The rest of this week is going to be tough for area crops. With temperatures in the 80s and 90s and most crops either just emerging or recently emerged will mean many crops will be depended on the moisture in the top few inches of the soil. Depending on your location, with little or no… Read more Tough Week for Crops
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Exposed Heat
Genuinely “spring-like” days usually do not happen until the snow is mostly melted off the fields because that is when the black topsoil in much of the region can absorb large amounts of sunlight and convectively heat the air which has been the case in some parts of the area this week. The highest temperature… Read more Exposed Heat
8/28/15: Late Summer Blast
The past couple of days has brought a hazy sky to the area as smoke continues to float overhead as the upper-level wind flow moves the smoke from the Pacific northwest across the northern plains. In the short term there is a cluster of thunderstorms that are moving through far northeastern North Dakota through northern… Read more 8/28/15: Late Summer Blast