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Brownfield Ag Weather Today

Tropical Storm Fiona is forecast to pass just south of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands during the weekend; possible impacts may include heavy rain, flash flooding, and tropical storm-force wind gusts (39 mph or greater).  However, some drought-affected areas may benefit from the tropical showers.  On the U.S. mainland, very warm, dry weather will prevail during the next 5 days from the southern half of the Plains into the Southeast, except along the immediate Gulf Coast and across Florida’s peninsula.  Rainfall in southern Florida could total 1 to 3 inches or more.  Meanwhile, high temperatures could approach or reach 100°F across the central and southern Plains and the mid-South.   Elsewhere, 5-day rainfall could total 1 to 2 inches across parts of the northern U.S., while beneficial showers late in the weekend and early next week could aid wildfire containment efforts in northern and central California.