WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 12, 2023
- Few changes overnight
- 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 summer crop 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 rainfall is expected to continue erratic into late month; many areas are too dry, despite scattered showers
- Southern Brazil remains much too wet and waves of rain will continue threatening wheat quality and delaying summer crop planting
- Southern Indonesia drought conditions remain serious with little chance for change
- Rain in the southeastern United States Wednesday will linger today delaying fieldwork and temporarily discoloring cotton fiber
- Northern India may get some beneficial planting moisture late this weekend into next week for winter crop areas, although it will be light; some delay to early season harvest progress is expected and there may be “some” concern over cotton quality
- 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; rainfall will be greatest during mid-week next week and in to the following weekend
- U.S. weather will be briefly wetter in the northern Midwest today into Friday with a small follow up storm system late next week
- Windy conditions are likely in the U.S. Plains today and Friday 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 largely dry for the coming week while Ontario and Quebec, Canada slowly begin to dry out after recent abundant rain
- 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