Weather and Market Commentary- October 1, 2009
October 1, 2009 by sabrina829
Thursday, October 1, 2009:
The last of our three-day cold spell for the Midwest finds the cold this morning about where I expected it to be and about as cold as I expected it to be. Temperatures in the 30s were a common sight early on this Thursday for Michigan, northern/eastern Indiana, and much of Ohio. You can find places in major corn and soybean growing areas that had reached 32 degrees and lower through 5 AM Central Time (Ann Arbor, Lansing, Lima, Defiance, and Findlay among them), but can find just as many (or more) that had not (Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Detroit, Flint, Toledo, and Fort Wayne among them). Sunday morning may again be chilly in parts of the western and northwestern Corn Belt, but overall our next threat of a cold outbreak capable of producing sub-freezing temperatures still looks to be about the October 9-10 time frame. Here in the first week of October, it still looks like rain will be more of a concern than freezing temperatures. Showers and thunderstorms this morning were common over northern Missouri, the central third of Iowa, central Minnesota, and eastern North Dakota.
The next 24 hours are going to be wet for the central and northern Mississippi River Valley and the Red River Valley, with additional rains there of 0.50 to 2.00 inches and locally heavier. Rains will be widespread in the Corn Belt tomorrow but not nearly as heavy, with rains on Saturday confined to far northeastern parts of the region. It will not be long before the next rain event impacts the Midwest, with rains likely developing again Sunday night and rain probably over much of the Corn Belt for Monday and Tuesday. Beyond that, there is hope that rains can slacken or move south of the Corn Belt, and also hope that we can warm temperatures again after about October 12. Thus, let’s be optimistic about some better weather conditions for harvesting during the middle of this month. Delta growing areas will a fairly brief period of rain for tonight and early tomorrow before drying again for the weekend. It looks very wet in the Delta though for next week, with rain chances basically every day for Monday through Friday and some big amounts will likely be scored. After that, the Delta may also get into some dry weather for the middle of this month.
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Weather and Market Commentary- October 1, 2009
October 1, 2009 by sabrina829
Thursday, October 1, 2009:
The last of our three-day cold spell for the Midwest finds the cold this morning about where I expected it to be and about as cold as I expected it to be. Temperatures in the 30s were a common sight early on this Thursday for Michigan, northern/eastern Indiana, and much of Ohio. You can find places in major corn and soybean growing areas that had reached 32 degrees and lower through 5 AM Central Time (Ann Arbor, Lansing, Lima, Defiance, and Findlay among them), but can find just as many (or more) that had not (Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Detroit, Flint, Toledo, and Fort Wayne among them). Sunday morning may again be chilly in parts of the western and northwestern Corn Belt, but overall our next threat of a cold outbreak capable of producing sub-freezing temperatures still looks to be about the October 9-10 time frame. Here in the first week of October, it still looks like rain will be more of a concern than freezing temperatures. Showers and thunderstorms this morning were common over northern Missouri, the central third of Iowa, central Minnesota, and eastern North Dakota.
The next 24 hours are going to be wet for the central and northern Mississippi River Valley and the Red River Valley, with additional rains there of 0.50 to 2.00 inches and locally heavier. Rains will be widespread in the Corn Belt tomorrow but not nearly as heavy, with rains on Saturday confined to far northeastern parts of the region. It will not be long before the next rain event impacts the Midwest, with rains likely developing again Sunday night and rain probably over much of the Corn Belt for Monday and Tuesday. Beyond that, there is hope that rains can slacken or move south of the Corn Belt, and also hope that we can warm temperatures again after about October 12. Thus, let’s be optimistic about some better weather conditions for harvesting during the middle of this month. Delta growing areas will a fairly brief period of rain for tonight and early tomorrow before drying again for the weekend. It looks very wet in the Delta though for next week, with rain chances basically every day for Monday through Friday and some big amounts will likely be scored. After that, the Delta may also get into some dry weather for the middle of this month.
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