Ag Weather Forum

Heavy winter precipitation means a large majority of the Midwest has no drought ahead of the start of the 2023 row crop season.

Heavy winter precipitation means a large majority of the Midwest has no drought ahead of the start of the 2023 row-crop season.

The weather pattern has been very active through a lot of the country this winter. Is that going to change as we head into spring?

The weather pattern has been very active through a lot of the country this winter. Is that going to change as we head into spring?

Early 2023 weather shows a strong comparison to 2009, which brought big yields and big challenges.

Several pieces of energy will lead to a major winter storm system across the U.S. this week. When all is said and done, widespread heavy snow, strong winds, blizzard conditions, freezing rain and severe storms will all be possible.

A cold wave in early March from the far north shows potential to linger during a good portion of the 2023 spring season.

A lot of publicity has been made recently about a sudden stratospheric warming event and its effect on Northern Hemisphere temperature patterns. But what is a sudden stratospheric warming event anyway? And what does it mean for global temperature patterns?

Sea-surface conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean continue to warm and the cold, La Nina waters are fading. The index is heading into neutral status for the spring with a forecast for warm, El Nino conditions in the summer.

Soil moisture drought recovery is projected to consume much of the moisture from some heavy snows during the 2022-23 winter season.

With an upper-level trough of low pressure in the West and an upper-level ridge of high pressure in the East, the middle of the country will be the battleground as the two fight it out, producing a pair of strong storm systems next week.

Continued moisture stress in the Western Corn Belt is suggested by the latest seasonal drought outlook.

Though La Nina is still in control of the main weather pattern, the outlook for February does not look much like it. With milder air during the front half of the month east of the Rockies, the forecast has increased temperatures for the North-Central U.S. and Canadian...

Very cold air is forecast to move back through the middle of North America later this week, with the cold snap lasting well into February, thanks to a La Nina weather pattern. Southeastern areas of the U.S. will see less of the cold while northwestern areas should be socked in...

The past year was the sixth warmest on record, including record-high annual temperatures in key crop areas of Europe and southern Asia.

Very cold air is forecast to move back through the middle of North America later this week, with the cold snap lasting well into February, thanks to a La Nina weather pattern. Southeastern areas of the U.S. will see less of the cold while northwestern areas should be socked in...

Forecasts for more cold and snow through the end of winter mean continued drawdown of available forage and possibly more herd reduction before a new crop is harvested in late spring-early summer.

Models vary on how it will occur, but a major pattern change this week will set the stage for bringing shots of colder air into the Canadian Prairies and at least the North-Central U.S. as we head into February.

Crop region damage from storms and drought is noteworthy in the list along with hurricanes, drought and snowstorms.

A very warm and active pattern will start to end next week. A trough of low pressure in the upper levels, which has been over the North Pacific for the last couple of weeks and sent many pieces of energy through the U.S., will finally move eastward into the U.S.