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Morning Market Weather Update For Tuesday, August 22, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST 22, 2023

• Tropical Storm Harold was spreading rain into southern Texas early today and the storm will race through the region later today and tonight
  • Not much damage potential exists, although some heavy rain and flash flooding will be possible in South Texas and far northern Mexico
• Remnants of Tropical Storm Hilary reached across the central Canada Prairies Monday providing some beneficial soil moisture to some very dry areas, although there was some disruption to harvesting
• Tropical Storm Franklin will over run Hispaniola tonight and Wednesday producing some damaging wind and flooding across Dominican Republic
• S. Midwest crop areas will continue dry in the west for at least another week
• S. heatwave in the central states will last through Thursday and then be followed by some cooling during the weekend and early next week
• Brazil’s forecast is a little wetter today for center west and northern parts of center south during the coming week causing some disruption to Safrinha corn and cotton harvesting
• Argentina’s western wheat areas will see no relief to drought anytime soon
• Queensland and northern New South Wales have an opportunity to get some needed rain late this weekend into early next week; confidence is low
• Europe will be trending wetter again after recent beneficial drying for harvest progress
• Europe temperatures will be cooling in this coming week reducing crop stress in some summer crop areas, although rain is needed before much relief can occur
• Western CIS will see an active weather pattern during the next ten days with alternating periods of rain and sunshine likely
• Western and southern India will continue dry through the next ten days while the lower Ganges River Basin is frequently wet
• China’s weather will continue mixed with plenty of soil moisture around for ongoing crop development

Morning Market Weather Update for Monday, August 21, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST 20, 2023

• Frost and freezes occurred in east-central Alberta and west-central Saskatchewan, Canada Sunday morning with lows in the 30s Fahrenheit
• Rain from Tropical Storm Hilary will reach into Canada’s Prairies during mid-week this week helping to improve topsoil moisture for immature crops in the east, but the southwest may not get a large amount of moisture from the system
• U.S. Midwest will see little to no rain for the next 10 days and the same is true in the middle three-fourths of the U.S. Plains and the Delta
• U.S. temperatures will be hot in central and southern Plains, western Midwest and Delta through mid-week this week and then some cooling is expected; weekend temperatures will be mild in the Midwest and northeastern Plains
• Tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico will bring rain to southern Texas during mid-week this week interfering with cotton, corn, sorghum and other crop harvesting; this system has potential to become a tropical depression or tropical storm prior to landfall Tuesday
• Tropical Storm Franklin will  move through Hispaniola during mid-week this week producing heavy rain and strong wind speeds, but most of the rice, coffee and sugarcane produced there should not be seriously harmed
• Other tropical systems in the Atlantic Ocean Basin will remain out to sea and be no threat to North America
• Argentina’s drought will continue without much change for the next ten days
• Brazil will receive scattered showers and thunderstorms in the coming week to ten days benefitting late wheat and the planting of first season corn while slowing Safrinha cotton and corn harvesting; some coffee may be stimulated into flowering
• India’s northwest and far south will continue to dry out over the next two weeks along with Pakistan while rain falls frequently, though not necessarily abundantly in other areas
• China may see some net drying in east-central crop areas while all other areas are plenty wet
• Europe will trend wetter and cooler in the second half of this week into next week after drier and warmer biased conditions occur this week
• Russia will receive frequent rain over the next ten days except in the Southern Region and western Kazakhstan where net drying will continue
• Australia’s northern wheat and barley areas need rain and now much is coming through the end of this month

Sunday Evening Market Weather Update For August 20, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST 20, 2023

