Midwest is drier in western areas Sunday and Monday. Drier weather in central and southern areas this weekend will favor corn and soybean planting, while showers in northwestern areas should improve moisture a bit. The 6-10 day outlook is unchanged. The 11-15 day outlook is drier in western and central areas. Temperatures are slightly cooler.
-Plains are drier in eastern areas on Sunday. Additional showers in northern areas on Tuesday should further improve moisture for wheat. However, dryness will begin to rebuild in central and southwestern areas. The 6-10 day outlook is cooler in western areas. The 11-15 day outlook is drier. Temperatures are unchanged.
-N. Plains are warmer in the 11-15 day period. Additional showers late this weekend through early next week will slow spring wheat planting, but will improve moisture for germination. The 6-10 day outlook is unchanged. The 11-15 day outlook is warmer.
-Delta is drier in the 11-15 day period. Drier weather this weekend and early next week should allow wetness to ease and planting to improve. The 6-10 day outlook is unchanged. The 11-15 day outlook is drier. Temperatures are slightly cooler.
-No changes for the prairies. Showers in Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan this weekend and early next week will improve moisture a bit for spring wheat germination.
-Argentina is drier in northern and western areas in the 6-10 day period. Additional rains in northeastern areas will maintain very slow harvest progress and will further increase wetness. The 6-10 day outlook is drier in northern and western areas.
-Brazil is wetter in central areas in the 6-10 day period. Continued drier weather in central and northern areas is favoring soybean harvesting but is maintaining dryness and stress on safrinha corn. The 6-10 day outlook is wetter in central areas, which would begin to replenish moisture for safrinha corn.
-No changes for Europe. Showers should improve moisture a bit in Italy and former Yugoslavia, but dryness will continue in Hungary and Czech Republic. Some additional improvements will be possible in Germany and western Poland next week.
-No changes for FSU. Showers have improved moisture in south central Ukraine, and improvements are expected in western Ukraine next week.
-No changes for China. Wetness will build further in southern Yangtze Valley, while dryness increases again across much of North China Plain.
-No changes for South Africa. Showers in southern Northwest Province and Free State are improving moisture a bit, but will slow corn drydown.
-No changes for Australia. Dryness will continue in eastern Queensland, central and southern New South Wales, northwest Victoria, and eastern South Australia which will keep wheat planting there slow.