Across the Corn Belt, cloudiness is increasing in advance of an approaching cold front, while a few rain showers are developing from the Mississippi Valley westward. Midwestern conditions are largely not conducive to planting activities and other spring fieldwork, due to cool soils, wet fields, or a combination of both.
On the Plains, hot, breezy weather in Oklahoma and Texas is causing further deterioration of winter wheat, as well as rangeland and pastures, especially in the hardest-hit drought areas.
