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Cool weather as moisture falls on the Plains

Across the Corn Belt, cool but dry weather prevails. In areas where fields are ready for planting, producers are grappling with the decision of whether to plant corn and soybeans, given the deepening spell of below-normal temperatures. The cool weather is also slowing the development of winter wheat, which by April 11 was 3% headed in Illinois and Missouri.

On the Plains, a sprawling storm system is producing a variety of weather conditions. For example, a spring snowstorm is well underway across the central High Plains. On April 15, calendar-day snowfall totaled 4.2 inches in Denver, Colorado, with snow continuing to fall since midnight. Elsewhere, significant drought persists across the northern Plains, despite recent and ongoing snow showers, while beneficial rain showers are occurring across portions of the southern Plains.

In the South, cool weather remains in place, except across southern Texas and peninsular Florida. Frost Advisories were in effect Friday morning across parts of the interior Southeast, including eastern sections of Kentucky and Tennessee. Meanwhile, locally heavy showers are occurring in the central Gulf Coast region, where flash flooding remains a threat. From April 8-15, precipitation totaled 10 to 12 inches or more in locations such as Gulfport, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana, with rain continuing to fall.

In the West, snow lingers early Friday across the central Rockies and environs. In contrast, temperatures continue to rise, amid a dry weather pattern, across the Pacific Coast States and the Desert Southwest.

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