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Midwest Weather Update: Snow, heavy at times, is falling this afternoon from eastern Nebraska into Iowa. As of 1pm EST, Lincoln Nebraska had nearly 2” of snow, as it continued to fall at up to inch an hour rates. The area from southern Nebraska to southwestern Iowa is expected to see 4-8” before the snow tapers off this evening. Further east into northern Illinois only an inch or two of snow is expected tonight. The Midwest should turn dry this weekend into early next week. By Tuesday night another storm will work into the central United States bringing the potential for significant snow and rain to the region.
Temperatures over the next week should be near or slightly above normal in much of the Midwest as the nation’s weather pattern should be devoid of any major troughs or ridges.
Argentina Weather Update: A hot and dry pattern is in place across the Argentina Grain Belt to end the week. It is likely to continue through much of next week with some days topping the 100ºF mark. However, there is growing confidence that a fast-moving band of showers and thunderstorms will sweep across the Grain Belt Monday night into Tuesday morning. While it won’t be a long-lasting event, the potential exists for portions of the region to exceed an inch of rain, especially in southern Santa Fe, and eastern Córdoba. This may help to avert serious drought damage to the late-planted soybean crop, as the hot, dry pattern will return by midweek next week.
Southern Brazil Update: Parana and Rio Grande do Sul are experiencing a warm, sunny day this Friday. This weekend will feature just the slightest chance of a thunderstorm, but most of the time will be dry. Next week, the chance for showers will increase, but they should still be of the hit-and-miss variety. A general half inch to an inch of rain can be expected over the next 7 days, although any one thunderstorm has the potential to produce isolated heavy rain amounts. Over the past 30 days, western Parana has seen 6-8 of rain, which is near normal for this time of year. Nothern Rio Grande do Sul has been drier with just 3-5” of rain, only 50-75% of normal for the period. More rainfall is needed in this region as late-planted soybeans are entering their critical pod-filling stage, where moisture is essential. The region cannot afford another damaged crop after the November-January drought dramatically reduced yield for first crop corn and soy.
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