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Mid-Day Audio Weather For Friday, March 20, 2026

Mid-Day Audio Weather For Friday, March 20, 2026

World Weather PowerPoint For Friday, March 20, 2026

HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS VIDEO

• ENSO update
  • Latest model runs from NOAA and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology have backed off on the super strong El Nino forecast – as we expected
• South America Update
  • Southwestern Argentina started getting rain overnight
  • Rain will be widespread in Argentina, Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul in the coming week occurring in a couple of waves
    • Some areas will see the moisture profile saturate, but it should not last long
  • Drier bias remains in interior southern Brazil for this first week of the outlook with some short-term relief in the second week
  • Mato Grosso to Minas Gerais wet bias is misleading in the accumulative total rain map pages
    • Only short-term bouts of greater rain are expected
  • North America Update
    • This week’s heatwave will add more stress to wheat areas in the Plains, but it will be mostly today and Saturday and again briefly during mid-week next week
    • Prospects for rain in early April rain remain in the forecast today in portions of the Plains, Midwest, Delta and southeastern states
      • Relief is possible, but not necessarily in the western high Plains region
    • West and South Texas and northeastern Mexico will all have opportunities for shower and thunderstorm activity in early April; though, the amounts will still be light and sporadic coverage in some areas
    • Drought will remain in the southeastern corner of the U.S.
    • Temperatures will be warmer than usual in much of the contiguous U.S. in week two, but the only excessive heat will be in western parts of the nation into Saturday and again briefly next week
  • Rest of World
    • Few theme changes noted overnight
      • Northern India gets some welcome rain Thursday
      • India has a milder than usual temperature regime in the next five days and then warms up again – no excessive heat, though
      • India also gets a few random showers helping crops as they fill
    • Middle East flood potential still high in the coming week; although today’s outlook is not quite as intensive on the rain as advertised previously
    • Europe weather will be tranquil for a while
    • CIS snow melt will continue to advance well without new rain/snow to aggravate the situation
    • China’s Yangtze River Basin will be wettest
      • Most of east-central China’s wheat and rapeseed areas benefited from rain in the past week
    • Eastern Australia dryness will favor maturing summer crops and their harvest
    • South Africa will trend wetter

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Canadian Prairies Audio Weather For Friday, March 20, 2026

Today's Audio Recording for the Prairies. 

Morning Marke Weather For Friday, March 20, 2026

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2026

• Some increase in precipitation continues to be suggested for the central and eastern United States in early April
  • The high Plains region does not look very good for getting significant moisture, through a few showers are will be possible
• West and South Texas may also have some potential for scattered showers and thunderstorms in early April
• Southwestern Canada’s Prairies drought has increased recently raising more concern about the medium range weather outlook for spring planting
• Argentina is still expecting waves of rain in the coming week to maintain adequate to surplus soil moisture
• Southern Brazil rain potentials are still good for Rio Grande do Sul while dryness relief in Parana and neighboring states may not take place until the last days in March and early April
• Alternating periods of rain and sunshine are likely in center west and northern center south Brazil during the next two weeks
• Other areas in the World are not advertised to see much change
  • China’s rain will be greatest in the Yangtze River Basin
  • Eastern Australia should stay mostly dry and warm, despite a few showers
  • Europe will be dry biased into early next week and then some rain will evolve in the central and east later next week into early April
  • Flood potentials remain high for the Middle East from southeastern Turkey through Syria and northern and eastern Iraq to western Iran in the coming week
  • India will continue to experience seasonable temperatures and a few showers of limited significance except in the far north and extreme east where greater rain is likely
  • The former Soviet Union will experience limited rainfall and warm conditions that promote melting snow north of Ukraine
    • Some increase in rainfall is expected in early April
  • South Africa, West Africa, Indonesia and Malaysia will see periodic showers and thunderstorms alternating with periods of sunshine during the next ten days

 

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World Weather PowerPoint For Thursday, March 19, 2026

HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS VIDEO

• South America Update
  • Southwestern Argentina is advertised a little drier in the coming ten days relative to previous model runs
  • Rio Grande do Sul is wetter in today’s outlooks for the coming weekend and into early next week
  • Rain is a little more erratic in the Mato Grosso to Minas Gerais corridor relative to yesterday
  • Weeks 1 and 2 rainfall assessment
    • Week 2 is looking drier with a more erratic rainfall pattern which is important as the end of the monsoon season approaches
  • North America Update
    • Month to date rainfall assessment for the United States
    • New Drought Monitor
    • Concern about dryness in western North America as the warmer days of spring approach
    • This week’s heatwave will add more stress to wheat areas in the Plains
    • Western U.S. snowpack is going to be lower than usual this spring which may lead to water issues later in the year and especially in 2027 unless El Nino brings needed relief
    • Weather outlook is quite dry fo4r a big party of the central and western U.S. over the next ten days
    • Prospects for rain in early April investigated
      • Relief is possible, but not necessarily in the western high Plains region
    • Southwesterly flow pattern aloft is expected in April to help bring on greater rain in the central and eastern Midwest
  • Rest of World
    • Few theme changes noted overnight
      • India has a milder than usual temperature regime in this first week
      • India also gets a few random showers helping crops as they fill
    • Middle East Flood potential still high in the coming week
    • Europe weather will be tranquil for a while
    • CIS snow melt will continue to advance well without new rain/snow to aggravate the situation
    • China’s Yangtze River Basin will be wettest
      • Most of east-central China’s wheat and rapeseed areas benefited for the past week of weather
    • Eastern Australia dryness will favor maturing summer crops and their harvest
    • South Africa will trend wetter

