Weather

Cold wave races into the Corn Belt

Across the Corn Belt, snow is falling in the upper Great Lakes region, while rain showers stretch southward from Lower Michigan through the Ohio Valley. Sharply colder air is overspreading the entire region, with Friday morning’s low temperatures generally ranging from 15 to 25° in the upper Midwest. The adverse weather conditions, which include gusty winds, are causing renewed corn and soybean harvest delays.

On the Plains, Friday morning’s temperatures plunged below 20° in parts of the Dakotas and northern Nebraska. Markedly colder weather covers the remainder of the region, except for mild, breezy conditions on the northern High Plains. Along the leading edge of the cold air, a cluster of thunderstorms in affecting southern Texas.

In the South, mostly dry weather accompanies cooler conditions, favoring a continuation of fall fieldwork. A chilly rain is developing, however, across the interior Southeast—primarily in Kentucky and Tennessee. 

In the West, showers are spreading across northwestern California and the Pacific Northwest. Farther inland, warm, dry weather prevails in advance of an approaching storm system.

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