The National Weather Service in Dodge City has increased the likelihood that the Hays area will receive some much-needed rainfall Saturday.
There is now up to a 60 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms beginning Saturday, with a slight chance of additional rain each day through Thursday.
Hays is nearly 5 inches of moisture behind the 153-year average for the year, and almost 2 inches behind the average August.
The high temperature Saturday will be in the mid-80s, the NWS predicted, with a high in the mid-90s expected Sunday.