June 16/17th......time ticks by faster and faster!!! Do something to make somebody feel lucky today! Then, after observing the positive results, make a good habit out of it!
Scroll down and enjoy the latest comprehensive weather to the max...... occurring because of the natural physical laws in our atmosphere.
My computer is down from a power surge. Hopefully a new power supply will fix it late today. In the meantime, we’ll just piggyback off of yesterday’s weather....with maps that are mostly updated around the clock.
Rain chances continue. Heavy rain threats but not nearly as excessive as May was, especially in the Western Cornbelt or causing the widespread major flooding. Heaviest rains will sink a bit farther south and be south of the heaviest rains last month.
Warm up has started continuing into week 2. Heat ridge building in week 2 on most solutions. Location?
Monday: heat ridge backing west on some models. This would shift the heat in that direction and cause the heavy rains to ease up.
Here are the latest hazards across the country.
Purple/Pink/blue on land is cold/Winter weather. Brown is wind, Green is flooding. Gray is fog. Reddish is a red flag advisory.
Go to the link below, then hit the location/county on the map for details.
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/ Go to "hazards"
Current Weather Map
NCEP Days 0-7 Forecast Loop | NCEP Short-Range Model Discussion | NCEP Day 3-7 Discussion |
Wind map Press down on this on the left with your cursor!
Current Jet Stream
Low Temperatures Tomorrow Morning |
Hot West but it's heated up in the South too. Still cool Upper Midwest to Northeast.
Temperature colors on the maps below still need to be adjusted down to cooler shades.
Highs for days 3-7:
Around average but with some heat in the south this week.
Most of the country around average but coolish N.Rockies/Plains and some heat in the south to Mid Atlantic.
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/medr_mean.shtml
Weather maps for days 3-7 below
Stalled front will be the focus for rains S.Plains to southwest Cornbelt to the eastern Cornbelt. Heaviest rains in the far southern parts of the Cornbelt............. a bit farther south and east from the heaviest May rains.
That area will move next weekend.
Jet stream is not as strong as the one in May and we don't have the blocking heat ridge in the Southeast or the extreme temperature contrast along the front.........so this will not lead to widespread severe weather outbreaks like May or massive individual flooding events like May!!!
But there will be episodes with rain events continuing.
Liquid equivalent precip forecasts for the next 7 days are below.
Southern stream rain maker is around for the next week from the S.Plains to the sw Cornbelt......to the Ohio Valley and Eastern Cornbelt.
I believe that the heaviest rains will be just south of the wettest areas in May this week. This area will surge back north this next weekend and start moving. Amounts will add up but the jet stream configuration and blocking from May is not as favorable for extreme individual rain events and flooding.
Day 1 below:
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Day 2 below:
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Day 3 below
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Days 4-5 below:
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Days 6-7 below:
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7 Day Total precipitation below:
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Maps not updated as of early afternoon June 16th
Last 24 hour precip top map
Last 7 day precip below that
Slight risk of Excessive Rainfall threat.
This is not the same set up as May. Yes, rains will be heavy and unwanted in the Eastern Cornbelt but not as extreme.......and the area will be shifting farther southeast.
Mesoscale Precipitation Discussions
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Current Day 3 Forecast |
Slight risk for severe storms, higher in the S.Plains today.
Some slight risk this week but no outbreaks because the jet stream is too weak and there is no extreme temperature contrast like we had in May.
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Current Dew Points
Deep Moisture returning northward
Latest radar loop
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/radar_tab.php
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You can go to this link to see precipitation totals from recent time periods:
https://water.weather.gov/precip/
Go to precipitation, then scroll down to pick a time frame. Hit states to get the borders to see locations better. Under products, you can hit "observed" or "Percent of normal"
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Precipitation compared to average for the last 7, 14, 30 and 60 days.
The Cornbelt HAD BEEN drying out and planting did some big catching up.
Usually not updated for previous day until late the next day.
https://www.atmos.illinois.edu/~snodgrss/Ag_Wx.html
Soilmoisture anomaly:
These maps sometimes take a day to catch up to incorporate the latest data(the bottom map is only updated once a week).
Most of the cornbelt had REALLY dried out until these rains came, with a great deal of planting done the previous 2 weeks.
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Soilmst_Monitoring/US/Soilmst/Soilmst.shtml#
Surprise, surprise, surprise!! Currently, there is 0% of the Cornbelt/Midwest with drought. There is no place even slightly dry there. It has been dry(and very warm/hot) in the Southeast though which has some drought. There was some nice drought relief recently the first map updated June 13, shows that, compared to the previous map below it.
