Weather

Pattern remains chilly, damp across the Heartland

Across the Corn Belt, rain will linger through Friday morning in the Ohio Valley. Elsewhere, a return of dry weather follows Thursday’s widespread precipitation, which has significantly slowed or halted corn and soybean harvest activities.

On the Plains, rain and snow showers across the southern half of the region are slowing fieldwork but benefiting winter wheat. A portion of the wheat crop across the central and southern High Plains has been stressed by a lack of autumn precipitation and periodic sharp cold outbreaks. In contrast, mild, dry weather across the northern Plains is further eroding a patchy snow cover.

In the South, rain showers stretch from the Tennessee Valley into eastern Texas. Across the lower Southeast, however, mild, dry weather favors fieldwork, including winter wheat planting and late-season cotton, peanut, and soybean harvests.

In the West, dry weather prevails, except for lingering snow showers in the central Rockies. Despite the recent Southwestern storminess, more rain and snow will be needed to substantially dent precipitation deficits largely incurred during a sub-par monsoon season. Meanwhile, short-term precipitation deficits have developed in northern California and parts of the Northwest due to a delayed onset of widespread and sustained cold-season storminess.

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