🌾Agriculture

a monsoon retreat you can plan a harvest against, a flood window over farmland, and one last freeze before spring

The most valuable forecast on this desk today is a seasonal one, not a storm. India's monsoon has withdrawn from parts of West Rajasthan with further withdrawal favourable over Rajasthan, Punjab and Saurashtra-Kutch — a retreat line is the single input a harvest and a rabi sowing window are planned around, and it is arriving on schedule while the heavy rain re-concentrates over the peninsular states that are still in season. In Nigeria, riverine flooding across about 15 states through Sep 25 is a lift-the-harvest and move-the-livestock decision keyed to rain and river rise. Over the American High Plains the SLIGHT risk carries large hail, which is a standing-crop and equipment call with a few hours on it. And in Patagonia the last polar wave before Spring Day puts plateau minima near -10 °C with isolated -18 °C — one more frost decision before the season turns.

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