The map below is updated on Thursdays.
The market will be STILL be keying on precip forecasts for planting concerns for the next 2 weeks.Mainly the beans now will be getting planted.
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
The top map is the Canadian ensemble average, the maps below are the individual members that make up the average at the end of week 2.
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Each member is like the parent, Canadian model operational model.......with a slight tweek/variation in parameters. Since we know the equations to represent the physics of the atmosphere in the models are not perfect, its useful to vary some of the equations that are uncertain(can make a difference) to see if it effects the outcome and how.
The average of all these variations(ensembles) often yields a better tool for forecasting. It's always more consistent. The individual operational model, like each individual ensemble member can vary greatly from run to run.........and represent an extreme end of the spectrum at times. The ensemble average of all the members, because it averages the extremes.............from opposite ends of the spectrum.........changes much less from run to run.
End of week 2....................0z ensembles:
Analysis starting from a week ago, ending with today:
Last week+ of analysis, starting with the day farthest in the past. This is an end of week 2 forecast!
Last Thursday: Wide spread in solutions. Trough just off the West Coast should be watched for connection to potential increase in heavy rains later in week 2.
Friday: Hardly much change from yesterday but ridging in the Southeast that popped up on Tuesday, continues to go away on this model. Still a trough just off the West Coast. Not a hot pattern. Not a dry pattern.
Saturday: Looking cooler than yesterday on this model with a more pronounced northern stream upper level low Southeast Canada that extends south. Especially in combo with the upper level ridge in NW Canada to Alaska connection. Still a trough along or just off the West Coast. Will an upper level ridge build in the far south and a zone of heavy rains along the periphery of the ridge emerge?
Sunday: Upper level trough along the West Coast, which will modulate the jet stream aimed towards the midsection. Ridge to the south will determine where organized storm events form...........around the periphery. Much warmer in the Midwest/East than yesterday on this model with the northern stream influence not there on as many solutions.
Monday: Strong zonal flow on the mean below in the northern half of the country. Will a heat ridge build south of that(southern 1/3rd)? This model, contrasting to the others actually looks cooler at the end of week 2 with a deeper trough in the East.
Tuesday: More heat ridge building in the Plains on this model today.
Wednesday: More heat ridge building in the center of the country again today.
Thursday: Heat ridge farther west and more troughing East Coast, so cooler.
Friday: Significant heat ridge building in the center of the country, favored locations include the S.Plains to points just southeast of that.
Saturday: The heat ridge building continues. How far north will the potential "dome" extend?
Sunday: I've actually waited fot this 12z model run below for the update. It shows the building upper level ridging in week 2..........weakening greatly in the Midwest at the end of week 2. Trough out West and strong jet stream over the top of the heat ridge means more rains, some potentially heavy.
Monday: computer down. Maps below not updated but the heat ridge today is extremely impressive from the s.rockies to the s.plains to possibly the w.gulf states.
360h GZ 500 forecast valid on Jul 01, 2019 12 UTC
0Z GFS Ensembles at 2 weeks:
Analysis, starting with the oldest, ending with the most recent:
Last Wednesday: Could it turn wet again late in week 2? No major heat even though a few try to build a heat ridge in the south to southeast.
Thursday: Looks pretty wet later in week 2. The 12z run was WARMER.
Friday: Widespread in solutions, especially with regards to the northern stream.
Saturday: A bit cooler today with the northern stream. Watching for the potential to turn wet again.
Sunday: The pick up in rains will actually be late in week 1 and this is a end of week 2 solution............which looks drier but low confidence. Slightly warmer than yesterday at this time frame...........but Saturday was cooler than Friday. There really is nothing that stands out below as remarkable.
Monday: Best chance for a heat ridge is in the deep South. A good case can still be made for below temps in the northern 1/3 to 1/2. The temperature contrast and decent jet stream in between gives high confidence above normal rain signal.
Tuesday: Also more heat ridge building.......location, location, location ???
Wednesday: Wide spread on where to put the heat ridge.
Thursday: Big heat ridge, favored spot in the South to S.Rockies.
Friday: Big heat ridge again but farther east today into the Plains and potentially farther east.and more bullish for heat/ng.
Saturday: Where will the heat ridge/dome of rain suppressing upper level high pressure be?
Sunday: Where will the heat ridge be? On this model, possible cool intrusion sneaking into the Northeast.
Monday: huge dome from Rockies to plains to w.gulf states. This would cause rains to ease up and shift the heat.
