Weather

More snow overspreads the southern, eastern Corn Belt

On the Plains, precipitation is affecting the southern half of the region. The precipitation, which includes snow, sleet, and freezing rain roughly northwest of a line from Amarillo, Texas, to Wichita, Kansas, and rain farther southeast, is causing travel disruptions but providing highly beneficial moisture for winter wheat. Farther north, dry weather prevails, while bitterly cold air is lurking near the North Dakota-Canadian border.

Across the Corn Belt, mostly dry weather prevails in advance of an approaching storm system. Some frozen precipitation (mostly snow and freezing rain) is developing in southern Missouri, on the Ozark Plateau.

In the South, precipitation—mostly light rain—is overspreading the northwestern fringe of the region, including northern Arkansas. Elsewhere, cold, dry weather favors off-season fieldwork. Freezes were noted Monday morning as far south as northern Florida, well outside the state’s winter agricultural belt.

In the West, cold, mostly dry conditions prevail. Lingering precipitation—mostly light snow—is gradually ending across the Southwest. Sub-zero temperatures were common this morning across the northern Great Basin and the northern Intermountain West.