Weather and Market Commentary: August 23, 2010
August 23, 2010 by sabrina829
Monday, August 23, 2010:
Given how difficult the short-term rainfall forecast was back on Friday, I think that forecast was pretty decent versus what we actually saw as some places in the Corn Belt did indeed see deluges of rain while other areas of the Corn Belt and also the Delta that needed rain did not get much at all. Southeastern Iowa, western Illinois and the northern two-thirds of Missouri were the areas seeing the big weekend rains, as we saw over 4.5 inches of rain at Ottumwa back on Friday (which gives that location nearly 22 inches of rain since July 1!) and widespread coverage of 2-4+ inch rains in the Interstate 70 corridor of Missouri. Conversely, rainfall was pretty limited for northeastern Iowa, northern Illinois, central/eastern Michigan, western Ohio, much of Indiana, and much of the northern Delta. Michigan, Indiana, and the Delta in particular were areas that really could have used rain but did not get it; I can find places in Michigan/Indiana that have seen less than three inches of rain since July 1, and places in the Delta that have had less than 1.25 inches of rain since August 1. The forecast for the rest of this month is straight- forward and matches what I said on Friday: if you are in the eastern Corn Belt/Delta and needed rain and did not get it over the weekend, you are not going to get it for the rest of this month. Areas of the western Corn Belt west of Interstate 35 will have a rain threat for tonight and tomorrow, and rains for the heart of the hard-red winter wheat belt look very good for tonight through early tomorrow. Other than that, all of the Nation’s midsection may very well go through the rest of this month with no rain at all. It will be cooling later this week, with the Wednesday/Thursday time frame featuring some of the coolest weather seen since early this summer. Readings will warm quickly though late this week and early next week, easily pushing temperatures back to above-normal levels. We have really been pushing crops quickly towards maturity as of late, and with the lack of rain in the forecast and also a good deal of wind late this week and into early next week, crop dry-down looks to be very rapid as well.
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Weather and Market Commentary: August 23, 2010
August 23, 2010 by sabrina829
Monday, August 23, 2010:
Given how difficult the short-term rainfall forecast was back on Friday, I think that forecast was pretty decent versus what we actually saw as some places in the Corn Belt did indeed see deluges of rain while other areas of the Corn Belt and also the Delta that needed rain did not get much at all. Southeastern Iowa, western Illinois and the northern two-thirds of Missouri were the areas seeing the big weekend rains, as we saw over 4.5 inches of rain at Ottumwa back on Friday (which gives that location nearly 22 inches of rain since July 1!) and widespread coverage of 2-4+ inch rains in the Interstate 70 corridor of Missouri. Conversely, rainfall was pretty limited for northeastern Iowa, northern Illinois, central/eastern Michigan, western Ohio, much of Indiana, and much of the northern Delta. Michigan, Indiana, and the Delta in particular were areas that really could have used rain but did not get it; I can find places in Michigan/Indiana that have seen less than three inches of rain since July 1, and places in the Delta that have had less than 1.25 inches of rain since August 1. The forecast for the rest of this month is straight- forward and matches what I said on Friday: if you are in the eastern Corn Belt/Delta and needed rain and did not get it over the weekend, you are not going to get it for the rest of this month. Areas of the western Corn Belt west of Interstate 35 will have a rain threat for tonight and tomorrow, and rains for the heart of the hard-red winter wheat belt look very good for tonight through early tomorrow. Other than that, all of the Nation’s midsection may very well go through the rest of this month with no rain at all. It will be cooling later this week, with the Wednesday/Thursday time frame featuring some of the coolest weather seen since early this summer. Readings will warm quickly though late this week and early next week, easily pushing temperatures back to above-normal levels. We have really been pushing crops quickly towards maturity as of late, and with the lack of rain in the forecast and also a good deal of wind late this week and into early next week, crop dry-down looks to be very rapid as well.
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