Highlight: Argentina not quite as dry
Week 2 Ahead: February 25-March 3, 2018
Comment: Forecast trend is wetter along the west and north periphery of crop areas in Argentina. There’s some help from the MJO on the wetter change. However, much of the crop areas stay dry.
Week 3 Ahead: March 4-10, 2018
Comment: Upper trough southeast of Brazil causes wet weather in southeast Brazil while Argentina is likely to stay dry.
Week 4 Ahead: March 11-17, 2018
Comment: A low confidence forecast indicates a wider area of rain from Southeast Brazil to far northern Argentina.
Observed temperature anomalies/precipitation amount Feb. 11-17, 2018