Volume 101, no. 24, full report here.
Widespread
showers and thunderstorms improved yield prospects for wheat and summer crops
across much of the region.
A
slow-moving area of low pressure and its attendant cold front generated periods
of moderate to heavy rainfall (5-40mm, locally more per satellite data) from
central Ukraine into southern and western Russia.
In addition,
the storm brought an end to the recent spell of heat, with highs in the lower
30s (degrees C) replaced by readings in the lower 20s by week’s end.
The wet,
cooler weather improved the already-favorable outlook for winter wheat and eased
heat and dryness concerns for spring wheat.
In
addition, key corn and sunflower areas in southern Russia and eastern and central
Ukraine benefited from the recent wet, cooler weather.