Stormy West - will this help KS?

March Madness has arrived in the basketball world, but where's our March Madness in the weather? March storms can be wicked in the sense that some will produce snow on one side with tornadoes on the other. There's no sign of that happening in Kansas anytime soon, but wow, here we are approaching the halfway point of the month and still, no good moisture.

Shocker fans out in San Diego are about to get met with some soaking rains. Good thing the games are inside because the forecast is full of rain. Just look at the forecast for how much rain could fall between now and the weekend. That western storm is one to watch throughout the week, but there isn't a single computer model that gives us much moisture from that system.

Thursday Night Rain:
Showers and storms will develop in northern Kansas Thursday night. Severe weather isn't expected, but there will be some nice rains over far northern Kansas and especially into the northeast.

Friday: A few leftover showers will still be around, but amounts aren't going to be anything spectacular.

Here are a couple of images showing what kind of precipitation may fall across the central Plains. The first shows rainfall amounts through March 22. And just look where most of it goes. Same areas that had snow this winter are now expected to get rain. It's striking the similarities between the rain and snow tracks.

This other image takes us out to the end of the month and even into early April. What we would want to see are more green colors over our area, and instead, it's all east.

The pattern is not likely to change significantly anytime soon. But with warming temperatures, the air can hold more moisture. That would at least offer up some hope that future storms coming through produce more than just a few drops.