U.S. Weather/Crop Progress
U.S. Drought Monitor Weather Forecast: In the days since the Tuesday morning cutoff time of this week’s USDM, the cold frontal passage dropped an inch to locally over 3 inches of rain from parts of Louisiana northeastward to western Virginia, and over parts of the Northeast. For November 30-December 5, a series of fronts and low pressure systems are forecast to drop an additional 1-2 inches of precipitation across the South from Texas to Virginia, and parts of the Northeast, with locally 3-plus inches from Texas to Mississippi. One to 3 inches is forecasted for parts of the coastal Northwest and Northern Rockies. A tenth to half of an inch is expected across the Midwest, extreme northern Plains, and much of the central and northern portions of the West. No precipitation is forecast for southern California or much of the Southwest to central Plains.
Temperatures should average warmer than normal in the East and cooler than normal in the West. For December 6-14, odds favor wetter-than-normal conditions for the northern tier states and drier than normal for the Southwest to southern Plains, with the Southeast transitioning from wet to dry. Temperatures are expected to be colder than normal in the West to Plains. The East Coast will transition from warmer than normal to cooler than normal as an upper-level trough migrates east through the period.
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