It's all about rain... and some of it moves our way

We are experiencing something really bizarre this week with major flooding hitting major metropolitan areas. Check this out. Monday night after the eclipse, major flooding hit the KC area with some places getting 9-10 inches of rain.

Tuesday night, Oklahoma City was hit with big time rains and had flooding reported on I-35. While the rainfall reports were mostly around 2-3 inches, it did create some problems for several hours. 

And now look what is about to hit in Texas. From Corpus Christi to Houston, there's going to be 10-15" of rain heading into the weekend. That's obviously too much at one time, and so the flooding threat has been raised to the extreme level as a life threatening situation is about to play out along the Gulf Coast. Even if Harvey doesn't become a hurricane (the forecast calls for it to reach hurricane strength soon), this is going to cut some areas off for a bit as roads will likely be washed out or under water. 

Chances for storms heading back to Kansas?

We will have some chances for storms Saturday night across northern Kansas.

Chances will shift south with a cold front by Sunday night. This will likely be our best chance for some rain in the coming days. So fingers are crossed for central Kansas.

The latest drought monitor just came out this morning. There's a big part of central and northern Kansas that continue in "moderate drought". The outlook for rain through the next two weeks isn't that promising. Heavier amounts will likely go north and south of Kansas. Time will tell.