Volume 101, No. 17, full report available here.
Warm, wet weather in western portions
of the region contrasted with mostly sunny skies in the east.
Moisture
associated with a slow-moving storm system over the Black Sea produced showers
and thunderstorms (2-25 mm) across Ukraine, Belarus, and southern Russia, with
a heavier band of rain (25-70 mm) embedded over central and northwestern
Ukraine.
The rainfall improved soil moisture
for vegetative winter wheat and conditioned fields for planting of small
grains, corn, and sunflowers.
Dry weather across central Russia
maintained a rapid pace of fieldwork, including planting of spring grains and summer
crops.
However, colder weather arrived at week’s end, with readings in northern portions of the Southern District reaching -5°C, possibly causing some localized burnback of more advanced winter wheat.