Good Friday morning everyone! We have a better chance to see some showers/thunderstorms beginning on Saturday through Tuesday, but the heat dome will be encompassing West Central Missouri for next week. I am seeing us getting close to triple digits up until Thursday/Friday time frame, when we will see a weak disturbance diving through to cool us down a bit. Our fields here around West Central Missouri need a drink, but the hay that is being cut and baled looks fabulous. Here are the agriculture weather highlights brought to you by the USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey;
“ On the Plains, record-shattering heat prevails in parts of Montana and the Dakotas, while hot, dry weather is returning
across the remainder of the nation’s mid-section. On July 24 in Montana, daily-record high temperatures soared to 109°F
in Glasgow and 107°F in Havre. For Havre, that marked the highest reading since August 3, 2001, when it was 109°F.
The northern Plains’ heat is promoting winter wheat harvesting and hastening the maturation of spring-sown small grains.
In the Corn Belt, dry weather prevails, aside from a few lingering showers in the Mississippi Valley. Today’s Midwestern
high temperatures will remain below 80°F in the vicinity of the Great Lakes—but will range from 90 to 100°F in western
corn and soybean production areas, primarily across Nebraska and the Dakotas. Although most Midwestern corn and
soybeans are developing well, producers are monitoring a recent drying trend and heat slowly building eastward.”
Have a great rest of the day and I leave you with my Agri-Outlook chart for the week;
