Morning Market Weather Update For Tuesday, May 23, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR MAY 23, 2023

• Not many changes overnight
• Western Alberta, Canada has begun to receive significant rain, but the drought areas in the east have only reported light showers
• Saskatchewan, Canada rainfall advertised for Wednesday into Friday of this week has been increased while that which occurs in Manitoba is mostly unchanged
• Canada Prairies’ drought areas will get a few showers in the coming week, but no generalized soaking rain is likely
• Frost and freezes returned to Quebec, Canada overnight with limited impact other than to restrict wheat development
• U.S. Midwest is still expected to experience net drying over the coming week to ten days
• U.S. Southern Plains will experience frequent rain the remainder of this week and into next week raising some wheat quality concerns, but favoring summer crop development
  • The moisture will be good for reproducing and filling wheat in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado
• Northern U.S. Plains will experience a good mix of rain and sunshine, although frequent precipitation in North Dakota may slow planting progress
• Brazil’s Safrinha corn areas will get some timely rain late in this coming weekend and early next week ensuring good crop development in the late planted areas of Parana, Mato Grosso do Sul and Sao Paulo
• Some of Brazil’s rain will briefly reach sugarcane, citrus and coffee areas in Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo this weekend slowing crop maturation and harvesting
• Argentina’s western wheat areas need more rain and showers expected will be limited in the next ten days
• Eastern Russia’s New Lands will dry down over the next week to ten days and temperatures will become very warm
• China weather will be favorably mixed
• Northern India will become wetter than usual later this week and into the weekend, though the moisture will be good for early season cotton development
• Australia will continue to get periodic rain near the southern coast while interior Western and South Australia are dry biased over the next ten days along with Queensland and northern New South Wales
• Typhoon Mawar will damage Guam and the southern Mariana Islands later today and Wednesday with sustained wind speeds to 155 mph and stronger gusts possibly approaching 190 mph. A huge storm surge is expected too and rainfall of 10-20 inches.
• Northern Europe will be drying down as will western Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltic States