Weather bracketology - gearing up!

Kansas will get all 4 in just the next 24 hours!

There's so much attention and focus on basketball this week. The possibility of a KU/WSU meeting is exciting and I know everyone will be chatting about it for the rest of the week. While you take time to fill out a bracket and get ready for the games, we will be tracking not one, but two different systems that will have an impact on Kansas weather.

The first will move through Wednesday and bring some rain showers to south central and eastern Kansas. Yesterday, we posted a graphic showing how much rain could fall in the middle of the week, and our thinking hasn't changed at all. Because the system is weakening as it approaches Kansas AND it's mainly tracking southeast of us, the best we can hope for is about a tenth to two-tenths of an inch (barely enough to settle the dust)

Forecast Rainfall from Wednesday a.m. - 7 a.m. Friday

By Thursday, the second storm system of the week will be approaching from the west and it will bring another round of moisture. Latest forecast models are boosting the amount of rain that could fall in southwest Kansas (potentially up to .50"). It's not a very strong system, but hopefully moving slow enough to provide some nice rains.

Melting snow and recent moisture has contributed to flooding on the Ohio River near Cincinnati. It's the highest the river has been in about 18 years, and although the water is starting to go down, it will likely remain above flood stage for most of the week. It crested at about 57 feet. Sure would be nice to spread some of that water over a parched Kansas.