Weather
A range of temperatures, weather across the Heartland
On the Plains, very warm weather favors a rapid pace of winter wheat development. However, portions of the High Plains’ winter wheat belt will soon need additional moisture to prevent drought stress.
Across the Corn Belt, frost and freeze advisories were in effect Friday morning across portions of the Great Lakes region, where producers continue to monitor early-blooming fruit crops for signs of injury in the wake of the March 26-27 and current cool snaps. Elsewhere in the Midwest, rain showers accompany mild weather.
In the South, scattered showers and thunderstorms are spreading eastward across the central Gulf Coast States. Meanwhile, warm, dry weather is promoting fieldwork and crop development in the lower Southeast, although rain is needed for pastures, winter grains, and emerging summer crops.
In the West, stormy weather prevails across northern California and the Pacific Northwest, where chilly weather persists. California’s spring and summer runoff prospects have improved slightly during March, but high-elevation Sierra Nevada snow packs are still only about half of normal for this time of year.
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