Weather and Market Commentary- August 19, 2009
August 19, 2009 by sabrina829
Tuesday, August 19, 2009:
There are still dry pockets left in the Corn Belt, but they have certainly gotten smaller with the rains that have fallen over the past two weeks and there are still ample chances for remaining dry areas to get rains in the near term. Rains so far this week have really shrunk the dry areas in northern Indiana, northwestern Ohio, and around St. Louis. Driest parts of the Corn Belt right now would thus be east-central Indiana through central Ohio, as well as southeastern Illinois. Radar was already showing the next rain system this morning, largely located in the vicinity of the Missouri River here early on this Wednesday. Parts of southwestern Minnesota were seeing some decent rains early today, certainly an area where that rainfall is very welcome. The weather system in question will advance steadily eastward over the next 48 hours before most of the Corn Belt has dry conditions again by Friday.
This looks to be yet another solid rainfall event, with additional 0.50-1.50″ rains looking to be quite common for areas east of the Missouri River with some locally heavier totals possible. Maybe the target for some of those bigger rains would be Missouri, certainly an area not needing such rains after the big totals of early this week (flash flood watches have been posted for northwestern parts of that state). The dry weather that begins on Friday lasts into the weekend and Monday, and beyond that is not a particularly wet weather pattern either. In all likelihood though, the Midwest corn and soybean crops will largely be able to make it to maturity with what moisture they have gotten or will get this week, given that temperatures coming up will not be hot. In fact, it still looks like a “coolish” weather pattern, with readings a good distance below normal for the end of this work-week and the early weekend and never really returning to above-normal levels for the duration of the two-week forecast. It is certainly not a weather pattern indicative of any frost threats for the next two weeks, but clearly the rains this week mean that it is an early frost that is the last hurdle for the 2009 Midwest corn and soybean crops to overcome.
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Weather and Market Commentary- August 19, 2009
August 19, 2009 by sabrina829
Tuesday, August 19, 2009:
There are still dry pockets left in the Corn Belt, but they have certainly gotten smaller with the rains that have fallen over the past two weeks and there are still ample chances for remaining dry areas to get rains in the near term. Rains so far this week have really shrunk the dry areas in northern Indiana, northwestern Ohio, and around St. Louis. Driest parts of the Corn Belt right now would thus be east-central Indiana through central Ohio, as well as southeastern Illinois. Radar was already showing the next rain system this morning, largely located in the vicinity of the Missouri River here early on this Wednesday. Parts of southwestern Minnesota were seeing some decent rains early today, certainly an area where that rainfall is very welcome. The weather system in question will advance steadily eastward over the next 48 hours before most of the Corn Belt has dry conditions again by Friday.
This looks to be yet another solid rainfall event, with additional 0.50-1.50″ rains looking to be quite common for areas east of the Missouri River with some locally heavier totals possible. Maybe the target for some of those bigger rains would be Missouri, certainly an area not needing such rains after the big totals of early this week (flash flood watches have been posted for northwestern parts of that state). The dry weather that begins on Friday lasts into the weekend and Monday, and beyond that is not a particularly wet weather pattern either. In all likelihood though, the Midwest corn and soybean crops will largely be able to make it to maturity with what moisture they have gotten or will get this week, given that temperatures coming up will not be hot. In fact, it still looks like a “coolish” weather pattern, with readings a good distance below normal for the end of this work-week and the early weekend and never really returning to above-normal levels for the duration of the two-week forecast. It is certainly not a weather pattern indicative of any frost threats for the next two weeks, but clearly the rains this week mean that it is an early frost that is the last hurdle for the 2009 Midwest corn and soybean crops to overcome.
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