Two rain chances on the way

It doesn't matter how many times I look at these numbers or talk about them, it still amazes me that southwest Kansas has gone over half a year... nearly 200 days on .53". That's just incredible when you think about it. Typically during the course of one year, southwest Kansas will get about 20-22" of precipitation.

It's not much better farther east, but the actual moisture is a little higher. 

Can we expect something to change soon? Will the 2nd half of March get better?

I don't exactly see a major shift in the pattern yet. If there's any good news to pass along is that we continue to see storms hitting the West coast and moving east. It's what I would consider a steady pattern, but not exactly a stormy one. A stormy pattern would be active weather about every 3-4 days, and we aren't there yet. And I don't think we are going to see that return in March. Here's the rainfall outlook taking us into late March. And once again, western Kansas continues to miss out.

Saturday, March 10 Rain Chance:

A storm will slide through the Plains at the beginning of the weekend. This is not going to be a severe weather maker in Kansas, but some thunder is expected around southern Kansas. It's also unlikely to produce any big amounts of rain. Best chances will be east of Dodge City and south of Great Bend/Salina (basically south central and southeast Kansas) Rainfall amounts of .25" look most likely with this storm.

Possible St Patrick's Weekend Storm:

Another system will be developing and pushing into the Plains around St Patrick's Day. Will we get more than just wind? Early signs point toward a rain chance for central and eastern Kansas, but unless something drastic changes with the track/intensity of the storm, western Kansas may miss out. I expect windy weather by the end of next week with rain chances possibly arriving Saturday evening.