Canadian Prairies Video Weather For Thursday, March 19, 2019

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MId-Day Audio Weather For Thursday March 19, 2026

Today's mid-day market weather did not show much chnage, although the second week was wetter in southern Brazil and North America had an impressive surge of cold air from the arctic for the last days in March. The North America changes were likely out of line with reality. Southern Brazil was also considered to be too wet in the second week. 

Canada Prairies Audio Weather For Thursday, March 19, 2026

Today's Audio Weather link for the Canada's Prairies 

Morning Market Weather For Thursday, March 19, 2026

World Weather Highlights For Thursday, March 19, 2026

• Southwestern Buenos Aires is advertised to get a little less rain in the coming week
• Rio Grande do Sul is advertised wetter than in previous days this week with the period Saturday into Monday wettest
• Central Argentina is still slated to receive some moderate to heavy rain Friday through the weekend with 2.00 to more than 5.00 inches possible
• Not much change was suggested for interior southern Brazil where rainfall will be restricted over the next ten days
• Areas from Mato Grosso to Minas Gerais and northern Sao Paulo, Brazil are still advertised to see alternating periods of rain and sunshine over the next ten days
• U.S. hard red winter wheat areas will remain dry for another ten days with very warm to hot temperatures today into Saturday and again briefly during mid-week next week
• Some increase in rainfall was suggested in the model data today after day ten from the southeastern U.S. Great Plains into the Midwest and Delta 
• Not much change in the rest of the world, including;
  • limited rain in Europe during this first week of the outlook
  • warm with limited precipitation in the FSU supporting new snow melt
  • China's Yangtze River Basin will be wettest over the next couple of weeks
  • rain is needed in far southern China's rice and corn areas
  • East-central Australia will get a few showers and thunderstorms, though no general soaking of rain
  • South Africa is expected to trend wetter over te coming week
  • West-central Africa and Southeast Asia rainfall will be erratically dispersed

Morning Market Weather For Thursday, January 29, 2026

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR JANUARY 29, 2026

• Southeastern Australia’s heatwave will be extended into Saturday making it a full week of excessive heat and stress to livestock and crops
  • High temperatures Wednesday were 111 to 120 degrees once again with an extreme of 122
  • Production impacts on crops has likely been substantial – especially unirrigated crops in New South Wales and southern Queensland
  • Livestock weight gains have probably been poor with some animal illness suspected
  • Power outages have been recorded and some brush fires have evolved
  • Model precipitation forecasts through early next week have been reduced in parts of the east, but rain increases later in the week for some areas
• Another shot of bitter cold is expected in the eastern half of the United States over the next five days
  • Freezes were noted again today in Louisiana sugarcane areas and in central Florida, although they were light freezes
  • Saturday and Sunday will be colder in Louisiana with lows in the teens and lower 20s to the Gulf Coast
  • Sunday and Monday will be coldest in Florida
    • Citrus damage potentials may be highest for Monday when the wind speed is light and variable
    • Sunday will be windy in Florida, though some freezes are likely
  • Energy demand will be high until Tuesday when some temporary relief is expected
• Additional bouts of cool air will impact the northern Plains, Great Lakes region ad northeastern United States during the February 8-13 period; though, temperatures will not be as cold as those of this weekend and early next week
• Western Asia and northeastern Europe will be quite cold over the next week to ten days; though, snow cover will protect crops
• No changes were noted in South America over the next ten days
  • Limited rainfall is likely to prevail in eastern Argentina, Uruguay and western and southern Rio Grande do Sul through the first week in February
• Moderate to heavy rain may impact Mato Grosso do Sul, Goias, Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais during the coming ten days slowing the harvest of early soybeans and the planting of Safrinha crops
• China’s Yangtze River Basin will receive some precipitation in the next week to ten days, although amounts will be light
  • This is not a problem while temperatures are mild to cool; though, greater rain will be needed later in February
  • Wheat and rapeseed are rated favorably
• Western Russia snowfall will be significant through Sunday in the Volga River Basin and Ural Mountains followed by improved weather for a little while
  • More snow will be possible in the second week of February
• India and Pakistan precipitation will be more limited for a while