I hope everyone is safe and well heading into the weekend. This is such an odd world we are in right now ... my lack of blogging this week was simply due to managing some other very important issues.
We've just wrapped up a very cloudy and dismal stretch of weather and now we are capping it off with 20° below normal temperatures. A hard freeze will take place again heading into Saturday morning. We have anticipated some colder weather in mid-March and now it has finally decided to show up. It won't hang around for very long and might be the last of the 20s for some of us.
Rainfall (compared to normal) for March:
This map shows much of Kansas is right on target for moisture in March. We are above normal in the eastern 1/3 of Kansas. You can use the legend on the right side to see what the colors represent, but much of eastern Kansas is 1-2" above normal.
Next chances coming this weekend - NOT a big storm:
This will be a fast moving system coming from the Pacific. It's going to stir up several hours of very light showery type of weather. It starts after dark Saturday night and will continue through the first part of the day Sunday. I don't even think there will be thunder with any of this. Just light rains. Generally speaking, amounts should come in under .30" for the area.
Monday night - another chance
This is yet another in a series of systems that will come in from the west. It's cruising through pretty quickly, so that should keep us from getting big rains. I'm expecting Monday evening and into the night to develop some showers AND storms, but severe weather chances are very low. And this will track away from Kansas by early Tuesday. So it's not around for more than 12-18 hours. Rain amounts with this feature might be in the .25-.50".
Forecast rainfall - again, don't focus on exact amounts but understand where most of the rain should go over the next 3-4 days:
Big warm up coming next week! Looks like by midweek we will have temperatures pushing 80° in the Plains. Nothing will make that wheat grow faster than some weather like that. Should be really nice heading into Tuesday and Wednesday.
Have a great weekend - I appreciate you spending a few minutes here.
No comments:
Post a Comment