayFair8:55 PM to 6:09 AM4 of 9None100%Fair7 mph
SundayFair8:54 PM to 6:10 AM7 of 9None98%Fair6 mph
MondayPoor8:52 PM to 6:11 AM0 of 9None93%9 mph
TuesdayPoor8:51 PM to 6:11 AM0 of 9None87%2 h10 mph
WednesdayPoor8:50 PM to 6:12 AM0 of 9None79%5 h9 mph
ThursdayPoor8:48 PM to 6:13 AM0 of 9None70%1 h9 mph
FridayGood8:47 PM to 6:14 AM9 of 93 h from 9:00 PM60%Fair6 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Sat7:07 AM to 7:17 AM7:17 AM to 8:05 AM6:59 PM to 7:47 PM7:47 PM to 7:57 PM
Sun7:08 AM to 7:17 AM7:17 AM to 8:06 AM6:57 PM to 7:46 PM7:46 PM to 7:55 PM
Mon7:08 AM to 7:18 AM7:18 AM to 8:07 AM6:56 PM to 7:44 PM7:44 PM to 7:54 PM
Tue7:09 AM to 7:19 AM7:19 AM to 8:07 AM6:54 PM to 7:43 PM7:43 PM to 7:53 PM
Wed7:10 AM to 7:19 AM7:19 AM to 8:08 AM6:53 PM to 7:42 PM7:42 PM to 7:51 PM
Thu7:11 AM to 7:20 AM7:20 AM to 8:09 AM6:52 PM to 7:40 PM7:40 PM to 7:50 PM
Fri7:11 AM to 7:21 AM7:21 AM to 8:10 AM6:50 PM to 7:39 PM7:39 PM to 7:48 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:32 AM, 91° E
  • SS Sunset 7:32 PM, 269° W
  • MR Moonrise 7:25 PM, 83° E
  • MS Moonset 7:27 AM, 273° W
  • Full moon, 100% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: no-fly (low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit). Next good stretch: Mon 8 AM to 7 PM, 11 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 7:02 AM to sunrise 7:32 AM, and sunset 7:32 PM to 8:02 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Sat12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Sat 12 PMNo-fly1012193%10 miup to 0 ft81°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit
Sat 1 PMNo-fly1215232%10 miup to 0 ft84°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit
Sat 2 PMNo-fly1012222%10 miup to 0 ft87°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit
Sat 3 PMNo-fly1012202%10 miup to 0 ft88°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit
Sat 4 PMNo-fly1013218%10 miup to 0 ft90°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit
Sat 5 PMNo-fly810188%10 miup to 0 ft90°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit
Sat 6 PMNo-fly79158%10 miup to 0 ft89°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Sat 7 PMNo-fly3141910%10 miup to 0 ft85°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit, civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Sat 8 PMNo-fly5182210%10 miup to 0 ft82°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 9 PMNo-fly6232610%10 miup to 0 ft77°gusts near or over your limit, low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 10 PMNo-fly623278%10 miup to 0 ft77°gusts near or over your limit, low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 11 PMNo-fly717208%10 miup to 0 ft76°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 12 AMNo-fly717208%10 miup to 0 ft75°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 1 AMNo-fly717200%10 miup to 0 ft74°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 2 AMNo-fly623260%10 miup to 0 ft72°gusts near or over your limit, low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 3 AMNo-fly623250%10 miup to 0 ft71°gusts near or over your limit, low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 4 AMNo-fly623251%10 miup to 0 ft71°gusts near or over your limit, low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 5 AMNo-fly623251%10 miup to 0 ft70°gusts near or over your limit, low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 6 AMNo-fly518211%10 miup to 0 ft69°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 7 AMNo-fly518211%10 miup to 0 ft68°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 8 AMNo-fly5681%7 miup to 0 ft68°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Sun 9 AMNo-fly67101%10 miup to 0 ft70°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Sun 10 AMNo-fly67110%10 miup to 0 ft75°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Sun 11 AMNo-fly67100%10 miup to 0 ft79°low cloud limits height (107.51)

