DTN Senior Ag Meteorologist Mike Palmerino said drought conditions
continue to worsen in the Northern Plains."The crop that is of most
concern right now is clearly spring wheat," he said."Crop conditions
deteriorated significantly during the past few weeks in South Dakota and
Montana due to some very hot conditions, accompanied by very dry
conditions. The latest drought monitor is showing extreme drought,
classification three out of four intensity, over western North Dakota,
north-central South Dakota and northeastern portions of Montana. I'm
also pretty sure, looking at that information, that dryness is also
extending up into the Prairies, especially right now southwestern
Saskatchewan."As for the extended outlook, Palmerino said conditions do
not appear to be improving in the Northern Plains and the southern
Canadian Prairies."It looks like they will be under dry conditions or
just a few light showers during the next seven to 10 days," he said.
"And it also looks like we're going to be looking at some surges of hot
weather. The hot weather will move back and forth a little bit, it looks
like the farther west you go, the more persistent the heat will be over
the next week to 10 days, so areas like Montana, western North Dakota,
southern Alberta, southwestern Saskatchewan, those areas could be
looking at quite a bit of temperatures in the 90s with little rainfall
here in the next week to 10 days."
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