Drew Lerner, Author at World Weather

Argentina Harvest, Wheat Planting Weather Nearly Ideal

Kansas City, June 5 (World Weather Inc.) – Harvesting of summer grain and oilseeds is advancing well across Argentina. Most of the nation’s production region was dry and will remain limited through at least the middle of next week. Harvesting will persist with few disruptions. Planting of the winter wheat has also begun in portions of Argentina. Conditions have been favorable for the early-planted crop, though the need for timely rain will increase later this month into July as more crops go into the ground.

North China Plain To Remain Dry Through Mid-June

Kansas City, June 5 (World Weather Inc.) – Drier and warmer than normal weather was again noted across China’s North China Plain and portions of the central Yellow River Basin during the past week. The weather has been beneficial for aggressive winter wheat harvesting and yields are expected to be good. However, the region’s coarse grains, oilseeds, cotton, and other crops planted this time of year are likely establishing unevenly or poorly due to the lack of moisture. The region will remain drier biased through the middle of June, despite some spotty rain. Additional drying is expected and may raise concerns for planted acreage or yield potentials this season. Most other areas in China continue to have plenty of moisture with frequent precipitation still forthcoming. Some areas in southern China are too wet and may remain that way.

Mexico May Have Role In Potential Central U.S. Summer Heat

Kansas City, June 5 (World Weather Inc.) – Mexico remains in a very serious drought and there is not much relief slated for the next two weeks. The drought began with El Nino’s development in 2023 and it lasted through the autumn, winter and spring. The drought has been compared to the one that occurred 2010-2013 and certainly is one of the worst droughts in recent decades. Some other bad droughts in the past managed to miss out on significant rain even after El Nino abated and there is some potential for that this year. Continuing drought in northern Mexico could lead to a large heat sink that would be capable of feeding into the high pressure ridge that is expected to evolve this summer in the central United States. If such an event were to occur temperatures could become oppressively hot from northern Mexico into the central U.S. There is not much sign of this today, but if the drought in Mexico fails to abate soon the potential may begin to grow.