Weather
More rain on parts of the Plains
Across the Corn Belt, fieldwork continues at a rapid pace in most eastern crop production areas, although a few showers have developed in the lower Ohio Valley. Meanwhile, widespread showers and thunderstorms west of the Mississippi River are disrupting late-season planting activities.
On the Plains, showers and thunderstorms continue to produce locally heavy rain and flash flooding. The rain is hampering fieldwork but generally benefiting rangeland, pastures, and crops. On May 22, at least four-fifths of the rangeland and pastures were rated good to excellent in Nebraska (85%) and South Dakota (80%). On the same date, only 6% of Kansas’ sorghum had been planted, compared to the 5-year average of 16%.
In the South, warm, dry weather prevails in most areas. However, showers and thunderstorms are spreading across the mid-South, including Arkansas. Farther east, dry weather is helping to dry out soggy fields in the southern Mid-Atlantic region, following a month of nearly constant cloudiness and showers.
In the West, unusually cool conditions persist. Scattered showers stretch from the Great Basin into the northern Intermountain West. In contrast, an elevated to critical risk of wildfires persists in the southern Rockies.
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