Rain

A stalled front over the area will keep the chance for showers and storms in the forecast for the next few days. The best chance for the heaviest rainfall will be in southcentral and eastern Kansas. Severe storms are not expected, but some storms could have small hail and heavy downpours. Lows will be in the 50s west/mid 60s in south central Kansas. Scattered showers and storms are possible just about anywhere in Kansas Wednesday with highs in the 70s for central and western Kansas, but still reaching the low 80s near Wichita.

Look for mostly cloudy skies overnight in southern Kansas, where a few isolated light showers or sprinkles will be possible.  Any accumulation of rain will be very light and most likely under a tenth of an inch.  Overnight lows will be mostly in the 40s across Kansas but some upper 30s are forecast over far northern Kansas.  Morning clouds and sprinkles will give way to mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies.  Highs Sunday will reach the...

Wichita police responded to several accidents Thursday afternoon. The accidents are believed to be weather-related. Rain has fallen in Wichita for most of the day. Police responded to accidents at 37th & Hillside, 47th St. S. & K-15, 47th St. S. & Clifton and Kellogg & Webb. There are no reports of serious injuries with these crashes. Drivers are urged to use caution when driving in wet conditions.  

“By this fall, we've had this drought now two years.  You're not going to recoup it in one or two good rains,” said Ned Bergkamp, who farms near Garden Plain. Cautious optimism is the attitude of many Kansas farmers after this weekend's heavy rains.  Whether you've been fighting to grow a crop, plant one or just keep your lawn alive the rains were welcome.  But, we can't stop now. “It was a help,” said Bergkamp.  But was it too little, too late?  The two or so inches that fell on Bergkamp's fields might be enough to help out his summer double bean crop.

The  BlackTop Nationals is still going on Saturday and Sunday, rain or shine.  The Saturday Motorcycle Show is being moved inside Expo Hall.  All participants are to go to the the west side dock and come up the ramp. The show is expected to showcase up to 1000 cars, from antiques to the newest muscle cars on the road. Rick Nuckolls, the president of BlackTop National, says the goal was to customize a national car show for Wichita. “It started as a dream with a friend of mine....I had an old Corvette and we went to Chicago, St. Louis and Denver to have it judged,” said Knuckolls.

Weekend rain has raised the level of Cheney Reservoir by a couple of inches.  Runoff the next couple days should continue that trend.  That's after a scorching summer that has left the water level more than five feet below normal. This reversal of fortune comes just a week before the last holiday weekend of the summer.  It's traditionally a busy one at the lake.  However, this summer has been a quiet one at Cheney, and that has hurt business at the lake's only marina which has lost a quarter of a million dollars.