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06/26/2024, 6:00 am EDT

Far Southern Brazil Coffee Freeze Risk Sunday

The first freeze risk to the far southern coffee-growing areas in Southeast Brazil receive their first freeze threat of winter on Sunday June 30th. GFS projects -1C to -3C in the extreme southern coffee areas. The 7-day outlook identifies the cold anomaly across Northeast Argentina/Southeast Brazil.

06/25/2024, 8:20 am EDT

La Nina Development Stalls

The Nino34 SSTA located in the east-central equatorial Pacific Ocean warmed to +0.3C last week. The 30-day southern oscillation index (SOI) average is an El Nino-like -0.66 and projected to finish June at the -0.50 El Nino threshold. Upper ocean heat in the equatorial Pacific was at a cool peak, supportive of La Nina development 2-3 months ago. Since that time the cool anomaly to support La Nina has lost half of its intensity.

06/25/2024, 8:13 am EDT

Rapid Drought Development Warning Issued for Mid-south, Southern Ohio Valley, and Mid-Atlantic

As stated on several occasions via soil moisture observations and trend and yesterday’s 2-5-week outlook, conditions for developing and expanding drought in the U.S. are favorable. NOAA/CPC identified specific regions in an alert issued late yesterday. They are eastern Oklahoma, the southern Missouri Valley, southern Ohio Valley to the western Tennessee Valley, and Mid-Atlantic region.

06/24/2024, 4:52 pm EDT

Midwest Heavy Rains Continue into Early July; Expansive Heat and Dryness Follows

Hot and dry weather streaks across the southeast quadrant of the U.S. in early July while gully-washer thunderstorms unload on the Midwest States and New Mexico. Nationally, mid-to-late July looks hot and drier. The Gulf of Mexico waits until later July to become active.