Weather

Tranquil weather, for now, across the Heartland

Across the Corn Belt, snow remains on the ground in many northern corn and soybean production areas, hampering late-season harvest efforts. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, is reporting a current snow depth of 5 inches. Dry weather covers much of the Midwest, but light rain is falling early Friday in parts of the Ohio Valley.

On the Plains, dry weather accompanies near-normal temperatures. Across the southern half of the region, patchy drought is adversely affecting some rangeland, pastures, and winter grains. Farther north, snow has largely eroded across Montana and Nebraska but remains on the ground in much of the Dakotas. At daybreak Friday, Grand Forks, North Dakota, was reporting a snow depth of 8 inches

In the South, mild weather prevails. However, widespread showers from the lower Mississippi Valley to the southern Appalachians are slowing late-season fieldwork, including winter wheat planting and cotton and soybean harvesting. In North Carolina, 86% of the intended winter wheat acreage had been planted by December 1.

In the West, a powerful storm system is slowly approaching the Pacific Coast States. Winds are already increasing along the coast, especially in northern California. Mild, dry weather covers the remainder of the West, favoring late-autumn fieldwork, including cotton harvesting in Arizona and California.

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