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Last Map Update: Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 1:46:31 am CDT

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A slight chance for storms across the southeastern Rolling Plains with low end chances for showers elsewhere. Mild with overnight lows in the 40s and 50s with calm winds and cloudy skies.

Cooler with highs in the 60s to near 70 degrees. Chance for thunderstorms late Thursday evening.

The main part of the upper-level storm system is forecast to move over the entire region heading into this weekend, with increasing rain chances set to occur early Friday morning. Widespread rainfall is forecast across all of the Caprock and Rolling Plains from Friday morning through Saturday night. Additionally, a strong cold front will move through the region Saturday morning, and will be accompanied by much colder air, allowing a changeover to measurable snow across portions of the Caprock Escarpment. Furthermore, northerly winds will accelerate to 20-30 mph, with gusts to 40 mph, following the cold front Saturday, making for a cold, damp, and raw day area-wide.

Precipitation chances and cooler temperatures are expected this weekend. Some wintry mix precipitation is possible Saturday morning.

Precipitation chances and cooler temperatures are expected this weekend.

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Local Weather History For April 2nd...

1956 (2nd-3rd): Dubbed "The grandfather of sandstorms" by the Associated Press, an epic wind and dust storm
engulfed an region from Amarillo to El Paso east to San Angelo and Abilene. Visibilities in many locations were at or
below 1/2 mile and the afternoon sky was cloaked by an eery red cloud of dirt that lasted past sunset. At the Lubbock
airport, a peak wind gust of 58 mph from the southwest was recorded. This storm swept in after highs the day before
reached the middle 80s in Lubbock with lower 90s off the Caprock. The severity of this dust storm would not be repeated
again on the Texas South Plains until January 25, 1965.