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Sat 6 PM to Sun 6 AM 12 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Sun 7 AM to 3 PM 8 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Sun 7 PM to Mon 5 AM 10 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Mon 9 AM to 3 PM 6 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Mon 6 PM to Tue 3 AM 9 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Thu 10 PM to Fri 3 AM 5 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Fri 10 AM to 12 PM 2 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Fri 4 PM to Sat 4 AM 12 hours, every hour within the rules
Sat12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
SaturdayDry10%0.00 in41%12 mph3 dGood
SundayDry1%0.00 in32%6 mph2 dGood
MondayDry2%0.00 in36%6 mph1 dGood
TuesdayWet72%1.00 in50%12 mph
WednesdayWet63%1.23 in58%13 mph
ThursdayWet40%0.38 in54%13 mph
FridayDry11%0.03 in46%10 mph2 dGood
SaturdayDry4%0.00 in48%7 mph1 dGood

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Saturday, rated best.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Sat Best12:08 AM to 2:08 AM12:31 PM to 2:31 PM6:57 AM to 7:57 AM6:55 PM to 7:55 PM 100%7:32 AM, 7:32 PM
Sun Best12:54 AM to 2:54 AM1:17 PM to 3:17 PM8:02 AM to 9:02 AM7:25 PM to 8:25 PM 99%7:33 AM, 7:30 PM
Mon Good1:42 AM to 3:42 AM2:08 PM to 4:08 PM9:10 AM to 10:10 AM7:58 PM to 8:58 PM 95%7:33 AM, 7:29 PM
Tue Fair2:34 AM to 4:34 AM3:02 PM to 5:02 PM10:21 AM to 11:21 AM8:37 PM to 9:37 PM 90%7:34 AM, 7:28 PM
Wed Poor3:30 AM to 5:30 AM4:00 PM to 6:00 PM11:33 AM to 12:33 PM9:24 PM to 10:24 PM 82%7:35 AM, 7:26 PM
Thu Fair4:31 AM to 6:31 AM5:02 PM to 7:02 PM12:43 PM to 1:43 PM10:19 PM to 11:19 PM 73%7:36 AM, 7:25 PM
Fri Fair5:33 AM to 7:33 AM6:05 PM to 8:05 PM1:47 PM to 2:47 PM11:24 PM to 12:24 AM 64%7:36 AM, 7:23 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. This Afternoon90° · 8% · SW 10 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 90. Southwest wind around 10 mph.

  2. Tonight68° · 10% · S 5 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 68. South wind around 5 mph.

  3. Sunday92° · 1% · NNW 5 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. North northwest wind around 5 mph.

  4. Sunday Night67° · NE 5 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 67. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

  5. Monday91° · 1% · E 5 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. East wind around 5 mph.

  6. Monday Night71° · 25% · SSE 5–10 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

  7. Tuesday87° · 58% · S 10 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

  8. Tuesday Night67° · 84% · SE 10 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Southeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

  9. Wednesday81° · 84% · S 10–15 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

  10. Wednesday Night62° · 51% · SW 5–10 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

  11. Thursday79° · 51% · W 10–15 mph

    A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

  12. Thursday Night58° · 39% · N 5–10 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

  13. Friday79° · 18% · N 5–10 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  14. Friday Night58° · 7% · NE 5 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 58.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Lubbock, TX · issued Sep 26, 12:32 PM CDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

KEY Messages

Updated at 1218 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Slight chance for severe thunderstorms with the potential for large hail and severe winds gusts across the Rolling Plains late this afternoon and evening.

An upper pattern change will bring cooler temperatures and daily precipitation chances next week.

A risk for heavy rain may return to the region by Tuesday, lingering into Wednesday.

