USDA’s Joint Ag Weather Facility says on the Plains, snow showers linger across the Dakotas and Nebraska. Meanwhile, locally dense fog developed overnight on the southern High Plains, where wet fields continue to hamper final cotton harvest efforts. “One-quarter (25%) of the Texas cotton crop remained in the field on Nov. 29,” USDA details.
In the West, USDA reports cold weather persists across the Intermountain region, where numerous readings below 0°F were reported again this morning. “Frost advisories are in effect early today in parts of southern California,” USDA adds. Dry weather prevails throughout the region, except for a few rain and snow showers in the Pacific Northwest, according to USDA.
In the Corn Belt, USDA explains snow lingers across the upper Midwest, where current depths include 4 inches in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, and 3 inches in Grand Forks, North Dakota. “Some of the heaviest snow, locally 8 inches or more, has fallen across eastern South Dakota and environs,” USDA elaborates. Meanwhile, mild, rainy weather prevails in the eastern Corn Belt, USDA continues.
In the South, USDA says rain stretches from the southern Mid-Atlantic region to the central Gulf Coast. “However, warm, dry weather prevails across the lower Southeast,” USDA adds. Despite favorable weather in recent days, South Carolina had the nation’s slowest harvest pace by November 29 for cotton (64% harvested) and peanuts (74% harvested), USDA elaborates.
In its outlook, USDA says for the remainder of today, an early-season snow storm will continue to wind down across the upper Midwest. “However, locally heavy showers will persist into Wednesday across the southern and eastern U.S., where additional rainfall could total 1 to 3 inches,” USDA continues. In southern Florida, where showers will linger, mid- to late-week rainfall could reach 2 to 4 inches, according to USDA. Meanwhile, the western and central U.S. will experience a warming trend in advance of Pacific storminess, USDA continues. “Wet weather will return to the Pacific Northwest later today and continue through week’s end, with five-day precipitation totals reaching 2 to 12 inches west of the Cascades,” USDA elaborates.