• Frost and freezes occurred in east-central Alberta and west-central Saskatchewan, Canada Sunday morning with lows in the 30s Fahrenheit
• Rain from Tropical Storm Hilary will reach into Canada’s Prairies during mid-week this week helping to improve topsoil moisture for immature crops in the east, but the southwest may not get a large amount of moisture from the system
• U.S. Midwest will see little to no rain for the next 12 days and the same is true in the middle three-fourths of the U.S. Plains and the Delta
• U.S. temperatures will be hot in central and southern Plains, western Midwest and Delta through mid-week this week and then some cooling is expected
• Tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico will bring rain to southern Texas during mid-week this week interfering with cotton, corn, sorghum and other crop harvesting
• Tropical Storm Franklin will  move through Hispaniola during mid-week this week producing heavy rain and strong wind speeds, but most of the rice, coffee and sugarcane produced there should not be seriously harmed
• Other tropical systems in the Atlantic Ocean Basin will remain out to sea and be no threat to North America
• Argentina’s drought will continue without much change for the next ten days
• Brazil will receive scattered showers and thunderstorms in the coming week to ten days benefitting late wheat and the planting of first season corn while slowing Safrinha cotton and corn harvesting; some coffee may be stimulated into flowering
• India’s northwest and far south will continue to dry out over the next two weeks along with Pakistan while rain falls frequently, though not necessarily abundantly in other areas
• China may see some net drying in east-central crop areas while all other areas are plenty wet
• Europe will trend wetter and cooler in the second half of this week into next week after drier and warmer biased conditions occur this week
• Russia will receive frequent rain over the next ten days except in the Southern Region and western Kazakhstan where net drying will continue
• Australia’s northern wheat and barley areas need rain and now much is coming through the end of this month

Morning Market Weather Update For Friday, August 18, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST 18, 2023

• Argentina’s western wheat areas missed needed rain this week and the region will continue quite dry for the next ten days
• Increasing southern Brazil rainfall will be welcome initially and should support wheat development, but the moisture may eventually slow first season corn planting and the late Safrinha corn harvest
• Western Australia drying will continue over the next ten days along with that in Queensland and far northern New South Wales; rain will be needed soon in Queensland where winter crops will begin reproducing soon
• Southeast Asia rainfall continues erratic and lighter than usual
• Europe will trend wetter and milder next week and into the following weekend, but another several days of warm and drier biased weather will prevail first
• Net drying will continue from eastern Ukraine through Russia’s Southern Region to parts of western Kazakhstan and neighboring areas of Russia for the next ten days
• Waves of rain will continue to impact northern and western Russia and Russia’s eastern New Lands away from the Kazakhstan border
• China will stay plenty moist over the next ten days to two weeks as waves of rain continue with seasonable temperatures
• Western Madhya Pradesh, northern and eastern Maharashtra, eastern Gujarat and southern Rajasthan, India will get some rain this weekend which may help relieve the region from recent drying
• Central and northern Rajasthan, Pakistan and central and western Gujarat will continue to dry down over the next ten days along with much of southern India
• U.S. central and interior southern Plains, western Midwest and Delta will experience hot temperatures this weekend through mid-week next week
• U.S. Midwest, Delta, interior southeastern states and much of the middle three fourths of the Plains states will be dry for another week
• Scattered showers and thunderstorms may develop in the Plains and eastern Midwest during the second week of the forecast while the western and central Midwest stays drier biased
• Hurricane Hilary is near its peak intensity 400 miles south of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico producing sustained wind speeds of 145 mph (Category 4)
  • Hilary will weaken quickly during the weekend as it approaches the Baja California, Mexico coast, but heavy rain is expected throughout Baja California and the southwestern United States (southern California mostly) with 3.00 to 8.00 inches of rain expected and locally more

Morning Market Weather Update For Thursday, August 17, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST 17, 2023

• Hurricane Hilary was located 320 miles southwest of Manzaillo, Mexico at 1200 UTC and will make headlines over the next few days
• Hurricane Hilary will induce flooding and wind damage in northern Baja California this weekend
• Flooding rain will impact southern California and the southern U.S. Great Basin late this weekend, as well
• Moisture from Hurricane Hilary will eventually reach southern Canada’s Prairies Sunday and especially Monday bringing relief to drought, but heavy rain does not appear very likely
• U.S. Midwest will experience nine days of dry weather
• U.S. Plains and western Corn and Soybean Belt will experience hot temperatures this weekend through the middle part of next week stressing livestock and some crops; Highest temperatures of 100 to 110 and local readings to 113 are likely from central Texas to South Dakota and 95 to 105 from Minnesota and western Wisconsin to the Delta
• Argentina showers in the western wheat areas today will be a disappointment with no serious change in drought conditions
• Southern Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Argentina and southern Paraguay will get rain Friday and Saturday with a little follow up moisture from Mato Grosso do Sul to Parana and Sao Paulo Sunday – the moisture will be good for wheat and first season corn planting in Brazil
• Europe will be hot with limited rainfall for one more week and then turn cooler and wetter
• Southern Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine will be warm and dry biased for another several days and then some cooling is likely
• China will remain plenty wet
• Northwestern India will continue drying out along with Pakistan raising the potential for crop stress
• Southern Australia will continue to get some occasional rain with the southeast most favored
• Queensland and northern New South Wales and northern parts of Western Australia will continue drying out
• Erratic rainfall will continue in Southeast Asia

