U.S. Weather/Crop Progress
U.S. Drought Monitor Weather Forecast: During the next 5 days (August 4-8), heavy precipitation (1.5 to locally approaching 6 inches) is expected along the central Gulf Coast, the central and northern Florida Peninsula, and the central and southern Carolinas. Farther west, similar amounts of rain are anticipated in a swath from eastern Arizona northeastward through Iowa and northern Missouri. Moderate amounts are forecast in the eastern Great Basin and northern Arizona, through part of the north-central Plains, and in the interior Southeast. Only a few tenths of an inch at best are expected elsewhere, with little or none falling on Texas and California.
During August 9-13, the odds favor drier than normal weather in eastern Virginia, the East Coast Megalopolis, and portions of New England. Most of the Four Corners states and the Great Basin also have enhanced chances for subnormal precipitation. In contrast, wetter than normal weather is favored from the northern Rockies eastward through the Great Lakes Region, in the lower Ohio and middle Mississippi Valleys, and across the areas of current dryness and drought in the interior Southeast.
Follow this link to view current U.S. and international weather patterns and the future outlook: Weather and Crop Bulletin.