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Last Map Update: Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 5:54:17 pm CDT

Looking ahead to this evening for trick-or-treating, the forecast remains pleasant for outdoor festivities.
Clouds will increase through the day Friday as moisture levels increase ahead of a developing storm system to our west. Partly sunny skies and highs around 70 degrees on the Caprock and in the 70s to the east can be expected. The increasing moisture will bring a slight chance of late day thunderstorms to the southwest of the Lubbock area.
Thunderstorms, some severe, are forecast to affect portions of the Caprock and Rolling Plains on Saturday. The primary hazards will be damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 mph and large hail near quarter size.
Multiple rounds of showers and storms are forecast to affect portions of the Caprock and Rolling Plains on Saturday. The strongest storms will be capable of producing locally heavy rainfall, which may lead to a risk for flash flooding, especially along and east of the Interstate 27 and Highway 87 corridors.

 

 

 

Local Weather History For October 31st...
1972: An early-season ice storm struck the northern South Plains and the eastern half of the Panhandle this Halloween.
Light rain that began falling in the Panhandle and South Plains on the night of the 30th turned to freezing rain and sleet
early on Halloween coating trees, utility wires, cars, and roads with a sheath of ice. The worst ice accumulated in the
eastern Panhandle where as much as four inches built up on exterior objects leaving some residents without power for up to
several days. The northern South Plains fared better, with power outages lasting for only a portion of the morning hours.