GFS Ensemble mean(average of all the individual solutions above). The first map is a mid/upper level map. The 2nd one is a temperatures map at around 1 mile above the surface. These are anomalies(difference compared to average). The daily analysis starts with the oldest and ends with the latest.
Last Thursday: Positive anomaly in the N.Plains has weakened. Negative anomaly along the West Coast. Great uncertainty but not as dry overall vs the last few days.
Friday: Weak positive anomaly in the center of the country.........stronger at higher latitudes(Canada). Weak negative anomaly along the West Coast, stronger one in Southeast Canada which mean cool in the Northeast.
Saturday: The decent negative anomaly in Southeast Canada has filled in..........so that takes out the northern stream component and makes this high confidence for warmer than average. Negative anomaly along the West Coast is now more significant. This will help to modulate the jet streams location and determine where down stream ridging might be, along with the new zone for rains setting up around the periphery of the potential ridge.
Sunday: A bit of a negative anomaly againt in Southeast Canada might bring cooler air to the Northeast and middle of the country. The rest of the US has had previous anomalies filled in.
Monday: Slight negative anomalies in Southeast Canada, if they grow would be a source of cool air. Negative anomaly along the southern West Coast could steer wet weather and a jet stream towards the Plains.
Tuesday: Huge positive anomaly today in N/C Canada (and smaller one off the Pacific NW) is actually favorable for cooler air below it into the central and Northeastern US.
Wednesday: Notable/strong positive anomaly in Canada with a modest one in Southeast Canada will likely be a source of northern stream cool air. Another modest negative anomaly from the Southwest US towards the C.Plains(with a trough along the southern West Coast........oh,oh, this could represent the makings of more heavy rains..IF another heat ridge builds in the Southeast.
Thursday: Big positive anomaly in N.Canada back to Siberia. Modest negative anomaly Midwest to Northeast and off the Pacific Northwest coast. Favorable for cool in the middle to Northeast and wet.
The 12z run was WARMER!
Friday: Still the positive anomaly in N.Canada and around the Gulf of Alaska/Northeast Pacific. and a modest negative anomaly, one from the northern stream in Southeast Canada(cool air link?) another in the Southwest from the southern stream(potential for rains returning?)
Saturday: Northern stream positive anomaly north Canada to Alaska to Northeast Pacific connects downstream to negative anomaly that has shifted farther southwest into the US today.......N.Plains/Upper Midwest to Southeast Canada...................so a cooler solution.
Sunday. Weaker positive anomaly from NW Canada to the Northeast Pacific. Another slight positive anomaly in the deep south, then an elongated, lengthy west to east negative anomaly in between going from the Southwest across the entire country to the East Coast. That will be associated with the storm track and jet stream.
Monday: The high latitude anomaly is washing out a bit more but still connects with delivering cooler air downstream. Positive anomaly in the deep south supports upper level ridging. Elongated negative anomaly across the northern 1/3rd will be associated with our jet stream and storm track.......and wet weather, which will also feature cool temperatures.
Tuesday: Negative anomaly sealed off in the Pac Northwest today with upper level heights rising downstream...........ridge building, so we are warmer in the central US(not as cool as recently) and to the south. Weak negative anomaly MidAtlantic, so maybe some cool forcing.
Wednesday: Strong positive anomaly NW Canada to NE Pacific. Growing positive anomaly in the Plains.
Thursday: Growing anomaly from yesterday with a center in the N.Plains to Upper Midwest looks interesting. Could lead to warmer/drier in that region??
Friday: The new positive anomaly in the North/Central US is more than interesting now. Shifted slightly farther east today and advertising some potential heat.
Saturday: Center of new anomaly has shifted slightly south today. This will be associated with the new heat ridge/potential dome in week 2.
Sunday: Positive anomaly shifted slightly west. Pretty stout positive anomaly in the Gulf of Alaska.
Monday: positive anomaly today is south of the Gulf of Alaska and connected to the positive anomaly farther east as heat ridge builds from the Rockies and Plains. This is potentially a much drier pattern for the later periods and shifts the heat westward.
NCEP Ensemble t = 360 hour forecast
Latest, updated graph/forecast for AO and NAO here, including an explanation of how to interpret them.
Previous analysis, with the latest day at the bottom for late week 2 period.
Last Saturday: Negative AO, especially negative NAO(means high confidence cool signal) and near 0 PNA.
Sunday: Pretty big changes. AO climbs back to near 0. NAO much higher than previous days and climbs towards zero at the end of the period. For sure this SUGGESTS that the cold forcing from the northern stream will be subsiding. PNA is solidly positive.
