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04/20/2026, 8:38 am EDT
Morning temperatures are generally near 32F in the Freeze Warning area across the Midwest and Ohio Valley. The eastern Ohio Valley faces a similar chill tomorrow morning with upper 20’s likely. A warm-up follows but medium range forecasts reveal another chilly outbreak to close April.
04/17/2026, 1:47 pm EDT
In the High Plains, D0-D4 aerial coverage lowered slightly, but (more) intense drought (D2-D4) increased by 4%. In Kansas, soil conditions are steadily shifting drier (except in the northeast). The South U.S. drought is impressive with sharpest declining conditions in Arkansas. Similar with the High Plains, D2-D4 drought increased slightly in mid-April.
04/15/2026, 12:54 pm EDT
The Climate Impact Company Summer 2026 climate forecast indicates evolution of a major drought in Europe which extends to Southwest Russia. Accelerating the drought is increasing strength of anomalous heat. The forecast is based on developing strong El Nino, a prominent North Atlantic warm hole (NAWH), and emerging heatwaves in the Norwegian Sea and Mediterranean Sea.
04/14/2026, 9:39 am EDT
A strong westerly wind burst (WWB) in the Pacific Ocean tropics between 140E and 160E also located across warm sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) and robust subsurface upper ocean heat helped spawn an early season unusually strong category-5 major typhoon (Sinlaku). The ingredients helping to ignite this early season intense storm to develop are shifting eastward and will ignite El Nino in May with rapid intensification likely to follow.
04/13/2026, 12:01 pm EDT
Over the next few weeks, a climate pattern change featuring departing low pressure across Canada departing and being replaced by high pressure while low pressure tendency increases in the subtropical latitudes. The beginning of that pattern appears in the week 2-4 outlook. During the outlook, the U.S. loses the tendency for unusually warm weather and turns wetter while Canada shifts milder.
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Cold Risks to Midwest and Northwest Great Plains
After a short-term freeze threat in the U.S. Corn Belt more winter weather is on the way for the Northwest Great Plains and Canadian Prairies Spring Wheat areas. Beginning Thursday and lasting early next week, a snowy/windy pattern emerges. Morning low temperatures are pushed into the 20’s for several mornings across the Northwest Great Plains and 10’s/20’s for the Canadian Prairies.
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Do Wet Soil Regions Influence Following Summer Climate in the U.S.?
Is there a relationship between summer climate and large areas of wet soil regions during spring? Yes! And the relationship can be profound and demonstrates a residual effect on mid-level troposphere pressure systems elsewhere. Currently, the Great Lakes region is in a historically wet soil moisture regime which continues to intensify. This region will enter the 2026 summer season with soaking wet soil conditions.