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Lows tonight will be in the 40s to lower 50s thanks to this morning's cold front. Winds will be out of the east around 10-15 mph.

Tuesday will be sunny with highs in the 70s with east to southeast winds 10-20 mph.

Dry and breezy conditions are expected through Thursday, with temperatures warming mid-week. Thunderstorm chances remain for the weekend, mainly off the Caprock.

Chances for thunderstorms return to the forecast next weekend across the Caprock and Rolling Plains. This week will be a good time to review your safety plans for outdoor activities in case storms strike. Remember, a storm does not have to be severe to produce dangerous lightning. When thunder roars, go indoors; if you see a flash, dash inside!

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Local Weather History For April 14th...

2011 (14th-15th): A potent upper air storm system slowly moved eastward over the Southern Plains on the 14th and 15th.
This system brought relentless winds to portions of West Texas and supported an outbreak of at least 36 wildfires across
the states of New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma that burned more than 300,000 acres. This system began to influence weather
across the South Plains region of West Texas on the 14th, when westerly winds sustained in the 25 mph to 35 mph range
caused blowing dust and contributed to extremely critical fire weather. A localized and brief severe gust of 60 mph was
recorded at the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Silverton shortly after 2 PM. Although new fire starts
on the West Texas South Plains were limited on the 14th, significant runs were observed on several ongoing massive and
long-lived wildfires including the Swenson and Cooper Mountain Ranch fires. As the upper air storm system slowly
progressed east, a strong cold front pushed southward across the region in its wake. Post frontal winds reached severe
levels, with gusts as high as 67 mph. The most intense winds occurred over the extreme southeastern Panhandle and the
northern Rolling Plains, in closest proximity to the exiting storm system. Although the winds were in the post frontal
environment, temperatures only cooled modestly behind the front, and relative humidities again dropped below critical fire
weather thresholds. The combination of damaging wind gusts and low relative humidities resulted in a swarm of new fire
starts over western Oklahoma and western north Texas, and another significant run of the ongoing Swenson and Cooper
Mountain Ranch fires on the South Plains which accounted for scorching tens of thousands of acres during the two-day
period.