Short Term

1031 PM CDT Fri Sep 25 2026

(Tonight through Sunday)

After an active Storm day, we saw a lull in activity for most of the evening before storms across eastern NM expanded into Parmer County. Current radar imagery shows storms continue to track through Parmer County. CAMs are not handling the current thunderstorm activity well, however we could see a few more isolated thunderstorms expanding into our forecast area overnight through Saturday morning. Very similar to the past few days, these storms overnight are expected to be sub-severe with the main threat being periods of heavy rain that could lead to flooding. Especially across the far southwestern Texas Panhandle where West Texas Mesonets in that area measured up to 3 inches.

Saturday is expected to be warmer and quieter compared to the past few days. Current water vapor imagery shows upper ridging sitting over much of the state of Texas as a deamplifying upper trough swings across central CONUS. The upper ridging is expected to expand to the west through Saturday shifting flow aloft to the west effectively cutting on the subtropical moist upper flow we have had the past few days. The overnight storms are expected to linger through the morning, however we will see a break in activity by early afternoon. Impacts from the ridging will warm temperatures Saturday and keep conditions mostly dry. Expected highs will be in the 80s across much of the Caprock to upper 80s to mid 90s off the Caprock. There is a slight chance for thunderstorms off the Caprock later Saturday afternoon through the evening. Isolated thunderstorms will be possible with moderate convergence along a surface trough and lingering moisture. However, CAMs indicate most of the thunderstorm activity will be to the east to southeast of the forecast area. Severe thunderstorms will be possible. Any severe thunderstorms that develop will have the potential for large hail with MUCAPE values up to 2000 J/kg and severe wind gusts with inverted v-soundings and DCAPE values over 1300 J/kg. These storms are expected to clear the forecast area before midnight and the rest of the overnight period is expected to be quiet.

Long Term

1031 PM CDT Fri Sep 25 2026

(Sunday night through next Friday)

The long term forecast will begin with a dry and warmer Saturday before a slight cool down and the return of daily precipitation chances. The upper ridging is expected to expand across more of the Central Plains on Sunday. Temperatures will continue to warm with highs in the upper 80s across the far southwestern Texas Panhandle to upper 90s across the southern Rolling Plains. Subsidence below the ridging will keep the region dry. An upper pattern change will bring a cool down and daily precipitation chances on Monday. An upper low will dig down the coast of California before moving onshore off the coast of Baja California late Monday through early Tuesday. This pattern change will shift to southwesterly flow aloft pumping in subtropical moisture. Around the same time, Hurricane Polo is expected to make landfall off the coast of Baja Mexico. Southwesterly flow will pull any residual moisture from that system. Forcing from multiple passing shortwaves and plenty of moisture will bring daily precipitation chances with the greatest chances looking to be on Tuesday. Models are in disagreement in the progression of the upper low for the latter half of the week. ECMWF has the upper low stalling across the region through Friday before gradually deamplifying and being absorbed into northerly flow over the weekend. GFS has the low getting absorbed into northerly flow by the end of the work week as an upper trough amplifies across western CONUS over the weekend.

Aviation

1218 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026

(18Z TAFS)

The early-day convection that affected the terminals has raced off to the northeast leaving VFR in place early this afternoon. Additional isolated to scattered convection is expected to develop in the Rolling Plains by late this afternoon, but the current expectation is that it remains east and south of the terminals. Only CDS has an outside chance of impacts from any late-day convection. Otherwise, southwesterly to westerly breezes will be the rule through the afternoon, becoming light and somewhat variable overnight. There is a low chance of patchy fog/stratus development toward Sunday morning, but odds of sub-VFR at any of the terminals is too low for a mention in the TAFs.

LUB Watches / Warnings / Advisories

None.

Hazardous weather outlook Sep 26, 11:17 AM CDT

The office’s own seven-day heads-up for spotters and emergency managers.

