Across the Corn Belt, mild, dry weather prevails. Air quality has greatly improved from earlier in the week, with Canadian wildfire smoke currently positioned to the north and northwest. For parts of the eastern Corn Belt, mainly across Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, Thursday’s strong thunderstorms resulted in straight-line wind damage. However, the storms also delivered beneficial rain for reproductive corn and soybeans.
On the Plains, overnight thunderstorms produced heavy rain, high winds, and local flooding in parts of Colorado, Kansas, and northern Oklahoma.
