WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH 1, 2023
- Subscribers be sure to see special stories written recently regarding the following
- Drought in Canada’s Prairies
- Argentina drought parallel to 2009 continues and in 2009 the drought lasted deeply into the autumn
- Quick transitions from prolonged La Nina to El Nino weather patterns can lead to drier summers in U.S.
- Excessive flooding expected in Peninsular Malaysia
- Weather overnight did not offer significant changes to Argentina’s weather which is expected to continue drier than usual through the next ten days
- Far northern Argentina will get some beneficial moisture
- Brazil will continue to see rain fall frequently with the interior south continuing to get rain most often and experiencing the greatest delays
- India’s rain potential has not improved greatly, but a few showers are expected this weekend and next week
- Eastern China rapeseed areas should not be seriously impacted by the current drying trend – at least not for a while, but the trend could prevail for a while making that a greater issue in time
- China wheat areas will remain seasonably dry, but warm temperatures will slowly raise soil temperatures
- Eastern Australia dryness will continue a concern for unirrigated summer crops
- Showers will occur in eastern most areas most often
- South Africa rainfall will be favorable dispersed over the next ten days
- Europe will continue drier biased for another week, although some showers will occur at times across the south
- Northeastern parts of North Africa will receive some beneficial moisture
- U.S. temperatures are still advertised to be cooler than usual in the west and north-central states as well as in southwestern Canada’s Prairies for a while
- The cold will push into the U.S. Plains and western Corn Belt during the second week of the outlook
- U.S. west-central and southwestern Plains may not get much precipitation for a while
- South Texas, northeastern Mexico and the Texas Coastal Bend are advertised to get some moisture late in the second week of March, but confidence is low
- U.S. Delta, lower eastern Midwest and Tennessee River Basin will be wet biased for a while
- Southern California gets some rain today and central and northern areas will be impacted during the weekend and early next week along with the Cascade Mountains of Washington and Oregon
- Snow fell significantly again overnight from central and southern North Dakota and northern South Dakota into west-central and interior northern Minnesota with 4 to 10 inches resulting
- More snow will fall in the northern U.S. Plains late this weekend into early next week
- Flood potentials will be rising in the U.S. Red River Basin of the North this spring if significant snow continues to fall without any melting during the balance of winter