Meteorologist Mike Hoffman is tracking a couple of rain-making systems and some of the rain could slow harvest down. Click on the video link to watch his last forecast.
Wet Weekend for Portions of the Plains; Great Lakes to Florida
Meteorologist Mike Hoffman is tracking a couple of rain-making systems.
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