Weather and Market Commentary: November 20, 2009

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Weather and Market Commentary: November 20, 2009

November 20, 2009 by sabrina829

Friday, November 20, 2009:

There are some low clouds and fog in parts of the Corn Belt here early on this Friday, but that should burn off pretty quickly and overall the weather for today and tomorrow looks pretty nice for the region. We will see conditions start to go downhill again for Sunday with clouds and drizzle possible in northwestern parts of the region. Monday to Wednesday of next week would best be described as “unsettled” for the Midwest. Will there be constant rain during that period? Not likely. Will there be big precipitation totals (i.e. more than an inch) in that time frame? I highly doubt it. However, there will be a lot of cloud cover during that time frame and scattered areas of precipitation (mostly rain, though there might be a little wet snow in northern areas). I think that total precipitation in that period is at worst about three-quarters of an inch, but most spots will likely get a third of an inch or less.

Areas of the Corn Belt that may get the lightest totals would be in the south, which would be welcome after so much rain earlier this week. Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday should be largely dry days with a warming trend, then likely another weak/moderate system for the following weekend. A perfect forecast for harvesting? Far from it, but let’s face it: this is the second half of November, making it less and less likely that we will ever see “perfect” harvesting conditions (i.e. a week of completely dry and sunny weather with warm temperatures). I will stand by my long-standing arguments that there will be plenty of corn to be harvested this year in December, there will be corn in the field when the first big blizzard of the year arrives, and some corn will not be harvested until next spring. Temperatures for the rest of this month do not look bad: warm through Monday, dropping below normal for southeastern parts of the Midwest for the middle of next week, then warming again for late next week. There are good signs that the month of December will start off colder, with the worst of the cold (with respect to normal) in southern and southeastern parts of the Nation.