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Hot weather anchored on the Great Plains
On the Plains, hot, mostly dry weather is increasing evaporative losses and boosting moisture demands for summer crops. Many areas across the nation’s mid-section retain adequate subsoil moisture, but some topsoil moisture shortages have developed during the recent and ongoing spate of hot weather.
In the Corn Belt, mild, dry weather in the wake of a cold front’s passage is promoting corn and soybean development, although diminishing soil moisture has become a significant concern in a broad area centered on the Illinois-Iowa-Missouri triple point. Currently, showers are approaching the southern tier of these driest areas, extending east into the lower Ohio Valley.
In the South, warm, mostly dry weather favors fieldwork and a rapid crop development pace. However, showers and thunderstorms are entering the northern fringe of the region from the Ohio Valley. Rain is still needed across much of the interior Southeast to ease stress on pastures and summer crops.
In the West, cooler air is arriving in the Pacific Northwest, but record-setting heat persists in many other areas. Some of the hottest weather, relative to normal, is occurring across the Intermountain West.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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