Morning Market Weather Update For March 1, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH 1, 2023

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  • Drought in Canada’s Prairies
  • Argentina drought parallel to 2009 continues and in 2009 the drought lasted deeply into the autumn
  • Quick transitions from prolonged La Nina to El Nino weather patterns can lead to drier summers in U.S.
  • Excessive flooding expected in Peninsular Malaysia
• Weather overnight did not offer significant changes to Argentina’s weather which is expected to continue drier than usual through the next ten days
• Far northern Argentina will get some beneficial moisture
• Brazil will continue to see rain fall frequently with the interior south continuing to get rain most often and experiencing the greatest delays
• India’s rain potential has not improved greatly, but a few showers are expected this weekend and next week
• Eastern China rapeseed areas should not be seriously impacted by the current drying trend – at least not for a while, but the trend could prevail for a while making that a greater issue in time
• China wheat areas will remain seasonably dry, but warm temperatures will slowly raise soil temperatures
• Eastern Australia dryness will continue a concern for unirrigated summer crops
  • Showers will occur in eastern most areas most often
• South Africa rainfall will be favorable dispersed over the next ten days
• Europe will continue drier biased for another week, although some showers will occur at times across the south
• Northeastern parts of North Africa will receive some beneficial moisture
• U.S. temperatures are still advertised to be cooler than usual in the west and north-central states as well as in southwestern Canada’s Prairies for a while
  • The cold will push into the U.S. Plains and western Corn Belt during the second week of the outlook
• U.S. west-central and southwestern Plains may not get much precipitation for a while
• South Texas, northeastern Mexico and the Texas Coastal Bend are advertised to get some moisture late in the second week of March, but confidence is low
• U.S. Delta, lower eastern Midwest and Tennessee River Basin will be wet biased for a while
• Southern California gets some rain today and central and northern areas will be impacted during the weekend and early next week along with the Cascade Mountains of Washington and Oregon
• Snow fell significantly again overnight from central and southern North Dakota and northern South Dakota into west-central and interior northern Minnesota with 4 to 10 inches resulting
• More snow will fall in the northern U.S. Plains late this weekend into early next week
• Flood potentials will be rising in the U.S. Red River Basin of the North this spring if significant snow continues to fall without any melting during the balance of winter