Weather
Getting warmer, drier across the Midwest
On the Plains, beneficial showers dot the northern half of the region, where very cool weather prevails. Unfavorably dry weather persists, however, from Kansas southward into Texas, reducing soil moisture and increasing stress on pastures, immature winter grains, and rain-fed summer crops. Thursday’s high temperatures will approach or reach 100° in parts of western Texas.
Across the Corn Belt, a band of showers and thunderstorms stretches southwestward from Lake Superior. Rain is benefiting emerged summer crops across the upper Midwest. Meanwhile, very warm, dry weather favors soybean planting across the southern and eastern Corn Belt. However, short-term dryness across the lower Midwest is depleting topsoil moisture and increasing stress on pastures, winter wheat, and summer crops.
In the South, warm, mostly dry weather prevails. A few showers linger, however, across southern Florida and the southern Mid-Atlantic States. Drought remains a serious concern across the lower Southeast and has become an emerging agricultural issue in the northern Mississippi Delta.
In the West, A Freeze Warning was in effect Friday morning for parts of northern Nevada. Cool weather covers the entire region, slowing crop growth. Isolated showers are confined to the Northwest.
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