10 to 14 days of dry weather is what Michigan Ag Today Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin is cooking up for you in today’s Planting Weather Forecast presented by Greenstone Farm Credit Services. Martin is looking at a wide-open dry pattern here over the course of the next couple of weeks potentially, but it does start off chilly.
“We have temperatures below normal on strong north flow, circulating around behind that low for your Friday and going through the Saturday time frame. But we do get partly to mostly sunny skies in here which will help on these temperatures. It would not surprise me to see widespread mid to upper 30s across Michigan, central and southern Michigan, as we wake up on Saturday morning.”
Next week is dry beginning to end. Martin is calling for high pressure to settle in over the Great Lakes for Memorial Day Monday.
“We get good sunshine there, and then temperatures continue to build through the rest of the week on some south flow around that high pressure dome, but we’re not looking at any organized precipitation at all, maybe some heat-based showers here and there from day to day. Its coverage will only be about 15% to 20% of the state. It’s enough for me to call it dry all week long. And I think this is the way we are going to start off the month of June as well.”
The next potential frontal boundary that could bring some moisture doesn’t arrive until June 4th according to Martin.
“That front on the 4th into the 5th will bring rain and thunderstorms. At this point, it has quarter to one inch potential. But I’m also seeing signs that that front could be delayed, which would slip us further into more concern about drought or talk of needing a rain as we get into early June.”
Martin’s full Michigan Farm Forecast will be available later Friday in written form at michiganagtoday.com.
