WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR FEBRUARY 20, 2023
- Frost occurred Saturday morning in Argentina’s summer grain and oilseed production areas
- Most of the frost was soft and did not have a big impact on crops, but there may have been a few exceptions and an assessment will be forthcoming later this week
- In the meantime, southern Argentina will continue drier than usual for much of the next ten days
- Northern Argentina will get some needed rain
- Brazil weather has changed little from that of late last week with waves of rain to disrupt soybean harvesting and Safrinha crop planting
- Bitter cold is expected in Canada and a part of the far northern U.S. Plains this week
- Temperatures will be very warm in the southeastern U.S. and Delta this week
- Heavy snow is expected from southwestern Alberta through central Montana and Wyoming through south Dakota and parts of Nebraska to the Great Lakes region this week
- West-central and southwestern U.S. Plains will stay dry this week as will much of South Texas and the Texas Coastal Bend
- North Africa precipitation may slowly improve over the next ten days along with that in western Europe
- India will continue quite dry and warmer biased over the next ten days
- China weather will be relatively tranquil for a while
- Eastern Australia rain will continue mostly near the coast leaving areas to the west in need of rain
- South Africa will be wettest in the northeast