Weather

Winter storm developing on the southwestern Plains

On the Plains, a developing storm centered near the Texas-New Mexico border is producing increasingly windy conditions across the southern half of the region. Markedly colder air is overspreading the northern and central High Plains, while warmth lingers across the southeastern Plains.

Across the Corn Belt, mild, dry weather prevails in advance of an approaching storm system. A generally shallow snow cover blankets portions of the northern Corn Belt; current depths include an inch in Madison, Wisconsin, and Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

In the South, mild, dry weather favors fieldwork, including late-season harvest activities.

In the West, Freeze Warnings are in effect Wednesday morning in portions of California’s San Joaquin Valley, where some producers are taking measures to protect citrus and other temperature-sensitive crops. However, valley temperatures are not low enough to cause significant freeze-injury concern. Elsewhere, a new storm is maintaining showery conditions in the Pacific Northwest, while precipitation lingers in the Four Corners States.