Weather and Market Commentary- July 14, 2009
July 14, 2009 by sabrina829
Tuesday, July 14, 2009:
Probably most notable about crop condition/crop progress data released on Monday was how slow the crops are in maturing. Just 16 percent of the Nation’s corn crop had reached the silking stage as of this past Sunday, just half of the five-year average (though admittedly a bit faster than we saw a year ago). States that saw the biggest planting delays in the spring are of course the states that are the slowest in maturing right now. Eleven percent of the Illinois corn crop was silking this week, a touch below a year ago and nowhere close to the five-year average of 57 percent. The slow planting pace of the spring got the crop started off on the wrong foot, but cool temperatures so far this summer have made things worse. Through early this week, most of the Corn Belt located to the north of Interstate 80 had recorded more than 100 growing degree days (in some places…more than 150 growing degrees) below what is normally see for the period beginning on May 1. Temperatures in Iowa for the first 13 days of this month were just under five degrees below normal; if that continued through the end of the month, it would rank this month as the third coolest ever recorded.
Coming up is a weather pattern that does not feature much heat, and in fact Thursday through Sunday looks to be an exceptionally cool period for the bulk of the Midwest. In that time frame, highs below 80 degrees will be common, and it is quite likely that much of Wisconsin, Michigan, northern Illinois, northern Indiana, and northern Ohio will see at least one day in that period in which highs do not get above the 70 degree mark. Keep in mind that these temperatures will be compared to normals that are about to reach their highest level of the entire year. Warming is expected for the middle of next week, but sustained above-normal temperatures are not forecast before readings again likely drop below normal for about July 25 and beyond. This is not an especially wet weather pattern coming up for the Midwest either. Much of the rain that falls over the next ten days will be occurring over the next 48 hours, with major rain systems not forecast for the end of this week through at least the middle of next week.
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Weather and Market Commentary- July 14, 2009
July 14, 2009 by sabrina829
Tuesday, July 14, 2009:
Probably most notable about crop condition/crop progress data released on Monday was how slow the crops are in maturing. Just 16 percent of the Nation’s corn crop had reached the silking stage as of this past Sunday, just half of the five-year average (though admittedly a bit faster than we saw a year ago). States that saw the biggest planting delays in the spring are of course the states that are the slowest in maturing right now. Eleven percent of the Illinois corn crop was silking this week, a touch below a year ago and nowhere close to the five-year average of 57 percent. The slow planting pace of the spring got the crop started off on the wrong foot, but cool temperatures so far this summer have made things worse. Through early this week, most of the Corn Belt located to the north of Interstate 80 had recorded more than 100 growing degree days (in some places…more than 150 growing degrees) below what is normally see for the period beginning on May 1. Temperatures in Iowa for the first 13 days of this month were just under five degrees below normal; if that continued through the end of the month, it would rank this month as the third coolest ever recorded.
Coming up is a weather pattern that does not feature much heat, and in fact Thursday through Sunday looks to be an exceptionally cool period for the bulk of the Midwest. In that time frame, highs below 80 degrees will be common, and it is quite likely that much of Wisconsin, Michigan, northern Illinois, northern Indiana, and northern Ohio will see at least one day in that period in which highs do not get above the 70 degree mark. Keep in mind that these temperatures will be compared to normals that are about to reach their highest level of the entire year. Warming is expected for the middle of next week, but sustained above-normal temperatures are not forecast before readings again likely drop below normal for about July 25 and beyond. This is not an especially wet weather pattern coming up for the Midwest either. Much of the rain that falls over the next ten days will be occurring over the next 48 hours, with major rain systems not forecast for the end of this week through at least the middle of next week.
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