U.S. Weather/Crop Progress
U.S. Drought Monitor Weather Forecast: A storm system that previously hammered California with heavy precipitation and high winds will cross the central Plains on March 16 and reach the Great Lakes States a day later. A band of accumulating snow can be expected on March 16-17 from parts of Nebraska into the upper Great Lakes region. Storm-related rainfall across the South could become locally heavy, with 1 to 3 inches possible. In the storm’s wake, cold weather will return across much of the central and eastern U.S. Late in the weekend and early next week, freezes could again reach deep into the South, including parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Sub-0°F temperatures may occur during the weekend in portions of the north-central U.S. During the next few days, much of the West will get a reprieve from stormy conditions, although rain and snow showers will return during the weekend across the Pacific Coast States and the Southwest.
The NWS 6- to 10-day outlook for March 21 – 25 calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures and near- or above-normal precipitation across most of the country. Warmer-than-normal weather will be confined to peninsular Florida and portions of the Great Lakes region, while drier-than-normal conditions should be limited to parts of the south-central U.S., mainly in Texas.
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