Morning Market Weather Update for Monday, March 13, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH 13, 2023

• Eastern China is drying down especially in the Yellow River Basin and North China Plain and this process will continue
  • Temperatures peaked in the 80s Fahrenheit in this region during the weekend
• China’s rapeseed areas will get routinely occurring rainfall over the next two weeks supporting long term crop development
• India will see rain in central and eastern parts of the nation later this week into next week, but the moisture will come too late in the season to seriously change winter crops
  • Some rice and sugarcane will benefit, though, wheat quality concerns may rise, but most of the rain in that region will be too light to seriously impact the crop
• North Africa will be dry for another week and then some rain is likely in northeastern Algeria and northern Tunisia
• Europe topsoil moisture has increased following the recent boost in rainfall across the north
• Dryness remains in eastern Spain and the lower Danube River Basin with little change likely
  • Temperatures reached the 70s and lower 80s Fahrenheit in eastern Spain during the weekend
• Stormy weather will continue in northern Europe and the western CIS in the coming week
• Argentina will see some rain beginning to fall in the drier areas later this week and again next week, although the improvement will come slowly and mostly too late for a dramatic change to production potential
• Brazil’s greatest rain will shift to center west crop areas in the coming ten days, although some showers will continue with less frequency and intensity in center west and northeastern crop areas
• U.S. hard red winter wheat areas, West and South Texas will have opportunity for “some” precipitation in the next ten days, but drought busting moisture is unlikely
• California’s stormy weather will continue to come and go over the next ten days
• Recent snow in southern Canada’s Prairies and the northern U.S. Plains and northern Midwest will increase topsoil moisture when it melts – another storm is possible in the upper Midwest late this week, though confidence is low
• U.S. Midwest, northern Delta and Tennessee River Basin will remain plenty wet over the next ten days while the lower Midwest only sees light amounts of moisture