April is wrapping up on a "surprise surprise" dry note. We've been featuring Garden City on the air for it's lack of rain in April and for the beginning of the year. Goodland has been in pretty rough shape too, so we will continue to look into the dry records and call them out when we see them.
Two setups to watch in the first week of May.
Monday:
A front lifting north from Oklahoma - combined with a low pressure in the upper atmosphere should lead to a good chance for rain almost statewide. Now, I'm not going to promise any particular amount, but I think there's reason to expect .50-1" from this first round coming through the Plains. Look at the map below:
Wednesday/Thursday:
Once again, there's potential of another front/low pressure combination that could lead to fairly widespread chances for showers and storms. Since this system follows so closely on the heels of Monday's system, there is some concern about how much humidity we can recover before the setup comes into play. However, we feel pretty confident that we will see another round of rain for the area.
Here's what the Wednesday/Thursday rounds of rain could bring:
If we are lucky enough to have this verify, it could be the difference between a poor wheat crop and one that's average. While it is just a forecast and not reality yet, I'm just trying to show you what we are looking at when making these predictions for early May. The month (as a whole) may end up much drier than normal, but it could be off to a wet start for many.
Planets are lining up for Saturday morning:
If you are an early riser (and the clouds clear from your spot in time), 4 planets will be lined up in the southeastern sky. Venus and Jupiter are going to be 1/2° apart in this planet conjunction.
You could also wait until Sunday morning to look too, but just know that Jupiter will be to Venus' upper right by that time.
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