Drier weather returned to eastern Europe, while showers
arrived in western and northern growing areas by week’s end.
A large area of high pressure over western Russia early in
the period drifted westward, bringing drier conditions to most major growing
areas from the Baltic States into the northern and central Balkans.
The respite from recent heavy rain allowed summer crop
harvesting and winter crop sowing to resume.
However, light to moderate showers (3-20 mm) lingered in
southern and western Poland and surrounding environs, further delaying
fieldwork in these locales.
Likewise, moderate to heavy rainfall (10-75 mm) in the
southern Balkans interrupted summer crop harvesting.
By week’s end, a strong cold front generated widespread
showers (5-50 mm) from France and the United Kingdom into Germany, maintaining favourable
moisture supplies for wheat and rapeseed establishment.
Meanwhile, dry conditions lingered in Spain and Portugal;
cool-season rain typically commences on the Iberian Peninsula in late-September
and early October, and rain will be especially welcome following this past
year’s drought and heat.