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Friday, April 5, 2013 |
According to the latest drought index the upper midwest saw a few tenths of an inch of precipitation from Il and Ia northward through the Great Lakes region and Mn, keeping dryness and drought unchanged from last week. Most of central and northern Il, southern Wi, central and northern Ia and southwestern Mn received no measurable precipitation. Precipitation totals exceeding one inch were widespread from northeastern Tx and northwestern La northward through southwestern Mo and parts of southeastern Ks. Some of the northern reaches of this area extending as far north as central Ar and east-central Ok received some 2" to 4" inch rains. Drought conditions improved in several key areas last week. Scattered light showers were reported in central and southern Tx, the High Plains, and the northern Great Plains. Over the weekend, we are forecasting an active weather pattern along a east-west frontal boundary situated across the northern corn belt states, and next week the potential for a significant storm developing eastward from the central plains states into the corn belt states could bring a mixture of heavy rains over sections of the corn belt and rain possibly mixed or changing to snow in some western areas. A wide swath of 1" to 2" rains are forecast over sections of Ne, Ia, southern Mn and Wi. Over the next two months April thru May, we expect to see normal to above normal precipitation amounts especially thru the mid section of the country with normal to below normal rainfall over the northern plains and less than normal rainfall to continue over parts of western Tx. See our "Spring Composite Precipitation Anomalies(inches) Forecast" here.
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