Morning Market Weather Update For Wednesday, August 16, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST 16, 2023

• Hot weather occurred again Tuesday in California, the U.S. Pacific Northwest, the northwestern U.S. Plains, southwestern Canada’s Prairies, southern Texas, the southeastern states, northeastern Mexico and portions of Europe
• The North American heatwave will shift to the U.S. Great Plains this weekend and next week with some of the western Corn Belt getting involved as well
  • Extreme highs of 100 to 110 Fahrenheit are expected in the Plains and 95 to 105 in the western Corn Belt
• Europe will also be very warm to hot over the coming week along with western Russia, Ukraine and neighboring areas
• Rain will be restricted in the central United States; including the Plains and Midwest over the next ten days and possibly longer resulting in quick drying and eventual crop stress
• Crop stress will continue high in southeastern Europe where soil moisture is most limited
• Russia’s Southern Region and Kazakhstan as well as immediate neighboring areas will also experience depleting soil moisture and rising crop stress for late season crops
• China will remain abundantly wet through the next two weeks
• India’s northwestern crop areas will be dry for the balance of this month and the same is expected in Pakistan which may threaten some of the summer crops in these areas
• Rain will increase in central and eastern India during the next ten days
• Southeast Asia rainfall will continue erratic and mostly lighter than usual for the next ten days
• Southern Australia will continue to get periodic rain while Queensland and northern New South Wales and northern Western Australia dry out ahead of more aggressive spring crop development
• Western Argentina will get some needed rain today into Thursday, but it will prove to be too light for a lasting change
• A tropical cyclone developing off the southwest Mexico coast may become a hurricane and its movement will be toward Baja California and the U.S. west coast where heavy rain and strong wind “may” occur early next week – the storm will need to be closely monitored.  Strong storms are rare in southern California especially in mid-August and an excessive rain event with strong wind could cause some significant damage.  The storm should weaken before arriving, though