This has been an amazing month of August for rainfall. We still have areas of the state that need rain, but we have several areas that now need some dry weather again. What a strange setup this month.
Goodland:
More than 6.37" above normal in August. It's the wettest August in more than 20 years and it's not over yet. Just another .50" or so would rival 1st place, so let's see what happens later this week.
Salina:
Running about 4.50" above average, it's currently the 3rd wettest August to date. The wettest August looks to be a rainfall amount of 13.75", so we have plenty of room to go before we would be getting close.
Wichita: Despite being almost 4.5" above normal for the month, we are still just in 10th place for wettest August. However, if we would get to 8" for the month, that would be enough to bring us into 5th place. So we will see what happens later this week.
Next feature to watch:
Another cold front should drop into the area either Thursday night or Friday. The timing is still being worked out among the different computer models, but I'm think we could begin to see storms in northern Kansas Thursday night. The rest of us should get in on some of the action Friday.
Heaviest rainfall should take place Friday, which will keep temperatures in the 70s for much of the state starting the weekend. Plan accordingly if you are thinking about camping. I do expect thunderstorms, but severe chances are questionable right now. Almost all of the significant rains should be out by Saturday mid-morning.
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