Weather and Market Commentary: August 20, 2010
August 20, 2010 by sabrina829
Friday, August 20, 2010:
If you are someone in the eastern and southern Corn Belt and the northern Delta that wants/needs rain right now, you had better get it by Monday morning (or Sunday morning, with regards to the Corn Belt) as it will likely be dry for the rest of the summer beyond that. Seems like a bold statement, but let’s remember that the end “meteorological” summer is now just eleven days away. It really is an easier rainfall forecast beyond this weekend than it is for today through the end of the weekend, as the weather models are in very good agreement that the period beyond Monday is going to feature very limited rainfall for much of the Nation through the end of this month. So that begs the obvious question: will the dry areas get rain this weekend? On that point the models are in poor agreement, which makes for a very difficult forecast (but they rarely are easy when it comes to summertime rainfall). The weather system that produce 0.25-1.00″ rains in parts of the Plains and far northwestern Corn Belt overnight will bring rain chances through early tomorrow as far east as the Mississippi River valley, then into the rest of the eastern Corn Belt for tomorrow and for the Delta for tomorrow/Sunday. My best guess right now is that there will be an area of heavier rain (one to two inch totals, but localized rains of three to four inches) over southeastern Iowa, northeastern Missouri, northwestern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin. For the areas that may get the lesser rain totals and the lesser coverage of rain through early Monday, I would favor Indiana and nearby areas as well as much of the key part of the northern Delta. Thus, it is possible that some of the drier areas of the eastern Corn Belt and northern Delta will be some of the most disfavored areas for rain over the next 72 hours. Temperatures will be above normal through early next week, with some highs around 100 in the Delta and Plains (maybe the hottest weather of the entire summer on Sunday in the western parts of the spring wheat belt with highs there around 100). It will be cooler for the middle and latter parts of next week, but still looks to warm again for the final days of this month and into early September.
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Weather and Market Commentary: August 20, 2010
August 20, 2010 by sabrina829
Friday, August 20, 2010:
If you are someone in the eastern and southern Corn Belt and the northern Delta that wants/needs rain right now, you had better get it by Monday morning (or Sunday morning, with regards to the Corn Belt) as it will likely be dry for the rest of the summer beyond that. Seems like a bold statement, but let’s remember that the end “meteorological” summer is now just eleven days away. It really is an easier rainfall forecast beyond this weekend than it is for today through the end of the weekend, as the weather models are in very good agreement that the period beyond Monday is going to feature very limited rainfall for much of the Nation through the end of this month. So that begs the obvious question: will the dry areas get rain this weekend? On that point the models are in poor agreement, which makes for a very difficult forecast (but they rarely are easy when it comes to summertime rainfall). The weather system that produce 0.25-1.00″ rains in parts of the Plains and far northwestern Corn Belt overnight will bring rain chances through early tomorrow as far east as the Mississippi River valley, then into the rest of the eastern Corn Belt for tomorrow and for the Delta for tomorrow/Sunday. My best guess right now is that there will be an area of heavier rain (one to two inch totals, but localized rains of three to four inches) over southeastern Iowa, northeastern Missouri, northwestern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin. For the areas that may get the lesser rain totals and the lesser coverage of rain through early Monday, I would favor Indiana and nearby areas as well as much of the key part of the northern Delta. Thus, it is possible that some of the drier areas of the eastern Corn Belt and northern Delta will be some of the most disfavored areas for rain over the next 72 hours. Temperatures will be above normal through early next week, with some highs around 100 in the Delta and Plains (maybe the hottest weather of the entire summer on Sunday in the western parts of the spring wheat belt with highs there around 100). It will be cooler for the middle and latter parts of next week, but still looks to warm again for the final days of this month and into early September.
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