It’ll be a rinse-and-repeat kind of week as the Rex block keeps the threat of daily showers and thunderstorms in the forecast each day from the northern Rockies through the Plains.
This is good news for the central Plains, which currently has the worst drought conditions in the country. You can see the dry conditions labeled in the color brown in the map below.
“That includes those of you in Wichita, as well as those of you over in the Kansas City area,” FOX Weather meteorologist Jason Frazer said. “The downside to this is, generally speaking, when you get too much rain in a short period of time and the ground is wet, that could potentially lead to some flooding.”
This week’s storms will potentially produce very heavy rainfall, providing the parched region with a much-needed soaking. Parts of the exceptional drought area in Kansas could see 3 to 5 inches of rain over the next seven days.
A few of these thunderstorms through the week could become severe. Damaging winds and hail are the main threats with these storms, but the tornado threat will remain low.
“A lot of this is going to be fueled by that heat,” Frazer said.
The FOX Forecast Center said it is important to point out that while the greatest severe threat is focused across western Nebraska and Kansas and into the Oklahoma Pandandle on Tuesday, the general threat for severe weather extends slightly more to the east on Tuesday.
Portions of the Upper Midwest could see some isolated severe storms Tuesday evening and this includes Minneapolis. The primary threat is large hail.
A large hail threat continues into Wednesday across eastern Colorado, western Kansas and through the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. A severe weather threat lingers in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday.