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Warmer, drier weather settles into the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, showers are limited to the southern tier of the region, including southern sections of Illinois and Missouri. Elsewhere, dry weather favors planting activities and other fieldwork, except in areas of the eastern Corn Belt still grappling with cool soils and lingering wetness.
On the Plains, rain and pockets of lowland flooding persist across eastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas. Meanwhile, expanding warmth continues to promote fieldwork across the northern Plains, where Friday’s high temperatures could approach 90° as far north as eastern Montana.
In the South, a low-pressure system centered over Arkansas continues to spark widespread showers and thunderstorms. Currently, some of the heaviest rain is sweeping across the lower Mississippi Valley. Rain in the mid-South is prolonging fieldwork delays and perpetuating lowland flooding. In contrast, unfavorably dry weather persists across the lower Southeast, including much of Florida’s peninsula.
In the West, cool, showery weather is pushing farther inland across the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies. Cool weather is also returning to California, although dry weather favors fieldwork. Dry weather prevails in the Southwest, following recent, out-of-season showers.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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