Drew Lerner, Author at World Weather

Brazil’s Dry Season Sets In; Moisture Good For Safrinha Crops

Kansas City, April 23 (World Weather Inc.) – With the harvest of the soybeans, first-season corn, and other crops winding down, the main focus on Brazil remains the Safrinha corn and cotton crops as well as coffee, sugarcane, late season rice and citrus. Center-west and center-south Brazil received some rain during the past week that maintained good development conditions. Most Safrinha crop areas will trend dry or mostly dry in coming weeks as the dry season gets under full swing. Temperatures will be warmer than usual and that will accelerate drying across the region. Sufficient soil moisture is expected through the first week in May to support growth and development, though timely rain will be needed later in May. In the meantime, far southern Brazil will receive heavy to excessive rain during the coming week that will keep the ground saturated and induce some flooding.

Weekly Citrus Weather For April 23, 2024

Kansas City, April 23 (World Weather Inc.) – Much of Florida’s citrus region received light precipitation or was mostly dry during the past week. Precipitation will remain limited for at least another week and irrigation will continue to be run across the region. Citrus conditions will remain good despite the lack of rain. Brazil’s citrus region received varying amounts of rain during the past week with areas in western and northern Sao Paulo and southwestern Minas Gerais trending mostly dry. Seasonally dry weather is slated for much of the region in the coming weeks. Net drying is slated for most locations, though there will be some moisture to support new growth. In Mexico, the eastern production areas received mostly light rain during the past week with more on the way in the coming days. Drought or abnormally dry conditions will persist and the need for abundant rain will remain high.

U.S. Midwest Rain Falls In Line With Drier, Warm Summer

Kansas City, April 23 (World Weather Inc.) – Rain earlier this spring was abundant to excessive in parts of the Delta and southeastern states. A part of the eastern Midwest was too wet in late March and early April and now central and some western Corn and Soybean Belt production areas are expected to become too wet with a series of storm systems slated over the next ten days. Despite the moisture abundance and expected delays to spring planting, the wetter bias seen so far this spring falls right in line with weather patterns in the past that supported a drier and warmer bias for the Plains and western Corn Belt during the late spring and summer.