World Weather Highlights
04/01/11 -- World agri-weather highlights from Martell Crop Projections:
- Northern Kansas may receive useful precipitation this week. The wheat forecast continues dry in TX, OK and southwest KS
- SW Argentina rainfall outlook is reduced in the key corn producing areas; still some 1-inch amounts indicated
- Strong warming in Western Europe will melt away snow; dry and cold conditions will persist in the far northern growing areas
- Eastern Australia expecting more rain; flooding has occurred in Queensland
and northern NSW wheat areas; harvest progress unknown - Bitterly cold air covers Northeast China, Kazakhstan, Asian Russia; east
Siberia temperatures -35 Fahrenheit (-31 C) overnight - Unusually warm in Russia Black Sea wheat; mild temps to continue; arctic
blast if it occurred would cause winterkill - Middle East weather has reverted back to a warm and dry pattern; suspect
moisture stress in winter wheat