FREESE-NOTIS INTERNATIONAL WEATHER
7:00 AM, Friday, December 13, 2019
WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS/IMPACTS...
BRAZIL/PARAGUAY - Need for rain remains greatest in some far northeastern
growing areas of Brazil, and that trend continues. Some summer crop planting
has been delayed here due to lack of soil moisture. Some increase in need for
rain occurring in far southern Paraguay and in Rio Grande do Sul in southern
Brazil, as recent amounts have been below normal in some areas. These areas
look wetter into 6-10 day. Elsewhere additional rain into early next week
should benefit new planted and growing summer crops. 30 day rainfall has
continued to be below normal in some areas so additional rain needed. Most
central and northern growing areas see less rain overall for 6-10 day, then
greater amounts for 11-15 day.
ARGENTINA - Some rain past 48 hours and some additional rain this weekend
into early Mon. beneficial for adding soil moisture for summer crops from
central Cordoba, southern Santa Fe and Entre Rios northward. This rain
slows planting, but pattern of less rain mid to late next week favorable for
planting planting again. These areas get some rain during 6-10 day. In
southern Cordoba, far southern Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, La Pampa and San Luis
some rain fell early in the week, but not major amounts in many areas. In
these areas near term rain lighter and 6-10 day amounts below normal.
Planting continues in these areas but need for rain increasing and becoming
more critical in some areas. In some of these areas 30 day rainfall has been
less than 50% of normal.
EUROPE - 1-5 heating demand near to below most areas. 6-10 and 11-15 day
heating demand near to below normal most areas. --- FORMER SOVIET UNION - No
unusually cold temps seen in winter crop areas into next week. Some
additional precip beneficial most areas, but amounts light. --- SOUTH AFRICA
- Recent rain in most areas, and some additional rain into early next week
mainly in eastern areas, adds soil moisture for corn crop. Some western corn
areas still need greater rainfall. Less rain in west near term, then some
greater amounts beneficial for 6-10 day. --- NORTH AFRICA - Current and short
term pattern should allow more planting here. Rain chances increase again in
western next week and farther east for 6-10 day, slowing fieldwork but also
adding more soil moisture. --- AUSTRALIA - Harvest conditions favorable in
most wheat areas, however any rain would be beneficial to alleviate dryness
in New South Wales and southeastern Queensland.
BRAZIL/PARAGUAY GROWING AREAS
High temperatures yest. 80s/90s most areas,
some 70s southeast and east-central. During the past 24 hours any rainfall
spotty in far northeastern growing areas of Brazil. Elsewhere scattered
showers and t-storms occurred with 0.10-0.75" rainfall and spotty heavier
amounts. Not all locations had rain.
High temps into mid next week 80s/90s, some cooler and a few warmer. During
the 1-5 day period rainfall will be lightest in some of these same far
northeastern growing areas of Brazil including northern Minas Gerais, much of
Bahia and areas north of Bahia. Amounts 0.05-0.50". Greater 5 day rainfall
elsewhere, with 0.50-2.00" amounts and isolated heavier. Not all locations
get rain each day. 6-10 day rainfall near to above normal in Paraguay and
about the southern 1/3 of growing areas of Brazil, near to below normal
central and northern growing areas of Brazil. 11-15 day rainfall near normal
most areas. Need for rain remains greatest in some far northeastern growing
areas of Brazil, and that trend continues. Some summer crop planting has been
delayed here due to lack of soil moisture. Some increase in need for rain
occurring in far southern Paraguay and in Rio Grande do Sul in southern
Brazil, as recent amounts have been below normal in some areas. These areas
look wetter into 6-10 day. Elsewhere additional rain into early next week
should benefit new planted and growing summer crops. 30 day rainfall has
continued to be below normal in some areas so additional rain needed. Most
central and northern growing areas see less rain overall for 6-10 day, then
greater amounts for 11-15 day.
ARGENTINA GROWING AREAS
High temperatures yest. ranged from around 70 in
some far southeastern growing areas to around 100 in far northwest. During
the past 24 hours some rainfall of 0.05-0.50" in some far northern growing
areas with isolated heavier. Drier elsewhere.
Most highs into mid next week 80s/90s, some 70s in south. Most areas dry
today, then some rain chances return this weekend into early Mon. Some dry
days return early to mid next week. Rainfall from this next system 0.50-
2.00" from central Cordoba, southern Santa Fe and southern Entre Rios
northward, with some scattered heavier. Additional rainfall lighter farther
south. 6-10 day rainfall near to above normal in northern 1/2 of these
growing areas, near to below normal southern 1/2. 11-15 day rainfall near to
below normal most areas. Some rain past 48 hours and some additional rain
this weekend into early Mon. beneficial for adding soil moisture for summer
crops from central Cordoba, southern Santa Fe and Entre Rios northward.
This rain slows planting, but pattern of less rain mid to late next week
favorable for planting planting again. These areas get some rain during 6-10
day. In southern Cordoba, far southern Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, La Pampa and
San Luis some rain fell early in the week, but not major amounts in many
areas. In these areas near term rain lighter and 6-10 day amounts below
normal. Planting continues in these areas but need for rain increasing and
becoming more critical in some areas. In some of these areas 30 day rainfall
has been less than 50% of normal.
EUROPEAN GROWING AREAS
High temperatures most areas yest. 30s/40s, some
warmer in southwest, some far southern areas farther east and some far west-
central areas. 1-5 day and 6-10 day temps near to above normal most areas.
11-15 day temps near to above normal. 1-5 heating demand near to below most
areas. 6-10 day and 11-15 day heating demand near to below normal most
areas.
FORMER SOVIET UNION GROWING AREAS
During the past 24 hours no unusually
cold low temps in most winter crop areas. Most precip past 24 hours spotty
and light. Changeable temp pattern here into next week, but no unusually
cold weather most areas. More light precip chances forecast. No unusually
cold temps seen in winter crop areas into next week. Additional precip
beneficial most areas, but most amounts light.
AUSTRALIAN GROWING AREAS
During the past 24 hours it was dry in most wheat
areas. No major rain seen in most wheat areas near term. 6-10 day rainfall
below normal most areas, a few greater amounts in western wheat areas.
Harvest conditions favorable in most wheat areas, however any rain would be
beneficial to alleviate dryness in New South Wales and southeastern
Queensland.
SOUTH AFRICA
During the past 24 hours rainfall in most corn
areas was spotty and light, with some 0.25-1.00" amounts in the northeast and
the southeast. Some shower are forecast here off and on into early next week,
with some dry time also. Additional amounts of 0.25-1.00" in eastern corn
areas, mostly lighter central and west. 6-10 day rainfall near normal most
areas. Recent rain in most areas, and some additional rain into early next
week mainly in eastern areas, adds soil moisture for corn crop. Some western
corn areas still need greater rainfall. Less rain in west near term, then
some greater amounts beneficial for 6-10 day.
NORTH AFRICA
During the past 24 hours rain in most wheat
areas was spotty and light. No major rain in most areas into weekend, and in
east early next week. Some 0.10-0.75" rainfall early next week in Morocco
and northwestern Algeria. 6-10 day near to below normal east, near to above
normal central and west. Current and short term pattern should allow more
planting here. Rain chances increase again in western next week and farther
east for 6-10 day, slowing fieldwork but also adding more soil moisture.
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DAN HICKS/METEOROLOGIST
Freese - Notis Weather
Des Moines, IA 50312
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