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An ever changing weather pattern for now

  Across the Corn Belt, rain stretches from the Great Lakes region southward into the middle Mississippi Valley, halting late-season corn and soybean harvest efforts. Meanwhile, cold, windy weather is sweeping across the far upper Midwest, including the Red River Valley.

On the Plains, cold, windy weather is overspreading the Dakotas and northeastern Montana. Elsewhere, mild, dry weather continues to promote fieldwork, including summer crop harvesting and final winter wheat planting efforts. The mild weather also favors development of late-planted winter wheat, except in areas where topsoil moisture is lacking. On November 12, topsoil moisture in Oklahoma was rated 43% very short to short.

In the South, dry weather favors harvest activities and other autumn fieldwork in advance of an approaching cold front. However, a few rain showers are developing across the mid-South, including parts of Arkansas.

In the West, precipitation continues to spread inland across northern California and the Pacific Northwest. High winds accompany some of the precipitation, especially across northern California and environs. The Sierra Nevada and the northern Cascades are bracing for significant snow accumulations, starting later Wednesday.

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