WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR APRIL 23, 2023
- Some frost and freeze damage many have occurred in Nebraska, northern Kansas and northeastern Colorado Sunday morning when temperatures fell to the upper teens and lower 20s Fahrenheit
- The impact of the cold should be low, but a few days will be required to see how the crop has responded
- Rain is expected in the central two-thirds of hard red winter wheat country by Thursday of this week
- The moisture will be welcome and help improve topsoil moisture for future crop development
- Limited rainfall is expected in the far southwest of hard red winter wheat areas and in West Texas cotton areas as well as in Nebraska and north-central Kansas
- Other areas in Texas, the U.S. Delta and southeastern states will benefit from alternating periods of rain and sun this week and next week
- Eastern Canada’s Prairies and the northeastern U.S. Plains and upper Midwest will see a few more periods of rain, drizzle and light snowfall this week while a part of the southwestern Prairies remains drier than usual
- Argentina and Brazil weather for the next two weeks has changed little since Friday with a good balance or rain and sunshine likely
- Southwestern Spain, Portugal and North Africa will remain drier than usual
- Russia’s Ural Mountains region and a part of the eastern New Lands will experience dry and warm weather over the next ten days
- China received significant rain during the weekend
- India may trend a little too wet in the next two weeks as rainfall becomes more widespread and enhanced
- Southern Australia will get some showers, but more rain will be needed to raise soil moisture for good wheat, barley and canola emergence and establishment
- Southeast Asia rainfall will be increasing this week.
- Thailand and areas from southern Mali to Burkina Faso are too dry