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Much of Missouri and southeast Kansas picked up heavy rains over the past 24 hours! Decent rains fell across central and southern Iowa as well. Estimated rain amounts shown below:
Forecast radar shows rain showers continuing to target the eastern half of Kansas and much of Missouri throughout the day. High pressure will keep Nebraska and Iowa dry today!
A few scattered showers will be possible in most of the region later Wednesday, then Missouri will be targeted for another round of widespread rainfall Wednesday night through Thursday:
Additional heavy rain amounts target southern Missouri between now and Thursday with 2-4″+ over the next 60 hours.
As discussed in the video….another front works through the region Saturday into Easter Sunday…..this may bring a dramatic temperature drop for the second half of the weekend, along with the threat of some wet snow.
Weeks 1 and 2 outlooks show temperatures overall remaining much cooler than normal. It’s overall drier than normal in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, while southern Missouri remains wet.