Weather
Water-logged fields across parts of the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, drier weather has returned to western portions of the region, where 7-day rainfall of 4 to locally more than 12 inches has resulted in major river flooding and water-logged fields. Showers and thunderstorms in the Ohio Valley are improving soil moisture for corn and soybeans.
On the Plains, showers and thunderstorms have expanded over Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and southeastern Colorado, providing much-needed drought relief but arriving too late for maturing winter wheat. Showers have been slow to exit the north, though somewhat drier conditions are enabling fieldwork to resume.
In the South, heavy downpours in southern Texas are easing drought but causing localized flooding. Mostly dry, hot weather elsewhere is promoting winter wheat harvesting and other seasonal fieldwork after recent rain-induced delays, though seasonal showers continue in Florida.
In the West, isolated light showers are falling in the Northwest, while sunny, seasonably warm weather elsewhere is promoting fieldwork and crop development but maintaining or worsening drought.
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