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

Morning Market Weather Update For Tuesday, August 15, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST 15, 2023

• Hot weather is still the talk of the market place today and will be that way for a while
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  • Excessive heat occurred again in Turkey Monday
  • Europe will be warmer than usual over the next full week and possibly ten days 
  • Portions of the western CIS will continue quite warm for another week before cooling down from north to south
  • U.S. Pacific Coast and Gulf of Mexico Coastal areas were hot Monday with extremes reaching 113 in northwestern California, 110 in southwestern Oregon, 108 in southern Louisiana, 107 in Texas and 106 in southern Mississippi and near 100 from Virginia to Georgia
  • A viable heat wave will impact the U.S. Plains and western Midwest this weekend through the early to middle part of next week
• U.S. livestock in the Plains will experience threatening conditions during the height of the heat wave this weekend into next week
• U.S. crop stress will be on the rise after a few days of hot and dry weather
• U.S. High pressure ridge will shift back to the southwest from the Midwest during the second half of next week at which time cooling and “some” rain will begin again especially in the northeastern Midwest
• Western Argentina drought areas will get a few showers briefly Wednesday into Thursday, but no drought busting rain is expected
• Southern Australia will continue to get periods of light rain while Queensland is a little too warm and very dry
• China will continue to see frequent rain, although alternating periods of sunshine and warm weather is also expected
• Southern Europe will need to cool down and trend wetter for best summer crop conditions
• India’s west and south will continue to dry out for the next two weeks, despite some rain
• Northern and central Sumatra, Indonesia rainfall increased Monday while other areas in Southeast Asia had limited rain
•  Canada’s Prairies will see rain in the north this week, but there is some potential for rain in the drought stricken areas this weekend and especially next week
• A tropical wave is “possible” in the Gulf of Mexico late this coming weekend into next week that might bring some rain to Texas and/or Louisiana
• Typhoon Lan has moved across western Honshu, Japan producing some heavy rain and local flooding along wing strong wind speeds

Morning Market Weather Update For Monday, August 14, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST 14, 2023

• Excessive heat occurred in Turkey during the weekend with highs of 96 to 113 degrees Fahrenheit; the heat will slowly abate
• Europe will be very warm to hot this week with highs in the 80s and 90s Fahrenheit with a few extremes near 100 in the south
  • Spain has been hottest recently with daily highs of 100 to 113 occurring in the south stressing crops and livestock and placing a huge demand on irrigation while water supply is already very low
• U.S. temperatures will rise well above normal this weekend and next week in the great Plains and western Midwest with highs in the 90s to near and above 100 possible especially in the Plains; livestock and crop stress will be high
• Texas and Oklahoma are getting a brief break from excessive heat today and Tuesday, but the hot weather will be returning in the second half of this week; livestock and crop stress will be high during the weekend and next week
• Canada’s Prairies will see rain in the north this week, but there is some potential for rain in the drought stricken areas this weekend and especially next week
• A tropical wave is “possible” in the Gulf of Mexico late this coming weekend into next week that might evolve into a tropical cyclone 
• One of the tropical waves coming off Africa early this week could become a tropical cyclone later in the week, but it would likely stay over open water
• Western Argentina may get some rain late Wednesday into Thursday, but it will be too light and brief for a serious change in wheat or drought conditions
• Southern Brazil, eastern Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil will get some rain this week and next week 
• Southern Australia will receive periodic rain supporting its wheat, barley and canola while northern crop areas stay dry biased
• China will continue to see waves of rain over the next two weeks maintaining wet field conditions in many areas
• Western and southern India is expected to dry out over the next two weeks raising crop moisture stress in time
• Germany, France and the North and Baltic Sea regions will be wettest for a while leaving other areas in Europe with a net drying environment
• Drying is also expected to continue from Russia’s Southern Region into western Kazakhstan and the southern Ural Mountains region 
• Typhoon Lan will move across western Honshu, Japan during mid-week this week causing heavy rain, flooding and strong wind speeds

