The following is the agricultural weather forecast for Wednesday, August 7, 2024 in the USA, exclusively compiled by Jinshi Futures APP.

Western United States Cool and rainy weather extends from the northwestern Pacific to the northern Rockies. This rain is beneficial for crops in the northwest, including winter wheat and small grains sown in the spring. At the same time, the hot weather in the Southwest is beneficial for farming and crop growth, although there is a high wildfire threat in some areas of Arizona and New Mexico.

The hot and mostly dry weather has maintained a high demand for irrigation, and increased the risk of wildfires due to gusts and low humidity levels. Any substantial showers associated with monsoonal circulation remain limited to the southwest.

Corn Planting Area of the United States Showers and a few thunderstorms extend southwest from the Upper Midwest. At the same time, warm and mostly dry weather in the eastern corn belt is favorable for late-season corn and soybean planting, as well as winter wheat growth.

Contrasts are apparent between persistent hot conditions from Colorado and Kansas southward versus very cool conditions in Montana and North Dakota. Additionally, showers over the northern Plains are slowing harvesting activities but beneficial to rangeland, pastures and any immature crops. However, in the central and southern Plains, topsoil moisture was rated extremely short to short as of August 4th, deteriorating crop condition consistently from 55% in Kansas to 67% in Texas.

Weather Outlook Initially, the active weather in most parts of the United States will eventually consolidate along the cold front sweeping through the central United States on Tuesday. Subsequently, the cold front will reach the coastal states along the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, although cool and unstable showers will persist in the Great Lakes states for a few days. According to preliminary reports, the United States will breathe a sigh of relief from the continuous thunderstorms that triggered more than 500 tornadoes in May. Before calm weather arrives, precipitation in the eastern half of the United States may reach 1 to 3 inches, except in the southern hinterland. In addition, early heat waves will expand in the western United States this weekend, with maximum temperatures exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit and covering lower altitude areas in the desert southwest.

Following the cold front, cool and mostly dry weather will occur. Highs in the central and western areas will remain below 85°F today, while readings in the northern Red River Valley will be kept below 75°F. A new cold front approaches the central and western areas, generating some showers in major production areas in North and South Dakota.

Map of US Corn Production Areas

Heavy rain in eastern North Carolina has led to widespread flooding in low-lying areas that is gradually spreading from smaller streams to larger creeks and rivers. At 5 am EDT, Tropical Storm Debby was located offshore with the center about 90 miles east of Savannah, Georgia. As flooding expanded, producers in North Carolina continue to monitor their crops and animals. The rest of the southern US will experience hot and humid weather, with temperatures expected to reach 100°F later today in non-coastal areas, from the lower Mississippi Valley eastward to the far eastern areas.

Chicago SRW Wheat and Corn Futures

Tropical Storm Debby is expected to meander northward and eventually make landfall in South Carolina tonight or Thursday. Thereafter, it is set to accelerate northward, with residual circulations possibly crossing the mid-Atlantic states on Friday and entering the southeastern part of Canada on Saturday evening. Additional rainfall amounts of up to 10 to 20 inches are still possible in eastern North Carolina. Due to the interaction of tropical moisture with frontal boundaries, rainfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches are possible from the eastern slopes of the Appalachians northward to western New England. In contrast, dry weather will dominate the Mississippi Valley over the next 5 days, while hot and dry conditions will dominate the central and southern US and the westernmost areas. Elsewhere, scattered to widespread showers will affect the Rockies, the southwestern US, and the northern and central Plains.

The 6-to-10-day outlook from August 12th to 16th by the National Weather Service shows that temperatures across the country will be near to above-normal for most of the areas. The central and southern US are most likely to experience hot weather, while conditions below normal temperatures will be confined to parts of California and western Nevada and areas from the eastern corn belt to the mid-Atlantic coast. In the meantime, drier-than-normal weather should be confined to the desert Southwest and adjacent areas of the Gulf of Mexico.

Soybeans should be translated as soybean.

The Atlantic Ocean should be translated as the Atlantic.

Cotton should be translated as cotton.