WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR JUNE 30, 2023
- Beneficial rain fell in a part of the central Midwest overnight with parts of central Illinois into southwestern Indiana receiving more than 1.00 inch of rain; some excessive rainfall of multiple inches impacted southwestern Indiana
- A derecho impacted the Midwest Thursday coming out of Nebraska and far northeastern Kansas to northern Missouri, southern Iowa and parts of Illinois and Indiana
- Some crop damage resulted, but the assessments are just beginning; the losses should not be as great as 2020, but it will contribute to the already smaller 2023 drought impacted corn crop
- Waves of rain will continue to impact the Midwest through the next week to ten days with some of the greatest rain occurring this weekend and early next week
- Tropical Storm Beatriz will become a hurricane today and will be close enough to the central western Mexico coast to produce torrential rain, flooding and strong wind speeds today into Sunday; Guerrero to Jalisco will be most impacted
- Drought relief is expected and damage should be mostly near the coast and might be mostly from heavy rain and flooding
- The hurricane may weaken to tropical storm status as it impacts the southern tip of Baja California early next week
- Canada’s Prairies will experience a cool airmass early to mid-week next week that may set off a little rain, but amounts will be light and the crop relief from dryness will be limited; nonetheless, some relief will occur from this weekend’s warm and dry bias
- West Texas will get some welcome rain tonight and again Saturday night resulting in some 0.30 to 1.00 inch amounts of rain with several totals of 1.00 to 2.00 inches; the relief will be welcome for many crops impacted by excessive heat and dryness over the past ten days
- Hot weather continued in the southern half of the Plains Thursday and some of it pushed into the southwestern Corn Belt and Delta
- The heat will advance to the east today and Saturday, but should breakdown as it moves to the east
- India’s rainfall is expected to be favorable over the next two weeks
- China, Europe, the CIS, Australia and South America Weather outlooks did not change much overnight