WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR APRIL 2, 2023
- U.S. Red River Basin of the North flood potential are rising and the weekend snow event has contributed potential runoff to the situation
- New snowfall of 4 to 12 inches and local totals to 18 inches occurred from central South Dakota to west-central Minnesota
- A new storm during mid-week this week will produce 6 to 20 inches of snow and a blizzard across the Dakotas to southern Manitoba Canada and northern Minnesota
- Another 0.50 to 1.50 inches of moisture will be added to the snowpack waiting to be meted
- Temperatures in the north-central United States may rise above normal next week accelerating the snow melt that will begin late this week and during the weekend
- U.S. Delta and Tennessee River Basin will be too wet this week and may experience flooding as another 2.00 to 6.00 inches of rain falls from eastern Texas to the southern Tennessee River Basin
- U.S. hard red winter wheat areas will continue dry biased this week with temperatures warming this weekend into next week to enhance crop stress in dryland areas
- India’s wet biased weather is ending and better winter crop conditions should result this week and next week
- China’s North China Plain and Yellow River Basin will receive welcome rain early this week with 0.50 to 1.50 inches of moisture occurring to bolster wheat development potential and improve spring planting prospects
- North Africa will get a few showers in northeastern Algeria and Tunisia early this week and then be followed by another week of dry weather
- Dryness has been threatening North Africa durum wheat and barley production this year
- Not much change was suggested for South America this week relative to that of Friday
- Brazil’s center south crop areas will trend wetter later this week into next week
- Southern Argentina, Uruguay and southern Rio Grande do Sul will be dry biased this in this first week to 8 or 9 days of the outlook
- Eastern Australia weather will be drier biased this week while some welcome showers occur in the far southern part of the nation.