Much-needed rainfall is increasingly likely for the entire KVOE listening area Saturday.
Rain is set to begin after noon and continue through the evening hours. The National Weather Service is expecting anywhere from half an inch to one inch of rain, which would be the area’s most significant rainfall since over two inches of rain fell Nov. 4-6.
How any rainfall will affect next week’s Drought Monitor map is yet to be determined. Moderate drought continues across Lyon, Chase and Osage counties, as well as northwest Coffey, northwest Greenwood, southeast Morris and southeast Wabaunsee counties. Severe drought covers most of Coffey County. Greenwood County, meanwhile, still ranges from moderate drought in the north part of the county to exceptional drought along and south of US Highway 54.
Greenwood County is in a drought emergency, according to the Kansas Water Office. Lyon, Chase, Coffey and Morris counties are in a drought warning, while Osage and Wabaunsee counties are in a drought watch.
