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Cool, dry weather lingers in the Midwest
Across the Corn Belt, dry weather accompanies near- to below-normal temperatures. Conditions remain favorable for Midwestern pastures and summer crops, except in areas that have trended dry since early July and did not receive appreciable rainfall during a series of cold frontal passages from August 5-12.
On the Plains, building heat accompanies dry weather. Wednesday’s high temperatures could approach 100° as far north as Montana. The hot, dry weather favors fieldwork, including winter and spring wheat harvesting on the northern Plains, but is increasing stress on rain-fed summer crops such as cotton.
In the South, cooler, drier air is arriving in the wake of a cold front’s passage. Corn harvesting is underway in the Deep South and by August 10 corn was 17% harvested in Texas; 6% harvested in Louisiana; and 2% harvested in Mississippi and Alabama. Warm, humid, showery conditions linger across much of Florida.
In the West, scattered showers are heaviest in western Washington and parts of Arizona. However, there is still an elevated risk of wildfire ignition and expansion across portions of the interior Northwest due to lightning strikes and gusty winds. Heat lingers in the northern Rockies, but cooler air is spreading inland across the Pacific Coast States.
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