LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Storms, and therefore rain, will be scarce in the South Plains area today and tonight. The chance tomorrow will be low. Storm, and rain chances, become likely in the viewing area Wednesday night and Thursday.
A mostly sunny sky today across the plains of West Texas and eastern New Mexico. The afternoon won’t be as hot as the past several, with highs near average for early June.
Lubbock’s June 3 average high is 90° (the average low 63°). The record high is 104° set on this date in 1998 (the record low is 43° in 1919).
There will be a breeze today, southwesterly around 13 to 23 mph with gusts of 30 to 35 likely. The wind will shift this afternoon to the north (and eventually to the northeast)…