Sunday Evening Market Weather Update For August 13, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST 13, 2023

• U.S. Midwest weather looks mostly good over the next two weeks, although hotter temperatures and a bout of dry weather late this week into next week will need to be closely monitored for increased crop stress in a few of the driest areas
• A ridge of high pressure likely in the U.S. Midwest next week will suppress rainfall and induce much warmer weather, but it will also bring greater amounts of monsoon moisture northward and could eventually bring some rain to the northern Plains and Canada’s Prairies next week
• A tropical wave is “possible” in the Gulf of Mexico late this coming weekend into next week that might evolve into a tropical cyclone and it should be closely monitored for possible impact on Texas and/or Louisiana
• Tropical wave coming off Africa early this week could become a tropical wave later in the week, but it would likely stay over open water and not be a threat to land
• Western Argentina may get some rain Wednesday into Thursday, but it will prove to be too light and brief for a serious change in wheat or drought conditions
• Southern Brazil, eastern Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil will get some rain this week and next week benefiting wheat and the eventual planting of early season corn
• Southern Australia will receive periodic rain supporting its wheat, barley and canola while northern crop areas stay dry biased
• Northern and far southwestern China crop areas received some locally heavy rain during the weekend inducing a few pockets of flooding while the Yangtze River Basin was dry
• China will continue to see waves of rain over the next two weeks maintaining wet field conditions in many areas
• Western and southern India are expected to dry out over the next two weeks raising crop moisture stress in time
• Germany, France and the North and Baltic Sea regions will be wettest for a while leaving other areas in Europe with a net drying environment
• Drying is also expected to continue from Russia’s Southern Region into western Kazakhstan and the southern Ural Mountains region while rain is better distributed with bouts of sunshine in other CIS crop areas
• Typhoon Lan will move across western Honshu, Japan during mid-week this week causing heavy rain, flooding and strong wind speeds

Morning Market Weather Update For Friday, August 11, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST 11, 2023

• GFS operational model runs have been quite volatile recently with too much ridge building over the U.S. Midwest Thursday at mid-day and now a lack of ridge building in the 00z model run for today. The GFS Ensemble is still the model of preference and it has not wavered much this week. Less rain and warmer temperatures are expected in the Midwest during the second week of the forecast and that may also help to promote rain in a part of Canada’s Prairies again late this month
• U.S. crops in the Midwest, Delta and southeastern states will see a good mix of weather in this first week and then see a little less frequent and less significant rain in the second week along with warmer temperatures
• Texas will continue hot and dry through the next ten days and perhaps longer
• Canada’s Prairies will see erratic rainfall of light intensity in this coming week to ten days with greater rain “possible” late this month and into September
• No change in Europe’s forecast were noted today with some periodic showers, but some welcome drying as well
• Europe will become quite warm for a while next week which will accelerate the drying and improve small grain harvest conditions and summer crop development in the previously wet areas in the north
• Russia’s Southern Region into northwestern Kazakhstan and the southern Ural Mountains region will continue to dry out and remain very warm to hot during the coming week to ten days
• Another wave of rain will move through China’s North China Plain and northeastern provinces this weekend into early next week maintaining wet field conditions and some concern over summer crop maturation rates
• Western and southern India will continue to dry out for the next week ten days, although a few showers will pop up occasionally
• Typhoon Lan will move across western and central Honshu, Japan late this weekend into early next week with remnants of the storm moving into southeastern Russia during mid-week
  • Some damaging wind and flooding rain may impact a part of Honshu
• Southern Australia will continue to see waves of rain through the next ten days maintaining a good outlook for wheat, barley and canola, but Queensland, far northern New South Wales and northern Western Australia will remain dry
• Western Argentina’s drought will change little through the next ten days as rainfall stays minimal
• Eastern Argentina will get a little rain periodically along with southern Brazil, Uruguay and southern Paraguay where wheat will stay plenty wet and early planting of first season corn may be slowed by some of the rain
• Safrinha corn and cotton harvesting continue to advance well in Brazil with little weather related delay expected
• Thailand rainfall will continue restricted in the coming week leaving some crops stressed and in need of greater rain