WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR FEBRUARY 21, 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 were exceptions and an assessment of the damage will come later this week
- Western Cordoba and east-central San Luis took the brunt of the coldest conditions and soybeans were likely impacted more than corn with extreme lows slipping near and slightly below freezing in several areas, but mostly along the western fringes of crop country
- In the meantime, southern Argentina will continue drier than usual for much of the next week with limited rainfall continuing out 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
- Mato Grosso weather should improve after turning wetter during the Friday through Monday period
- 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