date:Jul 12, 2012
next week). Highs of 95 or higher next week should reach as far east as Illinois. That is an exceptionally poor 10-day forecast for crops that have already been beaten up so badly by dry and hot weather that has been seen since the latter half of spring. Hopes for a reversal in this situation of any sort still largely rest with the developing El Nino.
When that event becomes strong enough to truly influence world weather patterns in a bigger way, a better rainfall pattern should develop over t