4-24-18 Central Plains Forecast: Rain chances focus west and south through mid-week….dry pattern for the weekend with a big warm-up coming. N.

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Good Tuesday morning!  Current radar (as of 9am CDT) showing a batch of showers from North Platte to Garden City…working eastward: 

Forecast radar from 9am today through 7am Thursday CDT shown below.  Rain chances will focus across Nebraska and Kansas today, with a very nice day across much of Iowa and Missouri.  Wednesday, the focus shifts to southeast Nebraska, eastern Kansas, and southwest Missouri.  

Total rainfall over the next 36 hours shown below:

A quick moving disturbance will push through the area Thursday afternoon into early Friday.  This may bring a line of a few showers, but this is looking to be a very light event, and some areas won’t see any rain.

High temperatures over the next 4 days:

Low temperatures over the next 4 days:

Wind forecast over the next 4 days:

Weeks 1 and 2 temperatures from normal:

Weeks 1 and 2 precipitation from normal: