Wind trend & weekend storm update

The pictures we were getting in the weather center Tuesday evening were just incredible. The wind and lack of rainfall has been devastating for farmers and ranchers. If the wheat isn't suffering from drought, the wind and freezing temperatures aren't helping either.

Just look at some of the incredible dust storm pictures:

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From Wallace

The wind will go down later this evening, but until then, we can expect gusts around 40 mph at times. And you know by now, that means a ridiculous fire danger presents itself once again.

Here's the latest on the weekend storm. It will be coming through the 4 Corners area tonight/Thursday. While we wait on it, Thursday in Kansas looks beautiful with much less wind and seasonal, spring temperatures.

We are so excited for the rain that it will be easy to get impatient. The rain will start in Colorado and far western Kansas, then spread east Friday night. Most rainfall on Saturday will be over central Kansas. Although it's looking less likely we will get 2 inches of rain, there's still a good chance we will be close to 1" in many spots.