Ag Weather Forum

A storm system will traverse the country this week with widespread impacts including strong winds, widespread rainfall, severe storms and heavy snow.

A strong spring storm system will bring significant risks for severe weather across the Lower Mississippi Valley on Friday. Large hail will be possible, but very strong, damaging winds and long-tracked, strong tornadoes are the main threats.

Winter wheat and row crops face a second straight season of significant dryness and production shortfalls.

Deep and heavy snowpack across the North-Central U.S. is a concern for the planting season.

Dry soils lead to spring crop concern in the southwestern Plains while wet conditions elsewhere bring caution about delayed fieldwork potential.

A strong low-pressure system that is providing windy and wet conditions to California Tuesday will be the next system to affect much of the Central U.S. on Thursday. Snow will be possible in the North-Central U.S. while areas of heavy rain and severe thunderstorms will sweep...

After three years of dryness, improved crop moisture outweighs concern about fieldwork delay possibilities.

The active weather pattern since winter continues for yet another week while any semblance of cold remains off to the north and west.

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.