More unsettled weather - a few severe chances

Here's hoping you are healthy and enjoying some of this spring weather. The 80° weather some of us had on Wednesday wasn't enough to set records, but it sure felt good and helped to dry things out a bit. Normal highs don't get to 80 until late May, so we were in bonus territory for sure.

More rain chances on the way - starting with Thursday night. These showers and storms will mainly be focused over the eastern 1/3 of Kansas and should move toward Missouri by daybreak Friday. This doesn't look widespread and chances for severe weather are quite low.

Friday - a more significant feature will be coming through the Plains Friday evening and early Saturday. Severe weather chances (albeit isolated) will setup mainly east of I-135 and in particular, southeast of the Turnpike. Main threat here will be some quarter size hail and once the storms develop, they will move northeast.

Another area of rain to watch will come into northwest Kansas Friday night AND... some of the rain will mix with snow too. That's right, we are going to end March with a snow chance for the northwest. I don't expect any accumulations in Kansas, but there will be some collecting on grass and pavement in northeast Colorado and western Nebraska. It's a good thing this storm doesn't have more cold air with it or we'd have an all out blizzard forming across northern Kansas and Nebraska this weekend.

WINDY - Saturday:

Plan to anchor down because wind gusts from the west or northwest are going to be REALLY strong, especially across western Kansas. Some gusts might approach 45 or 50 mph.

More active weather early next week - rain chances on the way:

This is looking to be a widespread system that will soak many areas. The moisture starts to push up from the south by late Monday morning and then continue east into Monday evening. I would expect at least .50" from this storm, and many areas will probably get a little more. It should start Monday late morning and continue into Monday night.

I'm working on an outlook for April. I'll post that on Monday. Early signs are pointing toward a cooler than normal month. Have a good day.