FLUS44 KLUB 261617 AAA
HWOLUB

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1117 AM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026

TXZ021>044-271630-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
1117 AM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling 
Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Isolated thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon into this 
evening, primarily across the Rolling Plains. Sporadic wind gusts up
to 65 mph, hail up to the size of quarters and brief downpours are 
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Thunderstorm chances return for much of the region late Monday and
persist through Thursday. Rain is expected to be the most widespread
on Tuesday and Wednesday, when locally heavy amounts may lead to 
flooding concerns.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

$$

The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26Marginal Risk
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27General Thunderstorms Risk
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 28General Thunderstorms Risk
  4. Day 4 · Tue Sep 29No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Wed Sep 30No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Thu Oct 1No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Fri Oct 2No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Sat Oct 3No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 280.50 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Sep 29–Sep 301.50 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 1–Oct 20.25 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Flash flood risk

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26Marginal
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27Below marginal
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 28Below marginal
  4. Day 4 · Tue Sep 29Slight
  5. Day 5 · Wed Sep 30Marginal

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 1–Oct 5
  2. Days 6–10 · Precipitation40% chance above normalOct 1–Oct 5
  3. Days 8–14 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 3–Oct 9
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance above normalOct 3–Oct 9

Hazards, 3 to 14 days

  1. Sep 28–Oct 2Severe Drought
  2. Tue Sep 29Heavy Rain

Drought

  1. Drought Monitor, map of Sep 22D2 Severe drought
  2. Outlook for Sep 2026Drought persists

Drought in this county: the map, the record since 2000 and the outlook

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Childress 2

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around April 3 and the first fall freeze around November 5: a growing season of about 217 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 20; one spring in ten still has one after April 17.

Climate of 34.44, -100.22: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 27 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
HeatRisk max1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor0 · Little1 · Minor
Wet bulb globe temperature max81°80°81°77°76°73°72°73°
Heat index max91°91°90°86°82°78°78°80°
Chance of thunder max11%8%2%36%36%18%18%4%
Cloud ceiling min-100 ft-100 ft-100 ft
Visibility min10 mi7 mi10 mi
Mixing height max7,700 ft7,700 ft8,000 ft4,700 ft4,600 ft4,900 ft3,700 ft3,400 ft
Transport wind max16 mph13 mph15 mph16 mph20 mph16 mph14 mph15 mph
Twenty-foot wind max10 mph6 mph8 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph9 mph6 mph

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Childress Municipal (CDS) · 4.0 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Sat Sep 2690° / 68°84° / 57°105° (1953)42° (2000)
Sun Sep 2792° / 67°85° / 56°100° (2009)43° (2000)
Mon Sep 2891° / 71°84° / 57°103° (1953)39° (1967)
Tue Sep 2987° / 67°84° / 56°98° (1994)41° (1985)
Wed Sep 3081° / 62°86° / 57°104° (1977)34° (1984)
Thu Oct 179° / 58°85° / 57°99° (1951)35° (1984)
Fri Oct 279° / 58°83° / 57°101° (2000)39° (1985)
Sat Oct 383° / 61°83° / 56°103° (2000)42° (1961)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Sat7:07 AM7:32 AM7:32 PM7:57 PM12 h 0 min Full moon · 100% lit
Sun7:08 AM7:33 AM7:30 PM7:55 PM11 h 57 min Waning gibbous · 99% lit
Mon7:08 AM7:33 AM7:29 PM7:54 PM11 h 56 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue7:09 AM7:34 AM7:28 PM7:53 PM11 h 54 min Waning gibbous · 90% lit
Wed7:10 AM7:35 AM7:26 PM7:51 PM11 h 51 min Waning gibbous · 82% lit
Thu7:11 AM7:36 AM7:25 PM7:50 PM11 h 49 min Waning gibbous · 73% lit
Fri7:11 AM7:36 AM7:23 PM7:48 PM11 h 47 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat7:12 AM7:37 AM7:22 PM7:47 PM11 h 45 min Last quarter · 53% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

What the weather actually was · Open the live radar · Where the data comes from