Weather and Market Commentary: August 25, 2010
August 25, 2010 by sabrina829
Wednesday, August 25, 2010:
In a summer dominated by exceptionally warm overnight lows, it was refreshing to see readings below the 60 degree mark early on this Wednesday across the central/northern Plains and the northwestern half of the Corn Belt. They had not made it yet by the time of this writing, but in all likelihood Des Moines will see their temperature drop below 60 this morning. Notable about that is that this will be the first time in 79 days that the temperature at that location had been below 60, the second-longest such string in history (behind 81 straight days during the intense heat of the summer of 1983). Lows to 60 degrees or lower tomorrow morning may reach the Ohio River, with lows in the 40s for northern Iowa and points northward. Summer is not done just yet though, as we are looking at very warm temperatures already by Friday in the northern Plains, and the Sunday to Wednesday time frame of next week will feature temperatures above or well- above normal in the Corn Belt with highs easily to the 80s but plenty of places will see highs of 90 and higher. It is still an easy rainfall forecast for the Corn Belt and most of the Plains and northern Delta through next Monday…which is to say that no rain is expected in those areas during that time frame. Given that lack of rain and noting that winds are expected to be fairly strong for late this week through early next week, it is a situation where drying conditions look to be close to optimal so we will really be pushing corn and soybean crops quickly towards maturity and there will also be rapid crop drydown as well. Where crops are ready, we are going to also see a lot of harvesting get done through early next week. Rains will arrive in the northern Plains and northwestern parts of the Corn Belt for Tuesday/Wednesday of next week, but it looks like that system will weaken too much to produce a lot of rain in the eastern Corn Belt, the Delta, and the southern Plains so crop drydown and early harvesting will continue to be rapid in those areas well into next week.
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Weather and Market Commentary: August 25, 2010
August 25, 2010 by sabrina829
Wednesday, August 25, 2010:
In a summer dominated by exceptionally warm overnight lows, it was refreshing to see readings below the 60 degree mark early on this Wednesday across the central/northern Plains and the northwestern half of the Corn Belt. They had not made it yet by the time of this writing, but in all likelihood Des Moines will see their temperature drop below 60 this morning. Notable about that is that this will be the first time in 79 days that the temperature at that location had been below 60, the second-longest such string in history (behind 81 straight days during the intense heat of the summer of 1983). Lows to 60 degrees or lower tomorrow morning may reach the Ohio River, with lows in the 40s for northern Iowa and points northward. Summer is not done just yet though, as we are looking at very warm temperatures already by Friday in the northern Plains, and the Sunday to Wednesday time frame of next week will feature temperatures above or well- above normal in the Corn Belt with highs easily to the 80s but plenty of places will see highs of 90 and higher. It is still an easy rainfall forecast for the Corn Belt and most of the Plains and northern Delta through next Monday…which is to say that no rain is expected in those areas during that time frame. Given that lack of rain and noting that winds are expected to be fairly strong for late this week through early next week, it is a situation where drying conditions look to be close to optimal so we will really be pushing corn and soybean crops quickly towards maturity and there will also be rapid crop drydown as well. Where crops are ready, we are going to also see a lot of harvesting get done through early next week. Rains will arrive in the northern Plains and northwestern parts of the Corn Belt for Tuesday/Wednesday of next week, but it looks like that system will weaken too much to produce a lot of rain in the eastern Corn Belt, the Delta, and the southern Plains so crop drydown and early harvesting will continue to be rapid in those areas well into next week.
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