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Much-needed weekend rainfall on the southern Plains
Across the Corn Belt, rain showers are mostly confined to areas from southern Missouri into the Ohio Valley. Widespread cloudiness and near- to below-normal temperatures cover the remainder of the Midwest.
On the Plains, cool conditions prevail, along with widely scattered showers. On the southern High Plains, weekend rainfall provided much-needed moisture for rangeland, pastures, and winter grains, although neither coverage nor intensity was sufficient to provide widespread drought relief. In Amarillo, Texas, the April 6 rainfall of 0.40 inch exceeded the total (0.30 inch) during the preceding 8 weeks, from February 9 – April 5.
In the South, showers and locally severe thunderstorms stretch from the southern Mid-Atlantic States to the central Gulf Coast. Most Southern fieldwork remains nearly at a standstill due to recent or ongoing rainfall, although cool, dry air is settling across the western Gulf Coast region.
In the West, mostly dry weather accompanies a rapid warming trend. Monday’s high temperatures will top 80° throughout California’s Central Valley. Any lingering precipitation is confined to the central Rockies, where a few snow showers are occurring.
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