If Gustav makes landfall as far west as at least one computer model suggests, remnants of the potentially monstrous hurricane could reach Kansas by late next week, said Dick Elder, meteorologist-in-charge of the Wichita branch of the National Weather Service.
I think it’s definitely something we’re going to need to keep an eye on, for sure,” Elder said.
The “European” forecasting model brought heavy rain as far north as southeast Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri, Elder said. Wichita could see rain from the remnants if Gustav comes ashore in, say, eastern Texas, he added.
“There’s a lot of uncertainty,” Elder said. “We’re not ready to put a flood watch out right yet.”
But local forecasters will be watching closely.