Central Europe Rain Induces Catastrophic Flooding

Kansas City, September 16 (World Weather Inc.) – A record setting rain and flood event impacted Czech Republic and many surrounding areas of Austria, western Slovakia and areas southwest into Slovenia during the Thursday night through Sunday morning period. Some of the flooding was of epic proportions with one location in Czech Republic reporting an unconfirmed 500 millimeters or 19.69 inches of rain. Most of the rain varied from 4.00 to more than 12.24 inches (102-311mm). The terrain in central Europe does not accommodate significant rain events like this very well and nearly always results in serious flood and damage to agriculture and personal property.

Australia Frost, Freezes Have Low Impact On Crops

Kansas City, September 16 (World Weather Inc.) – Weekend frost and freezes in southeastern Australia burned back some vegetative growth in wheat, barley, canola and some pulse production areas. The impact of cold is not fully known due to varying stages of crop development. Most of the cold should have had a low impact with only temporary damage, but some greater damage cannot be ruled out quite yet. Pulses and Canola may have been more impacted than wheat or barley and there is more cold weather coming.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Lurks Off U.S. Carolina Coast

Kansas City, September 14 (World Weather Inc.) – A potential tropical cyclone was located nearly 140 miles from the Charleston, S.C. coast at 2000 EDT today (0001 GMT Monday) The system was expected to drift inland through South Carolina to western North Carolina Monday into Wednesday while diminishing to a remnant low pressure center. The system may become a named storm overnight, but its only serious threat to the region may be local flooding because of potential heavy rainfall

Typhoon Bebinca Reaches East-Central China Near Shanghai

Kansas City, September 16 (World Weather Inc.) – Typhoon Bebinca reached the coast of southern Jiangsu China immediately south of Shanghai early today (Monday). The storm came ashore producing 80 mph sustained wind speeds and was moving west northwesterly into southern Jiangsu and moving toward Anhui. The storm will produce some flooding rain and some wind damage near the coast, but the impact on China’s ports and agriculture is predicted to be low.

Canadian Prairies Agricultural Weather Prognosticator For September 15, 2024

Inside this issue of the Canadian Prairies Agricultural Weather Prognosticator there is an updated forecast for late September and October and updated soil moisture for selected areas around the world. A special update on recent rainfall in the Prairies as well as a detail assessment of conditions in Brazil is also included in this report.

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