WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR APRIL 30, 2023
- Limited rainfall is expected in the S. Plains and temperatures will slowly trend warmer
- S. Midwest weather will be mild to cool, showery and windy early this week
- Showers in the S. Midwest late this week and into the weekend will be restricted, but increasing early next week
- Canada’s Prairies will be warm and drier than usual for at least a week and possibly ten days
- Brazil’s key Safrinha corn and cotton producing areas will experience limited rainfall for the next ten days and seasonable temperatures
- Eastern Argentina will trend wetter later this week and the moisture will spread to the south this weekend and early next week
- Heavy rain is possible in northeastern Argentina, Paraguay and Rio Grande de Sul in the coming week
- Frost and freezes occurred late last week in northeastern Europe causing damage to various fruit bearing bushes and trees, but not to wheat or rapeseed
- Spain, Portugal and North Africa will continue warm and mostly dry for another ten days
- Dry and warm weather will continue this week in Kazakhstan and southern parts of Russia’s eastern New Lands; dryness continues into next week with more seasonable temperatures likely
- Rain increased in India during the weekend raising concern over winter crop quality
- India will continue to receive greater than usual shower and thunderstorm activity over the next full week keeping the pressure on unharvested winter crop quality
- China weather will be nearly ideal for the next two weeks for winter and spring crop development and planting will advance around the rain
- Southeast Asia will continue receive periodic rain supporting most crops and fieldwork
- Australia rainfall will be confined to the far south this week