Weather and Market Commentary: September 1, 2010
September 1, 2010 by sabrina829
Wednesday, September 1, 2010:
Expected big rains have fallen over the past 24 hours in a large part of the central and western Corn Belt, with lots of one to two inch totals being reported and locally much heavier amounts. One of those heavier amounts was in Ames where over four inches was recorded. That rain simply added “insult to injury” for that location, as it pushed their August rainfall total to an incredible 15.55 inches. Rains are not over with yet for the Corn Belt, as it will not be until later Friday before all of the region is dry again (with Saturday and Sunday looking dry as well). Best rains over the next 48 hours will be from southwestern Missouri northeast to the Chicago area where there will be some 1-2+” totals. It still looks like far southeastern parts of the Corn Belt will get short-changed on rainfall, with totals particularly light south and east of a line from Cape Girardeau to Toledo. For a place like Indianapolis, getting a good rain there still looks “iffy”, and they need it badly given that this past month was the driest August on record there (along with temperatures that ranked as the fourth warmest). Temperatures will average warmer than normal in the Midwest today and in eastern areas tomorrow, but substantial cooling will be seen for Friday through Sunday with temperatures running a solid distance below normal in that period. Following that though is major warming that will be seen for September 7 through the end of the two week forecast (probably longer), which means no threat of an early frost this year for the first half of September for the Corn Belt (and by the time we get to September 15, a whole lot of crop will already be safe from frost). Rainfall next week will stay limited for the southern Plains, eastern/southern Corn Belt, the Delta and the Southeast. With the warm and dry weather coming up for those areas for the end of this week through the middle of the month, we are really going to be pushing crops rapidly to maturity, crop drydown looks rapid, and early harvesting progress should likewise be very rapid.
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Weather and Market Commentary: September 1, 2010
September 1, 2010 by sabrina829
Wednesday, September 1, 2010:
Expected big rains have fallen over the past 24 hours in a large part of the central and western Corn Belt, with lots of one to two inch totals being reported and locally much heavier amounts. One of those heavier amounts was in Ames where over four inches was recorded. That rain simply added “insult to injury” for that location, as it pushed their August rainfall total to an incredible 15.55 inches. Rains are not over with yet for the Corn Belt, as it will not be until later Friday before all of the region is dry again (with Saturday and Sunday looking dry as well). Best rains over the next 48 hours will be from southwestern Missouri northeast to the Chicago area where there will be some 1-2+” totals. It still looks like far southeastern parts of the Corn Belt will get short-changed on rainfall, with totals particularly light south and east of a line from Cape Girardeau to Toledo. For a place like Indianapolis, getting a good rain there still looks “iffy”, and they need it badly given that this past month was the driest August on record there (along with temperatures that ranked as the fourth warmest). Temperatures will average warmer than normal in the Midwest today and in eastern areas tomorrow, but substantial cooling will be seen for Friday through Sunday with temperatures running a solid distance below normal in that period. Following that though is major warming that will be seen for September 7 through the end of the two week forecast (probably longer), which means no threat of an early frost this year for the first half of September for the Corn Belt (and by the time we get to September 15, a whole lot of crop will already be safe from frost). Rainfall next week will stay limited for the southern Plains, eastern/southern Corn Belt, the Delta and the Southeast. With the warm and dry weather coming up for those areas for the end of this week through the middle of the month, we are really going to be pushing crops rapidly to maturity, crop drydown looks rapid, and early harvesting progress should likewise be very rapid.
Freese-Notis Weather/Weather Trades, Inc. Des Moines, Iowa Copyright 2010 – All Rights Reserved
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