WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY 28, 2023
- Not many changes occurred overnight
- India’s abundant to excessive rainfall of late is expected to take a break lasting a couple of weeks
- The drier bias will develop in this coming week and last through mid-August
- The situation will be closely monitored because it will be imperative that monsoonal rain increases again in late August and/or early September before the season draws to a close
- The break from persistent rain will be welcome for a while
- Indonesia and Malaysia continue to dry out and will need significant rain soon to prevent drying from leading to crop stress
- Rainfall will be erratic for a while and areas of drying are expected to continue
- Flooding in Luzon Island, Philippines continued Thursday, but the heavy rain has begun to abate after 15-25 inches fell in three days
- Western Thailand soil moisture continues well below normal raising concern over rice, sugarcane and corn development
- Northern and east-central Europe will remain wet through the coming week to ten days delaying some small grain harvest and raising a little worry over crop quality
- Western CIS rainfall will also be varied enough that a few areas may be a little too wet at times, especially in interior western Russia
- Net drying is expected from parts of Russia’s Southern Region into western and northern Kazakhstan and neighboring areas of southeastern Russia’s New Lands; temperatures will be trending warmer than usual in this region as well
- No changes in South America weather was advertised today
- Argentina remains too dry in the west
- Brazil Safrinha harvesting is advancing well
- Brazil and eastern Argentina wheat is also rated favorably
- U.S. northwestern Corn and Soybean Belt will remain drier biased during the coming ten days while timely rain occurs in other Midwest locations
- Drying is expected in the U.S. Delta for the coming week to ten days and temperatures will be very warm to hot
- Texas and southern Oklahoma will continue dry and very warm for another ten days
- No changes in Canada’s struggle with dryness; some showers are likely, but no big reversal in dryness or low production potentials is expected
- Tropical Storm Khanun has formed west northwest of Guam and will move toward Shanghai, China this weekend and early next week
- Landfall is possible around Wednesday and the system will become a typhoon this weekend