Monday: AO and NAO near zero(from recent negative that was connected to cool temps-so no longer a cool influence). PNA is positive, still a cool influence for the Midwest and East.
Tuesday: All close enough to 0 to not be huge. However, recently they were favorable for cool temps and this means that influence will be easing...........which suggests warmer at the least.
Wednesday: All near zero.
Thursday: Close enough to zero to not be significant here.
Friday: A0 and NAO close to zero but a negative PNA is favorable for a heat ridge to be building downstream from an upper level trough off the West Coast...........in the middle of the country.
Saturday: AO and NAO close to zero and PNA a bit negative late in week 2 so this is not a deterent for heat ridge building during week 2.
Sunday: All close to zero, PNA a tad negative during week 2.
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National Weather Service 6-10 day, 8-14 day outlooks.
Updated this afternoon.
Heat will be in the deep south(along the Gulf Coast), the northern part of the country the coolest.
Widespread above average rains in between!
Tuesday morning: Still looks wet over much of the country but the changes, I feel will start filling in the areas of below normal temps in the middle of the country and expanding the areas of above temps.
Tues PM comment. The heat does expand slightly in the south from yesterday and the NWS takes the above temps well up the East Coast. However, they remain very cool in the middle of the country. Widespread heavy rains with a few excessive events will be the most noteworthy weather during the 6-10 day period. The areas most likely to get hit is shown below these maps.
Wednesday: Potential for excessive rains especially early. Heat south, cool north(receding)
Thursday: Heat may be shifting westward with the heat ridge but low confidence. The NWS has seemed to be too warm along the East coast recently....I'm cooler there. Still wet on these maps but NOT AS wet later in Week 2.
Friday: Still wet but the noted changes today feature heat building in the middle of the country. Looks for the long lived below normal temperatures in the midsection on extended maps to morph into above normal in future updates with the heat building from the south. High confidence.
Saturday: Heat should continue to increase from the 6-10 to the 8-14 day. It will be tough to shut down rains in the Midwest but parts of the south will be capped under the dome/heat ridge......especially S.Plains to Gulf States.
Sunday: Broken record.
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From Craig Solberg:
Simply amazing; past 12 months the wettest on record for the Nation and EASILY the wettest on record for the Corn Belt. Precipitation 8.53" above normal for 1902/03 in the Corn Belt simply PALES in comparison to our most recent 12 month period...an incredible 13.88" above normal
Craig Solberg @CraigSolberg Jun 7
Whatever the corn planting progress number is on Monday...this is what it will compare to:
Craig Solberg @CraigSolberg 4
To be completely honest...probably one of the top 25 driest starts to June on record for the Corn Belt as a whole
Previous discussion:
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: grains
By metmike - June 1, 2019, 7:22 p.m.
To mcfarm who lives in Indianapolis:
Here are the rains the next 9 days, most of them from next weeks system.
It would be one thing if they fell quickly in one day........and we had alot of run off .......which is bad enough. However, falling over a 3-5 day period will maximize soil saturation, even on high ground.
But there is one hope. Look at the sharp cut off I mentioned earlier. Chicago and Detroit may get ZERO rain from this event, while you get numerous inches of rain. IF this system were to track 300 miles farther south, then you would get ZERO rain and areas south of you would get the heavy stuff.
The system is still several days away and the track is not certain. It looks bad for you on most solutions but some of them look good for you.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Weather Sunday
By pll - June 2, 2019, 11:10 a.m.
Planting got back going here Saturday I think a good chunk of ground here in ECIL will get planted before next rain comes except for the real wet fields
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Weather Sunday
By metmike - June 2, 2019, 12:26 p.m.
Thanks pll!
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By metmike - June 3, 2019, 1:02 p.m.
12Z GFS MUCH warmer and more CDD's with heat ridge in the East.....might be an outlier.
By WxFollower - June 3, 2019, 1:34 p.m.
12Z GEFS said it is an outlier. NG back down on that from what I can tell.
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By metmike - June 3, 2019, 1:36 p.m.
Absolutely agree Larry!
Here's what that outlier,12z operational GFS looked like:
Actually, it's very similar to the Summer of 1993! Again, an outlier at this point. The Canadian ensembles moved slightly in that direction and with an upper level trough along the West Coast, there is the potential for amplification similar to this last GFS operational model("potential" is often the reason for outlier solutions, when they over amplify a feature)
The outlier late week 2 pattern features a huge heat ridge in the East and jet stream configuration very similar to 1993.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Weather Monday
By metmike - June 3, 2019, 3:28 p.m.
