WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR NOVEMBER 8, 2023
- Excessive heat occurred in northern Argentina Tuesday and it will shift into center west and center south Brazil late this week and into early next week
- Limited rainfall is expected in center west, center south and northeastern Brazil through the next ten days
- The combined impact of hot temperatures and dry biased conditions in northern and central Brazil crop areas will lead to rapid drying and a developing stressful environment for summer crops
- Argentina should see a good mix of weather during the next ten days supporting crops and fieldwork
- Europe and the western CIS will continue in a wetter biased weather mode for the next ten days
- Rain is still needed in eastern Spain, North Africa, the lower Danube River Basin and southern Ukraine
- China weather will remain favorable
- India’s southern rainfall pattern will end late this week with welcome drying to follow
- Australia’s showers will not be enough to change the moisture profile or very many crops
- U.S. hard red winter wheat areas, the central Midwest and west Texas will be mostly dry for the next ten days except for a few brief showers from West Texas to southeastern Oklahoma briefly late this week
- U.S. southeastern states will continue in drought status for a while longer with restricted rainfall, although showers Friday into Saturday will bring some moisture from central Alabama to southern North Carolina
- Rain in central and southern Texas will be ideal for raising soil moisture 2024 planting in March
- Eastern South Africa will get some beneficial planting moisture, although more rain will be needed