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Brownfield Ag Weather Today

The National Hurricane Center forecasts the remnants of Francine to drift northward, with storm dissipation likely to occur over the northern Mississippi Delta by Friday.  Additional Southeastern rainfall, extending as far north as the lower Ohio Valley, should total 3 to 6 inches, with locally higher amounts.  In hard-hit areas of southern Louisiana, tranquil weather in Francine’s wake should allow producers to access fields and make damage assessments.  By early next week, a new low pressure system may form near the southern Atlantic Coast, with the potential for a new area of heavy rain and gusty winds.  Meanwhile, a cold front currently affecting northern sections of the Rockies and Plains will w moving into the West during the weekend.  The latter system may entrain tropical moisture originating over the eastern Pacific Ocean, leading to the possibility of increasingly showery Western weather.  In contrast, mostly dry weather will prevail during the next 5 days across the central and southern Plains, and from the Great Lakes States into the Northeast.