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Milder, drier weather building on parts of the Plains

     Across the Corn Belt, rain stretches from Michigan to Missouri. A few pockets of freezing rain are occurring in Michigan. Most Midwestern producers have completed corn and soybean harvest activities in recent weeks, although some fieldwork will need to wait until soils dry out or firmly freeze.

On the Plains, cool, windy weather covers southern areas, accompanied by a few showers in central and eastern sections of Texas and Oklahoma. Meanwhile, mild, dry, breezy weather across the northern Plains is eroding any remaining snow cover. Friday’s high temperatures could top 50º as far north as the northern High Plains.

In the South, heavy rain developing across the southern Atlantic States is causing renewed fieldwork delays and leading to an increased risk of flooding. Showery weather also prevails in many other parts of the South in conjunction with a low-pressure system crossing the lower Mississippi Valley. Rain has changed to wet snow in parts of central Texas, accompanied by windy weather.

In the West, mild, dry weather prevails. However, a strong cold front approaching the northern Pacific Coast is resulting in an increase in cloudiness and the development of windy weather in the Pacific Northwest.

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