Weather
A wide-range of weather, temps across the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, cloudy, breezy conditions and a few snow showers linger across the lower Great Lakes region. Elsewhere, cool, dry weather prevails. A Freeze Warning was in effect early Tuesday in much of the southern Corn Belt, from Missouri into the Ohio Valley. Midwestern soybean planting has not begun, while corn planting has been limited to Missouri (4% complete by April 17, versus the 5-year average of 13%) and Nebraska (2% complete, versus 2% on average).
On the Plains, warmer, breezy weather is developing in advance of an approaching storm system. Later Tuesday, high temperatures could reach 80°F or higher as far north as western Nebraska. Chilly weather lingers, however, across snow-covered sections of North Dakota. On April 17, at least one-fifth of the winter wheat was rated in very poor to poor condition in each of the Plains’ major production states, led by Texas (81% very poor to poor) and Colorado (48%).
In the South, cool, dry air is in place. Temperatures near the freezing mark (near 32°F) were noted Tuesday morning from the Ozark Plateau into the southern Appalachians. Meanwhile, wet fields continue to limit planting in the Mississippi Delta and environs. On April 17, U.S. rice planting was 22% complete, versus the 5-year average of 36%.
In the West, widespread cloudiness has developed, although scattered rain and snow showers are generally confined to northern California and the Northwest. Cool conditions continue in the Northwest, but warmth stretches from southern California to the central and southern Rockies. Tuesday’s high temperatures could reach 100°F in the Desert Southwest.
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