Morning Market Weather Update For Thursday, March 9, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH 9, 2023

• Argentina rainfall “may” increase after near and after March 15, according to the latest model runs overnight
  • Confidence is relatively good for some increase in rainfall, but how significant that may or may not be remains to be seen
  • World Weather, Inc. has been suggesting week 2 rainfall in Argentina would be closer to normal in its afternoon weather outlook maps in recent days and the model change overnight seems to fit this relatively well
• Brazil will continue wet or at least will experience frequent precipitation over the next ten days to two weeks except in Rio Grande do Sul and a few areas in Bahia and Espirito Santo where limited rain is expected to continue.
• India weather is still advertised a little wetter in the east and south during the second week of the outlook today while precipitation through March 15 is more limited
• China’s Yangtze River Basin will receive sufficient rain to support crop development favorably
• Other areas in China will experience net drying and warmer than usual weather for a while
• Central through southeastern Queensland, Australia will receive significant rain over the next few days benefiting all crops, especially those not irrigated
• Europe is still trending wetter with the biggest improvement likely in France, Germany and the U.K.
• S. west-central and southwestern Plains will continue lacking rain with unirrigated wheat needing rain
• South Texas and the Texas Coastal Bend could get some rain during the middle to latter part of next week
• Snow will fall from southern Canada’s Prairies into parts of the Midwest through the weekend
• Impressive snowfall and coastal rain will impact California over the coming week Friday’s storm may produce record snowfall in the southern Sierra Nevada
• North Africa is still advertised dry