Hot weekend ahead of Labor Day - kcbd.com

Temperatures across the South Plains have been running well above normal all week, and that pattern holds through the holiday weekend. Most of central and eastern Lubbock can expect daily highs ranging from 96 to 100 degrees. If you have family east of the Caprock, it could be worse for them, with triple-digit readings possible over the next couple of days.

For people trying to make Labor Day weekend plans, that means outdoor cookouts, trips to the park, or anything else away from air conditioning will come with real heat risk. The difference between 96 and 100 may not sound like much on paper, but at full West Texas sun with no shade, that gap matters fast.

Former Tropical Storm Edouard is on land and slowly weakening as it tracks toward the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but nothing in that system is expected to bring relief to Lubbock. No rain, no cool front, just the same relentless stretch of above-normal heat the South Plains has been grinding through.

The average high for early September in Lubbock is 89 degrees, which means this week is running more than a week's worth of summer past its welcome.