Morning Market Weather Update For Tuesday, March 14, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH 14, 2023

• No major changes occurred overnight
• China will see frequent rain in the Yangtze River Basin supporting aggressive rapeseed development and some early rice planting
• India will experience unsettled shower active from late this week into early next week possibly benefiting a few late season crops, but no serious improvement in yield potential is expected and most of the precipitation should not harm wheat quality
• Eastern Australia rainfall is ending and a drier forecast will resume for Queensland and New South Wales over the next ten days
• North Africa will see mostly dry weather for another week and then scattered showers will resume and the moisture may be helpful in raising soil moisture for reproduction
• Europe weather will continue active in the northwest over the coming week and then wetter for most of the west and northeast
• Southeastern Europe is not likely to see much precipitation of significance for a while
• Melting snow continues in parts of western Russia and precipitation will be light enough to help reduce flood potentials, but areas of standing water and localized flooding are likely
• Argentina’s weather will continue a little too dry for a while longer; some showers are expected, but drought busting rain will be hard to come by for a while
• Brazil weather will be less wet for parts of Parana, Sao Paulo and southern Minas Gerais over the next ten days, although rain is still expected periodically
• Center west Brazil as well as Tocantins, Maranhao, Piaui, Goias and western Bahia are expected to get some periodic rainfall through the next two weeks maintaining wet field conditions
• U.S. hard red winter wheat production areas are not expecting much precipitation for a while, but some shower activity of limited significance is likely