Weather and Market Commentary: July 12, 2010
July 12, 2010 by fastlineblog
July 12, 2010
The big story since Friday morning from a weather standpoint has to be the arrival of some very nice rains in key growing areas of the northern Delta. May 24-26 was the last time that area had a rain like we have seen since yesterday afternoon. A place like Memphis recorded just 0.31″ of rain for the entire month of June; that mark was eclipsed in less than an hour overnight, and that location had received 2.5 inches of rain through 5 AM Central Time. We have quickly gone from drought problems to flood problems, as parts of the northern Delta were under flash flood warnings early on this Monday and much of northern Arkansas was under a flash flood watch. From that you can tell that the rains are not over with yet, as another one to two inches of rain (locally even heavier) is expected over northeastern Oklahoma, northern Arkansas, far southern Missouri, and western Tennessee over the next 24 hours (with much of the Carolinas and Georgia eventually seeing similar rainfall totals later in this work-week period). In the Midwest, it was western parts of the region as well as parts of Ohio that did the best on rainfall over the weekend. Far western Iowa, much of eastern Nebraska, extreme southeastern South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, and the southern half of Ohio are all areas that largely gauged more than a half inch of rain over the weekend with localized totals of over an inch. Central Ohio was seeing more rain here early on this Monday (a few counties under flash flood warnings from that activity) as was central Nebraska. Rain over the next 24 hours in the Corn Belt will be mainly over eastern Nebraska and southwestern Iowa before most of the region is dry tomorrow. A strong cold front will bring chances of rain for Wednesday to early Thursday over especially the western half of the region. There should be rainfall chances beyond this work-week in the Midwest as well, favoring northeastern parts of the region versus the southwest for the best amounts and coverage. Placement and strength of a dome of high pressure in that period will go a long towards determining the exact dividing line between the “good” rains in the northeast and those areas in the southwest that are short-changed on rainfall for the weekend and into the first half of next week.
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Weather and Market Commentary: July 12, 2010
July 12, 2010 by fastlineblog
July 12, 2010
The big story since Friday morning from a weather standpoint has to be the arrival of some very nice rains in key growing areas of the northern Delta. May 24-26 was the last time that area had a rain like we have seen since yesterday afternoon. A place like Memphis recorded just 0.31″ of rain for the entire month of June; that mark was eclipsed in less than an hour overnight, and that location had received 2.5 inches of rain through 5 AM Central Time. We have quickly gone from drought problems to flood problems, as parts of the northern Delta were under flash flood warnings early on this Monday and much of northern Arkansas was under a flash flood watch. From that you can tell that the rains are not over with yet, as another one to two inches of rain (locally even heavier) is expected over northeastern Oklahoma, northern Arkansas, far southern Missouri, and western Tennessee over the next 24 hours (with much of the Carolinas and Georgia eventually seeing similar rainfall totals later in this work-week period). In the Midwest, it was western parts of the region as well as parts of Ohio that did the best on rainfall over the weekend. Far western Iowa, much of eastern Nebraska, extreme southeastern South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, and the southern half of Ohio are all areas that largely gauged more than a half inch of rain over the weekend with localized totals of over an inch. Central Ohio was seeing more rain here early on this Monday (a few counties under flash flood warnings from that activity) as was central Nebraska. Rain over the next 24 hours in the Corn Belt will be mainly over eastern Nebraska and southwestern Iowa before most of the region is dry tomorrow. A strong cold front will bring chances of rain for Wednesday to early Thursday over especially the western half of the region. There should be rainfall chances beyond this work-week in the Midwest as well, favoring northeastern parts of the region versus the southwest for the best amounts and coverage. Placement and strength of a dome of high pressure in that period will go a long towards determining the exact dividing line between the “good” rains in the northeast and those areas in the southwest that are short-changed on rainfall for the weekend and into the first half of next week.
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