Due to rapid drying of soils in the East U.S., NOAA/CPC issues a statement on the likelihood of rapidly developing drought in the East U.S. due to limited rainfall and the acceleration of soil moisture drying by anomalous heat. A similar scenario for the western states!

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.

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.

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.