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Cooler, drier weather covers the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, rain showers linger in the Ohio Valley. Elsewhere, cool, dry weather favors autumn fieldwork in the wake of a cold front’s passage. Early Friday, freezes were noted as far south as eastern South Dakota.
On the Plains, scattered showers and a few thunderstorms linger across Oklahoma and Texas. The rain is slowing fieldwork but providing beneficial moisture for rangeland, pastures, and winter grains. Meanwhile, very warm weather is expanding across the northern High Plains, where today’s high temperatures could reach 80° or higher. The late-season warmth is promoting winter wheat growth but reducing topsoil moisture.
In the South, a few showers are developing in conjunction with an approaching cold front. However, most of the region is experiencing warm, dry weather. Flood recovery efforts continue in South Carolina and environs, but extremely dry conditions from the Mississippi Delta westward are maintaining stress on pastures. On October 4, Mississippi led the South with subsoil moisture rated 76% very short to short.
In the West, very warm weather prevails, especially from California to the northern Rockies. In California, the rice harvest was 40% complete by October 4, compared to the 5-year average of 24%.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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