The May 20 to May 26, 2021 Weather Summary and Outlook Last week in my Crop and Pest Report I mentioned we would likely record a warm week with spotty precipitation. Looking at Figure 1, the spotty precipitation ended up being an appropriate term. There were clearly pockets with some good rains, yet most of… Read more Crop and Pest Report May 20, 2021
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The September 14 through September 20, 2017 Weather Summary/Outlook
The September 14 through September 20, 2017 Weather Summary/Outlook Temperatures so far this month have been running above average across most of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN). Much of this is due to the well above normal temperatures of the past few days as the first week of September temperatures were mostly below… Read more The September 14 through September 20, 2017 Weather Summary/Outlook
Crop and Pest Report September 15, 2016
The Autumn Weather Outlook Traditionally in this space I attempt to give an accurate weather outlook with potential impacts in agriculture for the next 7 days. As this will be the last Crop and Pest Report for 2016, instead, I will give some of my current thoughts on the weather pattern through the end of… Read more Crop and Pest Report September 15, 2016
Crop and Pest Report Weather Outlook August 28 through August 24, 2016
There will likely be scattered thunderstorms in the area today into tonight, plus some additional rainfall, particularly in southwestern North Dakota on Saturday. Yet, overall this next week is expected to be fairly dry. The exceptions will be the localized spots that get a direct hit from a thunderstorm today, but the odds are that… Read more Crop and Pest Report Weather Outlook August 28 through August 24, 2016
Crop and Pest Report: 8/5/16
Many locations in central and eastern North Dakota had thunderstorms move through in the past 24 hours. That precipitation was associated with a low pressure center with an attached cold front. Behind that cold front will indeed be some cooler air beginning today and lasting through the weekend. It will be southwestern North Dakota that… Read more Crop and Pest Report: 8/5/16
Crop and Pest Report Weather Outlook for 7/28/16
A ridge of high pressure currently over the Pacific Northwest has adjusted the upper level wind flow over the northern plains. Currently, the flow is from the northwest and this will continue to allow cooler Canadian air to dominate our weather for a couple of more days. Western North Dakota will start recording warmer temperatures… Read more Crop and Pest Report Weather Outlook for 7/28/16
Crop and Pest Report Forecast 7/21/16
Although some of the warmest temperatures of the summer have been recorded in the past couple of days and today and for some locations even Friday having 90° plus potential, the generally trend this week will be for cooler rather than warmer temperatures. This transition to cooler temperatures will have two noticeable impacts. The first… Read more Crop and Pest Report Forecast 7/21/16
The July 7 through July 13, 2016 Weather Outlook
The ridge of high pressure that has been over the southwestern portion of the United States has now shifted farther to the east and has brought some very warm temperatures to the southern plains. For our region, this adjustment in the upper level wind flow will allow a trough of low pressure to form over… Read more The July 7 through July 13, 2016 Weather Outlook
Crop and Pest Report June 30, 2016
Temperatures during the past week were near or a bit below average for most of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN) stations. Today (Thursday) will continue that trend of cool summer weather and even tomorrow (Friday) the eastern part of North Dakota into northwestern Minnesota, albeit a bit warmer, will still be recording temperatures… Read more Crop and Pest Report June 30, 2016
June 16, 2016 Crop and Pest Report Forecast
Starting this week I will begin making estimates to the number of hours that relative humidity will be above 85% (Figure 1). It should be noted that these forecasts are based on a height of 1.5 meters (5 feet) and that the hours near the surface/plant will likely be a bit higher. In what has… Read more June 16, 2016 Crop and Pest Report Forecast