WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 10, 2023
- Western Australia will remain too dry for reproducing and filling winter wheat, barley and canola over the next ten days
- Queensland, Australia dryness will prevail for the next two weeks leaving dryland fields unplanted for a while longer
- Argentina’s drought remains for a while longer, but may get some relief near and beyond mid-month
- Center west Brazil may see some increasing rainfall during the second week of the two week forecast
- Southern Brazil remains much too wet and waves of rain will continue
- Southern Indonesia drought conditions remain serious with little chance for change
- Hurricane Lidia is expected to move into west-central Mexico later today and tonight over Nayarit and Jalisco
- Hurricane Lidia’s moisture and a low pressure center evolving in the Bay of Campeche will combine and bring rain to many U.S. Gulf of Mexico coastal areas Wednesday into Friday morning; heavy rain may impact northern Florida, southern Georgia and southeastern Alabama late Wednesday and Thursday
- Northern India may get some beneficial planting moisture late this weekend into next week for winter crop areas, although it will be light
- Andhra Pradesh, India is too dry and needs rain
- Southern Russia and Ukraine showers in the next two weeks will be light and erratic benefiting some areas, but leaving the need for more rain
- U.S. weather will be briefly wetter in the northern Midwest Wednesday into Friday
- Windy conditions are likely in the U.S. Plains with some concern over mature cotton in the southwest
- Colder than usual temperatures are expected in the Midwest, southern Plains and southeastern states this weekend into next week
- Canada’s Prairies will remain dry for the coming week while Ontario and Quebec, Canada remain wet
- Myanmar and western Thailand will continue to receive frequent rain improving water supply and soil moisture
- Central and northern Vietnam is expecting torrential rain in the coming week