Craig Solberg Freese-Notis Weather Des Moines, IA (515) 323-6017 craigs@weather.net www.weather.net La Niña conditions that began during the early summer of this year show little sign of abating, and thus this event still looks like it will play a dominate role in the weather over the next three months (at least), both here in the [...]

Argentine Problems, Brazilian Bin-Buster Craig Solberg Freese-Notis Weather Des Moines, IA (515) 323-6017 craigs@weather.net www.weather.net I have been told in no uncertain terms that this South American growing season is the “most important” such growing season ever, with the world badly needing big production from that area. The tendency for drought to occur during the [...]

Craig Solberg Freese-Notis Weather Des Moines, IA (515) 323-6017 craigs@weather.net www.weather.net Too much rain was the story for much of the summer in the Nation’s midsection (and even into September, as witnessed by the huge rains that fell during the third week of the month in southern Minnesota), but dryness is starting to become more [...]

Craig Solberg Freese-Notis Weather OutlookDes Moines, IA (515) 323-6017 craigs@weather.net www.weather.net Watch For Mild U.S. Winter, Possible Drought for Argentina Though the atmospheric circulation has had a semblance of La Niña conditions since the middle of spring (when we saw a dramatic cooling of sea-sur face temperatures in the equatorial Pacific), it was not until [...]

Craig Solberg Freese-Notis Weather Des Moines, IA (515) 323-6017 craigs@weather.net www.weather.net Our Wet Summer May Prevent Record-Setting National Yields This Fall Warm and wet. It is easy to put those labels on the weather that has been seen so far in the Midwest this summer. After a month of June in which Corn Belt temperatures [...]

Craig Solberg Freese-Notis Weather Outlook Des Moines, IA (515) 323-6017 craigs@weather.net www.weather.net Heating up for July, but not so much for the Midwest When looking at the weather that occurred in the Na­tion’s midsection in June, two features stand out: heat in southern areas, and wetness in the Midwest. Most likely we will see June [...]

Craig Solberg Freese-Notis Weather Outlook Des Moines, IA (515) 323-6017 craigs@weather.net www.weather.net In early April I predicted that El Niño was likely going to be weakening heading into summer and thus would have no influence on the weather for the 2010 grow­ing season. Indeed that appears to be the case, as we saw nothing short [...]

Craig Solberg Craig Solberg Freese-Notis Weather Des Moines, IA (515) 323-6017 craigs@weather.net www.weather.net Is it “Changing” The Midwest Climate? Summers from 1996 through 2008 were exceptionally warm (on average) for the Nation, with nine of the twenty-five hottest summers ever recorded occurring during that pe­riod. A composite of summer temperatures for that period show that [...]

  Craig Solberg Freese-Notis Weather Des Moines, IA (515) 323-6017 craigs@weather.net www.weather.net  Our current El Niño event began during the late spring of 2009, arriving in time to have an influence on the 2009 growing season and making for a pretty easy 2009 summer forecast for Midwest growing areas. If you have a summer when [...]