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Disagreement on likelihood of early frost in Upper Midwest

There’s some disagreement on the likelihood of an early frost in the Upper Midwest.

Brownfield ag meteorologist Greg Soulje continues to predict unseasonably cool weather for the region the second half of September, with the greatest threat of freezing temperatures between the 15th and 20th.

However, Don Keeney with MDA Weather Services says his outlook for September calls for above-normal temps.

“Rather warm across most of the Midwest, especially the Upper Midwest and up into the Dakotas.  It looks like we will be back into a warmer pattern in those areas.  So at this point it looks like the risk for an early frost would certainly be lower than normal.”

Keeney and Soulje do agree there’s a good chance the beginning of fall harvest will be wet.

“As we get into the next few weeks and into early September, it does look like we’re going to continue to see some rainfall in those areas.”

Soulje says he’s watching tropical systems in the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Coast which foretell a wet pattern starting in the southern Corn Belt and expanding northeastward.

 

 

 

 

 

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