Weather and Market Commentary: January 25, 2010
January 25, 2010 by sabrina829
Monday, January 25, 2010:
When talking about wintertime precipitation to someone in agri-business industry who lives in the southern Plains, it is always wise to consider their perspective. For example, the past 60 days have been very dry (under 50 or even 25 percent of normal on precipitation totals) for southwestern Kansas southward through the bulk of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. That has created a very favorable environment for the big cattle feedlot operations in that area (certainly better than we have seen so far this winter further north in the Plains and in the Midwest) but has started to put pressure on the winter wheat crop grown in that same area. Temperatures last week that were in the 60s and 70s (and even an 80 degree reading at Childress back on Friday) might have taken some of the wheat crop out of dormancy and thus made it even more in need of moisture. We are going to turn the tides later this week, meaning beneficial moisture is on the way for the wheat crop but some stressful weather lies ahead for the cattle feedlots. The storm gets started Wednesday evening, likely beginning as rain but quickly going to snow later Wednesday night over the northern Texas panhandle and points northward.
Daytime hours on Thursday finds snow falling over the panhandles, far southern Kansas, and all but southeastern parts of Oklahoma. The bulk of the accumulating moisture in the Plains ends Thursday night. Look for plenty of six to twelve inch snow amounts from this system in the above-mentioned areas, but localized amounts could be more than a foot. Snow from the system will progress eastward to dump similar totals over southern Missouri, northern Arkansas, Kentucky, and northern Tennessee by late Friday. It will be rain and thunderstorms further south, with the likelihood of better than an inch of rain at the end of this work-week for the southern Delta and the Southeast. Very cold air follows this storm, with temperatures forecast to be well below normal for all of the Nation’s midsection for the end of this week and into the weekend. Another storm system is suggested for the February 1-2 time frame, likely impacting mainly the eastern Plains and points eastward.
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Weather and Market Commentary: January 25, 2010
January 25, 2010 by sabrina829
Monday, January 25, 2010:
When talking about wintertime precipitation to someone in agri-business industry who lives in the southern Plains, it is always wise to consider their perspective. For example, the past 60 days have been very dry (under 50 or even 25 percent of normal on precipitation totals) for southwestern Kansas southward through the bulk of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. That has created a very favorable environment for the big cattle feedlot operations in that area (certainly better than we have seen so far this winter further north in the Plains and in the Midwest) but has started to put pressure on the winter wheat crop grown in that same area. Temperatures last week that were in the 60s and 70s (and even an 80 degree reading at Childress back on Friday) might have taken some of the wheat crop out of dormancy and thus made it even more in need of moisture. We are going to turn the tides later this week, meaning beneficial moisture is on the way for the wheat crop but some stressful weather lies ahead for the cattle feedlots. The storm gets started Wednesday evening, likely beginning as rain but quickly going to snow later Wednesday night over the northern Texas panhandle and points northward.
Daytime hours on Thursday finds snow falling over the panhandles, far southern Kansas, and all but southeastern parts of Oklahoma. The bulk of the accumulating moisture in the Plains ends Thursday night. Look for plenty of six to twelve inch snow amounts from this system in the above-mentioned areas, but localized amounts could be more than a foot. Snow from the system will progress eastward to dump similar totals over southern Missouri, northern Arkansas, Kentucky, and northern Tennessee by late Friday. It will be rain and thunderstorms further south, with the likelihood of better than an inch of rain at the end of this work-week for the southern Delta and the Southeast. Very cold air follows this storm, with temperatures forecast to be well below normal for all of the Nation’s midsection for the end of this week and into the weekend. Another storm system is suggested for the February 1-2 time frame, likely impacting mainly the eastern Plains and points eastward.
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