The 12z Euro is an outlier in the complete opposite direction. It has a huge heat ridge from the West Coast, across the Rockies to the N.Plains that completely shuts down all of the rain, except for heavy rains in the Southeast over the drought areas, where it would be welcome.
The GFS had the heat ridge in the East, exactly where the EURO has an upper level trough and very cool temps with hot HUMID air streaming north feeding into strong jet coming out of an upper level trough, exactly where the Euro has an upper level ridge.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Weather Thusday
By mcfarmer - June 6, 2019, 1:11 p.m.
Perfect corn weather here.
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Thanks mcfarmer. I know that you sold some corn earlier on one of our spikes higher. We could make new highs later this Summer but you have to feel pretty dang good about your crop in IA right now. What country is that.?
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By wglassfo - June 7, 2019, 7:03 p.m.
Our local weather forcast shows 30% chance of rain on June 9 increasing to 80% on June 10 [Great Lakes]
June 10 is the cut off date anybody will plant corn and have any hope of missing frost. Assuming normal to good growing conditions, that is still taking a chance on frost and the latest we have ever planted corn. One customer has bu sold and not enough planted to fill contracts, thus the worry.
We planted beans today on the only dry ground we had
So: To make it interesting
We have 200 plus acres that everybody wants planted on June 9 before the June 10 rain
Even more frustrating they want to start at 12 o'clock noon, June 9 to let the soil dry as much as possible
This is scattered over 4 plots of ground 15 miles apart with one plot only 10 acres but the closest to our home farm. The largest is 100 acres of touch and go clay ground but our sweet corn customer. Our most important customer with 700 acres of total custom work
No way can we please everybody as it takes time to move from farm to farm
If we miss June 10 rain then everybody is happy but with the recent rains, every 3 days, nobody wans to be left out
Our last rain was Wednesday
I have no idea if that 200 acres will be dry but the phone lit up today.
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By metmike - June 7, 2019, 11:16 p.m.
Thanks Wayne.
I hope you miss the rain but chances start increasing for you late on June 9th and look pretty likely on June 10th.
The map below is at the end of the day June 9th with 24 hour rains that day, followed by the end of June 10th with 24 hour rains...............looks bad on June 10th, probably starting the night before.........but things can change.
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By metmike - June 11, 2019, 3:31 p.m.
Here we go again!!!!! This is the week 2 part of the forecast. Heavy rains will start just prior to this.
The stronger the ridge is to the East, the greater the chances for this to turn into an amplified, blocking pattern vs a heat ridge from TX across the Gulf States with an active jet stream along the periphery featuring clusters of heavy rain producing storms every time a wave moves thru.
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By wglassfo - June 13, 2019, 11:23 a.m.
Anybody get rain yesterday/last nite??
My grandson sprayed into the wee hrs of the nite
I dunno how late he worked because I was asleep when he drove into the yard
Thankfully we got the important sprayer work done ahead of the rain
Small amount of rain over nite and then a bit more this morning. No idea how much [1/2" plus???]
Tile man says it is too wet until Monday. Then we shall see
I could have planted that field yesterday and most would have been okay, [as well as could be}
But with tile being installed every 20' there would have been nothing left to grow
Now if he does not come and tile I lost a planting date [Sigh] 60 acres to tile, [maybe plant beans after tile depending on date] which is only a part of the farm. The corn is emerged on the other part of this farm
Anybody else get unwanted rain
Reports starting to trikle in about the sins of plantig in wet soil and yellow corn
Also still some drowned out spots
This will be the yr the combine tells the story, as there is also some very good to excellent corn
So far our corn looks good
However, because it is behind in growth and cool weather we need to miss normal frost date
Even 1st plant is behind normal
Reporting from S.W Ontario
I have no idea if this is a snap shot of general crop conditions or not. . We are so small in the big picture
The low skill Week 3-4 forecast that takes us into the 2nd week of July.
Very interesting with the extremes. Cool in the Midwest/Plains, wet northern 1/3rd.
Dry southern half of the US with some heat.
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After a lightning yesterday, I need to piggy back off yesterday’s weather using an iPad. Most of the stuff is always updated around clock anyway.
this time of year the accumulation of GDD's is critical and I think we running nearly !/2 of where we should be....also vegatative maps start showing what things do and should look like this time of year.....we are in a sick situation on both counts
It hasn't been out of the 70's here in NE Ohio in about a week. 5 out of the 7 days have been raining and over cast. It's great for my lawn, it is about as good as it has ever looked. Not so good for growing corn.