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06/12/2020, 1:45 pm EDT

Great Plains Soil Moisture is Trending Much Drier

Central U.S. seasonal soil moisture trend is notably drier. Occasional hot and dry weather events will accelerate the dryness. A period of hot weather is ahead late weekend and next week for the central and southern Great Plains further aggravating the drier soil trend for much of that region.
06/12/2020, 1:41 pm EDT

AG Research: Persistent 2007-19 –NAO Pattern During Summer May Reverse for Summer 2020

During 2007 to 2019 the NAO pattern has been negative throughout the summer season except 2013 and 2018. A +NAO pattern appears to be setting up for summer 2020. Implied is a ridge pattern capable of producing anomalous warmth and possible drought on northern Europe to Western Russia and periodic very hot weather pulses in the Central U.S.
06/12/2020, 1:39 pm EDT

Persistent 2007-19 –NAO Pattern During Summer May Reverse for Summer 2020

During 2007 to 2019 the NAO pattern has been negative throughout the summer season except 2013 and 2018. A +NAO pattern appears to be setting up for summer 2020. Implied is a ridge pattern capable of producing anomalous warmth and possible drought on northern Europe to Western Russia and periodic very hot weather pulses in the Central U.S.
06/07/2020, 2:50 pm EDT

Global Soil Moisture Anomaly Analysis for May 2020

The vast majority of soils across the globe are wetter than normal which is rare during the modern climate pattern. In North America there remain wet soil regions in the Central and East U.S. although the Great Plains trend is mostly drier. The East/Southeast U.S. is trending wetter. Much of Mexico is now trending wetter. In South America a wet trend developed across Western Brazil while central Argentina and the southern Chilean Drought Area turned wetter.