Weather and Market Commentary- September 21, 2009
September 21, 2009 by sabrina829
Monday, September 21, 2009:
Since the middle of the weekend we have seen the radar screen “light up” across the Midwest, something that has certainly not been seen very much since the end of August. Notable about rains yesterday was some locally heavy totals in west-central Illinois, with some reports of localized rains of more than four inches and some flash-flooding taking place. This morning it is the Missouri River Valley that is seeing most of the thunderstorm activity. This is going to be a wet week of weather for the Corn Belt. While most of the rain will fall over the next 36 hours and again for about Friday-Saturday, even between those events there will be a few places getting some light, widely scattered rains. The best rains from the near-term event will probably be west of the Mississippi River, while the best rains with the late-week event will be to the east; both times we will see a lot of 0.50-1.50 inch totals but certainly the potential for locally much heavier amounts.
The areas that least needs to see rainfall right now is the Delta and Southeast, areas that have had daily rains since early last week and are now largely water-logged (flood and flash-flood watches covered large parts of Alabama and Georgia early today, with a few counties under flash-flood warnings). Some days will rain more than others, but there will be a daily threat of rain in those areas throughout this work-week and into the early weekend to keep flooding problems high and certainly keep combines out of the fields. There certainly is hope for drier weather next week in all of the above-mentioned areas, so the last days of this month and the opening days of October should feature some good harvest progress being made. The first fall frost still does not appear to be close at hand. This is going to be a warm or exceptionally warm week of weather for the Northern Plains (where we are now beyond the normal date of the first fall frost for a lot of that area), the Corn Belt, and the Southeast with temperatures a good four to eight degrees above normal. There will likely be some cooling for early next week as things dry out, and some cool weather for about October 2 as well; neither air mass though appears to have the potential for producing any sub-32 degree temperatures over any large areas.
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Weather and Market Commentary- September 21, 2009
September 21, 2009 by sabrina829
Monday, September 21, 2009:
Since the middle of the weekend we have seen the radar screen “light up” across the Midwest, something that has certainly not been seen very much since the end of August. Notable about rains yesterday was some locally heavy totals in west-central Illinois, with some reports of localized rains of more than four inches and some flash-flooding taking place. This morning it is the Missouri River Valley that is seeing most of the thunderstorm activity. This is going to be a wet week of weather for the Corn Belt. While most of the rain will fall over the next 36 hours and again for about Friday-Saturday, even between those events there will be a few places getting some light, widely scattered rains. The best rains from the near-term event will probably be west of the Mississippi River, while the best rains with the late-week event will be to the east; both times we will see a lot of 0.50-1.50 inch totals but certainly the potential for locally much heavier amounts.
The areas that least needs to see rainfall right now is the Delta and Southeast, areas that have had daily rains since early last week and are now largely water-logged (flood and flash-flood watches covered large parts of Alabama and Georgia early today, with a few counties under flash-flood warnings). Some days will rain more than others, but there will be a daily threat of rain in those areas throughout this work-week and into the early weekend to keep flooding problems high and certainly keep combines out of the fields. There certainly is hope for drier weather next week in all of the above-mentioned areas, so the last days of this month and the opening days of October should feature some good harvest progress being made. The first fall frost still does not appear to be close at hand. This is going to be a warm or exceptionally warm week of weather for the Northern Plains (where we are now beyond the normal date of the first fall frost for a lot of that area), the Corn Belt, and the Southeast with temperatures a good four to eight degrees above normal. There will likely be some cooling for early next week as things dry out, and some cool weather for about October 2 as well; neither air mass though appears to have the potential for producing any sub-32 degree temperatures over any large areas.
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