Texas wildfire (Texas A&M Forest Service photo.)

Smokehouse Creek wildfire expected to be contained March 14 

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Moisture was mixed bag through the Plains

Crews work to clear the snow from Highway 4 west of Bruning, Nebraska. (Photo courtesy of Nebraska Department of Agriculture.)

NOTICE: Severe weather to delay March 15 print edition of the High Plains Journal

Alfalfa U keynote speaker gives 2024 weather outlook

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Extremes in weather felt across US

Kansas governor approves updated drought declarations

A sharp contrast in the air masses causes severe weather—thunderstorms and tornadoes. The contrast can be in temperature or in the amount of moisture, particularly if there is a dry line of air behind the storm system, said K-State climatologist Mary Knapp. (Courtesy photo taken near Manhattan, Kansas, by Dan Donnert.)

March hopefully will bring more moisture

Texas A&M Forrest Service map - Smokehouse Creek wildfire perimeter

Wildfires burn in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska Feb. 26-27