Weather and Market Commentary: August 30, 2010
August 30, 2010 by sabrina829
Monday, August 30, 2010:
One could certainly have written a better ending to the 2010 growing season versus what has actually been seen here in this latter part of August, as dryness and heat has quickly become a factor. Yesterday was a hot day all across the Midwest with lots of 90s (extremes to 94 at Minneapolis, 95 at Topeka, and 96 at Indianapolis), with strong winds in especially western parts of the region making it that much tougher on the corn and soybean crops. It is going to stay warm/hot everywhere through Wednesday and in eastern parts of the region for Thursday (with wind still a factor for today and tomorrow as well). For a place like Indianapolis, that means a six-day stretch of temperatures above the 90 degree mark (two of those days have already been scored), capping off a month of August in which temperatures there will average about six degrees above normal (only two days in which temperatures were barely below normal) and was only 0.37 inches (making it the driest August on record). It will turn much cooler for western parts of the region on Thursday, and then a cool Labor Day holiday weekend is forecast for all of the Corn Belt (with the early part of that period being the coolest). Beyond that though looks to be major warming again for the rest of next week. There is a lot of rain in the forecast prior to the Labor Day weekend for central and western parts of the Midwest. Other than some very isolated activity, it was quiet in the Midwest early on this Monday but by this time tomorrow morning we will see thunderstorms breaking out in far northwestern parts of the region. That rain threat will advance through the rest of the western Corn Belt for later tomorrow, will show little eastward advancement on Wednesday, then will move through the rest of the Corn Belt for Thursday before dry weather is again seen everywhere for Friday. In addition to quite a bit of severe weather, this looks to be a pretty potent rain producer with especially northeastern Kansas, northwestern Missouri, the southeastern half of Iowa, extreme southwestern Wisconsin, and extreme northwestern Illinois potentially seeing some big amounts. In contrast, rain amounts look pretty minimal this week for far southeastern Michigan, much of Ohio, eastern/southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and the Delta.
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Weather and Market Commentary: August 30, 2010
August 30, 2010 by sabrina829
Monday, August 30, 2010:
One could certainly have written a better ending to the 2010 growing season versus what has actually been seen here in this latter part of August, as dryness and heat has quickly become a factor. Yesterday was a hot day all across the Midwest with lots of 90s (extremes to 94 at Minneapolis, 95 at Topeka, and 96 at Indianapolis), with strong winds in especially western parts of the region making it that much tougher on the corn and soybean crops. It is going to stay warm/hot everywhere through Wednesday and in eastern parts of the region for Thursday (with wind still a factor for today and tomorrow as well). For a place like Indianapolis, that means a six-day stretch of temperatures above the 90 degree mark (two of those days have already been scored), capping off a month of August in which temperatures there will average about six degrees above normal (only two days in which temperatures were barely below normal) and was only 0.37 inches (making it the driest August on record). It will turn much cooler for western parts of the region on Thursday, and then a cool Labor Day holiday weekend is forecast for all of the Corn Belt (with the early part of that period being the coolest). Beyond that though looks to be major warming again for the rest of next week. There is a lot of rain in the forecast prior to the Labor Day weekend for central and western parts of the Midwest. Other than some very isolated activity, it was quiet in the Midwest early on this Monday but by this time tomorrow morning we will see thunderstorms breaking out in far northwestern parts of the region. That rain threat will advance through the rest of the western Corn Belt for later tomorrow, will show little eastward advancement on Wednesday, then will move through the rest of the Corn Belt for Thursday before dry weather is again seen everywhere for Friday. In addition to quite a bit of severe weather, this looks to be a pretty potent rain producer with especially northeastern Kansas, northwestern Missouri, the southeastern half of Iowa, extreme southwestern Wisconsin, and extreme northwestern Illinois potentially seeing some big amounts. In contrast, rain amounts look pretty minimal this week for far southeastern Michigan, much of Ohio, eastern/southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and the Delta.
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